King's Landing in France

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"Andy." Carl nodded, without saying anything, but made a gesture of invitation, signaling Napoleon to continue.

Napoleon continued: "From now on, there will be no such ridiculous feudal affiliation. In the territory of the Republic, there is only one nation called France. The object of all people's allegiance is the French nation and the Republic as the representative of the nation!

"The end of the lords has come!"

Karl: "You will be surrounded by kings all over Europe."

"Let them encircle and suppress!" Napoleon said with a fearless air, "The Republic will not fail, and Frost will not fail!"

Karl looked at Napoleon and seemed to be shocked by the fanatic aura exuding from Napoleon.

Napoleon Kang spoke impassionedly, then finally calmed down, and finally remembered what he had come to find Grand Duke Karl: "By the way, I came to you to inform you of what will happen to you in the future. I will first send you House arrest in the fortress, and then ask the National Assembly in Paris for instructions on how to deal with Emperor Shinra's younger brother."

Carl: "Will I be executed?"

"If it was in the past, probably not. You signed an agreement not to participate in the war against France for one year, and then asked your brother to send a ransom, and then you can return to China intact. I mean, except for those who were beaten Beyond the nose."

Carl: "And now?"

"I can't say. Now Paris is executing nobles and royalists like crazy. You should be a royalist, right?"

Karl had a speechless expression: "I am the royal family of Habsburg, can I still be a republican?"

"It's impossible. The French king's sister and father are republicans, hardcore." Napoleon shrugged, "In France, there are quite a few republican nobles. After all, this is Rousseau, Voltaire and The hometown of Montesquieu. And I am also a republican."

Carl: "I think you're a Frostite."

"It's true to say that, but Frost is a hardcore republican, and he is the head of the Jacobins' Big Four."

Carl raised his eyebrows slightly: "The Big Four? Now there are only three left."

"What?" Napoleon was shocked. "Three? Who is dead? Anyway, it can't be Frost's death. His life is hard, and he is the one who bears the destiny."

Carl: "Marla."

"Oh, it's the newspaper writer, he's dead." Napoleon paused, "Andy... Frost must be very sad, after all, he's been a friend for so many years. If I'm by his side, I can have a drink with him. "

After finishing speaking, he shook his head again: "But it's okay now, he has Miss Christina to accompany him. If it was Frost from before, I would definitely be worried. Anyway, things are like this, before Paris issues punishment on you, take it easy Live in the fort. But I can tell you that in the French army, officers and soldiers eat the same food in wartime, and this is a tradition started by Frost."

"I heard that he wants to drink the best red wine, do the soldiers have it too?"

Napoleon: "That's limited to the battlefield. On the day of the battle, he will pour a glass of red wine, and then admire his troops—that is, us—to crush the enemy. See you later."

After Napoleon left, the staff officers who came with him also filed out and closed the door behind them.

Grand Duke Karl sat in the empty guest room of the fortress, thinking about the conversation just now.

"Republic...National state...Soldiers who know why they fight..." What Napoleon said just now seemed to have some kind of magical power, and it grew wildly in the mind of Grand Duke Karl.

Chapter 265

When the news came, An Ning was on his way to lead an army to rescue Babi Village.

Nearly 20 French troops lined up in a long line on the post road, looking very ordinary and shocked.

The messenger ran all the way along the marching column, finally found the commander-in-chief of An Ning, and rushed over to deliver a message: "Report to Your Excellency, the coalition forces that besieged the Sedan Fortress were defeated by us, and the Austrian commander Archduke Karl was captured alive."

An Ning took the letter immediately, read the contents carefully, and then said, "Hey, Napoleon arrested Grand Duke Karl? Shouldn't Grand Duke Karl beat Napoleon violently?"

In An Ning's impression, the direct confrontation between Karl and Napoleon has always been a pity. The two sides were going to fight to the death, but Archduke Karl's brother, he voted.

The real "the ministers are about to fight to the death, why did His Majesty surrender first".

Later, Archduke Karl defeated Jourdan, Massena and other famous French generals in succession, and was ordered to stop Moreau's advance after the Austrian army was defeated in the Battle of Hohenlinden.

But he never had the chance to fight Napoleon head-on.

