As soon as the second four-party meeting began, the Earl of Clarendon was the first to stress that the Kingdom of Britain would continue to adhere to the three conditions set out in the previous meeting, and that it would add one condition to the original three.

That is, Russia renounces the right to protect Turkish Christians, and their safety will be guaranteed after the agreement between the four countries (Austria, Great Britain, France and Russia) and the Turkish government.

Orlov was clearly unacceptable to the four extremely harsh peace conditions proposed to the Russian Empire by Count Clarendon on behalf of France and Britain.

As soon as Count Orlov accepted these conditions, then the political life of Orlov himself would have come to an end from the moment he took over.

Neither His Majesty Nicholas I at the court nor the Pan-Slavs in the country would tolerate his continued stay in the Russian Empire.

If it doesn't make a good noise, Count Orlov himself will be assassinated at the doorstep of some radicals.

Despite the fact that there were very few (or very few reports) of assassinations of a national leader in later generations, assassination in the 19th century can be said to have become a "compulsory course" for a national leader.

Franz. Joseph, Regent William I, Nicholas I...... Who has not faced an assassination, let alone the United States of America on the other side of the ocean, and there are not a few people who assassinate the president.

This is true of the leader of a country, let alone a politician who has fallen out of power.

It only takes to buy a drunkard, ambush Orlov on the way he must go, and wait for Orlov to broadcast vigilance to complete the assassination.

I have only heard that the country is a thief for a thousand days, and I have never heard of a thousand miles of thieves.

Count Orlov could never have agreed to this condition, both politically and physically.

"The Russian Empire seriously doubts the sincerity of Britain and France in this peace talks!" Count Orlov shouted loudly, and then threatened Britain and France: "We hope that Britain and France will re-examine their own conditions!" The Russian Empire is not a defeated country, we still have more than a million troops! Have you ever thought about the consequences of cornering a great power? ”

If the attack and defense of the fortress of Silistra had not begun, Britain and France would have been concerned about the millions of Slavic cattle in the hands of the Russian Empire.

However, after the assault and defense of the fortress of Silistra, the British and French countries no longer had the slightest fear of the army in the hands of the Russian Empire.

With 4 times the strength and half a year, there is no way to capture a fortress, how can such an army make the opponents of Britain and France.

Orlov's threat to Count Clarendon with Count de Clarendon. Ruiz is particularly ridiculous.

"If this is the attitude of the Russian Empire, then there is no need for this peace talks to continue!" Count Clarendon also pointed a needle at Maimang and fired back at Orlov.

Sitting on the sidelines of De. Ruiz also sneered: "I really don't know what kind of army is an army that has spent more than half a year with 180,000 men and has not conquered a fortress!" If I were the leader of this army, I would have been ashamed to the point of suicide! ”

"You...... You ......," Count Orlov pointed to Count Clarendon and de Brown. Ruiz couldn't say a complete sentence.

At this moment, Count Orlov finally realized that the purpose of Britain and France was not peace talks at all.

As a result, Count Orlov set his sights on Count Bauer, and he wanted to put pressure on Britain and France through the Austrian Empire behind Count Bauer, so as to make peace talks possible.

Count Bauer, who was the organizer of the four-party talks, saw the target that Count Orlov had thrown at him, and he sighed and said to Orlov: "The Austrian Empire agrees to the four conditions put forward by the representatives of Britain and France, and hopes that the Russian Empire will withdraw from the Danube principalities as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary friction!" ”

Traitor!

Count Bauer's remarks were like a bolt from the blue, and Count Orlov was shocked.

At this time, the letters "traitor" echoed in the mind of Count Orlov for a long time.

"Oh God! How much promise did Britain and France give you to sell your conscience, do you Austrians not have a complete heart in your chest? Count Orlov whispered at Count Bauer.

Count Orlov did not resent Britain and France, as they still maintained war relations with them.

But the betrayal of the Austrian Empire, the closest comrade-in-arms of the Russian Empire, made Count Orlov unbearable.

Although Count Orlov understood that the purpose of the Austrian Empire in holding this meeting was also not pure, he could not have imagined that Count Bauer would be so brazenly on the opposite side of the Russian Empire.

