"From the beginning to the end, you and I are thinking about different things. It's like chess players of different levels making moves. All you can see is this small area in the Far East. All you can think of is the mountains in this area. It’s just a matter of advancing, moving, and changing formations in the mountains and rivers, and then finding a breakthrough to defeat me..."
"But what I look at is broader and bigger. Every time I play a chess piece, I not only have to consider the changes here in the Far East, but I also have to consider the reactions among the forces in the entire East Asia, and even the entire Europe. Will there be a chain reaction?"
"My eyes are on the entire world, but you are only looking at these hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land. Do you think you can win against me?"
Fadeyev was dumbfounded. Xiao Letian smiled contemptuously and said, "I don't need to pay too much attention to tactics at all. I didn't interfere in all the commands from yesterday to tonight. I just slept and had a good rest..." "
"You have to understand a truth! The suffering you have encountered is actually just a general trend deliberately created by me. I have had the volunteers prepare for war since last year, and deliberately exposed the time of the main attack, in order to force Tsarist Russia to attack the sea and Land reinforcements will come to Asia this spring!"
"Your marching timetable is exactly what I hoped for! Hahaha, I have to deal with you quickly. Why am I still going to participate in the great battle between Prussia and France?"
"Everything in the world has a cause and effect. Why did you come from Mobei on ice and snow? That's because I wanted you to march in this bitterly cold season. How did I do it?"
"It's very simple! As long as I calculate your reaction and deliberately expose the timetable of the main attack, I will use the volunteer army to put pressure on Vladivostok for a whole winter, and then I will release a lot of intelligence to Europe to let you feel to crisis..."
"I plant a cause in the front, and I will naturally receive the fruit in the back. This fruit is you! Vladivostok is just a bait. If we eat two reinforcements from Tsarist Russia on sea and land, we Chinese will shake the world. Military world!”
"Hahaha... If I want to eat you all smoothly, how can I do it without using weather weapons? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Ah... Fadeyev shouted and dropped the water glass in his hand to the ground. "Shameless! You are so despicable! Insidious bastard!" He struggled and tried to fight.
The strong medical soldiers held him down tightly. The seriously injured Fadeyev managed to escape and was quickly tied into a rice dumpling.
"This is not true! You are just bragging. The Chinese cannot have such smart people. You are just bragging!"
Xiao Letian shook his head regretfully, "To be honest, the gap between you and me is like the gap between chess players. We are not in the same realm at all. You can't see the world I see, but I can." Understand the world in your eyes!"
"Fadeyev, you are only a tactician at best. Being a regiment commander is already the limit of your career. If you can't understand war from a strategic level, you can't understand politics, economy, diplomacy, and even culture and people's hearts. If you put them all together and consider the problem, you can’t even hope to break through the bottleneck!”
"You fart! The Tsar will not let you go, he will never let you go..."
"Hey... you are wrong again. Why didn't the Tsar let me go? When he found that no means could achieve strategic expectations, why didn't he negotiate? Do you know what the Tsar was thinking?"
"Do you know why the Tsar sold Alaska to the United States? If you can't even answer this question, why are you talking to me about strategy?"
"Listen to my advice. You can't take away the Far East. These young men are destined to die in vain. Give the order to surrender. The less you kill, the more merit you will have!"
"If I don't listen, you are a liar!" Fadeyev burst into tears.
There was a crisp sound and a slap was slapped on his face. "Shut up, what's the difference between you and a mangy dog! Give him another shot of morphine to calm him down!"
Without saying a word, the medical soldier injected a large dose of morphine into Fadeev's arm. This analgesic extracted from opium also has a sedative effect, and Fadeev soon became quiet.
Xiao Letian squatted beside him and whispered, "Do you want to hear a prophecy from me? Let me tell you... After this Far East War, I will take Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty on a ship to Europe..."
"We will be able to arrive in London by July at the latest. Do you know that this is the first visit to Europe by an Eastern Emperor in human history? This is a major event destined to be recorded in the annals of human history. In order to welcome Emperor Tongzhi, even the war between Prussia and France was Need to be postponed..."
"All European powers, including Tsarist Russia, will pay attention to Emperor Tongzhi's visit. Don't think that no one cares about him before he takes office. Don't forget that the flag of the imperial party is already flying!"
"China is a huge market and empire with hundreds of millions of people and tens of millions of square kilometers of land. Whoever it chooses to be a friend or an enemy will affect the global geopolitical pattern..."
"In such a grand event, who would care about a war in the small Far East? With just a few hundred thousand square kilometers and a population of just a few million, this is a barren land in the eyes of the European powers!"
"Don't think that this war is such a great thing. In fact, you are the only one who thinks so!"
"Let me tell you another secret. The Franco-Prussian War will definitely be fought, and we Chinese are destined to be the victor... That's right, you don't have to look at me like that. We are destined to participate in the war, and we will shock with our military exploits. All over Europe, we must make them recognize that we Chinese are also one of the great powers!"
"Even if we are the last one, we have to squeeze into this club!"
"When we go to negotiate with Tsarist Russia with the aura of victory over France, what do you think the Tsar will think about? Should we meet and let go of grudges with a smile? Or, as you said, go in with a white knife and risk your life with a red knife out?"
"You don't understand the world of politicians. After all, you are just a soldier... Now I give you one last chance. Immediately order the entire army to surrender and accept the reorganization of our army. Otherwise, they will all freeze to death in the jungle of the permanent tundra." !”
Fadeev burst into tears. He had been suppressed by Xiao Letian's arrogant commanding presence. He could not refute any point. The world presented by Xiao Letian was actually more cruel than the battlefield.
He knew very well that once the international situation went as Xiao Letian said, then the Tsarist Russian soldiers and those outstanding young men who died in this battle might really have died in vain.
"Okay! I can give the order and I hope you will treat them well...but I have one last question for you!"
Fadeyev stared at Xiao Letian and said word by word, "Why are you wasting so much words on me? Do you really want us defeated soldiers to survive?"
"Actually, you don't need my orders. Just by relying on this cold weather, you can get countless prisoners in less than two days! Why bother to talk to me so much? And reveal so many secrets to me... Why is this? "
Xiao Letian stood up and looked to the east and was silent for a moment: "...It's just about accumulating virtue. I just want to accumulate some virtue..."
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