Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 597 029 The Homophonic Pun of the Rope Tactics
Paulina's palace was not very big, but she was too lazy to manage such a large territory, so she only left a few manors and properties in France and Italy.

"What does it look like here?"

"Very beautiful, Polina, but we are like this, Mishka is a little..."

"We can leave the children to him. Doesn't he call himself a 'child-rearing general'?"

Polina was half joking when she spoke, but these kids, the more sensible ones knew what was going on.

Solovyov was always kind, so when Polina took Maria and Katya inside, she handed the children to him.

"You better behave yourself!"

It’s funny to say, among the older ones, except Demid, all of them are his children.

Octavia pulled her sister to occupy the best seat, after all, he was their father, and although Demid gave in to her, he always sat with her, and then it was Giuseppe.

On the contrary, it is Solovyov and Katya's two children that he himself wants to complain about. His daughter is really too leaky, but his son is okay.

As for what to do with the children, that is also a problem.

But Demid, as the eldest child, whispered a few words to the housekeeper.

"What did you do?"

"I want Uncle Mario, the housekeeper, to get all the toys. Mom usually..."

Although his younger brothers and sisters and Aunt Sylvia's children would not report him, he still swallowed his words.

Prince Camillo probably also knew that only the youngest son was definitely his, as could be seen from the fact that Giuseppe was asked by Paulina to inherit the title of Guastalla. But in any case, this title was his own with a long history, and he also had huge assets under his name, especially works of art.

Then, when he had an heir, he was more willing to find a mistress and have fun.

There is an important factor here, which is probably that Polina's "schedule" is never reserved for him, and he himself is unwilling to work hard, is easily influenced and prefers to be with his mistress.

But he had one advantage, which was that he was very caring towards his women. Even though his relationship with Paulina had become very distant, considering that Napoleon was a big tree, he always took good care of Paulina's son.

When Demid was alone, Prince Camilo bought him a lot of trendy toys, allowed him to go to hot springs for recuperation when he was sick, and even hired top-notch tutors from Paris and Rome. If you didn't know, you would think that Leclerc was cheating on him.

As for the artworks at home, copies are also placed here.
It's just that the Borghese family is so rich. They have produced a pope and a cardinal, and they have astonishing wealth in Rome. According to Prince Camillo's younger brother's estimation, even if his brother is so spendthrift, the family's annual income is still considerable, and even after a hundred years, nothing major should happen.

After all, Prince Borghese's family is not like some famous families who only spend money but never make money.

When the toys were brought, Solovyov was a little surprised. Several servants were carrying boxes over.

Demid was quite proud of himself. After opening the boxes, he introduced them to Solovyov.

"Uncle Michel, look at these soldiers. If we want to play a war game, with so many of them, we can lay out a strategy, right?"

The shape amazed Solovyov even more, they were all Napoleon's old guards, and the cost of this one was like the ones sold in Count Bobrin's shop, which were bigger than this one, but the number was already outrageous.

"The Grenadiers of the Guards are the Emperor's old guards."

"My uncle is a great commander. I want to be a general and a marshal in the future."

Well, if this kid joins the army, major adjutant would be the basic rank, and he can soon be promoted to colonel regiment commander, and then general. Reincarnation is a technical job, but you also have to live long.

If Solovyov had not examined him when he was a child and probably knew the cause of his illness, he would not have lived to this age.

Although he is a little naughty, this child is still very obedient.

"Then, are you going to put out so many soldiers as well?"

"Yes!"

And you can see that it is not a tin soldier.

We can get a battalion of old guards, a cavalry squadron of grenadier guards, and an artillery company. Even though they are all toy soldiers, this is still a good battle.

"What do you want to do?"

"Uncle Michele, come and teach us how to fight. Mom and Aunt Silvia don't usually let us play this, and I think only with you here can Giuseppe and I have a good time."

Well, this child learned how to act cute from his mother, and if you exclude Polina’s coquettishness, then she is adorable.

Fortunately, there were no perverted bishops in the local area, and he was the stepson of a relative of the Pope and the bishop, so no one dared to cause trouble for him.

"Well, I can't do much here. But I can teach you two how to be a good company commander and battalion commander. You two have an uncle who is an emperor, and you, Demid, have an uncle who is a marshal. You can't start as a second lieutenant in the army like I did. So, we have to start from this more advanced stage."

Then he took the two boys and took out all the soldiers and lined them up in three rows.

Speaking of which, it takes a long time to deploy troops.

Octavia had always been close to Demid, so he came over to help.

But Italian children may be a little precocious. When they are together, they are always very close.

As for children kissing each other, don't be surprised if you see it.

"Okay, that's it. I came from the infantry, so I'm quite confident in telling you this."

"But Uncle Michel, I heard that you co-authored a book on military theory with Archduke Karl, combining the Chinese 'Suo'zi military tactics with battle examples."

Ok?
"It's 'The Art of War', not 'sonne'."

The child's mother is actually Italian. His father died early and his stepfather is also Italian, so it is inevitable that there will be some problems with his accent.

"Oh, my sun."

The child was also a little abstract. Solovyov reminded him, but he didn't know what was going on and started singing.

However, his singing was out of tune and I couldn't tell what he was singing, but his pronunciation was still clear.

To be honest, Solovyov still knew the song, but if he produced it now, it wouldn't be scary but would seem a bit plagiarized.

As for what Maria did in there?

She must not come out. It is hard enough to play with the children. If she has to work
If she hadn't been ill recently, I would have taught her a lesson tonight. There was a gap in status between the two of them before, but now that they had been intimate on the carpet in the Palace of Versailles, there was no sense of distance.

