Chapter 672 034 Obvious Threat From France

It is true that the temple at Delphi was the temple of the sun god Apollo, but there is something strange about it. When this temple still existed, those ambiguous oracles might not have any effect at all.

As for the Greek gods and priests, you are not stupid in this regard. They will conduct investigations in advance and have a sufficient intelligence network. If what they say is ambiguous, it is up to you to guess.

"So that's the case. No wonder one of the countries was destroyed in the end."

Katya and Mrs. Rekamir leaned against him one by one. Solovyov was so proud that he probably only made others jealous.

They each still held their children, Mihrima holding little Lisa and leaning against the bed.

This is not the time for intimacy, taking the children, just enjoying family life.

"But it's true, Julie, that the country of Lydia perished because its monarch was too arrogant and believed in the oracles and the arrangements of fate."

"Mishka, what do you mean?"

Katya, she just came to listen to Solovyov reading, but she was also confused.

"The only thing I can think of is Napoleon. It's a pity that I don't understand the Chinese Book of Changes very well, so I can't calculate a hexagram."

"There is no temple, what can you do?"

Julie's outfit is very much like that of ancient Greek women. Although Katya has a close relationship with her and even calls her sister (although Madam always wants to take advantage of the couple and wants her to call her aunt), there are also differences between them. The husband/lover is somewhat competitive.

For example, the lady held Solovyov's arm, and the other arm held her daughter, trying to get closer.

She came over from the other side, still holding her little son in her arms, pressing against her husband's body.

"Okay, you two are really hot."

Considering that both of them are raising children, they are naturally full of energy.

"Why, you still dislike us for being hot?"

"No, it's just that you two are too close together."

Because the children are here and there is a little girl who is a maid, you have to be careful when speaking.

"If you two come here at night, who will take care of the child?" He pulled them both and whispered it into their ears. In fact, it was his own idea. Although this girl Mihelima is not as thoughtful as Adela, But he can also be tight-lipped.

On the other hand, both of them are willing to feed the child by themselves, so a wonderful balance is achieved. If one of them goes to make love with Solovyov at night, the other one has to go and take care of the child with the maid. After all, it is still very harmonious. of.

"Yes, it's not in Petersburg, but it can't be done there either."

The relationship in Petersburg was much more shocking than theirs, and others would probably envy this harmonious relationship, and they also knew that Madame Recamier might have to return to France one day.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. You two can take care of the children peacefully. I have to work at night recently, and I have to reply to Count Kutuzov today. There seems to be some changes in personnel."

He would not discuss the specific matters with his family members. He just kissed them and the children on their foreheads, and then locked himself in the study room of this residence.

Kutuzov's letter also made it very clear that if relations with France cannot improve within this year, war will definitely break out, so some adjustments will be made.

If this is the case, Langeron's purpose of coming to Greece can also be made clear. Probably he and Kamensky Jr. will take their respective command teams to the rear as preparations, and then put into new positions.

The troops must also be mobilized accordingly, especially the grenadier division that they bring, which can be said to be the elite of the Russian army. There are 15 independent grenadier regiments at this time, in addition to the Guards Grenadier Regiment and the Guards Grenadier Regiment that follow the Guards. Pavlovsk regiment, and 6 of the remaining 13 regiments are in his hands.

These troops must also be transferred back to the front, so that the military strength in the Balkans will actually be very tight.

What to do next is also a question. It is true that we are in the armistice stage, but Sultan Mahmoud is firmly opposed to the autonomy clauses of Serbia and Greece.

Even though the beating hurt him, he was still like this. You can imagine how aggressive the young and energetic Sultan was before.

Therefore, he also has to consider how he responds to the letter.

According to Kutuzov's intention, he should wait until at least spring before returning to Odessa from Greece and then wait for further appointments.

There may still be a war during this period, but it has nothing to do with him. It is mainly Langeron who will command the Russian and Serbian coalition forces. It is indeed disturbing given that the war in East Macedonia may resume.

His plan for himself was very clear. It would not be difficult for him to hold a position in one of the three armies on the western border in the future.

In the war between Sweden and Turkey, his performance is also shown here, and it can even be said to have played a decisive role.

It’s just that Greece is a great place with beautiful scenery. If you don’t take into account the environment where bandits are everywhere, it is also a very suitable place to live.

But he doesn't have the ability to choose now. He is only one of hundreds of active Russian lieutenant generals, and even one with relatively junior qualifications.

At the same time, he didn't know what was happening in Petersburg. In short, Speransky's position was still somewhat dangerous, and his position as Secretary of State might also be replaced by Shishkov.

The only difference is that under Balashov's attack, whether he went to Siberia to manage the potato diggers or to do some other work.

His position is too far away, and with military merits, it is probably not easy for anyone to say anything.

Unless someone shamelessly said that he attacked Greece with all his strength just to weaken Russia's military strength and bring the Russian army far to Greece.

If someone said so, it would be no different from those shameless censors in the late Ming Dynasty.

In his reply to Kutuzov, Solovyov only mentioned some of his ideas and believed that the future strategic defense deployment should be mainly on the road to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

But there is one thing he said very clearly, that is, those people in the Ministry of War must not be dedicated when they contracted the project. This kind of corruption is also common in Russia.

After all, there is no one now, and the screws are so screwed that sparks are flying, but the subordinates are no different.

He definitely does not want to go to the Ministry of War and the General Staff, because there are too many troubles there.

