On the evening of the 23rd, the military attaché carrying the orders of Nicholas I set out from Tsarskoye Village without alarming others, and after a long-distance attack of two days and one night, finally arrived at Kishinev (renamed Chisinau) on the border of Bessarabia on the Russian border in the early morning of the 26th, which was the capital of the future Moldavian Republic.

On May 28, 1812, the Russian Empire won another victory over the Ottoman Empire, forcing the Ottoman Empire to sign the Peace of Bucharest, which included the territory between the Prut and Dniester rivers in Russia. Bessarabia was also a province under the jurisdiction of the Holy King Alexander I in order to meet the "urgent" religious needs of the local population and to increase control over the region. The Emperor of the Russian Empire specially allocated funds to Bessarabia for the construction of an Orthodox church in the Kishinev region, and sent bishops to preach, as well as a large army to garrison them.

The few garlic buildings that were originally built in the Kishinev region have also not been demolished, but now few peace religions are willing to stay in an Orthodox country.

After more than 40 years of run-in in the Russian Empire and the presence of troops, the rebellion in Sarabia was smaller than in Crimea.

The 4th and 5th corps were scattered over a vast expanse of land centered on the Kishinev region, where the headquarters of the corps were stationed in the city of Kishinev.

On the day of the arrival of the military attaché, General Gorchakov, who was the commander of the 4th and 5th regiments, and his wife were attending a service in a bishopric in the Kishinev region.

In this rare leisure time (the rest of the time Gorchakov had been reselling army supplies), his wife came all the way from Moscow from St. Petersburg to see him, and Gorchakov was naturally very attentive.

In order to satisfy his devout Orthodox wife, General Gorchakov told the local church the news one day and donated 50,000 rubles for the local church's worship.

The local church, having received rubles from General Gorchakov, the "Emperor of the Soil" of Bessarabia, naturally became more dedicated.

The bishop of the church personally appeared in the church to preside over the work for the wife of General Gorchakov.

Halfway through the service, an adjutant in a black single-breasted military uniform panicked in.

The sudden movement interrupted the bishop and his wife in the service, and also made Gorchakov's face look unhappy.

Fortunately, the bishop was an understanding priest, and the adjutant's expression told him that something big must have happened in the bishop's army, and he did not hesitate to bow his head slightly at General Gorchakov and his wife.

"What happened?" Gorchakov still had a displeased expression on his face.

If his adjutant could not give a reasonable explanation, Gorchakov would have let him walk around without food.

The adjutant came to Gorchakov and whispered in Gorchakov's ear: "General! There is a guy who claims to be the envoy of His Majesty the Tsar is in the headquarters! He says he has something important to see you! We don't know what's going on, so we're going to bother you! ”

"Tsar's envoy?" Gorchakov had a look of surprise on his face, he didn't understand why His Majesty the Tsar would send an envoy over?

Generally speaking, if His Majesty wants to convey an order to him, he only needs to notify the Ministry of War, and then the Ministry of War will send Gorchakov an order to send an envoy to convey the order to him.

"Let's go! Take me to see it! Gorchakov responded to the adjutant.

Then he turned to the bishop with an apologetic expression and said, "I'm really sorry! There are emergencies in the barracks waiting for me to deal with! ”

"Nothing!" The bishop understood Gorchakov's actions.

Afterwards, Gorchakov left his wife in the church to continue the service, and he returned to the barracks to see what the so-called envoy was.

Leaving the church, Gorchakov ordered the surrounding soldiers to bring in the brown-red Mongolian horses that he had placed in a manger in the backyard of the church.

The soldiers quickly moved into action, and Gorchakov's horse was quickly led in front of him.

Looking at the burly Mongolian horse in front of him, Gorchakov gently stroked its horse's face, and the Mongolian horse seemed to be human, and kissed Gorchakov twice.

Gorchakov put one foot on the horse's pedal, grasped the arched ring in the saddle with both hands, and kicked the horse over with a forceful kick.

With his feet on the horses, Gorchakov took the reins with both hands and gently kicked the horse in the belly.

After receiving the signal, the Mongolian Maang first let out a cry and ran towards the military camp with a "whoosh".

Several cavalrymen who were responsible for escorting Gorchakov back to the barracks could only follow behind Gorchakov and eat ashes.

After running wildly for almost five minutes, Gorchakov finally made his way from the center of the city to the edge of the city.

Not far from the edge of the city are the camps, which are the headquarters of one of the regiments of the Fourth Army Corps, and also the headquarters and command posts of the Fourth and Fifth Corps.

Since it is December, it is still very cold in Bessarabia, although there is no snow. The cold wind blowing on Gorchakov's face made Gorchakov extraordinarily sober, and he pondered the intentions of Nicholas I as he rode his horse.

