Tsar of the Sphinx

Chapter 10
Five days later, the night of St. Petersburg, which has already entered autumn, compared with Paris, France, Vienna, Austria, and London, England,
They are still in a slightly summery breeze, and the temperature in St. Petersburg has already reached the winter of Western European countries.

Alexander just fell asleep for four hours and didn't feel sleepy anymore. Yesterday Ekaterina took Alexander to Peter's Fortress to visit the Augustus Guards who were ready to go. palace.

Alexander quietly got up from the bed, and then put on the close-fitting clothes by himself.

When he opened the door of his bedroom, Ekaterina, Paul, his mother Maria, and a large number of maids were standing outside his bedroom door.

After seeing Alexander coming out of the bedroom, Ekaterina said, "Alexander, come and try on the Marshal's uniform that someone rushed to change for you last night."

Then a large group of maids hugged Ekaterina, Paul, Maria and Alexander who had just come out of the bedroom, and entered Alexander's bedroom.

After some busy work, Ekaterina brought Paul, Maria and Alexander to the dining room to have breakfast.

Several people ate breakfast slowly, and Maria said, "Your Majesty, I'll go and bring the children over."

Ekaterina nodded and said: "Go ahead, let Constantine also change into the general's uniform changed for him." ,

Yes, Your Majesty.Marya Fyodorovna bowed and left the table to wake the children who were sleeping next to her in the Winter Palace.

Ekaterina pointed to Alexander, and said: Yesterday I just watched a part of your Guards drills, and the momentum was amazing.I have also watched your father's guards and my guards, and their drills always feel that something is missing.When I saw your Guards drill yesterday, I realized what they were lacking.

Paul rolled his eyes and said: What is missing?As far as I'm concerned, it's just been a good few years.

Yekaterina's eyes leaked the color of memory: Thousands of people are like one, the momentum is very amazing.But you are right, the past few years have been better, and I know that I have to protect my good life. This is what they lacked before.

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Today, the battle meeting that lasted for several months is gone.

The nobles and the Senate who participated in this expedition had already arrived in front of the Winter Palace early.

While Ekaterina, Paul, and Alexander were having breakfast, the St. Petersburg guards began: every household came out, and business was suspended for the day.

It's so early in the morning, it's still dark!What are you doing out there?
Sorry!

Countless residents got up cursing, and then walked to the street sleepily.

Rows of Janissaries marched into St. Petersburg from their garrison next to the Catherine Palace.

The sky was dark, and the Imperial Guards were also cursing.

Didn't say anything, let people not rest last night, what kind of thing is this!
Although we already knew that the war was going to start, we were not allowed to go, and today we are still allowed to stand on the street, which is outrageous.

A column of Janissaries began to line up along the Winter Palace from Moskva Street, blocking the residents.

The nobles of the Senate looked at this scene and said: This is the first time I have done this, and it is still so big, what if something happens, what should I do.

Everyone began to stand outside the Winter Palace one by one according to their titles.

I knew there was going to be a military parade a few days ago, and I was notified yesterday, but I really didn’t think about it this morning!

My wife’s grandfather’s friend’s nephew’s uncle said: This military parade was requested by Grand Duke Vladimir himself. It is said that Grand Duke Vladimir will also set off to the south with the army today.

Who in Russia does not know that Grand Duke Vladimir is the darling of His Majesty the Tsar, will His Majesty let Grand Duke Vladimir go to the south?I want to fart every day.

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Your Majesty has come out.

The discussion gradually disappeared, and everyone looked forward together.

Ekaterina, Alexander, Paul, Maria Feodorovna, Constantine and other members of the royal family slowly appeared in the eyes of everyone as the gate of the Winter Palace opened.

There is a white belly in the east, and the dawn is coming.

The guards began to invite the nobles, the senate and envoys from various countries to come over.

Everyone bowed and saluted, and the envoys from various countries followed suit.

