"Your Majesty is not good, Bagration surrendered to the rebels, and now the rebels are rushing towards St.
Petersburg overnight!"
One broke into Alexander's office in a panic, and the news he shouted loudly made Alexander, who was burying his head in the desk and fighting against the papers, so shocked that he didn't even know that the pen in his hand had dropped.
"What, you say it again!"
Alexander stood up, a look of disbelief on his face.
"Your Majesty, Bagration, news from the fast horse, that Bagration suddenly surrendered to the Blankov rebels for some reason, and that the gates of the city were wide open, even though the rebels got Tongchuan without hindrance, and the rebels did not stop at Tongchuan and were rushing towards St.
Petersburg overnight!"
Alexander, who heard the affirmative reply, was on the verge of rage at this moment.
"Bastard, Bastard, you bastard, I treat you well, you actually, you actually collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!
I'm going to kill your whole family!
” Alexander only felt that he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, only to see him kick the desk in front of him and then look up to the sky and say angrily.
"Your Majesty, it is imperative to organize a defensive line as soon as possible, judging by the speed of the enemy, it may not take more than ten hours for the rebels to attack the city of St.
Petersburg!"
"The defense line, what do I use to organize the defense line, all the troops are concentrated in Tongchuan, and there are less than 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in St.
Petersburg, do I want to count on these 5,000 people to hold St.
Petersburg!"
With that, Alexander hurriedly rushed outside.
At this moment, Alexander had already made the worst plan in his mind, that is, to escape from St.
Petersburg.
For Alexander, the Tongchuan line was his last hope, and now with Bagration's surrender, Tongchuan could no longer be counted on.
The rebels have already advanced for a long time, and in such a situation, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on a lonely city in St.
Petersburg and the remnants of less than 5,000 troops to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of rebels who are in high spirits.
"Hurry up and invite Lord Penning, I have something important to discuss with him, and then block the news immediately!"
said.
Alexander returned to his dormitory, and the reason why he wanted to return to the dormitory was that Alexander had already packed his bags and was ready to run away.
After receiving Alexander's summons, in less than half an hour, Penning came to Alexander's dormitory, and Penning's mansion was on the edge of the Winter Palace.
So he was able to come soon after Alexander's decree was given.
When entering Alexander's dormitory, Penning only saw that Alexander had turned his dormitory everywhere, and the largest desk in the dormitory was already full of things that Alexander had found and was ready to take away.
At present, Penning did not know what had happened to the Tongchuan front, but now Alexander hastily recruited him into the palace despite the night.
Moreover, Alexander changed his previous composure outside, as if he was going to run away immediately, which naturally made Penning feel uneasy.
After seeing Penning walk in, Alexander was stunned for a moment, and then said with an anxious face: "Penning, now that the situation has changed, Bagration's bastard who deserves to go to hell has surrendered to Brankoff.
And Brankoff did not stop at all, he was rushing towards St.
Petersburg overnight, and we must now get ready!
” After hearing Alexander's words, Penning's face immediately became cloudy.
Although Pan Ning had been mentally prepared for the arrival of this day, he still did not expect that this day would come so early.
The Romanov dynasty, which had been crying out for rain in the Russian Empire, had to come to the point where it was necessary to prepare to flee St.
Petersburg.
"By the way, Penning, have you arranged all the things in the treasury and the property I asked you to arrange to be transported to the fleet?"
Before Penning could speak, Alexander asked.
Hearing Alexander's questioning, Penning immediately said: "Your Majesty.
All the contents of the treasury have been loaded onto the ship, but some of the treasures that should be transferred have not been completely transferred due to secrecy and time constraints."
"Then what are you doing in a daze, go and send all these things to the fleet at once, and I will go to the station of the Baltic Fleet at once, and give you three hours.
All the property we had agreed to transfer must be transferred immediately, and in three hours, we will set off immediately!
” "Your Majesty, isn't three hours too short, and there are still 5,000 people in St.
Petersburg, are we really just leaving St.
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Petersburg and fleeing?"
"When is this, Penning, how can you still have the kindness of a woman, don't forget, what kind of person is Brankoff, if he leads the army to St.
Petersburg, we will not have any good fruit to eat!"
"But where can we flee in this situation?"
Alexander and Penning had previously discussed the worst-case scenario, but they only decided to load all the treasures onto the ships of the Baltic Fleet, and as for where they would flee after loading them, Alexander and Penning had not yet made a decision.
Hearing Penning's words, a sad look appeared on Alexander's face.
Yes, they used to flee St.
Petersburg just thinking about it if they couldn't do it, but after escaping St.
