Tsar of the Sphinx

Chapter 9 Russian-Turkish Battle Plan
The commander in chief of the war will be Gregory Alexandrovich Potemkin, Duke of Tavlia, with Grand Duke Vladimir and General Suvorov as deputies.

Since most of our troops in this battle need to spend a certain amount of time going to the front line, this battle is divided into two parts. In the first part, General Suvorov led the border guards of the Crimean Military District and the Caucasus Military District Defending the offensive of the Turks, at the same time, the Duke of Tavlia will go to the Crimean military region in advance to assist General Suvorov's defense while waiting for the arrival of Grand Duke Vladimir's reinforcements.

The second part is the offensive. After the arrival of Grand Duke Vladimir's reinforcements, our army will divide into three groups.

The left army is the guard army led by Grand Duke Vladimir, the border guards of the Smolensk Military District and the two border guards of the Central Military District, with a total of 10 people, starting from Kherson and jointly attacking the Duke of Tavlia. Okhachev, after capturing Okhachev, the Grand Duke continued to march to the city of Kajibey, the mouth of the Transnistria into the Black Sea, and crossed the Danube to join forces with the Austrian army under the city of Izmail. The army captured the city of Izmail.

Then divide the troops and march. The two border guards of the Central Military Region and the Austrian army went to the Bucharest area. After capturing Bucharest, they blocked the reinforcements of the Turks in the Balkans to ensure that His Excellency the Grand Duke successfully conquered Constantinople. After accepting the supplies, he marched into Burgas until he arrived at the great city of Constantinople. During the march, His Excellency the Grand Duke needed to deploy these two border guards to defend the Turkish from the Balkans along the line from Burgas to Komotini. Come to the aid of the troops.

The Central Route Army is led by His Excellency Gregory Alexandrovich Potemkin, Duke of Tavlia, with a total of 5 people. The general took over the defense of New Russia and the Crimea region. After conquering Okhachev with His Excellency the Grand Duke, Duke Tavlia will lead the border guards of the Crimea Military District to wait for the cooperation of the Black Sea Fleet, and then pass The Black Sea Fleet crossed the sea to conquer the city of Sinop, then marched into the city of Kastamonu, and then advanced the five border guards of the Crimean Military District to Samsun, Chorum, Chankler, Bolu, and Ace Kisehir and Bursa were lined up and deployed. The border guards in Samsun captured Ordu under General Suvorov and General Suvorov marched into Amasia to intercept Turkey's reinforcements from Asia.

The right army, led by General Suvorov, consists of five frontier guards in the Caucasus Military District with a total of 5 people. After entering Turkey through the Circassians and the Kingdom of Georgia, they first conquered Artvin and Trabzon. After conquering, they marched to Ordu, Erzincan, Erzurum, Al, and Yerevan respectively and deployed defenses along the line, intercepting and attacking Turkey's reinforcements and vital forces in Europe, while General Suvorov Personally lead a frontier army to attack Amasia together with the frontier army from the Central Army.

This is the route and goal of the march of this war. At the same time, in this plan, the task of Grand Duke Vladimir is extremely important, so we decided to let Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zha Count Dunaiski, Lieutenant-General Johann Martin von Elmpter and Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov simultaneously served as the Grand Duke's staff officers to ensure that the Grand Duke could Successfully completed the great task of conquering Constantinople.

After listening to the battle plan of the Privy Council, Yekaterina had a discussion with Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin and Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky discuss.

After a long time, the three people finished their discussion, and Ekaterina said: mobilize the three border guards in Tsaritsyn, and then mobilize the Volga Guards in the Central Military Region, under the personal command of the Crown Prince. Departing in half a month, the three border guards and the Volga guards assembled in Sevastopol, and then boarded a ship to Zonguldak to fight. After conquering, they assisted the center and right troops to advance the defense line to Chana Kale, Balikesir, Kutahya, Afyon, Ankara, Kayseri, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Bitlis first line.

