There were a total of 400,000 soldiers in the Russian army. This was the most elite force of the Russian Empire.
Their duty was to protect the capital, Petersburg, and important cities such as Mosk in times of peace. During wartime, the Imperial Guards were the most powerful weapon of the Russian army.
After Grand Duke Nicholas gave the order, the Russian Imperial Guards immediately took action.
The guards stationed around Petersburg began to gather and then set off for Mosk, ready to fight against Grand Duke Michael's army.
Grand Duke Michael led his army all the way to Mosk without encountering any obstacles. Naturally, there was no war.
Both Grand Duke Michael and Grand Duke Nicholas were very satisfied with this situation. They didn't want this war to cause too much damage to the Russian Empire. If that happened, the Russian Empire's strength would be greatly reduced, which would be detrimental to the future development of the Russian Empire.
It could be said that both Grand Duke Michael and Grand Duke Nicholas wanted to ascend the throne and become the Tsar. However, they all hoped that the Russian Empire could develop and prosper, not decline.
It was also for this reason that both of them hoped to end this war in the shortest possible time, hoping to cause as little damage to the Russian Empire as possible.
Both sides had a tacit understanding and were ready to fight in Mosk. The victor would become the ruler of the Russian Empire.
Although Grand Duke Nicholas was very confident, he still made as many preparations as possible in order to ensure that nothing went wrong.
The 400,000 elite guards were all mobilized.
In addition, 200,000 troops were transferred from the Northern and Western Military Regions of the Russian Empire to gather at Mosque.
In this case, they had gathered a total of 600,000 soldiers.
One had to know that this already accounted for half of the regular military strength of the Russian army.
According to the establishment of the Russian army, the entire Caucasus military region only had a total of 300,000 people.
Even if Grand Duke Michael didn't leave any troops behind to guard the house, and all of them went north. Archduke Nicholas also had twice the advantage in terms of military strength.
Under such circumstances, Grand Duke Nicholas naturally had victory in his hands.
Unfortunately, Grand Duke Nikola did not know that Grand Duke Michael's army had already been expanded. Even though Grand Duke Michael had only mobilized 15 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry brigades, the total number of troops was already more than 360,000.
Even Grand Duke Nicholas 'army still had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers. However, was there any comparison between an elite troop armed to the teeth and a garbage troop with no weapons?
Even if they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, Grand Duke Michael's army still had a great chance of winning.
On May 9, 1796, the troops led by Grand Duke Michael arrived in Kazan.
Because they did not encounter any obstacles along the way, the speed of the army's march was much faster. For Grand Duke Michael's troops, this might not be considered a war at all, but a march.
Grand Duke Michael did not stay in Kazan for long. Instead, he ordered his troops to disembark and quickly advance toward Mosk along the highway.
He had also received news that Grand Duke Nicholas had led his army to gather in Mosk.
"Your Excellency, according to the information we have so far, Your Excellency has mobilized a large number of troops. All 400,000 guards were mobilized. In addition, there were as many as 200,000 soldiers. These troops were all gathering in Mosk. Obviously, Grand Duke Nicholas has already guessed our goal and is ready to fight us here.”Lieutenant General Brushilov's tone revealed a trace of excitement.
Even though this was a battle that would determine their fate. However, everyone had great confidence in this battle.
"Archduke Nicholas has spent his entire life in the military. If he couldn't even guess this, then it would be a joke. Since he's prepared to fight us in Mosk, let's do as he wishes! He hoped that after this battle, this war would come to an end!”said Grand Duke Michael.
He really did not want this civil war to last too long.
In fact, he did not expect it to come to this.
He had thought that after Nicholas II was killed, he would be able to succeed the throne. However, it was obvious that he had underestimated the ambitions of Grand Duke Nicholas and the others.
Since that was the case, he could only cut the Gordian knot and end all the disputes quickly through war and ascend to the throne.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Lieutenant General Brushilov replied.
"Although we are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. However, I believe that our army is far stronger than the other troops of the Imperial Army, be it in terms of weapons, equipment, or the fighting spirit of our soldiers. The final victory will definitely belong to us!”said Grand Duke Michael.
Lieutenant General Brushilov nodded repeatedly in agreement.
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