I'm the Dauphin in France

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 many troops to mobilize along the Oka River.

"If these Poles continue to move eastward, Kaluga, Mozhaysk, and Kolomna will all become their targets... I'm afraid the only place 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 deal with the Poles!"

There are a large number of very wealthy cities concentrated on the north bank of the Oka River. Any attack on any of them would be a serious loss for Russia.

Even if the Russian army successfully occupied eastern Poland, these losses would halve or even cut the gains of the war by three-quarters.

Rumyantsev immediately said: "Your Majesty, the safest way at the moment 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 myself to be led by them by the nose."

The Tsar's lover, Pladen Zubov, immediately echoed loudly: "The Polish fighting power is not to be feared. Besides, there are only 1 of them. Relying on the garrison at home is enough to deal with them."

Marshal Vasilyevich Repnin shook his head and said, “The Moscow garrison has only about 10,000 troops. If we fail to annihilate the Poles, the situation will become very bad.

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

The north bank of the Oka River is the endless East European plain. 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.

However, if the Polish Front was recalled, it would seriously disrupt the rhythm of the invasion of Poland, giving Poland a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Secondly, the military expenditure consumed by the back and forth movement of large forces would also be considerable.

Although Russia seems to be invincible at the moment as it first beat the Ottoman Empire, then beat Sweden, and then invaded Poland, its treasury has become quite empty after the series of wars.

Catherine II was absolutely unwilling to waste such a huge amount of money for less than 20,000 Polish troops.

The conference room fell silent again.

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

Rumyantsev was startled for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, it is impossible for the Poles to cross the Dnieper River to supply this isolated army."

Zubov immediately said, "Then let's try to trap these guys to death!"

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

"Uh……"

Rumyantsev hurriedly came to the rescue of his lover: "Your Majesty, we can send the Moscow garrison forward to tie up the Poles.

"More than 3 cavalrymen of the Morkov Corps have been on the march for several days and will soon catch up with the enemy from the west.

“Then, we mobilized troops from Rzhev, Zubzov, Kashin and other places in northern Tver, about 6 people.

"In this way, we can gather nearly 2 troops in the center and just follow the Poles without engaging them in a decisive battle.

“At the same time, all supplies from Bryansk and western Kaluga were transported to Moscow to ensure that the Poles could not get supplies from there.

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

Zubov shouted, "Since we have 20,000 troops, why don't we just wipe out those Poles?"

Catherine II immediately rolled her eyes at him.

These 2 troops were completely put together, and they could not even achieve unified command and dispatch. There was no confidence that they could defeat the 1 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 is careless, he will catch up with the Poles immediately. Moscow is not so easy to break through, and then we will be able to attack the enemy from both sides."

Vasnetsov was the commander of the Moscow garrison.

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

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Tsar was about to get up and leave when she saw a court official walk in quickly, bow and hand her a secret report: "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 glanced at it and immediately showed surprise. She looked up at the officers in the conference room:

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

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

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

"Your Majesty's heroic name will go down in history like Peter the Great!"

Catherine instructed Zubov: "Prepare a grand surrender ceremony. By the way, you will go and discuss the armistice agreement with the Poles."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

A week later.

Stanislaw II humbly met Catherine II under the gaze of hundreds of arrogant Russian court guards.

He first praised the Tsar's army for its unparalleled combat power, and said that those Polish people who attempted to disobey His Majesty the Tsar were killed with heavy casualties.

Then, he began to cry and say that he had nothing to do with the maid, it was all a misunderstanding, and he hoped that His Majesty the Tsar would give him another chance.

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

The next morning.

Zubov looked at his old rival in love, who was sitting on a small chair and was submissive to him, with a sense of satisfaction in his heart that was about to overflow.

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

Stanislaw II smiled apologetically, opened the document, read it quickly, and immediately shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid the terms here are not acceptable."

Zubov snorted angrily: "Then wait for our army to crush Poland..."

"No, no, you misunderstood." The King of Poland stood up hastily and pointed to the first item in the treaty, "You see, only the area from Volyn to Kovno will be under the management of His Majesty the Tsar, which is not enough.

"There are also many Orthodox Christians in Courland and Raseniai. These places deserve the glory of Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)