Chapter 704 The Tsar’s Glory Shines on the Plains of Eastern Europe

Chapter 705 The Glory of the Tsar Shines on the Plains of Eastern Europe

Marshal Rumyantsev, the most senior officer in the conference room, looked around at the silent officers, coughed lightly, and said: "Your Majesty, we don't have too many troops to mobilize along the Oka River.

"If these Poles continue to move eastward, Kaluga, Mozhaisk, and Kolomna will become their targets... I'm afraid the only city that can stop them is Moscow."

Catherine II said coldly: "You don't need to remind me. What I need is a countermeasure, a countermeasure to the Poles!"

There are a large number of very wealthy cities concentrated on the north bank of the Oka River. No matter which one is attacked, it will be a serious loss for Russia.

Even if the Russian army successfully occupies eastern Poland, these losses will halve the benefits of the war, or even 30% off.

Rumyantsev immediately said: "Your Majesty, the safest way at present is to transfer the Morkov Corps back to the country and completely destroy this Polish army..."

"Absolutely not! "Catherine II glared at him," The Poles risked crossing the Dnieper River just to force us to withdraw.

"I will never allow them to lead me by the nose."

The Tsar's lover, Pladen Zubov, immediately echoed loudly: "The fighting power of the Poles is not to be feared, and there are only 17,000 people. Relying on the garrison at home is enough to deal with them."

Marshal Vasilyevich Repnin shook his head and said: "The Moscow garrison is only about 10,000 people. If the Poles are not annihilated, the situation will become very bad.

"Although St. Petersburg and Saratov have enough troops, they are too far away. ”

The north bank of the Oka River is the endless plain of East Europe. Once the Moscow garrison loses to the Poles in a field battle, the entire central Russia will be exposed to the guns of the Polish army.

In fact, Rumyantsev's plan is the safest.

But if the Polish Front is recalled, it will seriously disrupt the rhythm of invading Poland and let Poland breathe a sigh of relief. Secondly, the military expenditure consumed by the movement of large troops back and forth is also very considerable.

Although Russia seems to be fighting the Ottomans first, then beating Sweden, and then invading Poland, it looks invincible, but after a series of wars, the treasury is already quite empty.

Catherine II is absolutely unwilling to waste such a large amount of funds for less than 20,000 Polish troops.

The conference room was quiet again.

The Tsar stared at the map in front of him, suddenly smiled, and whispered: "Logistics. The most fatal problem of the Poles is logistics."

Rumyantsev was slightly startled, then nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Poles cannot cross the Dnieper River to supply this isolated army. "

Zubov immediately rushed to say: "Then we will try to trap these guys to death!"

Catherine II looked at him and said: "So, what is the specific plan?"

"Uh..."

Rumyantsev hurriedly rescued his lover: "Your Majesty, we can let the Moscow garrison go forward to entangle the Poles.

"More than 3,000 cavalrymen of the Morkov Corps have set out for many days and will soon catch up with the enemy from the west.

"Then, mobilize the troops in Rzhev, Zubzov, Kashen and other places in the north of Tver, about 6,000 people.

"In this way, we can gather nearly 20,000 troops in the central part, just follow the Poles closely, and do not fight a decisive battle with them.

"At the same time, all the supplies in Bryansk and western Kaluga will be transported to Moscow to ensure that the Poles cannot get supplies from the local area.

"At most two months, the Poles will starve to death!"

Zubov said loudly: "Since there are 20,000 troops, why not just eliminate those Poles?"

Catherine II immediately rolled his eyes at him.

These 20,000 troops were completely put together, and they couldn't even achieve unified command and dispatch. There was no confidence that they could defeat 17,000 Poles.

Marshal Repnin worried: "But in this case, Moscow's defense will be very empty. If the Poles bypass our army and attack Moscow..."

"Bypass?" Rumyantsev smiled and shook his head, "Vasnetsov will definitely take the opportunity to attack the enemy's flank.

"Even if he neglects, he will immediately follow the Poles. Moscow is not so easy to break through, and then it will form a situation of attacking the enemy from both sides."

Vasnetsov is the commander of the Moscow garrison.

Catherine II nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "You discuss the details of the battle."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Tsar was about to get up and leave when he saw the court official walked in quickly and handed her a secret report with a bow: "Your Majesty, General Morkov just sent it. "

Catherine II returned to the table and opened the secret report.

The letter was written in plain text. She only glanced at it and immediately showed surprise on her face. She looked up at the officers in the conference room:

"Gentlemen, the King of Poland has decided to compromise."

Everyone immediately stood up and saluted, and rainbow farts followed: "Your Majesty's wisdom and courage will always lead to victory!"

"Your Majesty's glory shines on the plains of Eastern Europe!"

"Your Majesty's heroic name will be recorded in history like Peter the Great!"

Catherine told Zubov: "Prepare a grand surrender ceremony. By the way, you will talk to the Poles about the armistice agreement."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

A week later.

Under the gaze of hundreds of arrogant Russian palace guards, Stanislaw II humbly met with Catherine II.

He first praised the Tsar's army for its unparalleled combat power. Those in Poland who tried to disobey His Majesty the Tsar were killed and suffered heavy casualties.

Then, he started to tell with tears and snot that he had nothing to do with the maid at the beginning, everything was a misunderstanding, and he hoped that His Majesty the Tsar could give him another chance.

Catherine II smiled and said that she did not care about this, and only asked him to complete the armistice treaty negotiations with Minister of State Zubov as soon as possible.

Early the next morning.

Zubov looked proudly at his old lover who was sitting on a small chair and was submissive to him, and the satisfaction in his heart almost overflowed.

After enjoying Stanislaw II's flattery and pleading, Zubov threw the prepared treaty on the table and proudly said: "Please sign, Your Majesty the King."

Stanislaw II smiled apologetically, opened the document, read it quickly, and immediately shook his head and said: "Dear Count, I'm afraid the terms here are not good."

Zubov snorted angrily: "Then just wait until our army conquers Poland..."

"No, no, you misunderstood." The Polish king stood up in a hurry and pointed to the first item in the treaty, "You see, it is not enough to only hand over the administration of the Tsar from Volyn to the east of Kovno.

"Courland and Raseniai also have a large Orthodox population. These places deserve to shine the glory of His Majesty."