Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

As for the things about meritorious service and medals, the distance from the Russian front-line headquarters to Petersburg is still much closer than the long route in the past.

Because of his military exploits, Solovyov was awarded the second-class Order of St. Anna this time. After all, he was only the acting chief of staff, and he only appeared at the right place at the critical moment in the battle.

In this way, it is still quite reasonable. His performance in Pultusk was indeed not decisive.

As for Alexander's medals, it always feels like he is adding more. Except for the fourth-class Order of St. George, the people who receive the medals are often promoted according to their previous merits.

In addition, Solovyov also knew a big thing for him.

"Congratulations, Michel, you become a general today, but the medals and wine"

Don't mention this first. What Solovyov fears most is a large glass of beer and vodka.

Fortunately, this time it fell into the hands of Langeron and Wittgenstein. It is true that there was wine in the luggage cart of the old drunkard Buckholden, but we must also consider that this guy is also a German, and he would not bring a cart of "dear little water".

"Okay, let's have some champagne, I still need your sober mind."

It took Solovyov 11 years to finally get from second lieutenant to general. Of course, according to the usual qualifications, the promotion of colonel to major general is different from the promotion of lieutenant colonel to colonel, or major general to lieutenant general.

He even speculated that this backdoor is a fast-forward channel prepared for some noble children, so it was arranged in this way.

But for someone like him, who has some connections but seems to have none, that is another matter.

In the Russian army, seniority is always the basis for promotion, and even compared with military merit, the proportion is not low at all.

If there are some connections, like the three brothers Dolgorukov, they are appreciated quite quickly.

Of course, Solovyov didn't know at this moment that Peter Dolgrokov died of a sudden high fever. He was just paying attention to the frontline.

To be honest, there are still many young officers around Alexander, but their ability to fight is more muscle than brain, or their brain is full of muscle.

In this case, it is not easy for Solovyov, who always likes to use his brain, to be promoted.

He was just in the seniority, and he had served as the commander of the Guards Chasseur Regiment. Although it was a small regiment, the sequence was only behind the three major guards regiments, so his resume was filled up and there was no problem.

If this is not made up, after the war, Russia and France signed a peace treaty, it would not necessarily allow him to be promoted to general. The proportion of military merit must be very high.

Speaking of which, this is still due to the light of his fiancée. Little Katya's father and uncle are generals, and his grandfather is the former commander-in-chief of the Russian army.

For someone like him, it seems that he is eating soft rice and hard.

Of course, he didn't have time to think about these questions now. After Langgeron congratulated him on his promotion to general and received the medal, he raised a question based on the intelligence.

"According to the current French army's movements, the Sixth Army is relatively isolated and alone. The First Army seems to be far away from the battlefield, but also far away from the main force of the French army."

However, when Langgeron said this, I don't know if Buckholden was still drunk, and suddenly asked a question.

"Where is the French Second Army?"

He said this without considering Langgeron's identity as a royalist, and he didn't think before he spoke.

But Solovyov was not without a way, so he said this to him directly.

"Dear General Buchholden, some people have indeed raised questions about the question you raised. The Second French Army is now in Dalmatia. They seem to have some ideas about the islands we control in the Mediterranean, so they are not in Bonaparte's army."

"Ah, that's right."

Soloviev also wanted to complain in his heart. This Buchholden will make some jokes sooner or later. At least, he has to let his adjutant take care of his wine bottle in the next battle. In addition, when it comes to Wittgenstein, although he also likes to drink a few sips, fortunately, although this man sometimes has more muscles than brains, he is still relatively restrained, unlike Buchholden.

It's just that Lin (Deng) is the commander-in-chief, and the order is passed down.

Then, he didn't want to care about this old drunkard, but turned around and raised his ideas with Langgeron.

"Since Ney is relatively isolated compared to other French troops, we can launch an action at this time and prepare to strike him. If we succeed, we can weaken Napoleon's power. However, Ney is from the Rhine Army, and he is not so easy to deal with."

"You are really cautious."

But Langeron also knew that Solovyov had considered a lot, and as the chief of staff, he really needed to consider many things carefully.

The more difficulties we foresee, the more we will be prepared in the subsequent operations, and even when emergencies occur, we can deal with them in time.

However, Bernadotte and Ney's isolation is indeed a good opportunity to take action and march quickly to outflank.

"It is a Chinese proverb that says it is better to be cautious than to be cautious."

Of course, if we talk to the Russians, we can't help but say "Khitan".

"If we take action, the French will not be unaware. Although the cavalry we sent out has caused them a lot of trouble during the reconnaissance operation. But correspondingly, the French cavalry will also scout our movements, but our communication efficiency is higher."

Both sides use signal machines, but the French signal machines can be identified by patterns, but they cannot be seen clearly if they are not facing the direction of the signal machine.

And those who have some understanding of the propagation path of light can also know the communication of optical signal machines. The signals sent out form a fan, so the communication range will be expanded.

In terms of efficiency, it is obviously different.

But the French are also highly concerned about the movements of the Russian army.

Shortly after the Russian army set out from the garrison, Ney, who was isolated from other armies, had not received any news, but Bernadotte had roughly known the direction of the Russian army's movement through reconnaissance.

In this way, he can actually figure out the situation. If he does not take the initiative to fight, then the first punch of the Russian army launching a new battle will probably fall on his head.

