Struggle in Russia

Kogalnicianu immediately objected: "This is impossible! My friend, how could I leave you alone and run for my life! Absolutely not!"

Kuza was both moved and dumbfounded by this, because Kogalniceanu completely misunderstood what he meant, and he didn't stay to die for the country to do a feat of self-defense. He's not stupid either, he doesn't think such a vain sacrifice has any effect.

In fact, Kuza himself also made preparations, and was prepared to hold on for at most another day after sending Kogalnicianu away, and then immediately pulled Hushanren tightly. He still wants to keep his useful body and continue to play! Otherwise, he didn't have to be so stupid if he didn't work so hard before to marry someone else!

It's just that it's hard to say these words clearly, after all, it's a bit of a thing, isn't it? So Kuza could only reply solemnly: "My friend, the situation is urgent now, and it will be difficult to leave if you don't evacuate. You still have the opportunity to take these revolutionary seeds out, and you can't let them die here in vain. !"

Kogalniceanu was more and more moved. He held Kuza's hand tightly and asked with tears in his eyes, "Then what would you do? Without your efforts, we would not have been able to do all this." , you are the most important person! Why don't you take them away first and let me stay here, even if I sacrifice it, it's better than losing you!"

Kuza was very touched, but, how could he let go of such a good opportunity to gain reputation? Is it dangerous? Of course, it is, but it is not as dangerous as imagined. The backbone is safely evacuated, so that everything is considered perfect, and even if you go to exile abroad in the future, you will be looked down upon by foreign friends, right?

He could only reject Kogalnicianu's kindness again and again: "No! This is too dangerous. I am a soldier, but you are not. There is no reason for the soldiers to retreat first and leave the people to resist! The bounden duty of a soldier is to defend the country , If I can’t do this, what kind of soldier is I? Even if I escape in the future, what face will I have to continue to lead my compatriots to continue the revolution and struggle! There is nothing to say, you go first!”

It was another hard persuasion, and it took a lot of effort for Kogalnicianu to reluctantly agree to the current retreat, but he asked to persist for two more days, hoping to fight with Kuza for two more days.

Suiman Kuza was full of criticisms in his heart, but he had no choice but to agree with the kind Kogalnicianu who was so kind.

At the same time, with the vigorous persistence and promotion of Lazarev and Ermolov, the new tactics of the Russian army were resolutely implemented to the end. , Their territory is getting smaller and smaller, and the space for maneuvering is getting narrower and narrower. With the huge strength of the Russian army, it became more and more difficult for them to hold on.

Don't talk about Kuza at this time, even ordinary people can see that their general situation is over, and it is only a matter of time before they collapse, and at this time Kuza is also ready to evacuate, he knows that if he doesn't leave, he really can't leave!

At this time, Duke Mikhail, who was very sensitive to changes in the battlefield, also realized that Wallachia was in danger, so he sent personnel to persuade him to surrender. For Duke Mikhail, although continuing to attack could still eliminate the enemy, it would be too costly and time-consuming. It would be much easier to persuade the Wallachians to surrender with a little advantage!

In fact, Duke Mikhail was also annoyed by Kuza. According to his original plan, with Li Xiao's sufficient intelligence support and internal troubles, Wallachia should have surrendered on the sidelines. But it has been a few months before he slowly moved to Bucharest. Seeing that 1948 is coming to an end, he doesn't want to spend Christmas in Wallachia, not to mention that the big fat piece of Hungary is still hanging on him. His heart has already flown there, okay?

Therefore, Duke Mikhail hopes to end the siege of Bucharest as soon as possible. For this reason, he is willing to make certain concessions and give the Wallachians a little dignity.

"Honorable His Excellency Prince Mikhail Gorchakov, in a spirit of compassion, addresses us with a final exhortation,

Order you to immediately put down your weapons and raise your hands to surrender... As long as you disarm and surrender, you can guarantee that you will not be sentenced to death in the future! "

Yes, you read that right, the dignity given to Kuza and others by Duke Mikhail is to promise not to impose the death penalty. This is not because of his arrogance, but because Russia is so heroic, and rebels like Kuza, Nicholas I, did not like it. Generally speaking, after being arrested, they will definitely be sentenced to the top sentence. What awaits them in the future is either the death penalty or decades of hard labor. A high probability like Kuza is the death penalty.

And Duke Mikhail is willing to promise not to sentence the death penalty, which can be said to be extrajudicial. It's just that, this is not attractive to Kuza at all. He neither wants to die nor go to jail, not to mention that he is already ready to escape, so he has no intention of grinding his teeth with Duke Mikhail, so he directly refused. The opponent's persuasion:

"As a soldier, surrender is a great disgrace. I would rather die than surrender! You may walk over my dead body, but you will never make me humble! Go away, put away your hypocritical mercy, there are no cowards in Wallachia , no one is afraid of death!"

I have to say that Kuza really has a way of boosting morale, because just looking at his generous speeches, I am afraid that he will fight to the death and never give in, but no one would have thought that the envoy who persuaded him to surrender had just been driven away , he began to arrange the retreat.

According to Kuza's plan, tonight he will set fire to the whole city on a large scale, burn down the main buildings in Bucharest, destroy all property that cannot be taken away, and resolutely not leave a needle or thread to the Russian invaders. And taking advantage of the huge chaos caused by arson, his remnant troops will immediately break out of the city, nominally joining up with Kogalniceanu who retreated earlier, and continue to fight guerrilla warfare in Wallachia to deal with Russia to the end. In fact, it is the Great Escape.

In his words, it is no longer meaningful for Bucharest to continue to hold on. Next, we need to preserve the seeds of revolution and fight a protracted war with the Russian invaders.

Don't say that Kuza's tricks are really believed. His troops were immediately ready to disperse and break through, ready to take advantage of the chaos and night to cross the Russian defense line and join Kogalnicianu who had retreated earlier.

It's just that, as long as Kuza knows that there must be very few people who can successfully break through the siege, he will be thankful if 2,000 of his remaining 20,000 remaining troops can break through. In fact, he himself does not have any hope of breaking through...