"Advisor Jomini wants to see me?" Nicholas I thought for a moment and said to Alexander II: "Then let him come!" ”

"Yes!" Alexander II responded to Nicholas I, and then turned to the General Staff.

Just as Alexander II stepped out of the door of the Amber Room, the voice of Nicholas I reached the ears of Alexander II.

"Wait!"

Alexander II stopped, turned around and looked suspiciously at Nicholas I, who was gradually coming towards him, and said: "Father, what do you command?" ”

"Let's go! Don't keep your teacher waiting too long! Nicholas I said to Alexander II.

"Father, you don't have to go there yourself!" Alexander II said to Nicholas I.

"What? Can't I go? Nicholas I's face showed a slight displeasure, and his tone was even more agitated than before.

Alexander II saw through the sensitive and suspicious heart of Nicholas I, and he hurriedly responded to Nicholas I: "Of course! The entire Russian Empire gives you territory, you can go wherever you want! ”

"Then why didn't you let me go just now?" The paranoia induced by the defeat in the war gave Nicholas I a kind of persecution paranoia that "there are always people who want to harm me".

I think when he ascended the throne, he was only 29 years old, and his son was already 35 years old, would he ......

Facing the suspicious gaze of Nicholas I, Alexander II said to Nicholas I with a calm face: "Father, you once told me that as a monarch, it is enough to let your subordinates come and report, and you don't need to go in person!" This is detrimental to majesty! ”

"Did I say that?" Nicholas I, who had been silent for a moment, asked Alexander II in a whisper.

"Father, I'm sure you said that!!" Alexander II replied to Nicholas I.

"Okay!" Nicholas I showed a look of helplessness on his face, and then a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I have to tell you one more thing! The rules made by the monarch are only effective if they are useful to him. In other words, the monarch is not bound by the rules! ”

"Father, I understand!" Alexander II pretended to be good and said to Nicholas I.

In this way, Nicholas I, together with Alexander II, walked out of the Amber Room.

Nicholas I, who was walking in the corridor, glanced at the afterglow outside the window, and then at Alexander II, who was walking side by side with him, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Alexander...... It's been a long time since we've walked side by side like this! ”

"Yes! Father! Alexander II also recalled: "I remember the last time, when I was twenty years old!" ”

"Before you know it! It's been more than a decade! You've grown a lot too! Nicholas I said in a slightly sad tone: "And I am old, and it is time to abdicate!" ”

"Father, you are still young! The Russian Empire still needs you at the helm! Alexander II hurriedly replied to Nicholas I, who did not dare to agree with his words.

If it is not good, St. Petersburg will start another civil strife.

For the current Russian Empire, there is nothing more important than stability.

After all, Alexander II didn't want to take over a mess.

"You don't have to compliment me! My body, I know it myself! The corners of Nicholas I's mouth showed the line, and then he looked at Alexander II with loving eyes and said: "It won't be long before I will return to the arms of the Lord!" And you will surely succeed me and be crowned emperor! ”

Alexander II did not speak, he knew that no matter what he said at this time, it was not good, and silence was his best weapon.

Looking at his silent son in front of him, Nicholas I shook his head and sighed: "You! You! You're all like that, and when you encounter something, you're silent. ”

"Father, I just don't know what to say!" Alexander II pleaded a case.

"Say what? You can't say to me, you can abdicate at ease! The Russian Empire was handed over to me! Nicholas I rebuked his son with hatred: "In this case, my heart will feel better." ”

This son of his own personality is completely different from him, if he is only a pure soldier, then his own son is a standard politician completely insulated from the military, from whom Nicholas I can rarely hear tough words.

"Father, I can't say that!" Alexander II shook his head and said to Nicholas I: "How can a son persecute his father? ”

Nicholas I shook his head, he knew that what Alexander II said was not true at all, and that there was no father and son in front of power, just because the time had not yet come.

"When I win the Anglo-French alliance, I will abdicate immediately! You take my place as the Tsar of the Russian Empire! Nicholas I said casually.

