"You're going to surrender to the Ming?" Li Xiu looked at the snow-white old man in front of him in disbelief.

This old guy looks like the father-in-law of the land in Journey to the West.

"Your Excellency, Commander!

On behalf of the Russian Empress Catherine, I surrender to the Ming Empire. I hope you will report to your Excellency the Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty that we want to stop the war and bring peace back to Russia. ”

Brauchitsch spoke the authentic Ming official dialect, and Li Xiu felt that this guy's Ming official dialect was even better than his own.

"Why surrender to the Ming Dynasty, now in the coalition forces, but almost the whole of Europe is participating. Da Ming is just a member of the coalition army, and it is not up to the Ming family to stop the war. ”

It came too suddenly, and Li Xiu didn't think about how to deal with it.

"The whole of Europe knows that although the main forces in the war are France and Prussia, it is your Ming Empire that is behind it.

Russia is a weak country and cannot stand up to so many enemies. Therefore, we have decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and as long as peace comes again, and the people will not suffer any more massacres, we are willing to accept any conditions.

This is the letter of Empress Catherine, please transmit it to the Generalissimo to His Excellency the Commander. "Brauchitsch is very clear about the behavior habits of the Ming people.

For such a big matter, it is absolutely impossible for Li Xiu to decide. He must report the matter to the Ming court, and after the decision of the Ming court, the confirmed news will be fed back.

It's useless to talk about it now, but it will delay time.

His subordinates took the credentials and examined them carefully before presenting them to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu only glanced at it, but he was shocked at this glance. Originally, I thought that the national letter should be written in Russian, but I didn't expect it to be written in a man.

Except for the back, which he couldn't read, all the others could be seen clearly.

It seems that there are high-ranking people in Russia.

Due to communication, there are not many people in Western countries who can speak Chinese. There are even fewer people who know Chinese characters, but I didn't expect that Russia would have such a talent, and they would actually write a piece of Chinese writing with emotion and fluency.

"You wrote that?" Li Xiu looked up at this guy who was very slippery.

"It was the old man who drafted it!"

"You...... What do you say your name is? ”

Brauchitsch felt humiliated, and after talking for a long time, people didn't remember what his name was.

"Prime Minister of the State of Russia, Brauchitsch. Grinovich. Your Excellency the Commander may call me Brauchitsch! Bearing the humiliation, Brauchitsch once again took up his name.

"You guys are good, stay on the ship for a few days, and I'll contact the country immediately. As you know, such a big decision is definitely not something I can do.

Even if I promise you now, I'm afraid you won't believe it. ”

"I understand, I'm in the fleet waiting for your news." Although there was a sting in my heart like a burning fire, I still endured it.

He only hoped that Da Ming's way of delivering the message would be faster, and for every minute of delay, several Russian lives would be lost.

Li Xiu glanced at the letter of surrender and threw it directly to the confidential staff officer: "Send a telegram and forward it to China." Damn, I didn't even fight.

Knowing that they would surrender so easily, Lao Tzu would not have bombed the naval shipyard. Take all the damn equipment back and build another one in Egypt. ”

Throwing down a sentence stupidly, Li Xiu stood up and walked onto the deck.

With the blessing of the telegraph, after several transfers, in just a few hours. A lengthy letter of state appeared on Li Xiao's desk.

"Don't kill people......! What kind of clause is this, does it mean that the coalition forces are all butchers? This is an unconditional surrender! Li Xiao threw the surrender document on the table.

"In any case, the war is over. We didn't pay much, but we gained a lot. What needs to be considered now is how to divide the interests after the war.

I am somewhat worried about the plan to divide Russia, they are, after all, a people with a common faith. Just like our Ming Dynasty, although some provinces will temporarily break away from the imperial court, it will not be long before they will be glued together as a whole.

After all, every nation has such a thing as national cohesion. Except, of course, the Indians. Zhang Huangyan had read the national book earlier than Li Xiao, and he was still a little worried about Li Xiao's idea. But he didn't have a better way!

