; It was with this in mind that Alexander insisted on declaring war on the Swedes in the name of his own emperor of the Russian Empire, despite Bagration's opposition.
Because of the suddenness of Alexander's order, not only the Russians were unprepared, but even the Swedes had nothing.
And this defenselessness of the Swedes just made a good start for the offensive begun by the Russian army. 20,000 Russian troops, led by Bagration, forced their march directly from Daugavpils, Latvia, and in four days reached the eastern Lithuanian city of Utenna.
When the two thousand Swedish troops in the city of Utina saw the Russian troops that suddenly appeared outside the city, all the Swedish soldiers were stunned, and Bagration did not give the Swedes time to react after arriving at the city of Utenna, and directly ordered the storming of Utenna.
The Russian army under the command of Bagration captured Utenna in only half a day, and the Swedish commander Ostein, who led the main force of his army back to Šiaulier after the Battle of Rykze, did not receive the news until five days after the capture of Utenna.
Knowing that the Russians had undeclared war, the anger in Ostan's heart can be imagined, and Ostein immediately ordered the main force of the Swedish army to be assembled, and at the same time, Ostein also sent people to quickly return to Stockholm to pass the information that the Russians had started the war to the Swedish high-level.
It took Ostein three days to gather the Swedish army, and fortunately, because Šiaulier was now the de facto center of Swedish domination in Eastern Europe, the main force of the Swedish army was mostly deployed around Šiaulier, in this situation.
Over the course of three days, Ostenn had gathered a Swedish army of more than 30,000 men.
And after the army was raised.
Ostein led his army to the Utenna region, which had already been conquered by the Russian army.
It has to be said here that the journey from Šiaulière to Utenna had to pass through Panevez, but fortunately the area was still under the control of the Swedish army, otherwise Ostein would have had a lot of headaches.
After conquering Utunna, Bagration did not stop himself, he broke up his army and went to capture Utina and the surrounding towns, announcing to the Lithuanians that the Russian Imperial Army had returned!
The reason why Bagration sent these troops, knowing that it was taboo to divide them on the eve of the war, was the strength of the Russian army.
The Battle of Rezekone, albeit ended in a victory for the Russian side.
But the Russian army also paid a considerable price for this, and even after the captured Kutuzov rebel soldiers joined the Russian Imperial Army, the strength of the army still hovered around 25,000 men.
And what Bagration needs to face is a Swedish army of more than 50,000 men!
From the moment the Swedish army set foot on the Eastern European continent, Sweden never stopped sending troops to West Lithuania, in other words, nearly half of Sweden's domestic army was sent to West Lithuania.
This also shows how eager Sweden is for the territory of the Eastern European continent.
Bagration had to unite more forces in the face of the Swedes, which was why Bagration went to the towns around Utenna to announce the return of the Russian Empire, hoping to gain strength from the landlords and gentry who could not say they were still loyal to the Russian Empire.
This time Bagration marched into Lithuania, and Alexander did not follow.
For Alexander, the extermination of Kutuzov's rebels had already accumulated enough prestige for him.
And there was such a famous general as Bagration, who believed that the Russian Empire would not lose against the Swedes, if not with great victory.
In this case, Alexander chose to return to St.
Petersburg, on the one hand he was to personally rush back to St.
Petersburg to announce the order to declare war on Sweden.
On the other hand, with the annihilation of Kutuzov's rebels, Alexander became more and more concerned about the situation in Moscow.
Although Rumyantsev dragged his sick body and struggled to support the battle.
But everyone knows that Rumyantsev's time is basically running out at the moment, according to the reply of the imperial doctor sent by Alexander to Rumyantsev, Marshal Rumyantsev is now coughing badly every day, and the cough is full of bloody sputum.
The imperial physician has calculated for this old marshal who is loyal to the Russian Empire that if this old marshal does not recuperate, then he will not be able to support the arrival of this winter!
The news came as a bolt from the blue for Alexander.
Previously, when Rumyantsev was in good health, he was able to suppress Brankov, but in recent months, because of Rumyantsev's health, Brankov's rebels actually came back to life, and even once took advantage of Rumyantsev's fainting and the imperial army was leaderless.
In fact, because of Rumyantsev's health, the top brass of the Russian Empire has long begun to debate the candidate for the commander of the Russian army after His Excellency the Marshal, but this candidate has not been determined.
In the current Russian Empire, there are basically no generals who can be called famous in war, except for Bagration and Rumyantsev.
Many of the generals who grew up during the Catherine II period were destroyed by the counteroffensive of Paul I, and after the rebellion of Brankoff and Kutuzov, the generals within the empire withered, and a considerable part of the generals threw themselves into the camp of the rebels.
