Struggle in Russia

Duke Mikhail is in a pretty good mood, because the pressure on him in the past two months is not special. Not to mention that the offensives of Turkey and the British and French coalition forces are not fierce, but the enemy's offensives are weak most of the time.

The first three days may have been very stressful, but after he got over it, the enemy's offensive immediately weakened by more than half. In the end, he was even able to calmly organize a counterattack and take away a wave of enemies.

So he was very satisfied with Vishnyak's work, and his attitude towards Alexei and Li Xiao became much better.

"Your method is very effective. I think it can be continued. Can you expand the scale and send more people there?"

Li Xiao laughed on the spot. The more people the better when attacking behind enemy lines. After all, Bulgaria has a limited land area and cannot accommodate so many people. Moreover, with more people, the logistics pressure will be greater. After all, even the guerrillas need food and clothing, not to mention weapons and ammunition. These are not something you can just transport.

Moreover, Li Xiao believed that Duke Mikhail's regular troops were not suitable for this at all. They were not suitable for fighting behind enemy lines at all. The doctrines they had learned in the past would tightly constrain them and prevent them from doing anything well.

Rather than letting these regular troops reluctantly do things that they are absolutely not good at, it is better to leave these to more suitable people-such as the Bulgarians.

"I think we can continue to arm the Bulgarians. From the example of Count Provence, we can see that as long as there is enough pressure, their combat effectiveness can still be expected."

"Furthermore, they are familiar with the terrain and have smooth connections in all aspects. It is easier to obtain the enemy's movements. The most important thing is that the cost of arming them is low, and there is no need to mobilize our front-line combat forces."

Duke Mikhail fell into deep thought. He was also a battle-hardened veteran. He could tell that these opinions raised by Li Xiao were reasonable after just a little thought.

But he also had concerns: "Is it reliable to arm the Bulgarians? Gentlemen, I don't doubt their hatred of Turkey, but you have also seen their attitude after the war broke out, which is very negative!"

Duke Mikhail frowned and continued: "I wonder if they will become alienated once they obtain enough weapons and equipment?"

The problem is very real because no one can vouch for Bulgaria. What's more, Bulgaria has a criminal record. Look at their behavior after the war broke out. It's not to say embarrassing, but at least it's useless.

"We don't rule out the possibility," Li Xiao replied calmly, "But compared with the benefits of arming them, this problem has little impact on us for the time being!"

Duke Mikhail was stunned, looked at Li Xiao and asked: "How can it be that the impact is not big? If you don't look at it..."

Li Xiao interrupted: "I know what you are worried about, but think about it, even if the Bulgarians are not under control after accepting our arms, can they still turn their guns against us? Turkey is their biggest enemy anyway, no Before defeating Turkey, unless they are stupid, they cannot openly rebel!"

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Duke Mikhail was stunned again. This is true, but if the Turks are defeated in the future, what should we do if the Bulgarians are unable to defeat them?

Li Xiao snorted coldly and said bluntly: "My Lord Duke, don't you think it's too... too early to consider this now? Let's not talk about the final result of this war. Even if we want to defeat Turkey, we need A long effort! During this period, we have many more difficulties than our enemies. At this time, the first thing we need to consider is not what impact arming our allies may have in the future. But if we don’t arm them, we will probably not be able to win!"

Duke Mikhail suddenly woke up. He had indeed thought wrong. It was hard to say whether Russia could win at the moment. How could he have the time to think about whether Bulgaria's future would be unreliable?

The best strategy is to tie Bulgaria to the chariot honestly first, and then try every means to defeat the enemy.

As for those messy things in the future, let’s talk about it in the future. The ship will naturally reach the bridge. Don’t think too far ahead!

"What you said makes sense." Duke Mikhail admitted simply. "We can't worry about so much for the time being. How to overcome the current difficulties is the most important thing."

Sighing, he continued: "But we still need to try to control them. Even if they don't jump to Turkey, Britain and France must guard against them!"

Li Xiao also agrees with this point. Compared with Turkey, Britain and France are indeed more worthy of vigilance. Both of them are experts in conspiracy and are best at using various despicable means to achieve their goals. This included buying off the Bulgarians.

If the Bulgarians can really cause big trouble for them, in order to achieve the purpose of weakening Russia, these two companies will definitely lure them to benefit and use means including helping Bulgaria's autonomy or independence to buy off those who sit on the fence in Bulgaria.

Unfortunately, there are not many others in Bulgaria, and the most popular ones now are fence-sitters. Even people like Razette and Count Province were wavering deep down. As long as Britain and France provide enough benefits, they will hug their thighs and call daddy in a minute.

Li Xiao didn't want to work hard for a long time only to have the fruits plucked away in minutes. After all, Greece had learned the lesson before. In order to block Russia within the Black Sea, the British were willing to do anything.

And if you want to avoid being intercepted, you must strengthen control over the pro-Russian faction in Bulgaria. Not to mention everyone sending their families to St. Petersburg as hostages like Count Provence, at least ensure that they will not fall to the Bulgarian side casually. of Britain and France.

That night, Li Xiao gave Vishniak new instructions. He ordered Vishniak to try his best to instigate pro-Russian factions, including Count Provence and Lazette, to attack the British and French coalition forces. It would be best to openly challenge the British and French forces. The coalition forces broke up, such as massacring more soldiers from the British and French armies.

All in all, they are trying every means to make them stand on the opposite side of Britain and France. Of course, just doing this is not enough. This also requires Li Xiao's help from the other side.

As the old saying goes, a slap in the face can't make a difference. Regardless of whether you have to make the Bulgarians slap the lips of Britain and France, you also have to find a way to make Britain and France hate the Bulgarians, preferably to the point of hatred.

This requires the help of journalists, and Li Xiao is best at taking advantage of these Western European journalists who tell lies with their eyes open. Anyway, as long as the money is in place, they dare to tell any nonsense. Moreover, it is now politically correct to smear Russia and its allies. Li Xiao believes that they will take the bait as long as they use a little trick...