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Chapter 142: Nine Thousand Russian Troops


Here some people may wonder why Plivsky, who has never seen Kleiman at all, will be sure that Kleiman in front of him is not impersonated, in fact, there is a person in Pryvsky's army who knows Kleiman, that is, the one who went to hire the Cossacks as Morakot's emissary, and after receiving the report from his subordinates, Plivesky took Kleiman's tent with Rzezhaviv, although he did not see him for a while, but Rzezhaviv still recognized at a glance that the unconscious person lying in the tent was Kleiman.

Of course, the abacus in Plivesky's heart was clanging, although he didn't understand why Kleiman appeared in this place, and he became so depressed, but when he saw his appearance, he understood that Kleiman's son must be doing unsatisfactory, and the worst result was that the nest was ended, and Kleiman was spared.

When Pliveski learned the news of the fall of Königsberg from Kleiman's mouth, he couldn't help but be a little entangled, and now Pliveski was standing on the opposite side of the Prussian army, and once the rebels were resolved, those Prussian troops would definitely attack him.

But Kleiman's next sentence made Pryvsky rejoice, Kleiman told him that the Russian reinforcements had arrived outside Königsberg and had fought with the Prussian army, but because the Prussian army had the advantage of strength, the Russians did not break through the Prussian army's defense, so Königsberg was breached.

Of course, Kleiman still has a hand here, and if the Russians have not used all their strength at all, then Pliveski must have doubts, because they are now rootless duckweeds, and they must find a big tree that will give them shelter from the wind and rain, and the Russians are undoubtedly the best choice.

Now that the Russians and the Prussian army have fought each other, no matter who they are, they will not simply let each other go, and he, Kleiman, as Morakot's sons, inherited Morakot's huge political prestige in East Prussia, and he can rely on his father's shadow to carve out a blue sky for himself.

Hearing that the Russians had entered the war, Pliveski knew that his opportunity had come, since the Russians had already entered the war, then as long as he could get in touch with the Russians, with the Cossack cavalry in his hand as a bargaining chip, Plivesky seemed to see the golden avenue under his feet, of course, now it is better to stabilize Kleiman in front of him.

Seeing Pliveski looking at him with deep meaning, Kleiman couldn't help but feel a chill.

The rebellion that had spread throughout East Prussia by Morakot was put down by the Prussian army in June, and looking out the window at the city of Königsberg, which had become ruined by the war, Henry was silent, the footsteps of the sky had not left a trace on Königsberg, the damage caused by the war was so great that Henry could not feel a trace of joy at all now.

Moreover, there was a Russian ** team outside Königsberg, which made Henry feel uncomfortable, and there had been no action since the Russian army retreated to his barracks that day, and Henry believed that the Russians were waiting for something.

In the Russian barracks outside the city, Mikharilev sneezed heavily, of course, Mikharilev did not know that there was someone in Königsberg who had been thinking about him.

On the day that the Prussian army stormed Königsberg, Mikhalilev sent someone to report the situation here to Kutuzov, and without Kutuzov's order, Mikharilev did not dare to provoke the Prussians on the opposite side.

Mikhariev believed that if Prussia had not been worried about declaring all-out war with the Russians, his army would have been eaten by the Prussians, but even if Prussia did not attack him now, his own situation made Mikharilev's heart a little uneasy.

Just as Mikharilev was in a daze in his military tent as usual, an attendant stumbled in, and before Mikharilev could ask questions, the attendant handed the letter in his hand to Mikharilev.

Seeing the actions of this attendant, Mikharilev didn't care about asking him about his sin, but quickly took the letter and read it carefully word by word after tearing open the cover.

After reading it, Mikharilev laughed a few times, swept away the usual nervous and restless image, Mikharilev's happiness was not unreasonable, and the letter in his hand was Kutuzov's reply to him.

When Kutuzov learned that the city of Königsberg had been captured by the Prussian army, he felt as if his head was about to be torn apart.

But after all, he had already planned for the worst in his heart, so Kutuzov was not panicked by the news, and after thinking for a while, he wrote this letter to the joy of Mikharilev.

Of course, Mikharilev had already informed Kutuzov of the comparison of the forces of the enemy and our armies near Königsberg, and Kutuzov's response was to order Mikharilev to stay where he was, and Kutuzov would personally lead the army to East Prussia to join Mikharilev.

