Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Looking at the situation on the sea, even a fool can see that this humiliating defeat of the British Royal Navy will soon make the front page headlines of London newspapers and become a hot topic recently.

In the end, only the Victory and the Vanguard of the Royal Navy managed to escape. The rest of the warships were either destroyed, surrendered, or stranded.

This was a complete victory for the Russian army.

The final battle of Karlskrona, around the completely besieged naval base, was a huge defeat in the naval battle, and the British army had lost the will to resist.

Sir Moore also knew that the situation was hopeless at this time. After the rescue, he was still barely alive, but he had not yet given the final order to surrender.

The Russian offensive only took out some outlying strongholds. At nightfall that day, two Russian frigates fired at the pier controlled by the British.

It was confirmed that the situation was hopeless, and the British army even made final preparations for the battle. However, the Russian army had no intention of continuing the attack at this time.

The reason is very simple. Solovyov believes that at times like this, one must always follow the rules and it is best not to fight.

Therefore, he sent messengers into the naval base and also set up cannons on the periphery.

He didn't need to care about Sir John Moore's attitude. The commander of the British Expeditionary Force was already dying that night after he agreed to his subordinates lay down their arms.

Now it was the British's turn to accept the Russian armistice conditions, which allowed them to retain personal belongings and officers to keep their personal weapons, but the military flags, cannons and general soldiers' equipment had to be left behind.

The reason is quite simple. The Russian army has always been equipped with international brand equipment. Moreover, during the Napoleonic Wars, lead bullets were sometimes made by themselves, and gunpowder was also uniformly distributed, which was not as strict as the requirements for muskets in the future.

Most of the equipment of the more than 10,000 British troops is for infantry, which is enough to arm several infantry regiments. The Russian army is now in the stage of expansion and naturally needs these weapons and equipment.

Then, the Russian army entered Karlskrona, and the war here was over.

At this time, a coup d'état had taken place in the Swedish royal family in Gothenburg. King Gustav IV was deposed, but the throne had not yet been decided.

Under such circumstances, there were naturally undercurrents. According to the previous agreement between Grand Duke Constantine and von Essen, after the Swedish army opened the defense zone of Jönköping, the Hussars quickly arrived at the city of Gothenburg.

This was considered to be a way to control the Swedish royal family before the Swedish Parliament made a decision, and at the same time prevent the supporters of the Duke of Södermanland from taking any action.

If parliament is to be convened, it must be held in Stockholm.

The Swedish affairs have come to an end at this point.

After Solovyov entered the city, after visiting Sir Moore who was in a coma with a high fever, he also ordered the military doctors to provide as much care as possible - since it seemed like he could not be saved anyway, it would be better to take as much care of him as possible to show the Russian army's respect for this opponent.

In addition, Solovyov also wrote a letter to the Prince of Wales, in which he said that the British army fought very bravely. Under such desperate circumstances, the two sides fought in the field for seventeen days and the siege lasted another thirty-eight days.

Fifty-five days in Sweden. It sounds a bit strange, but it really happened. As for this letter, it will eventually reach London during diplomatic negotiations.

Here, Solovyov can be said to have mercilessly mocked the Duke of Portland's cabinet. As for the wording, since it was all written in English, it looked very glaring.

While praising his opponent, he also said that "it was the wrong decision of the British Parliament that forced the cabinet to finally decide to send a fleet to reinforce, which led to such a humiliating defeat."

As for the rest, it is probably about arranging the prisoners of war.

When the British were prisoners of war, they always cooperated like this, but the officers always had to maintain their dignity and also played cricket and football.

"Want to play football?"

Solovyov really didn't expect that there would be such a request at this time, but that was no problem.

He always had some strange ideas. The popularization of machines in Britain led to a large number of handicraft workers losing their jobs, which also led to the "Ludd Movement" that destroyed machines.

