The rebel army has never held such a long meeting. The leaders of the rebel army, who came from a rough background, do not like to solve problems in the formal way of aristocratic gentlemen.
They are better at solving problems in a more direct way, such as rolling up their sleeves and doing it directly, and whoever has the bigger fist in a fight will listen to whoever has it!
Of course, this is how they solved the problem a few months ago. At that time, they didn’t even wash off the mud on their legs, so they would do it as fast as they could without any loose stools!
But it's different now. It's not that they have changed their nature, but that the size of their fists can no longer adequately demonstrate their strength. They have begun to use the number of men and guns at their disposal to speak for themselves.
Just listen to whoever has more men and more guns!
The one with the most horses among Mrs. Chernich was naturally Sergey the Long-Legged, and he also had the most guns. After gathering the defeated soldiers of Shalakov, the number of troops in his hands expanded to 30,000, and nearly 5,000.
Only grab three or four cannons.
Such strength is considered outstanding not only in Chernihiv, but also in Kharkiv.
Naturally, from the perspective of strength, all the rebels in Chernihiv had to look at his face. If it was just a normal matter, then these people would not agree and could only hold their noses and admit it, but the long-legged Sergei actually
Asking them to surrender is really shocking and scary!
For most of the leaders of the rebel army, they never thought that they would still be alive from the moment they started the rebellion. For them, since they have committed a capital crime, they should risk their lives while they can still jump around.
Even if you die, that's enough.
Naturally, they were not acting arrogantly all the way. To put it bluntly, you were embarrassed to say that you were the leader of the rebel army with so few lives of nobles in hand.
Killing so many nobles, robbing so many nobles' properties, and playing with so many of their women. How big a crime must this be?
Anyway, if they were relatives and friends of those nobles in the new place, they would definitely kill them even if they held their breath.
Surrender? Handing over the men and guns in your hands does not mean handing over your head!
They don't believe in the integrity of the nobles!
"Then what do you want? To hold on to the end?" Long-legged Sergei glanced at the gang in front of him and said proudly: "Do you think you can hold on? Have you seen their cannons? They can kill them with cannons.
you!"
After a pause, he continued: "This is the general trend. As more and more troops come to suppress you, the pressure on us will become greater and greater. At a certain point, even if you want to surrender, they will not bother to deal with you!
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He earnestly advised: "While the conditions offered by others are good now, let's join in quickly. Not only can we save our lives, but we may also be able to survive. Isn't it better than just hanging around all day long?"
This is what the leaders of the rebel army struggle with the most. The conditions seem good, but can you guarantee that they will be able to fulfill them?
The long-legged Sergei waved his hand and said: "I am very sincere and sent a special envoy here. If the brothers are willing, how about I invite the special envoy to come and meet with you and have a chat?"
special envoy?
A bunch of people looked at each other, but they had no idea at all. They had all hooked up with the special envoy, which meant that Sergey the Long-Legged had made up his mind to surrender this time. If he surrendered, Chel
Nisif couldn't hold on any longer. Didn't he pull out all the stops and force them to surrender?
To be honest, this group of people is getting more and more dissatisfied with Sergey the Long Legs. According to this guy's methods, even if he surrenders, he will get the most benefits, and it is not even ruled out that he can sell it to them if he changes hands!
But if you want to say no, Sergei Chernishiv will definitely not be able to hold on without his long legs, and it will be a dead end.
After struggling for a long time, they finally decided to meet the special envoy first to see what the situation was.
When Li Xiao and Peter Mikhailovich Sobolev walked into the venue, they deeply felt the tangled mentality of the rebel leaders.
However, Li Xiao didn't particularly care. If he dared to come here, he would be sure that he could convince these thugs.
"I heard that you want to fight to the end?" Li Xiao showed an aggressive momentum as soon as he came up and said majestically: "To be honest, I really hope that you will fight to the end... You are a bunch of scum, committing murder and robbery, I accept you.
It is totally unreasonable to surrender and give you a chance to reform, so your heads should be chopped off and stuck on a long pole to serve as a warning to others!"
Sobolev was stunned. According to his assumption, the main task of this trip was to persuade and appease, and the main focus was to adopt a gentle policy.
But Li Xiao said harsh words as soon as he came up. Is it really okay to stimulate the other party in this way?
Especially when he saw the rebel leaders making an uproar, baring their teeth and starting to slap the table and stare, his heart was in his throat.
He felt that this trip might be more unlucky, and he was secretly thinking about how to resist and show the dignity of a nobleman if he really fell out with him later.
But Li Xiao was not nervous at all about such a messy scene. He snorted and said contemptuously: "What? Did I say something wrong? Don't you know what you have done? Don't you say it politely?
For the crimes you committed, three beheadings are enough, right?"
Everyone looked at Li Xiao with livid faces, as if they wanted to rush up and bite him to death. But Li Xiao was not afraid, pointed at their noses and said: "According to my idea, I don't want to give you this at all."
To survive, I may even cut off your heads myself to make me feel better... But you are lucky. This rebellion is too big and involves too many people. If you are not the rebels, all of them are taken away.
Behead them, and I’m afraid there won’t be many people left in Ukraine!”
He took a deep breath and said very depressedly: "So we have an idea from above. As long as you change your ways and are willing to cooperate with us to quell the rebellion and restore normal order in Ukraine, then we will pardon your crimes and give you a way to live!"
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All the rebel leaders looked at each other in shock, because what Li Xiao said was completely different from what they thought. According to their understanding, the so-called surrender means surrendering by laying down their weapons, but based on what Li Xiao meant, it seemed that they would help quell the rebellion after surrendering?
In other words, they have to deal with their own colleagues? Isn’t this a bit too much?
But if they are allowed to fight the rebellion, does that mean they don’t have to hand over their guns?
Not having to hand over the gun barrel greatly increases the sense of security for people like them. At least it means that if the black dog does not fulfill its promise, they still have the opportunity to go back on their word, which means that the sense of security is greatly increased!
From this point alone, their resistance to surrender has been reduced by 80 to 90%!