After all, this was the French army, and it was not the point where some armies would rather die than sacrifice their friends. Even Bernadotte, who was more selfish, began to approach Ney and tried to get in touch with him.

As for the Russian army, although they noticed that the French light cavalry was also scout nearby, they did not give up their plan to march to the mouth of the Vistula River.

This time, the action was no longer carried out by the Wittgenstein army, but by the Bukhodden army. The advance team led by General Markov, including a large number of cavalry, quickly moved towards the target.

Solovyov, who was in the Langgeron headquarters, also looked at the reports at hand.

He also found that in addition to Markov's marching column, there were two old acquaintances in the reconnaissance team. One was Mikhail Dolgorukov, his old friend and partner; the other was Count Palen Jr. Although his father was hanged for regicide, he was a loyal minister and was not implicated.

The two men, now each leading their cavalry, are at the forefront of the Russian column, ready to join the attack on the French army.

As they advance, they also receive the latest orders from the messenger who came from the rear.

"What orders will it be?"

"We are required to follow the orders of the headquarters and search and advance with the hussars as the vanguard."

"This is close to the French transportation line. If we go there, can't we attack their convoy?"

"That's it, big guy. How should I put it? The two of us will each lead a cavalry regiment and go around behind the enemy's transportation line."

"What if we meet the French?"

"The old way. If you have some patience, you don't have to change your wife."

"But you, kid, still don't have a wife."

The two of them have always been familiar with each other, but they both speak too much and hurt each other.

The fact that the wife of the young Count Palen left him with a daughter who might have been born to her stepfather was indeed absurd; and Prince Mikhail, because of his ambiguous relationship with Grand Duchess Catherine, did not have a marriage arranged.

After they each set out with their cavalry, Markov also approached Morungen with the follow-up troops.

Bernadotte had now also discovered the movements of the Russian army. He was also near Morungen and gave orders to Dupont because of the situation on the front line.

The division commanded by Dupont was now blocking the Russian army.

The troops of both sides also lined up in their own battle formations, and the fighting was quite lively during the exchange of fire.

Bernadotte was still on the road, and when he learned that Dupont was now fighting the Russian army, he was also very surprised.

But what surprised him even more was the two bad friends who approached with the cavalry.

Count Palen used the newly issued binoculars to observe the dynamics of the French army. Even with a big beard, he could not hide his pride.

"Look, Misha, such a long convoy, I'm afraid there are a lot of good things!"

"Don't worry, we have to wait until the fight in Markov gets more intense before taking action."

"How come you, the commander of the dragoons, are more cunning than our hussars?"

"The reason why you and I are brothers is because I also served in the hussars in the past, but now I am the commander of the dragoons."

Then, they each returned to their own regiments and began to gather the cavalry hidden behind them.

These cavalry came from the Sumy Hussar Regiment and the Courland Dragoon Regiment. They assembled and could launch an attack at this time. There were a total of 6 hussar squadrons and 3 dragoon squadrons.

"Brothers, do you see that? There are French convoys below. They should have got a lot of good things from the Germans, maybe some delicious food. It's just that the French are too enthusiastic. These are all prepared for us. Brothers, raise your sabers and follow me, your regiment commander, to rush down and teach these French people a lesson!"

When Count Palen said this, some Ukrainian officers under his command could not help but complain: "But General, you are also a 'German'."

Obviously, in order to distinguish, he emphasized the tone.

Count Palen was not angry. He smiled and continued: "We are all officers and soldiers serving the emperor. Even if your father is over there, you still have to ride your horse and rush over!"

Speaking of which, he was speaking from his own experience.

His father was a regicide, and his son killed his own father for the sake of justice. He caught the traitor without knowing it. We can't say that the father is kind and the son is filial, but loyalty is still beyond doubt.

It is precisely because of this that Count Palen's men are willing to follow him through life and death.

The hussars move faster than the dragoons, and Count Palen's side is closer. Before the dragoons are ready, he has already launched an attack.

This is good. Although the French convoy has some soldiers to protect it, it really can't stop the attack of the hussars without the infantry forming a formation. This has changed the version back.

It's the era when cavalry galloped everywhere, and it often happened.

The Russian hussars rushed into the French convoy, hacking and killing the French soldiers who dared to resist, while also looting these supplies.

Some officers and soldiers jumped out of some carriages. Obviously, there were still a lot of people in the French carts.

Some people wanted to relax in the car because of the cold weather, but they didn't expect that the Russian cavalry would rush out.

According to this situation, without full armament, they could only raise their hands to surrender. In this era, this cannot be called a French military salute. After all, the number of surrenders by the French is indeed not as many as that of the Prussians and Austrians.

As for Dolgorukov, his dragoons blocked the way ahead. Many French soldiers wanted to run along the road to Morungen.

Now seeing this posture, in order not to be captured, they all wrapped in coats and ran into the bushes.

For cavalry, it is common for them to catch people in the woods, but the bushes are so dense that it is not suitable to continue to catch.

Therefore, after Palen and Dolgorukov captured more than 100 soldiers and four officers, they also stopped when they saw the good and drove all the carts in the direction they came from.

As for what was inside, they didn't care at first, and these prisoners, leaving the road and going to a safer place, might still have some gains.

Now we don't know what's going on, who knows what we'll find out after the investigation?

At this time in Morungen, the battle between the Russian and French armies was about to break out.