Struggle in Russia

Bucharest, National Guard Fourth Army Command.

Kuza frowned, staring at the map in front of him for a long time without saying a word, which surprised the adjutant who had been waiting for a long time. Although bad news has become the norm these days, it is the first time that Kuza has such a serious expression.

The previous Kuza would not be discouraged even if he encountered great difficulties, he would still encourage everyone with fighting spirit, and he would still fight to the end without saying a word.

But the situation is completely different today. After receiving the information that the Turkish army is rapidly approaching Bucharest, Kuza looked very preoccupied. It could be seen that he did not speak at all, as if there was a mountain pressing on his chest It made him unable to breathe.

After a long time, Kuza sighed quietly. He seemed to want to sit back at his desk to deal with official business, but when he looked up, he saw the adjutant with a concerned face. his reply.

"Sorry, Lavin," Kuza said apologetically, "I was too engrossed just now, are you still waiting for my order, um, tell Bartke that you don't have to stay in Jurjiu anymore, retreat... as soon as possible Shrink to the periphery of Bucharest, and garrison Zhilawa!"

Batke is the brigade commander of the independent brigade under Kuza's command. He was ordered to lead the brigade with about 4,000 people stationed in Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, to monitor the movements of the Turkish army.

Now Turkey's 50,000 troops have begun to march towards Juerjiu, and it is impossible to defend it with his little force. So it is meaningless to continue to stay in Jiuerjiu.

Indeed, it doesn't make much sense to have more than 4,000 people or less than 4,000 people in the south. It can't delay for a few days except for sacrificing more lives for Bartke to stay there. Kuza is very clear that it has any meaning. In fact, even if Bartek returns to defend Bucharest, it is not particularly meaningful. There were nearly 150,000 Russian troops to the north and northeast of the city, and 20,000 Turkish troops from Constanta to the due east. If the Turkish army in the direction of Giurgiu is added, the city will be besieged by more than 200,000 enemies.

But there are only less than 60,000 defenders in the city, and it is impossible to hold it no matter how you look at it. What's more, the more than 60,000 defenders are not willing to stick to Bucharest and live with the Provisional Republic. Among them, those who are really willing to obey Kuza's command are 30,000 people, and the other 30,000 friendly troops are really unreliable.

For example, George Stribe's 10,000 people were panicked, and some officers and soldiers had deserted. The more than 10,000 people in Jan Konstantin's place didn't pay much attention to him all the time, they just guarded the arsenal by themselves, completely like a miser, and didn't care about other places in the city at all. As for the six or seven thousand people in Yanjika, they didn't move at all. They just stayed in the barracks in a daze every day, neither digging fortifications nor making any preparations. It seemed that they were ready to surrender at any time.

As for the remaining small forces that are as big as peas, they are scattered and go their own way. Some are busy fleeing while others are busy making money. Anyway, none of them are reliable.

Kuza knew very well that even if he withdrew some of the troops that were still blocking the Russian army on the periphery, it would not help the matter, but it might lead to a complete collapse. After all, they can still buy him some time to rush to repair the fortifications.

Of course, even if there is a little more time to repair the fortifications, it will not be of much use. At most, it will cause a little more casualties and troubles for the Russian and Turkish troops. The fall of Bucharest is inevitable.

Although Kuza had always been mentally prepared for this result, he still couldn't accept it when the day really came. Because he didn't know when the next opportunity for Wallachia to win independence would be.

For Kuza, this revolution came with great vigor, but it dissipated as fast as a meteor, and it ended before he had time to make good use of it. Seeing the same opportunity, maybe the stage that belongs to him has come to an end,

The rest of his life in the future will only be spent in constant regret and remorse.

Kuza took a deep breath. Such a result was really not what he wanted, but he couldn't do anything to change the status quo. This kind of helplessness is really regrettable.

In such a trance, Kuza was stunned for a long time, which made his adjutant very worried, because Kuza's condition looked too bad, giving him a feeling of dying.

"Your Excellency, the matter has not reached the point of no return, we can still..."

Kuza reached out to stop the adjutant from continuing, and said sullenly: "Lavin, don't worry, I'm not so fragile, I won't have some irresponsible thoughts, I will continue to fight, and teach the Russians with Bucharest, even if They can trample us with iron hooves, but they cannot make us lower our noble heads!"

As he said that, Kuza seemed to regain his energy, and ordered loudly: "You go to contact the commanders of the other armies, and tell them that I have a meeting with them to discuss the defense of Bucharest!"

Kuza was going to use both hard and soft tactics to give color to the other soldiers who were not obedient, and force these guys to submit. In this way, there would be more defenders in the city, and they would be more or less effective. He believed that even if these officers were cowardly and timid, ordinary soldiers could still win.

So he immediately found Kogalnicianu and asked him to contact the grassroots officers and soldiers of several other armies to do work in advance.

Kogalnicianu smiled bitterly: "George Stribe, Jan Konstantin and Janjika will probably be furious if you do this, and I'm afraid they won't spare you and me!"

Kuza asked calmly, "Are you scared?"

Kogalnicianu chuckled and said, "If I was afraid, I wouldn't have cooperated with you all the time!"

Kuza also laughed. He suddenly stretched out his right hand to Kogalnicianu, who also held it tightly without hesitation. The two looked at each other and said with a smile:

"Let's have a big fight!"

Kuza is ready to have a showdown with the leaders of other factions of the National Party. Either he will fight to the death with him, or he will go out and leave. There is no third way to go. But the actual situation is far more complicated than he thought, because when he really started working as a grassroots officer and soldier, he discovered that those big bosses had their own ideas and started to implement them!

For example, Yanjika, who has the least troops, only those who contacted him knew that this guy had reached some kind of agreement with Turkey, and the Turks seemed to have recruited them! !