When it comes to the workers' movement, we must not use the usual tricks of the Americans, as that will only create greater chaos. It is crazy enough to let a lunatic control a mental hospital, let alone something like this.

Therefore, he also thought that he could try to communicate with these people, and there were also people who played football in the Russian army.

"Sir, what should we do then?"

"Aren't there many football players among our boys?"

Thanks to Solovyov's promotion of sports in St. Petersburg, although the old soldiers may not necessarily take the initiative to play ball, many of the young officers and soldiers newly added to the Guards and various infantry regiments still like to play football.

"Sir, you are not really going to agree to the British request?"

"Isn't it just playing football? We can also let the British see how Russians play football."

Ah, that was a high-intensity confrontation. In order to prevent the player from dribbling past the opponent, a wrestling tackle was a common practice.

As for the fights on the sidelines, they were also very exciting.

"But with football comes fighting, sir."

The young officer who came to report still had some concerns, but Solovyov didn't care.

"We need to maintain order, the military police must enter the stadium, and we need to build a stadium in Karlskrona ourselves, so that local people can come and watch the game!"

His idea was supported by British officers.

If the gentlemen can play cricket, then the soldiers can play football.

Moreover, the Russian commander also claimed that he and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had hosted a football match at Wimbledon.

After reading The Sun's report, we found that this was indeed the case, so we all agreed.

After sending it to Sir Moore, it was time to hold a football match.

Everyone in the UK knows that the English Football Association was founded by the Crown Prince, but because Solovyov was just suggesting it and was just passing by, it seemed that it had nothing to do with him. But if you look at it in detail, it's a different story.

According to the areas where the British army recruited soldiers, they still had to be separated, for example, from Manchester, Liverpool, London, Portsmouth.
In addition to the infantry corps, there is also a naval team, and they even have their own league.

The Russian army is organized into corps, including Guards, Grenadiers and general infantry.

The Russian and British prisoners of war each have to select a winner from among their eight teams to represent their side in the competition.

It sounds like the Southern and Northern Leagues of Italy's early years, which may be a bit over the top for this era, but it does allow both sides to agree.

Of course, having the ball could at least make these prisoners less agitated. Even the adjutant who came to convey Bennigsen's order was stunned.

My goodness, half of the stands were filled with British prisoners, and they were still cheering for the team on the field.

Speaking of which, Solovyov also felt embarrassed. After all, the "Arsenal" team, which was mainly composed of British artillery, won on behalf of the British prisoners of war. It also proved that this name had some BUFF of a small cup competition, but there were no thermos cups now!
What's more, this team can score four goals in every game.
As for the team representing the Russian army in the final, it is the Moscow Grenadiers
Solovyov also knew that Prince Christian had told his sister that he would propose to her once she graduated from the girls' school.

Speaking of which, if my sister married a member of the Mecklenburg branch, she would be able to live the life of a noble lady. Although Mecklenburg-Schwerin could not compare with the first-tier princes, this infinitely divided title was at the duke level, so my sister would not suffer any loss.

After all, this big, loud-mouthed fool has a very decent character and there is nothing to complain about.

But in terms of status, this is considered a marriage between the noble and the commoner, and there is still a slight gap in the status of the two families.

You have to know that the nobles in Germany always choose families of the same level as them when they get married. Even though Christian is only the fourth son in the family, his eldest brother has a son and a wife who is from the Russian royal family, so his status is very stable.

This is also something to consider.

Back to the game, this is probably the first generation of CSKA Moscow vs Arsenal.
Although Solovyov was the organizer, he could not help himself and always wanted to come down and give some instructions, or at least be the head coach to change the strange formation of the Moscow team.

Besides, his resume also includes the experience of being an adjutant in this regiment.

In the end, it didn't happen, but he did think of presenting a trophy to the winning team.

As for the material, it was a copper cannon model made by melting the cannons that were completely destroyed in this battle.

The game on the field was quite intense, but after fiercely fighting in the first and second half, no winner was decided and the game had to go into overtime.

