"Marshal Rumyantsev, I heard that those rebels have arrived on the outskirts of Moscow, here I wish you can lead a large army to sweep away the rebellion and return the empire to a prosperous future, come, let us drink this cup!"
One walked to Gandalf from the tray with the wine glass, and after Gandalf said this, the people around Gandalf and Rumyantsev picked up the wine glasses from the tray one after another.
"Congratulations to the Empire, congratulations to His Excellency the Marshal!"
Gandalf shouted arrogantly and then took the glass full of wine and drank it all, and everyone around Gandalf also drank the wine in the glass, seeing this situation, although Rumyantsev was unwilling, but he had to cooperate with everyone to drain the glass.
Seeing Rumyantsev's movements, Gandalf, who was the first to put down his glass, cheered loudly "Okay, Rumyantsev is worthy of being the first general of the empire, although he is already over the age of six, but his pride is still the same as it was back then, and I am sincerely happy that I have such an iron wall as His Excellency the Marshal of the Empire!"
"Hehe, Gandalf, we're old friends, just tell me anything!"
Gandalf's compliment only brought a smile on Rumyantsev's face, and then the marshal said to Gandalf with a straight face.
Hearing Rumyantsev's question, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Gandalf's face, and it was obvious that Rumyantsev's directness made Gandalf a little unable to turn around.
However, a good nobleman must have the cultivation of not being surprised at every turn, so after just being stunned for a while, Gandalf said with a smile: "Your Excellency Marshal, what do you mean by this, now the rebels are actually approaching the capital of the Empire.
As the Duke of the Empire, he was naturally extremely indignant, and today's ball was held for His Excellency the Marshal, didn't His Excellency the Marshal think that today's ball could greatly raise the morale in Moscow!
” Gandalf's words made Rumyantsev secretly sneer in his heart, although Rumyantsev's family is also an old nobleman of the empire, but Rumyantsev thinks that he is still very different from these arrogant and lascivious nobles.
For example, Rumyantsev can sacrifice everything for the empire, including his own life, you must know that the marshal's guard of up to 1,000 people in Moscow was taken out by the Rumyantsev family themselves.
So for those nobles who are different from themselves, who are stingy and can even be said to be moths of the empire, Rumyantsev naturally has no good feelings.
"Thank you very much for your kindness, Lord Gandalf.
But I want to say that Brankoff's rebel is rolling in with 100,000 rebels, and at such a moment, I must do my best to complete the deployment of the entire Russian city of Moscow, so if you have nothing else to do, I need to leave!
” Without waiting for Gandalf to speak, Rumyantsev turned around and made a gesture to leave.
Seeing Rumyantsev turn around, Gandalf's heart was cold.
He hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency Rumyantsev, we have something to say, and please don't leave for the time being, I need your help with something" Hearing Gandalf finally tell his purpose, Rumyantsev's face showed a knowing smile "Since Lord Gandalf is so enthusiastic, then I might as well listen to it" When Rumyantsev's words landed, Gandalf only felt that his little liver was like a roller coaster.
Assuming Gandalf, of course, knows what a roller coaster is.
Gandalf led Rumyantsev up to the second floor with a bow, and only one of Rumyantsev's lieutenants was behind them.
Although Rumyantsev is a head higher than Gandalf in terms of status and seniority, and even Rumyantsev's title is a duke, but now Gandalf can be said to be a snake-like figure in Moscow, and Rumyantsev's family moved to St.
Petersburg as early as when Peter the Great moved the capital, so in Moscow, Rumyantsev really has no cards to play.
After entering the room and sitting down, Gandalf said hesitantly: "Your Excellency, I think you should know that on the outskirts of the southern city of Moscow, my family owns a estate.
It is the ancestral home where our Gandalf family has lived for more than a hundred years, and now Brankoff's rebels are not very far from there, I hope that His Excellency Marshal can properly help me to protect the century-old inheritance of the next family!
” After listening to Gandalf's words, Rumyantsev suddenly realized.
I see, no wonder the gap between Gandalf and before and after is so big.
It turned out to be because of his ancestral home.
Basically, a family that has been inherited for a hundred years, no matter how many estates he has, but one of them must be the most important base of the family, which is not only the place where the children of the family family live, but also the place where various affairs within the family are held, and more importantly, the ancestral house like this is the place where the family cemetery is located.
