The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 599 Unexpected reinforcements

Russia, St. Petersburg.

Alexander was originally uneasy about the news of his father's return. After all, when Nicholas I left, he hadn't done anything serious except to make a few women's bellies bigger.

In particular, His Majesty the Tsar was furious as soon as he came back, which frightened the prince even more.Fortunately, Nicholas I was soon attracted by other things and went to deal with emergency government affairs.

Alexander's attitude towards Nicholas I was both respectful and fearful, and he had a bit of hatred for the throne.

He was told from an early age:
"That day the inhabitants of the capital rejoiced when Tsar Sigula Pavlovich accepted the crown of their ancestors.

It's a very long day
But an unfortunate accident occurred that day, and the tranquility of St. Petersburg was interrupted for several hours.

While the new Tsar was everywhere receiving the sincere love and allegiance of the people, a handful of the most shameless villains appeared on the Senate Square"

That was all Alexander was told, no uprising, no shooting, no cannon, and no shot.

It was just an accident provoked by thugs, not a mutiny by the Guards, that's all.

It's just that when the child grew up, the cruel truth was still in front of Alexander.It was difficult for him to accept that the idol he admired was a liar, an executioner, a bloody butcher who ascended to the throne by stepping on the bones.

Finally one day Alexander shot and killed an aristocratic young man who accused the Tsar in public after drinking, but when he woke up, Duke Liubai of the Special Section [-] told him "it was just an accident", and then let him Don't take it to heart.

Since then, Alexander began to evade reality and become cynical, hoping to eat Hesse, and then die before the age of 30, and even claimed many times that he would give up his right to inherit the throne.

Nicholas I had a deep sense of fate towards Alexander. The former felt that the latter must be his heir, so he was extremely strict and tolerant to him at the same time.

From the age of 7, Alexander began to receive training for the heir to the throne. At the same time, he had to learn history, Russian, mathematics, physics, philosophy, geography, French, English, German, Polish, law, speech, painting, music, gymnastics, swimming, Fencing, horse riding, dance, military, civil engineering... nearly [-] courses.

And no matter how absurd Alexander did, Nicholas I chose tolerance, whether it was stuffing gunpowder into a horse's ass, or trying to build an ice road from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
But at this time Nicholas I was in no mood to care about what stupid things Alexander did again, because what happened in the Caucasus was too serious.

The Tsar had to admit that Shamir was an outstanding military strategist and a difficult opponent. There had been dozens of wars between the two sides in the past ten years, and the latter had almost maintained a record of victory.

Although Shamir only lost once or twice, his family members almost died. In the end, his younger sister had to throw herself into the river in order not to drag him down. His eldest son was even held hostage in Russia.

Russia has not been injured in dozens of previous battles, but this time it broke Nicholas I's defense.

In less than a month, the Russian army lost nearly 2 people, twelve senior Russian military officers were publicly executed, and the number of Russian civilians who were slaughtered and captured was even more numerous.

In fact, one of the capitals of the Chechens' confrontation with Russia was to smuggle Russian white slaves and sell them to other Tianfang countries, such as Ottoman and Persia, or the Khiva Khanate farther away.

It is a very honorable thing to raise white slaves in the Tianfang Sect world, so those big local tyrants are willing to spend money, and the Chechens naturally work harder.

With these weapons obtained from Austria, coupled with the funds obtained from selling white slaves, Shamir is very confident that he can continue to fight Russia.

In fact, Shamir contacted Mejid on his own initiative, but in the eyes of the latter, the former was just a lowly bandit leader, especially the lowly background reminded the former of the last person who said he wanted to help Ottoman——Mohammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali, Egyptian Pasha, the initiator of the two Turkish-Egyptian wars, and the culprit of the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

Shamir also contacted the Qajar dynasty that ruled Persia——Muhammad Shah Kajar, but the latter not only executed Shamir's envoys but also tipped off the Russians because of differences in beliefs with the former.

However, Shamir did not give up seeking help from the Arab world, but it was a group of unexpected guys who came to help him-the Karamanli family occupying Tripoli and the mysterious master behind it.

Shamir just received the emissary of the Karamanli family with the attitude of giving it a try, but he received unexpected and powerful assistance.

Through the latter's accurate intelligence, the former has won successive victories, especially this risky attack on the port, which doubled Shamir's strength.

But he is not a fool, the Karamanli family and his master are willing to help him in this way, there must be a bigger intention.

But Shamir felt that he had already become the overlord at this time, and it seemed that he didn't need those debts.

Nicholas I was very angry with the performance of the Russian army. Compared with the loss of soldiers, he cared more about the munitions, which were worth tens of millions of rubles!

His Majesty the Tsar still has a deep obsession with the cheap goods he bought from Austria. After all, the same goods cost double the price from the British, while Austrian goods are not only cheap but also "free shipping".

For the sake of Russia and his own face, as well as those arms, Nicholas I made an amazing decision. He wanted to use 20 Russian troops to flatten the Caucasus region.

As for the northern mountains of Albania?The tsar was really not interested in taking care of such corners, mainly because he didn't have the time and energy, because the internal strife seemed to always have a dagger spinning around in Russia's stomach.

If the Chechens grow bigger, they can threaten Siberia in the east, the agricultural areas near the Black Sea in the south, and join forces with the Cossacks in the west, and even threaten Moscow.

Although Nicholas I was in a hurry, Russia was too big, and it would take several months for its troops to be assembled, and winter would be coming in a few months, and supplies would become a problem again at that time.

Therefore, at least in 1845-1846, Russia could no longer have any large-scale military operations. If the war does not go well, the Caucasus War may last for several years, and the consumption of the country will be staggering.

In fact, Franz would not be willing to do this kind of thing if he could choose. After all, in theory, Austria still needs to rely on the power of Russia, an ally.

But he also doesn't like to hand over the choice of fate to others, even if it is something that happened in history.

For this reason, Franz needs to ensure that Russia does not take advantage of the fire to rob the Austrian Empire and has the ability to continue to occupy the Ottoman Empire in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)