Li Xiao and Dmitri, who were far away in Chernihiv, naturally had no idea that so many earth-shattering events were happening in St. Petersburg thousands of miles away. For them, it was enough of a headache to try their best to rectify the surrendered rebel army.
Yes, they had foreseen that this would not be easy, but after actually getting started, they realized that they had underestimated the difficulty.
Perhaps surrendering is the best choice for the middle and high-level rebels, but for the lowest level, it is not.
Most of them had to rebel because they had no choice but to rebel. Naturally, they have no good impressions of the Czar or the government. Now if you ask them to surrender and surrender, they still have to obey the orders of the most annoying government. Do you think they will?
Are you willing?
Naturally, dissatisfaction was at an all-time high, and many rebel soldiers fled immediately after learning the news.
To be precise, he ran away and joined other rebels. Obviously, he didn't want to fight with Li Xiao and Dmitry at all.
Of course, this is only a very small minority. Although most of the remaining people don’t like the government, they are also willing to accept being pardoned. It’s just that they want to go home rather than continue to serve as soldiers, especially when they hear that the prerequisite for being pardoned is honesty.
When the soldiers went to attack their former friendly forces, their mood was quite bad. Even if they didn't directly say no, passive confrontation was everywhere.
This caused great trouble for Dmitri's reorganization work. These rebel soldiers were quite disgusted and even hostile to the officers sent by Dmitri to serve as advisors.
Naturally, the reorganization work is not progressing smoothly, and Li Xiao has no good solution for this, because things like class conflicts cannot be settled casually. If it were so easy to settle, it would not happen every now and then.
A group of dead revolutionaries would emerge and risk their lives against Alexander II and his descendants.
"Try to do it as much as possible," Li Xiao sighed and said, "Let the officers not punish those guys at will, but train them how they should be trained, and never compromise. Also, are you talking to Sergey the Long Legs about this kind of work?
It's more appropriate to let him do it, he has plenty of ways to convince those idiots!"
To be honest, Dmitri was a little unwilling. He wanted to completely subdue these rebels. It would be best to turn them into reliable and obedient people.
But Li Xiao obviously didn't mean this. Judging from his intention, he still planned to use these people as cannon fodder. Isn't this a bit too cruel and a pity?
"It's not cruel, and it's not a pity!" Li Xiao sighed and explained: "These people have long had prejudices against us, which cannot be resolved in a short time... Besides, if these people have the courage to rebel, they will definitely fight for it.
Lord, people like this can only be used but not used as one of our own. No one can guarantee that they will not rebel and betray the enemy again... So don't place too high hopes on them. If they can be used to consume those rebels, it will be used up.
It worked!"
Dmitri was still a little unwilling. After all, these surrendered soldiers were all strong and hard-working, and were the best soldiers. If they could be surrendered and their courage was enough, they would definitely become elite soldiers.
Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone if we could both eliminate the rebels and train a new army that is good at recruiting and fighting?
Li Xiao is still not optimistic about this. He knows that Dmitry has this urgent desire because of the tragic situation of the Crimean War.
He saw that the Russian serf soldiers during the Crimean War were simply unable to fight. In almost one battle, all the glory of the Russian army in the past hundred years was wiped out. He felt that the existing veterans were simply useless.
, just take advantage of the opportunity of counterinsurgency to train the new army.
It's just that Li Xiao felt that the new army he chose was not suitable. Although these rebels who surrendered were all strong laborers and looked good, truly qualified soldiers not only needed a strong body but also a tenacious spirit.
Unfortunately, these guys are all negative figures mentally, at least to the tsarist government that they deeply hate.
How can a unit that is alienated from its main commander have a high combat effectiveness?
Again, changing their minds cannot be done overnight. What's more, Dmitri doesn't have the time, energy or financial resources to do it.
He advised earnestly: "I think the most important thing for you at the moment is to recover Kiev as soon as possible. Once anything goes wrong in Kiev, all our achievements in Chernihiv will be in vain... At that time, the situation in Ukraine will also take a turn for the worse.
!I advise you to focus on the issues in Kiev!”
Dmitri stopped talking, because he knew that what Li Xiao said was right. Before coming to Ukraine, Alexander II repeatedly told him to make sure that nothing happened in Kiev. Once Kiev fell into the hands of the rebels, it would be a blow to the government of Alexander II.
It will be unprecedented. If not, there will be a new wave of anti-Russian resistance. Not to mention other Poles, there will definitely be a wave of trouble!
This responsibility is too great, and Dmitri cannot bear it anyway.
"Is there any latest news from Kiev?" he asked with a sigh.
Li Xiao shook his head: "The news was from a week ago. I hope General Nakhimov and Anton can control the situation!"
Dmitri suddenly laughed bitterly, because according to Kornilov, the situation in Kiev was very bad. Before the number of city defense troops was insufficient, enough fortifications were not repaired. The most important thing was that the food reserves were very problematic.
It’s hard to say that there’s nothing left to eat, so at least everyone has to tighten their belts and live a good life.
This is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that there is a time bomb-like Governor Ulanov in the city. This man seems to have a secret deal with the rebels and may cause bad things!
Dmitri really didn't expect that the dignified governor of the Russian Empire would actually be colluding with the rebels. Doesn't this idiot have no brains at all?
You naively think that having money can solve all problems. Do you really think Alexander II is an idiot?
Dmitri wanted to smash his head with a hammer to see what was in his head!
It's a pity that he couldn't do it, because although Alexander II gave him the highest military command to counter the rebellion, he did not give him the "Sword of Shang Fang". He could not kill a frontier official like Ulanov on the spur of the moment.
, not even being able to be removed from office on the spot.
All he could do was to report to Alexander II, expose all the bad things Ulanov had done, and then wait for Alexander II to deal with it.
However, he felt that Alexander II was unlikely to publicly deal with Ulanov, at least he would not accuse him of being a traitor and have him executed. Alexander II really couldn't afford to embarrass that person!