It has become a fact that the Swedes are on the opposite side of the Russian Empire. In this case, even if both sides want to deceive themselves, it is impossible, because the mouth of the world will not be easily blocked.
Kutuzov led a group of his guards and fled all the way to Daugavpils. This city in Latvia close to Lithuania can be said to be the last stronghold of Kutuzov and his rebels. However, despite escaping back
city, but the morale of Kutuzov's army could not recover at all. After all, seeing only a thousand people left in the tens of thousands of troops, no matter who they were, they would feel lost or even despair in their hearts.
Fortunately, Kutuzov has been quite generous to his bodyguards over the years. It was precisely because he appreciated his late master's kindness that Kutuzov's bodyguards did not betray Kutuzov.
Otherwise, just based on the generous reward offered by Alexander to the Marquis for killing Kutuzov, there is no telling how many people would want to get rid of Kutuzov.
Even so, Kutuzov, who fled to Daugavpils, still could not settle down. Even the rebels in Daugavpils began to pack their bags, and no one thought that they would continue to follow Kutuzov.
What future does Zov have left, and the same goes for Kutuzov himself.
Although Kutuzov did not plunder the people's wealth as much as other warlords in recent years, as a powerful leader, Kutuzov also received a lot of benefits every year in addition to taxes. Therefore, despite the current treasury
Tuzov is about to collapse the building, but if Kutuzov can leave immediately and escape to a place that can accommodate him, then with his savings, the wealth of the Kutuzov family can still be guaranteed.
Just when people in the city of Daugavpils were panicking, a group of Swedish horses came to the city of Daugavpils. When the Russian soldiers guarding the city wall saw the appearance of these Swedes, they were shocked.
Everyone looked at these Swedes with complicated eyes. After all, during the war, if the Swedish army could have arrived on the battlefield a moment earlier, the rebels would not have ended up like they are today.
However, the main reason for the failure of the battle was still attributed to the rebels. Therefore, although there was considerable criticism of the Swedes, this mentality was not on the table after all.
After receiving the news of the arrival of the Swedes, Kutuzov met with the Swedish team as soon as possible.
This team of Swedes was sent by Osten. In Sweden's strategy for the entire Eastern Europe, Osten's role can be said to be quite important. Ostein is not only the governor of Sweden's Lithuania, but also the highest ranking officer of the Swedish Eastern European Front.
Commander. The total strength of this front army reached 40,000.
Although Sweden's current expansion in Poland is not going very smoothly, under the deliberate obstruction of the Prussians, the rebel forces in Eastern Lithuania against Sweden not only received assistance with weapons, but the Prussians even sent low-level officers in the army through some channels
Help these rebel forces train soldiers.
It is precisely because the Prussians are secretly holding them back that the Swedish Eastern European Front, excluding the troops guarding various places, Ostein can only mobilize less than 20,000 troops at most. This is why Ostein only leads 10,000 troops
Reasons for participating in the Battle of Rezekne.
As for the secret activities of Prussia, the Swedes have some doubts in their hearts, but so far, the Swedes have not caught the Prussians, so they can only tolerate their doubts in their hearts.
The Battle of Rezekne ended with Kutuzov's defeat, but this does not mean that the Swedes will give up on Kutuzov, on the contrary. In the eyes of Swedish senior officials, a Kutuzov who lost almost his entire army
It is more conducive to their control than a strong Kutuzov.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, our country's General Ostein expresses deep regret for the failure of the battle. At the same time, General Ostein asked me to give you a message, that is, the Swedes will not abandon their allies, and Marshal, you are undoubtedly the most important person in Sweden."
Sincere friend, General Osten has decided to lead the army to help you resist the attack of St. Petersburg!"
The words of the Swedish messenger made Kutuzov's heart agitated again, but Kutuzov also knew that there is never a free lunch in the world. The Swedes made such a promise,
They must have their purpose.
Sure enough, the messenger was later heard to say:
"Our country hopes that the Marshal can regroup and cooperate with our army. At the same time, our top leaders have decided to formally declare war on Russia after study!"
This news was undoubtedly as turbulent as the Russian existence for Kutuzov.
Kutuzov did not expect that the things he had hoped for before would take a turn for the worse after he almost lost all confidence.
