Valerian Zubov Ignores Tsar Paul I for Persia

[Incanian]

During the Persian Expedition of 1796, when the Russians were coming closer and closer to Persia to face Agha Mohammad Khan for his slaughter in Georgia, Catherine II died, and Tsar Paul, who needed the soldiers in Europe, wanted the peaceful Caucasus, and saw the overarching failures of the expedition, canceled the expedition, and the more than 40,000 Russian soldiers went back home.

But what if Valerian Zubov decided to ignore Tsar Paul I, and continue his operation to war with Persia. How would this war pan out? How would this affect Russia, Tsar Paul, and Europe?

 

[alexmilman]

During the Persian Expedition of 1796, when the Russians were coming closer and closer to Persia to face Agha Mohammad Khan for his slaughter in Georgia, Catherine II died, and Tsar Paul, who needed the soldiers in Europe, wanted the peaceful Caucasus, and saw the overarching failures of the expedition, canceled the expedition, and the more than 40,000 Russian soldiers went back home.

But what if Valerian Zubov decided to ignore Tsar Paul I, and continue his operation to war with Persia. How would this war pan out? How would this affect Russia, Tsar Paul, and Europe?

Ignoring Paul was a technical impossibility and even more so for Valerian Zubov taking into an account who was his brother. OTOH, Paul ordering to continue operations in Persia would be at least plausible even if it was going against Paul's expressed view that Russian Empire is already too big and does not need further expansion.