Albert and Jerome Bonaparte, after agreeing to drag Franz Joseph into the situation, Jerome Bonaparte said to Albert, "Once Nicholas I orders his soldiers to attack Sevastopol Fortress at all costs, there's only one thing we need to do, and that's to drag the defense of Sevastopol into the winter! Let those Slavs feel the harshness of the Crimean winter. When they want to retreat, we'll send out troops to cut off their route to the heartland of the Russian Empire! This is what's called 'shutting the door to beat the dog'!"
After listening to Jerome Bonaparte's description, Albert immediately felt a surge of excitement.
Jerome Bonaparte's strategy of shutting the door to beat the dog was indeed much more reasonable than the cabinet's discussion of opening a second (Sweden) and third battlefield (Caucasus).
After all, Britain itself does not have much manpower to spare.
