Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

But to set up an ambush like this, you need to pretend to be real enough, which is not as simple as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. That is just a theoretical basis.

As for the details of actual execution, Solovyov had seen some strange content in the library of the Guards before.

When Meng Huo was captured seven times, the burning of the rattan armor army was described relatively clearly. But what he saw was that there were still many details to be supplemented. To make the enemy look real, it really took some blood.

Therefore, Solovyov put the unpaid military pay in the baggage at this time.

Compared with the rewards for Russian soldiers' meritorious service, this amount of military pay is also a small amount of money. The brothers are fishing with their own wages, and maybe the Poles don't have the ability to get it.

After the deployment was completed, Solovyov asked those "baggage soldiers", who were actually a mixture of cavalry and artillery, to prepare horses and wait in the temporary tent camp.

The weather is not like winter now. Even if they need to spend the night on the road during the march, they can camp outdoors.

The tents were already worn out, so they just needed to be replaced with new ones. The veterans especially welcomed this.

So they actually camped on the road and lined up for a long section in the river valley.

If an experienced old man was not careful, he would find out that they were fishing.

But Massena, in the spirit of "die for the comrades but not for the master", tricked this team of newly recruited Polish soldiers to chase them, and did not arrange any capable commanders.

Even if someone like the recently killed Polish Corps Colonel "Paris" was sent, he might have noticed it.

The Polish army always fought with blood courage and hatred for the Russians, and did not notice this matter.

Along the way, they followed the marching track of the Russian army all the way to the river valley. When they saw the Russian army's tents, they didn't say anything else and just let the lancers in front rush over.

However, this exchange of fire was not interesting. They captured two camps in succession, but only seized a pile of rags and a few military rations, as well as a few cannons.

In this way, Skredowski, the commander of this Polish army, did not care so much and just chased after them.

If Bao Hong knew about this, he would probably think that this was a narrow road for enemies, and he could actually meet the descendants of old enemies on the battlefield.

However, Solovyov strictly restricted the actions of the troops in the forest and did not let them rush up recklessly at the first time.

Although, with the two heavy cavalry regiments and two Cossack regiments currently owned by the 3rd Division, these Polish birdmen can be easily torn apart.

"Don't worry, guys, wait until the hunter regiment fights with them, lure these "birdmen" inside, and disconnect from the infantry, then we can start."

Relying on his experience in leading troops, he found that these Polish troops were indeed lacking in training and had a low degree of organization, especially the infantry currently detected by the Cossacks.

Many of these infantrymen fell behind during the march, and a day ago, they also took in many of the stragglers.

But their equipment was good. Napoleon was still willing to provide equipment to his vassal states. They were all relatively new second-hand 1777 improved rifles. As for the equipment used, they were all new products taken out of the Prussian warehouse.

In this way, it looks good. If you only look at the current queue, it is easy to be fooled.

Perhaps Massena also considered this. This old soldier can also let the French army rest. If the Poles win, the credit will be counted. If they don't win, they won't suffer too much loss and can preserve their strength.

Although some warlords have cunning ideas, Napoleon is indeed using the troops of vassal states in some secondary areas. The task of ensuring the rear transportation line is often the responsibility of the troops of Württemberg and Baden. During the war, some tasks are the tasks of the Bavarian Army and the Polish Corps. The Saxon cavalry that recently turned against the enemy has excellent combat effectiveness, even comparable to some standard French cavalry regiments.

In this case, even if the battle failed, Massena would probably not be criticized, because he did not fight on the front line, and he needed to perform Napoleon's task of ensuring the safety of the flank.

If he failed, he could also test the current strength of the Russian army.

So now these Poles began to march forward along the river in marching columns.

When they opened the baggage wagons, they were quite disgusted by the rubble at first.

But when they seized the silver rubles hidden in the rubbish in the second camp, as well as some rum and canned meat, these Poles no longer thought that the Russian army was bluffing or had any conspiracy, but really abandoned the supplies and fled in a hurry.