The Russian army in Poland is only more than 30,000 people, and at the beginning Kutuzov supported Morakot 2,000 people, and then sent Mikharilev's 6,000 people, and now Kutuzov can still command the Russian army with more than 20,000 troops, these Russian troops and Prussian troops are the same number, and for the sake of insurance, Kutuzov also needs to leave a certain number of troops in Poland to suppress the situation.

After comprehensive consideration, Kutuzov hit the head of the Polish king's ** team.

Although the Kingdom of Poland was bullied by Russia, Prussia, and Austria like Sun Tzu, and even the territory was divided by others twice and three times, Poland has a large number of troops, if you look at it from the surface, the Kingdom of Poland has an army of 70,000, but only more than 10,000 of these 70,000 troops are directly under the army of the Polish king Augustan, and the 4,000 Polish troops borrowed by Kutuzov are directly under Augustin.

Of course, balance is very important, and Kutuzov knew that if he borrowed all the forces in Augustin's hands at once, then the king, who had always been timid, would have to fight with him even if he was reluctant.

Because the king of the Kingdom of Poland is elective, whoever is strong and powerful can become king.

So Kutuzov did not decide to borrow troops from Augustan this time, and his eyes were set on those great Polish nobles.

Because the situation in Königsberg was more critical, Kutuzov decided to send the 5,000 Russian troops and 4,000 Polish troops that had been prepared at the beginning to Königsberg to reinforce Mikharilev.

In this way, there are more than 13,000 Russian troops in Königsberg, and even if the Prussian army wants to act, such a force must be extremely scrupulous.

Kutuzov's idea was good, but how could his actions be concealed from Her Majesty Empress Catherine II, who was in power in Russia, and soon after Kutuzov sent Mikharilev to march with 6,000 Russian troops to Königsberg, the Empress learned of Kutuzov's small movements from the intelligence service in her hands.

Of course, Her Majesty the Empress was more tolerant of her favorite general, and she did not immediately give Kutuzov an order strictly to prohibit private action, and Her Majesty the Empress was equally unwilling to see the defeat of the Kleiman rebels when Russia had already invested a lot of effort.

So Her Majesty only ordered the intelligence services to keep an eye on Kutuzov's actions at all times, and to report anything unusual immediately, subconsciously, Her Majesty did not want a direct confrontation between Russia and Prussia, and she could understand what was going on in her heart.

But the empress's indulgence finally made Kutuzov out of control, and when he learned from his own sources that everything was normal in St.

Petersburg and that the empress did not care much about the situation in East Prussia, Kutuzov thought that his actions were good to hide from the empress, so he became more and more bold.

The reason why 30,000 Russian troops were deployed in Poland was not without consideration, you must know that even if the Russian Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops, Russia's territory is also very vast.

Sweden in the north, Crimea in the Black Sea, and the Tatars in the east, etc., are all enemies of Russia, and hundreds of thousands of troops are also pinned down in various regions, Poland's 30,000 Russian troops are one to guard against the Prussians and Polish national duli elements, and another important purpose is to radiate the Eastern European region, from a strategic level, Her Majesty the Empress is unlikely to tolerate the Polish region being drawn into an empty shell.

If Her Majesty had learned that Kutuzov had been so desperate as to evacuate the Russian garrison in Poland, Kutuzov would have been torn to shreds.

However, under Kutuzov's military order, the 5,000 Russian troops and 4,000 Polish troops that had been prepared marched quickly to Königsberg under Kutuzov's orders, and several major generals had already received Kutuzov's orders, and if the Prussian army dared to block the front of the Russian army's marching route, then the Russian army would resolutely destroy the enemy in front of it.

How could Mikharilev not be excited when he learned that he was about to have 9,000 reinforcements, as long as there were reinforcements, even if there were 20,000 Prussian troops on the opposite side, Mikharilev believed that with his army he could hold out for more than a week even if he was besieged by the Prussian army.

Just when Mikharilev was full of confidence, Henry also received a piece of information that showed that 5,000 Russian troops and 4,000 Polish troops had already been stationed at the border between Poland and East Prussia were rushing towards East Prussia.

Henry's first feeling after receiving this news was: the Russians are crazy.