Tsar of the Sphinx

Chapter 14 The Russo-Turkish War ([-])

Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili left one of his cousins, Mzechabke Datunavich Andronikashvili, in Alexandria A herald was made beside him.

This Mzechabke Datunavich Andronikashvili in Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili and Gregory Ann After Dereevich Repnin and the Moscow First and Second Border Guards withdrew from the entire army array.

Then Alexander's new military order was conveyed.

The whole army returned to the camp. From today, the frontier artillery battalions will continue to be divided into four divisions, firing for one hour every six hours, and the artillery battalions of the guards will fire from time to time.

Immediately, the army that had stood outside the camp for nearly seven hours began to slowly withdraw to the camp.

Started to eat, continued to practice, until after nine o'clock in the evening, the camp outside the city was completely silent.

The Turks in the city of Okhachev breathed a sigh of relief, and began to repair the city wall under the cover of night. Before the Russian army withdrew to the camp, they lay on the top of the city without daring to move. Being taken care of by the Russian artillery outside the city, the adjutant who was lying on the top of the city to call the Turkish soldiers in the city to repair the top of the city became a living example.

The place where the adjutant was lying was bombarded by Russian artillery outside the city for a whole hour, and now the top of the city has collapsed.

Asked why he was greeted emphatically, according to an officer of the artillery battalion of the Augustus Guards after the war, he recalled: that Turkic pagan, not only did he not hide, but he dared to stand up and beat him, who did he beat?When we quelled the rebellion, His Majesty taught us a truth.

That is, as long as there is a living person on the opposite side, don't be afraid that there will be no shells, and greet the opposite side directly to death!
So is that why you threw nearly [-] shells at that city?asked a young man.

yes!Is there a problem?The officer asked in surprise.

This is the art of war taught by His Majesty the Tsar himself.

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Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha rushed to the city wall just after the shelling began. He saw with his own eyes that his adjutant was bombarded to the point that not a single hair remained, and the city wall was directly crushed. The boom was a few centimeters shorter.

Five hours after the bombardment, Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha's expression was numb, but fortunately most of the soldiers had withdrawn, but the defensive measures on the city wall were completely useless.

After the shelling ended, Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha sent his new adjutant to the top of the city to see what was going on and why the Russians stopped shelling.

But the new adjutant was unwilling to go up to investigate the situation outside the city, so the new adjutant who had been re-appointed by Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha went to the top of the city under the pressure of the butcher knife. Only to find that the Russians had returned to the camp to rest.

Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha breathed a sigh of relief and sent soldiers to repair the city wall overnight.

Ali, you have done a good job. As long as you can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, I will give you a lot of good words in front of His Majesty the Sultan.

Ali Hasa Allawi, Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha's new adjutant, hastily declined and said: It is clearly Ghazi Pasha that you have a good command, so you persisted.

Seeing the trembling legs of his new adjutant, Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha said: Ali, go down and rest, I have arranged a luxurious gift for you at your residence.

Yes, thanking Ghazi Pasha for the gift, he asked his slave to help him back to his residence.

Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha looked back at the city wall in front of him.

Under the light of the torch, Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha showed a black and red face, and said: Divide all the soldiers into two parts, one part repairs the city wall during the day, and the other part , Repair the city wall at night, as long as you guard Okhachev, I allow you to do anything in the city, no matter who you are, after the war is over, you will be rewarded, even if you are slaves, I will release you as civilians.I have only one request, to hold Okhachav until reinforcements arrive.

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals around him burst into flames, and rushed to the soldiers he commanded to announce the news.

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With a bang, a group of Turkish soldiers broke into a civilian's house, killed the male owner of the house, and began to abuse the women in the house.

After a long time, this group of soldiers broke into another civilian's house and continued their atrocities.

This scene, half an hour after Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha gave the order, completely happened in every place in Okhachav City.

The soldiers who were left on the city wall to repair the city wall were all included in their eyes, and began to speed up the work in hand, hoping that they could devote themselves to this carnival as soon as possible.

Not long after, the city wall of Okhachav was barely repaired, and then this group of soldiers also threw themselves into the carnival.

Only Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha and his own cronies were left on patrol on the city wall.

One of Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha's confidants looked at the chaos in the city and said: Pasha, is this military order you issued a bit too much.

Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha looked at the Russian barracks outside the city and said: I don’t know? But the Russians bombed the city wall outside the city for six hours, for six hours, although We came down in time, so the loss was not big, but these six hours of shelling have destroyed the morale of our army. I need a morale-filled army to hold on to Okhachev and wait for reinforcements to arrive.So I have to let them vent their fear of six hours of shelling today, and women are the best way to vent their fear.

The city of Okhachav has been reduced to a civilian area.

The Russian army outside the city is sleeping peacefully.

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Before sunrise the next day, groups of Turkish soldiers returned to the city wall under the leadership of their superiors.Although they were all sluggish, the confusion of being hit by the Russian shelling last night had disappeared in the eyes of this group of soldiers.

Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha looked at the soldiers in front of him and said only: Go to the city wall.

A group of Turkish soldiers began to climb the city wall, waiting for the Russians to attack today.

It was not until lunch time at noon that I saw a large number of Russian soldiers leaving the camp and began to continue to line up where they lined up yesterday.

Afterwards, the shelling began, but this time the shelling only lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon.

However, only a few hundred Turkish soldiers survived the shelling on the walls of Okhachav.

