Struggle in Russia

To be honest, when he first got the news, Grand Duke Constantine was so angry that he almost vomited blood and almost cried without covering his head. He felt that this was a sign that Nicholas I did not love him, otherwise what biological father could do such a thing? Arrange to come?

Actually, Nicholas I did do it on purpose. The reason why Grand Duke Constantine was not given any arrangements was very complicated. The first is that he indeed trusts Menshikov more, and always feels that Grand Duke Constantine can't do things well if he only talks a lot.

Especially in recent times, Archduke Constantine has made a lot of mistakes, messing Moldavia into a mess, and almost ruined everything.

Under such circumstances, how can you ask Nicholas I to trust his biological son?

What's more, the matter this time is really too big. Is it easy for the British, French, and Turkish coalition forces to get along with each other?

Grand Duke Constantine did not have any experience in commanding large armies in combat, and he was not even an army general. No normal person would be allowed to accept such an important task for a layman like him.

Menshikov is different. This guy started out in the army. Although he has no achievements worth mentioning, he has rich command experience after all. He had many fights with Turkey back then. It would at least be safer to let the old eunuch go.

As for why Grand Duke Constantine was not even given a nominal position, it was entirely because Nicholas I beat him.

My own father also has a temper. Look at all the bad things your kid has done, and you still have the nerve to ask for an official position?

Nicholas I deliberately ignored Archduke Constantine, just to let him learn a lesson and tell him that even his own father would not let him do anything wrong.

Regrettably, Grand Duke Constantine did not notice this heart of fist, and Viscount Prozolov, who noticed it, could not say it clearly. He could not say: "Your father is a little bit dissatisfied with your unreliable work, so this is just to give you some color." Take a look and let you learn a lesson!”

Then Grand Duke Constantine can't even fry it!

In short, he was very angry and couldn't stop until he vented his anger. So Viscount Prozolov could only tell him: "Your Highness, after all, this is His Majesty's decision. You cannot go up to the bull at this moment. It will do no good and will only make His Majesty's impression of you worse!"

"So even if you are angry, you can't go against His Majesty!"

Grand Duke Constantine shouted angrily: "Then I can only hold it in?"

Viscount Prozolov sighed and said: "It's best to hold it in, otherwise once His Majesty finds out, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Grand Duke Constantine hammered the table angrily and shouted: "But I really can't swallow this breath. The thought of having that old eunuch sitting on my head and dominating me again makes me furious! Is there no way to make me feel bad?"

Viscount Prozolov sighed again and said helplessly: "If you must vent your anger, there is nothing you can do... I don't think Kornilov and Nakhimov will be satisfied with your Majesty's appointment this time. We can use them to stumble Menshikov secretly!"

He couldn't believe it, so he came up with an idea, asking Grand Duke Constantine to give Kornilov and Nakhimov the camera to make things difficult for Menshikov, and that's how things happened.

On the other hand, although Kornilov and Nakhimov did not trust Grand Duke Constantine, they thought about it and found no better way. In desperation, they could only take a try and take a step forward. One step away.

Soon a large number of conservative generals were "driven" out of Sevastopol and began to travel to various parts of Crimea to recruit and train volunteers.

The departure of this group of people made the atmosphere in Sevastopol much better. After all, the remaining people were all members of Kornilov and Nakhimov's party, thinking in one place and working hard in another place. What can't be done?

At this time, after resting and recuperating, the coalition forces began to advance toward the outskirts of Sevastopol. They concentrated their forces and began to attack the Russian army's outlying strongholds. The Sevastopol offensive and defensive battle officially began!

The first to be attacked by the coalition forces was the Russian forward reconnaissance force on the Alma River. After a brief contact, the Russian Cossack light cavalry who went out for reconnaissance were defeated face-to-face by the British Thirteenth Light Cavalry Regiment. This made the seventh Earl of Cardigan, James Brudenell, very excited and kept Show off to his division commander and brother-in-law, George Bingham, the third Earl of Lucan.

This made the latter quite unhappy, because the brothers-in-law often competed with each other, and Earl Lucan did not want Earl Cardigan to take the lead first.

So Earl Lucan, who was holding back his energy, immediately gave up and rushed forward with his cavalry, preparing to practice with the Russian Cossacks and let the prestigious Cossacks see how powerful the world's best British cavalry is. .

Here we need to talk about George Bingham’s troop configuration. As the commander of the cavalry division, he had a heavy cavalry brigade and a light cavalry brigade under his command. The heavy cavalry brigade was commanded by Brigadier General James Scarlet, and the light cavalry brigade was commanded by the above. The Earl of Cardigan commanded.

Seeing that his most hated brother-in-law, Earl Cardigan, took the lead, George Bingham was naturally unhappy, so he deliberately ordered the heavy cavalry brigade to go out to fight.

However, as soon as the Earl of Lucan took action, he was discovered by the British Commander-in-Chief, Baron Raglan. For this mediocre Field Marshal, George Bingham's actions were simply intolerable. The requirement of the cavalry is to guard the flanks and guard against the invasion of Russian Cossacks.

Now I just found out that a few Cossacks and you have jumped away like this, and you are likely to leave your posts without permission and leave the large troops to act alone. What if the Russians deliberately lure you away to facilitate the cavalry assault?

So Raglan immediately gave George Bingham a strict order, ordering him to stop attacking and protect the main flank.

This naturally made George Bingham, who wanted to make a difference, very angry. Moreover, this order came at the wrong time, because his heavy cavalry had just discovered a lone group of Russian light cavalry and were about to use it once. He harvested them with a fierce attack, but just after they had a confrontation, the other party shot and knocked down several brothers. Just when he was about to take revenge, he was forced to turn back. Do you think he was happy?

It's just that no matter how unhappy George Bingham was, he could only execute the order. Not long after he returned to the main formation gloomily, news of the heavy cavalry's losses spread throughout the British army.

The British infantry had long been unhappy with the cavalry. The cavalry had always thought they were superior, always showing off their power, and bullying these "two-legged beasts" from time to time. The infantry wished that the cavalry would suffer.

He immediately gave George Bingham the nickname "look-on", which probably meant "look-on" or "look-on", but it sounded similar to George Bingham's nickname "Look-on", and it spread immediately.

But George Bingham was not the most unlucky. Another admiral, Dundas, was simply called a damn's ass, which was not an ordinary unpleasant sound.

In short, the progress of the British army on this day was not smooth. They just stumbled to the bank of the Alma River and faced off with the Russian army on the other side of the river...