Gorchakov guessed that it was most likely because of Karl. Nesherro and the others were no longer trusted by Emperor Nicholas I, so Nicholas I bypassed them to personally convey orders to himself.

Thinking of this, Gorchakov's mind kept coming alive.

Valley/span if Karl. Neschel Rodie lost the new position of emperor, then his position as foreign minister will not last long, and his brother will not be able to ascend to the throne.

That's right, Gorchakov's brother is none other than Alexander . Mihalovich. Gorchakov, the future Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire.

Due to the influence of Karl. Ousted from the inner circle of power in St. Petersburg, Nesherrody's troubles now served as the Imperial Russian Envoy to Austria in the Austrian Empire.

Once Mikhalovich becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Reich, they will have more political resources available to Gorchakov.

General Gorchakov, full of apprehension and excitement, came to the gate of the headquarters, handed over the Mongolian horse to the soldiers guarding the gate, and gave an explanation.

Gorchakov entered the command, where Gorchakov saw a young attendant military attaché.

The attendant military attache also saw Gorchakov, and he hurriedly stood up and said to Gorchakov with a happy face: "General! ”

"It's been a hard time for the messenger to come all the way!" With a kind smile on his face, Gorchakov came to the acolyte and invited him to sit down and asked: "I wonder how Your Excellency the Emissary proves that you are an emissary appointed by His Majesty the Tsar!" If you can't, then ......"

Gorchakov paused, his face changed from kind to serious, and his voice couldn't help but reveal a murderous feeling: "Then it means that your messenger is a fake!" ”

In the face of Gorchakov's questioning, the attendant military attache did not mean to panic at all, and bowed slightly at Gorchakov.

This kind of calm temperament is definitely not something that an imposter can cultivate, and the doubts in Gorchakov's heart are half gone.

"General, look!" Then, the attendant military attache pulled out a short knife from his bosom.

Gorchakov watched the attendant military attache take out a short knife from his arms, and for a moment he lost his mind, this is not the one he saw in the collection room of His Majesty the Tsar.

At this point, Gorchakov was already convinced of ninety out of nine.

Immediately afterwards, the military attache took out a folded piece of letterhead, and when he opened the letter, he could see the Imperial Crown and the Imperial Shield coat of arms engraved on it.

At first glance, Gorchakov recognized that the seal on the letter was stamped by the Tsar's personal state seal.

At this moment, Gorchakov was completely convinced that the guy in front of him was not an impostor.

"What is Your Majesty's order?" Gorchakov asked the attendant military attaché.

"Your Majesty hopes that General Gorchakov you will be able to send the 38,000 men of the 4th and 5th Army Corps you have received as a vanguard to the Danube Principality, and after taking control of the Danube Principality, advance to Constantinople......" the attendant military attache dragged out the order of Nicholas I.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's entrustment!" Gorchakov immediately assured the attendant military attaché.

"I wish you a successful general!" The attendant military attache responded to Gorchakov: "I should go too!" ”

After speaking, the attendant military attache Si got up and left.

Seeing this, Gorchakov wanted to retain the military attaché, who immediately explained to Gorchakov that he was going to inform Prince Paskevich and try to get Prince Paskevich to mobilize 92,000 men for support.

Seeing that the attendant military attache still had a mission, Gorchakov did not force the attendant military attache to stay any longer, but gave the attendant military attache a gem that he had snatched from the hands of a wealthy merchant in Kishinev to apologize, and ordered the adjutant to send a group of cavalry to follow the attendant military attaché to protect the attendant military attaché to Poland.

After the departure of the attendants, Gorchakov quickly ordered his cavalry to go to the regiments and inform the surrounding commanders to come over for the meeting.

On the evening of the 26th, all the commanders of the 4th and 5th corps were at the headquarters of Gorchakov.

Gorchakov conveyed to them the order of Nicholas I, and when they heard that it was the emperor's direct order, the crowd did not think much about it, and directly expressed their desire to do a big job.

Even part of the regimental commander shouted "Fight to take Constantinople in 1853." ”

Gorchakov ordered the regimental commanders to assemble and set off on the morning of the 27th, and the regimental commanders divided into points and said that they would obey General Gorchakov's orders.

After the meeting, Gorchakov returned to his place of residence in Kishinev and told his wife about the possible next march to be carried out.

When his wife heard that Gorchakov's forces were marching on the Danube and approaching Constantinople, she said understandingly that she would return to Moscow tomorrow.

On December 27, 1852, the 4th and 5th Army Corps of the Bessarabia Province under the leadership of Artillery General General Gorchakov advanced towards the Danube.

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