Chapter 162: Quelling the Turmoil Although the harsh military law makes the Russian army still brave, it is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate, Kutuzov knows that he is sitting on a volcano, and maybe as long as one is not good, he will be destroyed by his own people.
While Kutuzov was worried about the situation of the war, the army's logistics officers reported to him that the logistical supplies had not arrived in time.
Kutuzov was immediately shocked when he got the news, as an excellent general who grew up in the war, Kutuzov of course knew how huge the impact of logistics on the war was, and he thought about it carefully, as if he had not received a report from Warsaw during this time, and he had left this matter behind him because of the unsmooth situation of the war.
Thinking of this, Kutuzov had a bad premonition, and he immediately ordered: "Immediately contact the rear, send someone to Kulichkov and tell me why the supplies did not arrive on time, and send a force to our rear to see what is going on" Hearing Kutuzov's order, the officials immediately followed his instructions, but Kutuzov in the tent was very nervous because of the news.
What Kutuzov didn't know was that Kulichkov was also having a headache in the barracks at the moment, originally because of the lack of the number of Russian troops outside Warsaw, so in order to maintain the size of the Russian army, Kulichkov did not invest too much strength to protect this logistics line that was related to the survival of the Russian army on the front line.
When the news of the uprising in northern Poland came, although Kulichkov had the intention to increase the number of Russian troops escorting supplies, because of August's various anomalies, he only arranged for a hundred Russian troops to cooperate with the forcibly recruited 500 Polish civilians to escort the supplies on the road.
Who knew that it was only two days, and the 100 Russian soldiers who were sent out to escort the supplies fled back a dozen people, and after careful questioning, Kulichkov learned that the Russian army escorting the supplies was attacked by the Polish uprising team, and there were only a dozen of the 100 Russian soldiers left, if it weren't for the fact that these dozen or so people were cavalry, it is estimated that they would not have escaped at all.
And when asked how many Polish rebel troops ambushed the Russian army, Kulichkov was dumbfounded, because the answer given to him by these dozen soldiers was that the Polish rebels who ambushed them were no less than a thousand, and the equipment of the rebels could also be said to be fully armed, and even a small number of artillery auxiliary.
Kulickov was dumbfounded by these words, he did not expect that those insurgents would have such a scale, and now they seriously threaten the life and death of Kutuzov's army at the front.
Kulickov could not sit still, although reason told him that he could not leave Warsaw at the moment, because the strange moment of August came to Kulichkov's mind, but if the situation was allowed to develop and he did not pay attention, the situation of the Russian army, which was not supplied, was terrible just to think about it.
Therefore, despite Kulichkov's reluctance, he conveyed to Polish officials that day his desire to meet with August.
August's reply was quick, and His Majesty told Kulichkov that he had time tomorrow, so he asked His Excellency Kulichkov to prepare in advance.
Kulickov, who received August's reply, was very indignant in his heart, if Kutuzov was there, he would usually go directly to see August, and there was no need to ask the official to convey it, and August took the initiative to greet him when he met.
But no matter what, the next day Kulichkov still came to the Polish palace with a smile on his face, and in the hall of the palace, except for August, there were only two servants, she and Kulichkov.
"Your Excellency the General is in such a hurry to see me, I don't know what the matter is."
August sat on the throne and said reservedly.
"I'm really sorry to come to disturb His Majesty, mainly because there is something I want to discuss with His Majesty."
Kulichkov, who asked for help, swallowed his breath.
Your Excellency the General may wish to say bluntly, if we Poland can help, for the sake of the friendship between our two countries, we Poland cannot be denied."
August patted his chest and assured loudly.
Looking at Auguste with a righteous face, Kulichkov couldn't help but secretly despise it in his heart, of course, as soon as August's words were said on the surface, Kulichkov said with a touched face: "His Majesty's boldness has really amazed the whole world, and in fact, I am here to ask His Majesty what he is going to do with the rioters in the northern region."
