Struggle in Russia

The rebels in the city of Kalaras are divided into two groups. One group advocates fleeing immediately and taking away as much supplies as they can, and they must not confront the Russian army head-on. Because they had realized before that the combat power of the two sides in a head-on battle was still too far apart, and they were no match at all.

However, another group of rebel leaders, headed by the Moldavia nobles, believed that the geographical location of Kalaras was extremely important and it was an important transportation chokepoint. Once it fell, it meant that Strachene would be exposed to the Russian army. , once there is a loss in Strashene, the siege of Chisinau will not be attacked, and the situation will be completely reversed.

Of course, these are actually excuses. The reason why this group of people opposed an immediate retreat was simple. Their property and a large amount of supplies were piled in the city. If they fell into the hands of the Russian army, not a single hair would be left.

Why did they risk their lives to rebel? It's not just to protect their own interests, but now their interests are about to be completely thrown away, how can they accept it!

"We must transfer the supplies. You have all seen the Russians' new approach. This food is extremely important to us, otherwise we will not be able to survive the winter in the second half of the year!"

"You can't go to war with Russia if you're hungry!"

No one wanted to starve, and in the end the rebels reached an agreement. On the one hand, they asked for reinforcements from the main force in Strachene, and on the other hand, they fortified themselves to resist the Russian attack.

And this is what Dmitri wants to see most. Why did Grand Duke Constantine always fail to counter the rebellion before? It was because he couldn't eliminate the effective strength of the rebels.

The reason why he had done so many tricks before was to force the rebels to fight him. Even though the rebels in Kalaras were just a "small" force of 7,000 people, you have to know that even after Constantine rebelled for more than half a year, the Communists did not eliminate 7,000 rebels, or even 1,000 rebels. die.

If 7,000 rebels can be eliminated in one battle, it will be a major blow to the rebels, which will greatly boost their morale. It will also initially reverse the passivity of Grand Duke Constantine, allowing him to at least have an explanation for St. Petersburg.

So did the battle go smoothly?

It must be said that it was still a bit beyond Dmitri's expectations. That is, the rebels were really just a group of ragtag groups. They were still using old-fashioned flintlock muskets and lacked heavy firepower. They were defeated by Dmitri in a single encounter.

They were running around in confusion, running extremely fast. If Dmitri hadn't made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the cavalry to pursue them, most of the 7,000 people would have escaped again.

From the launch of the attack to the end of the battle, Dmitry only spent two hours in total. In this battle, he not only recaptured Kalaras, he also killed and wounded more than 3,000 rebels and captured more than 2,000 people. More than a thousand quick-legged rebels escaped.

But this was enough for Dmitry. Many of the thousands of people in the ragtag group even lost their guns, and there was no way they could make any waves at all.

Dmitri didn't pursue much. After driving them away, he went directly to the city to reorganize order. First of all, he closed the warehouse and took stock of supplies. Then he followed the same rules as before, including the wartime rationing system and the collection of weapons.

Anyone who dared to speak out was immediately hanged in the town square. Even after Dmitri entered the city, he first hanged a group of Moldavia nobles on the grounds that they were involved with the rebels.

Anyway, he used iron-blooded methods to tell the Moldavia people that if they don't listen to him, they will die!

Kalaras won a great victory here, but the main rebel force in Strashene was dumbfounded. According to their plan, they were preparing to concentrate their forces to fight with Archduke Constantine.

Because according to their estimation, as long as the invading enemy can be eliminated in one fell swoop, Chisinau will be an undefended empty city. As long as Chisinau can be captured, it will basically indicate the victory of this "uprising".

At that time, Grand Duke Constantine could no longer do anything. He only had to drive away the prince, and then secretly contact Count Uvarov, and let him come forward to do a good job for Nicholas I. You can enter negotiation mode.

Not to mention that any conditions can be raised, but given Russia's current situation, they will definitely have to make concessions to them. By then, Moldavia will not be in charge of them.

So this time the rebels planned to fight a decisive battle with Archduke Constantine. They maximized their strength and assembled a huge army of 60,000 to 70,000 people. It can be said that they mobilized all the troops they could.

However, they waited and waited. The volunteers of the Archduke Constantine were always louder than the rain, and they walked for three or four days without seeing them arrive at Strachene. At that time, they laughed and said that the troops of the Archduke Constantine were... It's getting worse and worse, and now it's just a group of frightened birds. Otherwise, it would take so long to walk this small distance.

But before they were happy, the Calarashe side became anxious. The rebels were dumbfounded when they learned that Dmitri suddenly attacked Calarashe. Only then did they come to their senses - had we been fooled?

That was certainly for sure. The rebels who reacted immediately fell into a quarrel. They had no choice but to make this group of people put together by the Moldavia nobles. There were too many interests on the top of the mountain that were not completely consistent.

In difficult times, you can still fight against the Archduke Constantine with all your heart, but once the situation improves and you are waiting to reap the benefits, everyone has different ideas, and no one wants to make sacrifices, but hopes to take advantage.

As a result, some of the rebels advocated simply ignoring Kalaras and going ahead with the original plan to eliminate Archduke Constantine's volunteer army. As long as the volunteer army Chisinau is eliminated, victory is in sight, so if Kalarashe is lost, it will be lost. What a big deal!

But there were many who disagreed. Immediately some people said that it would take time to destroy Grand Duke Constantine's troops and capture Chisinau, in case they were in a stalemate with Grand Duke Constantine and Dmitry came from behind. what to do?

Weren't we under attack from both sides at that time? Don't you have enough confidence in your own strength that you really think you can resist the Russian army?

The two groups were arguing fiercely, and the third group stood up again. Their opinion was that since they were still fooled this time, they might as well stop their losses and neither try to take advantage of Grand Duke Constantine nor save Carla. Rush, if you continue to fight guerrillas according to the previous routine, you don't believe that you can't kill the Russians.

This group of people immediately stirred up a hornet's nest, and the two previous groups immediately stood up to spray them. The reason is very simple: now and then, Grand Duke Constantine did not have much to do with their guerrilla warfare before, but Dmitry did not. Look at what happened in the past two months, if that man is allowed to continue to implement the surrender of guns and Wartime rationing system, then they really have nothing to play with, okay!