"Your Excellency, the Austrian Empire has not received bribes from Britain and France!" The Count of Baul flatly denied that he had made a deal with the French Empire in the Danube Principality: "We only think that it is not the control of the Danube Principality and Serbia, nor the protection of Christianity in Turkey...... All should be jointly maintained with the coordination of European countries (powers)! ”

The Austrian Empire's blatant siding with Britain and France, and his angry denunciation of the Russian Empire's destruction of peace in Europe, made Count Orlov feel humiliated like never before.

"Good! I hope the Austrian Empire will not regret it! Count Orlov gritted his teeth and said to Count Bauer.

Then he turned and left the meeting place, and after Orlov had left, Count Bauer smiled wryly at Count Clarendon and De. Ruiz said: "I hope you can keep your promises!" ”

"Of course!" The Earl of Clarendon and De. Ruiz replied in unison.

Then, without the participation of Count Orlov, Britain, France and Austria signed the "Four-Point Plan".

1. Russia renounces its territorial claims to Serbia and the Danube principalities, which will be placed under the joint protection of the European powers (of which the Danube principalities are under the separate protection of the Austrian Empire) and the Gomen;

2. The Danube is open to all commercial navigation;

3. Revision of the Straits Convention of 1841 with the goal of the "balance of power in Europe" (the dominance of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea region will be suspended);

4. Russia renounces the right to protect Turkish Christians, whose safety will be guaranteed by agreement between the four countries (Austria, Great Britain, France, Russia) and the Turkish government.

The "Four-Point Plan" was published on April 17, and seeing the last hope extinguished by Count Orlov after the "four-point plan", he took a train to the border between Austrian Galicia and Poland.

Count Orlov, who had passed through the border area in a carriage overnight, arrived in St. Petersburg on April 22 after four days and three nights of travel, escorted by a group of Cossack cavalry.

When Count Orlov reported to Tsar Nicholas I about the Austrian Empire's treacherous defection to the Anglo-French camp, Tsar Nicholas I, like him at that time, first looked at Count Orlov with a shocked expression, and then gritted his teeth and asked Orlov to report again.

"Your Majesty, we have suffered a shameful betrayal! The Austrian Empire is now on the side of Britain and France! Count Orlov said to Nicholas I in a tragic tone.

"I'm such a hopeless idiot!" Nicholas I gritted his teeth and spat at himself.

Now Nicholas I regrets why he went to the rescue of the Austrian Empire in the first place, and he treated the Austrian Empire with the attitude of a brother, in exchange for the betrayal of the Austrian Empire.

"I want to conquer that shameless country in Austria! I'm going to catch Franz. Joseph, open his heart and liver and see what they are made of! "Carried away by his anger, Nicholas I attempted to open a third battlefield to fight Austria in the face of confrontation with the British, French, Austrian (Ottomans).

"Your Majesty, by all means!" Count Orlov hastened to stop the division of troops by Nicholas I.

And Orlov's words were exchanged for the gaze of Nicholas I's violent eyes, "Why not?" ”

"Your Majesty! The Russian Empire had declared war on England, France, and the Ottomans, and there were really no troops to look for it with Austria! Count Orlov said with a hard head.

"What are you afraid of! All I need is three infantry regiments and one dragoon regiment to defeat them! Nicholas I yelled at Orlov.

At this moment, the Crown Prince Alexander II of the Russian Empire appeared in front of Nicholas I, and in his hands there was a letter in his hand.

"Your Majesty!" Having entered the palace, Crown Prince Alexander hurriedly saluted Nicholas I.

Nicholas I, who saw Alexander's arrival, restrained his temper a little, and with anger he asked Alexander what he had to report.

"Your Majesty, according to the report of our reconnaissance unit in the Danube region, the troops of the Austrian Empire are converging towards Transylvania!" Crown Prince Alexander reported to Nicholas I.

"Since when?" Nicholas I asked Crown Prince Alexander.

"About a week and a half ago!" Crown Prince Alexander replied to Nicholas I.

A week and a half?

It suddenly occurred to Count Orlov that the time was not the time for him to attend the four-party talks.

