Chapter 99 The Whip of the Tsar
The village chief Ivan is a veteran who participated in the Ninth Russo-Turkish War. He warmly welcomed the arrival of Nicholas and George.
Although Ye Luoxin did not introduce the identities of Nikolai and George, Ivan still has a discerning eye. He is very familiar with the service of the Guards. During the Ninth Russo-Turkish War, Ivan’s unit , fought side by side with the Guards.
"Master, are you here to recruit soldiers?" Ivan asked Ye Luoxin, but he was looking at George and Nikolai.
The guards did not allow Ivan to get close to George and Nicholas.
"It depends on the situation." Ye Luoxin had no decision-making power.
Ivan was overjoyed and immediately asked the child who was poking his head at the door to call someone.
Conscription was a great event for the Cossacks. The young people in the village quickly gathered in front of George and Nicholas, and they automatically formed a square formation according to their height without the need for anyone to direct them.
George's confidence increased greatly.
Don’t underestimate the trivial matter of lining up. If you have never received military training, you will have to practice lining up for at least a week before everyone knows where they should stand when lining up.
The young men were ragged and in good spirits, trying to show their best side in front of the nobles.
They all have good physical fitness, because those with poor physical fitness have no chance to grow up.
In a village of 400 people, more than 200 people meet the conscription standards.
Ye Luoxin asked those under 18 and over 30 to voluntarily withdraw, and Ivan begged hard.
"Don't go too far, you know the rules. Only one person from each family can meet the standards." Ye Luoxin is not accommodating, rules are rules.
"Why?" Nicholas didn't understand. In his opinion, the young men in this village could become qualified soldiers with a little training.
"Loyalty and bravery." George had a complicated mood. This is how the Cossacks' "loyalty" and "bravery" came from.
Only one person from a family can join the army, and the family is the hostage.
If the requirements are relaxed, George believes that Ivan will also ask to join the army.
They know nothing except fighting.
"Can't we make an exception?" Nicholas couldn't bear it and wanted to take all these young men away.
"You have to give the Cossacks in other places a chance." George was not accommodating either. Rules are rules for a reason.
The Cossacks were originally bandits, and highway robbery was their specialty.
Napoleon's famous saying about the Cossacks is: If I had Cossack cavalry in my army, I would use them to sweep the world!
But Napoleon also said: One Cossack cavalry can defeat two French cavalry, two Cossack cavalry can defeat three French cavalry, 50 Cossack cavalry can tie with 50 French cavalry, 100 French cavalry The cavalry can defeat 150 Cossack cavalry, or even more.
This is the Tsar's Whip that people love to hate, a synthesis of angels and devils, the pinnacle of light cavalry, and also notorious for poor discipline.
Napoleon's words are not contradictory, because Napoleon had a way to keep the Cossacks in line.
George has it too.
In this village with 200 qualified soldiers, only 12 people finally joined the Oak Regiment.
There is no doubt that these 12 people are the Cossacks with the best overall quality in the entire village. They were well prepared for this. After getting Ye Luoxin’s permission, they lined up behind Ye Luoxin. , the other people who were not selected all looked at them with envy.
12 people, okay, just one class.
They all come from the same village, at least unity is not a problem.
"Leave 50 rubles for each of them as a settlement fee, and have them report to the Oak Group one month later." George told Ye Luoxin, and the selected boys knew instantly who was the real one. Words matter.
"You should be grateful to the Duke for his kindness." Ye Luoxin starts PUA now. George set aside a month for a reason.
Before Milyutin's reform, Cossacks served for as long as 25 years, so many Cossacks were buried in the military.
When people die, there must be a heir.
This is the month for these Cossacks to get married.
Milyugin's restructuring was not thorough, especially in the case of the Cossacks. Although the Cossacks' service time has been greatly shortened, it still takes time for the Cossacks to accept the current system.
On the way back to Gatchina, Nikolai was depressed.
George did not dissuade him. He hoped that Nicholas could understand the real situation in Russia so that after Nicholas became tsar, the empire could have a chance of survival.
"George, I'm very sad." Nicholas took the initiative to confide in George.
“Nicky, this is not your fault——” George knew that such comfort was feeble, but what could he say.
Everyone is responsible for the current situation in Russia. It will be difficult to expect one person to change the future of the empire.
But some things cannot be stopped just because they are difficult. George hopes that Nicholas will be the one to face the difficulties, rather than just follow the crowd.
"The current situation of the Cossacks has historical reasons, as well as the Cossacks' own reasons. What we can do is to do what we should do well -" George's voice was gentle, and Nikolai was deafening: "-When we were just an officer. , we will be a qualified officer. When you become the tsar, I hope you will become a great tsar."
"I will definitely become a great tsar!" Nicholas is confident, but he is also confident. Conditional: "As long as you help me, I will become the greatest Tsar in history."
George was deeply pleased.
The pressure is also greater.
At first, George really just wanted to show off, and he was just messing around trying hard to perform.
But how did it get to this point, the mission goal actually became to assist Nicholas to become the greatest czar in history~~
This mission is a bit difficult, and it is basically an impossible mission series.
Whether it works or not, you have to try.
Every Christmas and New Year's Day, Gatchina Palace is always lively.
This year, because Georgi and Maria went to France, the Gatchina Palace was a little deserted. On Christmas Eve, George received an invitation from Nicholas to come to Gatchina to have dinner with the Tsar.
The tsar looked very haggard, probably missing his wife and children far away.
Nicholas tried hard to find a topic at the table, but the Tsar was not very interested. He ate very little and drank a lot of wine.
Nicholas looked at George, hoping that George would find a way to make the Tsar happy.
George cannot turn into Maria or Georgie to make Yasan happy.
So George filled up his glass. At this time, what Asan needed was someone to drink with him.
Don’t say anything, just soak in the wine.
Asan didn't say anything, just drank one glass after another, and quickly got himself drunk.
Nicholas and George opened gifts together. The gift Asan prepared for George was a map around Vladivostok. A large area on the map, including Vladivostok and Sakhalin, was painted red. .
This large area is George's fiefdom.
(End of this chapter)