After two months of rapid marching, Brankoff's 100,000-strong army finally reached the outskirts of Moscow, but he was faced with a Moscow that had been completely turned into a military fortress.
Outside Moscow, Rumyantsev mobilized the entire city of Moscow in a short period of time, building countless pillboxes and fortifications, and under the backdrop of these fortifications, Moscow became like a hedgehog.
After entering the Moscow region, Brankoff was not busy launching an attack, but Brankoff's order was to rest and recuperate.
This puzzled the rebels, who had been marching for two months, and Brankoff's actions puzzled Rumyantsev in Moscow.
It stands to reason that Brankoff was busy for so long and finally rushed to the city of Moscow, and what he did was nothing more than to capture Moscow Province in the first place, but now he stopped on the periphery of Moscow's defensive circle, does Blankov not care about the tight time?
For time, of course Blankov cares, the current rest is just because Blankov has experienced a long journey, in order to better play combat effectiveness, Blankov intends to let the soldiers recover their physical strength, not only that, seeing the heavily guarded Moscow, Blankov has to come up with a good countermeasure, otherwise, although Blankov's troops have an advantage in troops, but in the face of Moscow is so strong, it is completely foolish to want to spend the least cost to break through.
Brankoff's army had a total strength of 100,000 men, and the entourage of the army was as high as 150,000 people, who were not only responsible for the logistics and transportation of the army, but also became cannon fodder for Brankoff if necessary.
In addition to these, thanks to the previous preference of Catherine II and Potemkin for the Black Sea army.
Brankoff's unit was extremely well equipped, with the entire army equipped with more than 600 guns, of which large-caliber field artillery accounted for more than half of the artillery share.
These were originally intended to deal with the Ottomans, but now it is Moscow, the capital of the Russian Empire, that the first to taste the power of these cannons, which has to be said to be a great irony.
And in the hands of Rumyantsev.
In addition to the 20,000 guards and the 30,000 conscripts recruited in the later period, the 20,000 militia drawn from all over the country also became the main force to defend Moscow.
Because Brankoff's division was marching into Moscow from the southwest, the southwestern part of the Moscow defensive circle became the most difficult bone to gnaw in the whole of Moscow, where it was guarded not only by 10,000 guards and 20,000 militiamen, but also by more than 200 artillery pieces from the Moscow arsenal, if it was defended.
These forces were enough to cost Brankoff's rebels dearly.
However, in addition to these superficial troops, if Rumyantsev can coordinate with the great nobles in Moscow, he will also be able to obtain a large number of troops.
The aristocracy of this era is not like the aristocracy of later generations, although most of Europe has entered the initial capitalist society, but the power of the aristocracy has not declined as in later generations, although the aristocracy has not had the same scenery as the Middle Ages.
But in each country, these nobles are the backbone of their respective countries.
Each nobleman not only has his own manor but also has his own armed forces, of course, according to the strength of the nobles, the size of these armed forces is also different, and these armed forces only accept the orders of the nobles, and the king can not interfere with the armed forces of the nobles at will except for limiting the size, even if it is requisitioned with the consent of the nobles.
It served as the imperial capital of the Russian Empire for hundreds of years.
There are hundreds of large and small nobles in the city of Moscow, even a lord may have dozens of escorts, and as for those big nobles, such as dukes and princes, their armed forces can even reach the size of nearly a thousand.
Rumyantsev had previously made a budget, if all the armed forces of all the nobles in Moscow were requisitioned, then he would immediately get more than 40,000 troops, and all of these 40,000 troops could be described as elite, you must know that those nobles have always been willing to spend their blood on their armed forces.
But it is not easy to convince those nobles, who regard their armed forces as the cornerstone of their family.
Especially for those big nobles, their guards can not only be used to protect the safety of family members, but also the basis for their struggle for power, after all, for high society, assassination or something can happen at any time.
Previously, Rumyantsev had already persuaded the top fifty nobles in the ranks of the city of Moscow.
However, the demands of these nobles for Rumyantsev, except for the thirteen nobles who expressed their support for Rumyantsev because they were Paul's cronies, the other nobles used a completely prevaricating tactic against Rumyantsev.
