Struggle in Russia

False?

Maybe in Sobolev's view, this is indeed quite imaginary, and he would not even pay attention to it.

But if you look at it from the perspective of long-legged Sergey, he is incomparable to a proud man like Sobolev who was born with a golden key in his mouth.

As a serf, he did not have even the most basic personal freedoms from the moment he was born. Everything about him depends on the serf owner. If the owner is merciful, he can live for a few more years. If he meets a master with a bad conscience, life will be worse than death.

For him, the meaning of the Anna Medal is really extraordinary. With this medal, he can get rid of his status as a serf, own his own land and even enter the upper class society.

What's more, you have to see that he is a rebel. Rebels will lose their heads. Not only can they live a decent life without losing their heads, but they are willing to give up all their wealth, let alone a small amount of money. OK.

Do you see, this is just irritating people. Although the long-legged Sergey was not angry and felt that Li Xiao was really good to him, you have to admit that a person's position determines his fate to a large extent.

Of course, Sobolev is not kind-hearted and thinks that long-legged Sergei and others are not worthy. In fact, he does not like these rebels at all and wishes they would die with their bodies intact.

He was more opposed to Li Xiao giving noble status to the rebel thief, thinking that this was a blasphemy against the noble title. That is to say, he understands Li Xiao's real operation, otherwise he will report to the superiors and accuse Li Xiao if he backhands.

In addition, he also strongly opposed the arming of these rebels. In his words: "These rogue parties are absolutely untrustworthy. They are lawless and gathering people to rebel, which is a serious problem. How can we give them weapons? Isn't this just putting out fires with wages?" Are you asking for your own destruction?"

Li Xiao was not surprised at all that Sobolev would see it this way, not to mention that he actually expressed strong opposition and concern as soon as Dmitri learned of the idea.

But Li Xiao told him: "The military and financial resources in your hands are very limited. It can almost be said that it is impossible to put down this massive rebellion with your strength alone... In this case, we can only take The workaround is to divide and disintegrate the rebels, and let some of the rebels come over to help us eliminate other rebels... As for your worry about over-arming the rebels and making them unable to defeat them, I think this can be controlled. The first step is to try to reorganize them. For these surrendering rebels, it is best to send a large number of officers to serve as advisors or in other capacities to monitor and control them. The second step is to control the quantity and quality of the weapons given to them, and only give them old weapons and a small amount of weapons. Ammunition and gunpowder... In this way, even if they move, they won't cause too big a problem..."

At first, Dmitri felt that Li Xiao's idea was too absurd. Even if his tricks worked, the rebels were unlikely to surrender. After all, they looked so good that they had no reason to surrender!

At this time, Li Xiao came up with another inducement strategy. He revealed all the tricks of conferring honors and titles on his birth, and really contacted the long-legged Sergei and really made him cooperate obediently. Only then did he convince Dmitri.

"Next we need to gradually take over the city of Chernihiv and start reorganizing the rebels in the city as soon as possible!"

Li Xiao talked eloquently: "In particular, we must supervise the rebels who surrender to prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunity to escape!"

Dmitri also had this worry. It would be troublesome if some rebels pretended to surrender and waited for an opportunity to escape.

"I will arrange for Cossacks to supervise them and ensure that they accept the reorganization honestly!"

However, Li Xiao opposed this suggestion: "I think the Cossacks are not suitable for this job. If possible, it is better to let other troops take over this job! I really don't trust their discipline. It might be counterproductive!"

Dmitri was stunned, and then he remembered that light cavalry with strong nomadic habits like Cossacks were really not suitable for this. These guys are soldiers at best, but at worst they are bandits. This group of people usually likes to plunder everywhere when they march. If they are asked to supervise the rebels who have surrendered, they may intensify conflicts and force the other side to rebel.

He immediately agreed: "You are right, Cossacks are indeed not suitable. It seems that more military police should be sent..."

To be honest, the Russian military police are not that reliable. Because of their humanity, it can only be said that the military police are a little better than ordinary gray animal soldiers.

However, this is also the best solution currently available. In fact, Li Xiao is more worried about the reaction from St. Petersburg.

You see, Sobolev has such strong opinions on accepting the surrender of the rebels, not to mention the group of conservative nobles in St. Petersburg who are obsessed with saving face. What's more, Alexander II is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he is not like Nicholas I So he wants to save face and suffer hardship, but he is also a fool when it comes to maintaining the dignity of the imperial power.

Li Xiao said to Dmitri: "I'm afraid it won't be easy for Your Majesty to agree, especially for those old antiques. If they talk nonsense, things will be difficult to handle!"

Dmitri was stunned. Although he had considered this issue, he really didn’t think much about it. He felt that given the current situation in Ukraine, putting down the rebellion was the first priority. Since this goal could be achieved at the minimum cost , then what is there to hesitate about?

However, after Li Xiao mentioned this incident, he kept it in mind and immediately wrote a letter to his brother and Count Rostovtsev specifically mentioning Li Xiao's suggestions.

Soon this urgent letter was delivered to the desks of Nikolai Milyutin and Count Rostovtsev. These two were also shocked by Li Xiao's imaginative strategy, because they had never People have done this!

"Isn't this somewhat inappropriate?" Nikolai Milyutin said hesitantly, "If even traitors can be pardoned and given titles, where is the dignity of the empire? If everyone follows their example in the future, How can this happen?"

Count Rostovtsev did not express his opinion immediately, he was lost in thought.

He has always been surprised by Li Xiao, who can always give him some cool tricks to solve problems, and this time it's especially true!

But he had to admit that this trick did work. According to Dmitri's letter, Chernihiv was easily recaptured, and the effect was immediate!

He is a pragmatic person and for him the solution to a problem is the best solution. Moreover, he keenly discerned some other meanings from Li Xiao's suggestions.

According to Li Xiao's approach, these rebels who surrender will definitely be discriminated against, and they are naturally different from the traditional Russian army. This seems...