However, at this time, there must be a performance of the rear guard.

The 21st Chasseur Regiment and the Lithuanian Regiment's grenadiers, such a strange combination, appeared in front of the Poles.

In order to pretend to be more realistic, Solovyov also arranged two hussar squadrons to cover.

This time the Poles also knew that the Russian army still had a rear guard here, and it seemed that the scale was not small.

There was a regiment here, and the Polish cavalry did not rush to attack, but waited for the infantry regiment to come, and then launched the attack one after another.

"It seems that their commander still has some brains, but this is enough to attract them."

"Leader, but if the Poles launch an attack like this, we will retreat to the next camp. Isn't this a bad idea?"

"Bao Hong, this is a way to lure the enemy deeper. If there really is a fight, the combat effectiveness of the Chasseurs will still be stronger than these Polish recruits. In addition, there is the Tafrid Regiment behind, you know what I mean. Bar?"

"Speaking of which, you are quite cunning. No wonder when I was in the Guards Cossack Regiment, some ladies mentioned you and said it was Solovyov with 'fox eyes'."

"I'm not surprised about this either. Those girls like to talk behind their backs, and we can't control them."

As for the Polish soldiers, they were still continuing to penetrate deeper, and because they saw silver rubles and some good things in the baggage, although it was not much, it was worth taking care of.

This situation now makes the Polish army's already not very neat queue even more chaotic.

"It's not time yet. If we want to send out a signal, we have to look at the optical signal machine on the top of the mountain. When they see the red flag waving, the infantry will launch an attack again."

"What about the cavalry?"

"Bao Hong, you now go to the cavalry commander Peter Palen and ask him to lead the cuirassiers and dragoons to cut off the Polish retreat. Also, you have to make an agreement with the two Cossack captains. , when the enemy flees, just block their way, we will kill more enemies this time!"

As for whether to capture the Poles alive or to chop off the heads of the Poles, that is up to the captains.

It is said that Count Peter Palen is the second son of the regicide, because none of his brothers were really involved in the conspiracy, so they were not implicated. That is to say, a lot of family property outside of their hometown in Courland was liquidated.

He now received the order from Bao Hong and probably understood the meaning.

"Okay, according to what 'Old Misha' means, this is to annihilate all the enemies! But it seems that these Polish birdmen have similar strength to us, and their appetite is too big."

Although he said this, he also put on a cavalry breastplate and appeared in person at the forefront of the Little Russian Cuirassier Regiment.

"Brothers, if this battle is fought successfully, I will apply for the Order of St. George for officers and soldiers for the newly established medal for their meritorious service! We will destroy all these Polish birdmen!"

After hearing this, and then thinking that the Russian army finally has pensions and annuities and retirement pensions for various levels of medals, these cuirassiers are like chicken blood.

In the previous battle of such a large battle in Eylau, they were almost pinched by Baron Saken and did not enter the battlefield until the last moment. They only served as guard flanks in the rearguard battle, so there was no loss, but they did not make any achievements.

This time, although the scale of the battle is far smaller, the Russian and Polish armies are similar in size. If they can be completely wiped out, the bonuses and medals will probably not be low.

Moreover, all the brothers' military pay this month was used as bait to be divided up by these Polish birdmen, so naturally they had to give them a good look.

So, when the Little Russian Cuirassiers and the Courland Dragoons attacked from the ambush, they slashed at the Polish army at the rear of the team.

This powerful impact means that the elite French army has formed a battalion square formation to meet the enemy. It is feared that they will have to break several square formations in a row before they can stop.

However, the Poles in the front team did not know this situation at this time. They were still chasing the Chasseur Regiment that was luring the enemy, and their formation was already in chaos.

Solovyov was secretly proud that this method was indeed effective, although it was just an excuse.

But not everyone can understand, his adjutant asked.

"Your Excellency General, why do you want to lure the enemy like this?"

