Chapter 1216: Lure the tiger away from the mountain
The answer is simple. Someone stole his seal and ink and forged the letter. And with this letter, they successfully transferred the Warsaw garrison here to welcome him, the imperial envoy.
Khlekov wanted to say that the words on it were not written by him, but it was not uncommon to have someone write letters for him at that time, especially for nobles and officials. It was very common and to some extent a very elegant behavior.
Now Khlekov only knew one thing, that is, he couldn't wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
As for wanting to destroy the letter, it was even more a fantasy. If nothing happened, it would be fine, but now they might regard the letter as more important than their lives.
"Damn it! Now head to Warsaw! Take back Warsaw!"
Khlekov roared hoarsely. At this time, this might be his only chance to wash away his guilt.
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own branch.
After getting the imperial seal and forging the letter, the Polish restorers sent it to the garrison headquarters outside Warsaw as quickly as possible.
Since the messenger was originally an official of the Russian Polish government, and even the messenger himself might not have known about it, there was no mistake.
Although the garrison commander Rizniewski did not like it, he was used to the fact that the nobles liked to make a scene, and he did not doubt it too much.
After all, the imperial envoy was a superior, especially with the authority to inspect the four directions on behalf of the Tsar, there was no need to offend him for such a small matter.
The commander of the Warsaw garrison did not think too much and asked the two most trusted and smoothest generals to take a large group of people to fill the door for the Russian Polish Governor's District.
However, it was not long before a big fire broke out in the direction of Warsaw, and black smoke rose in the direction of Siedlce.
Rizniewski did not connect the current situation with the rebellion. He really thought it was just an ordinary fire.
After all, it was not uncommon for a fire to break out in a city in this era, but it was rare for a fire to break out in this season.
However, he did not take it to heart until someone from the Governor's Office sent a letter saying that a rebellion had occurred in the city, and he was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, the messenger from the Governor's Office said that the situation in Warsaw had been brought under control, but the rebellion in Siedlce had a tendency to expand in scale and might be related to the Polish Restorationists.
Rizniewski immediately became alert. This matter was unusual. He carefully inquired about the size of the rebels in the direction of Siedlce, and the number of people was probably between several hundred and thousands.
However, the lion also used all its strength to fight the rabbit. Rizniewski decided to lead 10,000 main forces to suppress it. He did not want to end up like the great rebellion in 1830.
In addition to the lessons learned from Krakow and Hungary, he had to nip everything in the bud.
When Rizniewski left, there were less than 2,000 people left in the garrison camp, most of whom were civilian staff and nobles who came to eat and wait for death.
As soon as Rizniewski left, people from the Governor's Office arrived again. This time, Venbetrovsky asked them to send people into the city to put out the fire immediately.
This request sounded reasonable, but it was very rude to the garrison officers, because the two sides did not belong to the same system at all, and why did they not come when the commander was there, but waited until the commander was not there to do so, which obviously looked down on them, the low-ranking officers.
However, the higher the rank, the more powerful they were, so they had to do it. Such rough and tiring work was not something that noble lords and noble literati would do.
So the soldiers and low-ranking officers were organized and sent to Warsaw, and the garrison camp outside Warsaw was attacked that night.
There was no suspense in this battle. The unprepared and unmotivated noble officers had no power to resist at all. They surrendered faster than the Poles could imagine, and only lasted a quarter of an hour.
Of course, the Poles spent so much effort not just to eliminate one or two thousand people. Their real goal was the largest arsenal in the Russian-controlled Poland outside Warsaw, where the stock was enough to arm tens of thousands of people.
On the other hand, Rizniewski rushed to Siedlce, more than ten kilometers away. However, when his army arrived, the rebellion had ended, and only a few rebels were still fleeing in the city.
As for the reason for the rebellion, he knew it very well, that was the matter of religious conversion. Rizniewski didn't care about this, he just ordered the soldiers to cooperate with the police in the city to arrest people.
When everything settled, it was already dark.
The mayor of Siedlce invited Rizniewski to stay in the city tonight and return to the station tomorrow. Rizniewski was not so noble, and he didn't want to suffer himself.
So Rizniewski moved into the city under the arrangement of the local officials, and the local officials forcibly dispersed the people and provided houses for the army to stay.
However, Rizniewski didn't have any burden in his heart, after all, he didn't regard those Poles as human beings.
Unfortunately, a fire broke out again in the city at night.
This time the fire burned fiercely
But only the Russians screamed. The city was full of flammable materials that easily produced a lot of smoke. What was even more terrible was that all the wells were blocked by debris and there was no way to put out the fire.
Soon the Russian army in the city lost their discipline and ran wildly in the fire under the cover of night like a group of wild beasts. When they fled to the city gate, they found that the city gate had been locked. Fortunately, the city wall was less than two meters high, and many people could easily climb over it.
However, the sound of people falling into the water in the night was endless. The not-so-deep moat outside the city became a nightmare for the Russian army.
If it were daytime, they only needed to stand up and walk back to the shore in a ditch more than one meter deep, but it was late at night, and it was unusual for people to be able to make calm judgments after escaping from a fire.
Most people would not think too much, they just wanted to escape, and even if someone noticed something, they could not stop it.
When the sun rose again, the original team of 10,000 people had only less than 2,000 people, but surprisingly, Rizniewski survived miraculously. He was nearly 60 years old and escaped that terrible night.
Just looking at the team beside him, Rizniewski felt like he wanted to die.
Fortunately, he had lived long enough and experienced enough storms. Now the top priority was to rush back to the barracks. As long as he got to the barracks, everything could be solved.
Rizniewski immediately ordered the army to stop collecting the lost soldiers and abandon all those who could not move and rush back to Warsaw immediately.
The team of nearly 2,000 people was advancing slowly on the road. At noon, they suddenly found a team coming towards them. The two teams were dressed similarly, but the battle was about to break out.
After a fierce battle, more than 100 people were killed on the spot, and the remaining Russian troops chose to surrender.
This time, the goddess of luck did not favor Rzyzniewski. He was hit in the face by a stray bullet and died at the age of 58.
It was because of the commander's death that the Russian army completely lost the courage to continue fighting. His death also temporarily saved many lives.
In addition to Warsaw, other major cities in Russian Poland also broke out in rebellion one after another. The causes were roughly the same, all because of a very harsh religious conversion decree.
"All Poles must convert immediately, otherwise their property will be confiscated and they will be exiled to Siberia."