"Mr. Governor, is that terrible rumor true? It was even said that our Tsar's Majesty was stabbed to death! This must be a conspiracy of the Orientals, right? Chernyaev, the major general of the Guards in Orenburg, finally couldn't bear it anymore and went directly to the Orenburg governor Krezanovsky, and said worriedly: "Mr. Governor-General, I feel very wrong!" Is that really the case?

The governor of Orenburg, Krezanovsky, looked at Chernyaev in front of him, obviously very panicked, and hurriedly reassured: "Of course it's fake news!" It's clear that this is a conspiracy of those Orientals! The purpose is to make us panic, of course, but this excuse is too ridiculous, how could the great Tsar, in the heavily guarded St. Petersburg, be assassinated? This can only show that the enemy troops in the east outside Orenburg are no longer willing to storm Orenburg, and are spreading the news indiscriminately with ideas. This also shows the incompetence of the enemy army! ”

"But Mr. Governor, even if this is false news, leave him alone for the time being, but many Cossack soldiers in the city have been influenced by rumors, and have no intention of fighting at all against our guards, and even a small number of Cossacks fled in the middle of the night." Chernyaev was still worried: "The reconnaissance cavalry said that the enemy force attacking this time was huge, more than 100,000 people, and the horse team for logistics and transportation of supplies stretched for several kilometers, and it seemed that there were many artillery. Although all of our Orenburg soldiers are elite, there are only more than 10,000 people, and although Orenburg is strong and dangerous, it cannot resist the long-term bombardment of too fierce artillery. Mr. Governor-General, can you mobilize Kolpakovsky and their Cossack cavalry to attack the enemy flank and surprise the enemy rear. ”

The Orenburg governor Krezanovsky asked rhetorically: "Since the enemy army is huge, isn't it to send Kolpakovsky and their Cossack cavalry to death?" Or let them go directly to Orenburg in advance to defend together, right? ”

Chernyaev immediately objected: "No, Mr. Governor-General. As soon as the brutal Cossack cavalry entered Orenburg, the little food and forage we had stored was soon exhausted, and before the enemy could break through Orenburg, we ourselves would have to surrender. Moreover, the Cossack elite soldiers in the city are okay now, after all, after your teachings by the governor, they are already obedient, if the Cossacks outside the city fight and brawl everywhere, then the whole Orenburg will be completely chaotic. ”

The governor of Orenburg, Krezanovsky, also felt that there was some reason, nodded and said: "In this case, let Kolpakovsky choose five thousand obedient Cossacks to send Orenburg to assist in the defense, and let the others harass the enemy rear!" ”

However, to the surprise of the two, the next day, when the five thousand Cossack cavalry not far from Orenburg were preparing to enter Orenburg, a shocking news from St. Petersburg suddenly broke out: the Tsar's family of six was killed in the Winter Palace Restaurant, the former Tsar's younger brother, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich ascended the throne as the new Tsar in St. Petersburg, and the three princes who fled to Moscow also began to call themselves Tsars, because of civil strife, the entire Russian Empire was in chaos, Poland and Finland and other places have appeared in large numbers of rebels and rioted for independence.

The news, like a ghost, reached the ears of every defender of Orenburg through the mouths of the Cossack cavalry, and the whole Orenburg was immediately paralyzed like a patient draining all his energy.

Chernyaev, who learned the news, hurriedly found the Orenburg Governor Krezanovsky, and before he could speak, Krezanovsky was so sad that he said with a depressed face: "This news is confirmed to be true. I've received a secret letter from an old friend from St. Petersburg! It's over, our Orenburg is finished, the entire Orenburg Governorate east of the Urals and Siberia are finished, and it will definitely be invaded by the demons of the East! Even, the great Russian Empire would have suffered a serious blow and weakened the country, becoming a second-rate country in Europe. ”

Chernyaev didn't think about it so much, but asked: "Mr. Governor, what should we do then?" I'm worried about these Cossacks ...... now"

Krezanovsky abruptly interrupted him: "No! I always felt that something was wrong...... Oh, I see, oh my! So it turned out to be like this!

Cherniaev, didn't the news of the assassination of the tsar come a while ago from the eastern armies that were east and south of Orenburg? But we haven't even received the news of the Tsar's assassination, so why do their Oriental barbarians know? All the news was to pass through Orenburg, cross the Ural Mountains and then enter the Siberian region. It is also impossible to pass from Yekaterinburg, so there is only one possibility, that is, the murderer behind the assassination of the Tsar is the Chinese Empire in the East! ”

Chernyaev was taken aback!

As soon as the Governor mentioned this, he immediately reacted, and it was true. If they hadn't been at their instigation, why would they have known about the Tsar's assassination before Orenburg, and they couldn't be sure if it was true, or they would have already made a big deal about it, instead of sending some captives to spread the rumors.

Moreover, the Chinese Empire really had a reason to assassinate the Tsar. The two countries are at war, Tsar Alexander Nikolayevich is another generation of heroes, and the most powerful reason is that the tsar acquiesced to his younger brother, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich once sent someone to assassinate the emperor of the Chinese Empire Feng Yunshan, but failed miserably, and it is likely that the other side will know about the assassination of Tsarist Russia, and cause the other party to take revenge! Especially before the assassination of the Tsar's family, the actual main messenger, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, was assassinated on the first day of his trip to Warsaw to take office as Governor-General of Poland, and now that I think about it, it is very obvious that it is naked revenge!

Suddenly, Klezhanovsky and Chernyaev looked at each other, and they all understood: the assassination of the tsar must have been done by the Orientals!

Chernyaev began to panic. The Tsar was assassinated, and the whole of Russia was in turmoil. As a general of the Guards directly under the orders of the Tsar, he was originally only stationed in Orenburg for a few years, and after accumulating enough military merits, he was transferred back to St. Petersburg for promotion, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen! You know, the Guards always relied on loyalty to the Tsar to gain the support of the Tsar, and with the help of the power of St. Petersburg, they gained a foothold in Orenburg. But now he was told that the entire backstage of the Guards, the Tsar had been assassinated, and the two new Tsars came out of the throne, and he didn't know who to listen to, and he didn't get on the line.

The number of soldiers in Orenburg was only 3,000 in the direct Guard, while the Cossack elite numbered 11,000. Over the years, the Cossack army had looted from Siberia and Kazakh Lesser Yuz, and in addition to a third of what had been handed over to St. Petersburg, a third had been snatched by the Guards officers in Orenburg, and only a third had been left behind. Therefore, these Cossack soldiers were very dissatisfied with the Guards, and even the Cossack elites in Orenburg, who had broken away from the Siberian steppe, regarded the Guards in the fort as enemies. Chernyaev, as a direct commander, understands this very well. But because he himself was also from the Guards, he had always looked down on these Cossacks, so he naturally turned a blind eye.

But now it is different, the assassination of the Tsar, the biggest backstage of the Guards soldiers, the new Tsar has no influence at all, and because of the civil strife in Russia, St. Petersburg's influence on the distant Orenburg and the region east of the Urals has weakened, and their Guards are in danger in an environment surrounded by Cossacks.

Krezanovsky also immediately thought of this, his face was a little pale, and he said eagerly: "Hurry up and take out some money and give it to the Cossacks as a one-time salary, boost morale, buy their loyalty, and help us defend against the enemy!" ”