Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

"Look, another wonderful idea."

But Solovyov didn't care who said this wisecrack, he just expressed his opinion.

But considering the poor chess skills of these generals, it is really hard to imagine how Russia became a major chess power at their level. It may be that latecomers caught up.

You must know that in the 18th century, Russia was at a starting level in terms of modern education. It was not until the 19th century that there was a spurt of development.

As for this blowout, Solovyov thinks he can still see it, at least culturally.

But with the level of these generals, they have already worked very hard to know French. How about playing chess?

Speaking of which, Solovyov's chess skills are relatively high. At least when he played with his aunts in the palace, he was at the level of beating children.

As for the more complicated Go, although I heard that Go has actually spread to a very small extent in Europe, it has never formed a climate, and this thing is so abstract. If it is to be promoted, I am afraid that I will have to find a small life to live a good life. It's easier for some people - after all, the Dutch store is still useful there.

But Rezanov, the head of the Russian-American Company, messed up the negotiations with the shogunate, but he succeeded in fooling a 15-year-old girl in the Spanish colony.

As for things in East Asia

Solovyov has been imagining the small theater in his mind for a while, and now he wants to come up with his own plan.

"Judging from the situation on these roads, if our army attacks the left wing of the French army, although the French can move freely on the west side, we must see that there will inevitably be a certain amount of congestion on these roads. Like a horse-drawn carriage on Tverskaya Street.”

"You are usually in Petersburg, why did you give an example of Moscow?"

"This is more vivid! If we were in Petersburg, we might still be blocking ships on the Neva River, or it would be like those docks."

However, if it is abstract, you can see reality by transforming it.

Indeed, these generals will understand if they think about their daily traffic conditions.

"Why don't you say yes? You can say you are waiting for the dance to start at the entrance of the Winter Palace."

But Peter Palen, who interrupted, was looked down upon by all the cavalry generals, and he stopped talking.

"That's right! Therefore, we must also take advantage of this and attack the farthest enemy. The actions of each unit must be carried out in order, and the actions must be fast."

I know, in fact, I also understand that although Solovyov was the last disciple Suvorov personally taught and was famous for his iron barrel formation in battles, he was indeed able to achieve strategic maneuvers and learned from Suvorov. The essence of Wolof.

As for the next step, when he came up with the plan, Bagration was the vanguard, Grand Duke Constantine's Guards came second, and the rest of the divisions were in the rear.

But there are indeed some problems with this deployment. Solovyov's plan is careful, but this transfer can easily expose the flanks, and the march distance is longer in the middle, making it easy for the French army to detect.

So he emphasized that he should move quickly, and the people present could probably understand.

And as a teacher, one of the more important things is to understand the intention.

Solovyov's meaning, even if it was not agreed by the commander-in-chief, Langeron, Bagration and Grand Duke Constantine must all know it.

Considering that before he became the leader, he had always been in the Guards, and Grand Duke Constantine had always trusted him. Although Langeron was not without ideas, his situation was also very clear.

That is to say, meetings are always held. As French people, we always seek other people's opinions and finally adopt a suitable one.

He can be the commander-in-chief because he is not a member of the two largest groups in the Russian army. This way he is more balanced and his personal performance is also relatively outstanding.

Therefore, he finally replaced Wittgenstein, drove away the old man Bookholder, and became the commander-in-chief with a stable position.

But by the end of May 1807, Petersburg's opinion had always been to attack. If they continued to stay here, they would be replaced.

If he takes the initiative and loses the battle, he will be replaced.

As for winning, Langeron didn't have much confidence in this. He knew the situation of the French army too well.

In this case, since Solovyov pointed out that Ney might be a decoy, so he had to fight Bernadotte, who was relatively remote but was not convenient for offensive and defensive operations for both armies, he still had a somewhat speculative mentality. .

Now, his situation is very much like Bennigsen. This guy is a very speculative gambler.

In the current situation, we should indeed take the lead, but our military strength has always been relatively tight.

Therefore, Langeron has always been very cautious about this plan, especially since the marching distance is almost at the limit of the Russian army's planning for this campaign. It is a risky move no matter how you look at it.

Solovyov's statement was rather lengthy. In addition to showing the pros and cons of the two plans, he also had to perform his duties as chief of staff, including the order of battle, material dispatch, troop distribution, and a lot of other things. What he said needs to be shown.

In this way, everyone can understand his idea.

If you can't explain it clearly in the language of this era, it was to kill by force over the tower and directly attack Bernadotte who was far away from the battlefield.

"Gentlemen, now that I have finished my statement, I wonder what your opinions are."

"It's a bit risky, but we can also feel from Ney's position that Bonaparte is going fishing."

Sacken said this to make fun of him. After all, he also contributed to the military merit of the 3rd Division's attack this time. In addition, Solovyov has always had a good relationship with German officers. Although there are some rumors behind him, he is also very fair in dealing with things. After all, he is not like some Russian officers who put disdain and "unpatriotic Germans" on their faces.

In this environment, he can better convince these people. At least Sacken and Essen have no objections. The cavalry commander Wittgenstein, who has not had much opportunity to speak, actually agreed!

And this plan to deal with Ney obviously has many problems. Solovyov even got the traffic map issued by the Prussian government. The main roads in these areas were surveyed in winter and the general situation has been mastered.

According to his estimation, even if the French army uses the regulations of the Bourbon King Army, it can quickly gather several armies of the Grand Army.

If this is the case, even if the center explodes and Ney is eliminated in his station, it will not help, and the main force of the Russian army is likely to be blocked between the two rivers.

One theory is that it may be worse than a replica of the Battle of Friedland, and there is a danger of being annihilated by the French army using the terrain advantage.

