Chapter 499: The Game
The change of form within Russia touched the hearts of the world powers. Especially for the Entente side, the cessation of operations on the battlefield by Russia, an important ally, would be a huge loss, and the advantages that the Entente had gained through hard fighting would be completely lost. The Germans, on the other hand, were very excited, and Tsarist Russia was an important pillar on the side of the Entente, and if Tsarist Russia withdrew from World War I, it would be a turning point for the Allies. After all, the United States has not yet entered the war, and the main contest in World War I is still between Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. Germany was one against three, and although it was slightly inferior, it was still able to contend with it. There is a balance of power between the two sides. If Russia had withdrawn from World War I at this time, the situation on the Western battlefield would have been broken. The Allies will have a chance to fight back, and the world war will continue to be scorched. This is something that Britain and France cannot tolerate in any way.
The tsar fled from the St. Petersburg region and gained a foothold in Moscow. Although the workers' movement in Moscow was also fierce, for a short time the conservative forces of the tsars completely gained the upper hand. In the history of past lives. The Red Revolution in Moscow was only really successful during the period of the October Revolution. Later, it also became the capital of that powerful red country. It's just that Moscow is only the second largest city in Tsarist Russia. The tsar fled from St. Petersburg, and of course chose it for the first time.
The armies around Moscow were also concentrated by the Tsar, and the whole of Moscow was placed under martial law, and the workers' leaders were arrested, and the Bolsheviks and bourgeois representatives were the targets of the Tsar. Rasputin, a favorite of the tsar, played the role of executioner at this time. While in St. Petersburg, although Rasputin was powerful and had guards completely bewitched by him, the power of the Soviets was too strong, and the cunning Rasputin fled as soon as the Soviets wanted to deal with them. And ordered his guards to pretend to surrender to the Soviets, and then took the opportunity to rescue the family of Tsar Nicholas II, who were under house arrest. It's all full of serendipity. In the original time and space, the arrogant and domineering favorite Rasputin was killed by the great nobles early. But in this life, because of the butterfly effect, this guy escaped death and killed all the nobles who wanted to kill him. And by virtue of his power, he gathered a large group of forces and became an interest group in the Tsarist Empire. This is also an important reason why Rasputin was able to escape the unrest in St. Petersburg.
Now that Moscow is once again settled, the Soviets and the bourgeoisie will naturally become a major problem. They don't want Moscow to become a second St. Petersburg.
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, having taken control of Moscow, declared himself the restoration of the throne. and called on the whole ** team to exterminate the rebels. At the same time, the front-line generals were ordered to stop the campaign and return home to settle the rebellion.
Nicholas II was not a man of great talent, otherwise he would not have favored his ministers and allowed the country to be in turmoil. But he was well aware of the dangers of these bourgeoisie and the Bolsheviks. For a world war, even if it was a failure. It is just a land reparation, and with Russia's huge land area and population base, there is a lot of strategic room for maneuver, and even if it loses, the loss will not be too big. Historically, Napoleon dominated the European continent and later led a large army to attack Tsarist Russia, and even though he was invincible, he still lost to the harsh natural environment inside Russia. It is precisely because of this hole card that the tsar insisted on fighting a world war even when the domestic situation was turbulent. It's just that he didn't expect that the rebellion would start in St. Petersburg, and he himself was captured and almost became a ghost under the sword.
Now the rebellion is no longer a small fight, the rebel forces captured the capital, the Romanov dynasty was almost destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of troops involved in the encirclement and suppression all collapsed. This made Nicholas II feel a life-and-death crisis. And when he was under house arrest, he also figured it out. The tsar himself and those revolutionaries are incompatible, and if they cannot be extinguished, they will surely die in the future. Thus, the Tsar's determination to extinguish the rebellion was stronger than ever.
Based on this idea, the tsar reluctantly gave up the world war. Instead, the struggle was directed against the bourgeoisie and the Soviets at home.
This move of the tsar divided Tsarist Russia into two factions in an extreme period of time, and the generals of the millions of troops on the front line were a little confused when they looked at the two command messages from different places. On the one hand, it is a feudal empire that has been loyal for half a lifetime, and on the other hand, it is an emerging power with unlimited potential. How to choose is a matter of fate.
The British and French ambassadors, who had been in St. Petersburg, urgently split into two teams, one in St. Petersburg to contact the newly formed bourgeois provisional government, hoping to encourage them to continue the world war. At the same time, another group secretly went to Moscow to meet the Tsar. For Britain and France, it didn't matter who dominated Russia, but the world war had to continue, otherwise the situation on the battlefield would be reversed.
The German Emperor Wilhelm II sent a telegram to Tsar Nicholas II of Moscow, claiming that the German Empire was willing to conclude a non-aggression pact with Tsarist Russia. And ordered the German-Austrian forces at the front to cease operations.
The Tsar certainly understood what the Kaiser meant, and Rasputin, who had been clamoring for a world war, was now a staunch truce. Sending millions of troops to the battlefield is fun, but it's not as important as your own life. The February Revolution in St. Petersburg frightened this old Siberian peasant. At the instigation of Rasputin, the Tsar telegraphed and agreed to sign an armistice with Germany and Austria and other Central Powers, while Tsarist Russia unilaterally withdrew from the Entente.
