Struggle in Russia

Somewhere in Lithuania, the temporary camp of the 748 regiment.

"So you are here to inform me that you don't need to go to Prussia, but go directly to Ukraine?"

When he said this, Leonid almost gritted his teeth. He was so angry that he had been on the road for more than a month. They were kicked off the ship first, then ordered to go to Estonia, then entered Lithuania, and then received an order to go to Prussia. As a result, they were asked to brake and turn to Ukraine to gather and stand by before they left for two days.

These orders changed from day to day made his troops go wrong and waste precious time. Anyway, he couldn't complain anymore, and he got home depressed.

Of course, soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty, and Leonid will still obey orders and march towards Ukraine, and he will even complete the deployment as quickly as possible. Because he is a real soldier, even if he is complaining and resentful, he will do his job well.

However, at this moment, he was more worried about his friends. There is no news from Li Xiao. Since he left St. Petersburg, communication has become extremely difficult. It takes thousands of miles to send a letter to the other party. Russia's poor transport and postal facilities made communication extremely difficult.

Li Xiao's side is not bad, at least there is still some news. On Alexei's side, there was no response. Considering the difficult mission of his old friend, Leonid was extremely worried about his trip to Wallachia.

For the first time, he wrote a letter to his father, Prince Gorchakov, begging his representative to take care of Alexei and update him about the latest situation in Wallachia.

To be honest, when Prince Alexander Gorchakov received this letter, it was also a time when he was devastated, and the situation in Austria was very turbulent and unstable.

Since the revolution broke out in Paris in February, Vienna has also begun to move around. All classes of society, from nobles to poor, from businessmen to students, began to gather secretly to discuss politics, philosophy, and freedom.

Then, dissatisfaction with Metternich's cabinet erupted like a volcano. Angry citizens of Vienna spontaneously took to the streets to demand that Metternich step down immediately. The Austrian government faced armed confrontation.

Under tremendous pressure, Metternich collapsed, and the old prime minister hurriedly changed into women's clothing and fled to England. Ferdinand I, who had constant epilepsy and was considered to have mental problems, had almost no ability to govern. The Regency Committee was almost decided by Grand Duke Louis.

Under the arrangement of the Grand Duke, Ferdinand I pretended to surrender to the people and prepared to establish a constitutional monarchy, but the newly formed cabinet was actually the same as that of Metternich, still so conservative and reactionary.

It's almost like changing the soup without changing the medicine.

Not only is the situation in Austria unstable, but Bohemia and Hungary are also in turmoil. The Young Czech Party rose up in Prague, while Kossuth and Fitofi led the Hungarian independence movement. The huge Austrian Empire is in danger of falling apart.

All this was seen by the old vagabond. He felt more and more that Austria's weakness and disintegration was inevitable. This country was like a piece of broken glass that was barely held together by glue. Once the glue aged and failed, it would inevitably fall apart.

So is the Habsburg-Lorraine family still saved? Hopeless, at least in Gorchakov's view. The current emperor and his brother are both products of inbreeding, either sick or mentally retarded. Can such an emperor control the overall situation? Ability to turn the tide?

In Gorchakov's view, Austria and the Habsburg family are yesterday's flowers, the most pitiful political zombies in Europe. At this time, the most beneficial and easiest way is to share and eat. Russia should unite with Prussia to directly cut eight pieces of Austria and put them on the table.

He couldn't help but think of the letter he received a month ago. In that letter, Leonid told him about Li Xiao's opinion on Austria. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

But now it seems that the Grand Duke's judgment is probably correct. If he joins Prussia and France to attack Austria as he envisioned, it may really be successful.

Thinking of this, Gorchakov couldn't help writing to Nicholas I again, clarifying his views again, opposing interference in the Austrian revolution, and letting this revolution become the death knell of Austria. The fall of a powerful empire will inevitably give Russia huge geopolitical benefits. At least on the Balkan side, no one can hold back Russia's progress.

Recapturing Constantinople will no longer be an unattainable dream at that time, and Russia will truly face the Mediterranean Sea and gain a real outlet to the sea, instead of being stuck in the bathtub of the Black Sea.

Gorchakov wrote a lot of eloquence, but when he was about to finish, he stopped writing. He thought of something, then sighed, crumpled up what he had just written and threw it into the trash can.

"It's pointless. With the old Nesselrode and the background of the Paris Revolution, no one can convince His Majesty. What a pity!"

Gorchakov sighed for a long time, and walked to the balcony as if lost. Through the window, he could see groups of citizens rushing to build barricades, and opposite them were Austrian soldiers with low morale. .

After observing for a while, he went back to the desk, took out a piece of letter paper and began to write back to Leonid:

"Dear little lion, I am relieved to know that you are all right. The situation is chaotic, the Viennese took to the streets and started fighting like the Parisians in 1789... The Austrians did very poorly and could hardly do anything about these brave men The Viennese... Metternich fled in haste, and his downfall meant the end of an era..."

"The era that belonged to the past, which belonged to 1815, has come to an end. Everything related to that era will be rewritten - the Holy Alliance, our glory, and the cornerstone of stability..."

"A new era of instability has arrived, and you are lucky to be able to catch up with this brand new era. I believe you will be able to make great achievements... Forget about those things in the past, including those victories, those honors, those It doesn't make sense anymore!"

"Treasure your current friends, I have a feeling that you will all shine, especially the Grand Duke, you told me he managed to sneak into Wallachia, that is a smart way, please give the contact information of the Grand Duke to Me, I have some questions I want to ask him... Alexey, I will take care of him, I believe he will be fine, if there is no accident, we will meet soon..."