Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

After Christian saw the exchange of fire, he quickly sent someone to confirm the situation.

He also wanted to confirm when he hit other regiments, but when he came up, he rushed towards the Moscow Grenadier Regiment. These Turks were somewhat too courageous.

"What's going on?"

"Your Excellency, after the light cavalry in front withdrew from the gap, a grenadier on the side fired at the Turks."

"So how's the battle going?"

"There was a volley of gunfire in the first round, followed by free fire, and now the Turks have withdrawn."

"Very good. If you capture horses, remember to choose some good ones. These Turkish cavalry have many good horses."

Solovyov was quite satisfied. He did not expect that one or two of his men were thinking of getting some horses from the Turks.

Moreover, he was not on the battlefield on the grenadiers' side. He did not know that the Moscow Grenadier Regiment took advantage of the chaos to actually get a few good horses and lasso the wounded Turkish soldiers and corpses.

The living wounded Turkish soldiers are also relatively unlucky, because their infantry comrades and beys have never been martial ethics. They have a dark history of killing French and Russian wounded soldiers in recent years, so their treatment is not very good.

It was the great lack of virtue of these fellow comrades and Mr. Bayi that led to the personal belongings of these Turkish cavalrymen who were still alive and seemingly immortal to be divided up by the Russian soldiers.

It's good for them to encounter restrained people like the Moscow Grenadier Regiment. These people only need the bags on their bodies and disarm them. If you have something hidden close to you, they won't search you.

If it were replaced by some other infantry and Cossacks, these Turkish cavalry masters would probably not have the chance to complain to the Russian officers alive.

However, this kind of Russian army is already very martial.

When the Moscow Grenadier Regiment fought in Poland, an unlucky battalion commander was captured by the French. Even though they knew he was an officer, they still stabbed his throat. When the Russian army found the battalion commander's body, There was only a pair of underpants left on the whole body.

At that time, the Moscow Regiment had retaliated against the French army, but because they were on the flank of the battlefield at the time, Langeron and Bagration were responsible for discipline. Solovyov only learned about this later.

Now of course he didn't know what the front line was like on his brother-in-law's side, so he just continued to observe the movements of the Turkish army.

"Mikhail, Arkady sent his adjutant over again, saying that the Turks' follow-up group is still crossing the river, and there may be more enemies than expected."

"More enemies? It's not like we can't win the battle on this terrain. It's just that the two divisions on our flanks and the main cavalry cannot move yet. We have to let more Turks come up."

"If you have a big appetite, you won't be able to eat it all at once. This is not the time when the Romans were still able to engage in wars of annihilation."

"A battle of annihilation? Feodor, you reminded me of the terrain here. If Lom's pockets are blocked, there may be a battle of Cannae for us."

Uvarov winked at the staff group headed by Clausewitz and several of Solovyov's adjutants. Even a general like him, who was famous for his bravery, would never have such a big appetite.

And what is Solovyov's characteristic? He is indeed as bold in action as his master, but when it comes to fighting, he is generally very cautious.

But this time when we met the Turks, there were obviously some changes. We were no longer satisfied with a small victory, so it seemed that a big one was coming.

But Clausewitz just shook his head, saying not to persuade him at this time.

Solovyov is usually more cautious when facing battle, but this time, because the Turks are relatively noobs, his appetite has increased.

Those people in the past always boasted about how many military exploits the Turks had achieved. In fact, Solovyov heard from his father-in-law and father, as well as from his master and several senior brothers, that the Turks are okay if they only have courage, but if As the battlefield environment deteriorates, the situation may collapse even faster.

If this was the case, he had also discussed it with Clausewitz and the previous pre-war preparation meeting. It was indeed not easy to make this determination, after all, there were many enemies.

However, judging from the battle in Vidin and the earlier outpost battle when crossing the river, it was not impossible to defeat the enemy with less and win such a big victory.

Speaking of which, even Austria, the professional European sandbag in the 18th century, was defeated by the Prussian army with a diagonal arrangement during the Battle of Leuthen. It was not a battle of annihilation.

This guy Solovyov has a huge appetite.

On the Arkady side, on a highland with an altitude of 144 on the current military map, I noticed that the farther back the Turks went, the more people gathered. This time there must be big fish.

However, he was not sure. Although his division was strengthened because it was to be deployed in the Kamenets-Podolski area, they did not even move when they started fighting the Austrians and continued to replenish soldiers. , but in front of so many people.

He is not his father. In his life, Suvorov rarely fought with more people than the enemy, so he was also waiting for instructions from Solovyov.

In order to avoid exposing the target, he still sent adjutants to communicate continuously. If optical signals were sent out on high ground, there would be no risk of being discovered by the enemy.

Speaking of the leader Mustafa Bey, he probably didn't know what kind of blessing it was that he was attacked by two princes and two earls at once. It was extremely noble for the Turks.

But these opponents were all on the opposite side.

Moreover, he was confident that Ahmed Pasha had assigned a task to his superior Murad Pasha this time, which was to lead a 100,000-man army to force back the Russian army. Moreover, the Russian army, from the initial 20,000 reported by Sofia to the subsequent cavalry reconnaissance and the 30,000 reported by spies, was not even as many as his own troops.

When these Russians fought, it was probably like today's outpost battle. They built camps according to their old method and let themselves go to fight.

Although there was a good chance of losing this kind of war, considering the number of Turkish troops, there shouldn't be so many deployments, right?

What's more, the Russian army that appeared in front of them, judging from the results of the attack by several Ludley light cavalry and local conscripted cavalry, was only one division. There were Russian troops behind the small river on the opposite side, and they were probably preparing to attack them from the side.

He could not have imagined that Solovyov would become so greedy after coming to Turkey, and according to the divisional organization of the Russian Army, these three divisions of the Russian Army were all reinforced divisions of nearly 10,000 or even more than 10,000 people.