This is like a trick scene, which made Britain, France and other countries completely dumbfounded. King George V of England hurriedly sent a telegram to the Tsar, analyzing the pros and cons, hoping that he would continue the world war.
I have to say that George V's message was still very tempting, at least the tsar was still very moved. The Tsar's thoughts frightened Rasputin. He managed to get the Tsar out of St. Petersburg, not to continue the world war, and in the hearts of the old Siberian peasant, nothing was more important than to make his living environment comfortable again. Therefore, Rasputin and Nicholas II's Empress Mary persuaded the Tsar, and finally discouraged the Tsar from continuing the world war. In fact, Rasputin was not against the World War, after all, the benefits gained after the victory of the World War were too amazing, and at least the redistribution of those colonies would allow Tsarist Russia to expand the size of its colonies again, and his interests would also increase. Tsarist Russia's centuries-long history of expansion has made Tsarist Russia's demand for expansion deeply rooted in its bones. Even an old peasant-turned-crook is interested in territorial expansion. Otherwise the tsar would not have continued the world war in the midst of internal turmoil. It's just that things have priorities, and in the case of threatening his own life, Rasputin's already small territorial expansion complex has long since disappeared.
The game in the West is extremely exciting, but Feng Yong is not too interested, and the current China is destined to be incapable of participating in the First World War. But he was really surprised that the Tsar was able to escape with his life from the radical revolutionaries. Feng Yong understood that the general trend of the world began to undergo a great change, and Tsarist Russia, which would not withdraw from the world war until after the October Revolution, withdrew from the world war battlefield seven months ahead of schedule. Now that the United States has not entered the war, and having lost Tsarist Russia as a pillar, the pressure on the side of the Entente has multiplied. The outcome of World War I is confusing.
Beijing, Young Marshal's Mansion.
Feng Yong's life is still good. Tuoba Huiji returned to the Young Marshal's Mansion, and the two brides who had escaped from marriage made him enjoy all the tenderness. However, Feng Yong is not Li Zicheng after all, and Feng Yong, who has a clear understanding of the domestic situation, will definitely not stop.
In the study.
Feng Yong's face was surprised. It was the first time Jing Tong saw Feng Yong surprised by foreign intelligence. Of course, he didn't know what this change in Tsarist Russia represented, originally Feng Yong thought that his butterfly effect was only a small change, but he knew that the general trend of the world had been changed. Those previous world histories can only serve as references. I can do it again and believe blindly.
Feng Yong didn't expect that the favored ministers of Tsarist Russia who did not die because of his butterfly effect at that time would single-handedly change history. He couldn't say anything now except lament the butterfly effect.
Originally, the Tsar was under house arrest, and the Tsarist army was gradually taken over by the transformed royalists. The Soviets were ostracized, and the bourgeois Provisional Government continued the world war, until the internal contradictions were once again planned, and Tsarist Russia after Lenin's leadership of the October Revolution decisively withdrew from the First World War. But now, instead of killing the Tsar, the February Revolution has freed him and restored his rule in Moscow. At the same time, the Provisional Government of St. Petersburg was also fighting fiercely against the Soviets because of its rights. Feng Yong knew that the situation faced by the Soviets during this period was countless times more difficult than in history. The course of the world revolution has been drastically changed, and Lenin, the leader of the Russian revolution, has not yet returned to the country, and the Soviets, without a strong leader, are now only scattered.
"What did the Tsarist Far Eastern Doge's Office do?" Since the outbreak of World War I, Tsarist Russia's military strength has snowballed, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in a region, and of course, this so-called army is basically those serfs who have just laid down their hoes. And there is a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition. With the already rotten rule of the Tsars and the Soviet-led workers' movement, the industrial system of Tsarist Russia was on the verge of collapse. The factories shut down and the workers went on strike. Without goods, the market also shrank sharply, which led to the worsening of the living environment in Tsarist Russia, and starvation was a common occurrence. The only thing that is still calm in the whole of Tsarist Russia is the Far East.
Ever since the workers' movement had flourished within Tsarist Russia, the Far East had become a place of stability, and the Bolsheviks would certainly not let it go. It's just that the current Far Eastern Governor's Office is no longer the government that had no control over it before. Governor of the Tsarist Far East, Jeff. Trovsky reused the Chinese aide Xu Zhiliang to reform the Governor-General of the Far East. At present, the more than 100,000 troops of the Russian Far East Army have been completely controlled by Governor Jeff. At the suggestion of Xu Zhiliang, Governor Jeff's family defected to his favorite retainer Lesputin, and under the operation of Rasputin, the power of the Far East Governor's Office was greatly increased, not only the entire Far East military and political power was under control, but even the command of the Tsarist Pacific Fleet fell into the hands of the Far East Governor's Office.
"The Governor of the Far East has received an order from King Rasputin, and I believe that an army will set off for the west in the near future!" Jing Tong said in a deep voice.
The assassins deployed a large number of forces in the Russian Far East, but they were never able to break into the upper echelons, after all, Tsarist Russia was very distrustful of the yellow race. Except, of course, Xu Zhiliang.
(To be continued)