If there was no shadow of the nobility within the empire behind the rebellion in the Crimea, Paul I would not have believed it.
You must know that among the 100,000 troops of the empire stationed in the Black Sea region, many officers appeared on the purges list that Paul I had in mind.
After this realization, Paul I decided to revoke the arrest warrant for Kutuzov, after all, the situation in the Crimean Peninsula is the most important, of course, this does not mean that Paul I decided to give up the pursuit of Kutuzov.
In Paul's view, everything he is doing now is only to maintain the stability of the empire, and once the situation in the Crimean Peninsula is calmed, then Kutuzov will still be the target of killing.
Not only Kutuzov, on October 20, 1789, Paul I issued an edict that, in view of the outstanding contributions made by some nobles to the Russian Empire, the Empire decided to pardon those who committed lesser crimes, and to punish those who committed serious crimes by confiscating fiefs or cutting down their titles!
Such an edict had a positive effect on the internal stability of the empire, and although some fiefs were confiscated and the nobles whose titles were cut off still complained, at least their lives were saved, and the edict also reassured many apprehensive nobles.
But this definitely does not include Kutuzov, as early as when he learned of the punishment of the Potemkin family by Paul I, Kutuzov understood that as he was once Potemkin's first confidant, he would never be forgiven by Paul I...
Although Kutuzov is now the Overseer of Russian Poland, he can be said to be a warlord.
However, he did not have the strength to stand up to the Imperial Zhōngyāng Army, and it was important to know that the Marshal of the Praetorian Guard now stationed in St.
Petersburg was Rumyantsev, and a large number of generals in the army, such as Suvorov in the Army and Ushakov in the Navy, had already sworn allegiance to Paul I.
Generals like these were originally subordinate to Potemkin.
In terms of talent, Potemkin is not as good as these veterans at all, take Rumyantsev as an example, this veteran born in 1725 was registered as a private of the Praetorian Guard at the age of six, became an officer at the age of fifteen, and served as the commander of an infantry regiment at the age of eighteen.
At the time of the planned war against Turkey last year.
Catherine II appointed Rumyantsev as commander of the First Army of the Russian-Turkish War, but when preparing for war against Turkey at the beginning of the year, Rumyantsev's tactical plan and Potemkin's plan clashed greatly.
In a fit of rage, Rumyantsev angrily scolded Potemkin for being a waste who did not understand military affairs, which completely annoyed Potemkin, who was the commander-in-chief of the Russian-Turkish war.
Later, Catherine II, at the behest of Potemkin, issued an edict recalling Rumyantsev to St.
Petersburg and leaving him idle.
Under such circumstances, the old marshal could be said to have hated Potemkin to the core.
And this matter naturally cannot be hidden from Paul I.
Therefore, after Paul ascended the throne, he hurriedly invited the old marshal out of the mountain, and later appointed Rumyantsev as the commander of the Janissaries, so that the old marshal, who was not reused in the time of Catherine II, deeply embraced Paul.
Because of Rumyantsev's persuasion, a large number of generals and generals immediately turned their allegiance to Paul I, which also made Paul I respect Rumyantsev even more.
In this way, there was no shortage of generals under Paul I.
Moreover, because of the defense policy of the Russian Empire, a large number of troops were stationed in the St.
Petersburg and Moscow regions all year round.
In this way, Paul I had about 180,000 troops at his disposal.
After analyzing the strength of both sides, Kutuzov used some means to connect with some nobles within the empire who were dissatisfied with the rule of Paul I, and the 100,000 troops stationed in the Black Sea region were their biggest bargaining chips.
At the beginning, Potemkin served as the commander-in-chief of the Russian-Turkish war, although the war had not yet started, but the army and officers were already in place, and Potemkin also regarded the Russian-Turkish war as an opportunity to cultivate his own lineage and seize meritorious service, so in the 100,000 army in the Black Sea region, most of the officers were Potemkin's close henchmen.
Because Paul I was busy purging the nobles of St.
Petersburg, he somewhat ignored the 100,000 troops in the Black Sea region, and watched his colleagues fall under the butcher's knife of Paul I, and the officers in the Black Sea region were terrified.
After contacting Kutuzov, Kutuzov proposed a way to divert Paul I's attention from creating an external threat, which was supported by all the worried officers.
The officers then secretly contacted one of the pieces that the Turks had planted on the Crimean Peninsula and offered them the idea of cooperation, which was not long before the Turks accepted.
Therefore, under the conscious release of water by these troops, these rebels will reach such a large scale in such a short period of time, in Kutuzov's words, this is called raising thieves and self-respect!
Immediately after the uprising in the Crimean Peninsula, Paul I ordered Suvorov to be the commander-in-chief of the counterinsurgency army, and led an army of 40,000 to reinforce the Crimean Peninsula, and the original 100,000 troops in the Black Sea region would also be under Suvorov's command.
Just as the Russo-Turkish war, which was supposed to have started in 1787, was not fought, the Ottoman Caliph Abdul, who was supposed to die in April of this year, was supposed to die in 1789.
Hamid I is still healthy today.
It is undeniable that Hamid I's death may have something to do with the Russo-Turkish War, which was provoked by the Ottomans in 1787, but now he is busy suppressing the opposition at home and reforming the army, so Hamid I has postponed the war of revenge against Russia.
In this way, without the trouble of losing the war, there would be no problem for Hamid I to remain alive.
Because of Wilhelm's relationship, the Ottoman international environment is now better than in history, and under the mediation of Prussia, the relationship between Austria and the Ottomans is not as bad as in history, at least the two countries did not fight each other.
As early as 1782, William planned to build a "Russian encirclement" around the Russian Empire, and over time, this encirclement network had begun to take shape.
The successive accession of Sweden, Ottomans, and Austria gave William more confidence and greater certainty in the face of the huge polar bear of the Russian Empire.
When Hamid I learned that some people in the Russian Empire had taken the initiative to contact him, he felt that this was a trap, but at the instigation of the adventurous god Jīng, Hamid I had the mentality of giving it a try and sent more than 200 soldiers to revolt on the Crimean Peninsula.
But who knows, the situation will be out of control, and those Russian garrisons stationed on the peninsula often seem to have a tacit understanding, and withdraw from the town without firing a shot, which made Hamid I ecstatic, and he later sent thousands of troops to join the military operation on the peninsula.
Just to prevent this from being a trap for the Russians, Hamid I did not send more troops, but kept the 200,000 Ottoman troops already stationed in the Black Sea region on the jǐng ring and ready to go to war at any time.
At the same time, Hamid I also sent emissaries to Prussia