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On December 27, the Fourth and Fifth Legions, numbering more than 38,000, crossed the Bessarabia border area and entered the Principality of Wallachia.

Perhaps because the Russian army has frequently entered and exited the Principality of Moldavia in the past few decades, the Moldavia living in the Principality of Moldavia and the (puppet) ruler the Grand Duke of Moldavia did not choose to resist. Gorchakov's army was allowed to enter the Principality of Moldavia, and many Moldavia businessmen even voluntarily followed the Russian Imperial Army to provide outsourcing services to the Russian Imperial Army, including but not limited to selling watered wine, Moldy black bread, providing some physiological aspects to some of the soldiers accompanying the army are countless.

Military merchants like this were already commonplace during the Roman Empire, and they reached another peak in the hands of Emperor Napoleon in the early 19th century.

I think back when the First Empire sent troops to fight, there were countless German, French, and Italian merchants in the army. The army merchant system greatly alleviated the army's transportation problems and ensured the security of the army's logistics.

With the invention and construction of railways, transportation costs have gradually dropped. The materials that one carriage can transport can completely crush dozens of merchants accompanying the army. The unified purchase price is also cheaper than the price arbitrarily set by the merchants accompanying the army.

This special group of military merchants is gradually dying out.

Of course, such a demise did not happen overnight, but took half a century of evolution.

At this stage, except for Jerome Bonaparte and Austria, two countries have built railways on a large scale and used them for military purposes (in terms of logistics, only Jerome Bonaparte emphasized railway transportation and dispatch), most of the remaining countries are interested in The railroad didn't take it seriously.

Especially countries like the Kingdom of Britain, which were hit head-on by the railway bubble, are even more afraid that railways will once again become a railway craze, which will affect the economic problems of the Kingdom of Britain.

Jerome Bonaparte himself guided the army and economy to victory with his vision that transcended the world for nearly 200 years. Not everyone can have an opportunity like Jerome Bonaparte.

Even so, many soldiers still thought that Jerome Bonaparte was just messing around.

Then again, the equipment was in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, and the Russian Empire, whose combat effectiveness was weaker than the Napoleonic Wars, still used tactics from the Napoleonic period.

Naturally, the businessmen accompanying the army were left to their own devices. Not to mention the big soldiers, even General Gorchakov himself was nothing more than that. He needed these people to collect the wealth of every soldier for him, and he could only let their pockets Only if they don't have a penny in their pockets will they fight for the Russian Empire sincerely.

Those businessmen who follow the army and sell something for 1 ruble in the army need to pay a ruble share to Gorchakov himself.

So Gorchakov is equivalent to winning twice.

On December 29, Gorchakov met with the Grand Duke of the Principality of Moldavia in a castle somewhere in the Principality of Moldavia.

As a puppet of the Russian Empire, the Grand Duke of Moldavia hosted a banquet to receive Gorchakov and asked Gorchakov about the movements of the Russian Imperial Army.

Gorchakov, who was full of alcohol, showed a look of contempt on his face. He drunkenly told the Grand Duke of Moldavia that the Russian Emperor Nicholas I ordered him to march into Bulgaria and then to Constantinople.

The Grand Duke of Moldavia looked a little ugly after hearing Gorchakov's reply.

If Gorchakov really succeeds, he and the Grand Duke of Wallachia will be surrounded by the Russian Empire.

By then, they may no longer be the rulers of the principality, and Wallachia and Moldavia will also not be vassal states, but will become part of the Russian Empire.

The Russian Empire's greed for land was insatiable.

Knowing that he could not resist the Russian Imperial Army, the Archduke of Moldavia stabilized the Russian Imperial Army and escaped with the help of urine. He told his cronies to go to Transylvania overnight to inform the Ottoman Empire and the Austrian Empire of the news.

In the opinion of the Archduke of Moldavia, the Ottoman Empire should be on guard after receiving the news, and the Austrian Empire would not let this matter go.

The Grand Duke of Moldavia, who had ordered all this, returned to the banquet again, and accompanied by General Gorchakov, he drank until very late.

On December 30, 1852, Gorchakov led the troops to continue their departure and arrived in the Principality of Wallachia on the 31st.

On the evening of the 31st, Gorchakov was warmly entertained by the Grand Duke of Moldavia. The successive hospitality of the Grand Duke of Moldavia and the Grand Duke of Wallachia made Gorchakov full of enthusiasm for the Grand Dukes of these two principalities. Good impression.

