Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Napoleon's original idea was even to use rivers to separate the allied forces.

However, Bertrand failed to stop York, and Blücher's path to Leipzig was unimpeded. After the French blocking force retreated, nothing could stop the Silesian Corps from advancing in this direction.

Langgeron was some distance away from Ney's troops. In restoring history, he was much more proactive than Bernadotte, but he also had to take into account that the combat effectiveness of his troops was relatively weak, especially with the addition of the Swedish army.

Langgelon, who was always complaining, also had some complaints about his legion with uneven combat power, but he couldn't say it to his face.

As a professional troll, he would definitely write about this kind of thing in his diary and private notes and would not show it to others easily.

But the Northern Army was still in a relatively positive position. After York opened the road to Leipzig, it now needed the subsequent friendly forces to follow up.

Solovyov was the one at the farther distance. Although he had room to move freely, the transportation lines of several main corps needed to be protected, which was still a relatively important task.

After the operation began, he quickly crossed the Neisse River and arrived at the upper reaches of the Spree River.

The river flows northwards and then enters the city of Berlin.

Solovyov had no interest in Berlin. The upper reaches of the Spree River were relatively shallow, and the terrain here made it inconvenient for large troops to move.

McDonald had suffered this loss before when he was blocked by him in Luban, and he also suffered a lot when operating on the small road.

As for the battle between Bertrand and York, the reason why the French army failed was that its three divisions came from completely different forces and had poor coordination. Although the 4th Army was still a large corps, it actually included French, Italians and Württembergs. The current German princes were obviously not that loyal.

Bertrand's command ability is also far behind that of previous generals.

After this failure, Napoleon even wanted to transfer Bernadotte from Brussels, but considering that Bernadotte was not loyal at the moment and had a habit of slacking off, he did not bring this marshal over.

Moreover, the journey is long, and in the following battle, Napoleon can only rely on the forces in his hands.

If troops were to be transferred from Spain, they would probably only have time to deploy them on the French mainland, and even have to send some of them to coastal ports to prevent any contact between the British and their fellow countrymen in the Vendée.

The report Solovyov saw was from the day the battle of Waltenberg ended, and the battle report sent by Blücher was also from that day.

Solovyov couldn't understand why there were always problems with the French every time they crossed the river.

Bertrand was overconfident in his position at Wartenberg, which was not suitable for the army to cross the river in October in previous years.

But the situation today is much better, and the outpost officers of the York Regiment have misjudged the situation.

But Blücher ordered an attack.

Soon the Prussian vanguard launched an attack on Bertrand. Although they suffered greater losses, the French army finally gave up their positions. They were even a little uncomfortable with the Prussian army's sudden tenacity.

In war, morale is an important factor.

If the generation gap in weapons and equipment is not that big, even morale can make up for part of the gap, but the prerequisite is that the commander is determined and not stupid.

Although Blücher probably only had determination, Gneisenau could give him a brain and make him appear capable of handling a series of military operations.

After Bertrand was defeated, Blücher began to cross the Elbe River at several locations, and only Bertrand resisted for a while in Wartenberg.

The subsequent troops, the 7th Army composed of Saxons, did not seem as reliable as before, so they were not arranged to meet the enemy on the Elbe River, but retreated to Leipzig with the French army.

But if the secret agreement between Prussia and Russia were discovered now, the morale of the Saxons would probably be extremely high, and they would not care about any grievances they had at the hands of the French.

When those Prussian guys came, the Saxons had a much worse impression of them.

As things stand now, the Prussian army is already looting extensively in Saxony just to collect supplies.

The poor military discipline was so bad that even General Saken of the Russian Army, who was marching with them, was unbelievable.

Although Saken's military ability is somewhat lacking, he has some rich experience in commanding troops.

In the past, when I followed the various commanders of the Russian army, even the conscripted Cossacks with the worst military discipline were not like the Prussian army now, which almost looted all the Saxon villages along the way.

Thus, the Saxons no longer supported the French as they had in the past, simply because they were too exhausted from dealing with the war.

If the Saxons had seen how the Prussians behaved, and the fact that they would probably lose half of their territory, or even worse, be destroyed, they would probably not have agreed, and would have fought the Prussians to the death.

Unfortunately, even though the French obtained the intelligence through this diplomatic document and shared it with Saxony, they hardly received any response, and the soldiers below knew even less.

Many Saxon infantrymen deserted or surrendered directly to the Russian army.

Of course, the Prussian army did not have poor military discipline. On Bülow's side, there was at least some restraint. On York's side, it was purely because Blücher was here and was very indulgent to his brothers.

After crossing the Spree River, Solovyov soon learned that Blücher's troops had crossed the Elbe River in three groups, and now his entire army was crossing the river to head for Leipzig. He fell behind, and after reaching Torgau first, he might have to take care of the French troops withdrawing from the north.

If we can contain them, it will be a great achievement.

Through his communication with Blücher at this time, Solovyov also learned the approximate direction of the Northern Army's movement from south of Berlin, so he sent his adjutant to contact Langgeron.

Unfortunately, Langgeron's marching speed was faster than expected. After arriving at the starting point, his adjutant had to follow the marching route of the Northern Legion to find its main force.

However, Langeron placed Bülow in the front, the Russian army in the middle, and the Swedish army in the back, because the performance of the Swedish army was still worse, and the Prussian army of Bülow's corps could always play a role in encounters.

Then, there was the awkward incident of language barrier.

