Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Such fortifications were built near Paris to guard against possible invasions.

After all, there are too many enemies, and there are still traitors in the city of Paris.

At this time, in addition to Catherine with her two children, who was probably pregnant with another child, the other person in Paris was Napoleon's eldest brother, Joseph, the former King of Naples and Spain.

Although Joseph was faithful and reliable, he always ran away.

Napoleon knew that among his brothers, only Lucien was brave enough, but unfortunately this fellow always went against him and even ran away to Italy.

He was used to his elder brother running away every day.

But now my family doesn’t have anything to offer.

Catherine, on the other hand, was very reliable. She was still trying to calm the emotions of the court ladies in Paris, many of whose husbands had followed the emperor to fight on the front lines.

In addition, she also sent someone to Malmaison, but Josephine would not come to Paris from Malmaison at this time.

But after all, family interests are tied together, whether it is Josephine's family or the Beauharnais family of her ex-husband and son, the interests are always tied to the Bonaparte family.

Of course, no one could have imagined that the White Russian leader in France was from the Beauharnais family.

“That’s how it is now.”

"It's a good thing old Josephine didn't want to come. I didn't want to see her!"

Polina was still throwing a tantrum, but was pulled back by her son.

"Mom, it's not nice to say that. After all, she was once my aunt."

Polina calmed down when her eldest son shook her arm.

She is only 34 years old. Although she has had many lovers, she has taken good care of her body. Even after giving birth to four children, her body does not show any major deformation.

What she is more worried about now is probably that her eldest son is almost getting old enough to get married, and he needs to find someone with a similar status and position. Perhaps the bald man Dawu and his daughter would be more suitable.

But thinking of what Solovyov had told her about "eugenics", she said that Davout was the son-in-law of the Leclerc family and was not suitable for the marriage.

Also, Davout's eldest daughter is only 10 years old. Polina is somewhat outrageous, and what's even more outrageous is that she approves of Solovyov's "eugenics" and says that among her three sons, the most useless one is probably the youngest son, Demid, who is in poor health but very smart, and somewhat like her deceased ex-husband; Giuseppe is also very smart and in good health, with green eyes that look like Michel, and even at a young age he has the "temperament of a profiteer" and actually uses his pocket money to sell soda water to the servants in the manor; Camillo is not good, except that he is very good at pleasing his mother and the ladies in the family, but he is useless in other aspects.

She really inherited the more important traits of the three most important men to her. As for her daughter, she is still too young and it is hard to tell what her future will be like.

Of course, Octavia is really beautiful. Although she is only 14, if she continues to develop like this, she will definitely be a beautiful tulip in the Parisian social scene.

The reason why it is called a tulip is mainly because it is too docile and has no thorns, so it is not quite appropriate to describe it as a rose.

If Michelle wore women's clothes at this age, it was mainly because Solovyov was a young officer who had just come of age when he came to Paris. He looked very beautiful at that time, rather than handsome.

As for the good relationship between Ekaterina and Polina, the second sister-in-law also mentioned Solovyov's dark history many times, including that he was forced to wear women's clothes and serve as a model in the painting studio.

It’s just that when I talk about this, it’s a bit inappropriate to talk about the occasion.

"Octavia is so beautiful. Whoever marries her will be a happy man."

The main reason was that Sylvia had a good education. Paulina left all the girls to her to educate, and she was only responsible for having fun. In addition, she would pay for whatever the children needed. It was common for her to spend a lot of francs a year. In addition, her second son would criticize her in a little adult tone: "Mom, you spend too much!"

"But now is not the time to talk about marriage. It would be better if it were a time of peace, Pauletta."

"My brother should negotiate, but since he won the battle, he should be even less willing to negotiate, especially with the Austrian's current conditions."

Polina was somewhat dissatisfied when she mentioned Metternich.

Problems also arose between the sisters.

The affair between Carolina and Metternich could also spread in the circle. Although Murat and Carolina's kingdom was in Naples, Carolina and MacDonald's brother, who was the Minister of War in Naples, had always been a semi-public lover, and she had also heard about Metternich's affair.

Even if Murat, a fool and arrogant show-off, knew these things, he probably wouldn't care. After all, he was tall and strong, and it would be easy for him to find a woman outside.

Living their own lives is probably more normal in France than in Russia. For someone like Katya to be so tolerant, it is a result of the Russian court mistresses themselves tolerating mistresses appearing around their husbands.

"But if we continue like this, the situation will not get better, and the enemies will only increase in number."

Demid was almost old enough to join the army, but like the eldest son of the Kano family, he had talent but no place to display it. Moreover, due to his young age and poor health, the emperor personally stamped his approval.

But next year, it may be a different story.

"The kid is now old enough to want to ride on a warhorse. He always has a lot on his mind."

"But mother, this is the truth. Even if my uncle is the greatest commander of the world, even if he defeats another army of the enemy, I mean Blücher, it would probably be difficult to deal with the 200,000 enemies who escaped in Troyes."

Demid could only say this again to his mother who didn't understand. Unfortunately, what he said came true, and even with a surprising result.

Solovyov was still at the end of the Silesian Corps. Although his forces had been strengthened, he always had disputes with Blücher over the direction of the march, the deployment of troops, and even the camps to be stationed during the march.

Their relationship was no longer as good as it had been in Silesia.

Solovyov himself knew that discord between the commander-in-chief and the main generals in the army would cause trouble, and he also paid more attention to the overall situation, but it was obviously not going to work out as it was now.

So he led his own team of Russian troops and continued to walk behind, while also replenishing the 9th Division.

Olsufiev’s incompetence is a small matter, because if Blücher’s series of magical operations cause the army to collapse again, it would be a big disaster.

