Sorry, everyone, I fell asleep after finishing the first chapter just now. I had a headache. Maybe it was air conditioning disease. It seemed that I would write less today, but I will try my best to stick to it. If I can't hold on, it will be two chapters.

Due to Yi Tusheng's tough attitude, this round of negotiations ended in an unhappy manner, and no consensus was reached. However, the Russians also thoroughly knew that China would never make any concessions. If they wanted to make concessions, Yi Tusheng would not show off his muscles at the negotiating table.

Reynoldhov felt that things were very difficult, and there were only two roads left for him to walk, one way was to fulfill the treaty, and the other way was to report the Tsar to launch a war, kill the envoys, and break with the Chinese completely, because he had enough reasons to show that Russia could never zombie Lake Baikal. Indeed, it was not said that it was Russia's territory since ancient times, and the role of military fortresses was too important.

But other people don't think so, especially those civil servants such as Rogion and Mattviev. To be honest, Yi Tusheng's last tough words did calm them down. Yes, think about it carefully. Russia's current situation is really not optimistic. The most terrifying thing is that the Chinese have occupied Poland, which poses a major threat to Russia from two directions. Moreover, Poland is still firmly in control of the Baltic Sea estuary. Although Turkey often sends troops to harass it, at most the two countries share it. In this way, Russia's entire maritime defense line is facing threats. In short, thousands of words are summed up in one sentence. Russia is facing strikes from multiple directions and various ways, otherwise it will be easy to deal with.

Matviev and others came to see the Tsar's opinion together, but they were divided into two factions. Like many countries, military generals advocated bloody battles to the end, civil servants advocated diplomatic resolution, military generals emphasized the threat of border defense, civil servants emphasized the suffering of people's livelihood as soon as the war ended, and Rogion had some arguments with Reynoldhov.

In a sense, no one dared to challenge Reynoldhov publicly. His identity as a veteran general in the three dynasties was as respected by everyone as Wen Taishi of the Shang Dynasty. However, the matter in front of him was really too serious and related to the issue of war. Due to the heavy losses in the last naval battle, some clear-headed Russians immediately realized that it might not take any advantage to go to war with China. It is really unnecessary to challenge strong neighbors for a few fortresses.

Rogion said: "His Majesty the Tsar may also be very clear in his heart. In the past, we had been building fortresses in Jaxa and China to invade the territory of the Tatars of the Erguna River. As for the fortress areas of Lake Baikal and Nebchu, there is no living value. It takes too much time for our army to cross the snowy fields of Siberia that are frozen thousands of miles away. If there are too few immigrants, our army will definitely be killed by the locals. If there are too many immigrants, our army will often cross the snowfield, which is very miserable. So we just built the fortresses and did not immigrate, so we only seized a lot of land for the Tatars, and then immigrated, because the area south of Ergunae is rich in water and grass, and cattle and sheep are everywhere, which is a place for food and clothing. At that time, the fortresses of Lake Baikal will really play its huge role. But now, I think there is really a problem..."

Reynoldhov said in surprise: "What's wrong? Is the sky falling now? Are you scared by the Chinese sayings? You are such a courageous guy. Your compromise attitude will harm us Russia. I firmly oppose what you just said!"

"But I haven't finished speaking yet!" Seeing that the Tsar was just thinking and not speaking, Rogeron first bowed to Renokhov to show respect, and then said to the Tsar: "I dare not offend the noble general, but I want to report the true situation to Your Majesty, because it is related to the fate of our entire Russian Empire. I mean, there is something wrong with our plan. The plan was originally set up by our intelligence personnel. It is said that the moment we are very weak and have reached the brink of collapse. It is like a plate full of cracks. Just a light pat on your palm, it will immediately break into thousands. At that time, we will destroy it, as if we turn the palm. However, the information was wrong, and a naval battle cost us five hundred yuan.

There are 200,000 soldiers on a warship, and we are in the gap between the two central teams in Poland and Siberia. They are strong and have sharp weapons, fierce and good at fighting, tigers, wolfs, bears, and definitely not as sheep as the reality in the intelligence. When things have come to this point, I think we can no longer send a large army to travel a long-distance transnational Siberian snowfield to occupy the entire Erguna River area. If this strategy is not established, then there is no use to keep the fortress of Lake Baikal, and we can withdraw it. Moreover, we lost the bet. The Chinese now have very advantages at the negotiating table. We have no choice. We can't be a rogue country, so that the surrounding countries will ridicule us and will never believe us again."

After Rogion finished his words, the Tsar moved from the chair for a long time, sat upright and said lightly: "What Mr. Rogion said just now is very reasonable. We Russia cannot lose credibility in other countries, otherwise the Ukrainian Cossacks and Turks will laugh at us. We will become the laughing stock of Europe. No country will send ambassadors to us in the future. Moreover, we have indeed miscalculated the Chinese army. They are indeed very powerful.

, We cannot easily seize the Erguna River. If we go to war with China completely, please consider whether it is worth it. There are so many lands around us, all of which are better than the Jaxa area, and we have not been conquered by us. Why do we have to run to the ice and snowy field to drink the wind? Forget it, since they do not agree to exchange conditions, then give up that place. However, we must also make them promise not to cause trouble on the Polish border. This is our condition!"

It was very clear that the Tsar felt that the land of the Nebchu generation was worthless, and the pressure on the Polish border was too great, so he decided to take a concession and fulfill his bet to hand over the Outer Khingan Mountains and the Baikal line to China for management. Reynoldhov's eyebrows were upright: "In this way, everyone will think that we Russians are weak and easy to bully. They will line up to bully us. This is certain!"

"Oh, come on, we did lose the bet, and we cannot use your subjective speculation to decide whether to engage in a war. This incident is simply a diplomatic incident. It is because we think that the land of Baikal is a burden, so we gave it to the Chinese, which made the two countries form an alliance from then on. In this way, many countries will be shocked by our wise decisions. They will not only not think that we are hungry, but also feel that we have a strong partner and are afraid. After all, Poland is now part of the Chinese cavalry, and sending troops from Poland can directly attack Ukraine, Turkey and many countries. They have to consider this!" The Tsar stood up and refuted Reynoldhov excitedly.

"Since you have decided, what can we ministers have to say? Well, let's prepare now and notify that the negotiations are over. We promise to formally hand over the fortress to the Chinese and withdraw troops from all the fortresses immediately. What do you think?!" Renohov wanted to stimulate His Majesty the Tsar for the last time.

When the Tsar heard that he wanted to withdraw his troops in a full range, he was not confused overall. Rogion said it was reasonable. For an impossible strategic plan, there was no need to challenge the strong neighbors. If Russia wanted to expand, there was still a lot of land to conquer, such as the "Crimean Khanate" located south of them. The country established by the Tatars was always hindering the Russians from approaching the Black Sea estuary. It was a matter of time before they could be eliminated. It was much easier to deal with them than to deal with the current powerful Ming Dynasty.

So the Tsar just hesitated for a moment and said, "It's great, just do it, immediately issue an order to withdraw troops, sign a border treaty with China, and withdraw our army, so that the Chinese can live in the fortress. However, the treaty must state that they will never be allowed to cross the heavy snowfields of Siberia, otherwise the war will break out."

"Yes, His Majesty the Tsar!" Renokhov knew that he could no longer convince the Tsar, so he could only retreat unwillingly and convey the order.
Chapter completed!