Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 343 045 The big liar Bagration

Dürenstein's battle was a great victory, as he wiped out nearly 10,000 French troops in one fell swoop.

But Kutuzov was not happy at all, and when Andrei returned to him quickly, he was always very worried.

"In this case, it's not good."

The veteran general has received intelligence that the French have captured the main bridges in Vienna through deception. On the one hand, the French army has captured the urban area of ​​Vienna without any blood; on the other hand, the Russian army is currently retreating. Finally, he won a chance to breathe by severely damaging the French army. Now he will face greater trouble, and Murat will soon catch up.

Napoleon himself did not blame Murat too much for the consequences of capturing Vienna. Although his brother-in-law's attempt to show off this time caused the Eighth Army to suffer extremely serious consequences, he and Lannes controlled the city of Vienna after all, and it was a more important transportation area. The hub is easier to navigate than the bridge at Krems.

The Austrians still left a lot of things in their capital. What Napoleon was considering now was to continue to stick to Kutuzov's troops and try to inflict heavy damage on them before they merged with the main force of the Russian army.

Napoleon now had to worry about two directions. Archduke Karl was very cautious in his actions in the direction of Italy, so he sent Marmont to lead the Second Army behind the Austrians, forcing Archduke Karl to retreat in a detour and wait for an opportunity to cooperate with Massena. Marshal's actions, this is also the most complete group of the Austrian army at present.

The Russian army is what he needs to focus on. He hoped to use the troops at hand to eliminate the Russian army and part of the Austrian army scattered on Austrian territory as soon as possible within half a month.

But the cautious Kutuzov was obviously unwilling to give him such an opportunity. After the French captured Vienna, he didn't care about that anymore.

"Polkonsky, you go to Bagration's column. And you, Solovyov, stay with me and become an officer on duty. Before Veloser comes here, it is still necessary Someone comes in to be the interim director of munitions.”

Although it is only temporary, Solovyov also knows that he now has a heavy responsibility.

But Verother, as the chief of staff, may not be able to coordinate a large-scale army.

At this time, an unlucky guy like Mark might be needed, but because of his failure, it also affected the personnel appointments in Austria to some extent.

Moreover, his foolish deployment in Ulm is also the biggest reason why the coalition is so passive now.

It might be okay to ask Verother to design a combat plan for a 60,000-man force, but now it is 100,000.

It would be quite troublesome to wait until the various troops converged.

Although Schmidt's death in battle had some unexpected factors, it was indeed very unfortunate and would affect the deployment of combat troops.

Moreover, Verother has another problem. He always caters to his superiors to formulate more aggressive plans.

But now there is no one to use the Austrian, so we can only let him play. Solovyov's current situation is also to rush a duck to the shelf, and it must be effective at this time.

"There is no new munitions director now, Misha. It's up to you to draft the order."

Kutuzov then prepared to give a dictation. Of course, he also discovered that Solovyov responded extremely quickly. He recorded the order to the Russian column in Russian. When it came to giving orders to the Austrian army, he would always copy them down and quickly change them into German.

This is the benefit of being proficient in several languages ​​at the same time, especially when two languages ​​are spoken in the coalition forces.

Even if the British army comes, he is not afraid. At worst, he will translate it into English. Anyway, that language is easier to learn and easier.

"Do you think this is okay?"

"Very good, just give the order. What I'm worried about now is whether Bagration's column can escape safely. If..."

Speaking of which, Kutuzov did not sit in his temporary headquarters, but went outside to wait for Bagration's arrival.

Obviously, he still wanted to give some instructions, but Bagration was good at rearguard warfare, so he could only pray with the sign of the cross.

Then, Andre was sent to go with him, which can be said to be a textbook famous scene.

The main force of the Russian army, as well as more than 10,000 Austrian troops, embarked on the road to move north again.

But before Bagration set off, he still needed to find Solovyov to solve some problems.

"You worked at the embassy in France, Misha. I think you are familiar with the diplomatic routine, right?"

"Of course I'm familiar with it, but I can't accompany you there. The old man still needs me here."

"I would rather negotiate diplomatically, and then"

Good guy, it turns out that you, a Georgian from the Caucasus, are also a big liar.

Thinking about the pursuing French army, Murat and Oudinot should be brave generals who are not very smart. Bagration's trick should still be successful.

"If you want to negotiate, you might be able to do it. But you also have to see who the French general is on the opposite side."

Bagration looks like a fierce general, but he is a rough and tumble man. Coupled with his lovely Loli wife, plus this dark face among Europeans, he is like the Caucasian who has always been an "outlaw maniac". You are Mr. Zhang, right?

What he was planning now was how to deceive the pursuing French generals.

Since he dares to do this, he is confident.

Looking at the rear guard troops going away, Kutuzov still had a lot of worries.

"You are worried about a lot of things, but I still believe in Prince Bagration."

"Ah, there are some cunning ways, aren't they?"

"But I am more worried about."

Kutuzov also smiled when he saw Solovyov like this.

"Ha, you can tell us what you are worried about."

"The emperor's attitude, if he asks for a war, it will not be beneficial to us."

"We need to find a way. We all know what we need now. It would be best if we have more and more troops here."

"Like the Fabian tactics, we need to find a way to consume Napoleon and give him a fatal blow at the right time."

"You can think of this, instead of relying on blood courage, which is much better than the young people nowadays. But people like you or Volkonsky are still a minority after all. Many young people have the same courage as Andrei, but they do not have his talent and character."

Soloviev also knew who Kutuzov was talking about. It was the young officers that Alexander did not send out. There were still many young officers in the Russian army who hoped to make achievements. They all came from famous families, and their status had been rising with Alexander's trust.

