Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 381 023 The Danube and Caucasus wars in the south resume

Little Katya's name day is in April, and it seems that there will be a short-term peace in Europe, but on the streets of Petersburg or in the salons, uneasy information is revealed.

With such a long distance between Petersburg and Constantinople, it stands to reason that the speed of news transmission would not be very fast, but the news came from the civilian governor of Tavrid Province, as well as the governor of Odessa and the military governor of Kiev, The Ottoman Empire was already taking action against Wallachia and Moldavia.

Because of this problem, Alexander quickly summoned Foreign Minister Badberg, War Minister Sergei Kuzmich, and Munitions Director General Van Suchteren.

The Ottoman Empire's actions far exceeded Alexander's expectations. His long-standing judgment was that after France surrendered to Austria, it should first maintain peace with Austria and then follow what it had done in the last anti-French alliance. They have to negotiate peace with European countries one after another in exchange for an external environment that is favorable to themselves, and finally turn around and stare at the British across the strait.

Judging from the usual progress, this is indeed the case. However, since Russia has not shown any intention to come to the table for negotiations, Napoleon instructed General Sebastiani, the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to instigate the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and ask him to Deposed the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia.

Then, the Ottoman Empire, which would rise to the challenge once provoked, made up its mind to depose the rulers of these two principalities.

It's just that there is a problem involved here. Once Constantine Ypsilanti of Wallachia and the rulers of Moldavia, including the church leader Metropolitan Veniamin, were deposed, according to Prince Potemkin on The "Treaty of Iasi" signed during the Russo-Turkish War must be notified to Russia before this happened.

This kind of arbitrary decision would give Petersburg an excuse to declare war.

However, the Russian army had just lost to France in the Battle of Austerlitz a few months ago. Most of the troops currently returning to the country are resting and recuperating, and the garrison troops scattered in various places have just begun to assemble.

At this time, it was not suitable to launch a war, but Alexander also despised the Ottoman Empire.

"Your Majesty, I think that at this time, using diplomatic means to mediate will only waste time. This is not the first time that the Ottoman Empire has not abided by diplomatic conventions. This time it deposed 'Fanarios' of Wallachia. Noble, I don’t know what to do next time.”

Badberg said this, Sergey Kuzmich said nothing, and Van Suchteren only expressed his opinion on the military point of view.

He was not favored among Alexander's teachers, but his opinions always had to be respected, and Alexander still had ideas.

Although it is said that they cannot defeat the French, the Russian army is still very good at dealing with the Ottoman Empire under any circumstances. If I cannot defeat the French, why can't I defeat you?

Therefore, after Badberg finished speaking, he nodded in agreement, and thought of the teachings the Queen's grandmother had given to the two brothers when she was still alive.

The one who was more obsessed with Constantinople was actually the queen who was married from a German prince. When Paul was on the throne, he also eroded part of Georgia. However, the Ottoman Empire was relatively quiet at that time and was in confrontation with France. Therefore, There was no reason to fight the Turks.

Now, a ready-made opportunity is presented to him.

Many of the newly formed infantry and cavalry regiments in the Russian army are now in Odessa and can be dispatched nearby, but he still has to think about it for a while and asked Badberg.

"In this case, we want to send troops to protect Constantine Ypsilantis in Bucharest. What should we do?"

"Your Majesty, at this time, we should use the "Iasi Peace Treaty" as the basis and send troops into Bucharest."

After all, Badberg is a soldier, and his ideas are relatively simple and crude, but this is indeed appropriate.

"Your Majesty, there are still logistical difficulties in marching on the poor roads of Wallachia. We can mobilize the army immediately, but maintaining the supplies of the army is a problem."

"So how many men can we mobilize, General Suchtlen?"

"It is more appropriate to mobilize 30,000 to 40,000 people now, and with the strength of the Turkish army, it will take several months for them to complete the assembly on the south bank of the Danube. Before that, we have to mobilize troops from Kiev and Odessa, in one It will be ready in about a month.”

"So, who should we send? Sergey Kuzmich, we should send another suitable commander-in-chief."

Sergei Kuzmich, this time, did not burst into tears, but was sobbing. This old Petersburg legend had always made him uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, at this time it would be more appropriate to send the military governor of Vitebsk and Mogilev, Ivan Ivanovich, or, as the Germans say, Johann von Michelson, who He had participated in suppressing the Cossack rebellion in the past and was familiar with the situation on all fronts. He had also fought against the Turks. "

Now Alexander does not want to mobilize other generals to go along the Danube River, and it is impossible for the idle Kutuzov to be reactivated at this time.

But one Michelson was still not enough, and Alexander was also considering asking other generals to go.

At this time, Miloradovich, because Austerlitz was transferred to Kiev after the war, was assigned to lead a detachment from Kiev to support Michelson.

The matter was settled, and there were some rumors in the salons of Petersburg.

Anyway, Kutuzov was old and blind, and he always had this evaluation. An older Michelson was nothing.

It was just another thing that attracted a lot of people's attention, that is, Arakcheev's level could actually be promoted to Lieutenant General of Artillery.

You know, in the Battle of Austerlitz, he led a division to launch a counterattack against Murat's cavalry, and was defeated and injured.

In the core area of ​​Petersburg, these people want to be promoted not only based on your ability, but also on your social skills.

Even when Soloviev finally had the opportunity to go to Madame Recamier, even this lady who only liked literature felt strange. She even raised questions after listening to Soloviev reciting poems.

"Michel, you are a very talented soldier. You captured the most flags when fighting against Bonaparte, but you only got a medal and failed to become a general. How come?"