At this stop, I want to make the country of Turkey a historical term.I want to let the Russian and Byzantine eagle flags inherited from the Paleolog fly in Constantinople, and I want to let the glory of the Orthodox Church shine on the remnants of Eastern Rome again, and I want to fulfill Peter the Great’s last wish.

Hearing this, all the participants in the battle meeting stood up and looked at the woman who had ruled Russia for 23 years.

This woman who launched a mutiny to depose the former tsar and her husband, in the past 20 years of rule, she is not inferior to the previous tsars in terms of external expansion, carve up Poland-Lithuania, defeat Turkey and defeat the Crimean Khanate.

In terms of internal affairs, she reformed administrative divisions, and many new towns were established under her orders.She followed Peter the Great's advice to modernize Russia on the Western European model.And in the past few years, the tough implementation of new reforms has led to another increase in Russia's national strength.

Culturally, it promoted the construction of many classical aristocratic buildings and changed the face of Russia.Her ardent support of the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment earned her the title of Enlightened Despot.Catherine also supported the arts, which contributed to the development of the Russian Enlightenment.The establishment of the Smolny Palace during this period was the first state-funded higher education institution for women in Europe.

In terms of inheritance, two outstanding heirs such as Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duke Tver have been cultivated.

The Imperial Senate and the nobles looked at Catherine II, and they all had an idea in their hearts, adding the title of emperor to her.

Gabriel Derchavin said directly to the Tsar: Your Majesty, your deeds are no worse than Peter the Great, I think you should add the title of Great Emperor to yourself.

Only then did the rest of the people come to their senses, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, please let the Senate give you the title of Great Emperor."

Although Ekaterina has always used Peter the Great as an idol, she dreamed that she could also add the title of Emperor, but according to her own assumptions, if she wanted to add the title of Emperor, she would probably be like Peter the Great, before she died. It will take several years to be added.Ekaterina quickly ended her imagination.

She said: The war is imminent, when we defeat the Turks again, please trouble the Senate to give me the title of Great Emperor.

The Senate and the nobles said yes one by one.

Ekaterina said again: It's already late at night, and this battle meeting is over.Let us raise our spirits, and let us attend the expedition ceremony five days later with glory.

As a result, the Senate and nobles filed out with smiles on their faces.In the end, Ekaterina took Alexander's hand and asked Alexander to walk with her.

After everyone was gone, Ekaterina took Alexander's hand and led him to walk in the Winter Palace.

Alexander, although you performed well in quelling the noble rebellion in the country, you have never participated in a real war between countries.So this time I decided to use you as the commander-in-chief of the left army, and at the same time let Count Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaiski, Lieutenant General Johann Martin von Elmpter With Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov as your staff officer and Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov as your teacher to stop you when you get angry hold you.

When Alexander heard that he was trying to stop himself when he was furious, he scratched his head and said, "Grandma, I'm very calm. Do you have any misunderstandings about me?"

Yekaterina just rolled her eyes and continued: Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Count Zaduneski was born as a general and has made outstanding achievements.He is a famous general not inferior to Suvorov. I am relieved to have him as your staff in combat.

Although Lieutenant General Johann Martin von Elmpter was a German nobleman, he also made outstanding contributions in Russia. He is not only familiar with the grassroots command system of the army before the reform, but also the current grassroots command system, so With him around, you won't have any problems in commanding at the grassroots level.

These three people are the most suitable people for you after I carefully selected the Senate to withdraw.Although you have been taught by Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and participated in the suppression of the rebellion, the real count is that you have been on a real battlefield.

After finishing speaking, Ekaterina slapped Alexander's head with a slap, remember, don't come to the front line in person, you are still young, protect yourself.Your participation in the war this time is actually to give you a certain amount of support and influence in the army, understand?

