Just when Igorevich gave up Nizhin and prepared to escape in the direction of Konotop, new variables appeared on the battlefield.
The rebel army in Ichnia, southwest of Nezhin, suddenly moved northward and cut off Igorevich's westward escape route.
Not to mention Igorevich, even Dmitri and Li Xiao were shocked. By the time they received the news, Igorevich's men and Butin's men were already fighting.
"According to the report of the scout cavalry, about 8,000 people from Igorevich's army and more than 20,000 people from Butin's army are fighting fiercely. Although the specific casualties are unknown, the scale is quite fierce!"
Dmitri's mind was full of questions. Why did the rebels suddenly start fighting among themselves? Why did Igorevich provoke Butin? It didn't make sense?
Li Xiao was actually a little confused, because according to pre-war reconnaissance, Butinin, who occupied the two cities of Icinia and Priluki, was very powerful and difficult to mess with.
But I didn’t hear that he had any conflict with Igorevich? Why did he suddenly fall into trouble?
However, Li Xiao felt that this was not a bad thing. It would be better if there was internal strife, so he might as well just focus on capturing Nezhin and then try to flank Igorevich to eliminate him!
Once this idea came up, he couldn't stop it. In Li Xiao's view, the most important thing to put down the rebellion in Ukraine was not to capture the city and regain the lost territory, but to eliminate the effective strength of the rebels.
The core issue of the Ukrainian rebellion is indeed the land issue, but the rebellion will by no means disappear once all the land is taken back.
As the saying goes, if the land is saved and the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost. If the Ukrainian serfs' increasingly strong rebellion trend cannot be curbed, counterinsurgency will become like whack-a-mole. The mole here has just suppressed the mole over there.
It popped up again. In the end, I focused on one thing and lost the other. In the end, I couldn’t care about anything else.
What's more, Dmitri's troops are limited. He only has 30,000 to 50,000 troops that can be used for mobile warfare. If he focuses on regaining lost ground, his mobile troops will soon be exhausted.
It was spread thin like pancakes, and finally collapsed by waves of rebels.
The correct approach is to seize every opportunity to eliminate the effective forces of the rebels, especially those who are the leaders of the rebels. Defeating them can act as a deterrent, and then use psychological tactics to win over those unsteady rebel leaders.
A two-pronged approach can solve the problem.
Since Butinin has taken the initiative to cooperate, there is no reason not to deal with Igorevich severely, not to mention that the guy's strength is not large in the first place, so he can definitely give it a try!
Under Li Xiao's persuasion, Dmitri finally agreed to annihilate Igorevich. However, he was very cautious and believed that this operation did not seek to achieve much effect but must first ensure safety. Once Igorevich was discovered, he violently counterattacked.
, or the whole incident is actually the fault of Igorevich and Butin, so they should retreat immediately and never let the battle linger.
To put it bluntly, he just didn't trust Butinin to be so kind to help. He thought that the rebel leader might have other plans. Maybe his attack on Igorevich was fake, and attacking them and taking down Nizhin to seize the territory was the real thing.
of.
So why did Butin suddenly fall out with Igorevich?
This actually starts with when Igorevich turned into a bandit. In anger, he killed his master and ran away, and the superiors gave the task of hunting him to Sheriff Butin.
After Butin received this mission, he had to make every effort to pursue him because his superiors were pressing him. As a result, Igorevich didn't know whether he was destined to die or was born with a hard life. Even if he was chased to the point of no return, he would always be able to achieve miracles.
Like coming back to life.
In desperate situation, he not only saved his life, but also found an opportunity to take revenge on Butin. He even attacked Butin's family. Although Igorevich was driven away after a deadly fight, Butin's wife
I was also scared to have a miscarriage.
As a result, this conflict was forged, and after that, Igorevich's behavior became more and more extreme and cruel. At first, he only attacked the landlord, and later, no matter who met him, he would
die.
This kind of approach is naturally very disgusting, and Butining must have hated him even more.
If things had continued like this, the story would have been nothing more than a feud between police and gangsters. But the outbreak of the serf uprising in Ukraine changed everything.
As a police officer and a senior sergeant, Butining was naturally assigned by his superiors to "suppress bandits." He did a good job at the beginning and easily dispersed many "mobs." But as the uprising grew in scale,
, more and more "mobs" participated in the riots. Even if he went around putting out fires day and night, it would not help.
What's worse is that the superiors don't care whether you are doing your best, they only want results, and the result will be more and more mobs, so naturally you, the police, are not doing your job well!
Especially when the rebel army became more and more powerful and Butinin could not defeat the police brothers, he was handed over as a scapegoat.
It's just that he was also a ruthless person. Seeing that he was about to be hanged by his superiors, he simply gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and stormed into the city hall. He killed a bunch of officials and declared an uprising.
As a result, former Sheriff Butining suddenly became the leader of the rebel army. It must be said that gold shines wherever it goes. Butining did have two brushes, and soon his team grew like a snowball.
And he was different from other rebel leaders. Although he also engaged in zero-yuan purchases, the money and materials he grabbed were not squandered. On the one hand, he distributed the fields to the rescued serfs to save people's hearts. On the other hand, he
He also actively reserves supplies, collects weapons and ammunition to train troops, and his team does not rob everyone. Don't say Qiu has done nothing to ordinary people, at least he will not harm them.
As a result, the territory he controlled rarely became a safe haven during rebellions, and was much more stable than other places.
What's even more rare is that he is a very far-sighted person. He knows that the path of rebellion is almost impossible. Initially, he planned to find an opportunity to send the collected wealth and the brothers' families abroad together, even if they confessed
, which can be regarded as ensuring that future generations can live a worry-free life.
But what Li Xiao and Dmitry did in Chernihiv gave him another hope. If surrendering voluntarily could put the blame in the past and even gain a ticket to the upper class, then why not surrender?
Of course, he had doubts at first. After all, it was normal for noble men to say one thing and do another, so he had to take a closer look. What's more, he was still far away from Chernihiv? Even if he wanted to surrender, he had to wait for someone else to do so.
Come here and say no.
But he never expected that Li Xiao and Dmitri would suddenly go to Nirvana, and he immediately felt that this was an opportunity!