Warsaw City.

Tsar Peter hurried to a hospital. He was in a hurry to go, covered in rain and mud. Walking on the bluestone floor of the hospital, the mud left a series of footprints. In the deepest ward, the Tsar met his best friend Myschkov, who was lying weakly on the hospital bed, and the doctor had just finished his operation.

"This is the lead bullet taken out of General Myschkov's body. Fortunately, the bullet is complete. If it turns into pieces, it is hard to imagine what will happen in the end." The doctor said to the Tsar, and the tray in his hand was a bloody lead bullet with a groove on it, and a piece was missing from the bottom.

Peter stayed with Myshinkov for a whole afternoon before Myshinkov woke up. He had a low fever and saw the Tsar saying, "Your Majesty, it seems that I will fight carefully in the future and cannot always charge forward like a knight."

Mensekov himself was a brave man. He was fearless in battle and was also a man who valued honor. When he heard that the young Swedish king Karl XII would personally lead the cavalry to charge, he had to do the same thing, even better and more than the other party.

"I think it was not my order that you made this decision, right, my dear Myschkov." Peter said helplessly, and he took out the somewhat deformed, cleaned bullet from his pocket.

Myschkov nodded, and he held the bullet and said, "This is really a powerful weapon. Just like when you used Poltava's hunting soldiers, almost all of the Prussians were hunting soldiers. They were equipped with rifles of this kind of bullet. My cavalry was knocked down before they could not rush in front of them.

And that kind of machine gun that fires continuously is also very terrifying in defense warfare. We must reconsider the tactics of the cavalry, Your Majesty."

"You are right, Myschkov." Peter said.

"What's the situation on the battlefield? Have we won?" asked Myschkov.

Peter said truthfully: "Yes, we won, Sweden failed again, but we have a strong enemy like Prussia. The troops we encountered in Krakow were German troops, but not Prussia. There were obvious differences in equipment and training. I have received the exact news that the Prussians, with the support of the Chinese, used rifled rifles used by hunters as ordinary rifles.

But I also got good news, and the Dutch decided to let us go of purchasing supplies in Amsterdam, including rifled guns, and they had two arsenals that could produce similar equipment. The British were willing to risk passing through the Baltic Sea to deliver these weapons and supplies to us."

"They must have the conditions."

"Of course, it's just insignificant, like letting us give them the seized machine guns. You and I understand that they actually want us to fight against China on the European continent and consume their influence in Europe." Peter shrugged and said.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty, are you going to fight the war?"

"Of course, go ahead," Peter said.

Myanshikov nodded, he was silent for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I am a soldier, and I also hope that the war will continue, but I am also a Russian and your loyal friend. I hope you have a plan in your mind. Under what circumstances can the war end? I think no one can grasp this standard except you."

The Great Northern War had already shown signs of uncontrollability forty-two years after entering the empire. First, the Ukrainian Federation was established, and then Prussia joined the war. More importantly, Peter originally hoped to use this war to expand, to seize the estuary of the Baltic Sea, and to expand his sphere of influence in the Polish Federation.

These two points seem to have been done, but in the south, Russia lost a lot, a large number of nobles in the Southern Russian region joined the Ukrainian Federation, and Russia once again lost a large amount of land.

"I came here to discuss this with you. I decided to give up Warsaw at some point in the future." Peter said, and Myschkov waved his hand and signaled the others in the room to go out. He had already received news that although the Battle of Krakow was won, the Russian army finally gave up Krakow and handed the symbolic city to the Polish side.

In Myşkov's view, this move was really aggregating force to form a heavy army group and launching a heavy blow to fight Prussia, a new opponent that joined the battle. However, if Warsaw is abandoned, the strategic direction will obviously deviate.

"Do you want to fight the Ukrainians first?" asked Myschkov.

"Do you think this is good for us?"

With Peter's help, Minshikov sat upright. He thought for a moment and said, "Yes, it seems to be beneficial on the surface, but even if victory is not very meaningful. As far as I know, the Ukrainian army is mainly cavalry, and their combat style is more similar to Mongolian barbarians. We can easily win, but we cannot achieve much results.

And we have to face a big problem, that is, how much China allows us to do. Kiev or Zaporozhe, they support this country and will never watch them be eliminated. I don’t think that at this time, China will also join the war.

Now we have many allies, or stakeholders, such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, who are willing to destroy China's Taiwan behind their backs, such as the Austrians, who are wary of the birth of any European land regime. But the problem is that as long as China participates in the war, all these countries are unreliable.

At present, the Chinese seem to be a little distracted. As long as we control the scope of the war, maybe they will not participate in the war."

Peter nodded: "You are the same as I think, dear Myschkov. This Eastern country does not want us to expand and regard us as competitors on land, so I think at least at this point in time, we should keep some.

But Russia's development requires space and opportunities. Some of them can tolerate, such as those southern rebels, and some of them must persist, that is St. Petersburg! Without St. Petersburg, Russia would have completely lost its channel to Europe. Although Sweden and Prussia are hostile to us, these two countries are much easier to deal with than China and the Ottomans. We should focus on the Baltic Sea, not the Black Sea.

Therefore, even if China participates in the war, I will keep my St. Petersburg. I can give up Moscow, but I must not give up St. Petersburg. Without St. Petersburg, Russia has no hope. As long as I am the Tsar, Russia must be a powerful power, or let it be destroyed, and I must not seek a lucky middle position."

