Struggle in Russia

"Menshikov's actions are malicious, and it is clear that the Black Sea Fleet will help him take the blame!" Li Xiao said to Kornilov and Nasimov.

"The old eunuch is under a lot of pressure. As far as I know, Earl Nesselrode and His Majesty have put enormous pressure on him. He dare not offend either side, so he was forced to kick the ball!"

Kornilov and Nasimov nodded. Although they thought Menshikov's order was a bit strange, they didn't think deeply about it. Now that Li Xiao helped them pierce the window paper, they immediately reacted.

The two of them immediately became angry. Last time they had already been tricked by Menshikov indirectly, although in the end Li Xiao helped to find a way for them to pass safely with their chess masters. But it’s okay, it’s too much for you to come here!

What Kornilov and Nasimov didn't expect was that Li Xiao waved his hand and said, "But this time the old eunuch is actually not the worst one. But I guess Kostya will not sit idly by, he is really bad!"

Kornilov and Nasimov were taken aback for a moment before reacting, following Menshikov's approach. The acting commander, Grand Duke Constantine, was the worst. If he doesn't want to be tricked, then obviously he can only be tricked by others, and what better target to be tricked than the two brothers in the Black Sea Fleet?

After thinking about it, Kornilov and Nasimov smiled wryly at each other, and they didn't know whether it was right to go ahead with Berge. Compared with the commander who didn't do anything practical, Grand Duke Constantine seems to be more troublesome!

Do your job and let Kornilov train troops or fight wars. He is not afraid of stubborn soldiers or even the most vicious enemies. He has a lot of ways to make these guys honest.

But let him play tricks and play tricks with someone like Grand Duke Constantine, he is really not good at it, and he doesn't like it. He resisted these things from the bottom of his heart, because he could not touch his hands if he could.

Nasimov is almost the same, the two of them are actually very similar, otherwise the relationship would not be so harmonious.

So they could only stare at Li Xiao with wide eyes, hoping that Li Xiao could help them find a solution.

Li Xiao knew this was the result, and if these two were to fight with Grand Duke Constantine, it would really be the little sheep playing house with the big bad wolf. home dining table.

Li Xiao said slowly: "The matter is very difficult. I guess that Grand Duke Constantine will rush to Sevastopol immediately after learning about this information. Have you notified him?"

As acting commander of the Black Sea Fleet,

Such a big event must be notified, and Kornilov and Nasimov suspect that even if they deliberately do not notify, someone in the Black Sea Fleet will inform Grand Duke Konstantin.

It is impossible to truly eliminate such things, and there is no need for that.

Kornilov kindly reminded: "Notified, but I doubt he will get the news earlier..."

In fact, Li Xiao didn't need him to remind him at all, he knew it would be like this, so he nodded and continued: "That is to say, Kostia will be back within a week at the latest. At that time, he will definitely do something, so we We must make full use of his absence to prepare..."

Kornilov and Nasimov also felt a headache when they heard that Grand Duke Konstantin would be back within a week at the earliest. They have continued to have this headache since Lazarev's death. Both Berge and Grand Duke Constantine are the kind of insidious villains who like to make troubles and mess around. Dealing with such villains is too strenuous!

"How to prepare?" Kornilov asked with a sigh.

This question is very good, because Li Xiao doesn't have any effective solutions. After all, Grand Duke Constantine is the acting commander of the Black Sea Fleet in name.

If it was in the past, they could have simply acted cheaply under the pretext of carrying out Menshikov's orders, but now Menshikov has bad intentions, and the bad guys are all getting together to make troubles. How do you think this is going to happen?

Speaking of Menshikov, Li Xiao suddenly thought that since the old guy made it clear that he was kicking the ball to clear the blame, could he take advantage of it?

He felt a little suffocated before, why do you gods fight and let the kid who is doing serious things suffer? How can there be such a reason!

"How about teasing Menshikov to have a touch with Grand Duke Constantine?" Li Xiao said.

Kornilov and Nasimov thought about it, and it would be great if possible. Anyway, these two are not good people, and it would save trouble to let them bite dogs. It's just that it doesn't seem easy for these two people to bite, after all, these two are ghosts and ghosts.

Li Xiao also knew it was not easy, but he had to try no matter what, so he said to Kornilov and Nasimov: "If you come up with a comparison before Grand Duke Constantine arrives in Sevastopol How about a radical solution?"

A more radical solution?

Kornilov and Nasimov thought about it, and probably understood what Li Xiao meant. Menshikov's original intention was to kick the ball, and it was just a means of clearing away responsibility. So he definitely doesn't want the Black Sea Fleet to come up with a radical plan, after all, it's hard for him to explain to Nesselrode if a fight really starts.

So if Kornilov and Nasimov offered him an extremely drastic plan, he would not be able to agree to it first, and he would definitely oppose it or simply call back the plan and let the Black Sea Fleet do it again.

At that time, Grand Duke Konstantin was likely to return to Sevastopol. At this time, Menshikov denied the radical plan, so Konstantin could not let Kornilov and Nasimov take another An equally radical plan dug a hole.

In this way, the worst possibility is ruled out. If Grand Duke Konstantin is not convinced, then Kornilov and Nasimov will directly lift the ball to Menshikov and let Konstantin The Grand Duke and Menshikov went to fight each other.

If they really quarreled, then Li Xiao and Kornilov would be relieved, just move the small bench to watch the show.

Of course, if Grand Duke Constantine doesn't do anything and doesn't advocate a radical plan, it is naturally impossible to stimulate Turkey with a plan like swallowing water, and naturally there will be no great harm. And Menshikov is naturally happy to see the results, so the final result may be that Nicholas I is not satisfied.

But what does that have to do with Kornilov and the others? This plan was jointly approved by you, Grand Duke Constantine and Menshikov, and you have to bear the blame yourself!