Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

However, this time Soloviev asked the Russian army to suspend the action, not to be a pig teammate.

According to his idea, before fighting, at least pay attention to the enemy's deployment, find out the enemy situation and then launch an attack.

The Bavarian army has discovered the Russian army and entered the position. If the Russian army attacks directly, it will be directly hit by "Qingfeng grape bullets", which will not be worth the loss.

When Soloviev arrived at the front, he also saw Eugene's position.

"We can't attack like this. We will use two regiments to feint from the front to attract the firepower of the Bavarians, and then attack their weaker defense areas from the flank and drive them all into the river!"

His deployment was adjusted quickly. After all, he could directly pull out 6 infantry regiments, and there were cavalry to cooperate. The artillery also had an advantage. It can be said that the advantage was mine.

But the problem was that the terrain occupied by the Bavarians at this time was just conducive to the development of firepower, and for the Russian army, although they could hit the Bavarian artillery, the opponent's 12-pound gun was still quite powerful.

The battle had just begun when two shells whizzed past Solovyov's headquarters, but they did not cause any damage.

"It seems that the artillery on the opposite side still has some weapons. Our operation this time is not so easy."

"General, what should we do?"

"When we try to attack like this, we can only find out the enemy's deployment, but to further attack, we need more troops to seize the bridge. Fortunately, this is a floating bridge, not those bridges, so we don't have to worry about blowing it up directly. However, when dealing with the French, it would be good if some fireboats could be reserved upstream to attack this floating bridge. Even if it cannot be guaranteed to destroy this place, it can delay the French's mobilization."

When he said this, he actually had some concerns, that is, these grenadiers guarding the bridgehead were obviously a difficult idea.

There may be some French troops resting nearby. If the flank is attacked during the fight, the situation will not be good.

The French army besieged Danzig, and most of the troops were resting in Warsaw. If an army approached, it would be difficult for him to resist the large number of French troops with his six regiments of 7,000 infantry, plus more than 10,000 cavalry and artillery.

Therefore, his mentality this time was to fight if he could, and run if he couldn't fight in the short term. If there were French troops nearby, he would fight and run.

It sounds exciting, but the situation is not so optimistic.

The reason for mobilizing the Sacken Division was that the division commander was ill recently and was recuperating in Memel, so Solovyov came directly to the front as the chief of staff.

The brigade commanders and regiment commanders knew that although this guy was only a newly promoted general, he was also a favored minister in the palace, and he had some skills, and was not the kind of pig teammate in the court in the past.

A typical example is Korsakov. But it cannot be said that he has no ability. Little Kamensky was able to become a division commander at a young age. In addition to the fact that Suvorov made meritorious service at Ghost Gate Bridge when he was taken out, this guy's comments are also somewhat useful.

Of course, he was a background board and was beaten badly by Massena in Zurich.

As for Solovyov, everyone still admires his ability and his luck is still good.

The only one who can escape from every pursuit of the French army is Prince Bagration, but when it comes to not suffering any loss every time fighting with the French, it is Solovyov.

Therefore, although he is young, he can be regarded as calm.

However, this time the attack was not against the French army, and it was actually quite strenuous.

The Titov Brigade, which attacked from the front, suffered a lot in the feint attack. Unexpectedly, these guys directly bombarded with grapeshot!

This unethical thing made Solovyov quite familiar. He liked to do this, and it was a combination of punches.

It's just that this maneuver is not skillful, and it's obvious that someone has instructed him.

However, Solovyov didn't expect that this was his cousin. His skills were learned secretly. Eugene was trained by Napoleon himself. He met Napoleon first when he went to ask for his father's sword, and then his mother remarried.

As for the future, it is much more reliable than his brother-in-law and uncle who may get sick in Egypt and another ridiculous uncle.

Now, he squatted here, which obviously made Solovyov suffer.

Even the follow-up of this tactic, the grenadiers dispersed and took turns firing with smoothbore rifles behind the position, which seemed to be copied by himself.

Not only Titov, but Ushakov on the flank also went to outflank and was beaten back.

In this case, there is obviously no good way to seize the pontoon bridge, let alone crossing the river.

But the opponent did not dare to come out of the position. This is more iron than Solovyov's iron barrel formation. Except for the cannon, they all shrank and took the beating.

The artillery that was mobilized and the shells fired directly jumped over it, and the trenches and anti-artillery fortifications on the opposite side were also well built.

At this time, if you bite hard, it will definitely not work.

However, Solovyov did not want to rely on bluffing, after all, there was no ceasefire between the two sides.

"Bao Hong, I'll assign you a task, do you have the courage?"

"What are you talking about? There is nothing that we Cossacks dare not do!"

Bao Hong promised this, and he really has the courage.

With only two followers and no weapons, he went to the ceasefire with a white flag.

Eugene was indeed a little confused when he saw this situation?

"What are you Russians going to do?"

"Sir, we are here as military envoys."

In fact, Solovyov wanted Bao Hong, a bold guy, to investigate the Bavarians' defense and understand their deployment.

But after coming in and looking at the situation, Bao Hong thought that he could not find a gap to rush in with a Cossack regiment.

As for the identity of the Bavarian commander,

"Who is your commander?"

It was Eugene who asked first, and Bao Hong was not vague.

"Our commander is Major General Solovyov. It was his plan to defeat your Fifth Army in Pultusk!"

After hearing this, Eugene could match the rumors in Paris, but he didn't say much. He just said here: "I am Eugene de Beauharnais. If your commander wants to negotiate a ceasefire, I suggest that he retreat in the next two days and don't think about seizing the pontoon bridge."

It was also very clear in his words that he could get people to come over.

After Bao Hong heard this, he had a rough idea in his mind. The previous reconnaissance showed that the French garrison nearby was only a day's journey away, and the cavalry troops might arrive even faster.

