Arc of Gunfire

There was nothing worth mentioning in the next few days. The front lines were still shelling each other, and there were still thousands of casualties every day. Wang Zhong in the rear was still spinning.

But Wang Zhong had a new hobby, lying on Lyudmila's belly and listening to her stomach.

Although the doctor and Liu Xia both told him that there would be no clearly audible fetal movements now, Wang Zhong just couldn't help but want to listen.

Of course, it’s also good to enjoy your fiancée’s arms by the way.

On February 20, Lyudmila's family finally took a train from Raoul in the rear to Yebao.

Wang Zhong's brother, now Duke Rokosov, came back from the logistics headquarters dormitory for a rare occasion and had a meal with Lyudmila's family.

The engagement ceremony was on February 21st.

Wang Zhong had no idea how to prepare for the engagement ceremony. The image in his mind of the engagement ceremony was completely based on a diplomatic signing ceremony. The parents of both parties sat behind the same table, with the national flags of both parties behind them—no, the family flags.

Then both parties sign the engagement contract, and then, under the arrangement of the emcee, exchange the notebooks with the contract written in it before signing.

This cannot be blamed on Wang Zhong. After all, in the public opinion environment before he time traveled, even if Wang Zhong had longing for a beautiful love, he would still be wary of marriage.

Maybe it's because Wang Zhong didn't meet the woman before he traveled through time that made him think of the name of the child at first sight.

Lyudmila was truly the first.

All in all, on the night of February 20, when the old housekeeper explained the entire engagement process to Wang Zhong, Wang Zhong knew what the engagement ceremony was about.

In fact, it is a minimalist version of a wedding. You call the nearby priest, the two of you hold hands and swear an oath, then put on the engagement ring and it's done.

The ceremony on February 21 was held at the Rokosov Manor, and the priest invited was the parish priest of the church near the manor.

As for the guests, the state of war meant that few relatives could not be summoned—Lyudmila had relatives who were in the siege of Fort St. Andrew and could not come at all.

The two friends of the same age are now either in the army or evacuated to distant rear areas.

Otherwise, they will stay in occupied areas.

Others have gone to see St. Andrew.

In order to prevent the engagement ceremony from being deserted, Wang Zhong invited some old comrades from the Imperial Guard, such as Yegorov and others.

These people are also Lyudmila's old comrades-in-arms.

In the early morning of February 21, Wang Zhong looked at Liu Xia who had put on a new dress and sincerely praised her: "She's so beautiful."

Liu Xia smiled and suddenly said: "Since you regard His Majesty as your sister, shouldn't you invite her here?"

Wang Zhong: "Why, do you want to declare your victory to her in person?"

Lyudmila said: "No, I just suddenly thought that since I am a younger sister, I always have to attend my brother's engagement ceremony."

"Do you believe that she will come even if I don't invite her?" Wang Zhong said, "How about we make a bet?"

"Alyosha, don't always think of her as that little girl. She will seriously consider the impact of appearing at the engagement ceremony today."

Lyudmila looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly smiled bitterly: "But after careful consideration, she may still appear. The royal family needs your support now."

After all, in addition to the original city defense troops, the field army closest to Ye Fort is Wang Zhong's mobile army.

Although the three divisions of this army are still being replenished, the combat strength is close to 70,000, there is also a large amount of technical equipment, and the quality of the soldiers is much higher than that of Ante's general troops.

With such a new force next to the capital, there should not be too many people who want to have a good relationship with Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong put his hands on the shoulders of Liu Xia who was sitting and said, "The Tsar needs my support... It sounds like I am about to proclaim myself Lord Protector."

"Shh, even if it's your own home, you have to be careful that the walls have ears."

Wang Zhong nodded, and at this moment the sound of a car came from outside.

He turned and looked out the window: "Cars? At least five. There are not many people in Yebao who can gather together such a convoy of cars."

As soon as he finished speaking, Butler Mikhail opened the door and came in: "The guard called and said that His Majesty Belinsky's motorcade had just passed through the gate and had already arrived in front of the manor when I came to report."

Wang Zhong snapped his fingers: "I'll just say it."

Lyudmila smiled bitterly and said: "The chance of His Majesty's appearance has greatly increased. I can probably guess the reason why Belinsky was crowned. He replaced the priest to preside over our engagement ceremony, so it will be difficult to break the engagement in the future.

"The Church shouldn't want you to be Prince Rokosov - I mean when we win the war."

Although Lyudmila was talking about political matters, Wang Zhong was distracted at this time. He was thinking about "breaking off the engagement" and the "three-year agreement." Three years later, Dou Emperor Lyudmila came to the door and told her about breaking off the engagement. The insults I suffered were repaid tenfold...

What the ultimate suture monster.

Lyudmila: "Dear?"

Wang Zhong: "Ah? It's okay. I just wanted to marry you."

Lyudmila: "I was just talking about what happened after the victory."

Wang Zhong: "Olga is a smart girl. She has the wisdom inherited from her brother. Vanya (Ivan's nickname)'s study room is kept intact in the summer palace. The books Vanya has read, Olga I will definitely read it. Maybe there are also Vanya’s diary and reading notes, trust her.”

"Um."

