ai ). ▁Governor - general ▁Mil or ad ov ich ▁is ▁trying ▁to ▁persu ade ▁the ▁soldiers ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁bar ra cks . ▁He ▁actually ▁succeed s , ▁and ▁therefore ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁u pr ising ▁- ▁K akh ov sky , ▁dec ides ▁to ▁shoot ▁Mil or ad ov ich ▁in ▁the ▁back , ▁then ▁Prince ▁O bol ens ky ▁hits ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁bay on et . ▁Real izing ▁that ▁the ▁reb els ▁would ▁not ▁give ▁up , ▁Nicholas ▁I ▁orders ▁Ale k se i ▁Or lov ' s ▁Hor se ▁gu ards ▁to ▁attack ▁and ▁dis per se ▁them . ▁The ▁attack ▁is ▁not ▁successful . ▁▁ 1 6 . 1 0 . ▁December ▁ 1 4 th . ▁Nicholas ▁orders ▁the ▁art illery ▁to ▁shoot ▁bu ck shot . ▁Many ▁soldiers ▁of ▁the ▁re bel ▁reg iments ▁are ▁killed , ▁the ▁remaining ▁sp ont ane ously ▁fle e ▁to ▁the ▁ice ▁of ▁the ▁Ne va ▁River . ▁The ▁re bel ▁officers ▁are ▁unable ▁to ▁stop ▁them . ▁On ▁the ▁Ne va ▁River , ▁officers ▁order ▁the ▁surv iving ▁re bel ▁soldiers ▁to ▁line ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁ice ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁Peter ▁and ▁Paul ▁Fort ress ▁and ▁Ar sen al . ▁In ▁response , ▁Nicholas ▁orders ▁the ▁art illery ▁to ▁be ▁moved ▁and ▁the ▁ice ▁to ▁be ▁broken ▁with ▁his ▁fire . ▁Sold iers ▁and ▁officers ▁are ▁killed ▁by ▁sh rap nel ▁or ▁falling ▁through ▁the ▁ice , ▁broken ▁by ▁the ▁cores .