Well, go back to your own bedroom and go to sleep.After Ekaterina finished explaining, she let go of her hand, watched Alexander nod and turned to enter his dormitory, then turned around and returned to his dormitory.
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Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov: A member of the Saltykov noble family, a field marshal and courtier of the Russian Empire, most notably the eventual Russian Tsar Paul I and his two Tutor to sons Constantine and Alexander. From 1791 to 1802 he was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army and Director of the War College.He was also interim head (Lieutenant Grand Master) of the Order of Malta from 1801 to 1803.

Lieutenant General Johann Martin von Elmpter: was an officer in the Russian Empire.A German nobleman who entered Russian service after serving in France, he went on to command armies in many of the empire's wars during the reign of Catherine the Great.

Count Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky: General of the Russian Empire, Field Marshal of the Russian Empire.Rumyantsev was born as a general, joined the army at the age of 6, and became an officer at the age of 15. At the age of 18, he participated in the Russo-Swiss War and served as the head of the colonel of the infantry regiment. In 1748 he took part in the War of the Austrian Succession and was promoted to major general in 1755.During the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), he successively served as brigade commander and division commander. In the Seven Years' War in 1757, he turned defeat into victory at the Battle of Great Jaegersdorf, wiped out the Prussian army, and Rumyantsev became famous in the first battle.In the Fifth Russo-Turkish War from 1768 to 1774, Rumyantsev served as the commander of the group army and was promoted to marshal in 1770. Hence the title of Zadunaisky (Victor of the Zadunaisky Outer Danube).Rumyantsev's military thought had a great influence on later generations of Russian generals such as Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov. His main works include "Guide", "Military Regulations" and "Opinions". Book", etc.Among them, the "Guide" and "Military Regulations" are regulations written for the troops to guide training and combat, and the "Opinions" is a memorial to Queen Catherine II.

The process and results of the Sixth Russo-Turkish War: In 1787, the Ottoman Empire asked the Russian Empire to abandon the Crimea and the Black Sea coast. On August 1787, 8, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.The Turkish army first launched two waves of sea offensives to Kimboon in southern Ukraine, but both were repelled by General Suvorov, which also guaranteed the Russian army's advantage in Crimea.Then the Russian army occupied the cities of Iasi and Khotin in Moldavia. On December 19, 1788, Grand Duke Potemkin and Suvorov of the Russian army captured Vochia at the mouth of the Dnieper River after six months of siege.Potemkin ordered the slaughter of the city.

On August 1789, 8, Suvorov defeated the Turks at the Battle of Foksany, and on September 1, the Russians won at the Battle of Rumnik.Austria took down Belgrade through a defensive counterattack at this time. In December 9, the Ottoman Empire had ceased war with the Austrian Empire, but the Russian army continued to attack and captured the fortified city of Ismail.Suvorov even marched under the walls of Constantinople to intimidate him. On July 22, 1790, the Turkish army was defeated again in the battle of Machin.As Russia began to worry that Prussia would intervene in the war, Russia and Turkey signed an armistice agreement on July 12, 1791.

Treaty of Iasi: On January 1792, 1 (December 9, 1791 in the Julian calendar), Tsarist Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bezborodko and Ottoman Grand Vizier (equivalent to prime minister) Joseph Pasha signed the Treaty of Iasi, The terms of the peace treaty: The Ottoman Empire recognized the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by Tsarist Russia in 12 and announced the abandonment of Georgia.Ceded a large area of ​​land from the South Bug River to the Transnistria to Tsarist Russia, and the territories of the two countries took Transnistria as their border, which enabled Tsarist Russia to completely occupy the Yedisan area (the north bank of the Black Sea is located between the Transnistria and the Transnistria. The area between the Dnieper River), from then on, the northern shore of the Black Sea was entirely under the rule of Tsarist Russia.Under the diplomatic pressure of Britain and Austria, Tsarist Russia returned Moldavia and Wallachia occupied during the war to the Ottoman Empire, keeping the border between the two countries in the Caucasus as the Kuban River.The Treaty of Iasi marked the end of the Sixth Russo-Turkish War.

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