The current era is not like the later generations, for the 18th century, no matter which country on the earth, which nation attaches great importance to the ancestral mausoleum, the ancestral tomb has always been regarded as a great shame, can be called a common hatred, this is not like the later generations can simply lose money.
Moreover, as the base of the family, the manor house hides the most precious treasures of the family, and even in the basement of Gandalf's manor, there are as many as twenty large wooden boxes full of gold.
"Your Excellency Gandalf, as far as I know, your manor on the outskirts of the South City is located in the defensive circle of our army, but because of its remote location, not too many troops are deployed in that position.........
"How can that be, Your Excellency Marshal!"
Before Rumyantsev could finish speaking, Gandalf impatiently interrupted Rumyantsev's words, only to see Gandalf continue: "Your Excellency, it was my fault in the past, but please understand that there is a family cemetery in my family's estate, and in the cemetery there are burials of the close relatives of the Romanov dynasty..............."
Although the three clans of the Romanov dynasty buried in the family cemetery mentioned by Gandalf surprised Rumyantsev a little, these are not too big things, for the great nobles of these empires, basically every generation of tsars will pick out close relatives in the family to marry these nobles, and over time, there are very few big nobles in the upper echelons of the entire Russian Empire who have not married with the royal family.
Seeing that Rumyantsev's face did not waver in the slightest, Gandalf knew that his words did not impress His Excellency the marshal, maybe the mausoleums of the three close relatives of the royal family could scare a group of people, but Rumyantsev would definitely not be among the people who were frightened, knowing that his sons were married to a Romanov lord.
Gandalf gritted his teeth in his heart, it was clear that if there was not a single thing of sufficient weight to impress this old fellow, he would certainly not have made a big effort in the affairs of his own estate.
It's not that Gandalf didn't think about using his family's armed forces to defend his family's foundations, but when it was all counted, Gandalf's armed forces at his disposal were only about a thousand.
A thousand people seems like a lot, but don't forget that the rebels led by Brankoff have a full 100,000 people, and if the rebels find a manor outside the city, they will definitely do their best to attack it, after all, the manor of a big nobleman is definitely a symbol of wealth, so the rebels will never let go.
So it is advisable to count on his own forces to hold the estate, and since this is the case, then Gandalf can only turn to one person, and that is Marshal Rumyantsev.
"Your Excellency Marshal, if you can promise to do your best to help you guard the ancestral inheritance, then you are willing to hand over more than a thousand children of your family to your command for you to drive, and I can also help you persuade a considerable number of nobles in the city to provide you with the armed forces in your hands!"
In order for Rumyantsev to agree to his conditions, it can be seen that Gandalf has definitely put a lot of effort into it, and he knows that now Rumyantsev is troubled by the lack of defensive forces in Moscow, so he is not afraid that Rumyantsev will not accept this condition.
Sure enough, everything was as Gandalf expected, maybe Rumyantsev didn't care much about money or anything, but now the trained and well-equipped escorts of the major nobles were the existence that Rumyantsev cared about very much, and when he heard Gandalf say this, Rumyantsev's eyes didn't blink and said "deal!"
” ....................................
Gandalf was a man of faith, and the day after the ball, Gandalf not only ordered his family's 1,000 convoys to report to the Guards barracks in Moscow, but also persuaded nearly 40 nobles in the city, who together provided Rumyantsev with a total of 9,000 troops.
Sitting on the high review stand and looking at these soldiers in the audience, Rumyantsev's heart was full of excitement.
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Many of the nobles' personal guards were very attractive to Rumyantsev, because they seemed to be qualified warriors at a glance.
A soldier who has been tested on the battlefield will undoubtedly have a trace of murderous aura on his body, which may not be noticed in ordinary times, but once he faces a battle or gathers on a large scale, this murderous aura will be emitted invisibly.
As a man who has fought for decades, Rumyantsev is naturally no stranger to this kind of murderous aura, standing on the high platform, he just glanced at it and found that there were no less than hundreds of people revealing murderous aura, which made Rumyantsev feel satisfied.
You must know that before these people came to the barracks, Rumyantsev was always afraid that Gandalf would be shoddy, but now it seems that Gandalf and they are doing a good job!