Of course Li Xiao knew what Dmitry Milyutin wanted to do, but if he did that, he might offend Duke Mikhail. To be honest, it was a bit stupid.
Although Duke Mikhail is often as difficult to deal with as an old man, and sometimes even tries to trick you out of interests, he has to admit that in the cesspit of Russian officialdom, he is one who can be united.
Li Xiao knew very well how powerful their enemy was. In history, even though the reformists used the disastrous defeat of the Crimean War to severely attack the conservatives and regain the dominance, the conservatives still won the final battle.
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Alexander II's reforms turned out to be short-lived, giving Russia a glimmer of hope that was quickly extinguished.
What's more, now, Nicholas I is in power, and conservatives are at their peak. At this time, you still don't cherish your friends and push your friends away? Doesn't that mean you are seeking death?
Li Xiao never seeks death, so he decided to give Duke Mikhail a face: "Duke, regarding Leonid, this is a matter of principle for Alexei. If he has been disobeying orders and opposing
It's our normal decision, so there's no point in letting him come back. Sooner or later the conflict will break out again, which will only hurt our feelings even more!"
Duke Mikhail clicked his tongue. The reason why he was so naughty just now was not because he wanted to confuse the issue. Because he also knew Leonid's bad temper, and it was impossible to make him give in.
What he meant was to get the matter out of the way first, and when the war really broke out, he could find any excuse to let Leonid attack with his main force, and naturally there would be no conflict with Alexey.
But Li Xiao said it straight away, leaving him with no way to reconcile, which somewhat made him feel a little bit pained.
The old fox could only bite the bullet and reply: "I have already criticized him. Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. Refusing to carry out orders from superiors for any reason will not be tolerated. I believe he already knows his mistake!"
Li Xiao snorted and said, "Really? If you know you made a mistake, you should admit it. Let's do this. When will Leonid make a public review of this, we will reinstate him to his position. How about that?"
Prince Mikhail was so shocked that he was speechless, because it was impossible for Leonid to publicly criticize him, which was even more painful than killing him.
This made him couldn't help but spit at Li Xiao again, thinking that this kid was a difficult vixen!
Duke Mikhail stopped talking, and Li Xiao didn't take the initiative to speak. He just looked at him with a smile. He was a little embarrassed when he saw the old fox. Li Xiaocai then said: "If this method doesn't work, then let Leonid become the official
Reinstatement would not be appropriate..."
Seems like things have come to a standstill?
No, because Li Xiao said this on purpose. The above words were just used to stop Duke Mikhail from playing hooligans, because Li Xiao and the others definitely cannot accept the plan of reinstating Leonid directly as an official.
They slap themselves in the face, which directly destroys their prestige.
What's more, letting Leonid come back and giving him another chance is a favor after all. It can't be without any benefit, right?
Anyway, Li Xiao couldn't accept the result that Duke Mikhail opened his mouth casually with red lips and white teeth, and then shoved back Leonid, a big troublemaker. That would be too cheating!
Li Xiao's plan is that if Leonid must come back, then enough benefits must be provided, otherwise there will be no need to discuss it!
"Duke," Li Xiao said with a smile, "Your Majesty the Governor, you and General Dmitry agree that it is necessary to build a new volunteer army in Wallachia. The source of troops mainly comes from hiring domestic veterans. We have already started to do the relevant work.
A little bit, but if you can respond personally, I think domestic veterans will be more enthusiastic about signing up. Are you interested in this?"
Alexey and Dmitri were both a little stunned. They didn't understand why Li Xiao suddenly mentioned the matter of mercenaries. Didn't he already entrust Marshal Vorontsov with this matter? Why did he go to Duke Mikhail again?
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What's more, with the way you refused forcefully just now, why should someone sell you this face? Do you think they have masochistic tendencies?
It's just that Alexei and Dmitry didn't understand, but the old fox Duke Mikhail finally understood. This was telling him that there would be no chance of reinstating Officer Leonid unless he publicly repented. But, they
I don’t want to make things so perfect. Isn’t there a volunteer army? If he can support one or two, then it will not be difficult at all to insert Leonid into the volunteer army.
But Duke Mikhail is also a thousand-year-old fox. He has seen too many volunteer armies and volunteer armies in recent times, such as Grand Duke Constantine’s volunteer army. To be honest, he doesn’t feel very good about these miscellaneous troops. The sources of soldiers are uneven.
, most soldiers come here just to make money, and in his opinion, there is no faith at all.
Anyway, he believes that the combat effectiveness of most volunteers and volunteers is worrying, and Leonid is his nephew and a key training target of the Gorchakov family. Let him go to the battlefield with a bunch of fish belly. Is this a chance or a fight?
Their faces?
Naturally, Duke Mikhail was not prepared to accept Li Xiao's suggestion immediately unless Li Xiao could prove that the fish belly was valuable.
Seeing that Duke Mikhail did not speak, Li Xiao naturally knew what he was worried about. He smiled and said: "Since we are recruiting volunteers composed of retired soldiers and officers, we naturally give priority to recruiting the most experienced soldiers. If the Duke
If you have someone to recommend, I believe the Governor will be happy to appoint him!"
Prince Mikhail understood again, and this meant telling him that he or Leonid could appoint some of the officers of the volunteer army, and Alexei would give the green light in this regard.
Duke Mikhail thought for a while, and if he could ensure the quality of the officers, and then help check the source of soldiers, it would not be too difficult to assemble a combat-worthy army.
"Then how many volunteers do you plan to recruit?"
Li Xiao smiled, because Duke Mikhail was tempted, and he immediately replied: "Thirty to fifty thousand people! The minimum limit is thirty thousand people!"
When he heard that the size of the army was so large, Duke Mikhail was even more tempted. After all, Leonid was just a brigade commander before, with only 5,000 troops under his command. This kind of person is actually not enough to make achievements. Now,
There are 30,000 to 50,000 people, if they can all be put under the command of Leonid...
However, Li Xiao immediately poured cold water on him: "Because Wallachia has limited financial resources and urgently needs manpower to improve the construction of defense projects, I personally think that the number of volunteers used for offensive operations is best at around 10,000 people...