Editing Christmas Uprising (section)

===Fighting around Rijeka Crnojevića===
Though a minor [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]], [[Rijeka Crnojevića]] was central to the Greens' plan. After its fall, troops from the area were to launch a serious strike on Cetinje. The town was surrounded on {{OldStyleDate |3 January 1919||21 December 1918}} by troops under the command of Commander Đuro Šoć. The towns defenders were led by Brigade General Niko Pejanović and, though low in number, held their positions.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=59-64}}

The first day of the siege, Pejanović wrote to one of the Greens' commanders to call off the attack. Šoć wrote to the local command, the head of the ''[[srez]]'' and the president of the municipality. He requested that the defenders produce three hostages, evacuate all Serbian troops and provided that the defenders leave Rijeka Crnojevića armed, after which he guaranteed that they would be escorted to Shkodër with honor. He states in his letters that Montenegro had been "sold for [[Thirty pieces of silver|Judas' silver]]" and that while being the "torch of Serb freedom", it was occupied by "brotherly [[Šumadija]]ns who replaces the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarians]]". His claims that 35,000 Montenegrins were participating in the uprising and that Virpazar was already conquered were widely overstated.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=59-64}}

During the night, reinforcements arrived from Podgorica to lift the siege. According to Jovan Ćetković, member of the [[Podgorica Assembly]], the youth of Podgorica met with the Greens during the night around Carev Laz near Rvaši. After a short verbal confrontation, leaders of the youth agreed to negotiate with the Greens in Rvaši. Todor Božović, Captain Jovan Vuksanović and Podgorica Assembly [[Member of parliament|MP]] Nikola Kovačević–Mizara proceeded to Rvaši accompanied by 5-6 other members of the youth. The rest set up camp near Carev Laz and were led by Captain Radojica Damjanović and flag-bearer Nikola Dragović. There, they met Captains Đuza Đurašković and Marko Radunović who were waiting for a negotiator from the Greens. They waited in Rvaši until daybreak, when a group went toward Rijeka to the village of Drušići. They found ''serdar'' Joko Jovićević who summoned a local, Captain Đuko Kostić, and initiated negotiations between the two groups.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=59-64}}

In the morning of 4 January, while the groups were negotiating, the youth decided to push forward contrary to the command of Todor Božović. They met the Greens under the command of Captain Jovan Vujović in the village of Šinđon, near Rijeka Crnojevića, where the Greens held higher ground. The Greens realized that, while initially outnumbering the town's defenders, they were now outnumbered. They agreed to send their men home and salute to the Whites' flag, which was highly unpopular among the rebel troops.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=59-64}}

After breaking the siege of Rijeka Crnojevića, the Whites achieved an extremely significant victory and by 5 January, troops under the command of Serbian General Dragutin Milutinović had both ended a minor uprising in Rijeka Crnojevića and had stopped a larger attack on Nikšić.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=59-64}}{{sfn|Andrijašević|2015|p=261}}