Struggle in Russia

Dmitry issued the order without hesitation, asking the artillery to immediately occupy favorable shooting positions, and then ordered the cavalry to prepare for an assault.

However, he also made a special statement: "Just disperse them and drive them back. There is no need to kill them all, let alone capture too many prisoners!"

Yes, Dmitri has a clear mind. What's the point of killing all these rabble? There are a lot of rebels similar to them in the city. These people are as numerous as rabbits in Australia and they can't be killed all.

What's more, these people are all strong laborers. What's the point of killing them all besides leaving Ukraine with a shortage of labor force?

Besides, don’t shells and bullets cost money? Dmitri has not forgotten that his own logistical supplies are also a long-standing problem, and it is necessary to save ammunition.

As for not taking prisoners, that's because food is limited, and the troops he has on hand have to be careful. Where can he find the extra money to raise a large number of strong laborers who can eat better than animals?

So driving these people back into the city is the best way. He is not blind and has seen the rebels' little moves. A strong wall clears the field, right? Then I will fulfill your wishes!

After a fierce artillery attack, the Cossack cavalry rushed the rebels to pieces like a breeze sweeping away fallen leaves. They dispersed as soon as they faced each other.

All of them just hated their parents for having children, so they ran around all over the mountains and plains with two legs and their heads in their hands. As a result, the Cossacks had to find ways to drive them into the city, which was very tiring.

When Sarakov received the news that night, he learned that out of the 30,000 people who left the city, 27,000 had returned, and only about 3,000 people were missing. This was far from what he expected!

"You just escaped back like this?" Sarakov was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and dealt with the group of people who escaped like crazy.

After scolding for a long time, he asked: "Tell me, what happened? How many black dogs have you killed?"

Kill the black dog?

To those who "luckily" escaped, Shalakov was simply telling a joke. Are black dogs so easy to deal with? Look at their artillery fire and their cavalry. It's already a huge blessing to be able to escape by chance, okay?

"In other words, you...I'll give you a thumbs up!" Sarakov couldn't help but swear again.

But what's the use? After a lot of swearing, he had to rush to a meeting again to discuss what to do next.

"We still have to order them to continue attacking. With so many mouths, how can there be so much food?!"

"But you see they are all scared out of their wits, and none of them are willing to leave the city. Are you forcing them out with a knife?"

This is indeed a big problem. The people who were driven back would not go out again no matter what, but there was only so much food, and there were nearly 20,000 to 30,000 more mouths for nothing. Who could bear this?

Thinking of this, Sarakov said decisively: "Then use a knife to drive them away. No matter what, I can't let them stay in the city. Anyway, I don't have extra food to feed waste!"

The other leaders of the rebel army also meant the same thing. No one was willing to share the food in their hands. But at the same time, they are unwilling to evict people.

It's not because I'm embarrassed, but because I'm worried about losing my strength. Who can't understand the current situation? Why some people have to be driven out to fight against the black dogs? It's not because they are weak and have no food. And why Shalakov said so, it's not because he has enough guns. Hard enough.

As the saying goes, only those with guns are the first to win, so the top priority is to preserve their strength. What if Shalakov, a black-hearted man, deliberately lets them be evil and uses those guys who have escaped to weaken their strength?

Naturally, no one in this group said anything, and they all looked directly at Shalakov, their meaning obvious.

This made Shalakov very angry. He really wanted to take the opportunity to weaken these bastards. Who doesn't want to be the king and hegemony? Chernihiv is so big that he actually has more than a dozen rebel armies. How many leaders are there? Ten.

On the surface, so many people seem to be a family, but when it comes time to see the real chapter, everyone sweeps their own doors and doesn't care about the frost on other people's tiles. Anyway, all of them are stingier than iron roosters, and they don’t even pluck a hair.

"Since this is the consensus of everyone, let's go out together to drive them away. After all, it's only 30,000 people. It's really hard to drive them away if there are less people, don't you think?"

Shalakov is also someone who doesn't suffer any loss. He kicked the ball away with a flying kick. If you want to watch him sit on the mountain and watch the beautiful battle between tigers and tigers, you can do it!

It's just that although no one is opposed to this idea, there are particularities in how to drive people away. After arguing for a long time, they still can't find a solution. Anyway, these guys have the same idea. They have no objection to driving people away, but they definitely shouldn't be the ones taking the lead.

Naturally, nothing could be discussed, and the matter seemed to be settled.

What's even more frightening is that those 30,000 people are not fools, and the leader of the rebel army who is in the same bed with him is not very strict with his mouth. Shalakov's damaging move was immediately exposed.

As a result, the leaders of the 30,000 rebels were so angry that they turned out to be cannon fodder. You just want our lives, right?

Rabbits will bite when they are anxious. Although they are afraid of Shalakov's strength and dare not openly turn against him, there is no pressure at all if they secretly disobey orders.

They would not listen to Shalakov's orders as long as they were ordered, and even deliberately spoke ill of Shalakov and encouraged other rebel leaders to be careful of Shalakov.

Amidst the chaos of rumors, Dmitri's troops arrived outside the city of Chernihiv. Now Sarakov could no longer send people out of the city to die.

However, Dmitri was not in a hurry to attack. He just ordered the artillery troops to seize the high ground outside the city, set up artillery positions condescendingly, and began to harass with artillery at intervals.

Dmitri's goal was very clear. He would shoot wherever there were crowds of people. For a while, the rebels had to be careful even when going out. If they were not careful, they would be caught by the iron balls falling from the sky.

At night, Dmitri ordered the artillery to attack buildings with lights or fires in the city. Anyway, they would fire wherever there was light.

This made the rebels complain even more. You must know that it is winter now, the weather is not very cold, and you have to keep warm even if you stay indoors.

But if Dmitri did this, he would be bombarded even if he could light a lamp, let alone warm himself by the fire. After one night, many people were frozen into grandsons.

As a result, the rebels in the city couldn't stand it. Even if they didn't keep a fire, they had to make a fire for cooking, but Dmitry's artillerymen would call out wherever there was smoke. As a result, they couldn't eat or sleep well. They had to trot along the corridors when going out, for fear of being named by cannons.

After only three or five days, the rebel army could no longer hold on and had to meet again to discuss countermeasures...