In the Tsar's Palace in Moscow, the capital of the Russian Empire, Andrei, dressed in civilian clothes, stood respectfully beside Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and reported:

"Your Majesty, Grand Duke Janush Rajvir of Lithuania has agreed to our request and signed a paper treaty with us, but the situation of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir is even more severe than we imagined, and the elite and Lithuanian hussars under his control have almost been swept away by the Taiping army.

In addition to containing a part of the Taiping army, the Lithuanian rebels may not have a real help in the war, they even lost the courage to fight with the main force of the Taiping army, and the fact that the city of Vilno was captured also made Archduke Janusz Rajvir lose a large part of his prestige, especially in the Lithuanian aristocratic circle, there are not many powerful Lithuanian nobles who continue to follow Archduke Janusz Rajvir, because from the strength of the surface, Janusz Lagivil Grand Duke Rajvir and even the whole of Lithuania were no longer qualified to confront the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"Oh? Isn't it said that Lithuania is now full of Lithuanian national rebels organized by Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir? Even if it is not as good as the Taiping Army, it is not even qualified to fight. ”

The Russian Tsar asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Your Majesty, if a farmer who takes up arms can make a difference, where is the need for a brave knight to defend the territory?

It is said that the Taiping Army has begun to divert troops and clear the Lithuanian National Resistance Front from the entire Lithuanian region, and so far our intelligence has not received any news of the victory of the Lithuanian National Resistance Army. ”

Andrei replied in a flirtatious tone, his words were full of disdain for the peasant armament, Andrei was a son of a military aristocracy and an absolute pedigree, and he simply looked down on low-born peasants and low-level burghers.

Although Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich is not the direct blood of the previous tsar and won the throne by conspiracy to usurp power, Alexei Mikhailovich's own bloodline also belongs to the noble and high-class nobles, so he can obtain Andrei's allegiance.

The pedigree of this era, like the 21st-century racists who believe in white supremacy, cannot be convinced by reasoning, and only the fact of the iron-and-blood war will make them truly sober up from the glory of their ancestors.

Of course, if any country really has that strength, it is impossible to be looked down upon by some racists in foreign countries......

"Andrey, how many troops do you think is appropriate for us to send? You know, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Crimean Tatar barbarians are always watching us, and if we send too many troops, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Crimean Khanate will most likely launch a large-scale military campaign, and I don't want too many elites to get caught up in the battlefield of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom.

We do not tolerate any negative comments about the decisive defeat of the battle in the Russian Empire today, otherwise the Duma gang will jump out again and make trouble. ”

Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich said in a deep voice.

The reason why he trusts Andrei so much is very simple, more than half of his ascendancy was achieved by Andrei's planning and soldiers, and the entire circle of the Grand Russian Duma aristocracy knows that Andrei is the most loyal dogleg of the current Tsar, in the same way, without Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, Andrei, who was born in the middle military aristocracy, could not even enter the city of Moscow, let alone now control the Moscow Tsarist Guards and the largest intelligence organization in the Russian Empire.

"Your Majesty the Tsar, we have to prepare for this campaign against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I propose to send a corps of archers along the Desna River valley to advance into the Kiev region, and subdue the Ukrainian Cossack rebels by the way for our use, what Ivan Hilko wants is nothing more than the request for an independent state of the Ukrainian Cossacks, we can first use the way of recognizing their status, and use this group of Cossack warriors who still have some uses as forward cannon fodder, and when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is defeated, the Cossacks are in front of the great Russian Imperial Army, You can't turn it over in the palm of your hand.

The rich Kiev region does not border with the Kingdom of Sweden, and we only need to face the intervention of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania after we take it, and the current strength of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania is greatly damaged, and then we only need to give up some insignificant interests, presumably the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania does not have the confidence to really start a war with His Majesty the Tsar, and when the time comes, His Majesty the Tsar can completely suppress the gossip of the Duma Council just by relying on the prestige of taking the Kiev region.

There is also the advantage of sending a legion of archers, Your Majesty can order that the great nobles in the Duma who are not clearly on our side send their own guardian knights and private troops to participate in this war, and the victory of His Majesty the Tsar has gained a great deal of prestige, and even if the great nobles who participate can share some honor, they are not able to compete with His Majesty the Tsar.

Once defeated, those Duma nobles who do not support His Majesty the Tsar in private will be reduced in their own strength, not to mention, they will have to bear part of the responsibility for the defeat, and if the Duma Council provokes disputes with the defeat, we can pull down those Duma nobles who sent troops together, plus the support of the Praetorian Guards in Moscow, the Duma Council will not want to shake the ruling power of His Majesty the Tsar no matter what!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the public enemy of Eastern European countries, and the Duma Council should not make a compromise resolution on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not to mention, the big cake in the Kiev region, the Duma Council has been salivating, Your Majesty only needs to throw an olive branch to share the cake, it is not difficult for the Duma Council to pass the proposal to send troops, as long as the troops are sent, Your Majesty can be invincible! ”

"However, there are only three legions in the field marksman army that is being formed now, and one legion will be sent at once, and if it is defeated, the strength of the empire will be greatly reduced." The Russian tsar replied with a slight hesitation.

"Your Majesty, the war is full of variables, not to mention, as long as we make a move, although the ministers of the Crimean Khanate dare not guarantee it, the ambitious Kingdom of Sweden will definitely not be able to bear to send troops, our goal is not to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but to swallow the Kiev region, the probability of victory to achieve this goal is still quite large, and drive the opposition nobles of the Duma parliament to participate, just in case."