After leaving 300 Prussian troops to garrison Bialystok, Blücher led other Prussian soldiers to escort the Cossack prisoners of war and Kleiman's body back to Königsberg.
Looking at the results of his battle during this period, Blücher on horseback was quite satisfied. Although the four thousand Prussian troops also suffered heavy losses, being able to annihilate those Cossacks at such a cost eliminated the hidden dangers in the rear of the Prussian army.
Lüscher thinks it's worth it.
When Blücher hurriedly led the Prussian army back to Königsberg, the Russian army launched its third attack on the Prussian army. When he saw a large amount of dust appearing in the rear of the Prussian army, Kutuzov thought
Reinforcements of the Prussian army arrived, so they had no choice but to end the attack early.
Just as William and the top brass of the Prussian army breathed a sigh of relief, Blücher appeared in front of them. Looking at the dark-faced Blücher, William nodded secretly. Regarding Blücher's growth, everyone
Everyone can see it, not to mention that Blücher has just achieved a victory that cannot be ignored.
Blücher, who walked in front of the crowd, suddenly found that the young man in the center seemed familiar. When he saw it again, he turned out to be William. He quickly saluted to William and said:
"Your Majesty, your servant Blücher salutes you"
"Get up, Blücher, I have heard about your performance. You did well." Looking at Blücher who was half-crouching, William smiled with satisfaction and said.
Hearing William's voice, Blücher stood up straight and said to William with a smile:
"Thank you for your majesty's love. It was your majesty's glorious leadership that led me to victory."
Faced with Blücher's flattery, William just smiled, but then William stopped laughing. It turned out that a carriage stopped in front of William and the others, and there was a corpse on the carriage. No need to ask, this body
The corpse is Clayman.
July is already summer. Kleiman’s body was first hung on the Bialystok City Hall, and then after a few days of trekking, although some treatment had been carried out before, the smell of the corpse still lingered.
It can't be covered up no matter what.
William took a perfumed handkerchief from Buell's hand and covered his mouth and nose. He looked at the body carefully, and the senior Prussian army officials around him also dressed up in this way and gathered around William.
"Your Majesty, this is Kleiman. I have shown it to some people who are familiar with Kleiman, and they confirmed that this is indeed Kleiman." Blücher said apologetically:
"Because I arrived a little late, after the Cossacks retreated, Kleiman was beaten to death by the people in Bialystok, and they hung Kleiman's body in the local city hall.
So, after several days of being exposed to wind and rain, please forgive me for the stench of the corpse."
Blücher's words made everyone present nod their heads. Everyone was very satisfied with Blücher's performance. It is a rare quality to achieve great achievements without being proud.
William waved his hand and asked someone to pull the carriage away. After the carriage left, William put down his handkerchief and took a few breaths of fresh air. However, the smell of corpses in the air could not be dissipated, not only by Clayman.
The stench of corpses. Although the corpses of soldiers from both sides who died in the battle in the past few days were burned after the war, the smell has been lingering over the battlefield.
William did not immediately announce Blücher's reward. After welcoming Blücher, William returned to his military tent. Although Blücher's return made William very relieved, the current battle situation
But it made William very puzzled.
It was obvious that there was no way to break through the Prussian defense line, but Kutuzov still launched more and more fierce attacks regardless of the casualties of the Russian army. What was he trying to do? William was puzzled.
In fact, from Kutuzov's perspective, his behavior is easy to understand. Although the Russian army is stronger than the Prussian army, half of it is the Polish army, and the combat effectiveness of the Polish army is really not good.
Awesome, so Kutuzov's current plan is to compete with the Prussian army for attrition. He believes that the Prussian reinforcements will definitely not be able to arrive in a short time, and as long as the Polish army can achieve the purpose of attrition of the Prussian army, then he can definitely
Then recruit troops from Poland.
Kutuzov believed that it was possible to mobilize another 20,000 Polish troops to join the war if he wanted to. The order to mobilize troops had already reached Poland during the first battle between Kutuzov and the Prussian army.
But to Kutuzov's surprise, after learning of Kutuzov's order to mobilize troops, no nobles were willing to hand over their troops. Even though there were Russian troops outside the manor, many nobles were imprisoned.
Tuzov was outraged by this behavior.
Who does he (Kutuzov) think he is? Does he think Poland is his family's territory or does he think he is the king of Poland? The previous act of snatching military power has ruined Kutuzov's reputation among the nobles.
