199 Escape
In a military outfit on the outskirts of Minsk, Toravsky, the representative of the Russian Empire, rushed into a manor house where the headquarters of the Christian Brotherhood was located with a face full of anger.
"Jobs, you cowardly coward, the empire has given you so many weapons and equipment, but you are only scared to flee because of the offensive posture of the Taiping army!"
Toravsky, who was one meter eight meters away, slammed open the door and strode in like a strong polar bear, when he saw Jobs and his henchmen, several core teachers of the Christian Brotherhood holding red wine and laughing, he was even more angry, if he didn't know that he was in the hinterland of the Christian Brotherhood, I am afraid that at this time he would have already pulled out a gun and opened a big hole in the head of this mysterious leader of the Christian Brotherhood, who has never appeared in public.
Tolawsky's rude push through the door immediately aroused the displeasure of Jobs's henchmen, and before Tolawski could utter a second curse, several flintlock handcuffs were already on his head.
The expression on Tolavsky's face, who was originally irritable, immediately became stiff, and then gradually distorted into a small appearance of 'forced laughter', and his voice became unconsciously quieter.
These flintlock handcuffs made Toravsky instantly calm down from his manic mood, his identity is not public, and he is not a great man in the Russian Empire (how could a real big man be secretly sent to an uncontrolled peasant rebel army), he did not dare to kill people does not mean that Jobs' subordinates did not dare, once Jobs' subordinates were provoked to shoot and go off, no matter whether the Russian Empire would be held accountable afterwards, no one would care about his life......
"Jobs, you have to know who you can rely on to develop to this scale, without the support of the Empire, I am afraid that most of your army is still holding sticks and pitchforks to face the elite of the Taiping Army armed to the teeth!"
Toravsky, who had regained his senses, was quite 'reasonable' when he spoke.
"Lay down your arms, Your Excellency Toravsky is a friend of our Christian Brotherhood, whether Orthodox or Catholic, they are God's people, we should not point our weapons at each other, otherwise we will only make Hong Tiancheng laugh at that god." Jobs slowly lowered the muzzle of his men's guns and gave Toravsky a step down.
"Jobs, or should I call you the leader of the great Christian Brotherhood, I wonder why you want your most elite troops to abandon the defense of Minsk, and do you intend to surrender Minsk to the Taipings?
Aren't you afraid that you will destroy the purpose of raising the army and become a laughing stock in the mouths of your soldiers?
You know, there are still all kinds of Christian Brotherhood volunteers who have not been wiped out, but they are all looking at the upcoming battle of Minsk, and seeing if you, the leader of the Christian Brotherhood, can really bring them God's enlightenment!
I hope that Your Excellency Jobs will think twice, that your current behavior will not only lose the friendship of the Russian Empire, but will also completely collapse your image in the minds of your followers, and no one will trust a leader who abandons his own soldiers! ”
Toravsky rightly accused.
Jobs privately mobilized the core elite, equipped with the most advanced flintlock pistols and wearing the best armor, and the cathar guards of the Christian Brotherhood, which was almost indistinguishable from the regular armies of the Eastern European powers, were busy leaving the Minsk region, and he could hide the ordinary Christian Brotherhood militia and citizen militia in the city, but he could not hide the Russian Empire, which had its own intelligence network, not to mention that Toravsky himself stayed here, and because of his special status, he could see many things more 'clearly'.
"Your Excellency Toravsky, I think you have mistaken a basic concept, the reason why the reckless heroes who despised us from the beginning of the army, and even wanted to set themselves up as kings, have not been completely wiped out is not because we stayed in Minsk and stood strong." But they did not dare to bow down to the fierce and cruel Taiping army, and our leader generously allowed them to continue to use the cross flag of the Christian Brotherhood, these selfish garbage when they succeed and fail, do you think we Christian Brotherhood need it very much? ”
A confidant division commander beside Jobs sneered back.
After the success of the Christian Brotherhood uprising, how many core members of Jobs' expatriate faction were seized and marginalized because of assassination and various accidental deaths, and Jobs's henchmen around him naturally knew that they were amiable brothers and sisters with the banner of the Christian Brotherhood on the outside, and in fact they were no different from enemies, and everyone could still maintain superficial harmony just because the Taiping Army was too strong and had to make a gesture.
Jobs and his entourage knew in their hearts that if the Taiping Army behaved weakly and could be bullied, the bosses of the Christian Brotherhood of all parties, who openly recognized Jobs as the founder leader, would set up their own mountains in the blink of an eye to 'achieve a career'.
The reason is very simple, the Christian Brotherhood founded by Jobs did not have any substantive binding force on the rebellious Christian Brotherhood peasant rebels outside, and Jobs was born in the army, served in the Polish regular army, participated in the war with the Taiping Army, and was extremely impressed by the Taiping Army's elite military policy.
Therefore, the number of troops under Jobs' command was not large, compared to the Christian Brotherhood peasant rebel army that often pulled up tens of thousands of people outside, it was not at all powerful, and in the eyes of those leaders who were born in a reckless background, it has become a consensus that a large number means strength.
Even if the Christian Brotherhood rebels in the outside world who had broken their backbones by the Taiping Army were now exhausted and suffered heavy losses, adding up to five times the number of the core elite cathar guards that Jobs now mastered, of course, the Christian Brotherhood in the outside world adhered to the routine of one person rebelling against the whole family, and they did not dare to leave their relatives in the Taiping occupied area, and then be clicked away by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom law that affected the nine tribes.
Therefore, although the remnants of the Christian brothers who are being chased in the outside world and have no way to go to heaven and earth, although there are many people, less than 10% of them have combat effectiveness......
It is precisely because of this that the Russian Empire is willing to invest in the armed forces of Steve Jobs, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that no matter how many rabbles there are, they are not as good as a real elite of thousands of people!