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Alexander II became even more sad after getting the answer from Gorchakov.

So in the next few days, Alexander II worked more diligently to build fortifications. Bastions and trenches appeared around the city of Bakhchisaray. The entire Bakhchisaray had been built as a defense by Alexander II. A bastion of hope for the French Empire's attack.

However, this Bakhchisarai Fortress, which was strengthened by Alexander II, has a fatal flaw compared with the historical Sevastopol Fortress, that is, the entire Bakhchisarai Fortress does not look like Sevastopol. It can rely on sea transportation for supplies. In the deep inland areas, it can only rely on supplies from the interior of the Russian Empire.

This means that once the road to Perekop is cut off, all logistics supplies in the entire Bakhchisarai region will be destroyed.

If Bakhchisarai's logistical supplies are not cut off by the British and French coalition forces, the best way is to have a force with both combat effectiveness and mobility in the hands of the Russian Empire.

This force will shoulder the responsibility of the fire-fighting brigade. Wherever there is a problem, the fire-fighting brigade will be dispatched to the place where the problem occurs.

However, the Russian Empire did not have such a force in its hands. Whether it was the Zuav Regiment in the hands of France or the Scots Fusiliers in the hands of Britain, they crushed the Russian Empire in terms of mobility and combat effectiveness.

Therefore, Alexander II had no choice but to choose a clumsy, but very effective method.

This method is to reduce the number of troops stationed in Bakhchisaray and at the same time hoard enough food in the Bakhchisaray area.

Only in this way can the Bakhchisarai region be able to hold on for a year and a half, and they can win.

Alexander II firmly believed that as long as the Russian army gritted its teeth and persisted, there would be big domestic problems in Britain and France.

It’s just that Alexander II, whose thinking was stuck in the Showa-style conjecture, forgot that the Russian Empire was a more fragile country than Britain and France. Even without Duke Golitsyn planning a rebellion in the hinterland of St. Petersburg, the Russian Empire still lasted shorter than the British and French armies. .

Under the order of Alexander II, the 80,000 Russian soldiers originally stationed in the Bakhchisaray area suddenly reduced to only 50,000.

Nearly 30,000 troops were transferred to Simferopol, and the supplies delivered by Perekop to the Bakhchisaray area were still at the quota of 80,000.

The Simferopol Russian army, which originally had only 50,000 troops, received only about 60,000 supplies after adding 30,000 troops.

This does not include the daily deductions from soldiers by officers. If all were brokers, on average, each Russian soldier would only get one-fifth of what he said he wanted.

The arrival of the Bakhchisaray Russian army made the already difficult life of the Simferopol Russian army even more difficult.

There is a saying that the enemy of rice is the enemy of rice, and the Simferopol Russian army, whose life was getting worse and worse, immediately shifted the focus to the Bakhchisarai Russian army.

In just two days, there were several vicious fights and robberies throughout Simferopol. Alexander II had no choice but to go to Simferopol himself to quell the conflicts.

Under the mediation of Alexander II, the Bakhchisarai Russian army, which originally had a quota of 80,000 people, had to hand over 10,000 people to the Russian army stationed in Simferopol.

The Russian army in Simferopol also took a step back and no longer clashed with the Russian army in Bakhchisarai.

A turmoil caused by supply problems seemed to be settled by Alexander II's method of hitting fifty pieces each. However, this method was very unfair to the Russian armies in the two regions.

However, the conflict between the two parties is still within controllable limits.

In early November, a sudden blizzard fell for several days, covering the entire land with a thick silver cotton coat.

Alexander II's plan had to be stopped due to the arrival of the blizzard. After the blizzard ended, Alexander II received a message from Perekop.

The envoy representing Tsar Nicholas I has arrived on the northern shore of Perekop and is expected to arrive in Bakhchisaray tomorrow.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!" Alexander II couldn't wait to meet with the envoy sent by Nicholas I.

"Your Highness, let's just wait here quietly for Minister Neserrodie to arrive!" Ivanov Gorchakov, Alexander II's adjutant, whispered to dissuade Alexander II. He didn't want to let himself get in trouble. Something happened to the thigh that I had worked so hard to hug.

"I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of!" Alexander II scolded Ivanov Gorchakov.

"Yes! Your Highness" Ivanov Gorchakov had no choice but to agree to Alexander II's request to go to Perekop.

