Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 523 035 Soloviev's Finnish Infantry Division (Part 1)

As for Soloviev's deployment of a new division, if he chooses the backbone troops, he will naturally transfer the Selenge Regiment, of which he is the regiment leader. In the current war, there is no rush for this. As long as they can reach the assembly area before winter, the mission will be completed.

To consider this matter, he naturally has to write a letter to his father-in-law. After all, the Selenge Regiment has a close relationship with the Dolgorukov family. Although this regiment is now reorganized, considering the relationship between Prince Krimsky, who has passed away for many years, and the old Selenge Regiment, there is always some inheritance.

It sounds and feels more like the situation in Rome.

If Soloviev wants to mobilize troops, this regiment is naturally the first choice.

But when he returned home, he kept hearing the child crying. Although Katya was in good health, she was too young. As a mother, she was somewhat overwhelmed in taking care of the children. It was her first child and she gave birth to two children. After feeding her son, her daughter started crying again. It was not only uncomfortable for her to feed the two children at the same time, but also the postures of the two children were not very comfortable.

"I'm afraid you have to hire a wet nurse, Katya, you don't have to take care of them all by yourself. You can raise the child who behaves better in your arms. There is always a way for the other family."

In extreme cases, it is probably the grandmother who will come. This style looks weird because their family structure is too bizarre.

"I know, but... if I..."

Katya blushed when she thought about feeding the children, and it was not easy to let her father-in-law, father and brother see it. Even her husband, it was only when the two of them were together. She always blushed when people saw her at other times.

"What's wrong?"

"Speaking of which, I know you have things to do outside. You can't always delay your work just because you come back to accompany me. I know you love me, but I also know your temper. Although the French woman is a little older, she knows how to take care of you better. During this period, I allow you to go to her place. After all, my attention is now on the children."

Speaking of which, as Louisa's maid, she always knows how the queen gets along with her mistresses, even including taking care of children with the Polish girl.

And the French woman is much older, and her husband has not given birth to children with her. I guess she won't be so beautiful in a few years.

Therefore, if Madame Recamier is with Soloviev, Katya will not resist it, and she knows this kind of thing. Among the men in Petersburg, she has only seen Count Stroganov loyal to his wife, and her second brother has a more serious attitude towards marriage.

Even if it was her father, although he had never done it, the way he looked at the noble lady at the ball. Her eldest brother often went to various places with noble ladies, and he might date several girls in a month.

This really set off the contrast. Excluding the two more special examples, Katya found that although her husband was fickle, he was still very attentive to every woman he loved, and he was probably the most attentive to herself.

Although she guessed the relationship between Solovyov and the queen, she also had to consider other issues, such as Her Highness Maria, who had been having an ambiguous relationship with her husband since she was a 13-year-old girl. Even after getting married, she always interacted more with her husband. She was a member of the royal family, and they were not less familiar with each other, but there was no chance to succeed. The two were just close friends who interacted more. After all, the evidence of the matter with Maria was sufficient.

Well, this is also a situation. As for Solovyov and Louisa, there is no clear evidence for the poems in the hands of the queen, and this can't cause any trouble. Alexander is proud of himself outside, and his wife at home is not double-standard except for taking care of the children. He always allows his spouse to have a lover - but Louisa's things are too secretive, and there are indeed only some clues, but no chain of evidence.

Under such conditions, Katya really doesn't believe her husband's affairs. After all, Maria is so close to him, she almost got into his arms and rubbed it, but she never succeeded. After all, the clear ones are the French woman and her husband's old lover in Paris.

At the same time, because Katya is raising children, she is also afraid that if her husband gets close to her, they will really become a pair of high-yield stupid parents.

"So, Katya, what can I do to make it up to you?"

"When the children grow up, I just hope you can love me more. No matter how many women you love, at least as far as I know, I will always be the one with the most weight."

"Well, you are definitely the one with the most weight, at least the children you gave birth to are the most weighty, and there are two of them. You have also suffered a lot. But if I want to love you more..."

"That's okay. As your wife, I have to help you with housework and raise your children. We women will all bear this kind of suffering. But I also heard that Vasily may be the last child of Mrs. Amy."

"I know that having too many children is also a troublesome thing, especially since there are more girls in my family. In addition, finding a husband for Sonya in the future is..."

"Sonya is still young. I don't want my sister to get married early like me. At least she should be a few years later."

"Yes, your situation is also quite special."

As for what Katya said, Solovyov did not expect that she would not only tacitly acknowledge his relationship with Mrs. Recamier, but actually agree to such public contact, and even.

But there will always be some problems in this case. He is called "Flower General", but compared with Prince Alexander Kurakin who has dozens of illegitimate children, it is really nothing.

Now, he has to pack up and go back to Petersburg to live for a while. After all, he still needs to organize a team for his division.

But he has to focus on forming a new unit, and he may spend less time with Mrs. Recamier.

He is also worried about his family. Although Adela can take care of the children, she is still a virgin. The children need to be fed and a wet nurse needs to be hired. Having two children is probably the trouble.

But at this juncture, he has to put these aspects aside. The formation of the Finnish Division is a very important matter.

First of all, the structure of his own command must be sound, and the staff department must be established, but he did not dig anyone over at the beginning.

To be honest, if Solovyov wanted to be an excavator, he couldn't dig out the chiefs of staff in various corps and divisions. Bagration, Barclay and Kamensky Jr., who were willing to work with him, all hoped that he would become the chief of staff. After all, he was very good at this and could organize the headquarters.

When it came to his turn, it was a big problem.

It was just that he was really lucky to come to Petersburg at this time.