There should have been a chance, but after becoming the savior of the country, Grand Duke Karl made great achievements. In addition, he learned from the experience of the French army to promote military reforms, and established a national army like the French army, which threatened the imperial power. In the end, he was jealous of his brother. Lost military power.

In fact, this has always been a pity for military history lovers. Everyone wants to see Archduke Karl fight Napoleon with all his strength.

As a result, the result is good now, this space-time Grand Duke Karl directly became Napoleon's prisoner.

An Ning shook his head. At this moment, he felt as if the long-awaited drama had finally kicked off, but in the end, it turned out to be a lack of energy.

He didn't know at this time that Grand Duke Karl only lost because Napoleon was shorter.

He didn't know that Archduke Karl was shocked by the power of the French army at this time, and began to abandon the outdated military thinking and accept new ideas.

All in all, An Ning didn't know at this time that this was just a catalyst for the transformation of Grand Duke Karl.

At this time, An Ning actually wanted to complain about Napoleon's record with his confidantes, but it's a pity that none of his old team members are here now.

Berthier was still serving as acting commander, Davout was in Italy, and La Salle was wounded and hospitalized in Paris.

So An Ning could only look at Murat, who was not yet a confidant, and said to him: "Look, Napoleon has arrested the emperor's brother, Archduke Karl of Austria."

Murat was a little surprised when An Ning suddenly spoke to him. He didn't know that An Ning already regarded him as a confidant in his heart, and he was completely ordinary people's attitude towards An Ning. He responded very respectfully: "What a beautiful victory, Your Excellency."

An Ning frowned, such a distant answer disappointed him a little.

Also, you can't ask others to be the same as the old subordinates as soon as they come up.

An Ning handed the letter to Murat: "Look at it."

Murat borrowed it cautiously, read it carefully, and then looked up at An Ning.

He may have seen that An Ning was expecting him to express his opinion, so he said, "Are you going to decide the decision of the Grand Duke Karl's disposal by the parliament?"

"No," An Ning shook his head, "The council is crazy now, maybe it will send him to the guillotine. He is a prisoner of our army. Naturally, our army decides how to deal with it. It has nothing to do with the council."

When Murat heard An Ning say "the parliament is crazy", her expression was a little subtle, as if she was saying, "Is this fucking something I can listen to?"

An Ning ignored Murat's expression, he just wanted to turn all future famous generals into his good buddies.

"We are just like before," he said, "sign an agreement not to participate in military operations against France for one year, and then collect a ransom. The Habsburgs are still very rich, and they can swindle a lot of money as Start-up capital for the future."

Murat looked inexplicable: "Start what?"

That's right, An Ning hasn't told him about his grand idea of ​​using steam engines to reform French production.

An Ning: "The steam revolution, using steam engines to replace traditional manpower, pushes productivity to a new field."

Murat: "Uh... ah, well, that's a very grand idea."

It feels like he doesn't understand.

An Ning suddenly missed La Salle. If this treasure is here, she will definitely complain crazily, such as: "You have cut off the tax revenue of Northern Italy, and you will continue to persecute that Franz of Austria!"

Hope Lasalle gets better soon.

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La Salle: "Mrs. Fanny! I'm out of wine!"

The landlady appeared with a speechless face: "I started drinking it in broad daylight, this is the third bottle!"

"It's a lot of your money. I'm a hussar, and the hussars just want to drink and eat meat, and yell loudly and uneducatedly while eating."

As he spoke, Lasalle patted the landlady's ass.

The landlord said angrily: "Take away your dirty hands! If you weren't the general's favorite, I would have slapped you."

Lasalle laughed, as if taking the landlord's reaction for fun.

At this moment, he heard crying from outside.

Just at this time, the landlady brought the wine, and La Salle asked, "What is this crying?"

"People's cries." The landlady said angrily.

"I know it's people crying, but I tell you the truth, who is crying and why?"

"Mrs. Langley across the street, someone reported that her house had pamphlets of the Royal Party, so her husband was arrested. He was arrested in the morning, and he came back in the afternoon, with a very neat cut on his head." Said the landlady drawing made a cross.

La Salle was obviously depressed: "Damn it."

He looked at the wine that the landlord had just brought, and gently pushed the bottle: "Take it away, this crying makes me not in the mood to drink."

"Then I'll tell her not to cry?"

"No, don't go, it's too much to ask people not to cry at this time, let her cry, poor woman."

