Prince Paskevich sat on the bed, holding Mikhail Gorchakov's hand and saying sincerely.
"But Your Excellency, Commander, there is no way you can keep pretending to be sick! Sooner or later, His Majesty will reprimand you for this!" General Gorchakov whispered into Prince Paskevich's ear: "I
I once heard a rumor that His Majesty the Tsar has secretly placed his Third Hall in each army to make it easier to grasp the situation of the troops in a timely manner!"
"This is not a secret!" Prince Paskevich seemed to have known about these things for a long time. He responded in a calm tone: "It's just that we don't think His Majesty the Tsar knows about it and is regarded as a confidant by him.
Count Orlov himself told us about this a long time ago!"
Hearing Prince Paskevich's words, Gorchakov's heart felt like a rock beaten by overwhelming waves: "Then you still..."
"I don't want to do these meaningless things!" Paskevitch said to Gorchakov sincerely: "What the Russian Empire needs to do now is reform, not aimless expansion here!"
Then, Paskevich responded to Gorchakov freely and freely: "To be honest, I may completely lose the favor of the Tsar because of this incident! But so what, I am already 71 years old and I can still survive.
How long! (Paskevich reached out and patted Gorchakov on the shoulder) You are different, you can keep going! I hope that after I am deposed by His Majesty the Tsar, you can treat your subordinates well.
Soldiers! Don’t let them make unnecessary sacrifices!”
Having said this, Prince Paskevich sighed, and General Gorchakov, who was sitting next to Prince Paskevich, was also silent.
Time and space seemed to be completely frozen at this moment. After a long time, Prince Paskevich spoke again: "I'm really sorry for making you waste your time listening to some grumbling words from an old man like me who is about to die!"
"Please don't say that!" General Gorchakov responded quickly to Prince Paskevich.
Later, Paskevich asked Gorchakov about the situation of the Ruse Fortress.
Gorchakov reported to Paskevich the situation of the attack on the Ruse Fortress. Since Prince Paskevich chose to divide his forces to attack, General Gorchakov, who had nearly half of the main army, ignored Paskevich.
Prince Qi's order began to target the Ruse Fortress. In the past few months, Russia launched no less than a hundred attacks on the Ruse Fortress, and even nearly broke through the bastion cluster of the Ruse Fortress several times.
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However, the Turkish army stationed in the Ruse Fortress pushed the Russian army back with tenacious fighting spirit. Gorchakov immediately realized that this Ruse Fortress was different from the Ruse more than ten years ago. He was specifically targeting the Russian Empire.
The fortresses, trenches and mines built were the nemesis of the Russian Empire.
In the end, Gorchakov could only choose to postpone the attack and at the same time ordered his Serbian militia (a team of Serbs who brought their own dry food) to attack the Ruse Fortress in order to weaken their potential.
After several fierce and bloody confrontations, the Serbian militia was unwilling to continue serving Gorchakov. They even believed that General Gorchakov was deliberately weakening their strength.
After winter, the temperature dropped sharply, and his soldiers became even more reluctant to attack. He had no choice but to sit and fight like Prince Paskevich.
"Alas! It's not easy to fight! I don't even dare to fight!" Prince Paskevich smiled bitterly and shook his head with emotion: "What we are facing is only the Turkish army, and we are still fighting like this! If we face the British and French armies,
If so, we may be completely defeated!"
"Your Excellency, Commander, in addition to paying a special visit to you this time, I also want to ask you to transfer the legions stationed in the northwest to my men! In this way, I can have more troops to attack Ruse!"
"What can we do if we break Ruse?" Paskevich asked rhetorically.
"We can go to Rouen to support Serbia!" Gorchakov responded to Paskevich.
"Don't we need to worry about the Austrian troops in Transylvania?" Paskiewicz asked again.
"This... recently, the Austrian Empire's attitude towards our country has been quite submissive! They probably won't declare war on our country in the short term!" Gorchakov responded in an uncertain tone.
"Once you capture Ruse, the Austrian Empire will definitely take action against us!" Prince Paskevich responded firmly.
"But my army can't stay there forever. It's better to do nothing!" General Gorchakov responded to Prince Paskevich.
"Let's do this! You bring all your troops over and we merge together!" Paskevich replied to Gorchakov.