This also makes the current situation of the Russian Empire quite embarrassing, that is, there are no soldiers and no generals.
In order to improve the situation, Alexander was ready to order the pardon of some generals who had been placed under house arrest or even exiled during the reign of Paul I.
However, Alexander also knew that this order actually did not play a very big role, because most of these generals died due to super-intense torture, and even if these generals were released, whether they could play their original military level was another matter.
So Alexander decided that he would personally lead an army to Moscow to suppress Brankoff.
Such a decision was made not because of Alexander's hubris, but because Alexander knew.
In the current situation where the Russian Imperial military commanders are lagging behind and the Brankoff rebels, the battle of the army can only be improved by motivating the army.
And his status as emperor is undoubtedly the best stimulant. ...............................
In late September 1793, Ferdinand the Younger commanded the main force of more than 50,000 troops to the city of Paris.
The appearance of the coalition army under the city of Paris caused a lot of panic in the city of Paris, but fortunately, for the appearance of the coalition army, everyone in Paris had already been mentally prepared before, so after a short panic, under the order of Louis XVI, Paris re-entered the army war.
The clouds of the Great War were already hanging over Paris.
"Duke Andrew, we're short on time this time.
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Therefore, please do your best in this matter!
” "Don't worry, Your Excellency Marshal, as a member of the coalition forces, I have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter!"
Standing in the headquarters of the coalition forces outside Paris, Duke Andrew said proudly to little Ferdinand.
At the previous coalition military meeting, Ferdinand Jr., as the commander of the coalition forces, laid out a plan for the attack on Paris, and this plan was similar to what Hornd had said in front of William.
Ferdinand the Younger was preparing to conquer Paris with the Seine, which crossed Paris.
There are several water gates at the mouth of the Seine in Paris.
These water gates were enclosed with huge iron bars, precisely because they prevented the enemy from entering Paris directly from the Seine.
However, in Ferdinand's opinion, these iron fences are not the biggest problem, even if the iron fence is strong, there are hundreds of pounds of explosives can definitely destroy it.
The only thing that made little Ferdinand a little anxious was if he could get close to the iron fences without alarming the defenders of Paris.
Ferdinand Jr. decided to march into Paris from the beginning.
He then ordered the coalition forces to go to the banks of the Seine on the outskirts of Paris to collect boats, both to sabotage the water gates on the Seine and to transport troops into the city.
One might say that the coalition forces had powerful artillery, so why not use these artillery to collapse the walls of Paris?
Actually, the question is very simple.
That is, the walls of Paris are definitely not easy to collapse, especially in the time of Louis XIV.
The Sun King carried out a large-scale renovation of the walls of Paris because of his early experience, and the direct result was that the walls of Paris were all paved with large bluestone, and the top of the ladder-shaped wall was even nearly six meters wide.
In this case, it is obviously not a simple matter to completely collapse the walls of Paris if you want to rely on it, after all, the power of artillery today is limited after all, and it has not yet reached the kind of future generations when a cannonball falls like an earthquake.
And just as the coalition forces outside Paris were preparing for an attack on Paris, a conference was being held in Paris, and Napoleon, who had escaped from Compiègne, was among them.
The reason for the convening of the military conference was actually precisely because of Napoleon.
After the defeat of Compiègne, Napoleon did not make it all the way, but returned to Paris after evading the search of the coalition forces.
Although Napoleon knew that the French aristocracy in Paris might not have a better attitude towards him than the coalition army, Napoleon, who loved his country from the bottom of his heart, knew that he had to do something for Paris!
In fact, when Louis XVI first saw Napoleon fleeing into Paris, he had quite mixed feelings.
Napoleon was a man of considerable ambition, as Louis XVI was well aware.
Perhaps for all the people in this world, only Queen Mary can suppress Napoleon, but unfortunately Queen Mary has died of illness.
Under such circumstances, Napoleon was undoubtedly a constant source of concern.
But Louis XVI also knew that Napoleon's military talent was definitely among the best in the whole of France, although Napoleon failed in the Netherlands and Compiègne, but under his own push, Napoleon did quite well.
At Compiègne, Napoleon relied on less than 2,000 remnants of his army to resist the attack of more than 12,000 allied troops for nearly a week.
In the Netherlands, Napoleon used only half of the strength of the coalition army to fight the French army and the coalition army, if it were not for too many accidental factors, I am afraid that the coalition army would not be able to get anything good from Napoleon, the previous British expeditionary force is a clear proof!
Napoleon did not come to Paris alone.
He had come to Paris with a guard of nearly 100 men and his cronies, if at the moment France had the most experience in warfare.
Then there is no doubt that Napoleon and his men.
Therefore, in this case, after a day of thinking, Louis XVI chose to use Napoleon.
