Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Solovyov was very familiar with raising children.

However, as the king's younger brother, he had never had a direct conversation with him.

Before, I had met the daughter of the smart but lazy Prince of Wales in the UK, Princess Charlotte, the second in line to the throne.

However, girls are always more well-behaved at home when they are young. Although little King Gustav is also well-behaved, we should not ignore the fact that he is a king.

"Your Majesty, you wish to summon me?"

"Yes, Count. I have already told my mother, but now I still need the consent of the Prime Minister and my great uncle, as well as your opinion."

"Moi?" Solovyov could guess that this child was not as trouble-making as Nikolai, and was also very polite and even knew how to ask for opinions.

It can be said that it is very suitable for constitutional monarchy. If it is done well, the monarch can even be taken offline and used directly as a mascot.

Strangely enough, the Swedish monarch is often offline, or the monarch's spouse is offline.

It has happened before, and I wouldn't mind it happening again.

"Can you serve as the corps commander of our Swedish army?"

"Your Majesty, I think"

Glancing at Frederica, the Queen Mother still stroked her son's shoulder and pressed it on the little king's epaulettes.

It’s not easy to refuse in person, and a strategic plan is always needed.

Moreover, there seemed to be signs of a truce recently, and before the truce, the two sides had several more battles. The defeat of the Swedish army was reported very quickly, and even the military court was opened too quickly.

Solovyov only had time to judge the situation on his own battlefield, and had no time to understand the situation on other battlefields.

After the Battle of Bautzen, there was still some fighting to do.

First was Reichenbach. In the rearguard battle, the Queen Mother's nephew Prince Eugene repelled Reignier's attack. After his death, there were several rearguard battles and French pursuit battles. The two sides won and lost in small-scale battles. Although Napoleon won two battles and even suffered less losses than the coalition forces in Bautzen, he did not achieve a decisive victory.

The commander-in-chief at this time had become Barclay, and Wittgenstein proved through practical actions that he was indeed not suitable to be the commander-in-chief.

The Austrians were coming to mediate at this time, and Napoleon felt that his army was already very tired.

If he went forward, he would probably fall into the trap designed by Solovyov. He saw the current situation of his army.

He will not regret it at this time, because when the next war breaks out, Austria will join the war and put forward a series of conditions.

Because Napoleon did not accept these conditions, the war continued and would eventually lead to a decisive battle. The fate of Europe for the next decade or so would also be decided in this war.

The reason I don’t talk about it in too much detail is that there are always some people who are not so content in the end.

Solovyov thought for a while and said this to the little king.

"My appointments always require the monarch's consent. And the future strategy is still up to you."

"Even you treat me like a child. After all, I am the King of Sweden and I want my army to win the battle."

He likes to win battles, and is obviously a child of German descent, even if he is a nephew of the less warlike Baden family.

"That also requires the monarch's consent. The emperor of my country must approve it before I can come."

Solovyov knew that Alexander's temper was unpredictable, but his movements could always be estimated.

It is probably not possible for a lieutenant general to go to the possible northern corps.

Even if they sent the thieving General Bennigsen there, they would not send someone who had insufficient qualifications and had defeated almost all of their generals in Sweden.

"Well, it's just that you have to stay, and Grand Duke Nicholas, and we always have to talk about what to do in the future."

Solovyov was somewhat curious about his little adult behavior.

Although Gustav III's abilities were average, his prestige was decent, and his grandson performed quite well.

I still have a sense of my own positioning, but it’s just like this now.

On the Russian side, Nicholas had no choice but to come over. At this time, it looked like the children's table.

On the Prussian side, there is also William here. Solovyov now sees these three sitting together.

It was definitely the kids' table, but Nicholas was tall and strong, and always gave the other two kids a sense of oppression.

It is normal to have some interactions within the palace, not to mention that the identities and status of these three people are similar.

Then Solovyov sat next to him, and he served as a consultant here.

However, these three guys couldn’t say anything very profound.

William was very envious of Nicholas for having the opportunity to see the situation on the battlefield in Lützen. Like his father and grandfather, Nicholas praised the merits of the Prussian soldiers.

But for him, bravery is probably the only thing left.

"What a pity. Although there are some things that should not be said, if General Wittgenstein had not taken away my brother's guard cavalry, we would have piled all our forces in front of Grossgerschen and might have been able to defeat Napoleon!"

When William heard this, he was eager to try if he had the chance to defeat Napoleon.

But Solovyov soon poured cold water on this. Before becoming the monarch, Solovyov, the actual "young protector", was still able to keep Nicholas under control.

"Your Highness, if it were that easy to defeat Napoleon, we wouldn't have had to retreat all the way from Wilno and Grodno to Moscow. My father-in-law's mansion was not burned down, but many people's houses were burned down. We paid a huge price to drive them out of Russia. You should always sympathize with the people."

The little king agreed with what he heard. After all, the textbook he used was a similar version to Nicholas's. Louisa was also happy to help her sister educate her nephew.

But Prince William seems to be another matter.
Prussia is a country that always has some militarism. His inner thoughts are probably the same as this Russian general, who cares about the nobles, and always cares about the soldiers and civilians.
The stinginess of the Hohenzollern family was only improved in William II. At least at that time he was taken to the Moabit district by his teacher to see the real life of the workers.

Therefore, he thought about raising the workers' wages to scare the capitalists.

For the monarchs of these European countries, being able to listen to the opinions of the people, even if it is just a gesture, can always play a role in stabilizing emotions.