"What to do with the Turkish troops in Ruse Fortress? Is it really okay to just leave them alone?" Gorchakov asked Paskevich in a somewhat unconfident tone.
"Don't worry, I understand them! They will never dare to pursue!" Prince Paskievich responded confidently.
General Gorchakov obeyed Paskevich's order and set out from the Russian Empire camp around the Silistra Fortress that night. He soon arrived near the Rouen Fortress and sent troops to those stationed around the Rouen Fortress.
The Russian Army announced the latest orders from Prince Paskevich.
Except for the objections of several Serbian militia chiefs, everyone present showed no compliance with Gorchakov's orders.
Subsequently, General Gorchakov told these militia officers that if they were unwilling to go with the Russian Imperial Army, then they were asked to leave the Russian Imperial Army immediately.
"This is betrayal!"
The angry Serbian militia chief accused Gorchakov with his arms shaking with anger.
"If you are willing to think so, then I have nothing to do! Because this is an order from Prince Paskevich, and I have to obey it!" Gorchakov responded to the head of the Serbian militia with an indifferent look.
At 6:30 a.m. the next day, when the hazy fog still filled the Danube River in front of Rouen Fortress, the Russian Imperial Army that had finished packing began to move towards Silistra Fortress.
Also following them in retreat were the Serbs near the Rouen Fortress. Because they had a bloody feud with the Turks in Ruse, they would only be massacred by the Turks if they stayed any longer.
Regarding the killing of prisoners, "civilized" Turkey still maintains a barbaric style. Anyone who wants to resist them will be punished in the most severe manner. The massacre of entire villages is now a common occurrence.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, the Turks stationed at the Rouen Fortress discovered that the Russian camp on the other side seemed to be empty. They immediately sent a small force to investigate first.
After a while, the small group of troops who had gone to see him reported the departure of the Russian Imperial Army to the Rouen Fortress.
For a time, the entire fortress fell into a carnival. In addition to the carnival, the pasha stationed in the fortress did not forget to report the news to Constantinople in order to obtain a reward from Constantinople.
Of course, when reporting, it should not be written that the Russian army naturally withdrew, but it should be written that under the Pasha's example, the Russian Imperial Army was frightened and therefore did not dare to fight the Turkish army.
As for whether the troops besieging the Ruse Fortress will go to Silistra, it has nothing to do with him.
After all, Silistra is not his territory.
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After several hours of long journey, Gorchako's team finally arrived at Silistra at the cost of five deaths and twelve injuries.
Such attrition is already commonplace in the Russian Imperial Army. No one cares about the death of gray wounds. Sometimes the price of a serf soldier is far less than that of an intact rifle.
Since Gorchakov abandoned his camp and came to the vicinity of Silistra Fortress, they could only use the materials on hand to re-establish the camp on the spot.
One day passed, and something unexpected happened.
A guy who claimed to be the Tsar's envoy entered Paskievich's camp and announced Nicholas I's order to Prince Paskievitch.
That is to say, Prince Paskevich was ordered to lead the Danube troops to completely defeat the defenders of Silistra in the shortest possible time, thus opening the way to a decisive battle with the British and French forces!
After conveying the order, the Tsar's envoy repeatedly emphasized that it must be completed within the nearest period of time. His Majesty the Tsar's patience has almost run out!
Unexpectedly, the Tsar's speed was much faster than before, and Paskevich couldn't help but sigh.
He knew that this might be his last attack, after this attack was over.
If he has not yet captured the Silistra Fortress, what awaits him will be retirement or dismissal.
"Please allow me some time to prepare!" Paskevich responded to the tsarist envoy.
The Tsarist envoy nodded, and then added: "As soon as possible!"
In these few short days, Paskevich asked all troops to transport all artillery (6-pounder artillery, cannon) to the islands in the river occupied by the Russian army, and Paskewicz's will also be
His headquarters moved to the front line.
After seeing Paskevich's formation, Omar Pasha in Silistra Fortress immediately realized that Prince Paskevich wanted to launch a general offensive, and he quickly ordered the troops in the "Tabia" bastion
Speed up the construction of fortifications, and at the same time send small groups of troops to harass the Russian Empire at night so that it cannot work smoothly.
On the first night, the sound of gunshots came from the Russian Empire's camp, followed by the sound of fighting. After the fighting gradually subsided, the Turkish troops in the dark successfully retreated into the fortress.