Chapter five hundred and sixty-ninth hope for a miracle
What exactly does Prince Mikhail want from Menshikov?
At first, he actually planned to persuade Menshikov to go with him to persuade Nicholas I, but Li Xiao persuaded him and let Duke Mikhail know that Menshikov would never agree.
Making things difficult for the old eunuch made the old eunuch feel that he did not know the importance and had no benefit whatsoever.
At that time, Li Xiao said to Duke Mikhail: "Now there are only three forces that can stop Paskovich. The first is himself, the second is His Majesty, and the last is the British, French and Turkish forces."
"Obviously Paskovich himself does not have this understanding for the time being, and His Majesty obviously has too many expectations and his head is still hot, and it is impossible to stop."
"At this time, it is impossible for the old eunuch to work with us to persuade those two people. That cunning old eunuch will never do it. If you force your request, it will only make him resent you, which is meaningless!"
Duke Mikhail asked very frustratedly: "You mean, now the only way is to let the British, French and Turkish forces teach Paskovich a lesson and make him understand what can't be done?"
Who would have thought that Li Xiao shook his head and denied it directly: "I didn't say that, because in my opinion, even if the British, French and Turkish coalition forces taught Paskovich a severe lesson, he probably wouldn't wake up and he wouldn't wake up at all.
I'll stop!"
"Think about it. After paying such a high price and drawing such a big pie for His Majesty, you got nothing in the end. Can Paskovich explain?"
"Whether it's to save face or to make an explanation, he will not stop. He will only further ask for reinforcements and continue to fight against the British, French and Turkish coalition forces!"
Duke Mikhail thought for a while and realized that this was indeed very similar to the Paskovich he knew. That face-conscious old Qiu Ba would definitely be able to do such a thing. So shouldn't he quickly find a way to stop him?
Should we rather do Menshikov's work and let the old eunuch help?
Li Xiao sighed again and said: "Duke, you haven't understood yet. You can't be persuaded! Neither His Majesty nor Paskovich can stop at this time. The only thing we can do is to persuade Menshikov
, when Paskovich got his head wet and was about to fight with the British, French and Turkish forces at Ineada, let him speak for us and dispel His Majesty's idea of sending reinforcements to refuel."
Duke Mikhail was stunned. Only then did he understand what Li Xiao meant, that it was useless to say anything now. Only when Paskovich touched the bag proved that his plan had completely failed, but he still didn't want to
When he was willing to let go, he united with Menshikov to prevent him from continuing to kill people.
After thinking for a while, Duke Mikhail admitted that Li Xiao's statement was reasonable. Only then could Nicholas I wake up and stop Paskovich from continuing to kill people. By then, the bad side had been fully exposed.
Everyone can see that what Paskovich is doing is not going to work, so it will be more convincing to speak out if it is reasonable and well-founded.
At that time, Menshikov would offend Nicholas I by speaking for him, but it would not affect his holy family. Then the old eunuch would naturally give him face.
It can be said that the pressure of doing this is the best, but Duke Mikhail is unwilling and unhappy to do this, because it means that the Russian army will pay a heavy price. Without these prices, Nicholas I would not be able to understand the situation.
, but he still felt that these costs were too heavy!
After all, human life is not a number, at least for Duke Mikhail, those lives are not just a number. If unnecessary losses can be avoided, why not do it?
Li Xiao spoke slowly: "If possible, I also hope that no mother loses her son, and no child loses his father, but this is simply impossible, at least for Your Majesty and Prince Paskovich, these are completely insufficient.
To convince them, the only thing we can do is to avoid greater losses within a reasonable range..."
Li Xiao finally convinced Duke Mikhail, or Duke Mikhail also knew that it was impossible to persuade those two people. All he could do was to be idealistic.
As expected, Menshikov did not resist such a request. As long as he was not allowed to persuade Nicholas I immediately, there would be no problem. He was easier to feel at ease than Li Xiao and Duke Mikhail. When necessary, let him follow Nicholas I.
It doesn't matter to Paskovich either.
The news reached St. Petersburg. As expected, Nicholas I had the same guess as Li Xiao. Although Duke Ordorf reminded him of the impact of the arrival of the British and French forces in Turkey, he still wanted to continue to take a gamble. He bet that it was just an Anglo-French expedition.
The army is just showing off, betting that the enemy is just a small force.
"The arrival of the British and French on the battlefield is worthy of attention," Nicholas I said thoughtfully, "but it is still very likely that they are just posturing. On the one hand, they are putting pressure on us and on the other hand, they are encouraging Turkey. Only a small number of troops are needed.
can achieve such an effect, but I will never be intimidated by them!"
Duke Oldorf was helpless against Nicholas I's stubbornness. In fact, the reason why he reminded him so much at the imperial meeting was because Duke Mikhail asked him to try and see if he could persuade Nicholas I.
Obviously it was not possible. Nicholas I was like a piece of granite, hopelessly hard.
"How is Ineada doing?"
Although Nicholas I didn't care about the Anglo-French coalition, he was obviously not satisfied with Paskovich's progress.
"Why has the march to Constantinople been delayed?"
Chernyshev smiled bitterly and replied bravely: "The bad weather previously prevented the Black Sea Fleet from going to sea and had to delay its action. This delayed a lot of time and allowed Turkey to mobilize its troops back to Constantinople.
Rescue.”
He carefully observed Nicholas I's expression, and seeing that the Tsar's mood was beginning to become unstable, he quickly added: "According to Prince Paskovich, he will go all out to take action to eliminate this trend as soon as possible.
Enemy, advance towards Constantinople as quickly as possible!"
In fact, Chernyshev did not have much confidence in Paskovich, and he was not stupid. He saw clearly the situation reported by Kornilov. There were already at least 100,000 Turkish troops besieging the landing force. Even if
If Paskovich can push forward the main force as soon as possible, do you dare to say that he will be able to defeat these enemies?
What's more, the British and French expeditionary forces have also begun to arrive on the battlefield. It is unlikely that this landing operation will have a good outcome.
It's just that although he knew that the situation was not good, given the stubbornness of Nicholas I, how could he dare to say that this was not possible? He could only pretend not to know, and let Paskovich do whatever he wanted to see if there could be a miracle.