Chapter 158: The Polish Uprising After leaving behind 300 Prussian troops to garrison Bialystok, Blucher led other Prussian soldiers to escort the Cossack prisoners of war and Kleiman's body back to Königsberg.
Access to download txt novel // Looking at the results of his battle during this time, Blucher, who was on horseback, was still quite satisfied, although the 4,000 Prussian army was also heavily damaged, but to be able to annihilate those Cossacks at such a price and sweep away the hidden dangers in the rear of the Prussian army, Blucher thought it was worth it.
When Blucherchen hurriedly led the Prussian army back to Königsberg, just in time for the third Russian attack on the Prussian army, when he saw a large amount of dust in the rear of the Prussian army, Kutuzov thought that the Prussian army had reinforcements arrived, so he had to reluctantly end the attack ahead of schedule.
Just as William and the top brass of the Prussian army breathed a sigh of relief, Blucher appeared in front of them, looking at the dark-faced Blucher, William nodded secretly, for Blücher's growth, everyone has seen it, not to mention that Blucher has just achieved a victory that cannot be ignored.
Blucher, who walked in front of the crowd, suddenly found that the young man who was in Zhongyāng seemed to be a little familiar, and when he saw that it was William, he hurriedly saluted William and said: "Your Majesty, your servant Blucher salutes you" "Get up, Blucher, I've heard about your performance, you're doing well," William said with a satisfied smile looking at Blucher, who was half-crouching.
Hearing William's voice, Blucher straightened up and said to William with a smile: "Thank you for your majesty's kindness, it was your majesty's brilliance that led the ministers to victory" William just smiled at Blucher's sycophant, but then William couldn't laugh anymore, it turned out that a carriage had stopped in front of William and them, and there was a corpse on the carriage, and there was no need to ask, this corpse was Kleiman.
It was already summer in July, and Kleiman's body was first hung on the town hall of Bialystok, and then after several days of trekking, although it had been processed to a certain extent, the stench of the corpse could not be concealed.
William took a perfumed handkerchief from Buel on the side and covered his mouth and nose, and took a closer look at the corpse, and the high-ranking Prussian army around him also gathered around William in this way.
"Your Majesty, this is Kleiman, and the minister has shown it to some people who know Kleiman, and they have confirmed that it is indeed Kleiman," said Blucher apologetically: "Because the ministers were a little late, after the Cossacks retreated, Kleiman was killed by the people of Bialystok, and they also hung Kleiman's body on the local town hall, so after a few days of wind and rain, the smell of the corpse is forgiven by your Excellency."
Blucher's words made everyone present nod, and everyone was still very satisfied with Blucher's performance, and it was a rare quality to make great achievements without being arrogant.
William waved his hand to pull the carriage away, and after the carriage left, William put down his handkerchief and breathed a few breaths of fresh air, but the smell of corpses in the air could not be dispersed, not only the smell of Kleiman's corpse, although the corpses of the soldiers on both sides who died in the war in the past few days were burned after the war, but the smell has been surrounding the battlefield.
William did not immediately announce the reward for Blucher, and after welcoming Blucher, William returned to his military tent, although Blücher's return made William very relieved, but the current battle situation made William very puzzled.
Obviously, he couldn't break through the Prussian defense line at all, but that Kutuzov still launched a fierce attack despite the casualties of the Russian army, what did he want to do?
William was puzzled.
In fact, from Kutuzov's point of view, his behavior is very understandable, although the strength of the Russian army is stronger than the Prussian army, but half of it is the Polish army, and the combat effectiveness of the Polish army is really not powerful, so Kutuzov's current plan is to fight with the Prussian army, he believes that the Prussian reinforcements must not come up in a short time, and as long as the Polish army can achieve the goal of consuming the Prussian army, then he can completely recruit troops from Poland.
Kutuzov believed that it would be possible to transfer another 20,000 Polish troops to the war as long as he wanted to.
And the order to transfer troops reached Poland as early as the first battle between Kutuzov and the Prussian army.
But to Kutuzov's surprise, after learning of Kutuzov's order to transfer troops, none of the nobles were willing to hand over the army in their hands, even if there was a Russian army outside the manor, and many nobles were angered by Kutuzov's behavior.
