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On April 23, after capturing Minsk, the French army continued to march eastward under the order of Xiao Jie. It is planned to occupy Borisov, 120 kilometers east of Minsk, as a defensive position east of Minsk.

In the Battle of Minsk, although the French army won the final victory, it also suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, most of which were sacrificed during arduous street fighting. But fortunately, the casualties of the 88th Legion were not large, only about 4,000 people, which was much better than the other legions. This is entirely due to the rigorous training of the 88th Army and the understanding of new tactics. Although Napoleon had ordered the implementation of the new tactics of the 88th Army throughout the French army, some stubborn officers still sneered at this, thinking that it was just a child's game. But the war finally made them understand that it was the children's games they despised that saved the lives of many soldiers. Although the casualties of the French army were large, they were much smaller than those of the Russian army. In the Battle of Minsk, although the Russian army tried their best, it ended in failure, and the main force of the Russian army was basically wiped out. , only a few hundred thousand people escaped. They didn't dare to stop, and fled all the way east, until they fled to the heart of Russia before stopping. Kutuzov stationed his army in Smolensk and returned to Moscow alone with his own soldiers, it is said that he wanted to plead guilty to the Tsar.

"His Royal Highness, I don't know how many people you plan to send to Borisov this time, or continue to advance with the whole army?" Lanshi asked at the combat meeting. After several victories, the current French army can be said to have high morale, and they have called for battle to fight to Moscow. But fortunately, the bosses of these various legions are relatively normal, otherwise it would be difficult to fight.

"Borisov doesn't have many troops now. According to the information sent back by our intelligence personnel, there is only an army of less than 10,000 people stationed there, so this time I plan to send only one army to fight. The other legions all stayed in Minsk for rest. The soldiers were extremely tired from the repeated battles, and it is time for them to take a good rest." Xiao Jie said.

As soon as he heard that only one legion could fight, the commanders of the legions below immediately started fighting for it, especially Marshal Lunet of the 4th legion. Go grappling, a whole militant. Apart from him, Sirte, Lance and Lana also competed fiercely. Du Geer also looked at Xiao Jie eagerly, and it was obvious that he also wanted Xiao Jie to hand over this task to the 88th Army. But this time he is destined to be disappointed. Capturing Borisov is not difficult. It is estimated that any army can complete it, but Xiao Jie's plan is to prevent possible counterattacks by the Russian army in this place, so this has to be done. Send a shrewder commander.

Xiao Jie's eyes swept over several legion commanders, and finally fell on Sirte. Although Sirte was relatively ambitious and a bit ambitious, but just from the perspective of commanding the army in combat, he was a leader in France. Among the many generals in the army, the ability is relatively outstanding.

"Okay, you don't need to argue anymore. I have decided to hand over the task of capturing Borisov to the 7th Army. Marshal Soult, I believe you can complete this task very well. In addition, Occupying Borisov is to use it as a forward position to guard Minsk to prevent possible counterattacks by the Russian army. Although we have beaten Russia to the point where it is impossible to fight back, they are in Central Asia and southern regions There are still hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no guarantee that they will not fight us to the death. So everyone must make good defense preparations, and don't let the Russian army take advantage of loopholes." Xiao Jie reminded. It would be a shame if Russia took the opportunity to succeed because of carelessness.

Several marshals said yes again and again, and promised to make defensive preparations.

As soon as the marshals left, Sikes came to report: "His Royal Highness, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marquis Markovs, is asking to see you."

"Oh, it's really fast. It seems that Alexander can't hold on anymore." Xiao Jie said with a smile, "Let him in."

A few minutes later, Sikes came in with a middle-aged man. This was the first time Xiao Jie met Makovsky. He was a typical Russian strong man with a beard on his face. Xiao Jie’s first impression was that this person should be a general who leads troops, but this is obviously wrong. It is hard to imagine that he is a very eloquent diplomat, and he is still Russia's foreign minister.

"Honorable Your Highness Andresi, it's a pleasure to meet you." Makovsky saluted Xiao Jie immediately after seeing him.

"I am also very happy to see His Excellency the Marquis." Xiao Jie returned the courtesy. "I don't know what's the matter with His Majesty the Marquis?" Xiao Jie asked straightforwardly, not wanting to make circles with these diplomats.