Ekaterina led the royal family and stood in front of the square in front of the Winter Palace. The ministers, nobles and envoys of various countries stood behind Ekaterina.

The sky is getting brighter.

Aleksandr Dmitriev Mamonov, Ekaterina's new favorite, had arrived, and he walked up to Ekaterina's side and whispered: Everything is ready, Your Majesty.

Ekaterina's eyes brightened, and she said, "Okay, today I want to show the whole of Europe the sharp weapon that Russia has been forging for three years!"
Aleksandr Dmitriev Mamonov turned and left the square, shouting outside the square: Signal!
Bang!
When the cannon on the Neva River fired, everyone fell silent.

Alexander Dmitriev Mamonov stood on the side of the square, looking around the Winter Palace at the Peter Fortress on the other side of the Neva River.

He also went to the fortress with Ekaterina yesterday, and he remembered the thousand-man phalanx. Although he did not command the army, he still led it in the previous army.Comparing the two, I couldn't help feeling extremely excited.

There was commotion on the opposite side of the Neva.

The commotion began to gradually spread.

Behold!

Someone exclaimed, and the nobles, ministers, and envoys from various countries all turned their heads to look carefully.

The voice came from Peter's Fortress, and it gradually became louder.

Bang!
Puff puff······

what is this?
Why do I feel like the ground is shaking?

The envoy was watching carefully, and someone suddenly shouted: "Look, look at the other side of the river, there is a mass of darkness moving!"
The sky was bright, and the moving black shadow gradually reached the other side of the river.

are people.

The silent array is moving slowly, uniformly.

It's the Russian army.

European countries knew that Russia had formed a new army when Russia first started to reform, but they didn't know what the combat effectiveness was.

Amid the exclamation, Ekaterina looked up at the army.

This is my army, this is the army of my grandson, this is the army of the Russian Empire!
Let's go... let's go!
boom!
Residents of St. Petersburg have seen many armies, and even the most elite marksmen can often be seen.

But whether it was the most elite shooting army in the past, or the Cossacks recruited from the grassland, or the elite mercenaries from the West, everyone suffered from it.

Residents of St. Petersburg know exactly what the shooting army and the group of Cossacks are like.

The army in front of them was silent, and they walked slowly across the Neva Bridge.

The array is neat, neat and impeccably refreshing.

But no majesty.

It looks like a good-looking product, but it walks very neatly!

If this is what Russia's military generally looks like now, how did they put down the rebellion......

The residents talked a lot, and the envoys of various countries also expressed their opinions, and the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.

Riding ahead was Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaiski, who was supposed to belong to Johann Martin von Elmpter, but his Russian There was no way to get rid of the German accent in the middle, so it was replaced by Count Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaiski.

When he walked across the bridge, he opened his mouth and said: "Start... let's go!"
In an instant, everyone raised their legs together, and then slammed down heavily.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The voice gradually grew stronger, like an explosion.

The orderly footsteps rushed up, and those people and envoys who were joking and joking just now were all stunned.

They stared blankly at the army, then panicked.

Those neat steps came with a bang, like thunder, shocking people's hearts one after another.

This is... This is our Russian army?

This is the Prussian stab step, no, no, this step is a bit like it, but it's a bit like it.

No, it's not a Prussian stab, it's not so neat.

After someone quietly asked the Prussian envoy, the Prussian envoy replied in a daze.

No one has ever seen such a uniform array.

No one had ever heard such a crashing and regular pace.

The sergeants of the Praetorian Guard who maintained order were also stunned.

Some people recognized the friends in the formation. After the military reforms in the past few years, the friends who gradually stopped communicating with each other are now marching in awe.

The footsteps were sonorous and powerful, and gradually the entire army entered the Alexander Nevsky Square in front of the Winter Palace.

Paul ran to Ekaterina's side and said in a low voice: Mother, your two guards and my Volga guards should also let Alexander come to practice.

