Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 523 035 Solovyov's Finnish Infantry Division (Part )
As for Solovyov's plan to deploy a new division, if he chose the core troops, he would naturally transfer the Selenge Regiment of which he was the regiment commander. There was no rush in this regard in the current war. As long as they could reach the assembly area before winter, the mission would be accomplished.

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

It sounds and feels more like the situation in Rome.

If Solovyov wanted to mobilize troops, this regiment would naturally be the first choice.

But when he returned home, he kept hearing the children 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 also her first child and she gave birth to two children. After feeding her son, her daughter started crying again. Feeding two children at the same time was not only uncomfortable for her, but the postures of the two children were also not very comfortable.

"You'll probably have to hire a wet nurse, Katya. You shouldn't take care of the baby all the time. You can raise the one that behaves best in your arms. There will always be a way for the other family."

In extreme cases, it's probably grandma who will come over. This style of painting looks weird because their family structure is too bizarre.

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

Katya blushed when she thought about feeding her child, and she didn't want her father-in-law, father and brother to see them. Even with her husband, that was only done when the two of them were together. She would always blush if others saw them.

"what happened?"

"Speaking of which, I know you have things to do outside. You can't always delay your work just to 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 of time, I allow you to go to her place. After all, my attention is now on the children."

After all, as Louisa's maid, she always knew how the queen got along with her mistresses, even including taking care of children with the Polish girl.

As for that French woman, she is much older now, and her husband and she have no children. I guess she won’t be so beautiful in a few years.

Therefore, if Madame Recamier was with Solovyov, Katya would not resist. Moreover, she knew about this kind of thing. Among the men in St. Petersburg, she had only seen Count Stroganov loyal to his wife, and her second brother had a more serious attitude towards marriage.

Even my father, although he had never done it, the way he looked at the noble ladies at the ball. My eldest brother often went to various places with noble ladies, and he might date several girls in a month.
This really highlights the situation. Excluding the two more special examples, Katya discovered that although her husband was unfaithful, he was still very attentive to every woman he loved, and was probably the most attentive to herself.

Although she guessed the relationship between Solovyov and the queen, she also had to consider other issues. For example, Her Highness Maria had been having an ambiguous relationship with her husband since she was a 13-year-old girl. Even after she got married, she always interacted more with her husband. She was a member of the royal family and they were quite familiar with each other. However, she had never had any chance to succeed. The two of them were just close friends who interacted a lot. After all, there was sufficient evidence about the affair with Maria.

Well, this is also a situation. As for Solovyov and Louisa, that is, the few poems in the hands of the queen, there is no clear evidence, and this will not cause any trouble. Alexander himself is proud 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 these circumstances, Katya really didn't believe her husband's affairs. After all, Maria was so close to him, almost getting into his arms, but she never succeeded. After all, it was clear that it was the French woman and her husband's old lover in Paris.

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

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

"When the child grows 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 most important one."

"Well, you are definitely the heaviest one, at least you are the heaviest child, and there are two of you. You have also suffered a lot. But if I want to love you more..."

"It's okay. As your wife, I have to help you with the housework and raise your children. All of us women will endure this kind of hardship. But I also heard that Mrs. Amy's Vasily may be her last child."

"I know that having too many children is a problem, especially since there are more girls in my family. Besides, I need to find a husband for Sonya in the future..."

"Sonia is still young. I don't want my sister to get married as early as me. She should at least 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 approve his relationship with Mrs. Recamier, but also agree to such public communication, and even...
However, there will always be some problems. He is called "Flower General", but compared with Prince Alexander Kurakin who has dozens of illegitimate children, it is really nothing.

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

However, we have to focus on forming a new army, so we may have less time to visit Madame Recamier.

He was also worried about his family. Although Adela was able to take care of the children, she was still a virgin and needed to hire a wet nurse to feed the children. This was probably the problem with having two children.

But at this critical juncture, he had to put all these aside, as the formation of the Finnish division was a very important matter.

First of all, his own command structure must be sound, and a general staff must be set up, but he didn't recruit anyone at the beginning.

To be honest, Solovyov wanted to be an excavator. He could not dig out enough chiefs of staff from 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 own turn, it became a big problem.