To be honest, the war went on to such an extent that Nicholas I really wanted to let go completely, but he was afraid that his son would not be able to control the Russian Empire. (Nicholas I thought too much, and after Alexander II succeeded to the throne, he was much more capable than Nicholas I.) ）

"Father, it's too early to say this! Besides, I still have a lot to learn. Alexander II responded to Nicholas I.

The two walked and talked, and soon walked out of the palace.

Alexander II and Nicholas I, escorted by their attendants, set out north in a carriage and soon arrived at the General Staff on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.

The two men who pushed the door out of the carriage went straight to the General Staff and found Jomini in a room in the General Staff.

At this time, Jomini was holding a baton symbolizing the rights of the generals of the Russian Empire, constantly drawing on the map, and the people next to him were the staff officers of the General Staff and also Jomini's adjutants.

"Your Majesty!" Jomini and the lieutenant had a hint of surprise on their faces when they saw Nicholas I appear before them.

In their opinion, it was indeed a surprising thing that the tsar came in person.

"How's the next battle plan going?" Nicholas I opened his mouth to inquire about Jomini.

"Back to Your Majesty's words! The General Staff (The Russian General Staff, like the General Staff before the reorganization of France, was nothing more than a military advisory body to the emperor, and the power of the General Staff was related to the trust of the monarch!) I haven't made a perfect plan yet! Jomini reported to Nicholas I with a serious expression.

"Why hasn't it been worked out yet? What are the General Staff and the War Department doing for so long? Nicholas I whispered a complaint to Jomini.

"Your Majesty, the General Staff is analyzing the situation with the loss of Sevastopol!" Jomini replied unhurriedly to Nicholas I.

"What's the analysis?" Nicholas I asked.

"Your Majesty, there is not much difference in the combat consciousness of the soldiers of the Russian Empire and Britain and France!" Jomini first affirmed the combat awareness of the Russian army, and then changed his tone to say the shortcomings exposed by the Russian Imperial Army: "However, we are far behind the British and French armies in weapons and equipment, and we are proud of the Cossack regiments!" In the face of this new tactics developed around the new rifle, it will not play a big role! ”

Since the invention of the rifle, the cavalry unit has gradually lost its usefulness.

The battle of Arma was the most typical of interests, and the Cossack cavalry of the Russian Empire could not but play a decisive role, and also brought down the soldiers of the entire army.

However, the cavalry units, which had lost the ability to engage in battle, were still very strong in pursuing the enemy.

"So what should we do?" Nicholas I asked Jominidaw.

"The best thing to do is to change your gear!" Jomini said to Nicholas I.

"Adviser Yomini, you should know the state of the economy of the Russian Empire!" Nicholas I said melancholy: "We do not have the last money to support the change of arms of the army, let alone the fact that it is still at war!" Even with all this money, we need a bunch of skilled workers......"

Nicholas I was right, if the Russian Empire was simply short of money, it would be easier to do, but it was a big deal that Nicholas I used the tsar's credit as a guarantee to tap the potential of the Russian Empire.

It is believed that the Holy King Alexander I relied on the trust of the Tsar within the Russian Empire and the support of Britain from outside to raise funds in a short period of time.

Now the Russian Empire needed not only money, but also more importantly technology and people.

Both technology and workers are a big problem for the Russian Empire now.

Updating in a short period of time is basically impossible.

"The second is to wear down with the British and French armies!" Jomini proposed a second plan, "We can use Simferopol, the provincial capital near the Kacha River, as the center, to build a fortress defense system, and wait for the British and French troops to take the initiative to arrive!" At the same time, Perekop had to keep enough troops to prevent them from cutting off the Crimean peninsula and Russia's proposals! ”

"But in this case, our Sevastopol will never have a chance!" Nicholas I asked Jomini.

"No, it won't! Your Majesty! Jomini shook his head and said, "The British and French will not always stay here, they must fight quickly, otherwise the British and French armies will be war-weary after a long time."

After all, no one wants to go to war thousands of miles away.

So we just need to stay where we are, change our outfits, and wait for something to happen to the British and French armies!! ”

"How long do I have to wait?"

"I don't know! It depends on when they become war-weary! ”

Jomini's strategy of sticking to the right moment did ensure the maximum combat effectiveness of the army, but Nicholas I did not like this draft very much.

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