"Hello, Marshal Kutuzov." Li Xiao warmly shook Kutuzov's hand.

The old guy is now the regent of Russia, a real man under ten thousand people.

Considering that the little emperor Paul was only ten years old, Kutuzov had the final say in all military, political and civil affairs.

Old fellow, now the uncrowned king of Russia.

This kind of character is still worthy of Li Xiao's warm reception.

"Hey......! It's not good, I lost two teeth here. When I walked, my knee hurt terribly. ”

Kutuzov joked with Li Xiao and patted Li Xiao's hand in a friendly manner.

"Look at your old body and bones, it's still quite strong!"

"This man is old, and he starts to grow old from his legs. If your body knows it, don't give me relief. ”

Kutuzov, with the support of Li Xiao, walked into the Ming Dynasty.

In order to take care of the elderly, the reception is held in the conference room on the first floor.

In the large conference room, Kutuzov sat on the sofa, and Li Xiao did not sit opposite him as usual, but sat next to Kutuzov.

Such a seat makes the two people seem much more intimate.

"I see, we are seriously understaffed right now.

The Prussians could hit Moscow at any time! ”

"It's not that serious, our forces are insufficient. But there had been a recent internal change in Prussia, and they could not make any decent military action for a while.

We are ready to fight the arrogance of France on the southern front. ”

"Huh!

The French were actually easy to deal with, and Napoleon had only those sets.

The artillery finished the infantry charge, the infantry charged, the cavalry charged.

His mind was still stuck twenty years ago.

And you're different, your brain is twenty years later.

He doesn't get any benefit from touching you.

The so-called god of war, that's all there is to it. ”

Kutuzov had defeated Napoleon in Moscow, so he was not at all interested in Napoleon.

He was the first marshal in Europe to defeat Napoleon, and he had this proud capital.

"That's what I said, but now the French are not easy to do.

Among the coalition forces, only the Prussians could match their combat effectiveness.

The rest of the Israelis, the British, were one level worse than them. ”

"Hmmm!

I agree with that, France is also a warlike people.

There was a time when they almost conquered the whole of Europe.

I'm here this time to add a little bit of troops to you. ”

Kutuzov said to Li Xiao with a smile.

"Increase ...... Soldiers? Li Xiao suspected that he had misheard.

After years of war, the Russian army's current military resources are almost exhausted.

In the back were a large number of old people, women, and children.

There are even eight or nine-year-old children working in the factory, and there are elderly people still working in the fields.

Naturally, it is impossible for such a group of people to increase production efficiency and achieve a bumper agricultural harvest.

Therefore, the Russian army is outrageously miserable in terms of materials and supplies.

At one point, when food was at its worst, they were nibbling on black bread mixed with sawn foam.

In the Russian army at that time, the biggest enemy was not the coalition forces but hunger.

If it weren't for the Ming army's action, the Russian army now doesn't know how much it would have starved to death. The front line, which has long been on the verge of collapse.

At this time, where is the source of troops from Russia?

"Don't think I'm joking, I'm serious."

Li Xiao's expression for a moment was still captured by Kutuzov.

"Okay!" Li Xiao nodded helplessly, he wanted to know where Kutuzov got the soldiers.

"I was approached by Grigory, the leader of the Cossacks, who wanted his Cossacks to be armed for battle."

"Cossacks?" Li Xiao repeated the thunderous name in surprise.

The attack is like thunder, and the sword is like lightning.

This is the description of the Cossack cavalry, men dressed in strange clothes with big shoulders and sharp sabers in their hands, galloping across the vast steppes of the Don.

But the problem is that the pattern of warfare has changed dramatically.

Not to mention the army, even if it is a coalition army, each company has at least two or three light machine guns, and one heavy machine gun.

This is still a poorly equipped Austro-Hungarian force, or an Italian.

The French and Prussians were much more luxuriously equipped than this!

The cavalry charge of the Cossacks ......!

I guess in the end, I can only see dead people and dead horses in one place, and I can't see anything.

Machine guns, naturally, are the nemesis of cavalry.

Not to mention the fact that artillery of various calibers has already wreaked havoc on the battlefield.

Even if the Kazakh cavalry was really fast as lightning, it could not escape the baptism of shrapnel from artillery shells.

Li Xiao did not believe that there was still room for the Cossacks to play on the modern battlefield.

The Mongols sent a cavalry battalion, but Li Xiao still pinched his nose and was embarrassed to retreat.

Cavalry can now only have one function, and that is to use it as a scout detachment. After all, it is still faster than the infantry.

Of course, Li Xiao prefers to use airplanes for reconnaissance.

"The Cossacks came and went like the wind, and when they fought during the day, they would be beaten into a sieve with barbed wire and machine guns.

I also know that their time has passed.

But there's another place that I think fits them perfectly. ”

"Where?"

"In the mountains of northern Iraq, in Mosul and Deir ez-Zor." Kutuzov looked into Li Xiao's eyes and said.

Li Xiao blinked, Not to mention, these places that the old guy said are really suitable for cavalry sports.

It's just that there is a problem that Li Xiao can't let go.

That is, the Cossacks should be under Russian rule, why would Kutuzov be so kind and push the troops to his side?

"I know you're suspicious, suspicious of my motives.

Let me tell you the truth, the Cossacks have always wanted to seek independent statehood.

But you also know that although the territory of Russia is large, there is not an inch of superfluity, and it is impossible to agree to their statehood.

Grigory said that if we did not agree with their statehood, they would defect to the coalition forces. ”

"How dare he threaten you?" Li Xiao thought it was funny, a small Kazakh leader actually dared to threaten Kutuzov.

An old tiger is also a tiger, don't think it won't eat people.

"Yes!

And it's a very effective threat.

I thought about it, and I thought it would be better to let them go to the coalition. Or to eliminate them would be a waste of our energy and materials.

So......! ”

"So you have this idea, let them go to the place where the Kurds live, and fight the Kurds to the end."

"That's right!

First, the Kurds are also our enemies!

Second, after the Cossacks defeated the Kurds, they could establish a state on the land of the Kurds.

In this way, you will soon be able to solve the problems of the Middle East.

We don't have to pay for the land, and we don't have to mobilize the army to exterminate them.

I think it's a win-win situation. ”

Li Xiao looked at this old guy who didn't look good, Kutuzov, and was really an old fox.

Without saying a word, the interests were calculated.

The Cossacks entered Mosul and fought against the Kurds. In this way, it will be possible to reduce the Kurdish threat to the Basra oil fields.

If the Cossacks were victorious, then, they would not have sought the lands of the Russians either.

It can be said that the Cossacks, whether they win or lose, the winner will be Russia.

Good calculation, good calculation!

"That's a good plan, I couldn't agree more." Li Xiao nodded, he wanted to know what the old fox was doing next.

"Since you agree to this plan, then please be responsible for transporting, training and arming the Kurds." Kutuzov looked at Li Xiao with a smile.

Damn, I'm waiting for Lao Tzu here.

We're going to train, arm and transport them, so what are you doing?

Without spending a single shot, a large separatist force was reduced for no reason.

Good calculation, good calculation!

"Originally, these things were supposed to be provided by us.

It's a pity that you are well aware of the current situation in our Russia.

There is really nothing rich to give them!

And don't want the active equipment of the Ming army, didn't you capture a lot of French and Prussian equipment?

It's good to have that equipment. ”