LaSalle said.

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While La Salle was resting, the Austrian cavalry major Jonah had just dispersed the third wave of the French army.

These French troops were very strange, they didn't form a phalanx at all. After seeing the cavalry, they were in chaos. Jonah thought that this time it would be another easy and happy victory.

Ordinary troops, without forming a phalanx, immediately collapsed when they saw the momentum of the cavalry rushing towards them, and then the cavalry could comfortably chase down the fleeing enemies and practice their sword skills.

This French army is different. They did break up, but after fleeing to a place where the cavalry was not good enough to play, they turned around and started shooting.

To disperse such a French army, you have to rush up and chop off a few heads with a saber, and scaring alone is useless.

As a result, after one morning, Major Jonah's hands were numb from chopping, and his saber was cut by some hard-headed person.

However, the French army continued to appear, one brigade and one brigade.

A good reconnaissance mission turned into a constant dispersal of the French army that emerged.

While cutting and killing, the major asked loudly, "Why are there so many French troops! Where did they come from?"

The major's subordinates replied: "Major, have you read One Thousand and One Nights? There is a story in it, there is a seed that can become a soldier if you scatter it, maybe that Andy Frost got this treasure!"

Jonah swore and was about to chop off a new head when he got shot.

He fell off his horse, and when he saw the scene of the world spinning, he wondered: What's wrong with me?Did I get shot?

Then he hit his head on the ground and passed out.

Chapter 266

In the headquarters of the Allied Forces, the Duke of Brunswick and Marshal Alvinzi fell into doubts when faced with the report of the appearance of the French army flying like snowflakes.

"How could there be so many French troops suddenly?" Marshal Alvinzi frowned. "There are French troops everywhere. Are we stabbing the French army's lair?"

Marshal Alvinzi still had the old way of thinking. The armies of the two countries fought to the death.

This is also the normal state of feudal wars in Europe for so many years. It was still like this during the Seven Years War just ten years ago.

He has no concept of nation-states and soldiers for all.

Duke of Brunswick: "These must be mercenaries! The French have spent their money and hired so many troops to fight us!"

Marshal Alvinzi turned his head and asked the chief of staff beside him: "Is there any report that these 'French soldiers' have Italian or Swiss accents? Or Hessian accents?"

"No, Marshal." The Chief of Staff replied simply.

Alvinzi glanced at the Duke of Brunswick.

The Duke shrugged: "I'm just trying to explain why so many French troops suddenly appeared."

Just as Alvin Qi was about to speak, a messenger ran in suddenly: "Report! The troops besieging the fortress of Sedan were defeated, and the brother of His Majesty Franz was captured by the French army."

"What?" Alvinzi was shocked, and immediately went to get the letter, opened it and glanced quickly, "Damn, this is terrible. How should I tell His Majesty the news? He fell into the trap of madly slaughtering nobles in the hands of the French!"

The Duke of Brunswick came to take the letter, glanced at it, and said, "Calm down, the Grand Duke should still be in the fortress now, we just need to send troops to surround the fortress."

Alvinzi: "That's right, the troops we can immediately dispatch..."

"Yes, but they are going to reinforce Babi Village." The chief of staff replied, "If they are transferred to surround the fortress, then we may have to join the general reserve."

Alvinzi: "...Then invest in it. The French army is everywhere now, it's not the time to reserve troops. You should also send people to collect the broken siege troops and reorganize them as much as possible."

"Understood, let's do it."

The chief of staff saluted and left.

Alvinzi sighed: "Fortunately, according to the current report, a large number of sporadic troops of the French army are not strong in combat effectiveness. They have high morale and no tactical actions. Our army will not be defeated by these troops if we are prepared. .”

Duke of Brunswick: "The troops in Verdun have successfully defended. Sedan...may have been raided."

Alvinzi: "It may be that there was no cavalry in Sedan, and there was no warning."

The battlefield perception of the army in this era basically relies on cavalry, and without cavalry, it is almost like a blind and deaf man.

Alvinzi: "Although there are many French troops, as long as we hold our ground, we can still win!"

The Duke of Brunswick: "I think it's better to write a letter to report the situation here to the country, and ask for some reinforcements to come over."

Alvinzi hesitated: "With Archduke Karl being captured, I doubt whether I will get reinforcements. Maybe I will be dismissed because of this."