Petersburg, they always have to settle in one place, and the world is so big, where can they stay?
Although the Baltic Fleet still retains its strength, it is foreseeable that once they escape from St.
Petersburg, they will also need to make some supplies before escaping from the Baltic Sea, after all, the number of supplies that the fleet itself can carry is really limited, and the space occupied by those treasures and materials makes the space of the fleet quite limited.
And in this way, where in the Baltic Sea is where the Baltic Fleet can dock to replenish supplies?
Moreover, if the Baltic countries had known that Alexander had fled with such a large sum of wealth, would Prussia and Sweden on the Baltic coast not be blushing?
"We went to Copenhagen, which was an important port in the Baltic region, where some necessary supplies could be procured, and where the Prussians were fiefdom.
Now that Prussia is busy going to Rome to receive the coronation of the Pope, they must not have much energy to take care of us!
” With that, Alexander beckoned a few of the guards to start packing up the things on the desk.
Seeing this, Penning had no choice but to leave Alexander's dormitory and rush back to his home.
As the Hermitage and Penin's house began to pack up their belongings on a large scale, the whole of St.
Petersburg suddenly came to life during the night.
The well-informed aristocrats learned of the news through channels, and then the whole of St.
Petersburg became in chaos, and the roads were full of figures.
The nobles clamored for Alexander and Penning, and at the same time, they immediately ordered their servants to begin packing up their belongings. ..........................................
After the grand triumph, Wilhelm arrived at St.
Peter's Basilica surrounded by the princes of the Holy Roman Empire and the Prussian high-ranking people.
At this moment in the St.
Petersburg Cathedral.
His Holiness the Pope and a group of cardinals of the Holy See were already waiting in the church.
As soon as William stepped out of the carriage and stepped into the church, the liturgical band, which had been prepared in St.
Peter's Square in front of the church, immediately began to play a grand liturgy.
Walking into the church, looking at the Pope and a group of cardinals waiting at the end of the red carpet, William's heart was full of pride and excitement.
In order to be able to ascend the throne of this emperor, William also paid a lot of costs, and the most obvious of them was the most obvious.
It was William who joined the Catholic Church, because only those with Catholic membership could be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope.
As a Prussian, William originally believed in Protestantism, which was somewhat incompatible with Roman Catholicism.
For this reason, Wilhelm also deliberately convened the Prussian high-level for a big discussion, and finally the Prussian side communicated with the Roman side, and the Prussian side made a series of assurances to Rome on the premise.
The Romans also agreed to grant Catholic status to William while retaining his faith.
Standing in front of William was Pope Pius VI and two cardinals, one of whom was Giovanni's arch-rival, Felix.
"God says that you shall have no other gods before me.
And God said, thou shalt not make an image of thyself, nor of any image of heaven or of the earth, nor of any thing that is under the earth, or of the waters.
Thou shalt not bow down to those images, nor serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God. and he that hates me I will seek his sins. from the Father to the Son, to the third or fourth generation; And to those who love me and keep my commandments, I will show mercy to them until a thousand generations.
God said, "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; For whoever takes the name of the LORD in vain, the LORD will not acquit him.
God said to remember the Sabbath.
Keep it holy.
Six days thou shalt labour and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath unto the LORD thy God.
You shall not do any work in this day, nor your sons and daughters, nor your servants and maidservants, nor your livestock, nor your strangers that are sojourning in your cities.
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the LORD blessed and sanctified the Sabbath.
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God says honor your father and mother so that your days will last long in the land that the Lord your God has given you.
God says thou shalt not kill.
God says not to be "jianyin."
God says you must not steal.
God says you should not bear false witness against anyone.
God says thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, or his servant, or his maidservant, or his oxen and donkeys, or all that he has......................................."
When William knelt on a red mat placed in front of Pius VI, Pius VI looked at William solemnly and said with a heartfelt voice.
Pius VI was referring to the Ten Commandments of God, the Ten Commandments of the Catholic world, which were reiterated by the bishops when each monarch was crowned, so that they would understand the commandments of God.
"Under the witness of the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Son, you are given the right to rule over the earth, the sea, and the sky by William of Prussia, a devout man of Jesus Christ on earth!"
Pius VI's words were so long that even William felt his knees go numb, thankfully.
It was at this time that Pius VI finally finished his words.
Hearing this, William hurriedly stretched out his hand, because he knew that today's highlight was coming.
Sure enough, after William stretched out his hands.
Pius VI took the scepter from the tray in the hands of one of the cardinals beside him, and solemnly placed it on William's raised hands.
