Dmitry issued the order without hesitation, asking the artillery to immediately occupy favorable shooting positions, and then ordered the cavalry to prepare for an assault.
However, he also made a special explanation: "Just disperse them and drive them back. There is no need to kill them all, let alone capture too many prisoners!"
Yes, Dmitri has a clear mind. What's the point of killing all these rabble? There are still a lot of rebels similar to them in the city. These people are as numerous as rabbits in Australia, and they can't be killed all.
What's more, these people are all strong laborers. What's the point of killing them all besides leaving Ukraine with a shortage of labor force?
Besides, don't shells and bullets cost money? Dmitri has not forgotten that his own logistical supplies are also a long-standing problem, and it is necessary to save ammunition.
As for not taking prisoners, that's because food is limited, and the troops he has on hand have to be careful. Where can he have the extra money to raise a large number of strong laborers who can eat better than animals?
Therefore, driving these people back into the city is the best way. He is not blind and has already seen the rebels' small moves. The wall must be strong to clear the field, right? Then I will fulfill your wish!
After a fierce artillery fire attack, the Cossack cavalry rushed the rebels to pieces like a breeze sweeping away fallen leaves. The rebels were dispersed as soon as they faced each other.
All of them just hated their parents for losing their children, so they ran around all over the mountains and plains with their legs and their heads in their hands. As a result, the Cossacks had to try their best to drive them into the city, which was really tiring.
When Sarakov received the news that night, he learned that out of the 30,000 people who had left the city, 27,000 had returned, and only about 3,000 were missing. This was far from what he expected!
"You just escaped back like this?" Shalakov was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and dealt with the group of people who escaped like crazy.
After scolding for a long time, he asked: "Tell me, what happened? How many black dogs have you killed?"
Kill the black dog?
For these people who "luckily" escaped back, Shalakov was simply telling a joke. Are black dogs so easy to deal with? Look at their artillery fire and their cavalry. It's already huge if they can escape by chance.
That's good luck!
"In other words, you... I'll give you a thumbs up!" Sarakov couldn't help but swore again.
But what's the use? After a lot of swearing, he had to rush to a meeting again to discuss what to do next.
"We still have to order them to continue attacking. With so many mouths, how can there be so much food?!"
"But you see they are all scared out of their wits, and none of them are willing to leave the city. Are you forcing them out with a knife?"
This is indeed a big problem. The people who were driven back would not go out again no matter what, but there was only so much food, and there were nearly 20,000 to 30,000 more mouths for nothing. Who could bear this?
Thinking of this, Sarakov said decisively: "Then use a knife to drive them away. No matter what, I can't let them stay in the city. Anyway, I don't have extra food to feed waste!"
The other leaders of the rebel army also had the same idea. No one was willing to share the food in their hands. But at the same time, they were also unwilling to drive people away.
It's not because I'm embarrassed, but because I'm worried about losing strength. Who can't understand the current situation, why some people have to be driven out to fight against the black dogs? It's not because they are weak and have no food, and Sarakov
Why do you say so? It's not because he has enough guns in his hands.
As the saying goes, only those with guns are the best, so the top priority is to preserve their strength. What if Shalakov, a black-hearted man, deliberately lets them be evil and uses those guys who have escaped to weaken their strength?
Naturally, no one in this group said anything, and they all looked directly at Shalakov, their meaning obvious.
This made Shalakov very angry. He really wanted to take the opportunity to weaken these bastards. Who doesn't want to be the king and hegemony? Chernihiv is so big that he actually has more than a dozen rebel armies. How many leaders are there?
Ten.
On the surface, so many people seem to be a family, but when it comes time to see the truth, everyone just sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn't care about the frost on other people's tiles. Anyway, everyone is stingier than an iron rooster, and they don't even pluck a hair.
"Since this is the consensus of everyone, let's go out together to drive them away. After all, it's only 30,000 people. It's really hard to drive them away with less people, don't you think so?"
Shalakov is also a man who doesn't suffer any disadvantages. He kicked the ball away with a flying kick. If you want to watch him sit on the mountain and watch the beautiful battle between tigers and tigers, you can do it!
It's just that although no one objects to this idea, there is a particular issue in how to drive people away. After arguing for a long time, they still can't find a solution. Anyway, these guys have the same idea. They have no objection to driving people away, but they definitely shouldn't be the ones taking the lead.
Naturally, nothing could be discussed, and the matter seemed to be settled.
What's even more frightening is that those 30,000 people are not fools, and the leader of the rebel army who is in the same bed with him is not very strict with his mouth. Shalakov's damaging move was immediately exposed.
As a result, the leaders of the 30,000 rebels were so angry that they turned out to be cannon fodder. You just want our lives, right?
Rabbits will bite when they are anxious. Although they are afraid of Shalakov's strength and dare not openly turn against him, there is no pressure at all if they secretly disobey orders.
They would not listen to Shalakov's orders as long as they were ordered. They even deliberately spoke ill of Shalakov and encouraged other rebel leaders to be wary of Shalakov.
Amidst the chaos of rumors, Dmitri's troops arrived outside the city of Chernihiv. Now Shalakov could no longer send his men out of the city to die.
However, Dmitri was not in a hurry to attack. He just ordered the artillery troops to seize the high ground outside the city, set up artillery positions from a high position and began to harass with artillery at regular intervals.
Dmitri's goal was very clear. He would fire at wherever there were crowds of people. For a while, the rebels had to be careful even when going out. If they were not careful, they would be caught by the iron balls falling from the sky.
At night, Dmitri ordered the artillery to attack buildings with lights or fires in the city. Anyway, they would fire wherever there was light.
This made the rebels complain even more. You must know that it is winter now, the weather is not very cold, and you have to warm yourself by the fire even if you stay indoors.
But when Dmitry did this, he was bombarded even if he could light a lamp, let alone warm himself by the fire. Many people were frozen into grandsons at the end of the night.
As a result, the rebels in the city couldn't stand it. Even if they didn't have a fire, they had to light a fire to cook. But Dmitry's artillerymen would attack wherever they found smoke. As a result, they couldn't eat or sleep.
When I go out, I have to run down the aisle for fear of being called out by the cannon.
After only three or five days, the rebel army could no longer stand it and had to meet again to discuss countermeasures...