"It's easy to get European countries to occupy Russian land. The three Baltic states can be divided into Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Poland, Austria-Hungary, Romania, the Ottoman Empire were these countries that divided Ukraine.

Belarus and Kiev were divided between Prussia and France.

Although the Russians will not be as silly as the Indians, then let these countries rule them. If we don't give them some benefits, they won't be able to pay the war bonds in the future, and we won't be able to make a lot of money from this war. ”

In Ai Husheng's mind, all he thought about was money. There is no way, the domestic investment is too large, and many times the funds are stretched.

Moreover, Li Xiao has a death order. We must not increase the taxes of the people!

Today, only about half of the money in the Ming treasury comes from taxes. The remaining half is all the profits brought by the export of various factories in Daming.

Of course, the huge assets seized overseas have also injected a boost into the Ming economy.

With the support of massive funds, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River began to be desilted throughout the basin.

In some places, hydropower stations have been built to allow more cities to have electricity.

There has been talk of building a mega-dam on the Yangtze River. Although the amount of work is very huge, it will be very difficult to complete it with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

However, once completed, it will fully guarantee the supply of electricity to the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

The report has been sent to Zhang Huangyan for half a year, but Zhang Huangyan discussed it with Li Xiao several times, but it still did not approve it.

There is no way to do it, the imperial court can't come up with such a large amount of money. Ai Husheng even said that if the project is approved now, he will resign!

It is not okay for Ai Husheng to resign, after all, he is an old man who has followed Li Xiao for so many years. There is no such talent in Li Xiao's talent bag.

This time the European war is different from the last time, and the last European war Daming just made some arms money. This time, Daming used the financial field to smash the wool of European countries.

After the war, European countries will find out. Although they have gained large new territories, they do not seem to have received much. Even in the occupied territories, ten years of taxes will not be enough to pay off the war debt.

Of course, over a period of 10 years, these debts will generate a huge amount of interest.

However, the Europeans probably don't care. This is equivalent to buying a house with a mortgage, after all, the land will be owned by them forever after the debt is paid.

Of course, this also includes the benefits generated on the land.

Politicians are all long-term visioners, and compared with them, Li Xiao basically belongs to the wave of people.

"It's just a pity! The attempt to weaken the European countries through war has failed, if this war is fought for three or four years. European countries will be empty, and they will no longer be able to become the opponents of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

I thought the Russians would fight to the end, but I didn't expect to surrender like this. Also fucking fighting race, no seeds! Li Xiao took out a cigar, lit it, and took a big puff.

Then he exhaled the stuffy breath in his chest along with a cloud of green smoke.

"It's not that Sun Zhijie is clever enough to give the coalition forces an idea to land in St. Petersburg.

Although they failed to take St. Petersburg, the coalition forces found a different way. From St. Petersburg straight to Moscow!

The Russians faced not only the danger of the capture of the capital, but also the risk of cutting off the logistical supply of the front-line troops. How dare they fight any longer, peace talks are their only way out.

But I have to admire them, a woman actually has such a strong man's determination to break his wrist, it's rare! Rare! ”

"Since that woman is so powerful, take her to Daming to live. Get a little tsar out in Russia, maybe the lord and the country will be suspicious, and Russia will be in chaos for a few more years. ”

"It's good to mess around! Then this matter will be finalized. Let Li Xiu preside over the ceasefire there, and the coalition forces began to accept the surrender of the Russian army.

Those who are unwilling to surrender will be considered non-compliance by the coalition forces and will be eliminated. ”

"Let's do it!"

The Russians are a little sad, their fate was decided by two people thousands of miles away, in a few words.

The telegram returned to Li Xiu the next day. Sure enough, there was no surprise to Li Xiu, and Li Xiu now needs to immediately announce a ceasefire to European countries.

And also to send troops, to occupy Moscow at once.

As a condition of the peace talks, Catherine promised that all the jewels of the Tsar's royal family would be given to His Excellency the Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty first.

This is the accumulation of a hundred years of tsarist family.