But the letter should be more vague. In short, he should not work in the core institutions in Petersburg, and he can go anywhere after that.

In addition, he also wrote a letter to Pierre to ask about his recent situation.

This unlucky guy married Helen as his wife, but he was in constant trouble. I don't know how he is doing recently.

As for other things, he also has to pay attention. At his age, he is at the age of adventure, and the European stage is indeed more suitable for him to perform.

Of course, he didn't know that in Petersburg, Alexander had made a decision to ask the commanders of both corps to return from the Balkan front.

The current war assessment is probably that the Russian army needs to be transferred back to the front from the Baltic Sea to Moldavia. The deployment here is also used as a strategic defense, that is, the possible attack of France.

Alexander's contact with Talleyrand finally confirmed this.

It's just the happiness of his sister. No matter how much he loves Catherine, and even a little suspected of orthopedics, compared with the whole country, he can still make a judgment.

As an emotional political animal, Alexander has also made a decision, that is, to make a defensive tower posture against France.

Even the court in Petersburg believed that the war with Europe was inevitable. Napoleon's credit was not very good, and it was hard to say what he would do next.

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As for Catherine, she was about to give birth in the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Although Napoleon was in some trouble in Spain at the moment, his empire was at its strongest.

Soloviev in Delphi also hurriedly ended his trip. He first returned to Athens, and then spoke to the Greek representatives from all walks of life who came to the meeting, reaffirming the friendship between Russia and the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula. In addition, he also stated that the Greek people have the power to decide their own future, and hurriedly left Athens with his family, first going to Thessaloniki.

Christian and Julia just became a pair of inexperienced and stupid parents. Julia had a daughter, but she was careless in naming her Helen.

In Greece, the name Helen was fortunately not born in Sparta, otherwise the swan egg or the ten-year war in Troy would not be a good story.

Christian's way of holding a child was not as skilled as his main job as a guard in the Winter Palace and his side job as a nanny, so he had to ask his brother-in-law for advice.

"If you want to hold the child, you can do this, support the child's body with one arm, it will look better, your action will make the child uncomfortable."

"Speaking of which, why did you rush back from Athens?"

"We still have some things to do. Probably with the transfer of the two Kamensky brothers, we have to prepare to go back. It's just that it will be delayed until spring. At that time, we will go to Odessa first, and then we will go to our respective posts."

Unlike Christian, who has been commanding the Grenadiers Division, Solovyov's position has always been uncertain, but he was asked to do the staff work that he thought was troublesome, and he would not take the position of Chief of Staff of the East Prussian Corps unless he was asked to be the Chief of Staff of the merged Commander-in-Chief.

However, things were a little different from what he expected.

For Christian, because Yulia had just given birth to a child, the couple returned later, and Kutuzov might need the Grenadiers Division to fight a battle in Macedonia or Bulgaria before leaving.

For the Russian army, in fact, at this time, without the external threat of France, they may make another effort to push the army to Adrianople, and then point the spearhead to Constantinople, and then they can fulfill the long-cherished wish of the czars of all generations.

However, the idea is good, but the reality always does not allow them to have any illusions in this regard.

The Russian army will probably stop here. Although the next war may be closer to this goal, whether European countries will still be so busy that they have no time to take care of the Balkans at that time is still a big question mark.

In short, we have to choose to leave now, and the future is still unpredictable.

But before leaving, Kamensky had already felt something strange in his body.

The Balkans are always unfriendly to some people, especially the Russian commander, Kamensky Jr., who suddenly coughed up blood at night when inspecting the front line. Coupled with the symptoms of a high fever, Kutuzov had to take over the position of commander-in-chief of the Danube Corps in advance.

This is not like Soloviev and Langeron. As former partners, many people in the Macedonian Corps were used by them before, and there was a handover process.

Kamensky Jr.'s health can be said to have unexpectedly begun to deteriorate. When he separated from him in Galati, Soloviev still felt that he was healthy and energetic. In the previous battles with France and Sweden, he was always in good condition.

But his body suddenly collapsed like this, probably because there was always plague in the local area.

He had to leave the front line and go to Odessa for treatment.

As for Soloviev, they spent the winter in Salonika, which was a mediocre time.

The bad news is probably that the war with France is inevitable, but there is also good news.

Solovyov's black-hearted and leaky little cotton jacket finally stopped resisting his father's embrace.

He even had an idea that if peace continued like this, it would be the life he wanted.

Although he had not yet achieved success, his status and wealth could guarantee a peaceful and stable life.

At least for the next hundred years, the war would be far away from his home, and it would be unlikely for anyone to cause trouble for him, whether it was St. Petersburg or Ryazan.

But now he looked back and saw that there were too many aspects to be involved, and he still had to be on the scene.

And in the future, he was afraid that he would have to play a greater role.

Because the Queen Mother sent a letter through the new Foreign Minister Rumyantsev, asking him to pay more attention to Grand Duke Nicholas's studies after returning to St. Petersburg.

This kid was indeed not very worrying, because he got the last place in the older group at the Imperial Village Middle School, which made the Queen Mother very annoyed. Mikhail was not as worrying as him, at least his grades in the younger group were acceptable, and he got 4 points in mathematics, which was in sharp contrast to Nicholas' 2 points.

Seeing that it seemed unlikely that he would have any other job before the war broke out.

There was no other way. Who told him to arrange a study plan for Nikola? At least this kid was a qualified student. (End of this chapter)