No one wants to put the armed forces of their family accumulated over generations into the hands of outsiders for no reason, even though more than 100,000 rebels outside Moscow are eyeing them at the moment.
These nobles want to have the guards in their hands, even if the city of Moscow is not broken, they can escape from Moscow under the protection of the guards, but once the guards are handed over, Moscow will not be able to hold on to them, and they will definitely not be able to escape even if they want to.
In order to convince these nobles, Rumyantsev spent considerable energy, but for these greedy and stingy nobles, Rumyantsev did not have a good way, not to mention that he was the marshal of the Imperial Guard, but in Moscow, his status was not even ranked in the top ten.
In Moscow, there were six princes and twenty-three dukes, not to mention the nobles under them.
Although during the reign of Peter the Great, Peter the Great moved the capital of the empire from Moscow to St.
Petersburg, but for those families who have inherited for a hundred years, the family inheritance is not so easy to abandon, so in Russia, Moscow overwhelms St.
Petersburg in terms of the number of nobles alone.
"Your Excellency, Duke Gandalf's butler is here, and on behalf of Duke Gandalf, he invites you to his mansion for a ball tonight" Hearing the news brought by the adjutant, Rumyantsev's brows furrowed slightly.
Duke Gandalf was a great nobleman in Moscow, and his power was unfathomable, and Rumyantsev had asked Gandalf to send his family's guards to assist the army in defending Moscow, but the duke did not say a word and sent tea to the guests.
And today, the Duke of Gandalf invited himself for the first time after the last unhappy breakup, and he did not know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.
But no matter what medicine was sold in Duke Gandalf's gourd, Rumyantsev still decided to go on a trip, and now that Brankoff's rebels had arrived under the city of Moscow, although he had some confidence in defending Moscow, Rumyantsev would want to have as many chips in his hand as possible.
"Tell the butler, thank you Duke Gandalf for the invitation, I will definitely go to the appointment tonight" After saying that, Rumyantsev waved his hand and asked the adjutant to step back.
Not only did Duke Gandalf himself have great influence in Moscow, but he also had an army of 1,300 men, most of which were stationed in his mansions and estates outside the city, except for a small number of his estates in the empire.
In the evening of the same day, Rumyantsev attended a ball hosted by Duke Gandalf, as promised.
"His Excellency Marshal Rumyantsev, a famous general of a hundred battles in the Russian Empire, a victorious general, a defender of Moscow, and a defender of the empire, arrives!"
Just as Rumyantsev was about to enter the ballroom, the duke's chamberlain almost tripped over him.
You must know that when the nobles hold a ball, everyone's title is very particular, some people read out the title, and some read the honorary title.
It is not surprising to say that Rumyantsev was a great general of the empire, a victorious general, or a defender of Moscow, because these are exaggerated, but not very bizarre.
Only the title of defender of the empire shocked Rumyantsev.
The title of defender of the empire is not something that ordinary people can easily obtain, even if Rumyantsev has fought for the empire for decades, but without the recognition of His Majesty the Tsar on a formal occasion, the title must not be used indiscriminately.
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The ruler of the empire is the tsar, and the empire can only rely on the tsar to defend it, and for a long time the title of defender of the empire can only be used by the tsar of the empire.
While everyone in the ball hall was waiting for the door, Rumyantsev made a very important decision in his life, when he summoned his lieutenant and whispered in his ear, and after a while the lieutenant went to the side of the attendant and made the trombonist at the door blow the trombone again "His Excellency Marshal Rumyantsev, a famous general of the Russian Empire, a victorious general, a defender of Moscow, a loyal servant of the defenders of the empire, here!"
After singing a promise, Rumyantsev entered the hall surrounded by his attendants, and at this moment hundreds of nobles and men in the hall were focused on the old marshal, who was the hope of all Moscow from the moment Brankoff's rebels came to the city, although it did not seem to some nobles.
After entering the hall, to Rumyantsev's surprise, the previous indifferent Gandalf felt that Rumyantsev had just entered the hall and hurriedly pasted it, and the smile on his face made Rumyantsev's heart a little disgusted.