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One POD that I have been contemplating is if Peter the Great would have been captured by Swedish forces in the battle of Narva.
First off we would need him to actually be present in the battle which I don't believe is too difficult. From what I have heard he left the army just a couple of days before due to false reports that greatly exaggerated the size of of the Swedish forces. It would probably be enough for him to have accurate intelligence to stay since he would look rather weak "running" from an army of 12000 with his own army numbering closer to 40 000.
Secondly the question remains if the battle would have panned out like it did OTL with Peter there. It is not unlikely that the Russian would have performed better with the improved morale of Peter staying but looking at the battles in the following years OTL I believe it is plausible to assume that the battle would have been similar to OTL, possibly with the Russians holding the line for a bit longer and therefor inflicting slightly more casualties on the Swedish army.
For the sake of this WI scenario we will because of that assume that the battle went a head very similar to our timeline but with the only difference being a couple of hundred more Swedish causalities and Peter being a captive in Swedish custody.
So on to my question!
What do you think would have been the consequences of having Peter captured by Charles XII in the first battle of Narva?