Struggle in Russia

Even though Duke Mikhail was extremely reluctant, he still agreed to the request of Lazarev and Alexei, and called Leonid and Li Xiao over. Of course, the former was just making up numbers, and everyone knew that he was too straightforward. It's hard for Brother Saint to analyze what's coming.

It's just that Duke Mikhail gave his nephew enough face on the surface: "Leonid, tell me, what do Wallachians mean?"

To be honest, Leonid was also a little confused, because he put all his thoughts on the research of new tactics, the more he studied, the more interesting he found new tactics! Anyway, the door to a new world has been opened, what an excitement!

So at this moment, he was suddenly asked something completely irrelevant, and he was really a little confused. He couldn't understand why he was asked this question.

Honestly, he replied directly: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry, I have no idea about this, and I can't answer this question!"

Although Prince Mikhail was mentally prepared to know that his nephew would not give an answer, Leonid's answer was so direct that he still felt a little uncomfortable, and immediately criticized a few words: "Why can't I answer? Could it be You have no idea at all! I am so disappointed!"

Leonid was also a little upset when he was criticized for no reason, but the other party was the commander-in-chief and his uncle after all, so even if he was a little bit annoyed, he could only hold back, and could only reply sullenly: "Recently, I have been Studying new tactics, and you don't let my troops go to the front line to fight, I don't know anything about the situation on the front line, so how can I talk nonsense?"

If there is no big problem with only this paragraph, Duke Mikhail will be happy instead. After all, Leonid gave him a reason why he has no idea, so he can get off the donkey with this slope. Two sentences passed.

But Leonid is a straightforward boy! After he said this, he was afraid that Duke Mikhail would pay attention to this question and urgently needed an answer, so he pushed it out for Li Xiao: "Your Excellency has always been astute, and he may have an opinion on this question. You might as well consult your Excellency the Grand Duke." Opinion!"

These words almost didn't piss off Duke Mikhail. He just didn't want Leonid to look a head lower than Li Xiao, so he did it on purpose. When the opponent speaks, is there a lack of muscle in this brain!

But whoever made Leonid speak out was too late for Duke Mikhail to stop him. At this time, even if he was 10,000 upset, he couldn't help it. He could only say sullenly: "Your Excellency, since Leonid De praises you so much, just talk about it!"

In fact, Li Xiao had been observing the expressions of the crowd, so he couldn't hide Duke Mikhail's little thoughts from him. He knew that the Duke didn't want him to show off in public. Of course, this is also understandable, and the duke's methods are already very gentle. If it were replaced by Nicholas I's family or someone like Menshikov, he would just shut him up and not give him a chance to speak at all. .

So, I have to understand more, not to mention that Leonid is really a straight person and recommended him directly, this is a thank you!

Li Xiao immediately replied modestly: "The leader is modest. If it weren't for the fact that he was busy fighting and studying tactics during this period of time, and didn't pay much attention to the situation on the front line, the movements of the Wallachians were nothing to him at all. I just have a lot of time, I have time to think wildly, and my ideas are not necessarily right, please forgive me if there is something inappropriate."

Prince Mikhail immediately glared at Leonid without leaving a trace, as if to say: "Look at him, and then at you!"

But Leonid really didn't realize it, because he is a real person, he only likes to talk about things, and when he studies new tactics, he wholeheartedly studies new tactics, and discusses the significance of the actions of the Wallachians. , as for the rest, he has no interest at all.

"The actions of the Wallachians are very strange and unreasonable, at least not in line with the most basic military common sense.

"Li Xiao said calmly, "So I think that if you explore the answer to this question from a military perspective, it is likely to be fruitless. Because they probably did not make this choice from a military point of view! "

Lazarev and Ermolov's eyes lit up immediately, while Prince Mikhail and Alexei fell into deep thought. As for Leonid, he was still bewildered because he couldn't understand Li Xiao's words. What are you talking about, I don't understand why the answer to this question is not explored from a military perspective.

Li Xiao continued: "I personally think that the consideration of the Wallachians, or to put it simply, Kuza's strange tactics is probably not to serve the military, but to serve politics, otherwise nothing makes sense. !"

"If you think about it from a political point of view, it would be easier to explain why the people of Wallachia broke through!"

Li Xiao became more confident as he spoke. Whether it was Duke Mikhail or Lazarev and the others, he was completely led away by his thinking.

"From a political point of view, regardless of the actual effect of last night's breakout, the leader of the Wallachian rebels can announce to the outside world: After a desperate battle and heavy casualties to the Russian army, the great Wallachia The Asian National Self-Defense Forces have been heavily surrounded and successfully moved to a safe area! From now on, we will continue to fight until we win the final victory!"

Duke Mikhail frowned immediately. It was obvious that the Wallachians could really do this kind of terrible propaganda, because it was indeed effective politically.

But Leonid and Alexei, who were less politically sensitive, couldn't keep up. One of them said, "No, we wiped out most of them last night, and only a few escaped!"

Another said: "What's the point of such propaganda? Even if you continue to fight according to their so-called propaganda, what's the use?"

Li Xiao didn't explain aloud, because Duke Mikhail had already thought of it. Without his words, the Duke would teach Leonid, a silly nephew, what politics is.

"Of course we know that there are only a few who slip through the net, but we don't know which Wallachian rebels sympathize with and support other countries in the world! The louder the Wallachians blow, the more people who sympathize with and support them will The more you pay attention, the more you will continue to support them, which is the most important thing for those rebels!"

After a while, Duke Mikhail said again: "What's more, the bragging can cause me trouble and make His Majesty unhappy. These bastards are really vicious!"