After hearing this, Alexei's face suddenly darkened. It was obvious that someone who was still thinking about how to fight Turkey at this time would find it difficult to listen to his advice.
"Your Excellencies, the master invites you to go to the study for a chat!"
Alexey pinched his temples and followed the housekeeper to the study immediately, followed closely by Boris, Li Xiao and Vishnyak fell at the back. They talked in a low voice:
"Can Alexei convince that stubborn donkey?"
"I'm so disgusted by it, maybe we'll break up on bad terms!"
"Is there no other way?"
"Do you think Leonid is a man who listens to advice?"
Within a few words, the study arrived. The butler opened the door respectfully and invited the four of them in. As soon as they entered, they were startled by the excitement inside.
In the middle of the study room is a huge sand table, with rivers, mountain peaks, and cities clearly visible. Leonid is leading his lovely subordinates to discuss around the sand table. The atmosphere is very lively, because everyone is informal, which is rare even for Leonid.
He untied the moral clasp.
His face was flushed and he looked very excited. He was dancing and saying something, and immediately his subordinates burst into laughter. It was obvious that they were in a great mood.
Soon Leonid discovered them, and he immediately walked over to Alexey and the others with his subordinates who were also flushed.
"I knew you would come!" Leonid said to Alexei with a smile.
It seems that he is in good mental condition and has no consciousness of having made a big mistake. But this is normal. With his background, he will not be unable to survive in the army if he offends Dmitri.
Leonid said while greeting Li Xiao and others: "But I didn't expect you, Andre, to come too!"
As he spoke, he suddenly clapped his hands and said to his lovely subordinates: "Guys, the Governor is here to lobby. Please give us a few minutes. You can go to the living room to smoke a cigarette or have some snacks."
, Rafael! Rafael! Come here quickly and take my guys to have a rest!"
Leonid seemed certain that Alexei would come to him, and even guessed what Alexei wanted to say, but judging from his mood, he didn't seem to be worried about it at all, and was completely giving up everything.
Looking confident in control.
After the officers had all left, the five friends found a stool and sat down. In the past two years, they spent less and less time sitting together. Most of the time they were busy working on their own.
The small group that worked together in the shabby military camp of the 748th Regiment seemed to have disintegrated invisibly.
Alexey looked at Leonid, then took a deep breath, and was about to speak out all the lines he had prepared, but before he even opened his mouth, Leonid got there first:
"Alexey, I know what you are going to say. You think I am too rash and you think I am just messing around. If this is what you want to say, then there is no need to waste your breath!"
"I know very well what I am doing, and I also know very well that you are paranoid that my idea is wrong, but I still want to say that it is you who are wrong this time!"
As he spoke, Leonid suddenly stood up, walked to the huge sand table and said impassionedly: "The line from Bulgaria to Constantinople is almost flat and there is almost no danger. With Turkey's military strength and combat effectiveness
Why are you fighting us? This is our best chance since 1829 to completely eliminate the heretics and regain Constantinople!"
"If we miss such a God-given opportunity, our descendants will not be able to forgive us! Heavenly Father will not forgive us either! Throw away your caution, this will be the last holy war against the infidels, this battle will completely sweep them into the
garbage can!"
"As a soldier who firmly believes in the loyalty and patriotism of Heavenly Father, what reason do I have for not participating in this last great holy war? Is it just because of your petty and unfounded worries?"
"Gentlemen, throw away the rules and regulations that bind you, and open your mind and body to welcome this great holy war like me. As long as we work together, we will surely create a more brilliant victory!"
Leonid's words were full of emotion and were indeed very contagious, especially those who were already devoutly religious, who were easily incited. However, there was no one like him in the room except him.
The only one who can be regarded as having some faith is Alexey, and Alexey obviously does not accept this kind of chicken soup for the soul.
"I can't see the bright future you talked about, nor can I see any glorious victory," Alexey replied bluntly. "What I can see is that some people are obsessed with their own ideas and take risks to achieve their own ambitions."
Thousands of lives and a happy life are a joke.”
Leonid was stunned at this time, because he thought that as long as he understood the reason, it would not be difficult to convince Alexei, and as long as he convinced Alexei, nothing would be a problem. But he hit the iron mark in the first step.
It's clear that Alexei doesn't agree with everything he believes in.
"When did you become so pessimistic and extreme? Can't you see our great situation?" Leonid said again without giving up.
Alexei shook his head firmly and said: "I may be a little pessimistic, but it is far from extreme. At least... forget it, I don't see the good situation you mentioned..."
Leonid became anxious, pointed at the sand table and shouted: "Look at our deployment, our military strength, the support of the Bulgarian people...and the joy of the Orthodox Christians...how could you not see it?
?”
But Alexei still shook his head firmly and even retorted one by one: "Maybe our army's equipment and even combat effectiveness are better than the Turkish army, but they have enough strategic depth and solid fortresses, not to mention that their military strength is not inferior to ours.
The consumption alone is enough to give us a headache!”
"As for what you call the support of the Bulgarian people, if the people you call are just a few clowns, then there is indeed it. But do ordinary people really support us? Not necessarily!"
In fact, Alexei was already saving face for Leonid. The Bulgarian people responded very coldly and showed no interest in being liberated or participating in the so-called "holy war".
"You're talking nonsense!"
Leonid finally became anxious. He waved his arms excitedly and said: "Can't you see the call of those Orthodox brothers and the suffering they are suffering? What's the point of liberating them from the enslavement of the pagans?
Wrong? What's wrong! How could they not support it?!"