253 Two reasons
"The Russian expeditionary force is fleeing west of Kiev, Cossack warriors, our time has come, let us raise our swords and muskets, and educate the Russians."
Surrey. Assman stood on a high platform to make the final mobilization of the many Cossack hetman leaders below.
"Assman chief, why are we going to war with the Russians?" A leader of the indigenous Cossack hetman, who had just been summoned, asked puzzled.
These people already knew that the enemy they were about to face this time was not a small caravan escort, let alone a village militia that could be bullied at will, but a serious Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force!
Even at this moment, the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force was being pursued by the aggressive offensive of the main forces of the Taiping Army, but it was not an existence that their group of Cossack paramilitaries could easily defeat.
This is not to say that the Cossacks were afraid of the Russian army, but they did not want to die on the battlefield for no reason, and these Cossacks living in the lower reaches of the Dnieper, unlike the Ukrainian Cossacks, were in Surrey. Before Asman's arrival, he was already in a state of freedom and independence, and he was not oppressed, and the spirit of resistance was naturally not so strong.
If it weren't for Surrey. Assman's ferocious prestige was so famous in the lower Dnieper that it was impossible to muster so many local indigenous Cossack warriors.
It's just that these Cossack warriors were afraid of Surrey. Assman's wrist, but he didn't want to follow him to fight without a brain, after all, an enemy of this level of the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force was too powerful in the eyes of Cossack warriors.
Surrey. Assman glanced at the leader of the Cossack Getman who was speaking, and after finding that there were many new faces gathered around him, he replied in a calm tone: "Because Hong Tiancheng, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, promised to help our Cossacks build a state, this battle to help the Taiping Army encircle the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force is our surrender, and after the matter is completed, we will become the first batch of veterans in the newly established Cossack United Emirate!" ”
Surrey. Assman's voice fell, and the suspicion in the eyes of the Cossack hetman leader at the head of the head was suddenly replaced by greed.
The position of the first group of patriarchs after the founding of the People's Republic of China is still worth looking forward to for these hetman leaders who can only show off their power in their own tribal villages, but among these Cossack hetman leaders, they are not all 'native hats' who have no knowledge.
A middle-aged Cossack man with a stout figure and an arrogance in his voice asked: "Chief Assman, I am not questioning your authority, I just don't understand, now that we have achieved complete independence under your leadership, neither the Polish nor the Russian tax collectors dare to step into our land, and the establishment of the state is just a situation, why do we still let the blood of our Cossack brothers fight for those murderous Han Chinese?"
The Russians may have promised to help us establish a United Cossack Emirates, but the Assman chieftain did not agree.
To be honest, the reputation of the Han people is not very good, betraying the Ukrainian Cossack rebels, exterminating the white people, and the slightest disobedience to the Taiping Army, will be killed by the Han Zhulian Nine Tribes, such a country's promise, can it really guarantee that our Cossacks have their own country? ”
As soon as these words came out, the fire of greed of those greedy Cossack hetman leaders was immediately extinguished, and the bait was very large, but who could guarantee that the Taiping Congress, which had a bad reputation and was extremely unfriendly to white people, would fulfill it after the fact?
Everyone turned their attention to Surrey. Assman, if it weren't for his cautiousness, someone would have jumped out to question Sarri. Whether Assman has fornicated with outsiders.
Although the Cossacks admired warriors, they also had a deep idea of military democracy, and it was not difficult to control a scattered Cossack tribe, as long as the strength was strong enough and the knife was ruthless enough, but if you wanted to implement a nominal dictatorship among the Cossacks, it would be extremely difficult, even if it was based on the name of Sari. Assman's wrist must also maintain a semblance of 'democracy', which is also the case before Sarri's expedition. Assman was to gather all the Cossack hetman chiefs to discuss the reason for the call.
Issaari. Assman's own direct Cossack warriors were not enough to confront the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force, and he had to mobilize the forces of all the Cossack tribes throughout the lower Dnieper River to confront the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force head-on.
"Everyone has multiplied here for generations, and they should know in their hearts the face of the Russians, they are the masters who eat meat and do not spit out bones, and they are eager to conquer all the peoples of the world, look at the current situation of the Mongol descendants and Turks who have been conquered by the Russians, not only have to shoulder heavy taxes, but also respond to Moscow's call to be cannon fodder for them in wartime!
Do you want to cooperate with such a people? ”
"Assman chief, it's good that the Russians are not authentic, but the Han people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not much better."
Surrey. Assman's voice fell, and a rhetorical question suddenly appeared below.
Surrey. Assman smiled and continued: "There are interests between countries, and I chose the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for two reasons:
First, I am more willing to cooperate with the Taiping army who are chasing after the victorious than the Russians who are being chased like lost dogs, at least, the alliance with the victors is not a loss of the family.
Second, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a country that has only been established for a few years, and they have been hostile and even warlike to other countries from all sides since they were founded, so it can be said that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not have any allies in this land, do you know what this means? ”
Surrey. Assman solemnly looked around at the Cossack Getman leader who was under his head: "This means that the first ally recognized by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be valued by Hong Tiancheng the most, because the Taiping Army has no choice!"
Brothers, there are more enemies in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom than we Cossacks, and everyone thinks with their brains, does such an ally who is attacked on all sides need us more or will he abandon us?
As long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot defeat those countries that are hostile to him for a day, the Han people will not be able to get out of the quagmire of war for a day, and Hong Tiancheng will have something for us Cossacks!
As long as the Han people in the heavenly kingdom have a need for us, it is natural that we Cossacks will have the advantage of opening conditions or something.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom needed warriors, and we Cossacks needed independence and weapons, and the two sides just hit it off, a win-win situation.
Even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom comes out of the predicament of the war, it will be at least a few decades later, and by that time, our Cossack country has already passed the most difficult early days of statehood, and naturally this ally will no longer be needed. ”