Soloviev has been exaggerating this statement. He does not know that Napoleon really thinks so, and after the previous battle where the Polish army's new recruits were annihilated, Poniatowski was left to lead the rest of the Polish army to defend the rear and the Fifth Army was transferred from the rear.

Even the deployment of each army has been slightly adjusted compared to the winter camp period.

Obviously Napoleon is also good at learning from others. Take Soloviev for example. His Legion of Honor and the pensions of his soldiers are all copied from Paul's Knights of Malta and pension system. After all, he was by Paul's side all day watching him do these things.

Now, it is the turn of the cheap uncle who has not recognized him to copy the routine of the cheap nephew, and Napoleon's appetite is indeed not small.

Although he was bold in the past, he was always relatively stable and would leave some ways for himself.

But now his strategic planning is obviously different from before. It can even be said that he has taken out a set of copied strategies and just fought a big annihilation war, which is not the characteristic of this era.

In the past, only Hannibal had the achievement of killing 60,000 enemies in one day, and basically all of them were killed by the weak.

In this position, Napoleon does have the courage to fight such a battle.

Solovyov saw this arrangement and judged others by himself. After all, he had been accustomed to this routine since he took over as the chief of staff of the East Prussian Corps, which avoided himself from being involved in the attack on Ney.

As a result of the meeting, Solovyov got the support of the commander-in-chief and Grand Duke Constantine, and the German officers had no objections.

Napoleon showed weakness in Austerlitz in the past and lured Alexander into being fooled. Among some officers who participated in that battle, the impression was still quite deep, especially a few days before the war.

It is not impossible to reveal an obvious flaw in tactics.

In addition, Solovyov, this guy, more or less used his translation and literary creation opportunities to introduce the Three Kingdoms to the Russians.

Indeed, within the Russian army, some people also compared the generals, and Solovyov himself pretended to be like Zhuge Liang all day long.

His senior brother Miloradovich was never injured during the battle, and he killed seven in and seven out of the French army in the defeat of Austerlitz, and was made into the Russian Zhao Zilong.

This evaluation is still not quite agreed by the parties involved. It is true that Solovyov has always been a more cautious person, but he has always been more like a Cao thief. As for his style of doing things, he is a Russian general who loves culture. The style is unique. And he is in good health and does not need to sit in a four-wheeled vehicle. Except for being a teacher to Nicholas, I am afraid there is nothing that can touch the edge of Wu Hou.

Moreover, he has a bad habit, that is, he likes to write letters to people to persuade them, and he is always in a state of "national peace and people's happiness, isn't it beautiful?"

It might be more reliable to say that he is like Wang Situ!

"Okay, now we have made a strategic decision. However, in the course of action, I hope everyone will remember one thing, that is, speed is the essence of war. The reason why the French were able to defeat the coalition forces repeatedly, and Alexander Vasilyevich was able to defeat the French in Italy and escape from Massena's pursuit, was that they acted resolutely and quickly, which is also the magic weapon for victory."

He obviously has some similarities with his teacher in the "science of winning", and they are both the kind of people who act resolutely in strategy.

Bagration looked at this junior brother and could indeed feel that the Marshal's vision was still good, but his shortcomings had not been corrected.

Yes, Solovyov's biggest problem is probably that he thinks too much. Although he has made up his mind, he is not firm enough. When Suvorov first met him, he had already noticed this problem after a simple conversation. Now he has overcome a lot, and it can be said that the uncut jade is self-improving.

In the future, he will become a commander, and his true level may be tested. Now he still has the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief and Grand Duke Constantine above him.

The Russian army then began to mobilize secretly, and at this time Bagration came up with a brilliant idea.

"Misha, I'm going to let a few French officers go back, what do you think?"

"Expose our goal of attacking Ney?"

"That's it. Although they may think that this is a strategic deception of ours, we can still tell them."

"You can even do this, Peter Ivanovich, you can let them have dinner with you, and I can go there."

"I heard that you have been trying to make friends in France."

Bagration said so, and Solovyov didn't hide it. Seeing that he didn't bring Davydov here today, he knew that this gossip would not spread.

"I might be a relative of the French emperor!"

"What?"

Even if Bagration knew that Solovyov's stepmother might have relatives of high status in France, he didn't expect that such explosive news would come out of his mouth.

"But you are not shocked enough, which surprised me."

"I have a big mouth Davydov by my side, what can't he find out? Besides, he is your friend."

However, Davydov only knew the more public secrets of Solovyov. If he also revealed that Louisa's lover was him, he might not believe it.

After all, when in Petersburg, Solovyov and Mrs. Recamier's affair was known to his fiancée's family.

But as a man, although Solovyov and Mrs. Recamier had a close relationship, their significance in the literary salon was much more important than hugging each other at night. In addition, Mrs. Recamier had never revealed the news of her pregnancy, so this matter was just like that.

And with Solovyov's usual attitude, if he had a harmonious relationship with a noble lady or an unmarried lady, or even developed a lover relationship, he would be very sentimental, but...more philanthropic.

In comparison, the fact that he was related to the French emperor might not be a big deal.

"Well, that guy, I hope his yard won't be demolished by the French."

"How is that possible? His manor is in Borodino, and I can't imagine that the French will go so deep into the heart of Russia."

Borodino, that's the main battlefield.

Soloviev sighed, thinking that he was also a talkative person, even a bit of a jinx, and even the kind of stream of consciousness.

"Why are you sighing, Misha?"

"Nothing, we can improve the plan, send a few French officers back, and also reveal the tip of the iceberg of a plan."

As for whether the French will be fooled, it's hard to say.