As for the illness, Solovyov probably knew that someone might die again.

In particular, there is one person who is the most difficult to deal with. Maria is a fertile woman, so her risk factor should be the highest. Moreover, her husband is often not at home.
It seems that Madame Récamier is better, but now that Clara is present, her safety cannot be guaranteed in the future.

At this moment, Maria was dragged by Polina to take a bath. She was really fond of cleanliness. She built a warm water pool in her palace for the convenience of bathing and swimming, and it was the kind that could be used even in winter.

He didn't come out to see what the children were doing for a while, so Katya was naturally dragged to wash with them.

Outside, Solovyov had arranged the two boys in a square formation.

This soldier is quite advanced. His joints can be bent and his rifle can be taken down, so it is convenient to put it on display.

What Solovyov wanted to complain about the most was that Demid always took the opportunity to be close to his daughter and kiss her on the cheek.

Of course, his own daughter did not object. Octavia had been playing with him since she was young, so they were childhood sweethearts after all.

Turning around, he said the same thing to Demidxiang, so Solovyov didn't want to say anything.

He could only cough twice and then demonstrate the infantry formation to the children.

"This is the 'Egyptian Phalanx', which was first popularized among ordinary French infantry and Russian Guards. It is good for developing firepower on one side, and it can also increase the strength of the infantry formation. With both sides arranged like this and with cannons providing cover, even the most powerful cavalry will be scared before they charge in. Even if the people are not afraid, the horses will be afraid."

"Like when your uncle was hunting once, the horse got scared by the bushes and thorns and jumped up high like this?"

"That's right! Horses are not brave enough on the battlefield. If they can carry cavalry, they are already good horses."

Then he began to equip the two children with infantry artillery and cavalry to demonstrate defensive formations.

If Nicholas saw this, he would probably say that his master was biased and didn't teach him infantry tactics.

But Nicola is different from Demid and Giuseppe. Nicola may still inherit the throne in the future. If these two children have no future, they will probably spend their lives as rich men.

But Demid is very ambitious. Although he is a little weak, he is smart, which he may have inherited from his father.

His unfortunate father who died early was very good at cheating.

The child is ambitious. Giuseppe is his own son, so of course he is willing to teach him. After all, they probably won't inherit a country in the future, but will only inherit their father's and mother's property respectively.

It would be good if you could learn some skills.

However, when it comes to teaching military science, most of the French commanders with some ability are on the battlefield.

Solovyov thought of a man, Moreau's old subordinate, who had caused great trouble to the Russian army at the St. Gotthard Pass in Switzerland.
But his identity was not politically correct, and after Moro was exiled, he was also dismissed and returned home.

Demid quickly drew patterns in pencil in his notebook, but his vocabulary was still limited.

However, drawing pictures is still helpful in remembering these contents.

Solovyov then taught him some content, which seemed to be easy to remember and the patterns were also clear.

Of course, this kind of mark looks like NATO's tactical mark no matter how you look at it. In fact, Eastern European countries also have a kind of mark.

However, in the 21st century, NATO is still more popular among military fans.

When Solovyov was doing his own homework, because he was in Russia and was proficient in both, he chose the Soviet style.

But what Demid was taught in Guastalla was different.

Anyway, if it is not universal, it will take some time for the French to make predictions based on the pictures and translate them.

Demid was very smart. He quickly mastered it and even drew out the structure of the legion's subordinate units.

"Uncle Michel, do you think this is right?"

"What a clever boy! This is probably the structure of an old Austrian Army column. There are still many old men in Austria who use this. What do you think?"

"If it were me, I would definitely bring in artillery. There are many disadvantages to forming a temporary team like this, and I don't know what we can get in the end."

"Ah, tell me what the shortcomings are."

"If it were in the French army, Uncle Emperor would probably give orders to Uncle Nicolas, who would then give orders to Uncle Friant's division, and Uncle Friant would give orders to his regimental commanders, following Uncle Berthier's method."

"What will happen?"

"It's like I want to grab Octavia with my hands. I think about it, I stretch out my hands, and I can grab her."

He didn't forget to hug his daughter at the same time. These two children are a little too intimate.

Solovyov was a little worried about their adolescence. If he wasn't careful, his own pig might eat his own cabbage. Fortunately, they were not related by blood, otherwise his legs would have been broken.

"Octavia, I got you."

Her daughter was too well behaved. Sylvia obviously did a great job educating her child. Such a well-behaved child would be easily bullied in the future.
It was a lot to think about, but the kid Demid expressed it in very simple language that he could understand.

The problems of the Austrian army actually also existed in the French army, because Napoleon promoted many of the active generals to marshals, which caused problems. Many people were dissatisfied with each other, so there were always problems during the war.

When in Spain, the emperor was away, and problems would arise, causing him to let the British escape many times or lead to his defeat by Wellesley.

As for the Spaniards, the guerrillas may be powerful, but they are just a tickle. The main threat comes from the Spanish regular army, but they are relatively weak.

The greater threat is the poor sanitation in the military.
Perhaps the most damaging thing Solovyov ever did was to write health regulations that quickly spread across continental Europe, reducing the risk of French troops contracting various diseases in Spain.

But the British failed to learn it. Although they no longer have cabinet secretaries, the skills that their civil servants and parliamentary masters need to study have already spread to France, Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, Württemberg and Saxony.

In this way, Wellesley discovered that the French were becoming more and more numerous as he fought them, which was a headache.

However, this has little impact on the overall situation. After all, the British are very resilient under his leadership.

Next, Solovyov still had to assign soldiers to his two children.

(End of this chapter)