The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1317: Ulla, Eastern and Western Roman Empires!
Nicholas I was greatly pleased with Franz's flattery, and he was particularly impressed by the fact that Franz finally recognized his idea of ​​dividing the Roman Empire into East and West.

Nicholas I himself also highly approved of Franz's proposal. It was in line with his wishes to exchange the independence of the two Danube principalities and Greece for Constantinople.

Nicholas I even personally drew the dividing line between Eastern and Western Rome on the map. After finishing all this, he sat in his chair and let out a long sigh.

The dream of the Romanov family seemed to be about to come true in his hands, but this was the only good news that Nicholas I had received recently.

Although Russia is big, it is full of things that make him worried.

It had been nearly a month since Nicholas I announced that he would lead the army in person, but the army and supplies were not yet ready.

Logically speaking, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Could it be that Russia doesn't even have 300,000 troops and the supplies to support them?
This is obviously impossible, but the existence of it does not mean it can be used.

Russia is so huge that troops and supplies had to be transported from all directions, which was a long journey in itself. In addition, it was a time of war, so it naturally took even longer.

However, Nicholas I did not understand, and he did not want to understand. In the eyes of the Tsar, those who prevented him from personally leading the army to recover Constantinople were all traitors and should be sentenced!
As a result, a group of Russian officials appeared in the Siberian wilderness.
In addition, Russian Poland finally could not hold on under Paskevich's oppressive strategy, and some cities began to choose to surrender.

However, there were assassins among those who surrendered. Paskevich was not a man who would underestimate the enemy. On the contrary, he was very experienced in accepting surrenders and arranged what he thought was sufficient defensive forces.

However, the explosives used by the assassin this time were surprisingly terrible. Even though the two sides were still quite far away and even though there were several soldiers standing in front of him, Paskevich was still seriously injured.

A serious injury to the commander-in-chief is a big problem for any army. Although modern armies will not be leaderless, the command system will be in chaos for at least a period of time.

However, the bigger problem is whether to accept surrender and how to accept surrender?

Should we retaliate when something like this happens? And how can we tell whether someone has truly surrendered?
The Russians have never been good at doing this kind of thing, so the commander who temporarily replaced Paskevich ordered the execution of all the Poles who "pretended to surrender".

Although the Russians claimed that the Poles were pretending to surrender, the Poles did not think so. They just felt that the Russians were not trustworthy and had no intention of letting anyone go from the beginning.

This made the Poles' already shaken determination firm again, but the hardship of the battle was constantly eroding the Russian army's fighting will.

In addition, when the news came out that Nicholas I would lead the army in person, many young or well-connected officers were eager to try, and a lot of supplies and troops were temporarily diverted, which made life even more difficult for the army in Russian Poland.

There were no large-scale battles on the battlefield in Russian Poland. Most of the time, the Russians attacked the city and the Poles defended, and the Russians fought guerrilla warfare to wipe out the Poles.

The two sides were vastly different in strength, but that did not prevent this from being an extremely bloody and brutal war. Massacres, looting, and acts that went beyond the bottom line of humanity filled the battlefield at all times.

On the other hand, Duke Uvarov had no good way to deal with Imam Shamil in the Caucasus.

If we follow Paskevich's previous method, it will take at least two or three years, and the manpower and material resources consumed will be difficult to calculate.

This method is obviously not suitable for Russia at this time, and it is simply a pipe dream to complete a precision strike in the Caucasus region at this time.

In a previous battle, the Russian cavalry received a secret report that Imam Shamil's army appeared in a mountain village. The cavalry colonel led his elite troops to the location in the secret report without hesitation.

After searching for a day and a night, nothing was found. But as soon as the cavalry left, Imam Shamil led his men out of the village and captured a half-built bunker by the Russians. Imam Shamil killed all the Russian soldiers, and then selected a group of people from the slaves and laborers who built the bunker in a bloody way.

When Prince Uvarov arrived, there was only a mess. He searched the village repeatedly several times and finally found the tunnel.

However, it was too late, and Prince Uvarov had no choice but to order the village to be razed to the ground. This was not because he was cruel, but because he had to respect Paskevich's strategy and implement it to the end.

However, Prince Uvarov still gained some results. He captured some of Imam Shamil's men, and he found that some of them were not Chechens, and they could not even adapt to the climate of the Caucasus region.

Under torture, Prince Uvarov obtained some of the information he wanted. These people were from the Ottoman Empire and Persia, and they didn't even know each other's identities.

It’s just that these people don’t know more of the inside story. They were just sent to die. Some people even thought they were going to be traveling merchants.

But none of this matters. What matters is that these people come from the Ottoman Empire and Persia, so after Russia has had a chance to catch its breath, it can take action against them.

Of course, even without these reasons, Russia would take action against them sooner or later; it is just a matter of time.

The most important thing at this time is to solve the Chechen issue. Now that the source of Imam Shamil's military strength has been found, it is necessary to give him a warning regardless of whether the Ottomans and Persians are supporting him behind the scenes.

Prince Uvarov wrote tens of thousands of words, but Nicholas I only had four words: "no progress".

Inside the palace, Russian ministers looked worried.

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"Your Majesty, the Austrians have revealed their ambitions; they want Wallachia and Moldavia.

Once the two principalities fall into the hands of Austria, they will use the Danube River to continue their invasion of the south and even block our country’s way to the Balkans!

The Austrians have evil intentions! Your Majesty, you must be on guard!"

"What are you guarding against? Franz said that he only wants the two principalities on the Danube. The rest of the Ottoman Empire's legacy is mine. They are all lands belonging to the Eastern Roman Empire!"

Nicholas I roared.

“The Austrians can’t be trusted”

"Then can your words be trusted? Is there anything in this world more trustworthy than the promise of a noble emperor? Do you think I am blind?!"

Nicholas I's rhetorical question silenced the ministers who had spoken earlier. After all, this pot was too big.

This was the case with Nicholas I, who trusted private promises made between monarchs more than treaties written in black and white.

But this time he made the right bet. For Franz, there were not many places in the Balkans that he was interested in except the two Danube principalities.

"To my most trusted son-in-law and the Western Roman Emperor:
I accept your proposal, no one can shake the bond between us."