Struggle in Russia

Bariatinsky knew exactly what Count Uvarov wanted to do, but sometimes even if he knew the other party's purpose, he couldn't have a good way to defuse his tricks. Because objectively, Earl Uvarov was not wrong. Grand Duke Constantine is indeed the confidant of the conservatives, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one enemy.

What's wrong with paying a price for strangling Public Enemy Number One? As long as he is eliminated, won't the future be safe? So why care about this little gain and loss?

Count Uvarov's logic was clear and convincing, but Bariatinsky did not fully agree. Because Public Enemy No. 1 also depends on his quality and threat. In his opinion, the public enemy, Grand Duke Constantine, is not important enough, and the threat he poses to them is not big enough, so is it really worth spending such a huge price to strangle him?

What's more, this strangulation proved to be an out-and-out disaster! A governor and an important person in charge of the third department of Kiev were compensated. How could they only hurt him a little bit? A mere Bestuzhev. Liuming would consume so much energy and strength, and it would bring down Grand Duke Konstantin What will it cost? Are you going to sacrifice directly to Count Uvarov?

Of course, if Count Uvarov was willing to be sacrificed, Bariatinsky would have wished for it, and he just kicked this stumbling block away.

It’s just that Bariatinsky knew that Earl Uvarov definitely didn’t have such a spirit of dedication. It was more likely that those who were sacrificed were some middle and high-level people with real power in the faction, such as Peter Barek’s level, or even his Bariatins Based on this level.

This made him very upset, it was obviously caused by you Count Uvarov, why sacrifice us?

It’s just that Bariatinsky definitely can’t say these thoughts directly, because it means turning his face against Count Uvarov, and there are indeed quite a few witnesses of the 1812 reforms in the faction who are still alive, and their status is relatively high. People still have lingering fears about the reform that year, and they never want to go through it again.

And Count Uvarov is using the panic of these people to defend himself and Count Shuvalov, which makes Bariatinsky completely helpless. After all, he can't ignore the elders and real power in so many factions. Big brother's request.

Even Bariatinsky suspected that if he really questioned the legitimacy of the operation against Grand Duke Constantine, then Count Uvarov might in turn beat him up and teach him a lesson.

So when Count Uvarov threw out this reason, Bariatinsky could only respond indifferently: "Even if you want to deal with Grand Duke Constantine, you should pay attention to proportion and proceed with caution and precision, like this Come on, take a governor, let us lose a lot of manpower in Ukraine, but only get rid of a mere Bestuzhev Ryumin, is that worthwhile?"

He even sneered and mocked: "If this is a battle,

I can only say that the result is embarrassing and the exchange ratio is really unimaginable. If we do this, we will all get involved. Maybe Grand Duke Constantine is still alive and kicking! "

This ridicule is very embarrassing. Count Uvarov's face is naturally ugly, but he can't forcefully defend Count Shuvalov, because the facts are really ugly and embarrassing. If he forcibly praises Shuvalov Earl's wave is likely to make the people below unhappy.

After all, there are too many people who are jealous of Count Shuvalov and eager to fear from the higher-ups. They are all watching helplessly. If Count Shuvalov can be bleached by doing this, then he, the boss, will be hard to convince.

Count Uvarov glared at Bariatinsky, and said coldly: "After all, this incident happened suddenly, and it is almost impossible to be perfect. And Count Shuvalov's starting point is good, Konstantin The Grand Duke has just gained control of the Black Sea Fleet, if we don't give him a head-on blow, his arrogance and ambition will inflate wildly, and it will make us even more passive!"

"Although the operation in Kiev this time did not do its best, it also interrupted the signs of the expansion of Grand Duke Constantine's power and hindered its rapid development. From this point of view, it is still meaningful!"

However, Count Uvarov also knew that if he did not criticize Count Shuvalov at all, there would be no way to explain it, so he finally criticized two sentences hastily: "Of course, Count Shuvalov's actions were too reckless. It is a big failure to start hastily after planning and careful preparation. The subsequent failure is entirely due to this. Such behavior is extremely unacceptable. I must warn everyone and remind myself. In the future, we must be more careful when dealing with Grand Duke Constantine , can no longer underestimate the enemy!"

Bariatinski curled his lips, completely disapproving of Count Uvarov's experience summary of avoiding the important and neglecting the left and right at all.

He thinks Count Shuvalov messed up everything because he was eager to do something good and acted his own way. As long as he informs Peter Barek before he smashes the action, as long as he can be a little cooperative, can this be the result of such a breathtaking result?

But Earl Uvarov was lucky, he completely pushed the failure to insufficient preparation and underestimation of the enemy. Isn't this nonsense!

Bariatinsky knew that Count Shuvalov had been staring at Bestuzhev Ryumin, and he had long been holding back to make trouble. If you haven't prepared enough for so long, how long will it take you to prepare enough?

As for underestimating the enemy, this is simply the best reason to make excuses for yourself after a failure. No matter what you can apply to it, it is a versatile configuration.

But Bariatinsky felt that there was nothing wrong with underestimating the enemy. The key reason for the failure was Count Shuvalov's arbitrariness and lack of ability.

He believed that Earl Shuvalov's ability determined that he did not have sufficient intelligence and means to direct such a large operation. If it were someone else, for example, if he went, how could he pass such a big basket!

I have to say that Bariatinsky is a bit overconfident in this regard and underestimated Count Shuvalov. Objectively speaking, he may be better than Count Shuvalov, but there is no qualitative difference. Even if he is powerful, he is very limited. .

If he had been in charge, it would still have been a disastrous failure, because from the beginning to the end they didn't realize that the information or intelligence was not equal. They thought that the only opponent was Grand Duke Constantine, and they didn't realize Li Xiao's existence at all.

This is a fatal mistake on the battlefield. Even if you are a good commander, if you don't even know who the enemy is and how many there are, how can you talk about commanding operations?