If Solovyov knew that the adjutant he sent could not speak the same language as the Swedes, he would probably be amused and confused.

The Swede brought the adjutant he sent to Count von Fersen, and the problem was solved.

Although the count had no military ability, he knew the urgency of the military situation and asked the adjutant to go to Langgeron.

But Langgeron was already following Ney's troops, about a day's journey behind them, and it was probably impossible for him to cooperate with Solovyov.

"Sir, that's exactly what happened." "It was Michel who made the request. After all, he is a young friend I made in Russia, so I will still help him. Lieutenant, give him this letter and tell him to ask Count von Fersen to coordinate with General von Essen and give him the command of the Swedish army to intercept the retreating French."

At the same time, Langeron also explained the current situation. Ney was determined to retreat to Leipzig, and he would still consider joining forces with Blücher and leaving the Swedish army to him.
"This bad guy who likes to criticize others behind their backs!"

Although Solovyov said this, he knew that Langgeron was still a good friend and left him a complete army to support him.

Moreover, Count von Fersen had a status in the Bourbon court in the past, and General von Essen was a relative of the Essens on the Russian side, and was a general defeated by Solovyov in the past in Sweden.

They would probably still obey his arrangements. Moreover, the little king of Sweden probably wouldn't be able to sit on the throne even if he made his own efforts without the guarantee of Grand Duke Constantine.

Langgeron was willing to give him an army, which showed that they had a close relationship.

Because the Swedish army's marching speed was slower than that of the Russian and Prussian armies, he always unloaded the burden and cooperated with Blücher to pursue Ney and the French troops retreating to Leipzig.

Although Solovyov fell behind, he did encounter some retreating French troops.

At the beginning, there were only some stragglers, stragglers, and cavalry sent out for reconnaissance.

To deal with these people, Solovyov only needed to let the Hussars drive them away or capture them.

But in the next action, I am afraid I will encounter some opponents.

Moreover, after crossing the Elbe River, an important goal of the Solovyov army was to entangle the French troops while they still had some scattered troops outside. The larger the opponent they could entangle, the better.

With his current abilities, dealing with a French marshal would not be a problem, as long as the guy's level was not super strong, such as Davout who was in Hamburg. This guy was too strong for the position of army commander.

Then he saw some destroyed positions.

"Look at that road sign. If we work harder, we will probably be able to join up with our friendly forces on the 15th."

"But what if we encounter enemies on the way?"

"It will be later if it is Bertrand again."

Although Solovyov was joking, he was sometimes worried that if he spoke in accordance with the law, it would be very funny.

He had also sent out von Tillmann's cavalry, and now the only ones he could rely on were Russia's own hussars and Cossacks.

These cavalrymen were now searching along the road, and had seen no signs of any large French force in action.

But Solovyov still had to confirm it again and again. After all, the location where he would enter the battlefield was very clear to him after he looked at the map himself.

There were probably some French troops retreating, and as he was marching, there was a high probability that he would run into them on the road when he was near Leipzig.

If he got entangled, or if the French rearguard was more resilient, he would probably have missed the early part of the battle.

Since arriving here, he has not missed any major battles in which the Russian army participated over the years, except for the Battle of Bautzen where they suffered a major defeat.

This was the most crucial battle, a battle he did not want to miss, a battle to pull Napoleon off the throne. This was very important.

In the future, when we fight into French territory, we will have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. Even if some of the divided troops fail, the main force will be able to win the battle.

It is definitely different from the current situation.

Solovyov then urged his troops to advance towards Leipzig from the mainland.

As he walked down the road, he also heard the sound of artillery fire.

However, he had no time to send out cavalry for reconnaissance, because he discovered a French marching column on the road to the left of his route.

We can't let them pass easily, no matter whether they are the vanguard of a French army or something else, we have to attack them first.

But even so, it soon attracted Napoleon's attention.

He also had an adjutant who quickly passed the information to the headquarters in Leipzig.

"Well, it looks like our enemies have all arrived and are going to have the final battle with us at this place."

Although it was the decisive battle that Napoleon longed for, the gap in troop strength was always too large.

But at this time, he was still highly confident that he and Murat would first lead the troops to defeat the Bohemian Army, and then return to defeat Blücher and the Northern Army.

By now, there were no secrets between the two sides. Schwarzenberg led the main force. Except for some troops tied up in Dresden, at least 14 people appeared in the south of Leipzig.

There would be reinforcements later, but Napoleon knew about it in advance about Blücher and Solovyov who had already started fighting.

Langgeron, who was approaching Ney, and the reserve corps from Poland were still far away from the battlefield.

As for him, he is still so confident at this time and always has some confidence.

The last elite of the French army were already here, and he finally gave the order to promote Prince Poniatowski to Marshal of France, as a reward for his still loyal allies.

He even knew that Saxony was no longer loyal, but with the war imminent, there was nothing he could do but go ahead.

But he was still very confident in his deployment. It was simply a miniature version of the plan of the scapegoat Adu, except that he would first attack the stronger part of the coalition forces, and then come back to deal with the two legions in the north.

Now the Allied forces took the lead in launching an attack on the weakened armies of MacDonald and Lauriston, also intending to deal with the weaker part of the French army.

But even this action did not seem like something Schwarzenberg could have come up with.

In fact, he was only the nominal head coach. With these two tricks of his, the Tsar wanted to personally take charge of the game. (End of this chapter)