Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

At Heilsberg, Langeron called his bluff and retreated safely from the position.

Lana had suffered a lot in winter, and the Russian army's artillery fire was indeed higher than usual, so he did not pursue it rashly.

He didn't know that the operating procedures of the Russian artillery had changed, but if he caught up, he would still be hit by a shot of shotgun.

During the Battle of Austerlitz, several Russian artillery batteries learned from the French army and desperately used artillery fire to intercept the pursuing French army, knowing that they could not take away the artillery, and achieved good results.

During the Third Anti-French Alliance War, Solovyov also implemented similar regulations in the Guards. Although he was the commander of the Guards Chasseur Regiment at the time, the regulations could be changed, and the Guards The artillery did indeed achieve great results in cooperation with the infantry, causing heavy casualties to the French army.

However, it was Bernadotte who always got beaten. This program has never changed. When he was unlucky, he was indeed more targeted.

Moreover, there is one thing that may have greatly changed the trajectory of his life, that is, he did not capture the Swedish prisoners.

As for the commander of the First Army, given that the army was in extremely bad condition at this time, only the Dupont Division was relatively intact, the Virat Division suffered greater losses, and the other division and the cavalry suffered a devastating blow. Napoleon asked Victor to take over the First Army at this time, which was actually to reorganize the army.

"According to the report from the First Army Headquarters, our army lost 8,000 troops in Spandau and Dabstein. The Russian army's losses are unknown, but it is estimated to be 4,000."

"What the heck, Berthier, we have already guessed the Russians' little trick, but we didn't expect that they would choose the farthest path at this time, but this is also beneficial to us. The main force of the Russians is now entering They have reached the swamp, and their exits are on this traffic line, so we can give them a break. "

"Your Majesty, if they join the Russian army in Helsberg, they will not be easy to deal with."

"If they are concentrated in one place, we can attack them better."

His Majesty the Emperor is indeed very confident, and he has already predicted the prediction of the Russian Army Command. Even at the beginning of the war, an army was defeated, and the Russian Army set fire to the road in the swamp, making it impossible for Davout to come from here. In pursuit, they had to choose to return the same way to join the main force of the army.

That's it, the French army still has the initiative. After being beaten for a round, they now have a considerable advantage.

Except for the main force of the Russian army led by Bagration, who was on the boardwalk in the swamp and had not yet emerged from the forest, the other troops were relatively tired after several successive battles of various sizes.

Even Dokhturov lost more than a thousand men in the battle with Sirte. In fact, the Russian army's containment was only able to restrain the main force of the French army for a short time, and it took a long time. The purpose of containing and mobilizing the French army was not achieved.

It can be said that Solovyov's strategy was predicted by Napoleon one after another in the fog. Even if the First Army in the north was defeated, he did not change his original plan.

Even if the road had not been destroyed so that Davout could not pursue the Russian army entering the swamp, then the French army would probably have blocked the road on both sides and locked the main force of the Russian army inside.

In order to achieve victory, the Russian army had taken risks. Although they successfully jumped out, they also lost the initiative under Napoleon's iron fist.

As long as the French Emperor is on the battlefield, he always symbolizes strength. As long as he doesn't get out of control, or the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, he will always be a terrible opponent, even for the opponent, it is difficult to defeat.

You don't need twice his strength to fight against the French army led by the emperor, which is always a bit uncertain.

Under such concerns, after Langeron divided his troops, although he mobilized them well, Napoleon's speed was just too fast. In order to ensure that he attacked the left wing of the French army, he mobilized both Bagration and Solovyov. He was sent out, so that his staff faced the situation that had happened before.

But fortunately, according to the tradition of the Russian army, the adjutant is responsible for proactively exploring the battlefield situation. It is not impossible to do the job without a staff. Langeron has been in Russia for more than ten years. Not only is he too lazy to complain about this system, he has adapted to it, so Still able to maintain the operation of the legion.

It was not until the Russian army retreated to the vicinity of Eylau that he finally joined Bagration along the way.

"Count, it seems that only part of our plan has been completed. Most of the plan has been destroyed by Bonaparte."

"Bonaparte" appeared at the end of Solovyov's side, which was considered to be a sign of urgency.

"Why, are you not willing to accept it?"

"Unwilling to be reconciled, we defeated the First Army. If it weren't for the support of the Frion Division, we would have completely wiped out the enemy. By that time, Napoleon had to pay attention to the fact that we posed such a huge threat to his flanks and would not We will most likely pursue them towards the Eylao area, but of course we may not come back so quickly.”

"You have a good idea, but... which direction should we drive next?"

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke sent people to survey the road. The staff of the Guards believed that we should retreat towards the Neman River. But where to go, we still need to find a suitable ferry, and on the road, the Aare River cannot be bypassed. Open question.”

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Misha, this kid, actually wants to lead us to Königsberg, which is completely contrary to his original idea."

Bagration said this, but he was a little teasing this junior brother.

"It's also unavoidable. If the French advance to the Aare River, there are two ways to go. One is to go around from the east, which is more reasonable, but the flank will be exposed to us. If they advance from the west, this road is very short, but there are dense rivers in the middle. The important thing is that the enemy's direction of action is aimed at the actions we can take when crossing the Aare River. If our army encounters the French army after crossing the river, the situation is not so optimistic. In particular, our army is prone to being attacked by the enemy halfway across the river during the operation. Whether it is on the west bank or the east bank, it is such a situation. Therefore, we do not act on the Aare River line, and we have to take a detour and take a marginal route to retreat to Memel."

"You don't want to fight again?"

"There is no way, Count. The longer the war lasts, the less patient those war advocates in Petersburg will be. If we can retreat to Memel, we may be able to obtain favorable conditions."