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

Recently, Louisa lived in the Winter Palace. Alexander was very caring towards his wife and hoped for an heir, so Louisa's bedroom in the Tavrid Palace was temporarily vacated. Queen Louise could not live in the Tsarskoye Selo all the time, so she and Louisa's sister Mary moved to the Tavrid Palace, which was transformed by Louisa into a simple and comfortable place. 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 in St. Petersburg, she naturally had to be arranged for.

As for the Queen and Mary, it is not convenient for the whole family to live on one side of the palace. Mary has been in poor health recently. Queen Louise has rich experience in taking care of children and can cope with raising two children at the same time.

Moreover, since she moved to St. Petersburg, her appearance has regained that of the great beauty she once was in Berlin, except that she has gained a lot of weight, although a more pleasant way to put it is "plump".

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

He didn't expect to meet Clausewitz here.

"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 that's because they are older and more cautious. I don't want to be humiliated by this. It's better for me to be a guard for Her Majesty the Queen here. By the way, my fiancée is here too, and we plan to get married here."

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

"I was dismissed from my post a long time ago, so I came here to follow Her Majesty the Queen. And I'm not the only one who wants to go back to Denmark, even General Blücher wants to go back to Denmark."

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

It would have been unlikely for him to come to Russia, and he never moved after all.

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

If she had not given birth to a child, perhaps by now, with her ability to mobilize, she would have been able to find a way out for someone like Clausewitz, who was considered a die-hard "back party member".

Now, facing this theorist who came to his doorstep, Solovyov was also ready to recruit him.

After all, he could offer a suitable position, and now the Finnish Division had to be formed, and the six infantry regiments were not in place yet, so the command structure had to be improved first.

"Karl, I think you should not sit idle, come to Russia and work for a while. I happen to be short of a chief of staff, and you are a former adjutant and staff officer, so you are very familiar with the regulations. I might not be too confident if someone else were to do the job."

"You want me to go to you? 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 at least a force that I can command. The legion 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 a good thing, but if you need a chief of staff, there are many people who are suitable. You don't have to find me, right?"

"That's really not possible. You know what? People here don't like to be staff officers, and people who are capable of being chief of staff are scrambling for other people. In my case, it's because I have a position in the Operations Department. Apart from Prince Bagration and General Barclay, it's unlikely that others will look for me to work with them, not to mention that I've also changed my command."

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

"Well, that's fine. But while I'm here, I can also meet Her Majesty the Queen."

There was a maid at Queen Louise's door, but she refused to let anyone in, saying she had to wait for notification.

This is not surprising. I'm afraid the queen is feeding her daughter.

He and Clausewitz both had some time now, so they talked about the situation of the legion while waiting.

The Solovyov Division was called the "Finnish Division" because Alexander adopted the opinions of the pro-Russian factions among the Finnish nobles. Instead of setting up a province in Finland, he ruled it in the name of the "Grand Duchy of Finland". By the way, he could also bring in some Russian nobles to change the voice of the Finnish nobles.

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

".But if I have to mobilize the troops, I can't move the 'Finnish Regiment' in the Guards, that is, the Pavlovsk Grenadiers and the Selenge Regiments, which are now the main force of the backbone. As for the rest of the cavalry and infantry regiments, I still need to see how to form the troops."

"Mick, if you want to do it, you should form a grenadier brigade and two infantry brigades. Forget about the juggernauts. You have made it very clear about the purpose of our operation this time. Since we want to defeat the Swedish army and weaken its war potential, the combat effectiveness of our division must be stronger. If we cannot draw troops from the Guards, we will naturally need infantry and grenadier regiments with stronger combat effectiveness. It's not that the juggernaut regiment is bad. It's just that the juggernaut's ability to resist cavalry attacks is a little worse after all, mainly because there are too few people."

"Yes, if it is fully staffed, it will be nearly 600 short, which is enough for an infantry battalion."

He used to be the commander of the Guards Chasseurs. If he could pick someone from the Guards, he could just talk to Grand Duke Constantine and his senior brother Bagration directly.

However, there will definitely be a shortage of people. Therefore, what he is planning now is to gather four regiments from the infantry and grenadier regiments, plus cavalry and artillery, so that the structure of the "Finnish Division" will be more complete.

(End of this chapter)