"If we don't launch an attack, but instead adopt a posture of negotiation, then Alexander II will surely be stalled here! By then, St. Petersburg will face a leaderless situation, which will be even more advantageous for us!"
Jerome Bonaparte said with a hint of excitement to Marshal Pelissier.
"Your Majesty, your plan is indeed perfect..." Marshal Pelissier first praised Jerome Bonaparte highly, but then hesitated, responding with half a sentence: "However..."
"However what?" Jerome Bonaparte encouraged Pelissier: "You can say anything! There's nothing that can't be said! The army is not a one-man show!"
Pelissier tactfully told Jerome Bonaparte that if the changes in St. Petersburg led the Russian Empire to quickly negotiate, would they not have any battles to fight?