"Favorable conditions?"

"But these are all political issues. I think the emperor will inevitably make such a decision after seeing the situation on the battlefield. If we are defeated at the Aare River, there will be nothing to bargain with. If our army can successfully retreat and confront the French army at the Neman River, we can still bargain with the French at the vegetable market."

He first actively sought war, and now he is escaping. This chameleon behavior can often be seen in Russia.

Langelon also knew that this kid always flexibly swayed left and right on various issues, but always chose a favorable direction. If he marched north, even if he was trapped in the city of Königsberg, with the current strength of the Russian army, he could still fight.

In addition to the existing troops, the Russian army also has several divisions being transferred from the inland areas to the border. If the troops are gathered together, it is still a considerable force and can fight.

What's more, if you go downstream along the Aare River, you can still build several pontoon bridges near Königsberg for the main force of the Russian army to retreat from the Pregolya River and then find a ferry to the Neman River.

"It's not easy to explain if you just run away."

"Your Highness the Grand Duke also thinks that the war should not continue like this."

Grand Duke Constantine said this. As the first heir to the Russian throne with the title of "Tsar" and actually the vice emperor, his words still have some weight.

Since the expedition, Russia has been fighting for Prussia and Austria, joining the anti-French alliance three times in a row, and once being dug into a big pit. There are still many voices in the army who think that they should not fight again.

If they could not find a decent way to make peace, they would have to fight the enemy on the battlefield. For the current Russian army, it was not so easy to fight face to face.

Therefore, the new plan was to cross the river continuously until they retreated to the north of the Neman River, burn all the bridges along the way, and the war would be almost over.

Even for Langeron and others, they did not need to consider what the Prussians thought.

Speaking of which, the people who had the most weight in the headquarters did not like Prussia very much, or had nothing to do with them.

The only one who had some relationship was probably Soloviev, who wanted to find a wife for his student, Grand Duke Nicholas, and he had his eyes on the fragile but very cute Princess Charlotte.

But this matter could be solved from other aspects. Before the peace talks were initiated, Prussia probably had no chance to let the royal family return to Berlin. Even according to Napoleon's idea, it was a question whether Prussia could exist.

If Prussia was destroyed, Russia might have more weight if it helped Prussia to restore its country in the future.

Speaking of which, Solovyov's biggest shortcoming now is what Suvorov didn't find when he first met him.

This guy, although his fighting skills have improved a lot, always seems like a bargaining profiteer.

Sometimes, origin can really determine a person's personality traits. Even if this is a skin changer, it is inevitable that he will be a little calculating and even haggling.

But the Grand Marshal has been buried in the monastery, and he has no chance to fix Solovyov's shortcomings.

If he realizes it himself, he may make a breakthrough.

If Napoleon is the current T0, Archduke Karl and Wellesley are T1 (the latter has not yet shown his skills), Solovyov's skills should not have surpassed his senior brother Bagration who is stuck between T1 and T2. In addition, he has no experience of leading the army independently, so he is still far behind in this aspect. That is, he is a very strong, T1 at the division level, and the legion is not up to the table T2.5.

Therefore, he always considered the problem in a one-sided way. This way of running away could indeed preserve strength, but it was too inconsiderate to the feelings of the Prussian allies.

That is, both Lestock and Scharnhorst were more concerned about the overall situation. They knew that the Russian army's retreat would be a war or peace, and the initiative had not been completely kicked to the French, so they did not come out to make trouble.

If the current commander-in-chief of the Prussian army was Blücher, he would let the elephant greet Solovyov.

But the advantage of this kind of profiteer thinking is probably that he always made the Russian army retreat to the vicinity of the Neman River in a relatively complete manner.

June 14th was the 7th anniversary of the Battle of Marengo. Napoleon, who was a little superstitious about anniversaries, still managed to track down the Russian army's movements and wanted to pursue them to the Aare River crossing and then advance to the Neman River.

He even had a chicken for breakfast. He was in a good state of mind, and his soldiers were in high spirits. They were ready to do something big.

However, at the Aare River crossing, apart from the pontoon bridge built there, no items related to the Russian army were seen, let alone personnel.

"Your Majesty, it looks like the Russian army has retreated."

"Berthier, they are wasting our feelings. We want to give them a good show on this day, but these Russian bears run faster than rabbits."

"Your Majesty, maybe it's because the man who always claims to be your nephew is Suvorov's disciple. Suvorov once said that his command style is "galloping hares", which is against the Prussians' style."

"Ah, if it's during the peace talks, I would like to meet this young man. I only met him in the Tuileries Palace, but I didn't expect that he had such a relationship with Josephine."

"Maybe he was I don't know, otherwise I would have contacted you long ago. "

"Caulaincourt, you know the Russians well. I think I can let you go to St. Petersburg often and deal with the Tsar."

"Your Majesty, that requires peace."

"If the Tsar loses his patience, we may get peace. Now the soldiers have been away from home for too long, and they should rest for a while. We should have peace on the European continent, but the Russians have to ask for peace."

Napoleon thought very well, and the opportunity for a battle was lost. The Russian army either ran to Königsberg and squatted in the city, or retreated to the north bank of the Neman River.

Although the French were very enthusiastic about fighting Prussia, they were not ready to go deep into Russia, even if they fought a battle in Lithuania.

And Napoleon predicted Alexander's movements. After knowing that the Battle of Spandau defeated a French army, St. Petersburg was initially cheering.

The subsequent news was not so optimistic. The Russian army was retreating all the time.

Many Russian nobles who had previously actively advocated war were now dumbfounded. According to the traditional Russian art of chameleon, they now performed in front of the Tsar, saying that they were pacifists.

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