Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 550 062 The Guards Are Here Too

Chapter 550 062 The Guards Are Here Too
Solovyov still found it rather troublesome to be the interim governor in Stockholm. Although people in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that he had some civil service talents, his personality made it difficult for him to stay there for long.

"These current situations can also prove that the Swedish government's past management is not even much better than ours, and these petitions are really terrible. It can be seen that there are always nobles who are not human. The named peasants are the fourth estate, but the proportion of petitions is the lowest. It is necessary to convene a circuit court."

Bagration looked at his junior fellow apprentice and envied him for being able to do everything. If he were to become the governor, he would probably go crazy one day.

As for these Swedish civil servants, they did not expect that the Russians would produce such a difficult person to fool, and his reading speed was also astonishingly fast.

Because Solovyov was not familiar with Swedish, he requested that the petition be written in French and German, and those places where conditions were not met had to translate it.

"For the circuit court, Your Excellency, you will also need to prepare an interpreter. Most of the peasants there have similar cultural levels."

"I understand that. You, as a clerk, know a lot. What's your name?"

"Your Excellency, I am Eric Johansson, the clerk of the court."

"Then I'll call you Eric. Were the officials before you all a bunch of fools? Our Russian civil servants are already foolish enough. The conditions here are better, and you don't have to take care of so many people and land. How can you still create so many troubles?"

"You should be very familiar with the operation process of civil servants. Clerks like us have little say, and..."

"I know, I know," Solovyov slapped his forehead at this time, and remembered the predecessor of the cat at the door of No. 10 Downing Street, the first official cat Humphrey. To be exact, the prototype of the official cat's name, now I know, "If they dare to delay, we are all soldiers, and the hearts of soldiers are pure. If they dare not carry out our orders. Before the Swedish royal family comes back, I think they can consider choosing to lose their jobs and go home to hug their children."

"This"

"Your king married our queen's sister. We are all family. Go ahead and do it. If anyone dares to cause trouble for you, you can just go to Finland after the war. They also need civil servants there."

As for the subsequent trial of the case, Solovyov spent a considerable amount of time in Stockholm and was very efficient.

In this way, the plan was carried out smoothly until another large army arrived on the ice, followed by a large amount of combat supplies.

Grand Duke Constantine came from Finland and brought with him the main force of the Guards.

In addition to the necessary guard forces in St. Petersburg, four main guards infantry regiments and a large number of cavalry also arrived here.

"Your Highness, you can come at this time."

"Don't be so polite, Misha. I'm here to replace Bagration. Where is he?"

"You should be in the military camp right now. Are you coming here from Türkiye?"

Constantine nodded and said, "The Ottoman Empire's moves are indeed dangerous, so my brother asked me to bring troops here and stay in Stockholm. I will not interfere with your actions. I just want to urge General Leonti Bennigsen to see the current situation clearly and not have any strange ideas."

It seems that Alexander is still somewhat unsure about Bennigsen, mainly because of this man's usual speculative behavior and his relationship with his colleagues, so it is okay to let Constantine come here to adjust the atmosphere.

It just seems that it is a bit of a waste to let Constantine, who still has some ability in fighting and is at least currently one of the top fighters in the royal family, stay in Stockholm.

But when the Guards arrived, the Guards Artillery Battalion alone had more than fifty cannons, with combat power comparable to that of an artillery regiment. Moreover, they did not have to consider combat missions in the initial stage of crossing the sea, so they brought heavy artillery.

Comparing at this level, even when organizing troops to the south, putting the Guards and the Finnish Division together was the most suitable combination, but the commander has always been a problem.

Grand Duke Constantine himself came here, but the commanders of the various regiments of the Guards were of relatively high rank and difficult to command, so Bennigsen had no choice but to unify the command of all the troops.

If it were Barclays, it would probably cause another uproar because his level is not high enough.

The deployment of the Guards will have to wait until Bennigsen arrives. Now Sanders on the northern front is still resisting Shuvalov's attack. Although Barclay has occupied Umea, the Swedes are still using militia in the local battle, and the battle has now entered a stalemate.

It was at this time that Grand Duke Constantine actually replaced Bagration and became the highest commander of the Russian army in Stockholm. His position was unmatched by anyone else.

For Solovyov it was like returning to Guards headquarters.

A new battle is indeed about to begin.

The Swedes, on the other hand, were always able to put together an army of decent size by collecting taxes and conscripting soldiers from the relatively wealthy areas of southern Sweden.

Although the Russian army had defeated them several times before, most of the Swedish army, except for those that surrendered in Finland, were just defeated. In Solovyov's initial pursuit, he was cautious and did not adopt the strategy of "sticking to the enemy" in Poland, so many Swedish troops slipped through the net.

Speaking of which, the characteristic of the Swedish army is probably that it is like a cockroach, which can be easily defeated, but cannot be killed unless you use ruthless force.

As a result, the Swedish army had more than 6 available troops, plus the nearly 2 British troops, the total strength at this time was 8.

However, on the battlefield in Sweden, there was obviously not enough space to accommodate all the troops.

In addition, there are too many new recruits in the Swedish army, and it is even difficult to complete their training. The conscription system has just been established, and the quality of such an army is indeed difficult to guarantee.

Although this is also the case with the Russian army, and the newly recruited soldiers are indeed not as useful as the veterans who have participated in various wars in the past decade or so, the Russian army is always concentrated in the rear, and each corps is replenished and trained, so there is some guarantee of combat effectiveness.

As for the Russian military reform, although the quality of soldiers has declined in the near future, there will always be some benefits in the long run.

". But this is not enough, Your Highness. I think now is a good time to occupy some frontier areas. Our troops are less than the enemy in some areas, so this is the only way to do it."

"Where do you want to seize?"

