Struggle in Russia

Prince Mikhail was furious, but Kuza was not much happier than him at this time. Yes, he fought a beautiful victory at the Balka Thousand Pass and pushed his reputation to the peak in one fell swoop, which is indeed something to be happy about.

But this kind of happiness is only for a moment, because Kuza will still have a headache for countless problems!

Not just a headache, but despair!

It was only then that Kuza discovered that the higher he climbed, the more truth he learned. When he gradually saw the reality of Wallachia clearly, he felt more and more desperate in his heart.

Because there are too many problems in this country, such as the serf problem, religious conflicts, and the traitorous problem of the elite political class, all kinds of problems are so intertwined that he doesn't know where to start to solve them.

The simplest thing is to take the military issue as an example. Yes, he won a battle, which seems to have inspired people's hearts in exchange for the decline. But only Kuza, who has seen the real strength of the Russian army in person on the battlefield, knows that this kind of victory may be difficult to replicate.

The Russian army was defeated by arrogance and arrogance, and was defeated by a lonely army. And even this so-called brilliant victory only killed and wounded thousands of Russian troops. The casualties of thousands of people are nothing to a war of annihilating the country?

As long as the Russians are willing, there will be tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of reinforcements coming to them in a steady stream. At that time, the few troops he has on hand are not enough to smash them. Think about how many people died when the Russians fought Napoleon desperately, hundreds of thousands!

And how many people are there in small Wallachia? The strength gap between the two sides is simply a world of difference.

Of course, Kuza never imagined that he could turn the tide and defeat the Russian army. He knew very well that even if his troops fought desperately, the final result would still be failure, but what he wanted to do was to tell the Wallachians: Even if it fails, it is considered a failure. Die, and Wallachia will die standing up! Never surrender without a fight!

People have to have this spirit to live. If they don't even have this spirit, what is the difference from a dead person?

Kuza wants to awaken the national soul of Wallachia. As long as he succeeds, even if he fails temporarily, he can make a comeback in the future, and he will definitely win independence and freedom in the future!

What Kuza wants to do is to perform as well as possible on the battlefield, but he is very speechless about the operations of the political elites in Bucharest. Jan Konstantin, who occupied the arsenal and did not support ammunition, Jan Gika, who hid in Istanbul early on and only wanted to make money, and George Stribe, who didn't care about victory and the wishes of the people at all, seemed to be shrouded in Valla The dark clouds above Ji Ya's head completely covered the sky, preventing even a single ray of sunlight from getting through.

This made Kuza feel hopeless and angry,

He just couldn't understand what these elites who rose up under the banner of revolution wanted to do? Is it necessary to bring Wallachia to a dead end to be satisfied!

"Did the ammunition and food be brought up later?"

Kuza asked his chief of staff with a gloomy face. Now he is most concerned about these two questions. Although the previous battle at the Balka Thousand Pass was a victory, it also exhausted the army's ammunition reserves.

If there is no supplement, when the Russians rush over again, his troops can only use bayonets, stones or fists to fight the enemy desperately.

In addition, food is also a big problem. It was okay when we were backed by Bucharest, and we could eat a lot. But after going north, Kuza discovered that the local granary had long been sold out, and even many ordinary people fell into famine. among. The reason is that the nobles and landlords tried their best to collect and scrape grain for money.

Before, Kuza thought that the food-for-weapons plan was not bad, and it was a solution to the problem, but now he realized that the lack of food is really a big problem. When people can't eat enough, it's useless to talk about ideals and beliefs.

The most important thing is that after selling so much food, Kuza didn't find any weapons and ammunition brought in. Only then did he suddenly realize the huge problem!

The plan of exchanging food for weapons is not bad, but the problem is that it is still implemented by the unreliable bigwigs of the National Party. What came was not the weapons and ammunition Wallachia desperately needed, but gold and silver for their squandering.

Therefore, in the newspapers, Kuza publicly shouted to the Revolutionary Committee, the Provisional Government, and Jan Constantine, asking where the arms were exchanged for food.

Naturally, there is no ammunition, and Li Xiao never thought of giving it to him. As for the gold and silver from the sale of food, I'm sorry, let him take care of these for the time being!

The only Wallachians who benefited from the whole plan were the main bosses of the National Party. They got their own commissions, and the benefits they got were enough to buy high-end manors in Paris or London, and then spend the rest of their lives leisurely , er, maybe even let the children and grandchildren live a lifetime.

When Kuza discovered this tragic fact, he was naturally vomiting blood with anger, but he didn't have much to do, because the food had already been sold, and he couldn't get it back even if he wanted to. As for condemning Jan Constantine and others, People also have excuses, such as:

"Because of Turkey's sudden declaration of war, the arms cannot enter our country, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

"We are actively trying to find a way to bring back these precious weapons and ammunition through third-party channels... But it will take time to operate, please be more patient! There will definitely be arms!"

Kuza knew that there must be no hope for arms, because there is no third-party channel. If you don’t go to Turkey, you can only go to Serbia or Croatia. But look at Austria, how dare you take the risk of offending Russia to approve it? It's impossible to think about it!

So Kuza didn't bother to argue with Jan Constantine and others, and pointed to the core of the problem: "Since the arms cannot be brought in for the time being, the food-for-arms plan should be stopped, and precious food should be sent to the front-line combat troops and those who are suffering from famine. provinces, these places are in urgent need of food!"

This naturally annoyed Jan Constantine and the others. It didn't matter whether the frontline troops and the victims of the famine had food or not. They only wanted money. And if Kuza does this, they will cut off their money!

But Kuza has a high prestige now, and his cry is what the common people desperately hope for. Naturally, it made Jan Constantine and others cast a trap, so they could only reluctantly reduce the scale of reselling grain. Of course, completely stop that is impossible.

And this naturally made Kuza furious: "It's simply absurd! Why can't the arms be shipped in, but the food can be shipped out in a grandiose manner, what is the reason for this!"