Chapter 185: New Appointments When he heard Potemkin mention the 20,000-strong army, Kutuzov was terrified, and he cringed and asked: "How did Your Excellency Marshal know about my defeat?"
How can I not know, a few days ago when I was still on the road, I got the news, what do you do as an intelligence agency of the empire, this news is from the Prussians, a whole army of 20,000, you Kutuzov died a hundred times is not worth this loss" Hearing Kutuzov's question, Potemkin looked at Kutuzov with a pitiful and pathetic gaze, to be honest, when he got the news, Potemkin did have the idea of sacrificing Kutuzov.
"Your Excellency Marshal, you have to avenge us, these are those Prussians and Poles who colluded to kill me, our army was not defeated by Prussia but annihilated by the Poles."
Hearing Kutuzov's cry, Potemkin was stunned at first, but then said loudly: "What are you crying about, tell me what happened this time, if there is a little deviation, I can't spare you" Looking at Potemkin's face, Tuzov was overjoyed, don't look at Potemkin's fierce performance before, but the general big man is incomprehensible, if he has the intention to let Kutuzov die, Potemkin will not talk so much nonsense with Kutuzov at all, and now as long as Kutuzov can give Potemkin a satisfactory explanation, Kutuzov believes that Potemkin will still keep himself.
"From the time I led the army out of Warsaw, the Poles in those armies kept making trouble for us, and they greatly slowed down the march of the army, and by the time we reached East Prussia, the rebellion of Morakot had been suppressed by the Prussians, and then we fought a fierce battle with the Prussians under the city of Königsberg.
But the Poles held me back again, and their defenses were often breached by the Prussian army for no apparent reason, leaving our army with back and forth support on the battlefield.
Until the night of that day, on which night the sudden mutiny of the Polish army caught us off guard, and it happened that the Prussian army, which had been in a defensive state, changed its previous style and launched a fierce attack on our army, and at night our army was caught off guard and surrounded by the Prussians and Poles.
The purpose of my escape was not to secure my own life, but to inform you of the news that the Poles had colluded with the Prussians!
Your Excellency the Marshal, 20,000 of your brethren have all died in East Prussia!
They are all brothers from Crimea with me!
” Talking about Kutuzov was crying, Potemkin didn't expect that there was such a large amount of information in it, according to what Kutuzov said, it seems that the Poles have colluded with the Prussians, which will definitely bring great variables to the pacification of Poland in the future, Potemkin pondered.
And Kutuzov would peek at Potemkin's expression in between tears, and when he saw that Potemkin seemed to have believed his words and was pondering, he hurriedly knocked his head on the ground and cried: "Your Excellency, it doesn't matter if I die, you want to avenge our 20,000 brothers!
Your Excellency, Marshal, you must avenge us."
Kutuzov's cries grew louder and louder.
"Okay, shut your mouth for me, before Her Majesty the Empress doesn't let you die, you can't die if you want to, what you said just now, I have my own plans, so be it, I'll ask someone to wash you when you go back, and see how dirty you look" Saying that, Potemkin slapped his nose in disgust, and then walked out of the room under house arrest Kutuzov, after Potemkin left, Kutuzov squatted on the ground in a distraction, and then exhaled a big breath of turbidity, he knew that he would not go to see God for the time being, but will it still depend on his performance after that.
Kulichkov, who was locked up in another room, also met Potemkin, and for Kulichkov, Potemkin admired him more than Kutuzov, who made Kulichkov's mother a close friend of Catherine II.
After listening to Kulichkov's report, Potemkin was relieved when he learned that the defeat of Kulichkov's army was also due to the defection of the Poles.
Potemkin thought in his heart: Although Kutuzov and Potemkin may lie to him, as long as they hear about the remaining Russian soldiers, they will know the real answer, presumably Kutuzov and Kulichkov should not joke with themselves on this matter, so it seems that it is really the Poles who have a problem.
This is linked to the uprising in northern Poland, and Potemkin discovers that there is a huge black hand behind everything, and this black hand must be among the Poles, and there are only a handful of people who can have such a large influence in Poland.
Potemkin secretly decided that when he got close to Warsaw, he would settle the account with the Poles.
The next day, Kutuzov and Kulichkov were released, along with a group of generals, who followed Potemkin to Vianius, the capital of Russian Poland.
At this moment, Vianius had become a large barracks, and the open space outside the city was filled with 60,000 Russian troops, including Cossacks, Finns, Crimeans, and even Tatars.
Although the composition of this army is more complicated, the command of the Russian army is still very unified, and in the face of Potemkin, a giant in St.