After Grand Duke Constantine asked, Solovyov pointed to the huge map of Sweden hanging in the Chinese Palace and said with a smug smile: "Our Hussars are in Nykoping. Now it seems that the first place we need to capture is Norrköping and Southkoping. We just need to send the Finnish division's troops there. If we occupy this place, we can threaten the Swedes in two directions. If von Essen and Moore can't wait, we can fight them here first."

"You have to think about it carefully. Going there will require strengthening your troops. The Finnish Division still suffered losses after crossing the sea, and because of the terrain, you always fight with only hussars and infantry, and only the Pskov Regiment of Dragoons has been on the battlefield." "I think we still have to go there, at least to get an advantage in this key position."

"Well, go prepare now and have a battle plan. Also."

Grand Duke Constantine's expression has always been serious. I don't know how he learned it from his brother at this time. If you catch this micro-expression, it is also a fox-like expression.

"Are you going to bring your wife here, or are you going to bring Madame Récamier here?"

Wow, even he said so. Now this matter is more or less just a spectator's concern.

"I will explain it to Katya, and she has to breastfeed two children now. And Vasily Vasilyevich has written to me, and his attitude should be able to explain this problem."

Grand Duke Konstantin was just there to watch the fun. Before Solovyov and Katya got married, his life was rich and colorful. In fact, in St. Petersburg, he was considered a loyal couple. You have to know that there are not many places in Russia like Count Stroganov's fairy-tale couple and their harmonious life.

Some young officers may have dated enough girls to form a cavalry squadron before getting married. It would be difficult for Solovyov to reach double digits in his lifetime, but judging from the quality of his girlfriend, she is pretty good.

Therefore, the Grand Duke was just watching the fun. If something really happened, he would still protect his men. After all, he was still Nicholas' master.

Of course he had also heard rumors about Maria. After all, before that girl got married, she was still a little girl and often had the Guards officers chased after her.

It's not that she's pursuing true love or anything like that, but this girl knows which officer has some artistic talent, so she wants to catch him and get to the bottom of it.

Hussars like Davydov were often harassed about poetry.

Solovyov was the one who suffered the most, and working illegally became a daily routine for him.

Moreover, after coming back, this younger sister made the relationship even more ambiguous.

Although Constantine, as the second brother, secretly cares about the lives of his younger sisters and even conducted an investigation.

But for Solovyov, the fun was much greater and always dangerous.

Now, he still has to go south, otherwise the affairs of his wife and lover alone would be enough for the spectators to watch the fun, and he is only making headlines because he has always chosen higher quality ones in this regard.

Between winning the battle and being watched at home, it seems better to use the former to cover up this problem.

Even the great-grandson of his friend in Poland did not receive so much attention.

At times like this, the disadvantages of feudalism can be seen. Some things can be spread far away, and there is no need for any advanced means of communication.

Although Katya would not get angry at home, she was willing to let Mrs. Recamier hold her child when she visited her home, but the rumors.
It was at this time that the Russian army embarked on the journey south.

Although Sweden is not a big country, it is a "long" country. Its biggest feature is its long coastline, which is stretched from north to south.

In this way, the Russian army had to travel some distance to reach Nykoping after starting from near Stockholm.

The good news is that the road in Norrköping, a place with relatively dangerous terrain, is blocked, so we can advance to Linköping. It is also the only place with a relatively wide battlefield.

It is winter now, and the ice is very solid, which allows the army to move smoothly for a while.

Of course, after February, this advantage will be offset.

Solovyov also had his own purpose in taking advantage of this opportunity to attack the Swedes. At least he wanted to keep the initiative in his own hands.

Then, to the south, there are a lot of forests and lakes. When fighting here in the spring, both sides will have to endure mud, and the battle will become like the one in Finland.

However, the local Swedish guerrillas were not very active from Solovyov's occupation of Gävle to his march into Stockholm, and then to the Hussars' capture of Nyköping.

This was all thanks to the assistance of the Swedish army. The poor discipline of the Russian army had led to guerrillas everywhere in Finland - the premise was that Finland's population was very low - and now that the Russian army had arrived in Sweden, they had finally paid attention to the discipline issue, while the Swedish army's recruits have always had poor discipline, the kind that eat herrings in the tube without even paying.

In contrast, on the Russian side, sometimes officers would sign checks to soldiers to pay the bills, and some new recruits knew how to pay. The old veterans also had to save face for their superiors and not cause trouble, which formed a strange contrast.

It even gave the Swedes a strange feeling, that is, apart from the fact that the Russians were invaders, they seemed to be much stronger than their own crappy (mainly referring to peasant soldiers) and barbaric (mainly referring to conscripted soldiers) armies.

Therefore, the attitude of Swedish civilians is probably not to help either side. If you don't cause trouble for me, I won't take the initiative to attack you.

If Napoleon knew about this, he would think it was unscientific. After all, whenever the Russian army arrived at a place, except during the Italian campaign, the Cossacks would feel uncomfortable if they did not take something from the local villagers.
Of course, if he paid attention to the nephew he had adopted, he would be able to notice the difference.

At least one strange thing happened in the Russian army: the priests accompanying the army would often preach, and Solovyov would always ask them to add some "spices" to it.

Considering that foreigners have always commented on the simple customs of the Russian people, this army, which is mainly composed of serfs and civilians, can still perform well if it is well disciplined.

At least the last seven of the Ten Commandments are pretty good moral codes: honor your parents, don't murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness to harm others, and don't covet other people's property.

And the previous Sunday
At least the Finnish Division and the Guards have made considerable progress.

Solovyov also wanted to let the new recruits do mass work. But after thinking about it, he felt that he did not have the ability to do so. There were so many bandit generals still commanding the troops. He might have to wait until his generation became generals one after another before he could try.

(End of this chapter)

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