On this morning, Alexander II and Ivanov Gorchakov led a group of soldiers to attack Perekop in a mighty manner.

In the afternoon of the same day, Alexander II and Ivanov Gorchakov arrived in Perekop and met with Minister Neserrode and the delegation led by him.

"Your Highness!" Neserrode immediately saluted Alexander II.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Excellency!" Alexander II said to Neserrodie.

Neserrodie and Alexander II started talking after a simple polite exchange. Alexander II asked Neserrodie if his father, Tsar Nicholas I, was willing to accept the conditions proposed by France.

Neserrodie told Alexander II that Nicholas I did resist the conditions proposed by France at first. However, with his unremitting efforts (Gorchakov showed a trace of disdain on his face), Nicholas I finally succeeded. King Gula I was willing to make concessions on some conditions.

Later, Alexander II asked Nicholas I on what conditions he was willing to make concessions. Neserrodie pointed out that Nicholas I was willing to make concessions on the Danube issue and the Ottoman Orthodox Church issue, that is, the Russian Empire promised to give up the Danube River. At the same time, regarding the issue of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman territory, the Russian Empire is also willing to give up part of the Orthodox Church's protection rights, and their security will be transferred to the hands of Britain, France and Austria.

"So, my father is unwilling to give up the navigation rights in the Danube region and the Russian Empire's leading rights in the Black Sea region!" Alexander II replied to Neserrodie.

"Your Highness, the Empire has made an indelible contribution to the construction of the Danube River, so Your Majesty is not willing to give up on it easily. (To put it in layman's terms: the benefits brought to Russia by monopolizing the navigation rights of the Danube River are really something that Nicholas I can't bear to give up!)" Neserrode tactfully said to Alexander II: "And the Russian Empire losing its dominant power over the Black Sea region means losing the future of the Russian Empire!"

If you don't pass this threshold, there is no future!

Alexander II lowered his head and complained silently in his heart, then raised his head again and asked Neserrode: "Minister Neserrode, how confident are you that you can promote peace talks!"

"Your Highness, I can only say that I will do my best!" Neserrode responded to Alexander II.

"Hey!" Alexander II sighed. He knew that the question he just asked De was too difficult. "Okay! You have been tired for almost a day, so I won't disturb you anymore!"

With that, Alexander II left Neserrodie's room.

That night, Ambassador Gorchakov knocked on Neserrodie's door.

"Deputy Envoy Gorchakov, what can I do for you?" Neserrodie asked Gorchakov.

"Minister Neserrodie, can you tell me how confident you are of winning this battle!" Ambassador Gorchakov asked Neserrodie with a serious expression.

Neserrode was stunned for a few seconds, then turned sideways and said to Ambassador Gorchakov: "Come in!"

Gorchakov entered the room and Neserrodie closed the door again.

"Do you need one?" Neserrodie, who was sitting on the sofa, asked, pointing to the cigar box placed on the table.

"Please give me one," Gorchakov responded to Neserrodie.

Neserrodie nodded, opened the cigar box and handed one to Gorchakov, then prepared another cigar for himself and lit it.

Then he handed the matchbox to Gorchakov's hand. Gorchakov also took out a match and gently pulled it. The red phosphorus on one end of the wooden match began to burn. Gorchakov He quickly put the cigar to the burning match and lit the cigar.

After a while, the whole room was filled with choking white smoke, and the two people in the smoke showed intoxicated expressions.

Seeing that the cigar was halfway through, Gorchakov asked: "Your Excellency, you haven't answered my question yet!"

"Mr. Gorchakov, can't you wait a little while?" Neserrodie asked calmly.

"As long as your Excellency, Minister, find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com and you are willing to let me keep smoking, then I don't mind waiting for a while!" Gorchakov took a deep breath, and then spat out like a catharsis. out.

"Then no need!" Seeing this, Nerrodie quickly put the cigar away again, "This is a fine Havana cigar!"

"It turns out it's a Havana cigar!" Gorchakov said with a clear look on his face, "It's really costing you money!"

"Nothing!" Neserrode shook his head and got down to the topic: "Didn't you just ask me how confident I am that we can promote this peace negotiation? Let me tell you, the certainty you have now is only..."

As he spoke, Neserrodie slowly raised three fingers and pointed them at Gorchakov.

"Thirty percent? Is this too low?" Gorchakov asked Neserrodie with a slight frown.

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