After losing it, no one is willing to hand over the military power obediently again.
After receiving the news that the nobles were resisting Kutuzov's order, August, who was sitting in the palace in Warsaw, was ecstatic. After learning the news, he pretended to be helpless and summoned a meeting of the Polish nobles.
At the meeting, August took the lead in raising the issue of Kutuzov’s mobilization of Polish troops. As expected, as soon as this issue was raised, the nobles stopped talking and people were speechless. As long as they did not
By speaking, you have indirectly expressed your attitude.
Even some pro-Russian nobles never mentioned this matter, because they had just learned that Kutuzov's fragrance was entirely his own arbitrary act, without any orders from Her Majesty the Queen.
"Well, I understand what everyone is thinking, but Kutuzov is a Russian after all. If we don't send troops, we will definitely annoy the Russians. There are five thousand Russian troops outside Warsaw. What should we do? Please
Everyone, please get a charter as soon as possible.”
August kept his stance very low because he understood that success or failure depended on this, and he could not be the one who stood out.
"So what about the Russians? They are my father. Last time they snatched more than 20,000 troops from us. What does the army mean to all of us here? I think everyone understands. Anyway, this time I
I just won’t hand it over. If the Russians push me hard, the worst I can do is lead my army to fight them.”
Well, under the signal from August's eyes, a nobleman who had already been arranged acted as a "trustee".
This request caused an uproar in the whole place. Many nobles who had been robbed of their military power before took the opportunity to make a fuss. They were already full of anger at having their military power robbed. If they wanted to rob it from them again this time, no one would do it.
Willing to hand over military power.
"Everyone, be quiet. This is all Kutuzov's own decision. The Russian Empress has no such intention at all."
Seeing that the situation was not right, some pro-Russian nobles quickly stood up and advised the nobles present.
But as soon as these nobles finished speaking, they were approached by several young nobles. These young nobles cursed you traitors and lackeys of the Russians while stabbing these pro-Russian nobles to the ground.
Some nobles were confused by the sudden heated scene in front of them, but more nobles stood up and shouted:
"We must not let those Russians succeed this time."
"If this continues, what is the difference between Poland's subjugation and its survival?"
"At worst, we'll end up fucking those Russian bastards."
"I would rather lead the army to kill those Russians than leave it to them."
The crowd in the venue was furious. Seeing this, August, who was sitting at the top, tried his best to hold back his pride, and then said loudly:
"Quiet, please give me quiet"
After the venue gradually became quiet, August said solemnly:
"Since no one is willing to call out the military power, how do you think you should respond to the Russians?"
"What a bullshit reply, those Russians haven't been grandfathers for a day or two. I've long been disgusted with them, so I took someone to steal them tonight."
August's question was disrupted by a bastard, who happened to be one of the largest nobles in Poland and one of August's rivals for the Polish throne.
"Marquis Wester, even if we are going to war against the Russians, we must make it clear. The mobilization of the army, the deployment of defenses in various places, and logistics preparations all need to be considered."
August looked at Wester with dissatisfaction and said, but the meaning of his words had been fully revealed. Some nobles were as if they were in a panic, because August's tone was already biased towards war with Russia.
August looked at the red faces of the nobles and immediately felt something was going on. Then he made a slight gesture with his eyes and saw a group of royal guards suddenly appearing in the room. These guards walked up to some nobles who were usually willing to be the lackeys of the Russians.
After dragging them out, one can imagine the fate of these people.
Then the door to the room was closed from the outside. August looked at the people in the room with a smile on his lips.
That night, the nobles left the Polish palace, and each of them lurked into the army under their control. Why do I use the word lurking? It was because the nobles went to the military camp quietly, as if they were afraid of being discovered by someone.
It's not just the military camps that are busy. The nationalist base camp in northern Poland welcomed a strange guest, who claimed to be the envoy of King August.
Then the envoy and the Polish nationalists did not know what they plotted, but early the next morning, these Polish nationalists, who had been prepared for a long time, launched the strategy of expelling the Russians and promoting national (defense) and independence (harmony).
) and other slogans immediately set off a vigorous uprising in the city where they belonged.
The local Polish garrison, under orders from their superiors, did not take any action against these insurgents. The insurgents also turned a blind eye to the Polish troops on one side, and some Polish troops even joined the insurgents.
Soon the ranks of the rebels snowballed. In less than three days, the rebel army in the north had reached 20,000 people. It was only at this time that the remaining Russian troops in Warsaw learned the news.