Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

On December 12, it has been nearly two months since I left Constantinople and came to Kiev, Ukraine.The weather in Ukraine is actually not too cold, it should be said that it is not as cold as I imagined.

In memory, the mountains in Anatolia are much colder than here.

Most of the soldiers from Anatolia did not feel any discomfort in the snowstorm, but some of those from the Greek peninsula were in trouble.The climate in Greece is kept above 5 degrees all year round. People from the Greek peninsula feel a little uncomfortable in this sub-zero temperature. In the three infantry battalions and three cavalry battalions under my leadership, more than 40 people caught cold, but they were born in Greece. Soldiers in the region do not account for the majority of our Kiev Front Army.And fighting on this land, our enemy is not the climate here, but our friendly forces, those Polish land turtles.

Delicious and lazy, greedy for life and afraid of death, corrupt military discipline, and strong separatist thinking, soldiers can't help showing contempt when mentioning these people, and officers don't like to see these guys who still retain the bad traditions of the Middle Ages. It was an insult to fight alongside the honorable army of the Roman Empire.Moreover, their corrupt military discipline polluted some soldiers. Some couldn't help but sneak out of the camp, wanting to catch some women outside to enjoy themselves, but the sharp-eyed chasseurs caught them.

I didn't punish these people severely, I just told them that if they want to find a woman, they can give up their Roman citizenship, just like those barbarians, I don't care what they do.Several soldiers resentfully chose to accept the punishment of fifteen army sticks.Anyway, the soldiers under him now can only restrain the soldiers who have been abstinent for two months on the grounds that the Romans will not do what these barbarians will do, which mobilizes their sense of honor and national pride.

The soldiers have a high sense of honor, and the army, which was still a little turbulent, calmed down immediately, but the army's contempt for the Poles will become more and more intense in the future.This kind of contempt has both advantages and disadvantages. If you make good use of this xenophobic and contemptuous sentiment, the empire will have a few more legions that can fight well.But this is too far away. The most important thing is to think about how to clean up the villages with a radius of more than 200 kilometers in Kiev, because I estimate that Russia will start to act around mid-January.

As for how to make people relocate, the only way I can think of is to intimidate and use the gambler psychology of the landowners who occupy the land.

First of all, intimidate them. Because of their large-scale treason, after Russia comes, you don't need to think about knowing that it will carry out a big purge regardless of whether it is the enemy or us.In order not to let a grain fall into the hands of the Russians, we will let them go south. If they do not follow us, we will immediately burn the whole village and farmland, and let them wait empty-handed for the arrival of the Russians.

Two choices, no matter how you look at it, choosing to stand on the side of the Russians is a loss. Besides, those landowners have surrendered a lot of things to obtain our legal recognition. The choice that can be offered to him now is to continue to increase the bet all the way. to black.

The vast majority of people chose to cooperate, because in front of more than 1000 guns and the same number of sabers, they had no choice. As for those who did not choose to cooperate, I am sorry.

I divided the team into three and marched towards Kiev from the small town of Shepetokav, 270 kilometers west of Kiev. I sent two teams of chasseurs to follow the Polish cavalry to the north and south to drive people south and take everything they could. The things that have left cannot be taken away, and those that cannot be taken away by burning them will cut off their thoughts of coming back.

For the resentful eyes of those landlords and old fortunes, I can only make them see hope by making a promise.

"Your organizational skills are good. It seems that you are very suitable for a public office. Are you interested in becoming the mayor?"

"Your ability is outstanding, what's your name?"

"I admire your management skills very much. Few people can move thousands of people like you. Are you interested in becoming an official in the local government in the South?"

A lot of promises and praises for no money were spilled out. Under the prestige and management ability of the landlords and rich people, the whole village and the team going south, although not well-organized, could barely be regarded as an orderly, organized and disciplined relocation. Not scurrying around like a headless chicken.

"What if the promise you made cannot be fulfilled?" Assassin couldn't help asking when he saw me make a promise again on the eastward road.

I laughed and said, "They can live until then."

It is hundreds of kilometers from their hometown to the imperial-controlled area in the south, and the long journey, coupled with the bad weather, either raining or snowing, I am not very optimistic about the number of survivors.

On December 12, heavy snow fell in the sky at noon. After a few cases of violent protests that were not worth mentioning, the real highlight came on the stage.

