Prince Paskewicz, who was leading his troops in the fortress on the north bank of the Danube, received an urgent order from St. Petersburg on April 30, which demanded that Prince Paskeevich step down as soon as he received the order, and that the post of deputy commander of the Danube coalition forces should be replaced by Mikhael. General Gorchakov took over the post of Prince Paskevich, and Prince Paskevich himself had to go to Finland as soon as possible to take over the post of Commander-in-Chief of Finland of Grand Duke Konstantin.

Neither Prince Paskevich nor Sene's generals had any objection to the order given by St. Petersburg.

The reason is that Prince Paskevich's war in the past half a year has really made these generals feel aggrieved, and it is clear that the fortress of Silistra is in front of them, but they have never been able to break it, and they have lost many colleagues for this.

Of course, Prince Paskeewicz himself was also reluctant to stay in the Danube region.

Today's war in the Danube region has become a sit-down war between the Russian Empire and Britain, France and Turkey, and no one dares to take half a step forward.

This, combined with the frequent movements of the Austrian Empire in Transylvania, made Paskeewicz even more certain that the Russian Empire would not be in the Danube region for long.

Now that St. Petersburg had given the order to change his post, why didn't Paskeevich leave the Danube region with the boat.

It's just that Paskevich's departure is a bit bitter for Gorchakov.

Thinking of this, Prince Paskevich glanced at Gorchakov.

At this time, Gorchakov was staring at the envoy in front of him with a serious face, and through Gorchakov's expression and movements, Paskevich roughly guessed that Gorchakov's heart was probably far less calm than his face.

Prince Paskeewicz felt obligated to help Gorchakov find out the next move of Tsar Nicholas I at the time of his parting.

"Mr. Special Envoy, I wonder what His Majesty the Tsar wants to do next? Is the Imperial Army continuing to fight in the Danube region, or is it ......" Prince Paskevich bluntly said what all the generals present wanted to ask.

"The question ......" the envoy hesitated for a moment, he did not know whether he should reveal to them the Tsar's thoughts, the question should have been brought by the next envoy and informed to them.

"Mr. Envoy, I know your rules!" Prince Paskevich preemptively excused the envoy and continued: "I just want to ask His Majesty the Tsar if he is going to continue fighting!" ”

The envoy shook his head and responded euphemistically: "His Majesty Nicholas I is more inclined to continue fighting, and the War Ministry and the crown prince are inclined to put away their fists and wait for the opportunity, just when the time is ripe, they are making the next step!" ”

"That's it! I know! Prince Paskeewicz thanked the envoy and then asked him to wait outside for a moment.

"Be quick!" The envoy gave a reminder and turned to leave the room.

After the envoy had left, Paskeewicz spoke to those present: "It is already clear that His Majesty the Tsar may order you to withdraw from the Danube, so you must be prepared while the next envoy has not yet arrived." I don't want an orderly withdrawal to turn into a disorderly rout. ”

"But didn't the envoy just say that the Tsar is inclined to let us continue fighting?" One of the generals asked, puzzled.

"I know His Majesty the Tsar, he will definitely agree with the War Ministry and the Crown Prince! After all, His Majesty's body ......," Paskevich said to the general.

Every general present knew that Nicholas I was fifty-eight years old, and that he had always had hidden dangers in his health, and that he had to establish sufficient prestige for Crown Prince Alexander, and on this matter, Crown Prince Alexander's opinion was correct, so it was unlikely that Nicholas I would have refuted Crown Prince Alexander's opinion.

"After I leave, you have to act according to the orders of General Gorchakov! We must ensure that the troops can be evacuated in an orderly manner! Prince Paskevich asked again.

……

Farewell to the generals of the Russian Empire, headed by Commander Gorchakov, Prince Paskevich and his envoys left the Danube archfire.

Five days after Prince Paskevich left the Danube principalities, the second envoy arrived at the tent of Commander Gorchakov.

"I hereby order the commander of the Danube coalition forces, Mikhael. Gorchakov, having received this order, immediately evacuated the Danube principalities! "The second envoy solemnly read the second order of Tsar Nicholas I to Commander Gorchakov.

Commander Gorchakov, having received the order, immediately assured the envoy that he would evacuate from the Danube region as soon as possible.

"Commander Gorchakov, His Majesty the Tsar is talking about right away!" The envoy reminded Commander Gorchakov.

"Don't worry! I promise to leave right away tonight! Gorchakov responded to the envoy.

After five days of preparation, Gorchakov had already prepared a plan for retreat.

In the middle of the night on May 5, 1854, the Danube coalition withdrew from the north bank of the Danube.

