Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Chikosov still took the remaining more than 20 Rakshasa soldiers and successfully escaped from the Suifen Ancient City Fortress and gave up the Twin Cities.

In fact, it was said that they were let out, but in fact, the entire fortress had been destroyed by Chikosov.

He asked the soldiers to plant a lot of explosives in the fortress when they evacuated, and when they reached a safe distance, they directly detonated the entire fortress.

The huge explosion razed the entire fortress to the ground, and half of the mountain collapsed.

After experiencing such a big explosion, the main fortress of Suifen also lost its original importance, so that the Twin Cities no longer had the reputation of being the first fortress in the Far East.

Not only that, Chikosov also ordered people to dismantle the railway when it was still more than 50 kilometers away from Vladivostok.

Without railway support, Chikosov felt that at least he no longer had to worry about the terrifying train gun.

Li Jinji was very aware and understanding of what Chikosov had done, but he was helpless. Because until now, he has not crossed the Suifen River.

After all, the situation in Suifenhe is very bad now.

The river is filled with a lot of ice, and the only railway bridge has been blown up. It will take at least a day to build a simple pontoon bridge to cross the river.

However, this kind of pontoon bridge is only large enough for soldiers to cross the river. Large equipment, such as artillery and tanks, cannot pass. It will take at least three days to build a pontoon bridge that can allow tanks to pass.

Since he couldn't get through it, Li Jinji thought about it and stopped worrying. Anyway, the march route of Chekosov and the others is heading towards Vladivostok. There is a dead end there. No matter how hard they run, they can't get out of the palm of their hand.

Therefore, Li Jinji is not in a hurry. He can now treat the wounded on his side with peace of mind.

Compared with Li Jinji's calmness and Chikosov's anxiety, there is another person who is now incompetently furious.

Rakshasa Empire, St. Petersburg, Winter Palace.

The emperor of the Rakshasa Empire, Nicholas II, was furious in his palace.

"Stupid pigs! You are all a bunch of stupid pigs! The empire raised you, and this is how you repay the empire?"

"On the western front, you can't defeat the Hans. On the southern front, you are on par with inferior countries like the Ottomans, and your advance is slow! And on the eastern front, you actually lost the Far East!"

"Okay, you are really good at it! The glory of the empire has been lost to you! Is this still the great Rakshasa Empire?"

Nicholas II looked at his Prime Minister Ivan Loginovich Goremekin and a group of ministers. He wanted to smash the vase in his hand directly onto their heads.

Ivan Loginovich Goremekin, as the Prime Minister of the Rakshasa Empire, he stepped on the head of his predecessor Stolypin.

It's just that Goremekin's ability and vision in government affairs are not as good as Stolypin's. He is just better at management than Stolypin.

Here we need to give a brief introduction to Stolypin.

As the famous Prime Minister of the Rakshasa Empire, Stolypin had a very vicious look. When he was still Alexander II, he proposed reforms to abolish serfdom and turned millions of serfs into rich peasants.

It greatly improved the tsar's rule in the empire, allowing the originally shaky Rakshasa Empire to spend decades more stably.

However, Stolypin fought against the serf uprisings and suppressed them many times.

It can be said that Stolypin is loyal to the Tsar and is also very capable.

However, after Nicholas succeeded the Tsar, he was hated by Nicholas II because he felt that he had sole power. Of course, it would be difficult to say without Goremekin's participation.

If we say that Stolypin is capable from a neutral position, there is nothing wrong with him wanting to continue Alexander II's policies, implement reforms, and expand armaments. But he was used to the czar's delegation of power and his arbitrary decision-making.

The new tsar, Nicholas II, was not taken seriously at all. Perhaps in Stolypin's eyes, Nicholas II was just a child.

Therefore, this caused Nicholas II to be suspicious of the entire cabinet. Historically, this incident was called a cabinet turmoil. After the turmoil in the cabinet, Nicholas II became full of suspicion towards the iron-blooded prime minister who had saved the Rakshasa Empire.

In the end, Stolypin chose to resign and leave the cabinet. Just after Stolypin left the cabinet, it was Goremekin who succeeded Stolypin.

Compared with Stolypin, Goremekin is actually more than a little behind.

After Stolypin suppressed the rebellion, he knew how to deal with the aftermath. The fundamental reason that directly led to the serf uprising was that the serfs could not survive, so he advocated reform.

But Goremekin only knew how to kill, no matter whether the opponent was a serf or a working class person, as long as he dared to rebel, he would kill him.

After killing it, it was gone, and there was no thought of how to solve the root of the problem.

Moreover, Goremekin was a staunch royalist. He opposed all other parties, whether they were workers, serfs, or capital, and he chose to suppress them. This led to many internal conflicts in the Rakshasa Empire under his leadership.

The entire body of the country became turbulent.

In addition, Goremekin was arrogant and domineering, but he was very flattering to Nicholas II, so much so that Nicholas trusted him very much and gave Goremekin great power.

At this time, Goremekin felt the anger of Nicholas II, and could only lower his head lower, waiting for Nicholas to vent all the anger in his heart.

"Speak, what suggestions do you have? Let's talk about it!" After Nikolai cursed, he felt that the anger in his heart had reduced a lot, and then he said to Goremekin in a calmer tone.

Seeing that Nikolai had finished venting his anger, Goremekin took a step forward and said to Nikolai: "Your Majesty, I feel that the reason for everything is that the empire has too few troops."

"We have less than [-] soldiers on the Western Front, but they need to face the siege of the Hans Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The number of troops is too small."

"If we had twice as many soldiers, we would have an absolute, overwhelming advantage over the Allies on the Western Front."

"The same is true in the Far East. We only have less than [-] troops in the Far East, but they have to face millions of people in Daxia. With the lack of troops in the first place, a few losses are unreasonable. Excusable."

"Of course, this is also due to the commander's lack of ability. I believe that as long as we start a comprehensive recruitment and then replace the frontline commanders, this unfavorable situation can be changed soon."

"Change the commander? Start a comprehensive conscription?" Nicholas II frowned, with some hesitation in his heart.

"Then do you have any recommendations?" Nicholas II thought for a moment and then asked Goremekin.

As soon as Nikolai said this, an imperceptible smile appeared on Goremekin's face.