At this time, the phone rang, and Butler Mikhail immediately went over to answer the phone: "Rokosov Manor. Yes, yes, I understand."

He put down the receiver and reported to Wang Zhong: "There was a call from the Ceremonial Hall of the Summer Palace. His Majesty the Tsar wants to attend the engagement ceremony of General Rokossov."

Lyudmila: "Look, Olga is here."

Wang Zhong: "Since she specifically asked the etiquette hall to notify her, she shouldn't do anything out of the ordinary. If she does something out of the ordinary, she will make a surprise attack."

"You really know your sister." Lyudmila smiled.

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Olga arrived at Rokosov Manor an hour later.

Wang Zhong's brother, Pietro Konstantinovich Rokosov, was very reserved when he saw Olga, and even shook his hand awkwardly.

Unexpectedly, Olga held Pietro's hand and said, "Your Excellency, Prince Rokosov, I plan to propose marriage to my cousin."

Wang Zhong frowned: "Why didn't I know that Vanya had a cousin?"

Olga and Ivan are brother and sister, and the cousin should be the child of the mother's relative.

Olga turned back and smiled at Wang Zhong: "I have many cousins, and she came back from the United States. Her parents went to the United States during the civil war."

Pietrohan came down: "Here, I was married once, but my wife passed away. Isn't it good for a person like me to marry your cousin?"

At this time Lyudmila said: "Dear brother, since your majesty has such good intentions, how about you accept it? Your majesty should have thought about it carefully."

After speaking, Lyudmila and Olga looked at each other openly.

Only then did Wang Zhong come to his senses. The Patriarch came to preside over the engagement, and His Majesty the Tsar unexpectedly married a cousin to the widowed Pietro. His Majesty had some control!

Lyudmila probably regards this as an exchange of interests. If you "compensate" for one Pietro, you have to recognize my title as Mrs. Rokosov.

Pietro was caught in the middle. He looked at His Majesty the Tsar for a while and his siblings-to-be for a while. He couldn't afford to offend either side.

So he said: "As long as Her Royal Highness the Princess does not dislike it, I have no objection."

The princess, of course, refers to Olga's cousin.

Olga smiled brightly and said: "Okay! It's better to choose the right day and get engaged today. By the way, my cousin will not become an adult in three years, so we can only get engaged first."

Wang Zhong suddenly envied his elder brother!

15-year-old princess, even though I already have Nellie, I am still very envious!

Lyudmila smiled and said: "Your Majesty really cares about his family. He is already worried about his cousin's marriage before he is engaged. You should also find a responsible man as soon as possible. After all, those old nobles think that an unmarried man A country ruled by a tsar would be unstable."

Olga: "When I meet someone who makes my heart beat, I will naturally get engaged."

When she said this, she looked at Wang Zhong, and Wang Zhong pretended to be looking at the scenery.

At this time Belinsky appeared: "I heard that Your Majesty was here, so I hurriedly came out of the preparation room."

"You actually have to recite sermons on the fly." Olga said in surprise, which sounded very strange.

Belinsky smiled and said: "The last time I presided over an engagement was twenty years ago. Isn't it normal to recite a prayer?"

Olga was about to speak when Wang Zhong suddenly heard firecrackers being set off in the distance.

He immediately realized that these were not firecrackers and shouted: "Gunshot! And it's very close to us."

He quickly ran to the window, opened it and listened carefully: "It's coming from the north, Prosen paratroopers? But for what purpose? Isn't throwing paratroopers into the enemy's hinterland just giving away their lives?"

Belinsky said seriously: "No, that direction is a prisoner-of-war camp. You captured more than 100,000 prisoners at once, and settling these prisoners became a challenge. Every day in the prisoner-of-war camp, prisoners who tried to riot were shot, and dozens of People were sent to the gallows.

"It should be just another normal prison riot. There is no need to dispatch the mobile army that has not been completed yet."

Wang Zhong: "Do the prisoners of war have a strong will to resist? They were all wilted when I captured them."

Belinsky smiled bitterly and said: "We thought so at the beginning. Although these Pulosen people dare not let them take up arms and fight on the front line, it is still okay to let them produce equipment in the rear factories.

"According to our preliminary investigation, there are a large number of high school graduates among these prisoners. If we can get them to support us, there will be tens of thousands of industrial workers!"

After Belinsky finished speaking, Wang Zhong asked: "It doesn't look like the effect is very good?"

In fact, there was no need for Belinsky to say that Wang Zhong was a veteran who had returned from the battlefield. He could tell that the intensity of the firefight was unusual. It seemed that the church's instigation of rebellion had basically failed.

Belinsky sighed: "Yes, these Prosin people are much more difficult to deal with than we expected. It seems that Emperor Prosin's theory has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

Wang Zhong suddenly had an idea and asked, "How did you instigate them to rebel?"

"I tried all kinds of methods, and even showed them your article on why Ant was successful, but it didn't work."

Wang Zhong touched his chin, and he suddenly thought of a childhood friend he had watched on Little John Khan's show - a real friend - that program was about how this guy instigated die-hard Japanese prisoners of war and established a small-life rebellion. War alliance.

Maybe I should try out what I learned on the show?