This did not include the cavalry, so naturally Solovyov wanted to use his own organizational advantages to give the other side a big blow.

If it was a normal battle, without taking advantage of the terrain, Solovyov would probably be ready to pursue continuously, learn from his master to fight the French, and defeat them one by one along the Danube.

This is very safe, but it is easy to become a sheep-herding battle.

The Turks are different from the enemies in other parts of Europe. After fighting them once, they may come again next time.

It's like the British were annoyed by the Indians, and finally broke their defense by this rogue method.

Solovyov also hated the terrain in eastern Thrace and the mountains in the Balkans. If the enemy could not be eliminated quickly, the war would continue.

He didn't want to fish, but he wanted to strike a thunderbolt this time.

Of course, Arkady's next report to him still gave him a rough idea.

"Karl, take a look at Arkasha's new intelligence."

"What will happen?"

Although Clausewitz was curious, he would not say much.

Soloviev was very happy. In this environment, even if he did not make a bonfire at night, he should be able to sleep well. It was just that the mosquitoes here were very annoying, so he had to prepare a bonfire.

Although the Russian-Turkish war was won before, Prince Potemkin and many middle and upper-level officers were lost due to the malaria epidemic. Epidemic prevention has always been a difficult issue for Soloviev to pay attention to.

Therefore, when the Selenge Regiment and the Yakut Regiment camped on the high ground on the river bank, Soloviev also sent people to observe.

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No problem, the adjutants who went out to take a look also found that the fire was not very obvious, not to mention that the terrain here just happened to block part of it.

It doesn't matter if he is discovered. The highlands of Arkady are the killer. He wants to attack the Turkish army from the side. The opponent has predicted this. The depth of the battlefield he set is relatively large, so the 9th Division may not be discovered.

In short, it was his first time to fight a battle of this scale, and he was in charge of the command. Of course, he had to be more careful and use all his skills.

Mustafa Bey on the opposite side didn't know that he wanted to improve so much. At dusk, he set up camp along the Danube.

That is, Solovyov did not support night attacks at this time. Otherwise, he would have to burn down his camp with his long snake formation.

After all, this guy is also a famous arsonist in the Russian army, and he also likes to toss new inventions. This time he went to Ploiesti in Wallachia and got some oil to improve the formula of Molotov cocktails.

Although the grenadiers don't often use this thing, they prefer baskets of grenades and don't get burned.

But when the infantry troops are outside, they will inevitably encounter situations where they need to use fire.

Therefore, the improvement of the formula of this Molotov cocktail cannot be interrupted.

"Look at the Turkish camp, there should be a lot of people."

Soloviev watched from the high ground and knew that this time it would be difficult to fight, but even so, he had to grit his teeth and hold on.

"Is your strategy still the same?"

"They just bombarded a few crossings with artillery. There are not all pebbles underneath. Some places were surveyed by me before the Turks arrived. Some places may still be bedrock, not like the Trebbia River."

"You remember it very clearly."

"The report to the emperor after the war was shown to me by the Grand Marshal. Karl, I also know that you will write some military works in the future, not only theories, but also case studies. Do you want me to tell you about the Battle of the Trebbia River?"

"Forget it now. You are talking about the details. Although they are very useful, they are all observed and summarized on the front line. The more losses you suffer, the easier it is to understand. You suffered a lot in the first few years of fighting with the French, and you have summarized it, right?"

"I didn't suffer that much, but it is true that you have to be careful."

Soloviev looked at Clausewitz, and then at the soldiers who were resting beside him except for the sentry, and he relaxed a little.

"Ah, let's go to bed tonight. Are you on duty or am I on duty?"

"I know you are a night owl when there is no woman. You coaxed your maid to sleep today. You used to treat your maids as sisters. They were all pretty girls."

"Karl, why do you care about this issue?"

Soloviev knew that Clausewitz was only good with his wife, but his wife was more like his secretary. When he was not at home, she also served as a housekeeper. The book On War could be presented more completely because his wife sorted and edited it after he died of cholera. The latter part was his research on war history.

"I also want to learn from you how to deal with different types of women. But Mihlima is not Adelaide, whom you regard as your sister. You have trained that girl into a smart and capable housekeeper. It's a pity that she is a girl, otherwise she can also be an excellent civil servant."

"Don't say it, I have something to tell you. Since you are from Prussia, you will have to go back in the future, so it doesn't matter if you know it."

"What's the matter?"

"Speransky, the emperor's confidant minister, proposed to Adela. I didn't expect it. Maybe I arranged for this girl to help him organize the office and won his favor. You know, he is a workaholic who works 18 hours a day. Except for eating and sleeping, he is basically on the way to work, and he has to read documents when sitting in the carriage."

"The bald guy, in his thirties Looks like a fifty-year-old minister? But I heard that he is the emperor's confidant and favorite, and he is also a very talented person. Your sister Adelaide should not lack the love of her father and brother, right? "

"Of course not. If Mikhail was just an ordinary favorite, he would probably like Adela's beauty rather than her talent. Unfortunately, Adelaide is very knowledgeable and good at organizing documents and archives. She helps my father do this at home. Mikhail did not remarry after his wife became a widower. I believe in his character and loyalty to his feelings, but politics will be different from fighting in the future."

At this time, he also knew that he could not let Clausewitz worry as much as he did. It was enough to know about this matter. He could not tell even the senior guards like Uvarov who was more strict and reminded him not to say some dirty words.

The troubles that Speransky might encounter in the future might also cause Adela to suffer together.

Mikhelima, just raise her up first and then decide.

What's more important now is to fight. Since I'm a night owl, the others can go and rest for a while. (End of this chapter)