Chapter 1288: Besieged on All Sides

"What?"

"Chief Councilor?"

"What is the meaning of this?"

Prince of Qin Xie Zhao and Zhu Zhen both looked over with some lack of understanding.

They had been arguing here for so many days, faces red and ears hot, nearly coming to blows, and it turns out you had your own ideas all along? Then why didn't you say so?

Everyone likely held this same thought, glaring over one after another.

Liu Zheng gave a chuckle: "It is not that I did it on purpose, but rather that I have been working on some planning these past few days. The matter is of great importance and carries significant weight; it may change the future urban landscape of Longyan, so I had to be cautious. I hope my colleagues will be understanding."

"What?"

"Urban landscape?"

"What does Lord Liu mean by this?"

"Indeed, what kind of trouble is he trying to stir up now?"

A group of people looked at one another in dismay.

Liu Zheng's ideas were always unconstrained and impossible to fathom. Yet, facts had proven that every choice Liu Zheng made was far-sighted. Subsequent developments had also always been within Liu Zheng's planning.

Urban landscape?

Urban planning?

Everyone took a deep breath.

If it truly was this matter, then it could indeed be considered a matter of great importance.

Liu Zheng gave a faint smile and waved his hand, and someone beside him immediately brought out the files he had prepared.

One hundred copies; this was his understanding of the Community System, combined with the current situation in Longyan, fused into a method of reform.

"Community System?"

"What does this mean?"

"This... this is absurd! Are you asking us Councilors to live together with that bunch of lowly commoners!"

"My Lord! This must absolutely not be done!"

"If it is like this, how can safety be guaranteed?"

"This... is a great fallacy, truly a great fallacy!"

The scene erupted in an uproar.

Just looking at this Community System was enough to make them unable to accept it, let alone the fact that Liu Zheng intended to use Youzhou directly as a pilot site? How could this be allowed!

Liu Zheng gave a faint smile.

He knew that the time for arguing was about to arrive again.

Only, this time it was very likely to be him alone, arguing against this entire council.

"Kill!"

"Charge!"

This defeat of Tsarist Russia truly shocked the entire world.

In fact, Hamid, under the lobbying of Mo Chen and Hu Xi'er, had long since made preparations.

He was waiting for this very moment.

Therefore, the Ottoman Empire, which had been recuperating for more than two years, dispatched an army of two hundred thousand in an instant! The Ottoman, which had fallen behind in the Russo-Turkish War, was this time waiting at ease for the exhausted enemy; thus, they set out with the momentum of victory.

This time, the Ottoman goal was very clear: to take back the Black Sea port lost to Tsarist Russia! The Black Sea outlet was the most crucial point in the entire world landscape. As long as the Black Sea outlet was firmly held in their hands, even if Tsarist Russia were a giant bear, it could only show its might on its own territory. Because they simply could not get out! Moreover, the current Tsarist Russia was like a dying, sick bear!

The Tsarist Russian general guarding the Black Sea port was Suoliefu; because the Black Sea port was so important, it was heavily defended.

Two hundred thousand!

Suoliefu also received the news of the Tsarist Russian defeat in Longyan at the first opportunity. When this news arrived, while he lamented their misfortune and was angry at their incompetence, he immediately placed great importance on defense work.

As for Peter the Great, he had not received any other news regarding how he was doing now.

He was a general of Tsarist Russia, he was a soldier, and a soldier's duty was to protect his home and country.

He was not particularly worried about the aggressive arrival of the Ottoman this time; what he worried about was the situation in all of Europe, because over these years, following Peter's expansion, Tsarist

Russia had truly gained too many enemies. If the Black Sea port were lost, then Tsarist Russia would truly become fish on the chopping block in the eyes of the European powers, to be slaughtered at will from then on.

"Hold! No matter what, we must hold!"

Suoliefu roared, and the generals under his command responded one after another.

The Ottoman navy finally began its bombardment of the Black Sea port at the first opportunity.

What made people despair was:

This time, the Ottoman, after two years of recuperation, was no longer the chaotic Ottoman of before.

Under the stimulation of Hamid's various policies, the Ottoman interior was already full of vitality and thriving.

Their navy had also spent a great deal of money to import five improved versions of the Yinzhou ship from Liangzhou, Longyan!

Five ships!

Each one was of the Battleship class, which is to say, each one could lead a fleet group of the Ottoman navy!

Yinzhou ship, it was the Yinzhou ship again!

Suoliefu cursed under his breath.

News had just arrived that on the Far Eastern battlefield, Ushakov had been defeated by the terrifying firepower of these Yinzhou ships.

This time, it would be very difficult.

But no matter what, they had to block them!

This was destined to be an arduous war.

Therefore, on the Ottoman side, Hamid personally led the expedition; once the order was given and the Ottoman Empire once again formally declared war on Tsarist Russia, the now much more mature Hamid held a Telescope and watched the progress of the battle.

Sure enough.

The first wave of attacks from the Ottoman Empire was incomparably fierce.

But on the Tsarist Russia side, they also displayed an attitude of vowing never to surrender.

The first collision between the two sides was a world-shaking great war.

……

Looking again at the Chukchi side.

Zhai Shiqing had already left them.

But Narisong had long since grasped the new theories from Longyan.

Taking the countryside as his foundation, he began to capture village after village in the Siberia region, but when encountering those large castles and major cities, he did not excessively clash head-on.

In the face of the heaven-defying combat power of the Chukchi, the Cossack Cavalry, having long since been beaten into fear, only dared to hide in the cities, acting as accomplices to the evildoers.

Thus, they began to enter a vicious cycle.

The more they could not defeat the Chukchi, the more pessimistic they became; the more pessimistic they became, the more they began to act recklessly in the cities, oppressing the populace, bullying men and violating women, and committing all sorts of evil, enjoying as much as they could while they still could.

In terms of mass support, this caused the situation to tilt toward the Chukchi.

When Narisong received the news that an exciting internal rebellion had already emerged within Tsarist Russia, he knew that it was possible for him to take the entire Siberia region. Thinking of this, he could not help but become excited.

For hundreds of years, they, the Chukchi, could finally stand up!

And so.

Almost in an instant, this Tsarist Russia was at war on all sides.

And the people in Saint Petersburg were also in a state of panic.

What to do?

With internal troubles and external threats, what to do?

Menshikov, however, could no longer concern himself with these things.

He was not in his own mansion at this moment, but was sitting quietly in the Imperial Palace of Saint Petersburg, quietly watching Peter, who was drinking frantically over there.

Beside him stood a group of fully armed guards.

They were already Menshikov's men.

Time passed bit by bit, and the territory of Tsarist Russia was being lost bit by bit.

Menshikov knew that there was not much time left for him.

"You... are you trying to make me die?"

Just at this moment, Peter, with disheveled hair and reeking of alcohol, suddenly turned his head and asked with a laugh.