"The price is too great for Russia to bear. The envoys of the Ming people came, and they proposed a plan to avoid war. Ekaterina shook her head and said slowly to the two of them.

"What's the plan?" It was great that war could be avoided, and Duke Kutuzov and Duke Peter immediately came to the show.

"First of all, give Dolgon and Zilharang to the Ming people." In this first one, Catherine was a little depressed.

After all, she admired Dolgon, and she admired Zilharan. These two Jurchens are bringing Russia to modernization. Under their supervision, Russia has never been able to build even sail warships, and has become one of the few countries that can build ironclad ships.

It is precisely because of the two of them that Russia is setting off a vigorous road construction movement. The railroad tracks were departing from Moscow and stretching to all corners of the empire.

If it weren't for the completion of the Ukrainian Railway, Catherine would not have imagined that she would have fought with the Ottoman Empire in such a short time.

But it was precisely because of the fight with the Ottoman Empire that Catherine was reluctant to engage the European coalition forces at this time.

Despite its large population, Russia's war potential far exceeded that of European countries. But even so, Russia has no chance of winning in the face of a two-front battle. To expect the Poles to be on their side is to share meat with the most vicious hungry wolves.

There is no way, Russia must avoid a war with the coalition forces of European countries. This is a war that must be lost, and if it loses, Russia may lose the land and the wealth it has accumulated over the past few hundred years.

In a way, this is a war of annihilation. Catherine understood that the Ming was not directed against Russia, but against the entire Slavic people.

Once Russia is defeated, there is no hope for the entire Slavic nation for at least a few hundred years.

"How can this work, they are the heroes of Russia. Your Majesty, you know. The brothers, Dorgon and Zilharang, have done something for the prosperity of Russia today.

I have seen with my own eyes that Dorgon makes the best steel. Together with the masters, he repeatedly researched new formulas, and at the most critical time, he personally stayed in the laboratory.

Nibble on a mouthful of brown bread when you're hungry, and take a sip of plain water when you're thirsty. Until the first furnace of qualified good steel was refined, others had lost a whole weight.

Our Slavic nation is a grateful nation, Your Majesty! If we send their brothers out, who will come to Russia in the future.

Who will work for Russia, and who will fight to the last drop of blood for Russia.

Your Majesty! They must not be handed over to their brothers, absolutely not! "Kutuzov heard what Empress Catherine said, and immediately stood up against it.

What the Dorgon brothers have done for Russia all these years, he thinks many Russian nobles can't do. As the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Kutuzov may not be humane, but he still has to be conscientious.

"Hey...... Whether it will work or not, it's not up to us to decide. The situation is stronger than the people! Duke Peter lamented.

Seeing Kutuzov looking at him angrily, Duke Peter said helplessly: "I also know that I have to talk about conscience, but Kutuzov, tell me yourself, can we defeat the Ottoman Empire on the southern front?"

A large number of troops were pinned down there, and they were all veterans who could fight well. In the event of defeat on the Southern Front, the loss of Sevastopol is a sure thing. Even, we may lose Kyiv.

What is Kyiv? The birthplace of the Slavic peoples, can we afford to lose Kyiv?

Even if we can defeat the Ottomans on the southern front, then on the western front we will face at least 800,000 allied troops from Western European countries.

Kutuzov, do you yourself think that in the case of a two-front battle, we will be able to defeat the European coalition? Don't forget, on the southern front there was naval artillery fire support from the Ming Navy.

West......! All countries will definitely have the advanced weapons provided by the Ming Dynasty, the news from Paris. Da Ming fought for this time, which can be described as a heavy hemorrhage.

Not only did the Daming National Bank lavishly lend arms to Europe, but they would also sell large quantities of advanced weapons that they would not have sold before. It is said that even airships appear on the sale list.

Even machine guns, artillery and other things began to be sold. You are absolutely facing an army equipped with so many advanced weapons, can you win? ”

"Last time, we also won against Napoleon. Until then, Napoleon had been so powerful that he had not been defeated. "Kutuzov is just hard-mouthed, Napoleon's army was defeated not so much by Russia as by the cold Russian winter.

Far more French soldiers died of cold and starvation than French soldiers died in battle.

And this time, it is clear that European countries have learned their lesson. Now start preparing for war, which is likely to start in April.

From April to the end of October, the coalition forces have at least half a year to use.

In the face of such great military pressure, Kutuzov is also not sure whether he will be able to drag on for half a year.

"Don't be stubborn, we can't help it. The Ming Dynasty has used so many means against us, they will definitely dismember Russia.

If the Russian Empire wants to have today's pomp, I don't know how many hundred years it will take. We must be responsible for the entire Russian nation, and we cannot affect the fate of the entire nation because of two people.

Kutuzov, you are the commander-in-chief of the army of the Russian Empire. You......! It is also responsible for the future of the entire empire, whether to choose the Russian Empire, or to choose to betray two friends.

I think that these two questions are in front of you, and you don't have to choose at all! Catherine spoke in a calm voice, and apparently he also thought that the two things were not comparable.

It also shows that Catherine chose this way.

You don't have to look to know that Duke Peter also chose this way. In their eyes, the Russian Empire was more important than everything, including their lives.

There were three of them, and Kutuzov knew that even if he objected, it would be invalid.

"Now that you've got a choice, you don't have to ask my opinion anymore. I'm a soldier, and I'm only responsible for fighting. Whoever sets foot on the territory of the Russian Empire, I will make him bleed.

Russian servicemen, who will step on their corpses, storm their capital. Let their people wail in pain, this is Russia, this is Slavic.

The creed of the Russian military is that hatred coagulated by blood can only be dissolved with blood. After Kutuzov finished speaking, he got up and put on his military cap, saluted Empress Catherine, and then turned to leave.

"He's just a pure soldier!" Looking at the back of Kutuzov leaving, Empress Catherine said leisurely.

"Yes! Pure soldiers, we are politicians, let us do the dirty things. Duke Peter sighed, and said in good conscience that he was on good terms with Dorgon.

What particularly interested him was Dolgon's spy network in Daming. It's just that this guy refuses to hand over the spy network, but he just has to take a large amount of money every year to support his spy network.

However, Russia's efforts are not without rewards, and Russia has obtained a lot of important information from the Ming Dynasty in recent years, including the killing of the important Ming general Zu Dashou.

There is also a lot of technical intelligence obtained from Daming, and it is this technical intelligence that has helped Russia's technology tree climb rapidly.

"Politics is such a thing, once you get involved, you have to hand over morality to the devil. Peter, you go for it. For the sake of Russia, for the sake of the entire Slavic people, they can only be sacrificed.

But the children and grandchildren of the Russian Empire will remember their two brothers, the descendants of the entire Slavic people, and they will also remember these two Jurchens. Empress Catherine left the small hall with a blank face, leaving Duke Peter alone in his chair, looking at the black tea in front of him in a daze.

After a long while, Duke Peter stood up: "Politics, sure enough, is not played by people with a conscience. ”