Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

If Solovyov had 100,000 men, he might really want to compete with Napoleon, and Blücher might not have to run away in such a miserable way.

The reason for their embarrassment was that Prussia had been badly weakened in recent years. These new recruits were full of enthusiasm, while the old veterans were more afraid of Napoleon.

Therefore, when the two types of soldiers were captured, their attitudes were obviously different.

At this time, Napoleon became even more determined to take action, eliminate Blücher first, and then go back to deal with Schwarzenberg.

The plan looked good, and it also showed Napoleon's contempt for Schwarzenberg.

Even if he was really held back by Blücher on the way, if this Austrian snail dared to come, he would defeat him.

But this kind of thing still happened. Marshal Saint-Cyr's messenger had already brought the latest and accurate intelligence while Napoleon was still maneuvering.

"Sire, Schwarzenberg is moving towards Dresden, and his vanguard is crossing the border between Bohemia and Saxony."

"It's coming faster than expected. Can our troops catch up with Blücher now?"

Although Napoleon faced the risk of his logistics hub, Dresden, being attacked by the Austrian army, he still wanted to take the initiative to kill Blücher and then turn around to deal with Schwarzenberg.

"According to our current route, if we want to catch up with them, we have to cross the river at Katzbach and continue the pursuit, which will take us even further away from Dresden. And according to Marshal Saint-Cyr's report, the size of the coalition forces is not small, and may be comparable to the Silesian Army."

The Russian, Prussian, and Austrian armies were there, the Russians under the command of Barclay, the Austrians under Schwarzenberg himself, and the Prussians under von Kleist.

There may still be inconsistencies in the command system, but Napoleon did not take this into consideration.

He even makes mistakes in basic arithmetic when he's in a hurry, so naturally he can be a little careless at times.

If the general was a former staff officer, he might be more meticulous in his work.

"We will go back and deal with Schwarzenberg. Leave this to MacDonald and Lauriston."

"His Majesty."

Berthier was becoming more and more upset. MacDonald and Lauriston might not be enough to deal with Blücher.

In the past, when he was in Italy, MacDonald was defeated by Suvorov, and in 1812 he could not even beat Wittgenstein.

You know, Wittgenstein's command ability has been criticized in the Russian army.

Although the operations in Riga and the northern front were always linked to local supply conditions, and Wittgenstein had the help of Baron Essen, in addition to reinforcements coming from the north, this kind of offensive and defensive battle against the city was indeed difficult to fight.

Even with these problems, MacDonald was one of the few imperial marshals with experience in commanding at the corps level.

As for Lauriston and Sebastiani, both of them had been diplomats in the past, and in fact, France did not seem to have enough generals.

A Spanish battlefield, where a large number of outstanding generals were already pinned down.

As for Moreau's confidants back then, many of them are in the second line or idle. Bernadotte and Ney are okay, but one of them likes to slack off too much, and the other is too brave.

If Napoleon were to look for an experienced general, MacDonald might be a suitable choice.

He was to lead the remaining troops to deal with the Prussian and Russian coalition forces.

Napoleon himself led the main forces of the Guards, the 1st Army, the 6th Army and the cavalry to Dresden. This important grain storage site could not be lost. It contained at least three months of supplies for Napoleon on the front line. Moreover, supplies were continuously transported from mainland France and the countries of the Rhine Confederation to this important city in Saxony.

If the food supply was cut off, even Napoleon would be doomed.

So he hurried back and received bad news on the way.

That is, Oudinot was defeated by Langeron's Allied Northern Corps south of Berlin and was even driven back by the Allied forces.

At the same time, the battle report was also transmitted to the monarchs of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Blücher. Solovyov also received a battle report because he was sandwiched between the two major armies and had a good personal relationship with Langgeron.

The battle broke out at Großbeeren. Oudinot launched an attack from the front. The Saxon army led by Reigner immediately launched an offensive after discovering the Bülow army.

However, we have to take into account the bad weather at the time. It rained every now and then, and in the heavy rain, not only would the flintlock rifles become fire sticks, even the cannons could not be guaranteed to fire.

It was during such battles that the main fighting between the French and the Allied forces could only be carried out through hand-to-hand combat.

The most outrageous thing was probably that many people in Bülow's Prussian army had not received bayonet fighting training. Instead, they learned from the experience of the Russian grenadiers in dealing with the French vaulters, and directly used the butts of their rifles to launch attacks during battle.

They fought like this all the way. Considering that the proportion of new recruits in the French army was already very high, and after the weakening of Prussia's national strength, it naturally did not have that much money to maintain the army, so the number of new recruits was just the same.

Now the battle between the two sides has turned into a classic fight between two noobs.

Moreover, after Langgeron replaced the new staff team, their performance seemed mediocre, and the Swedish army's actions were really slow.

Basically, it became a battle between Bülow's Prussian army and Reynier's Saxon army. Both sides fought fiercely on the battlefield, but there was no progress.

But there was no progress, which was a huge victory for the Allies, after all, the French's first attack on Berlin at Großbeeren had failed.

The human-shaped target on the battlefield, Marshal Oudinot, who looked more like a magnet, gave up the action after discovering that the French army could not advance quickly towards Berlin.

Apart from that, he was fine despite the hail of bullets, but he was almost killed by a cold.

But considering that he was able to be hit dozens of times without dying, and later died of old age in bed, it can be said that his immunity is quite good.

As a result, Oudinot could no longer continue to command, and the morale of the French army itself was low. These troops, including the newly formed 12th Army, retreated towards Uterberg and then continued to move towards Wittenberg.

When Napoleon found out about this, he was probably furious. If the French army had been stationed in Lucao, the situation would have been very different.