Makovsky was taken aback, he didn't expect Xiao Jie to be so direct, but he recovered in an instant: "That's right, our great Tsar Majesty doesn't want to see Europe fall into the flames of war, causing countless innocent people to die." The people were hurt, so it was decided to stop the war and restore peace to Europe."

"Oh, that's right, but our loss is not big, this loss is nothing to us in France, and it is still bringing us huge benefits, so I think there is nothing wrong with the war continuing Okay." Xiao Jie said nonchalantly.

"This." Makovsky's face turned red all of a sudden. He knew Xiao Jie was deliberately embarrassing him because the Tsar rejected the peace talks with France last time. "Yes, I admit that the loss of our country is much greater than that of your country, but if your country wants to continue the war, then our country will accompany it to the end."

Seeing Makovsky's forced appearance, Xiao Jie couldn't help laughing: "Really? That's good. I heard that your country is having trouble with the Persian Empire and the Turkish Empire. The envoys sent by their emperor They are preparing to discuss an alliance with us in Paris, I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor will agree to them?"

"What?" Hearing Xiao Jie's words, Makovsky's head suddenly grew bigger. If the three countries really want to form an alliance to attack Russia, then Russia will suffer. No, they must not be allowed to form an alliance. "His Royal Highness, your country doesn't seem to be on good terms with Turkey, and the conflict between the two countries seems to be rather acute. Will your emperor agree to form an alliance with Turkey?" Makov believed Xiao Jie's words, and he couldn't think of it at all. Xiao Jie made it up completely. The Persian Empire and Turkey were in conflict with Russia, but they did not send envoys to France. The reason why he said that was just to hit Makovsky.

"What's the matter? There are only interests between countries. If it is beneficial to France to form an alliance with them, I think His Majesty the Emperor will definitely agree." Xiao Jie said with a smile regardless of Makovsky's pale face.

"This. Your Royal Highness, our country and your country belong to European countries, how can we help outsiders beat our own people?" Makovsky said cheekily. Now he can't take care of so much, as long as he can prevent the alliance of the three countries.

"What a joke, why didn't you think of this when you formed the Francophone Alliance three times and five times to attack France? How **** shameless." Xiao Jie cursed secretly in his heart. "Of course, but it depends on the sincerity of your country?" Xiao Jie looked at Makovsky and said with a smile. It means that if Russia can give conditions that satisfy France, then France will not form an alliance with those two countries, otherwise, it will only be sorry.

"Our Majesty the Tsar is very sincere this time." Makovsky said affirmatively.

"Well, go to Duke Talleyrand, he has always been in charge of this matter." Xiao Jie kicked the ball away directly.

"Okay, but may I take the liberty to ask that when I came in just now, I saw that your country's army was gathering and preparing to go. I don't know where to attack again?" Makovsky asked.

"Oh, they, they are going to attack Borisov." Xiao Jie replied.

"But haven't I come to negotiate with your army on behalf of the tsar? Can your country's military operations be temporarily suspended? This also shows your country's sincerity?"

"Sincerity? Our sincerity has been shown last time. Also, our military operations will not end until the final result of the peace talks~lightnovelpub.net~ So you better hurry, Your Excellency the Marquis One point, otherwise, if our army captures Moscow by then, I don’t think we need to talk about it any more.” Xiao Jie said with a sneer, putting pressure on Makovsky again, cutting off his desire for peace talks. Thoughts of procrastinating with excuses.

Makovsky secretly scolded Xiao Jie for being despicable, but he quickly went to talk to Talleyrand. He knew that the crown prince was a man who could do what he said. If the army captures it, then he will be the sinner of the whole country. Now he knows how much power is left in Russia. It is basically impossible to stop the attack of the French army, so he has to hurry up and get the negotiation done as soon as possible. Things are finalized.

Talleyrand was very proud after learning that Russia sent Makovsky to beg for peace with France, and he forgot all the embarrassing things he had encountered in Moscow. Facing Makovsky this time, he directly humiliated the opponent a little bit, but Makovsky dared not argue. And Talleyrand also knew enough was enough, Napoleon was still waiting for his news in Paris, and he had been away from France for several months, and he was anxious to get things done and go back to work. So the two talked a few gossips and directly entered the topic of peace talks.

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