Recently, Louisa lived in the Winter Palace. This time, Alexander was very caring for his wife and also hoped that she would be an heir, so Louisa's bedroom in the Tavrid Palace was temporarily vacated.

Queen Louise couldn't live in the Imperial Village all the time. She and Louisa's sister Mary moved to the Tavrid Palace, which was transformed by Louisa to be simple and comfortable. Although Mary divorced her husband (of course, her husband would not remarry and had no known mistresses), she was still one of Alexander's sisters-in-law. When she settled down in Petersburg, she naturally had to make arrangements for her.

As for the Queen and Mary, it was not convenient for them to live on one side of the palace. Mary had been in poor health recently, but Queen Louise had a lot of experience in taking care of children, and could handle raising two children together.

And since she moved to St. Petersburg, her spirit has also returned to the beauty of Berlin in the past, but she is a lot fatter than before, although it may be "plump" to put it nicely.

Solovyov came here because Mary was moving. Solovyov also considered that he was a good friend of her ex-husband and that the old duke had taken some care of him in the past. With this relationship, he was able to invite Gauss to Russia, so he had to help more.

Here, he didn't expect to meet Clausewitz.

"Karl, why are you here?"

"What should I say? Although General Lestock has made great contributions, he is not valued now, and our king does not agree with some of our strategies. General Scharnhorst and Colonel Gneisenau are willing to stay, but they are older and more cautious. I don't want to be angry. It's better to be a guard for Her Majesty the Queen here. My fiancée is also here, and we are going to get married here."

"That's a good thing! But Her Majesty the Queen doesn't need a military adviser. You should be with Her Majesty the Crown Prince and Prince William. They need you more."

"My job was dismissed a long time ago, so I came here to follow Her Majesty the Queen. Moreover, I am not the only one like this. Even General Blücher, the old man, wants to go back to Denmark."

The old guy must have had a broken brain. When he was young, he was rejected by King Frederick the Great once, and he ran to Denmark at that time.

It is unlikely that he would come to Russia, and he did not move after all.

However, Clausewitz is actually in an "opposition" state now. After all, the queen cannot directly manage the military, and now she is breastfeeding Princess Louise.

If she had not given birth to a child, perhaps at this moment, with her ability to move, she would definitely be able to find a way out for Clausewitz, who is considered a die-hard "queen party".

Now, facing this theorist who came to his door, Soloviev is also ready to recruit him.

In any case, he can also provide a suitable position, and now the Finnish division does need to be established, and the six infantry regiments are not in place yet, so the command structure must be improved first.

"Karl, I think you should not be idle. Come to Russia and work for a while. I just need a chief of staff. You are an adjutant and staff officer, so you are familiar with the regulations. I may not be confident if someone else does the job."

"Where do you want me to go? Haven't you always been the chief of staff?"

"Now I have become a commander. His Majesty wants me to form a new infantry division. Although it may be a temporary force for the winter campaign and next year's war, it is still a force that I can command. The corps is also relatively large. There are 13,000 infantry alone. With artillery, cavalry and logistics troops, the total strength can reach 20,000."

"That's naturally a good thing, but there are many people who are suitable for a chief of staff. It doesn't necessarily have to be me, right?"

"This really doesn't work. You know what? People here don't really like to work as chiefs of staff, and people who have the ability to be chiefs of staff are scrambled by others. The reason why I am in this situation is because I have a position in the War Department, and other than Prince Bagration and General Barclay, it is unlikely that anyone would partner with me, not to mention that I have also transferred command. "

"Well, if you think I can do it, of course I can help you. However, I have to talk to the Queen and get her consent."

"Okay, but when I come here, I can also meet Her Royal Highness the Queen."

There is a maid here at Queen Louise's door now, and she is blocking the door, saying she has to wait for the announcement.

This is not surprising, I am afraid the queen is breastfeeding her daughter.

He and Clausewitz also had some time now, and they chatted about the situation of the Legion while waiting.

Solovyov's division is called the "Finnish Division". Alexander adopted the opinions of the pro-Russian faction among the Finnish nobles and did not set up provinces in Finland. Instead, he ruled in the name of the "Grand Duchy of Finland". By the way, he could take part of the The Russian aristocracy mixed in the sand and changed the weight of discourse among the Finnish aristocracy.

The formation of the army under the name of "Finnish Division" is indeed based on the Finns' ideas, which has the advantage of confusing information.

"But if we mobilize the troops, I can't move the 'Finnish Regiment' in the Guards yet, that is, the Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment and the Selenge Regiment, which are now considered the main force of the base. The remaining cavalry regiments and infantry Corps, I still want to see how to organize the troops."

"Mick, if you want to do it, you should form a grenadier brigade and two infantry brigades. Don't consider the hunters. You also made our purpose of this battle very clear. Since we want to defeat the Swedish army, we also need to weaken it. its war potential, the fighting of our division Naturally, if troops cannot be drawn from the Guards, infantry regiments and grenadiers with relatively strong combat capabilities will naturally be needed. This is not to say that the Chasseur Corps is not good. It is just that the ability of the Chasseurs to withstand the impact of cavalry needs to be higher. It’s worse, mainly because there are too few people.”

"Yes, if it is fully staffed, there will be nearly 600 fewer people. This number is enough for an infantry battalion."

He used to be the leader of the Guards Chasseur Regiment. If he could recruit someone from the Guards, he would just talk to Grand Duke Constantine and his senior brother Bagration directly.

However, this will definitely lead to a shortage of men. Therefore, his current plan is to gather four regiments from the infantry regiment and the grenadier regiment, plus cavalry and artillery, so that the structure of the "Finnish Division" will be relatively neat.