Moreover, Li Xiao's goal was not only the wealth of the tsar, but also the financial stocks of the Russian Empire. Li Xiaocai did not believe that the war had only been going on for a few months, and the gold in the Russian treasury had been depleted.

Since he is the victor, Li Xiao will not let go of the benefits of every copper plate.

Plundering the world to subsidize the domestic construction of the Ming Dynasty is the national policy set by Li Xiao. It is estimated that there will be no change in the implementation for another thirty years.

Because of Zheng Mang's affairs, Zheng Sen, who specially returned to China to ease the relationship with the Li family, also went out of the mountain again this time. This time, he will once again serve as the Ming delegate at the Paris Peace Conference, presiding over the cutting of the vast and rich Russia.

The Ming Dynasty had a telegraph, but the coalition forces did not have a telegraph.

There was no way, Li Xiu could only send telegrams to the Ming missions in Paris and Magdegaburg. Then it was up to them to give the order to cease fire to the front.

Of course, Schlieffen and Grouch need Chen Laohu to call back in person.

One way or another, they must not enter Moscow. To this end, Li Xiu took control of the port and seized all the supplies that should have been sent to Schlieffen and Grouchy.

The soldiers on the front line, if they want to get a bullet and a grain of rice, they have to agree to Li Xiu.

"! The Ming people want us to cease fire. Receiving the letter from behind, Schlieffen slapped the table, eager to smash the hard oak table.

"Ceasefire? We've been fighting with the Russians for two days, and even fools can see that they are the end of the crossbow, and they actually let us cease fire? ”

Grushi was eager to do so, and immediately took a gun to find Li Xiu desperately.

"Would you like a ceasefire?" Shi Lifen hatefully tore Chen Laohu's letter to shreds.

"Of course not, this fat pig in Moscow is in front. We can even see the spire of the Kremlin! Now retreat, there is not a single hair. Grouchy wanted to strangle Li Xiu to death.

"That's good! It will take at least ten days for the order to come from the country. Let's use this time to desperately rush through the Russian defenses.

As long as we break through this line of defense, we will be able to go straight to Moscow. When the time comes, what does not have to be.

Although the commanders of the Ming navy are powerful, they are not our kings, and we don't need to listen to his orders. ”

"That's right! Take advantage of these ten days, let's rush into Moscow and grab a handful. Grouchy nodded at Schlieffen to indicate that he agreed with the plan.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ……！ "On the positions of the coalition forces, following the massive shelling of the first offensive. Another ferocious shelling was held, this time lasting more than three hours.

All the firing points of the Russian army were subjected to overwhelming shelling by the coalition forces. The shells were like ploughing, inch-by-inch on the position.

The soil in many places has been blown very soft, and the dirt that has been blown so loose that it has directly lost half of its calf when you step on it.

"Her Majesty! You should retreat to Moscow first, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, I am afraid of ......! "A Russian major general ran in.

His face was smoked like a stove prince, and his clothes were torn into strips by artillery fire. There are still blood oozing from several places, saying that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, which is absolutely wrong.

"General Kalashnikov, your defense was very successful. Although the coalition army is crazy, it is also the end of the crossbow. As long as we survive these two days of attack, we can win a chance for the Russian Empire to survive.

Even though it was humiliating to survive this time, I still want to do it. All this for the sake of the future of Russia. Catherine put down the telescope in her hand and said very solemnly.

The news of the unconditional surrender is still top secret.

In Russia, only a few people such as Empress Catherine, Brauchitsch, and Duke Peter knew about it.

Even Kutuzov, who was commanding operations in Vilnius, did not know that Her Majesty the Empress wanted to do this.

Although he didn't know much about military affairs, he suddenly became cold-blooded and not afraid of death after the attack of the coalition forces. Catherine guessed that it must have been decided on a ceasefire and peace talks in the rear.

These coalition forces opposite themselves are not willing to cease fire at all. What they wanted was to rush into the city of Moscow and plunder the capital of the Russian Empire.