Bang bang bang!
Yekaterina only saw the thousand-man square perform like this yesterday, and now her eyes are full of the rows of formations, and her ears are full of the shocking footsteps.

Russia, our holy country!
Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky suddenly cried out.

A few moments of singing came suddenly.

Each sergeant opened his mouth and sang sharply.

Russia, our holy country,
Russia, our lovely homeland.

Indomitable will, glorious glory
It is your eternal wealth!
Glory, our free country,
The ancient alliance of fraternal nations,
Wisdom belongs to the people!
Glory, motherland! We are proud of you!
The loud singing came straight from the square, and Ekaterina was the first to block the brunt.

near.

There was anger and pride in the eyes.

Such a look!
From the Southern Seas to the Arctic Frontiers

Everywhere is our forest and field.

You are incomparable!
God bless you, our only native land!
Glory, our free country,
The ancient alliance of fraternal nations,
Wisdom belongs to the people!
Glory, motherland! We are proud of you!
The singing is magnificent and makes people proud.Ekaterina had Alexander Dmitriev Mamonov send for Gavriel Romanovich Derchavin.

Later, Alexander Dmitriev Mamonov and Gavriel Romanovich Derchavin came to Ekaterina.

Dear His Excellency Gavriel Romanovich Derchavin, is this your song?

Gavriel Romanovich Derchavin shook his head and said: No, not only, my lord, this song was composed by Duke Alexander, I and His Excellency Osip Kozolovsky Just compose.

Future years for our life and ideals

Open up unlimited space.

Loyalty to our country gives us strength.

Past, present, and future are all the same!
Glory, our free country,
The ancient alliance of fraternal nations,
Wisdom belongs to the people!
Glory, motherland! We are proud of you!
Some people bowed their heads, some raised their heads, but more people felt the shock.

The lyrics of this song are just ordinary, but it is these ordinary lyrics that finally combined into a song that shakes people's hearts.

The ancient alliance of fraternal nations,
Wisdom belongs to the people!
Glory, motherland! We are proud of you!
Catherine's eyes went to find Alexander, who had been there with Lieutenant-General Johann Martin von Elmpter and Nikolai Ivanovich Sarty just as the troops entered the square. Accompanied by Prince Kov, he entered the formation of cavalry led by Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaiski himself.

She found Alexander, who was standing in the square wearing a marshal uniform and riding the white horse she personally gave him a year ago. Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky and John Martin Von Elmpter accompanied him on one side, and Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov followed behind Alexander.

Finally, the whole army stamped their feet in unison, and the world in front of them seemed to be shaking.

Everyone fell silent.

Alexander rode out to the edge of the square to face the entire army, Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, Johann Martin von Elmpter and Gura I Prince Vanovich Saltykov continued to stand in front of the army array.

Ulla!

Alexander's immature Ulla broke the silence.

The whole army shouted in unison: Hurrah!Ulla!

Hot blood burst out from the heart in an instant.

Countless people felt hot in their eyes, and couldn't help shouting: Ula!

Shouts came like a tsunami, gradually spread to a distance, and then gathered from a distance.

Ulla!
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The song in this article is Russia's current national anthem "Russia, Our Holy Motherland": it follows the melody of the former Soviet Union's national anthem "Unbreakable Union".

Ula: Ula has no specific meaning in Russian and is usually used as a modal particle expressing strong emotions.Russian officers and soldiers usually shouted "Hurrah!" when charging.

Goose step: Goose step is a kind of pace for the marching of the army or other organizations. It can also be called goose step. It originated from a folk dance in medieval Europe. Traces of it can still be seen in the kick dance).Popular in Prussia since the seventeenth century.In the eighteenth century, Frederick the Great took the lead in adopting this marching method in folk dances in the Prussian army parade, which is officially called goose step.Since then, under the spread of Prussian military instructors, Goose Walking has gradually spread to other countries, including South American countries such as Chile and Argentina.

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