Even if they lost the battle, these people probably maintained a high degree of trust because of their long-term close relationship.

"When we meet up with friendly forces, such as General Buchholden's troops, the emperor will also come here."

"Misha, don't stand out at this time. We can speak in many places. Moreover, after the army meets up, you should return to the Guards and lead the troops well instead of thinking too much about things."

It was still this fat and "lazy" old fox who knew what to do. He knew what Solovyov was thinking.

"Also, are you really related to that Corsican?"

Obviously, Kutuzov was also very interested in this matter.

"Indeed, I didn't make it public, but I mentioned this when I captured Marshal Mortier."

"Aha, Bonaparte will be shocked by then!"

Let's not talk about Kutuzov's troops who are heading north to meet up with the main force, and don't talk about Solovyov's gossip. Bagration is now in the area of ​​​​Shengraben, serving as a rear guard to delay the pursuit of the French army.

As for Murat, after he and Lannes fooled the Austrian bridge guards in Vienna, he was thinking about it, especially when the number of the pursuing troops was not in an absolute advantage.

It was right for him to think so now. After all, Mortier had been captured before, and the combat effectiveness of the Russian army should not be underestimated.

If he used this army without an absolute advantage to fight against the Russian army, even if he was as brave as Murat, he would not be able to do it.

So, he "had an idea" and remembered the way he and Lannes fooled the Austrians before, and wanted to negotiate with Bagration.

His negotiation was not a big deal. Bagration had already prepared a plan. Kutuzov had reminded him before, and he had considered this before he set off.

"Do the French really want to negotiate?"

"Yes, sir, they said they had "truce" with the Austrians, and now"

"truce?"

Bagration wanted to laugh, but he was also professionally trained, so he had to send two people to negotiate with Murat.

Anyway, Russia doesn't have any aircraft carriers now, but there are a lot of fish ponds that can be vacated, so Murat can hurry up to train.

"You two, follow the practice of formal diplomatic occasions and have a good talk with Marshal Murat. And on our behalf, you must reiterate that France has only signed an armistice agreement with Austria before, but we have not received any instructions or orders from all parties regarding the armistice, and we must conduct bilateral negotiations."

Bagration's play was very real, and he really fooled Murat.

Murat wanted to take this opportunity to increase troops, while Bagration thought that he could take this opportunity to rest for at least one day, and also buy time for Kutuzov's main force to retreat.

Then, Napoleon had just sat down in Vienna, and his failure in Mortier still made him angry, and the strange "revelation of finding relatives" was handed to him through the French wounded. During this period of time, Murat and Bagration squatted there, negotiating with eyes wide open, which made him even more furious.

"Murat, who does he think he is? This is an order! Attacking the Russians is an order. Time is the most precious thing for us now. This week, we must catch up with Kutuzov's troops and destroy them, instead of having a social gathering with knives and forks!"

If Murat was not his brother-in-law, Napoleon would have been even more irritable.

So, after a day of "truce", Murat finally launched an attack on the Russian army.

This was the most famous rearguard battle before the Battle of Austerlitz, the Battle of Schengraben. The Russian army launched a bayonet charge against the French army with a fearless spirit. All the troops bravely moved forward and once killed the French army far away.

Tushin, who had performed well in Dürenstein before, his artillery fought bravely without receiving any effective orders until Andre arrived and conveyed the order to retreat.

Of course, during the night battle, the French themselves also had great confusion.

Some Russian officers who were familiar with French asked their brothers who did not know foreign languages ​​to keep silent on the battlefield and not to shout "Ura", but to shout loudly in the intervals between gunfire.

"Brothers, don't shoot, it's our own people!"

This made the French soldiers feel confused. While they were stunned, the hundreds of Russian soldiers who were guarding the rear filed out and ran away from the breakthrough point that the French army almost closed.

Of course, this was not the most amazing thing. After 10 o'clock that night, when the troops of both sides on the battlefield had broken contact, the marching columns of the two French corps met on the road.

They regarded each other as Russians again, and the casualties caused by shooting at each other were even greater than the losses caused by the Russian army before.

After all, after the Russian officer shouted, the French troops on both sides more or less regarded their opponents as Russians.

It was a good fight. The Russians were not hit, but more than a dozen brothers were killed and injured on each side.

Then, the Bagration column escaped safely that night.

On the surface, the atmosphere of this battle was very tragic and heroic, but in the details, it was more or less a farce.

In this way, Bagration was able to quickly break away from the French army and chase Kutuzov's large army.

Kutuzov also joined the follow-up troops led by Bukhoden.

Solovyov came to Bukhoden's headquarters on behalf of Kutuzov, and saw that everyone here was familiar, especially General Langeron, a master of spitting from France.

But when he saw Solovyov, he pulled him aside and said this with a sullen face.

"Damn it, being with such a drunkard will delay things."

"What can we do? General Buckholden is still trusted by His Majesty. To some extent, there is no difference between the Palace of Versailles and the Winter Palace."

"Yes, and you Russians learned it from us French. Except for the way of serving dishes, we learned it from you in reverse. I really hope that our commander will not drink too much wine when fighting with Bonaparte."

"Then we destroyed the winery in Dürenstein, which was enough for him to feel distressed."

After listening to it, Langgeron also laughed.

But with Buckholden's level, Solovyov now only hates that he is too young. Although his status has risen rapidly, he is still a little short of it. He cannot enter the decision-making level and cannot influence personnel appointments and dismissals.

Unless Alexander immediately gives him the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle and activates the backdoor developed by Peter the Great, so that he can quickly advance to Lieutenant General.