On our way to 185 kilometers away from Kiev, the panicked cavalrymen who were exploring the road ahead brought bad news. The army was heading to the big city Zhytomyr in the middle of Kiev. They knew in advance what happened to other villages. Refusing to relocate, the citizens in the city are now being armed, preparing to violently resist the law.

Upon receiving this news, I immediately stopped marching and sent someone to bring the local landlord Lao Cai over. In the wooden house in the village, I held a military meeting above the battalion level.

"The rebels must be eliminated!" Several battalion commanders agreed that if the violent rebels in Zhitomir were not eliminated, it would bring great trouble to our future work.

According to the map provided by the Polish, Zhytomyr is 147 kilometers away from Kiev. The last time I passed by that place, the memory of talking with the locals told me that Zhytomyr has a population of nearly 8000 people.

"The environment in Poland is different from that of the empire. They have as many villages as cow hairs, and there are only three or two cities. Raiding the villages is not a problem for our troops at all, but in Zhytomyr, there are more than 8000 local residents. If they take the youth The strong are armed, with at least 40 people, at that time, our numbers will be at a disadvantage! Also, don’t you think it’s strange that we learned this news at a place more than [-] kilometers away from Zhytomyr?” Thinking of the number of enemies , My brow is tightly wrinkled.

The officers were all shocked when they heard the words, and someone said without thinking: "Could it be fake news?"

"Improbable, the city of Zhytomyr has a lot of refusal to relocate. I think the reason why we learned about them in this place is because they are trying to contact other villages and towns to increase the number of their resistance! "I said my judgment, "If this is the case, we will face more than 2000 armed citizens. What are your plans for this?"

Amidst the discussions about fighting or waiting for reinforcements, Atalandi's old cavalry deputy commander Ge asked, "What does your Highness mean?"

"Let's attack quickly before the enemy is assembled! We don't have time to wait. It will take a lot of time to send people to Kiev to ask for reinforcements, and then wait for the reinforcements to come. At that time, the Russians may have already gone south. Waiting for them to collect more food, this is the failure of our mission! It is also impossible to bypass the city of Zhytomyr. There are a lot of supplies in the city, and no grain of food can be left for the Russians! Everyone, you are confident to fight this battle. battle!"

"Glory to Rome!" cried the raging battalion commanders, who were utterly disdainful of the two thousand Poles.

The old man, the deputy commander of the cavalry, said worriedly: "I'm afraid they will defend the city conservatively instead of fighting us."

"I don't think it's possible. Just look at the attitude of those Poles and you'll know the answer." As I said this, I was only half or half sure.

Lao Cai, a local landlord, was brought over at this time, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, as if he didn't cooperate very well with the actions of our Chasseurs.

After a simple interrogation, the old landlord admitted that the people in Zhitomir were indeed uniting with those who intend to violently resist the law and dragged their families to Zhitomyr. According to him, it seemed that the people in Zhitomyr had acted as early as six days ago. It has just begun, and people from the north are going south to join the resistance.

This time surprised me. Six days ago, we were still more than 230 kilometers away. Communication in the 21th century is not like the [-]st century. How did they get the local news through a distance of [-] to [-] kilometers? ?

Since the Zhitomir resistance took place about six days ago, what awaits us in Zhitomir is not the newly armed Zhitomir armed citizens, but well-prepared rebels, the number of which is more than Our expectation is around [-] to [-].

Anyway, it has happened, and all we can do is crush anyone who dares to jump out and stand in the way of our plan, no matter who they are or how many they are!And things have two sides, the more rebels, the less likely they are to adopt conservative defense tactics, and the more chance we have to defeat them in the wild!

At this time, someone planned to appear before the city of Zhytomyr the next morning through a forced march, and through this action, they would be shocked and demoralized.

We are not afraid of field battles, but we are afraid that the enemy will hide in the city: "No, morale is blown. When the time comes, they will all hide in the city. Should we take human lives to fill it? Immediately send people to the north, tell those Poles, let them Prevent people from the north from going south!"

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Some children's shoes asked, when will it be on the shelves... I just had an answer. The editor just approached me the day before yesterday, saying that it was forced to be pushed on October 10th, and then it was put on the shelves. However, I discussed with the editor and pushed it to October. number 6.Also, Happy National Day to you guys...by the way, I unfortunately have five exams this week...one of them is a six page essay style exam...but it won't stop up...

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