Who did he think he was, did he think Poland was his family's domain, or did he think he was the king of Poland, the previous robbery of military power had ruined Kutuzov's reputation among the nobility, and now no one was willing to surrender military power again.
After receiving the news that the nobles were resisting Kutuzov's orders, August, who was sitting in the palace of Warsaw, was overjoyed, and after learning the news, he pretended to be helpless to convene a meeting of the major Polish nobles.
At the meeting, August took the lead in throwing out the issue of Kutuzov's mobilization of Polish troops, and as expected, as soon as this topic was raised, the nobles stopped talking, and the people were speechless, and as long as they did not speak, they had already indirectly expressed their attitude.
Even some of the pro-Russian nobles did not mention it, because they had just learned that Kutuzov's scent was completely his own wantonness, and that there was absolutely no order from Her Majesty the Empress.
"Alas, I understand what everyone thinks in their hearts, but Kutuzov is Russian after all, if we don't send troops, it will inevitably annoy the Russians, and now there are 5,000 Russian ** teams outside Warsaw, what should I do, please get a charter as soon as possible" August put his posture very low, because he knew that success or failure was here, and he could not be the first bird.
"What about the Russians, they are Dad, last time they had 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 just won't pay, if the Russians force Lao Tzu, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu will take the army and do it with them" Well, at the suggestion of August's eyes, a nobleman who had already been arranged acted as the horn of "To".
Many nobles who had been robbed of military power before took the opportunity to coax, they were already full of anger at the robbery of military power, and if they wanted to snatch it from them again this time, no one would be willing to hand over military power.
"Everyone, be quiet, this is all Kutuzov's own initiative, and the Russian Empress does not mean this at all" Seeing that the situation was not right, some pro-Russian nobles hurriedly stood up and exhorted the nobles present.
But as soon as these nobles finished speaking, they were approached by several young nobles, who stabbed these pro-Russian nobles to the ground while scolding you traitors and lackeys of the Russians.
Some of the nobles were stunned by the sudden fiery scene in front of them, but more nobles stood up and shouted: "The Russians must not be allowed to succeed this time" "If this continues, what is the difference between Poland and non-Poland?"
"Big deal with those Russian bitches" "Lao Tzu would rather take the army to kill those Russians than hand them over" The crowd in the hall was indignant, and August, who was sitting at the top, saw this, tried his best to hold back the pride in his heart, and then said loudly: "Quiet, all for me to be quiet" After the venue gradually quieted down, August said solemnly: "Since everyone is reluctant to call out the military power, then how do you think to reply to the Russians" "Reply to a fart, those Russians haven't been grandfathers for a day or two, Lao Tzu has long been tired of them, so I took someone to copy them tonight" August's questioning is disrupted by a bastard who is one of the biggest nobles in Poland and one of August's rivals for the Polish throne.
"Marquis Wester, even if it is a war against the Russians, you have to make it clear, and the movement of troops, the deployment of various places, and the preparation of logistics are all things to consider."
August looked at Westel dissatisfied, but the meaning of his words had been fully revealed, and some nobles were like chickens, because August's tone was already inclined to war with Russia.
August looked at the blushing faces of the nobles and immediately felt that there was a play, and then his eyes showed slightly, only to see a team of royal guards suddenly appear in the room, these guards walked up to some nobles who were usually willing to be lackeys of the Russians, and dragged them out, and the fate of these people can be imagined.
Then the door to the room was closed from the outside, and August looked at the people in the room, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
That night, the nobles left the Polish royal palace, and they each lurked in the army under their control, and why the word lurking was used, it was because the nobles went to the barracks quietly, as if they were afraid that someone would find out.
It wasn't just the barracks that were busy, the nationalist stronghold in northern Poland welcomed a strange guest, a man who claimed to be an emissary to King August.
The envoy and the Polish nationalists did not know what they were plotting, but the next morning, the Polish nationalists, who had been ready for a long time, raised slogans such as expulsion of the Russians and the establishment of the people, and set off a vigorous uprising in their cities.
The local Polish garrison, under the orders of their superiors, did little to these insurgents, and the insurgents turned a blind eye to the Polish troops on one side, and even some Polish troops joined the ranks of the insurgents.
Soon the ranks of the insurgents snowballed, and within three days, the rebel army in the north had reached 20,000 men, and it was at this time that the remaining Russian troops in Warsaw learned of the news.