More than 100,000 troops, armed with torches, lined up in a long line and gradually moved towards Bessarabia.

The Turkish troops in the fortress of Silistra on the south bank of the Danube, having discovered the movements of the Russian troops on the north bank through telescopes, immediately went to the main city of the fortress of Silistra to report the situation on the north bank to Omar Pasha.

At this time, Omar Pasha was discussing with Major General Conrobert, commander of the 1st French Division, about the next move after the capture of the fortress of Sevastopol.

"Report Omar Pasha! There seemed to be signs of retreat in the Russian Empire on the northern shore! Should our army go in pursuit! ”

Omar Pasha turned his gaze to Major General Conrobel and said, "Major General Conrobel, do you think our army should pursue the Russian Empire!" ”

Conrobel, who could roughly guess the reason for the Russian Imperial Army, was of course unwilling to let Omar ruin the plan, and he shook his head and said to Omar Pasha: "My advice is that it is better not to pursue!" ”

"That's good! I won't chase it! Omar Pasha heeded Conrobel's advice and did not choose to pursue.

In the early morning of May 6, Admiral Albrecht, commander of the Austrian Empire and governor of Hungary stationed in Transylvania, received news of the retreat of the Russian Empire from the dragoon troops in the border area, and immediately ordered 200,000 troops to go to the Danube principalities to maintain order in the Danube principalities. (To put it mildly, occupy the Danube principalities)

"Commander Albrecht, I think it's better to wait!" The commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Benedek (yes, the general who missed the opportunity in the Austro-Prussian war because of hesitation) objected to Albrecht: "If there are still a small number of Russian Imperial troops who have not withdrawn, we will most likely clash with them!" This is the last thing Vienna wants to see, so I recommend that it be better to enter in a few days! ”

Commander Albrecht resolutely rejected Benedek's seemingly safe plan.

In Albrecht's view, the sooner the Austrian Empire entered the Danube principalities, the sooner the hidden dangers could be eliminated.

After all, Omar Pasha of the Ottoman Empire was still wanted by the Austrian Empire, and Albrecht feared that he would enter the Danube Duchy in the intervening period of the Russian Empire's withdrawal. By that time, the Austrian Empire would probably be in an awkward position.

Because according to the Four-Point Plan, the Danube Principality was jointly administered by the European powers and Turkey, and Britain and France may not be interested in the territory of the Danube Principality, but the Ottoman Empire was still very interested in recovering their own territory, and Turkey could use this reason to stay on the Danube.

Albrecht had to be captured as soon as possible, so at Albrecht's insistence, the Austrian Imperial Hussars and Dragoons entered the Danube Duchy first, and arrived at the fortress on the north bank of the Danube that night, symbolizing the raising of the Austrian imperial flag at the fortress.

In the early hours of May 7, the soldiers of the fortress walls of Silistra noticed the change in the air flag on the fortress, and they hurriedly reported the situation to Omar Pasha.

When Omar Pasha heard the soldiers' voices at the flags flying over the fortress on the North Shore, he muttered to himself with a gloomy face: "Damn the Austrian Empire! When did they enter the fortress! ”

With that, Omar Pasha got up and went to the camp of the Allied forces, and told Major General Conrobel about the raising of the Austrian Imperial flag at the fortress on the North Bank.

"It is quite possible that the Austrian Empire reached a compromise with the Russian Empire! I suggest going north and destroying this force at once! "Omar Pasha, based on hatred of the Austrian Empire, made a proposal to Conrobert.

"Omar Pasha, we can't do anything to our allies!" Conrobel responded to Omar Pasha.

"Allies?" Omar Pasha looked at Conrobert with a puzzled expression, "When did we become allies of the Austrian Empire?" ”

"Just a few days ago!" Conrobel responded to Omar Pasha.

"But the territory of the Ottoman Empire there, even if the Austrian Empire is an ally of the Ottoman Empire, they have no right to occupy the territory of the Ottoman Empire!" Omar Pasha protested against Conrobel.

"Omar Pasha, the Austrian Empire is just helping your country to manage it on your behalf!" Conrobel replied to Omar Pasha in a flat tone.

Seeing Omar Pasha, who had divided the territory of one country into another with an understatement, suddenly felt an inexplicable chill emanating from his body.

This is the so-called European power! This is the so-called civilization!

Omar Pasha reluctantly told Conrobel that he would personally lead his troops north.

"If you insist on going your own way, then I will consider Musa Pasha to take your place!" Conrobel tore off the veil of affection and spoke bluntly to Omar Pasha.

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