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. They must not confront the Russian army head-on. Because they have already realized that the combat power of the two sides in the frontal battle is still too far apart.
Big, 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 Strashene is lost, 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 opposes an immediate retreat is very simple. Their property and a large amount of supplies are piled in the city. If they fall into the hands of the Russian army, not a single hair will be left.
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Why did they risk their lives to rebel? It was not to protect their own interests. Now that their interests are about to be completely lost, 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 on the spot to resist the Russian attack.
And this is what Dmitri wants to see most. Why did Grand Duke Constantine always have trouble countering rebellions before? It's 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 if the rebels of Kalaras were only a "small group" of 7,000 people, you have to know that Constantine had betrayed the generals.
Even after half a year, the Communist Party did not eliminate 7,000 rebels, and even a thousand rebels were not killed.
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 give an account to St. Petersburg.
So how went the battle?
It must be said that it was a bit beyond Dmitri's expectations. That is, the rebels were really just a ragtag group. They were still using old-fashioned flintlock muskets and lacked heavy firepower. They were defeated by Dmitri in a single encounter.
They fled in all directions in a chaotic mess, running so 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, but 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 people in the ragtag group of thousands even lost their guns, so they couldn't make any waves at all.
Dmitri did not pursue much. After driving them away, he went directly to the city to reorganize order. Naturally, he first closed the warehouse and took stock of supplies, and then 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 Dmitry 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!
Here, Kalaras won a great victory, but on the other side, the main force of the rebels in Strachene was dumbfounded. According to their plan, they were preparing to concentrate their forces to fight with Grand Duke 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 saying that any conditions can be raised, but given Russia's current situation, they will definitely have to make concessions, and Moldavia will not be in charge of them by then.
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.
It was just that they waited and waited, but Grand Duke Constantine's volunteer army was always loud and rainy, and they walked for three or four days without seeing it arrive at Strachene. At that time, they laughed and said that Grand Duke Constantine's troops were...
It's getting worse and worse, and now a group of frightened birds have been frightened out of their wits, otherwise it would have taken so long to walk this small distance.
But before they were happy, the Calarashe side became alarmed. The rebels were dumbfounded when they learned that Dmitry suddenly attacked Calarashe. Only then did they come to their senses - had we been fooled?
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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 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, no one wants to make sacrifices, and they hope to take advantage.
As a result, some rebels advocated simply ignoring Kalaras and annihilating Archduke Constantine's volunteer army as planned. As long as the volunteers were eliminated, Chisinau would be victorious, so if Kalaras was lost, it would 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. What if they were in a stalemate with Grand Duke Constantine and Dmitri came from behind?
what to do?
Weren't you faced with enemies from both sides at that time? Didn't you have enough confidence in your own strength that you really thought you could stand up to the Russian army?
The two groups were arguing fiercely, and the third group came forward 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 Kara.
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: at this time, Archduke Constantine had not been able to do much about their guerrilla warfare, but Dmitry was not
, look at what has happened in the past two months, if that person is allowed to continue to implement the gun surrender and wartime rationing system, then they really will have no fun!