If they were like Paul, who personally rode a horse to inspect his own royal estate and talk to the farmers, or George III, who had not yet gone crazy, went to the farm to check the pig breeding conditions, these were all very people-friendly actions for these European monarchs.

No wonder the two of them were often surrounded by peasants when one of them was in power.

The other one, once known as "Farmer George", may have had some rules that he could not look up to in the court, and perhaps the peasants did not have time to observe etiquette when he inspected the pigs - it was a different situation from that in the palace.

"Yes, Count, you are right."

Nikolai always felt awkward when talking to Solovyov in formal occasions, also because of the way they addressed each other.

He is usually quite casual and respects Solovyov, his strict teacher.

"Your Highness, to defeat Napoleon, the Emperor's approval of the plan is also needed. Perhaps the Austrians will also have to join in. What a pity. Archduke Karl is only willing to stay in his fiefdom and is unwilling to come out. If he can come to serve as the commander-in-chief, it would be better than all of us now."

"Does that include General Barclay?"

"They are all cautious, but the Grand Duke is more resolute in the movement of troops. His military art is..."

"Count, we all know that the French Emperor is related to you, so to speak. You are sometimes like an Italian, and you still pay some attention to family relationships and care for your relatives and friends."

William was very happy about this, but if we look at the later relationship between Prussia and Russia.

If he married the princess of Weimar, he would become Maria's son-in-law.

But if we really go by the order of marriage, Solovyov might not have figured it out. If there is still a "historical order", this one can still be considered his son-in-law.

But the parties involved were not aware of this, and Solovyov did not have a renewal cheat, so he knew that his daughter with Maria replaced the German Queen in history, and few history books would be so detailed.

He has been here for sixteen years. He has almost forgotten many things about how to make a living. Now he relies on his skills. The historical context will probably no longer exist in the future.

After all, Paris now has a princess from Russia who married into the country to become the queen, and it has nothing to do with the stupid Austrian woman.

"But I am not Italian, Your Highness. If you look closely, I am not very fluent in Italian, and I have some difficulty speaking Swedish. As a general, I should be able to talk to the soldiers under my command and know what they need."

At this time, the little king understood the clear reason given by Solovyov and even nodded.

Compared with those old guys and the "uncles" who were famous on the battlefield, Solovyov was still younger, and the age gap with these kids was not that big.

Young winners will always be taken care of by the children of the nobility and even become good objects of emulation.

"Do you really need to talk to the soldiers?"

"Napoleon used to do this, but now that he is the emperor, he is more concerned with politics. He talks less with the soldiers and doesn't understand their situation, so he will probably lose the war. If it were when Field Marshal Suvorov was still alive, he would be willing to talk to the serfs even if he was on his own estate. He always had this habit, and he often chatted with the servants until his death."

For Russians, this is easy to understand. Even among the masters, some people don't have such a strong sense of boundaries.

If it were Poles or people from other places, the boundaries would probably be very clear.

It is no wonder that Paul's daughters, after they got married, always complained about this if they married in Germany. It was even worse than their hometown, the autocratic Russia, where nobles and common people could sometimes have a harmonious relationship or even become one - regardless of whether it was emotionally or physically.

The class structure in Germany may be more clear.
To some people, it may be incomprehensible, but all kinds of people exist.

"What now?"

"I think Napoleon was just pursuing his ambitions and could not listen to the inner wishes of his veterans. Although these soldiers were still willing to die for him, the nature of the death had changed. Fighting for the crown is not the same as revolution."

However, Alexander's heresy among these feudal successors was just for the sake of novelty. In the end, he would still choose power and would prefer to adopt effective means to maintain his rule.

Solovyov could probably only make Nicholas a more open-minded person. In a place like Russia, it is actually good enough to have a monarch who is determined and willing to make changes.

He also realized that what he said might have some impact, so he became serious.

"But this is just to say that the French army is now quite special. We need some methods to defeat them."

"Count, the strategy you and my brother mentioned. I actually heard about it from Count Arakcheev. This strategy is actually very good, but... you always have to run away, which doesn't look good."

If the two were alone together, Solovyov would have wanted to ask Nikolai to eat his belt.

"The purpose of war is not to win many battles, but to become the winner in the end. Hannibal's only failure in his life was Zama, but that was his final failure. Napoleon seemed to have won many battles, and many of them were even decisive battles. But he kept winning, and finally suffered an unprecedented defeat in our Russia. Now his strength has weakened, and it seems that he has won two more battles and some small battles. But we will still win!"

He had this confidence, and that was also Scharnhorst's plan.

The general went to Prague at this time, and no good news came yet. Perhaps the inflammation was successfully eliminated, and at least the Prussian Chief of Staff could still be alive and well for a while.

As to whether Prussia will be interested in the magical oriental medicine again in the future, that is another question.

In order for Scharnhorst's plan to fit in with Solovyov's strategy, one more thing is needed.

That is, the monarch should not always interfere with command, and Alexander should at least not interfere too much in the command of the Russian army.

If Barclay were there, the Tsar himself would feel more at ease and probably would not personally micro-manage the situation.

He would not ask for reinforcements randomly. The cavalry reserve in Alexander's hands was taken away, which had a significant impact on Lutzen.

The problem in Bautzen was that Wittgenstein was always asking for instructions, which made the Tsar at a loss.

If the command is simplified now, and the monarchs are only responsible for boosting morale, the situation will probably be much better. (End of this chapter)