Seeing Napoleon's sudden appearance in the palace, all the Parisian high-ranking officials except Louis XVI were a little stunned, and even after Napoleon's appearance, the French Chancellor of Finance immediately came out to demand that Louis XVI execute Napoleon.
"Well, needless to say.
General Napoleon is the hope of the kingdom, and now is the time of the national crisis of France, we don't need to talk about the past, now the only thing we need to think about is how to hold Paris, you know?
” Louis XVI's face was a little ugly, he waved his hand at the minister, and then said.
Then, as if Louis XVI did not feel that his words were not shocking enough, he listened to him again: "I have decided to appoint General Napoleon as commander of the defense of Paris, and all the people of Paris will obey the orders of General Napoleon to resist the enemy's attack.
Even I am no exception!
” "Your Majesty, by all means!"
"Your Majesty, how can you let a white-eyed wolf like Napoleon dominate the rise and fall of the kingdom!"
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The opposition was endless, but Louis XVI, who was sitting at the top, looked at the ministers who spoke up against it at the bottom of the steps, and his face was sad.
He also did not want to reuse Napoleon, he knew the ambition in Napoleon's heart.
But what can he do now, don't look at the noise of these ministers under the stairs one by one, but if he really wants to rely on them to defeat the coalition army, not to mention that Louis XVI doesn't believe it, I'm afraid even they don't believe it.
That's right.
The mighty Kingdom of France had a considerable number of generals, who were perhaps no match for Napoleon's skills.
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But if they only defend Paris, then these people are still up to the task.
But Louis XVI wanted more than just defend Paris like a turtle, he wanted a victory!
From the beginning of the war to the present, the French army has lost too much, and it is not an exaggeration to even describe it as a retreat, but who can blame for this!
The combination of the British and the Prussians, what other country in the world can resist?
In order to defeat the coalition, the French army must have a genius commander, and at the moment in Paris, the only person who can be described as such is probably Napoleon.
While Louis XVI was talking to his ministers, Napoleon stood by and did not say a word.
Napoleon had feelings for France, but this did not mean that Napoleon was accustomed to these high-level French bureaucrats, and if it weren't for these bureaucrats who repeatedly targeted him Napoleon, perhaps Napoleon would not have been forced by these people to have the idea of becoming king in the Netherlands.
And now, just because they wanted to serve their country, these ministers still refused to let go of their prejudices and insisted on putting themselves to death, which also made Napoleon's heart even more sad.
"We need victory, and if you can give me a ticket to win except Napoleon, then I will give up my decision!"
Louis XVI's words immediately silenced the ministers present, and although they all had great hopes of holding Paris, who would dare to say that they could hold Paris with certainty and still achieve victory over the coalition forces?
You must know that it is not difficult to hold Paris, it is rare to defeat the coalition forces.
The generals of the coalition are not fools, and if they cannot conquer Paris and turn to the siege, then who among these ministers dares to say that they can lead their troops out of the city to defeat the coalition army, I am afraid that there is not a single one.
Seeing that the ministers were no longer talking, Louis XVI's face became firm "Needless to say, my mind has already been decided!
From now on, General Napoleon is the commander of the defense of Paris", With that, Louis XVI stood up and handed the King's Scepter to Napoleon "The rise and fall of the Kingdom of France in a hundred years is counting on you, Napoleon, I hope you do not disappoint me, do not disappoint all the people of the Kingdom of France!"
When he received the scepter from Louis XVI, Napoleon's mood was mixed.
Originally, he did not expect to come to Paris to take over the power of guarding Paris, but now Louis XVI's actions are undoubtedly extremely grand, and even in the words of the East, "the king treats him as a countryman".
Even Napoleon's dissatisfaction with Louis XVI was now nothing.
"Your Majesty, the minister will be loyal to the king and repay the country with death!"
After Louis XVI appointed Napoleon as commander of the defense of Paris, Napoleon immediately began his mission in the royal palace, and he called all the officers above the battalion commander level in the city to the palace, and the royal palace of Paris seemed to have become Napoleon's personal command.
Under the order of Napoleon, the army of the city of Paris was redivided, and the army of more than 40,000 people was divided into three parts, one of which was 20,000 people to defend the city north of Paris, and the north was the direction where the coalition army came.
The other was 10,000 men, and this army was to guard the western and eastern parts of Paris, while to the south of Paris, Napoleon had only 3,000 men to guard it.
The remaining 10,000 people will become the reserve of the city defense command and take on the role of firefighters.
Immediately after redividing the division of the army and its garrisons, Napoleon immediately inspected the various urban defense facilities in the city of Paris, because Napoleon had previously held important positions in the Paris City Defense Command, so Napoleon could be said to have treasured these important facilities.