Petersburg, no general dares to joke in front of him, and Potemkin at this time can be said to be the second person in the Russian Empire.
After bringing Kutuzov and others into the chamber, Potemkin did not discriminate against them because they were defeated generals, but instead ordered Kutuzov to sit down on his right hand, which was not an ordinary treatment, you must know that often during the meeting, the seat of each person determines their respective status.
The person who can sit close to the leader is either in a high position or has won the trust of the leader, such a person undoubtedly has a great future, and now Kutuzov is sitting in such a position as a defeated general, which means that his position in Potemkin's heart is still the same, of course, this also makes Kutuzov honestly afraid.
"General Kutuzov, tell us everything you know."
After Potemkin had given the order, Kutuzov told him what he had been through, and of course it was inevitable to add fuel to it, because only by exalting the enemy's sinister might he be able to make his own incompetence less visible.
After Kutuzov finished speaking, the generals present fell into deep thought, and like Potemkin, through Kutuzov's description, everyone knew that some organization must have been excessively involved in this Polish incident.
"Okay, I'll talk about it later, since we've arrived here, then without further ado, tomorrow the ministries will approach Poland as planned, this time my 60,000 imperial army must annihilate those jumping clowns with a thunderous force, Her Majesty the Empress has high hopes for us before our army sets out, and everyone here must not live up to Her Majesty's trust."
As soon as Potemkin's words were finished, the room resounded with the shout of "Long live Her Majesty", and seeing this scene, Potemkin also smiled with satisfaction.
"By the way, because General Kutuzov is familiar with Polish affairs, I have decided to appoint General Kutuzov as the vanguard of the army, and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, I don't know if everyone here has any objections."
In the face of Potemkin's inquiry, everyone in the tent shouted that they didn't dare, they didn't dare.
"Of course, because of some previous accidents, there are not many men in General Kutuzov's hands at the moment, and I have decided to transfer the troops in the Ukrainian region to General Kutuzov's command, General Ripov, do you have any objections?"
Although Potemkin asked if there was any objection in his words, his eagle eyes made people understand that if this General Rypov dared to disagree, he would definitely not end well.
Rypov, who was sitting in the room, was on pins and needles, he was the Ukrainian overseer and the commander of the Ukrainian army that was transferred to Potemkin this time, for these overseers, they were local princes, who were willing to hand over the army in their hands to others, but there was no way, it was Potemkin who was forcing him to ask him at the moment, if there was any objection, let alone the command of the army, I am afraid that even his Ukrainian overseer would not be able to do it.
"Naturally, I will obey the orders of His Excellency the Marshal, and I also ask General Kutuzov to complete the handover of the army with him after the meeting," said Ripov, who smiled at Kutuzov, and Kutuzov also smiled at him.
"Very good, General Ripov is still very knowledgeable, the future of the Russian Empire is inseparable from loyal subjects like General Ripov, it seems that there is a little less of a Ukrainian army, General Krivsky, your army will also be handed over to General Kutuzov" As if he was not satisfied, Potemkin spoke to another person in the tent, this Kryvsky was the Latvian Overseer and the commander of the Latvian army that had come this time.
This Kryvisky is not as good a talker as Ripov.
"Your Excellency Marshal, it's not that you are giving an order that deliberately coerces you, but that General Kutuzov's previous achievements make your subordinates really not flattering, and you don't want your subordinates to follow such a person to death."
Kryvisky's words made Kutuzov's face blue and white, and Potemkin's face was equally unsightly.
"General Krivisky, although General Kutuzov has suffered defeats before, but there is a reason for that, no one here is more familiar with the situation in Poland than General Kutuzov, so I still think it is better to let General Kutuzov lead your army, and as the commander of the army, I have the right to distribute the subordinate troops, I hope you can understand this."
Potemkinteng stood up and spoke, and as he spoke, his eyes kept looking at Krivisky.
In fact, Potemkin's move was deliberately aimed at Kryvisky, and the upper echelons of St.
Petersburg knew that Latvian Overseer Kryvisky was a supporter of Ovorov, and as Ovorov's political enemy, how could Potemkin let go of such a good opportunity to attack his opponent.
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Since Potemkin said so, Kryvisky could not object, he said: "Since His Excellency the Marshal said so, then I will put the army under the command of General Kutuzov, but I reserve my opinion, and in addition I will report to St.
Petersburg on the situation today, hoping that His Excellency the Marshal will understand" With that, Kryvisky saluted Potemkin, then turned and walked out of the room with his neck straight, Potemkin's eyes staring at his back as if they were about to breathe fire.