"I just borrowed the method used by Paulus to command the Roman army to defeat the Macedonians. The once invincible Macedonian phalanx defeated the Romans in the first battle. However, during the pursuit, it was separated by the broken terrain and could not maintain its formation. It's not like the infantry cooperated with Alexander the Great, so he was defeated by the reorganized Romans. Don't think about innovation in tactics, it is just a lie. You must first learn a solid military theory before you can be on the battlefield. combined."

He now looks a bit like Suvorov in his middle age, and has begun to teach these young officers skills, and it is the kind that is broadcast from time to time in daily life and battles.

However, he is not that mature yet. Although the strange nickname "Old Misha" is spread among the officers, he can never suppress the smugness of young people.

Of course, he did think of this. Coupled with the lack of restraint on the part of the Poles who had poor military discipline, the formation naturally became scattered.

The rest is left to the grenadiers to solve.

The Polish army in front was still chasing the Chasseur Regiment that lured the enemy. They did not notice that the rear was surrounded by the Russian heavy cavalry, and they did not notice that although Soloviev was very martial in his position, he was not ready for the soldiers. They changed the hats on their heads and were particularly ungrateful.

Moreover, there is no time to observe carefully. Now that the 21st Chasseur Regiment has retreated and reorganized, it has joined forces with the Tafrid Grenadier Regiment.

The commander of the Polish army did not notice this, but thought that the Russian army might have sent out a jagger brigade to fight.

Since they are all light infantry, they will launch a bayonet attack directly.

This idea is probably because the French army often ran away during skirmishes. They learned the French's fashionable new tactics, but forgot that these Russians were very cunning and would not retreat easily.

Another point is that when Soloviev was fighting, he didn't have a fixed routine when he wanted to take the initiative to attack, unlike when he was defending, which was a set of iron barrel turtle formations that were used to death and were particularly difficult to penetrate.

Therefore, when the Russian army launched a counterattack, the Polish people realized that the clown was actually me.

So, these Polish soldiers were beaten to pieces by the bayonet charge after a round of volleys from the Russian army, and the formation collapsed like melting snow.

"That's good now. I was expecting to stick to the Poles, but now I'm afraid it will take a day to catch these 10,000 pigs."

Peter Palen had led the heavy cavalry to smash the resistance of the Polish army in the rear team, and the two Cossack regiments were now only concerned with driving the enemy away and capturing prisoners.

There was no chance to even change weapons, and they kept coming with sabers. Sometimes they even chopped off the hands of the surrendered Polish infantry, and in this way, they also killed their heads.

Anyway, the enemy was eliminated, and Soloviev really didn't care about the way to eliminate the enemy.

As for the Polish resistance, he himself underestimated the intensity of the battle. It took more than 10,000 Polish troops a whole morning to lure the enemy into battle, and the decisive battle had already ended before nightfall.

Seeing the captives and enemy heads all over the mountains, it was indeed a glorious victory.

There were even some Poles who fled to the river bank in some rivers and were finally driven into the river by the Cossack cavalry and drowned.

"Sir, do you want to write a battle report and send it to the commander-in-chief now?"

"There is no need for that. General Melas almost defeated Napoleon. His luck in Marengo was really bad. There is no point in sending a battle report in advance. After we win, we will count the results of the battle, withdraw the troops to Ostrolenka, and then send the news to Count Langgeron. We must also forward it to the emperor. It has been a long time since we have such a brilliant victory of annihilating more than 10,000 enemies."

Of course, it is unlikely that he will be promoted to a higher rank if the battle report is sent to St. Petersburg. This "young general" was promoted only in this anti-French coalition war. The generals look at their qualifications.

Alexander probably gave him some kind of medal, and the 3rd Division had such a great victory this time. I am afraid that even Baron Sacken, who was recovering in the rear hospital, would be rewarded together.

After all, the 3rd Division can be so strong in combat effectiveness, and the style of being a division commander is also crucial. Commander Solovyov just strengthened this aspect.