The Swedes have declared war on Russia. Then the Swedes must have someone familiar with Russia's situation to help them, and Kutuzov is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate.
Previously, Swedish senior officials had discussed the possibility of declaring war on Russia, but because of the crisis in Russia at that time, in order to prevent Russia from perishing, a powerful Sweden appeared in the east, so Prussia used its influence to force Sweden to
Declaration of war on Russia suspended.
But for now, the Russian Empire has regained some strength, which is very reluctant for both Prussia and Sweden, because Russia has put down the domestic rebellion, so for both Sweden and Prussia,
They will all be under tremendous pressure from this powerful neighbor in the east.
Prussia is temporarily unable to turn around on the Western Front, so the only people who can block Russia's current momentum are the Swedes.
King Augustus of Sweden has had many meetings with the Prussian government on this matter. After the meeting, Prussia also agreed to help the Swedes stabilize the situation in Eastern Lithuania, allowing the Swedes to free up their hands to deal with the Russians.
Not only that, although Osten currently has only 40,000 troops under his command, Sweden has reached a new round of troop increase proposals. Sweden will begin a large-scale troop increase in Eastern Europe within this year. It is planned to increase the total strength of Sweden's Eastern European front forces by next year.
The number will reach 70,000, which is almost double the original base of the Eastern European Front.
In the view of senior Prussian leaders, with the series of successes Prussia has achieved in Central and Western Europe, the previous national policy of preserving Russia must undergo radical changes, support Sweden's declaration of war on Russia, and even completely overthrow the St. Petersburg government. Depending on the current situation, Prussia
To be honest, the pros outweigh the cons.
It was precisely because the Swedish high-level officials had made such a decision that Ostein rushed to send people to Daugavpils. After all, Kutuzov had suffered such a disastrous defeat. There was no guarantee that Osten would not feel sorry for Kutuzov.
What a change, if Kutuzov quickly fled to an unknown place and became anonymous, it would not be easy to find him again.
The envoy sent by Osten can be said to have understood this, because when he entered Daugavpils, he found that the rebels in the city had completely lost what an army should look like. Each soldier and their
The family members of the family were packing their luggage, and the family members of those who lost their loved ones in the battle of Ryzekny also helped the elderly and children to escape from Daugavpils. Kutuzov did not do anything about this.
In the eyes of the messenger, this was exactly the rhythm Kutuzov wanted to give up.
After the battle, Osten also led his army to retreat, but he did not escape to Daugavpils like Kutuzov. Osten led his Swedish army to retreat to the Malta region in Latvia.
when he stopped.
Because Sweden has not yet declared war on Russia, although Bagration requested an immediate attack on Osten's headquarters, this order was vetoed by Alexander.
In Alexander's view, although the Swedes launched an attack on the Russian army in the Battle of Rezekne, which exposed their position, since the Swedish government has not declared war on Russia, there is still room for change.
Whether Alexander wanted to admit it or not, the facts proved that this was just wishful thinking on his part.
After Alexander vetoed his proposal, Bagration had no choice but to do it. After all, the Russian emperor was Alexander, not him. Unless he blatantly violated Alexander's orders, otherwise he could only deploy troops east of Malta.
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For this reason, Alexander also had a minor conflict with Bagration, and Bagration's attitude of daring to contradict made Alexander's impression of Bagration even worse.
In early August 1793, Sweden officially sent an envoy to St. Petersburg to submit to the Russian government a declaration of war written by King Augustus of Sweden.
This was a complete bolt from the blue for the St. Petersburg government. Previously, the government was still celebrating the annihilation of Kutuzov's rebel army, but now, these government officials can no longer laugh.
Not only that, even the Swedes' move to declare war on St. Petersburg also made the already determined princes across the Russian Empire hesitate again. The threat posed by the Swedes on the Eastern Front was nothing compared to the previous Kutuzov.
Worse than that, and although Kutuzov's rebels have been completely wiped out, the Brankov rebels entrenched in Moscow gained a breather because of Rumyantsev's serious injury, and suppressed the rebels.
Because Rumyantsev was seriously injured, he was temporarily unable to continue to clear out Brankov.
This has caused a considerable number of people to once again be pessimistic about the market in St. Petersburg.