And the only thing that was clear was that there was an old soldier named Massena active nearby.

Solovyov was not confident that he could beat the old soldier. He had fought Napoleon before and had to bite the bullet in Eylau.

Although he could guarantee that he would not be defeated, it would be more troublesome to win.

As for such a hard nut, the Russian army had to retreat after fighting for a long time.

After Bao Hong came back, he also explained the situation.

But Solovyov laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Napoleon's fake son is here, this is interesting."

"Ah?"

Bao Hong looked at his expression and didn't understand what he meant.

Of course, he couldn't say that he wanted to meet here or make friends with his relatives, and he couldn't do it at this time.

"Oh, if there is a Kalmyk cavalryman who is good at using bows and arrows, it would be great to tie the letter to the arrow and shoot it."

"You are still thinking about those Tatars at this time."

"Bao Hong, this is true, but we have to retreat. We need you to go this time. We need to stop fighting and collect the bodies and treat the wounded."

"This can indeed be done, and the other side has also released our prisoners."

"It's just a pity that we didn't capture the prisoners. This time we really suffered."

If there is more time, we can seize the pontoon bridge and even open a passage for the follow-up troops.

But the reconnaissance situation has been summarized. Stroganov, who is active nearby with the hussars, has reported the latest situation.

"How is it?"

"Sir, the French have moved."

"It seems that we can't break the door today. Prepare to retreat."

Of course, there is no need to leave any letters.

If we retreat like this, Solovyov is also thinking about how to proceed with the next move.

The other troops who wanted to capture and destroy bridges would not be able to do so smoothly. They would not be able to defeat the Bavarians, and it would be difficult for them to capture the bridges successfully if they met the real French.

As for some bridges that were not destroyed, it would be difficult to cross the river if there were cannons at the bridgeheads.

This was not the right time to look for relatives. The military situation was urgent. If the old soldier Massena came, he would not follow the moral code of war.

So this was the best time to run away, and the Russian army gathered very quickly. It took only two hours to clean up the front and retreated smoothly into the forest.

When Massena came, the Russian army had already run far away.

He saw Eugene here, and he did not expect that this kid who had not been a father for long actually drove the Russian army away.

It was hard to describe when he saw Jerome besieging those fortresses in Silesia before. This ability to mobilize troops is not something that can be done by someone with the surname Bonaparte. Napoleon must have mutated, right?

It's just that Eugene's report was too honest. He killed more than 100 Russian soldiers and injured about 300.

Massena read it and said, "Prince, you won a victory, why is the result so little?"

"The Russians feinted from the front and attacked from the flank. They only fought for half a day and took a round of our artillery shells. That's the loss."

After hearing this, the old soldier felt bored: "You should also consider that such a small result can't be included in the big army bulletin!"

After hearing this, Eugene was still indifferent. He didn't mean to do that. He just felt that he had to report truthfully.

"I think it's better to write it like this. Solovyov fought with the Fifth Army in Pultusk before."

"Ah, I know this kid. I heard that he has some conspiracy. Prince, you can stop his attack, you still have some skills. At this time, you can't just write this much."

The old guy Massena is teaching young people to learn bad things online.

But this is also a daily operation. France and Russia both report from the headquarters, and it is common to see inflated reports.

In this way, the report written by Massena is that 2,000 enemies were killed.

However, his writing is still relatively conservative. If you really want to brag, you have to look at the emperor himself.

After the failure of the bridge attack, Solovyov retreated directly.

"We failed to capture the bridge this time. What should we do if the French chase us?"

"I say, matchmaker. We don't have to worry. Just wait. When we return, we will wait at the ferry. If the French army chases us, they will be hit by shells while swimming."

Dolgorukov, the matchmaker, is the commander of the 3rd Brigade. The three regiments under his command have not suffered much loss, so they can set up an ambush here.

However, the French army's pursuit troops are not large, and Massena is also very cunning. He sent out several cavalry squadrons to pursue, just to find out the situation while not letting the large troops suffer losses.

In this way, the Russian army only fired artillery to destroy dozens of cavalry, and the actual results were not great.

After Massena knew about it, he also felt that he should not continue to pursue.

"He is a cunning fox indeed. The cavalry we were chasing was ambushed by him."

"So what should we do now?"

"Wait for the opportunity to act. We have to catch the Russians. If we want to fight a big battle later, we still have to wait for the emperor's order."

This did not affect Massena's return to the city to have sex with Polish women. Eugene looked at them and felt a little disgusted.

However, compared with the women in Paris, Polish girls are indeed more simple and beautiful. It is no wonder that these older French generals, from the emperor to the brigade generals, have found Polish mistresses.

Eugene still misses his wife and his daughter who was just born.

He was somewhat psychologically opposed to not finding a mistress here.

If it were his sister Odas, if she had the opportunity, she would definitely not always be with Louis, always because it was boring.

Napoleon's mother, Queen Letizia, said it very clearly. This marriage was not a success, and it could only ensure that the current heir had both the blood of the Bonaparte family and the blood of Josephine.

At the same time, Napoleon was often pimped by Talleyrand, such as marrying an Austrian woman.

However, the emperor himself has no plans to marry another wife.

However, it is not ruled out that there are some new ideas in the court, such as marrying a Russian princess after peace talks with Russia.

This is also a good choice, but Napoleon is also worried that some people are still very afraid of him.

For example, he proposed to meet Marie of Baden, the wife of the "Black Duke", but the guy sent his wife away.

As for the reason, it is also quite funny. There are rumors that Marie was favored by Napoleon and wanted to marry Jerome as a daughter-in-law. After all, she is also a princess from the ally of Baden.

This is just a rumor. Obviously, Napoleon would not arrange it for Jerome.