texts: Well, has Your Majesty considered what Napoleon's alternatives might be, if you simply chose to ignore his note?
labels: Yes, General Kutusov, I daresay that this has been considered and discussed at great length.  Napoleon would simply spend the winter in Moscow and continue the campaign in the spring.  Another lesser possibility might be to march on St. Petersburg now, although there is some doubt that he has the strength to do this, until he refits his army.