Then he took the crown of the Holy Roman Emperor from the tray that Felix was carrying on the other side, and then placed it on William's head with great solemnity.
After taking Pius VI to do this, the Pope and the two cardinals beside him all stepped back, and William got up from his mat and turned to face the crowd in the church.
"Long live His Majesty Frederick William III!
Long live His Majesty the Emperor of Rome!
Long live Augustus!
” After receiving the coronation of the Pope, the future title of William could be used as "by the grace of God, Frederick William III, Roman Emperor Augustus".
After the crowd in the church began to cheer.
William indifferently walked down the steps and began to walk towards the outside of St.
Peter's Church, at this moment, on the St.
Peter's Square outside St.
Peter's Church, this square that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people has been crowded with Roman people who came to see the excitement.
William walked out of St.
Peter's Church, where he stood on the steps of St.
Peter's Church and waved his right hand at the crowd in the square, just after William waved.
Gun salutes rang out on both sides of the square, and the crowd crowded around the square also burst into fierce cheers. ...........................................
After Dayton was conquered by the Continental Army, Washington, who occupied Dayton, did not feel the slightest relief, because if the British army did not take the initiative to retreat or surrender, then the forts on both sides of Dayton would undoubtedly be a great obstacle in front of him.
Monroe, who had taken refuge in the fort, had a very ugly face, and Dayton only held out for such a short time before being captured by the Continental Army, although the two forts on either side of Dayton were still under the control of the British.
However, it is foreseeable that in the case of the loss of Dayton, if the Continental Army launches a fierce attack on the two forts regardless of casualties, the time for the two forts to hold out will be very limited.
And more importantly, Dayton was so easily conquered by the Continental Army that it would inevitably affect Monroe's position in the Governorate of Pittsburgh.
"Dayton must be taken back!"
At the military meeting, Monroe said with a hideous face.
It had been four days since Dayton had been conquered by the Continental Army, and during these four days, there was no unanimous opinion among the British as to how to deal with the capture of Dayton.
Under these circumstances, Stewart, who had fled into Dayton, and the British had no better way than to fortify the fort.
But after his voice landed, none of the British generals stood up to respond.
What are you kidding, what are you going to take back Dayton?
Even with the addition of Monroe's remnants and the British troops stationed in the forts on either side.
The British army was only in the early 2,000s, and in such a situation, it would not be easy to counterattack and recapture Dayton, which was controlled by the Continental Army of nearly 10,000 men.
"General, there are nearly 10,000 troops in Dayton, and it is a very difficult thing to recapture Dayton with our current strength, please think twice!"
Finally, a British major could not bear the dreary atmosphere, and heard him speak only to say that Monroe had dismissed the attention of Dayton.
Monroe didn't know that Dayton had almost no chance of retaking it, but the anger in Monroe's heart still made him say this.
"Report, General, urgent letter from the Governor!"
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Suddenly, a herald hurried into the conference room, waving a letter in his hand.
This letter was sent to Monroe by Stewart in a hurry after learning that Dayton had been conquered by the Continental Army.
Monroe eagerly took the letter and read it carefully, and after he read it, his face was already quite gloomy.
In the letter, Stewart reprimanded Monroe, and Stewart told Monroe that if they indulged the Continental Army Captain to drive straight into Columbus, then he Monroe would be directly dismissed by Stewart!
But if you don't want to be driven straight into Columbus by the Continental Army, there is only one way, and that is to hold on to the two fortresses, at least so that you don't have to worry about the Continental Army being able to mobilize the main force to attack Columbus before the two fortresses are conquered.
But will these two forts be able to hold out for so long?
The answer is no.
When the two fortresses were built before, the construction of the fortress was very rough due to the time, and it can be said that this kind of fortress was a circle of protective walls and turrets that were high enough to be built, and the other buildings were completely ignored.
Previously, the two forts were dependent on supplies from Dayton, and according to Monroe's previous plan, the two forts needed to receive a shipment of supplies from Dayton every five days.
But now, Dayton, which was the base camp, has been captured, which directly leads to the British guarding in the two forts not being able to get supplies from Dayton, so that the supplies inside the forts alone cannot last long.
The southern fort was fine, and the supplies in it were enough to supply six hundred British troops for about ten days, but the fort in the north, because Monroe led the remnants of the army to flee, directly doubled the amount of supplies in the fort.
According to the current situation, the supplies in the northern fort where Monroe was located were only available to the British army for three days, and it was under this circumstance that Monroe was clamoring to retake Dayton.
Caught between a rock and a dilemma, after reading this sternly worded letter from Stewart, this word is the best description of Dayton's mood.