Of course, at the same time that Rzezaaviv hired the Cossacks, Kleiman had opened the way between Königsberg and Poland, and at the Polish border, Kleiman had a secret meeting with the Russian envoys who had heard the news.
The Russian envoy who met with Kleiman was none other than Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishev Kutuzov, who had shone in the Austro-Prussian War, and because of his performance in the Austro-Prussian War, Catherine II appointed Kutuzov as the supreme commander of the Russian Imperial Army in Poland.
Kleiman had previously tried to contact Her Majesty the Empress, and the mediator was Kutuzov.
At first, Catherine II did not want to immediately make enemies with Prussia because of the Warsaw Pact, but Kutuzov urged the empress, and Kutuzov said to the empress: "The Marquis of Morakot was an elder nobleman with great prestige in East Prussia, and his rebellion was not only a weakening of Prussia, but also a heavy blow to the prestige of the little king, and besides, the little king of Prussia was carrying out reforms, and if we support Morakot to expand the scale of this rebellion, then I think the little king's previous efforts will be in vain."
Catherine II was moved by Kutuzov's words, in any way that Morakot's rebellion was beneficial to the Russian Empire, so Her Majesty readily agreed to support Morakot, otherwise even if Zhezaviv carried more money, he would not have been able to take a Cossack from the steppes of Eastern Europe.
The meeting between Kleiman and Kutuzov quickly reached a consensus: 1.
Russia will not directly intervene in the situation in East Prussia, but Russia will hand over a group of Cossack cavalry to Morakot's command in the name of mercenary. 2.
Russia provided Morakot with a sum of 3,200,000 silver coins for this act, which will be used to support Morakot's righteous actions. 3.
Russia will send a fleet to help Morakot blockade the coastal area of East Prussia, prohibiting any men and ships from landing in this area. 4.
Russia provided Morakot with 30,000 rifles, 200 cannons, and hundreds of thousands of ammunition. 5.
If Morakot had gained an advantage in East and West Prussia, Russia would have taken the lead in recognizing the righteousness of Morakot's actions and would have issued an international statement that Russia recognized the legitimacy of the Morakot regime 6.
After Morakot gained power, he had to recognize Russia as his suzerain, and Russia enjoyed a series of privileges such as tax exemption, garrison rights, and tax commissions within the scope of Morakot's actual rule. 、、、、、、、 Piecemeal treaties had sold East Prussia to the ground, and if Morakot had indeed taken power, it would have been the greatest disaster for the East Prussian people.
After the meeting, Kutuzov handed over to Kleiman the 2,000 Cossack cavalry he had brought this time, and these Cossack cavalry were drawn from the Bug Chassar Corps led by Kutuzov, and of course these cavalrymen were also soldiers who had followed Kutuzov in the northern and southern wars for many years.
Kleiman was very satisfied with the harvest, and Kutuzov was also very satisfied, although Russia spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and if it failed, it would not be a meat bun and a dog that would not go back, but Kutuzov did not see it that way.
Even if Morakot's rebellion could not succeed this time, but with the support of Russia, presumably Morakot could hold on for a while longer, and Morakot was like a scar attached to Prussia, as long as Prussia could keep bleeding, it was Russia's ultimate goal.
Kleiman returned to his barracks with two thousand Cossack cavalry, because with the Cossacks joining, Kleiman's barracks seemed a little crowded, but Kleiman didn't care about this, he cared that after having these Cossacks, he would be more sure of the Prussian royal family's crusade army, so Kleiman decided to rest the whole army for one night, and the next day the whole army marched to Königsberg.
At the same time that Kleiman led his army back to Königsberg, Prince Ferdinand and his army had already set foot on East Prussian soil.
In the past few days, some nobles and some local garrisons have defected to Ferdinand's army, these people are loyal to the royal family, but Morakot is in a strong position, and no one will be unwise to go to quell the chaos at this moment, unless he has an overwhelming advantage.
After a few days of marching, Ferdinand's army expanded to 7,000 men, so many people defected to Ferdinand's surprise, you must know that when he first marched into East Prussia, Ferdinand only carried enough military rations for three months, and now the number of people has almost doubled, which means that the consumption of food will also be doubled, maybe the military rations will not last for two months.
After some consideration, Ferdinand decided that he had to go to the nearest city to replenish his baggage, and that there was only one city that could accommodate 7,000 people and that had not been captured by the rebels, and that was Bialysk.
Bialysk was located southwest of Königsberg, about five days from Königsberg, where four battalions of troops were stationed, all of which had just been transferred to East Prussia, so Morakot's appeal had no effect on them at all, and because Morakot was mainly going to attack the lands east of Königsberg, Bialysk was still under the rule of the royal family.
After arriving at Bialysk with his army, Ferdinand met many nobles who had fled from the northeast, flattering Ferdinand and cursing Morakot as a devil who should go to hell.
Although Ferdinand was tired of these nobles who only knew how to talk about it, these people were loyal to the royal family after all, and they couldn't make people lose confidence in the royal family, so Ferdinand was thinking about the next plan while dealing with these nobles.
But it became clear that the plan could not keep up with the change, and the day after Ferdinand arrived in Bialysk with his army, a nobleman who had fled from the southeast told Ferdinand the very bad news that about 4,000 Cossack cavalry had entered East Prussia under the banner of Morakot.
This news shocked Ferdinand again, he did not expect that Morakot had such a big plan and was on the line with the Russians.
In fact, the Russians also know that as soon as the Cossacks set foot on Prussian territory, then their relations with Prussia will definitely drop to the freezing point, because the Cossacks have been conquered by the Russians for nearly a hundred years, and without the nod of the Russians, no one can take away a single Cossack.
But nominally the Cossacks were autonomous, and the European tradition allowed the use of mercenaries to fight, and the Russians had no way to say anything about the Russians, as long as they said that Morakot hired them himself.
Ferdinand, who originally wanted to march into Königsberg, gave up his original plan to march to Königsberg after learning the news, and instead sent three urgent messages to the rear in a row, urgently reporting the news here to Sanssouci Palace, and at the same time Ferdinand also reduced his forces and built city defense equipment in Bialyscoysk.
Joke, Ferdinand would not think that his army could defeat 4,000 Cossacks in the field, you must know that more than 2,000 of the 7,000 people defected after Ferdinand entered East Prussia, and Ferdinand could not trust the combat effectiveness of these people for the time being.
And what is the concept of 4,000 Cossacks, plus the army of Königsberg Morakot, if you really want to fight, you will be going to the toilet with lanterns
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