Compared with Schwarzenberg, who was always far away from the main battlefield, Blücher was always thinking about marching towards Paris, and therefore was always Napoleon's priority target.

He still doesn't listen to me. At this time, I would rather die than let my friend die. This is already for the sake of the overall situation. If it were someone else, they would probably step on him.

The march from Reims to the west was not smooth either, as it was not a suitable season for marching, so the allied forces were always stuck on the road.

The artillery carriage was stuck in the mud, but it was not like in Russia, where the mud was turning and the carriage and the cannon were stuck in the mud.

The marching speed was also very slow, but Blücher still had to go to Paris, and even this time there were more troops assembled.

At this time, confidence obviously comes.

What he did not know, however, was that MacDonald's joining Napoleon's army was only a minor matter. Suchet had brought fresh troops from southern France, in addition to recruits and National Guards mobilized along the way.

Because the local officials had all fled, many of these people were still willing to resist, but they had no leader.

When Napoleon passed by, they followed him, shouting "Long live the emperor!"

At least the emperor would take care of these people's food, drink, defecation and urination.
After gathering some rabble and new recruits, including fresh troops, Napoleon's forces looked even stronger.

Blücher actually had 140,000 troops at that time, and the support that Solovyov asked for were all Russian troops. However, due to the issue of command and the fear that he would fight an embarrassing and foolish battle with Blücher, he also asked the Tsar to act alone.

Even Schwarzenberg agreed on this point. Solovyov was the kind of person who could perform miraculous functions when flying alone with a small force, and he should not just follow Blücher around like that.

In addition, there is King FW. He does not understand military affairs. He knows that his old marshal has charisma and courage, but his command is a mess.

Coupled with Alexander's opinions, he would always post comments to express his agreement, and thus the Cilician Legion came into being with this bizarre command structure.

Then, along came Napoleon.

Blücher was in the front. He didn't expect Napoleon to come so quickly, so he ordered the front of the corps to flee towards Soissons.

If we passed Soissons and crossed the river further, if we restore history, it would be the Battle of Laon, where Napoleon was outnumbered and defeated in the end, but no one was able to defeat him.

However, Blücher would think that Napoleon was being tricked because his troops were too few, so he would not dare to pursue him easily. This was a sign of being afraid of being defeated.

He is doing the same thing now, leading all 100,000 coalition troops to Soissons.

Unfortunately, the defenders in Soissons were unwilling to surrender.

There was even a group of retired veterans who showed up, hanged the local commander, and demanded that the National Guard and the local garrison join the fight.

Well, a group of retired old guards, and they are not young anymore.

Shouting "Long live the emperor", they defeated the officers who wanted to surrender with their bare hands. The leader lost both ears.

"I don't care what others do! I, Arboise of Pont-Oise, must fight the Germans to the end! This ear was knocked off by the Austrians in Marengo when the emperor was in power at that time, and this one was not in Austerlitz. Now I am old and my legs are not good, and the emperor doesn't want me anymore. But citizens, folks, the emperor did something wrong by letting these bastards in. However, the Germans are not good people either. When they passed through Soissons before, they did a lot of harm to people! They are the same this time. We must defend Soissons. I heard that the emperor's army is behind, and my brothers in the old guard must be there too. As long as the emperor's army comes, we can drive them all away!"

After hearing this, the people below also shouted "Long live the emperor!"

This old guy is really good at talking. It was he who instigated a small team of guards to follow the main force. Not only did they follow the emperor for "sightseeing", but they also wanted to fight in person.

Now that I have retired, I have been assigned here and I am not idle.

In order to prevent the Prussians from forcibly requisitioning the geese and ducks he raised at home, he risked his life and came here with a group of retired veterans. Even if the poultry he raised ended up being eaten by the villagers as food, it was still better than being robbed by the Prussians.

This little episode was something no one could have expected.

When Blücher's army arrived here, they found that the army and militia of Soissons had spontaneously stayed in the fortress and town and refused to come out. Obstacles were placed on the road. Anyone from the Prussian army who approached would be hit by artillery shells.

Under the instigation of retired veterans, the soldiers worked very hard and kept firing solid artillery shells at the Prussian army's ranks.

So when Blücher saw this situation, he was also wondering what he should do.

If they attacked by force, it might not work, and Napoleon was chasing them closely behind.

But if he wants to find reinforcements, it will be a problem.

After listening to his opinion, Gneisenau just shook his head.

"We have left behind Mick's 40,000 men. Or you just don't want to hear this guy talk like a housekeeper, so you let him march at the end of the team. Even if he can get there in time, he won't be faster than Napoleon."

So, Blücher gritted his teeth and started attacking Soissons.

What was unexpected was that after the local garrison commander was hanged, these veterans and young officers put up an extremely tenacious resistance.

In addition, the Prussians were implementing the Three Alls policy along the way. Except for the French flower girls who were not as harmful as the soldiers from Württemberg and Bavaria, the soldiers from other places were probably even worse.

Knowing what happened to the French in the nearby towns, they naturally fought desperately as well.

The old soldiers and local wealthy people took out all the savings they had saved after retirement to reward their brothers and fellow villagers who were willing to fight hard in the war.

This made the old man Blücher helpless against the defenders of Soissons for a while.

Napoleon was still some distance away from the battlefield at this time. After hearing about the battle situation in Soissons, he still didn't know what had happened there.

However, his intuition as the strongest commander today always allows him to smell opportunities for battle.

"Berthier, change the original order. The cavalry will lead the way, the Old Guard will follow closely behind, the Young Guard will be in the middle, and the Reserve and National Guard will be in the rear. The marching drums must be beaten throughout the journey. We must hurry to Soissons."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"We want to make a comeback and this is the best chance."

Moreover, if this news were to become public, it would be too big. (End of this chapter)