Hearing Kulichkov's words, August, who was still arrogant, instantly deflated, and saw His Majesty the King frowning and saying: Your Excellency did not know that after the last discussion was fruitless, I convened the ministers of the country to discuss for a long time, but I did not get a unified opinion, mainly because our Polish army really could not transfer troops and horses.
Presumably, Your Excellency the General also knows that our Polish army has 60,000 or 70,000 people, but now that His Excellency Kutuzov has transferred 24,000 people in one go, and the rest of the army has to defend the border areas with Austria, Hungary and Prussia, it is really impossible to draw troops to suppress the rebels in the north."
As soon as this was mentioned, it became August's bitter meeting, and the meaning of the words was clear, I wanted to deal with the rebels, but I couldn't draw troops.
Hearing this answer, Kulichkov instantly became angry, Nima came to cheat again, who doesn't know that you, the old fox, have stationed nearly 10,000 troops around Warsaw, aren't these troops just to contain our Russian ** team, of course, this word can't be put on the table.
"Your Majesty, you also know that our General Kutuzov went to Prussia to conquer the tyrant on the orders of Her Majesty the Empress, and now those rebels in the northern region are blocking the way for the front-line army to contact us, so in order for your two armies not to be attacked on the battlefield, please send troops to quell those rebels as soon as possible."
Kulichkov said righteously, and at the same time reminded August that Kutuzov was ordered by the empress, and how many dares did you August dare to offend the Russian empress.
If August had not learned that the invasion of East Prussia was Kutuzov's own initiative, he might have been frightened, but now he knew that Kutuzov's actions were not supported by the empress, so August did not pay attention to this threat at all.
"Your Excellency, the friendship between me and Her Majesty the Empress is definitely higher than the sky and deeper than the sea, if possible, I am willing to do all my strength to help Her Majesty, but now we in Poland really have no strength, Your Excellency the General may not have noticed, during this time there are no soldiers patrolling the streets of Warsaw, because these soldiers have been transferred to the border, and Poland is indeed stretched at the moment."
August's aggrieved look made Kulichkov really want to punch him, Nima, who doesn't know that you August hid his troops in Warsaw, it's just that these soldiers are usually secretly trained in the name of the militia.
"Your Majesty, you see that those chaotic people are really a little unsightly, why don't you lend some troops to your subordinates, and then lead your majesty's army to the north to quell the turmoil?"
Kulichkov asked tentatively, and it was obvious that Kulichkov was unwilling to weaken the Russian army near Warsaw, so he asked August to put the army under his command to quell the unrest.
Hearing Kulichkov's question, August's eyebrows couldn't help but raise, although he really wanted Kulichkov to leave Poland, but the Russian army outside Warsaw would indeed be a big problem if he didn't leave.
"This, don't hide it from Your Excellency General, although this incident happened in my Poland, and my country does have the responsibility to suppress those rebellious people, but the reason I have already said before, and my country's more than 20,000 troops are completely burdensome to follow His Excellency Kutuzov, so it is better for me to explain it to Her Majesty the Empress, and then ask Her Majesty the Empress to allow my ** team to come back to suppress those rebellious people."
August's eyes were full of urgency.
As soon as he heard that August was going to ask Her Majesty for instructions, Kulickov was a little panicked, how could he not know about Kutuzov's unauthorized actions.
"In this case, please ask His Majesty the King to transfer 3,000 troops to me, and then I will lead 3,000 troops north to quell the rebellion, I don't know what Your Majesty wants," Kulichkov gritted his teeth and compromised.
"Very well, Your Excellency the General is indeed a heroic figure, in that case, in a few days I will send some troops and horses to your army camp and hand them over to the command of Your Excellency the General" Hearing Kulichkov's compromise, August got up and said with a tap on the armrest on the side of the throne.
Hearing August's praise, Kulichkov just pulled the corners of his mouth, it was even more ugly than crying, but there was no way, who made Kulichkov ask for help.