In other words, if Solovyov was not the organizer of the Italian league, he would not be able to come up with such a cruel and unethical thing as unlimited overtime, which means that after the overtime, if the winner is still not determined, a penalty shootout will be held.

Afterwards, Arsenal team didn't know what was going on and seemed to have a drastic drop in physical strength.

This is no wonder, as the Russian troops outside were resting well, and some positions could even be rotated. The British troops inside were in big trouble.

The final result was that the Moscow Grenadiers won the victory.

This way, everyone can be happy, and even the losing party can get bonuses and souvenirs.

British prisoners of war are now waiting in Karlskrona to return home. After all, the two sides have to negotiate to exchange nearly 20,000 British army and naval prisoners for the Russian fleet and officers and soldiers detained in Britain.

Solovyov had wanted to stay in southern Sweden for a while, but now Grand Duke Constantine gave him another task. Return to Stockholm to serve as the commander of the local garrison. General Bennigsen had to return to Finland, as the Swedish capital always needed someone to manage it.

Moreover, the Swedish parliament will have to decide on two resolutions in the vote: one is to elect a new king, and the other is to agree to an armistice agreement.

Finland is definitely out of the question, but the conditions offered by Alexander are quite good. Russia has the obligation to guarantee Sweden's national defense security, and it is not a protectorate.

In addition, Crown Prince Gustav is still young and can consider marrying a Russian princess of similar age in the future.

This left three choices: Tonya and Maria, daughters of Louisa, and then Princess Sophia, the only daughter of Constantine in his failed marriage.

But there is a problem here. Louisa and Frederica are sisters. According to the principle of eugenics of the Russian royal family, at least such close cousins ​​would not be chosen. Otherwise, inbreeding would occur like the royal families of Spain's Habsburg and Wettin, which would be a serious problem.

Even so, it is still difficult to prevent, and in the end it failed to prevent hemophilia among the British people.

Of course, when tracing back the gene for hemophilia, it was found that only Victoria's line had this problem. Although the other branches were mainly illegitimate children or had split up like Hanover, none of them had this symptom.

Therefore, when Grand Duke Constantine wrote to Alexander, Solovyov did not forget to write to his own monarch and queen, saying that the relationship between Her Majesty the Queen and the future Queen Mother of Sweden was a little too close.

However, when chatting with the Russian royal family across servers, God must always be brought up. Therefore, the letter that Alexander saw also stated that the relationship was too close and God might not approve of it.

After reading it, Alexander smiled slyly and said to Louisa directly: "Lisa, I know Solovyov too well. Although he is talking about God, he must have other basis. This person seems to be an atheist and does not believe in God."

"Your Majesty, you once claimed to be."

However, the Polish girl took advantage of the time when Louisa hadn't spoken yet and directly put the words to her.

It was natural that there was nothing wrong with the emperor's mistress discussing this issue. Alexander knew that his wife and his mistress had a good relationship so good that they could exchange each other's breastfeeding children, and they were even often together when taking care of the children.

"Okay, Martha, stop talking. I know the problem. But Lisa, our daughter won't go to Sweden. Let Sonya go there in the future. I feel like I owe Kostya sometimes."

Because Alexander had no son, he had to choose one of his three younger brothers as the successor. Constantine himself had no interest in inheriting his brother's throne.

He has stated more than once that he would give up his inheritance rights and do his best to assist his brother in choosing the crown prince.

No matter whether he is a nephew or a younger brother, Alexander will always compensate Constanta for what he did.

Apart from keeping the title of "Tsar" for him, it is probably because his beloved niece deserves the title of queen. The identity of the Queen of Sweden is actually not bad. Although she no longer has the land of Finland, it is also a relatively powerful monarchy in Northern Europe.

The matter was settled. Next, he was more concerned about whether he could have a son and the lifelong affairs of his beloved fourth sister, Ekaterina. (End of this chapter)