Struggle in Russia

At the end of the ball, Li Xiao felt that he had returned home with a lot of rewards. It wasn't that he had captured many Austrian noble ladies, but that he had basically figured out the relationship between Princess Sophie and Grand Duke Franz Joseph.

"Our plan still has the possibility of success," Li Xiao first concluded, and then slowly explained: "Duke, you have heard that the relationship between mother and child is harmonious. From a certain point of view, it is true. The Grand Duchess I really care about this son very much, and put most of my energy and thoughts on the Grand Duke, but..."

Li Xiao paused slightly, and said with a smile: "But this Grand Duchess' desire to control is too strong. She forcibly interfered in every aspect of Grand Duke Franz Joseph's life, and suppressed the poor Grand Duke until he was a little out of breath."

Prince Alexander Gorchakov listened quietly, without any intention of interrupting, like a quiet Mr. Hollow Tree.

"On the other hand, Grand Duke Franz Joseph is a hot-blooded kid who thinks he is a man. He is very angry or very angry at the interference from his mother, but there is no good way to resist, so sometimes he will deliberately create troubles. Finding trouble with a controlling mother."

At this time, Prince Alexander Gorchakov finally spoke. He asked, "And then? What are you going to do?"

Li Xiao replied confidently: "Princess Sophie can't do anything. She is a good mother who loves her children extremely. She will choose a child between her husband and her child decisively. She expects a mother who loves her children to treat her well." It is unrealistic for a child to kill him!"

Prince Alexander Gorchakov chuckled and said, "So you decided to start with Grand Duke Franz Joseph. It's best to deal with resentful brats, isn't it?"

Li Xiao also laughed loudly: "It seems that you already know!"

Prince Alexander Gorchakov nodded with a smile. To him, although such a method seems a bit dirty, as long as it can achieve the desired effect, so what?

After the discussion was completed, Duke Alexander Gorchakov suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that Schwarzenberg and Wendisch Gretz didn't come tonight, otherwise I will let you meet them too and see what to do Clean them up, haha..."

This is of course a joke, no matter how powerful Li Xiao is, he can't know what to do just by looking at his face. What is great about him is that he has history as a reference, unless someone has also been timed like him, otherwise it will be accurate.

After chatting about the political situation in Austria for a while, Duke Alexander Gorchakov left. After all, as an ambassador of a country, he still had a lot of business to do, so it was impossible to grind his teeth with Li Xiao all the time.

With nothing to do, Li Xiao began to write letters to his friends, inquiring about their situation. What concerned him most was the situation of Leonid and Boris. He can also hide behind the scenes.

Leonid's situation is actually not as dangerous as he imagined, and it is true that he is going to the battlefield, but one thing is that he is a mid-level officer after all, and he doesn't need to keep his head on his belt all the time. Second, the Wallachia National Self-Defense Forces have limited combat effectiveness, and it is indeed more difficult to cause decent trouble to the Russian army.

Leonid felt that during his trip to the Black Sea, besides marching, he was marching. He spent more time walking than fighting, and used his feet more than bayonets. His biggest trouble does not come from the enemy, but the weak supply capability of the Russian army.

Looking at the muddy road, Leonid couldn't help lamenting: "I don't know when I can fight a decent battle!"

Boris feels the same way about this. The roads in Wallachia are so bad that he doubts his life. Especially the closer he gets to Bucharest, the more difficult the road is. Half way, walking one mile is more strenuous than usual walking ten miles.

What's worse, it seems that even God is against Russia. When Leonid and the others arrived in the hinterland of Wallachia,

After catching up with the continuous torrential rain, the Danube also flooded, which further deteriorated the traffic situation and made it difficult for the Russian army to move forward.

This made Duke Mikhail, who was eager to annihilate Wallachia's resistance forces in one go, even more headache, and was speechless for a long time looking at the pouring rain.

This torrential rain did give Kuza a chance to breathe. The previous fierce battles with the Russian army not only caused him heavy losses, but also let him know the gap between the army he hastily formed and the regular army. Tactically, these mobs of his are indeed no match for the Russian army.

He told the generals: "We must seize the time to recover and rest, replenish the severely damaged troops, and restore as much combat power as possible...In particular, we must strengthen basic military training so that soldiers can master the most basic combat skills , we can no longer waste precious manpower in vain... The most important thing is to adjust tactics. Facts have proved that in a frontal battle away from a strong fortress, we are by no means an opponent of the Russians, so on the one hand, we must make good use of the fortresses and fortresses at hand , consume the enemy as much as possible, and also adopt flexible harassment tactics to exhaust the enemy..."

Kuza is indeed a little level, not the kind of one who only knows how to give away people's heads, he knows how to make use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses to maximize his own advantages. If you give him more time and more power, maybe you can really do something.

It's a pity that he neither has enough time nor enough power, so even if he masters some good methods, it is impossible to generalize them.

"Our food and ammunition supplies are in trouble again."

Kuza’s order on this side has not yet been heard, but bad news keeps pouring in from the other side. It is normal for food and ammunition to have problems. At least Kuza is not surprised. If his supplies go smoothly one day, he Only then will it feel strange.

"Capitulationism in Bucharest has begun to rise again, and now some people are calling for moving the capital or going directly to Istanbul to establish a government-in-exile..."

There is a supply problem and Kuza can accept it, but the resurgence of capitulationism makes him unbearable. What is the purpose of his hard work and bloody battle this month? Terrible, just pick up a gun and kill them.

But now these capitulators want to move the capital and set up a government-in-exile regardless of the bloody sacrifices of the frontline soldiers, what is this!

Immediately, Kuza became angry. He slammed the table and roared: "It's all these cowardly bastards, otherwise the situation will deteriorate like this!!"