He also said: "It's so hard to get Duke Reggio to use his brain!" Davout was already prepared to support his actions, but Oudinot went to the other side of the Elbe River without authorization, which boosted the confidence of the coalition forces and made them determined to implement the strategy that had been formulated during the truce period.

Langeron did not pursue and even explained the situation to Bülow, so as not to annoy the Prussians.

After all, with Davout, who once defeated the Prussian army alone, in Hamburg, if he took any action there and pursued towards the Elbe River, Berlin might still face a crisis.

At times like this, the benefits of not restoring history become apparent.

After Solovyov learned of the actions of both sides in this direction, he continued his action plan, covering Blücher's retreat from the flank while also waiting for an opportunity to launch an action.

Although his troops were the smallest among the legion-sized forces that both sides could deploy on the battlefield, even Davout's legion in Hamburg had more troops than him.

However, due to the arrangements made by Scharnhorst and Radetzky before the war, and the tacit approval of the various monarchs, he had the greatest flexibility along the way.

If he wanted, he could even make a bold penetration. If there were any gaps left on the French side, he would probably have to wait for a big hole to be dug out in central Germany.

Solovyov had a lot of experience in this before, having raided across the frozen sea in Sweden, crossed the Danube and then climbed over the mountains into Greece. It was not impossible for him to go directly to the deep rear of the French to cause sabotage this time. Although it was difficult to move on the front of Saxony because the main French army was unable to move, there were other routes available.

For example, crossing several rivers from behind the Northern Army and causing chaos in northern Germany.

But this idea can only exist in Solovyov's head. Considering the overall war situation and the arrangements of the coalition headquarters, he cannot leave the main battlefield too far, and he will serve more as a supporting force.

When Langeron defeated Oudinot, Napoleon was rushing back to Dresden, and the battle became that between MacDonald and Blücher.

Blücher's own command ability was limited, but his staff was very motivated. In particular, after Clausewitz returned from Russia, the technical adjustments he made to the staff were indeed very useful when combined with Scharnhorst's overall plan.

Gneisenau was the person in charge of the execution, and he also had to keep an eye on the old man and not let him go crazy.

Solovyov's side was much more relaxed. In name, there was only one chief of staff, but in reality, if Solovyov got serious, there were two chiefs of staff. His own professional ability was also excellent, and he had actually put in a lot of effort over the years.

Clausewitz doesn't have to worry about any problems with his commander's brain circuits, and there is nothing wrong with their actions.

Moreover, during the flanking operations, after a few days, anyone could notice that the French army's speed of action had slowed down.

After all, there is always a big difference between when Napoleon himself is present and when other French marshals are commanding here.

Napoleon is not Cao Gong, so he doesn't hang a general flag in the camp.

Although MacDonald had previously increased the density of torches to trick Suvorov into not daring to pursue, his plan was discovered and he was pursued by the Russian army instead, this kind of quick wit cannot be used every time.

"In this case, I think General Blücher will also launch a counterattack, and the French army's actions. Manstein, you did a great job. At least the cavalry reconnaissance in the past few days has been very effective."

The major performed well. He led the light cavalry to conduct reconnaissance and discovered that there was a lone division on the French flank, which was quite far away from the rest of the French troops under MacDonald.

Solovyov liked this kind of lone enemy the most, and it was more than enough for his small army to deal with it. Moreover, if MacDonald continued to pursue Blücher at this time, the opportunity for fighters on the flank would appear.

If he came to rescue the troops that were hit on the flank, then Blücher would have a chance to counterattack.

The only dangerous thing was that after leaving Napoleon, the French army marched very quickly.

If we attack at this time, and the enemy reinforcements arrive too quickly, we probably won't be able to complete the overall mission.

"Karl, I think we can attack the division on the French flank at this time. They are far away from the main force, and the nearest Gerard Division is also a long way away. If we want to take action, we should leave the Balkan Division and some cavalry to resist the vanguard of the enemy reinforcements, and the rest of the troops will focus on attacking this French division."

After listening to this, Clausewitz also knew that the commander was in the right state, just like when he was acting independently in the Balkans.

It’s just that when they were fighting the Turks, the enemy had a lot of troops, so they just accepted them all.

This time, when facing the French, they changed their strategy to using more troops against fewer, gaining advantage in local forces and launching continuous attacks on the enemy.

It would have been impossible for 3 to fight against 10 during the Napoleonic Wars. Solovyov was never that crazy. He just wanted to eliminate the outermost part of the French army and support the friendly forces.

If this surprise attack failed, MacDonald would not be able to pursue with all his strength.

So he arranged people to convey the order, and the marching direction of the entire legion changed.

The target was the French troops behind the Gerard Division.

He was also ready to fight. He had never fought the French in such a high-profile manner before. During the first phase of the spring campaign in Lützen, he was a spectator on the sidelines, and when he arrived in Bautzen, he was simply sent to make contacts and help Nikolai go on a blind date.

When he was in Russia before, he once defeated an entire French division. However, considering the extremely favorable battlefield situation for the Russian army at the time, with the right time, place and people, it was not difficult to win.

But if it were on the German battlefield, apart from Prussia, the Saxons on the other side might not all support this national liberation war, and some might even drag their feet.

For example, the King of Saxony and some nobles who might lose their land would definitely not agree.

It seems that not everyone can implement guerrilla strategies.

General von Tillmann is a Saxon, but asking him to take action is somewhat counter-productive.

After all, when he dealt with the "Black Duke" before, he was the one who was pursuing.

It is not impossible for him to mobilize guerrillas now, but the public opinion in Saxony is unpredictable.

In addition, this legion cannot do without the cavalry general at this time. After all, there is only one useful cavalry commander like him.

Also, he didn't realize what he had run into. (End of this chapter)