This lady is dressed like a Greek goddess, leaning on her famous recliner, so beautiful, but she is not dressed like this for intimacy, this is a literary salon.

If Soloviev hadn't tried it himself, he would have thought that the lady was a "dead fish" who liked to wear Rococo style.

She is quite exciting, just more reserved.

"I am still very young. Although I have the emperor's trust, the army always lacks an experienced commander to support my promotion. And there is no need to rush. When there is a war, I can also make meritorious deeds. At that time, it will not only be a medal."

"Ah, then you will become a general?"

"Yes, madam."

Madame Recamier has two modes of smile. One is the innocence of a girl, but if she squints her eyes, she is a vixen.

But a vixen who seduces men but rarely goes to bed is too pure.

Moreover, she does not seem to have plans to remarry. In the eyes of outsiders, such a good little widow, still so young and rich, just does not want to get married.

"Then I still hope that you can become a general, and you are a rare friend with some talent in my salon."

"Is that really the case?"

Soloviev was always fascinated by this lady when he said it, which was different from the feeling of Louisa.

"That's right. I haven't lost a small-scale battle since I joined the army, and I didn't win the military merit by fighting those Turks."

"You're not afraid of others being jealous when you say that."

Mrs. Recamier's small salon sometimes excludes others, which is very private and convenient for intimate interactions.

She leaned over like this, which obviously made Soloviev a little nervous.

"You are not young anymore, my lovely little brother, you will always get married, is there any suitable girl?"

"Her Majesty the Queen said that she would choose one from the maids around her, but because Her Majesty is pregnant recently, it is not convenient to arrange such a girl."

Of course, except Soloviev himself and Louisa, no one knew who the culprit was this time. Alexander knew that he was a little guilty when he came back to find his mistress but was not with his wife. Even if Louisa was found to have cheated, it would still arouse great sympathy from St. Petersburg and Moscow, so he kept the matter secret.

Madame Recamier didn't know what was going on, but she and Soloviev had been intimate many times, but surprisingly, she had never been fooled.

"Then I also want to wish you happiness, but at that time, you should have few opportunities to come to me, right?"

"If my wife is a generous girl, maybe I can still visit Madame's salon often, but I hope she won't be like General Moreau's wife, a troublemaker who came back from Reunion and made trouble."

Madame Recamier agreed with this point. General Moreau's wife used her strength to trick her husband to the American continent.

"It's a pity. As for my poor husband, although he is a little older, he still cares about me very much, but he was also sent to the guillotine."

"That's because there are too many people involved. Madame, you are safe, it is God's blessing."

"Thank you, Michel."

At this time, Madame came down from her chaise longue and put her arms around Soloviev's neck, looking like she was asking for a hug.

A princess hug, and then the kind of close hug.

"You are stronger than before. When I first met you, you looked very thin."

"The military life in the past few years has made me stronger."

"And you are very elegant and write good poems. It's just a pity that you are a greedy little fox and always like to hunt secretly."

"Oh, what do you know?"

"Of course, you ran to Paulina! The housekeeper beside her, when I was still in Paris, I knew about the things between the three of you. You are really lucky. Although Bonaparte's sister is not very "picky" about men, she likes you very much. If you were a Frenchman, I'm afraid you would stay with her."

"Ah, but His Majesty the Emperor of France would definitely not agree, so he found a Prince Borghese who is only good in appearance to be her husband. In fact, that guy."

"Italian men are full of energy, like to look for women everywhere, and the poems they write are always very bad. That idiot couldn't walk when he saw me. I know he just saw my beauty, not because I love poetry and culture."

"Ah, you are really different. If you want to be alone with you, you need to have a high level of culture."

The Frenchman that Solovyov thought of at this moment, the middle-aged and young writers, I am afraid that Chabdourian can still impress Mrs. Recamier.

As for the others, sorry, I am not very familiar with them. Dumas is only a 4-year-old child now, and his mother is still worried about the pension left by the old Dumas.

"And you made me very satisfied today. This love poem was translated very well and successfully moved me."

Soloviev picked up Mrs. Recamier, but she was so close that he could see her increasingly plump figure from her clothes, and the places where the fat grew were just right.

"I like you too, madam."

"While you are still a happy single noble, we..."

Although Madame Recamier was not like Merimee's rumor-mongering later, she was afraid of pain when encountering such things, but she was always embarrassed when she mentioned it, even blushing a little, and even breathing a little fast.

"You can feel me better, just like in Paris in the past, and before you went to war."

"Yes, madam, I have been with His Highness Nicholas for some time recently. As His Highness's teacher, I must also set an example, sometimes."

"You little fox who loves to steal fruits, I also want to reward you well!"

So the lady took the initiative to kiss him, and Solovyov could feel that her breathing quickened, and her face became more and more red and her heart beat faster.

Speaking of which, she is quite innocent.

After the kiss, the lady calmed down, adjusted her breathing, and said slowly: "Michel, this is a reward for you. It's a pity that you will eventually get married, if it is a little girl who can control you."

Madame Recamier said this, it should be because the "old witch" made a fool of herself this time, which became a big news in Petersburg and a topic of conversation among the nobles after dinner. And there is also a supplement, Solovyov, a warrior, was actually controlled by a 15-year-old girl, which is also a strange story.

"Do you also think Catherine is suitable for me? I just treat her as a sister. I knew her when she was only 6 years old. She is a good friend of my sister Yulia. I always feel weird."

"Don't you realize that children nowadays are very smart? His Highness Nicholas spoke at that time just for you, the teacher!"

Speaking of which, it may be true. Precocious children are not uncommon.