Struggle in Russia

The small movements of Count Rostovtsev and Count Kleinmichel did not attract the attention of Alexander II, and his main energy was completely on the longitudinal horse. .

Since he ascended the throne, he has never had the opportunity to have such wanton fun. Every day he is bored in the Winter Palace, holding meetings and processing documents, or inspecting here and there to participate in ceremonies.

He, the emperor, has almost no time of his own. Most of the time, the only thing he can use for entertainment is to find women.

To be honest, this is really boring and boring. After all, no matter how beautiful a woman is, it will be annoying to play every day. He can't just entertain himself with the little things under his body every day, right?

But now riding the horse and running wildly can make him forget all his troubles, he is so free and happy.

The only thing that is a little uncomfortable is that the courtiers around him will talk about it. These people will worry that he will fall off the horse, that there will be assassins on the road, and that they will worry about all these and other small problems. Really annoying!

But Alexander II also has a way to get rid of it, that is to whip the horse's **** vigorously, so that the steed under his crotch can run faster, and at this time those annoying guys will have no chance to open their mouths to bother him.

It's just that this kind of happiness is still only temporary, and soon there is that disturbing news coming to the door: "Your Majesty, a rebellion broke out in Kharkov. The rebel army defeated the local garrison and is marching towards the city."

Alexander II was stunned. Kharkov is not close to St. Petersburg, which means that the news was as early as a few days ago.

If the rebels were marching towards the city of Kharkov a few days ago, have the rebels already entered the city now?

"What's going on?!" He asked sharply: "How many people are there in the rebel army, who is the leader, and what is the situation on the ground?"

These few questions are hard to answer, because the mayor of Kharkov who reported the news is not too sure how many rebels there are. He only knows that less than 200 of the more than 2,000 people he sent to counter the rebellion returned. , the others were either killed by the rebels or captured by the rebels.

As for the leader of the rebel army, how could he know who the leader was without even seeing the rebel army?

As for the local situation, it must be chaos. A large number of nobles and rich people are busy fleeing, and the municipal system has been completely paralyzed.

It's just that he wouldn't foolishly tell Alexander II about these situations. This would make him appear to be too incompetent, and the mayor might end up doing it anyway.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is not very clear. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding, or maybe the rebels are just a small group of rioters. You know, those guys below like to make a fuss!" Old Adlerberg quickly comforted .

Alexander II remained silent with a sullen face. Although he hoped that what old Adlerberg said was true, his reason told him that this possibility was not high. If the situation is so ordinary, the guys below should pretend that nothing happened.

After all, they were the best at reporting good news but not bad news, and now he was more worried that the situation was worse than what appeared on paper.

He ignored old Adlerberg, turned to Dmitry Milyutin and asked, "How many troops are stationed around Kharkov?"

Dmitry quickly replied: "The garrison around Kharkov is relatively weak. Apart from a small number of garrison troops, there is only one cavalry brigade."

Alexander II muttered: "A cavalry brigade?"

According to his understanding, a cavalry brigade of four to five thousand should have a good chance of winning against the poorly equipped rebels, after all, the impact of the cavalry lies there.

Immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered: "Then let this brigade act quickly, and quickly destroy these rebels and restore order as soon as possible!"

Dmitry sighed in his heart. He knew that Alexander II didn't pay attention to this rebellion, and he also miscalculated the strength of the cavalry brigade.

He carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, I think it is difficult to quickly quell the rebellion with that cavalry brigade alone. It is best to send more troops to support."

Alexander II looked at him, obviously a little surprised, but he knew Dmitry's character and knew that he would not be indiscriminate, so he immediately asked, "Do you think the rebels are strong?"

Dmitry nodded and replied: "Yes, according to past experience, most of these rebels only dare to operate in the countryside, and have never attacked a city...But this time they dared to attack a big city like Kharkov , is enough to show that their momentum will not be small!"

Alexander II was stunned, and recalled the history he knew well. Most of the serf rebels were mud-legged. It was not a big problem to bully the wealthy landowners in the countryside, but they would have to stop in minutes when they met the regular army.

But this time they not only defeated the regular army who went to counter the rebellion, but also tried to attack Kharkov, their strength is extraordinary!

He immediately realized that the situation in Kharkov might be very serious, and the bureaucrats in Ukraine and Kharkov must have lied about the losses again!

Immediately he became even more irritable~www.readwn.com~ paced back and forth for a while, and then seriously ordered: "Tell the Ministry of the Army to dispatch at least one or two divisions from the surrounding area to counter the rebellion, and let the Ukrainian third The Ministry hastened to find out what the local situation is, I want to see the most authentic information!"

It’s just that Alexander II didn’t know that the third Ukrainian part had already sat on wax, because the serf uprising this time was beyond imagination. Kharkov is the worst city in Ukraine, but other parts of Ukraine are worse than Kharko. The husband is not much better, what Lviv, Sumy, and Chernihiv have all fallen into the vast ocean of the people's war.

A large number of serfs rose up and beat the local garrison to the ground, and even the army participated in the rebellion. A small number of troops who had just participated in the Crimean War and suffered heavy losses broke out in mutiny.

It is actually not difficult to imagine that most of the soldiers of these troops who mutinied in Ukraine were newly recruited serfs in the Crimean War. The treatment of the tense army is very bad, and many soldiers have not received their salary for more than half a year.

So as long as the fuse is ignited, these people will explode immediately!

In other words, Alexander II relied on the Ukrainian local army to quell the rebellion, which is really an extravagant hope!

Thank goodness for the current Ukrainian troops to be stable and prevent further turmoil. It is as unreliable to expect them to counter the rebellion as to expect weasels to manage the chicken coop.

Dmitry probably knew a little bit of the truth. He felt that Alexander II's new order still couldn't solve the problem, but he had no evidence, so he winked at Count Rostovtsev, meaning that Rostovtsev would take Earl Husband advises again...