Struggle in Russia

Dmitri glanced at them, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "There is no need to apologize to me, gentlemen. Because apologies cannot solve the mission problem, and for those officers who cannot carry out the orders of their superiors and do not take them seriously, , we generally don’t ask them to apologize!”

Before the two men could react, he suddenly said with murderous intent: "Military police, take these two gentlemen down and send them to a military court! I believe the judges will remind you how to correctly face orders from superiors!"

The two men were shocked and immediately shouted: "Your Majesty Commander, the road is really difficult, and so are we..."

Dmitry interrupted them without hesitation: "I am not interested in listening to your excuses, nor do I care why you failed to complete my orders. The army only cares about the results. You failed to give me the results I wanted. Then I can only replace you with people who can complete my orders!"

Now they really panicked and shouted: "You can't do this, we are nobles, we..."

It's just that their yelling is meaningless. The gendarmes don't care who they are, they will only execute Dmitri's orders.

Soon these two goods were dragged away. If nothing else happened, they would soon be dismissed from their posts and later convicted by a military court. Even though they might have some background, it was of no use. For Alexander II, As long as Dmitry can keep winning battles and regaining lost ground, then there will never be any trouble for this capable minister because of a few incompetent nobles.

As for the future, for Dmitri there is no future if he can't even reconcile these two things.

After solving the problem of these two idiots, Dmitri immediately entrusted Li Xiao to start rectifying the troops of these two idiots. The morale of the soldiers must be restored as soon as possible. Every bit of strength now is too precious and cannot be wasted.

At the same time, Dmitry continued to march towards Konotop with his troops. He had to regain the city as soon as possible. If it dragged on for a long time, God knew if there would be changes again.

Soon, under Dmitry's deployment, the Russian army began to storm Konotop. The resistance of the rebels was as expected weak. As long as the Russian army showed resoluteness and tenacity, they would soon surrender, and most of Konotop was captured in just two days.

The only thing that made Dmitry feel strange was that the rebels should have known that they were definitely no match for the Russian army and should have abandoned the city and fled.

But in the ensuing battle, the rebels were still the same as before, neither escaping nor resisting resolutely, giving him the feeling of being a monk and beating the clock.

"What do you think they are trying to do?"

Facing Dmitri's question, Li Xiao fell into deep thought. He also felt that the rebels were behaving strangely. In the past, the rebels either resisted resolutely or fled. It is too abnormal to neither run nor resist resolutely now.

He thought for a while and asked: "Is there any movement from the rebels in the direction of Sumei?"

Dmitri shook his head: "No, the reconnaissance force did not notice that they were moving towards Konotop. In fact, they made no movement at all."

Li Xiao felt more and more strange. According to Odonrich, the rebels in Sumei were very short of food and grass, so they asked him to march eastward.

But now that he is motionless, are he ready to just sit back and have nothing?

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Li Xiao immediately said: "I think we should strengthen our reconnaissance to find out what the rebels in Sumei and even Poltava are doing. It's too abnormal for them to be motionless!"

Dmitri nodded with a heavy expression: "Well, I feel a little strange too. I will send more reconnaissance troops. In addition, we must strengthen the offensive and recapture Konotop as soon as possible!"

Driven by a sense of crisis, Dmitri issued a strict order to the troops that the battle must be resolved within two days. The Russian army immediately strengthened its offensive and began a fierce attack at any cost.

The rebels who were caught off guard were beaten into confusion. If they didn't have more troops, they would have been taken away in one wave.

So why are the rebels behaving so strangely?

This starts with Sumei. Odonrich's surrender was a huge blow to Pridon. As the most capable general in his hands, Odonrich owes much to Pridon's current achievements.

But such a general surrendered to the Russian army, which was equivalent to cutting off one of Priton's arms. Priton, who was missing an arm, suddenly lost a lot of control over the Sumui area.

The subordinates, who were already increasingly dissatisfied with the food problem, became increasingly restless. Some of the small leaders even fled with their men and horses.

He had to kill a lot of people to stabilize the situation, but this could only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. If the food problem is not solved, if he cannot use a clean and beautiful victory to show his subordinates that he is still strong after leaving Odonrich, then he will fall into disarray and may even lose his life.

Hong Guoguo also follows the law of the jungle among the rebels. The boss who cannot control the situation and bring victory will definitely not live long.

This was how Priton stepped on the corpse of his elder brother before to get to the top. He knew very well what the people below were thinking. He must be ruthless and decisive in killing!

It's just that although killing people can solve certain problems, it can't produce food and grass. Seeing the granary becoming visibly empty, Pridong knew that he had to find a way quickly.

What can be done?

Naturally, we can only go out and grab food, and we must grab food from Black Gouzi!

What? Why not rob your own people? Wouldn’t the rebels’ combat effectiveness be lower?

Of course Pridong wouldn't mind robbing his own people if he could, but the problem is that his own people don't have much food!

Everyone is sitting and eating, so where is the extra food?

Soon he made up his mind and decided to do something big and steal food from the Russian army!

But he knew very well that his strength was not enough. Without the general Odonrich, how easy would it be for the tens of thousands of people in his hands to seize food from a tiger's mouth?

Therefore, we must unite more people and concentrate our efforts to accomplish big things!

He immediately contacted the surrounding rebels, and soon the rebels in Poltava and Kharkiv responded positively. After the three parties met and discussed for several days, they agreed that they wanted to find food and find a way to survive. We can only go north!

There is not much oil and water left in the south of Ukraine, but Kursk and Belgorod are different. They have never been patronized by the rebels. As long as they can be captured, they can make a fortune just by robbing the noble landowners!

Moreover, the strength of the Russian army in these two places is not strong. Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Russian army is attracted to Ukraine and Kiev, their sudden move north will definitely catch them by surprise!