"I fully support you, Your Majesty, this is also my wish, the wish of all Russian subjects." Myūkov gave Peter a salute despite his physical pain.

Peter grabbed his hand: "I knew you would support me."

"Yes, we will support you, Your Majesty."

Peter said: "Well, my loyal friend, I want to tell you what you plan for the next time and hope you can make a pertinent suggestion."

In Russia, which had won consecutive victories, Peter's reputation had reached a fixed point, and some nobles and young officers had even ignored the giant from the East. Therefore, after defeating the Rui and Pu League, they immediately demanded that the entire army go south to recover the southern land seized by the so-called Ukrainian Federation and completely annex the southern Russian region. Some even suggested not to be afraid of going to war with China. As long as they defeated them, they would withdraw from the war.

These people were completely opposite to what Peter planned, but their voice was cheered by Peter.

Russian Tsar Peter, a young emperor who had traveled to China and was once a pseudonym Li Wula, learned a lot during his years in Xijin, realized the importance of science and technology, and witnessed a lot of political thoughts. Among them, the one he admired the most was nationalism.

In fact, nationalism is awakening throughout Europe now, from London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna to Moscow, because there are people behind it, and among these promoters, the kings of various countries are included.

Nationalism is a good thing for kings. This idea can allow the people in the country to have a foreign enemy, so as to be more able to tolerate the exploitation of feudal kings and capitalists, and thus to be more active in life and death for the kings, which can be said to be a killing of multiple goals in one fell swoop.

Although science and technology are far from China and their national strength is even greater, Peter is more confident in his Russia.

Twenty-five years ago, during the Sino-Russian War, Russia lost Siberia and the North Caucasus region. At that time, Peter, who was standing at the top of Moscow, had witnessed the strength of the Chinese army with his own eyes, but what really hurt him was that during the siege, a large number of Russians built fortifications for them on the outskirts of Moscow in order to earn silver dollars from the Chinese.

That touch affected Peter's life. After becoming the Tsar and taking power, he continued to promote nationalist ideas. Although serfs were still ignorant in class-divided Russia, the aristocrats, bourgeoisie and intellectuals were already very different.

He firmly believes that twenty-five years later, even if the Second Sino-Russian War breaks out, the Chinese will not have the chance to rage Russia again. Russia may have a second lost year, but the Chinese will also pay the price.

However, the disadvantage of nationalism is that it cannot accept the failure of the country and nation, especially the loss of territory, so young people strongly demand that the territory be regained first.

Peter's plan was not like this. He believed that those border areas close to China were far less important than Inglia, where St. Peter's plan was to take advantage of the arrival of summer and mobilize troops to the north to attack Sweden's native areas on the northern coast of the Baltic Sea from Finland, forcing the Swedes to withdraw from the war.

There are two benefits to this. First, in the previous war, Sweden has been crippled. The Russian army can invade Sweden without using all its main forces. It is suitable for both strength comparison and time. The second point is that the English region originally belonged to Sweden, and in the future, it must Sweden agree to cede this land so that Russia can obtain it.

"In this way, our victory in Poland will become meaningless." Myschkov said a little disappointed.

"It actually makes sense. For the Polish Conference and the Poles, everything has changed. After Augustus in Saxony abdicated, the nature of the war between the Polish Federation and Sweden changed. At the beginning, it was actually a war of hegemony between countries, but after Augustus abdicated, it turned into the Poles' resistance to Sweden's invasion.

The establishment of the Ukrainian Federation is a division for the Poles. Prussia and Ukrainian Federation and Sweden allied to support the invaders and separatists, and they are also their enemies. Why do you think the Chinese don’t participate in the war? Because they value the justice of the war very much. Just don’t participate in the war, the Poles will not directly place hatred on them. On the contrary, the Ukrainians will also be grateful to them. This is a win-win situation. They win twice.

For us, this is also very good. Poland's surrounding areas have been full of enemies since then, and they can only rely on us. And I think it is too hasty to directly annex Poland, which is something that China cannot accept. You see, they do not support the Swedes doing this, and naturally they also oppose us.

In order for Poland not to be annexed by us, the Chinese may join the war, but for England, in this northern corner very far away from China, there is little chance that the Chinese will join the war." Peter explained to Myschkov.

"As a soldier, I am a little disappointed, but as your friend, I think you are right, and as your loyal deployment, I ask to stay. Stay in Warsaw for the time being, and if Warsaw loses, I will also be with the Polish Thom meeting."

"Why, you're seriously injured," Peter said.

Myschkov said, "It is because I was seriously injured. As long as I am here, Russia stands with Poland, and the Slavic people stands with it. The nobles in Poland see a general who has lived and died for them, and will always be grateful for your kindness.

Forty years ago, Poland and Russia also fought and killed their lives. They had occupied and destroyed Moscow, but I think that after the new enemies appeared, it was the time when the Slavs united and dealt with these enemies. Please let me stay, His Majesty the Tsar."

"I wanted to leave an army and work with the Poles to defend their country."

"Yes, I can lead this army, because of my existence, this army can be smaller, and you will have more victories in Sweden, Your Majesty," said Myschkov.
Chapter completed!