On January 3, 1853, when Gorchakov's troops were about to arrive at the border of the Principality of Wallachia, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Fourth Army reported important news to him. An Ottoman army was also discovered.

It's just that this army is smaller in quantity than the Russian Empire's vanguard force, and it is even inferior to Gorchakov's force in quality.

The only thing worthy of praise is that this border guard force is better equipped than the Russian Imperial Army.

Affected by Gorchakov's long-term buying and selling of supplies, nearly one-third of the soldiers in this vanguard were equipped with old sleeved muskets with worn rifling. This type of musket was produced during the Napoleonic period, and one-third of the troops were equipped with rifled Napoleonic muskets, and the remaining third is equipped with the best muskets currently available in the Russian Empire.

For Gorchakov, his Imperial Russian troops were not meant for shooting at all, but for bayonet charges.

Those rifles with worn rifling and Napoleonic-era rifles are very good chargers. In just one round, Gorchakov can knock down all the soldiers and crabs on the opposite side.

However, since Prince Paskevich's reinforcements had not yet arrived, Gorchakov could only quietly engage in a sit-down war with the Ottoman Empire in the border area.

As time passed, the Ottoman army received more and more reinforcements and soon overran Gorchakov's army.

Gorchakov is not afraid at all. He believes that he will be able to defeat his opponent.

On January 9, the delayed reinforcements finally arrived at this time.

The first batch of reinforcements also numbered about 30,000 people and arrived at the border area under the leadership of Prince Paskievich.

Prince Paskevich and General Gorchakov met on a hill on the border between Wallachia and Bulgaria.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Paskevich brought the latest orders from Tsar Nicholas I.

"Zi appointed Paskevich as the commander-in-chief to assist the Danube Principality in managing the affairs of the principality. He cannot move without orders. Gorchakov is the chief of staff and assists Prince Paskevich in managing the army..." Paskevich After reading what Nicholas I had written in front of Gorchakov, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Now it seems likely that Tsar Nicholas I will abandon Constantinople, and his military success will be in vain.

"Your Excellency, what happened in St. Petersburg? Why are the messages you and I received different?" Gorchakov asked Paskevich.

"What you received was to attack the Bulgarian region and then capture Constantinople. Right!" Paskevich said to Gorchakov.

"That's right!" Gorchakov nodded in response.

"Before, I received the same order as you!" Paskevich pointed to the army at the foot of the hill and said: "After I led the first batch of troops to set off, a guy who claimed to be His Majesty's special envoy came In front of me!"

"Your Majesty's special envoy?" Gorchakov was a little confused. He didn't understand what Paskevich meant.

Paskevich saw Gorchakov's confusion and took the initiative to explain: "There are two waves of His Majesty's special envoys. The first wave asked me to support you in attacking Bulgaria, and the second wave asked me to support you, but no Attack Bulgaria."

"Understood!" Gorchakov responded immediately and clearly, and then asked additionally: "Then we don't need to attack now?"

"It depends on the situation!" Paskiewicz shrugged and said helplessly: "When news comes from St. Petersburg again, when will we take the next step?"

Immediately, Paskiewicz replied with a melancholy look: "St. Petersburg now is not at all troublesome!"

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Let’s turn our attention back to St. Petersburg and adjust the time to December 30.

Just when Gorchakov led the Fourth and Fifth Corps to the Principality of Moldavia, St. Petersburg, which had been delayed for three days, received news that Gorchakov had led the army into the Principality of Moldavia.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of War and even the "Third Section" were caught off guard by the sudden news.

When Foreign Minister Karl Neserrodie went to the Ministry of War to find out why the Minister of War, Prince Dolgorukov, sent troops into the Principality of Moldavia, he found a lot of information from Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuａan.com Prince Ergorukov looked confused and answered without knowing anything.

Karl Nesserrodie immediately realized that Gorchakov's movement of troops was probably the fault of the man in Tsarskoye Selo. They took all precautions but failed to prevent Nicholas I from bypassing them and directly give an order.

Thinking of this, Karl Neserrode felt his hands and feet were cold, and he quickly told Prince Dolgorukov his guess.

After Prince Dolgorukov heard Karl Nesserrodie's speculation, it also took a long time to react. He hurriedly asked Karl Nesserrodie what he thought.

At Karl Nesserrodie's suggestion, Karl Nesserrodie and Prince Dolgorukov immediately entered Tsarskoye Selo to plead guilty to Nicholas I.

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