It turned out that the Austrian Empire had already put its chips on the side of Britain and France.

"What do you think we should do now?" Nicholas I seemed to be questioning Crown Prince Alexander, but in fact he was questioning Orlov.

"Your Majesty, I just returned from the War Department, and they think that our army should take the initiative to evacuate the Danube Principality!" Crown Prince Alexander spoke for Count Orlov.

"Why? Wasn't the army of the Reich inferior to Austria? Nicholas I asked Crown Prince Alexander.

"The Imperial army is not inferior to the Austrian Empire, but the Empire has now declared war on three countries, and it really should not declare war on the fourth! Once the Austrian Empire joins the fray, I fear that the Kingdom of Prussia will also be moved! And the Polish region has been a little restless lately, and the Kingdom of Sweden in the direction of Finland seems to be ......," Crown Prince Alexander explained worriedly.

"Good! The guys who are motionless on weekdays are all active now! It seems that they are really ready to treat me like Napoleon! There was a contempt in the words of Nicholas I.

Nicholas I, who knew nothing more about the inferior nature of the Slavic nation, knew that he could not show any cowardice in front of his subordinates.

Otherwise, they will think that you are a failed Tsar, and that a failed Tsar will end up with death and death.

"Your Majesty, you are not Napoleon! The Russian Empire was not the French Empire either! Crown Prince Alexander found a good step for Nicholas I and said: "Temporarily close your fists for better punches!" Our front in the Danube region is simply too long, and the supplies delivered from the rear to the front simply do not meet the needs of the front. Rather than continue to consume air in the Danube region, it is better to put away your fists and wait for the attack of the British and French troops, thinking that our army did not use this method to defeat the invincible French Empire! ”

Crown Prince Alexander's words gave Nicholas I a hint of confidence in his manic heart.

Napoleon led an army of 600,000 to attack Moscow, but was defeated by the Russian Imperial Army and fled.

At the moment, these armies will naturally not be the opponents of the Russian Empire, which has shrunk its fists.

"Wait!" Nicholas I sighed and said to Crown Prince Alexander.

Nicholas I, who was unwilling, still had a bit of luck in his heart, and if the army of the Austrian Empire was just for show, then he would not be a big loss when he evacuated the Danube principality.

Seeing that Nicholas I was still not dead, Crown Prince Alexander had to wait for the next move of the Austrian Empire, and only in this way would Nicholas I wake up.

According to the report of Ambassador Gorchakov of the Imperial Russian Embassy in Austria, this action of the Austrian Empire was only in the hope that the Russian Empire would withdraw from the Danube principalities, and they did not wish to engage with the Russian Empire at all.

The source of this statement is the Austrian Emperor Franz. Joseph's Minister of War, and the reason why they were willing to report this news to the Russian Empire was probably to ease relations with the Russian Empire after this war.

Of course, the Austrian military department did not expect the relationship between the two countries to return to the pre-war period, and he hoped that Austria and the Russian Empire would not be too hostile.

Taking into account the possible forms that the Russian Empire would face in the future, Crown Prince Alexander did not say no to the Austrian Empire, as his father did.

If after that Nicholas I did not have the case of sudden death......

On 28 April, Count Bauer, Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire, officially issued a warning to Russia.

If the Russian troops in the Danube Principality did not withdraw from the Danube Principality as soon as possible, the 200,000 Austrian troops of the Austrian Empire stationed in Transylvania would declare war on the Russian Empire.

[PS: In addition, the expenditure of the 200,000 troops mobilized by the Austrian Empire in Transylvania was every citizen of the entire Lombard and Venetian kingdoms.] Under the forced apportionment of the Austrian Empire, an average of 30 francs per Lombard and Venetian citizen was apportioned. This act of the Austrian emperor made the Lombard-Venetian kingdom even more resentful of the Austrian Empire. Many citizens fled by boat to French Algiers. 】

Nicholas I, who received the final notice from the Austrian Imperial Ambassador, first sent someone to depose Prince Paskewicz, who had failed to fight in battle, and then, after thinking alone for a few days, sent someone to the Danube region to inform the Danube army of the order to retreat.

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