Chezairli Ghazi Hassan Pasha looked at the remaining soldiers coming down from the city wall, and arranged for new soldiers to go up the city wall.

And this group of soldiers was brought back to the station to rest and vent.

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Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili and Grigory Andreevich Repnin led the Moscow First and Second Border Guards all the way around After passing Okhachav, enjoy yourself on the prairie of Eastern Europe.

Until outside a small city near Kajibei, they encountered a Wallachian army.

Immediately, the two troops began to expand the array.

Grigory Andreevich Repnin looked at the Wallachian army on the opposite side and said: Ivanov, you or I will command this battle.

Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili watched the formation of his own army fully unfolded, and said: You should preside over this battle.General Gregory, but I will command the next stop, how about it?
Grigory Andreevich Repnin looked at the wallachian army who was chaotically trying to spread out the formation but pulled out their knives, and said, "That's it, the two of us come in rotation every time. I come next time, next time is yours.

As soon as the voice fell, the infantry was allowed to move forward.

Grigory Andreevich Repnin and Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili were the two who wandered the Wallachians with their Cossacks. side.

The infantry of the Moscow First and Second Border Guards cheered when they heard the order to move forward.

Ulla!

Grigory Andreyevich Repnin and Ivanov Melkisekevich Andronikashvili led the Cossack cavalry in the rear, waiting for the infantry to charge. When entering Wallachia.

Ulla!

The infantry generals shouted, and then led their subordinates to charge the Wallachians.

Not long after, the infantry rushed into the newly expanded formation of the Wallachians, and began to fight directly with the Wallachian soldiers.

Grigory Andreevich Repnin continued to give orders, and the artillery continued to fire on the opposing array.

The artillery came at the sound and flew towards the formation of the Wallachians.

The casualties of the Wallachians began to increase gradually, and most of them were killed by the infantry rushing into the formation in front of them.

Gradually, the Wallachians couldn't hold on and began to shrink their troops.

Grigory Andreevich Repnin drew his sword and gave the order: All troops rush!

The Cossack cavalry, who had remained behind the formation from the beginning, began to drive their horses, over the artillery phalanx, and also charged into the Wallachian formation.

Now the Wallachian couldn't hold on anymore.

They couldn't hold on under the charge of the Russian infantry, and began to shrink their forces to break through.

Unexpectedly, Grigory Andreyevich Repnin led the Cossack cavalry directly into the formation.

The Wallachian soldiers began to drop their weapons, turned and fled.

After the end of the war between the Turks and the Austrians, the Wallachians have not fought for nearly 200 years, and after the death of Vlad III and the brave Mikhail, they even lost their bravery. General Gregory, you rushed into the formation with the Cossacks, which is already very good, at least better than the group of Poles.
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Wallachia: It was a grand duchy that existed between 1290 and 1859, and it is also a historical and geographical concept.Wallachia is located north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians, and is traditionally divided into two parts: Montenia (Great Wallachia) and Oltenia (Little Wallachia). area.The region of Wallachia is part of modern Romania.The Romanian name of Wallachia literally means "the country of the Romanians", and the name "Walachia" is derived from the name of the main ethnic group in Wallachia, "Valachians".

Wallachia's history dates back to the end of the 13th century, when Wallachia was still nominally part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1330, Wallachia repelled the invading Hungarian army and became an independent Grand Duchy. In 1417, Wallachia accepted Ottoman suzerainty and became a vassal state of Ottomans.But Wallachia also had conflicts with the Ottomans during this period, and Vlad III the Impaler, known for his brutal treatment of Ottoman invaders, also connected Wallachia with the legend of vampires.Although the Ottoman Empire succeeded in gradually strengthening its control over Wallachia after the death of Vlad III the Impaler, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire's control over Wallachia gradually weakened. The great powers began to exert their influence in Wallachia. In 1859, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Grand Duke of Wallachia, merged Wallachia and Moldavia into the United Duchy of Romania, the predecessor of modern Romania.

Vlad III Dracula Tepes: "Tepes" means "puncture" in Romanian. This is because he loved to torture people with impalement, so he was called Vlad the Impaler. He is also the prototype of the famous vampire legend "Count Dracula".

When Tepes was born, the Principality of Wallachia, Moldavia and other countries in Romania were oppressed by the Ottoman Empire and were almost annexed, but they were saved from occupation because the Kingdom of Hungary supported Wallachia (Hungarian King Maga had defeated the Ottomans several times), and became a Hungarian vassal state.Tepes led troops to fight bravely and invincibly. He dared to fight against the Ottoman Empire and was a hero who defended Romania.However, he himself has complicated relations with Hungary and Moldavia, and he has always been known for his strict law enforcement in Wallachia.He not only captured Turkey, but also often used impalement on the nobles and common people of his own country, nailing people on sharp stakes at every turn, but such punishments were not uncommon in Christian countries and Christian countries at that time.The direct reason why he got this title may be due to the deliberate propaganda of the Hungarians.

Mihai the Brave: The monarch who united the small kingdoms of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia for the first time in history.Although his unification lasted only 6 months, he has laid the foundation of today's Romanian territory, so he is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes.

Mihai claimed to be the illegitimate son of a previous Wallachian prince, but some historians believe this was merely a fabrication he made to legitimize his rule. On October 1593, 10, Mihai became the monarch of Wallachia under the support of the Ottoman Empire.

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