King's Landing in France

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Kano: "This... just messed up things and continued to serve as the chief of staff. Will it be unconvincing?"

An Ning asked confidently: "How many people in the army do you think will question my decision?"

Kano stopped talking.

The army has long worshiped An Ning as an idol, especially the patriotic young people who have just been drafted into the army, let alone worship General Frost.

Kano showed a deliberate expression, obviously he had something to say, so An Ning said, "Just say what you want."

Kano: "That's right. Recently I heard a new saying in Paris that you may become the new king of France. After all, you will marry the king's sister..."

An Ning interrupted Kano's words: "The maids of the Versailles Palace also said the same, it's all groundless nonsense. I live in the Versailles Palace only because it is the largest independent building complex in the suburbs, and it can be used as a barracks. The army is basically stationed there."

An Ning paused, and continued: "Besides, you all say that I am the contemporary Caesar, and I also want to be Caesar. Although the emperor will be called Caesar now, what I am talking about here is the original Gaius You Rius Caesar. Not the Augustus one. You should know history too."

Kano nodded: "Yes, although it is not as familiar as Colonel Bonaparte, but yes, I know that Caesar."

An Ning: "Did he become emperor?"

"No, sir."

"That's it."

After speaking, An Ning brought the topic back to the question of sending troops: "How soon can I lead my troops to go out?"

"If it's an army of 20, it will probably take a few days to prepare. If you just plan to lead the army that was originally placed in Paris as the general reserve..."

"Wait a minute!" An Ning interrupted Kano again, "The 20 you just said doesn't include the number of the general reserve team?"

"Yes, there are 20 new troops in Paris, the single city with the most troops in the entire region, followed by Lyon's 5 and..."

"It's fine, you don't need to give me the details, anyway, I can't command these troops. Then, my order is, the general reserve team, don't move!"

Wow, when the general reserve team was set up, I wanted to say this line!

An Ning continued: "Let the newly formed troops in Paris get ready to go, use the fastest speed, and at the same time issue orders to the scattered armies, let them fight on their own, and attack the nearest enemy of the Republic!"

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after one day.

Napoleon, who was defending Sedan, was suddenly awakened by the staff officer: "Your Excellency, come and take a look, something has happened!"

Napoleon was sleepy: "What's the big deal? What else could be the big deal, isn't it the enemy attacking the city? What's the matter, didn't you hear the gunfire?"

As soon as the words fell, a cannon shot came.

Napoleon quickly identified shelling outside the city.

"Okay, the Austrians are attacking the city!" Napoleon stood up from the bed while rubbing his hands.

The staff officer said, "No! Something has happened! There is an army outside who doesn't know where it came from, and it is attacking the coalition forces besieging the city!"

Napoleon was overjoyed: "What? Could it be Andy... Your Excellency Frost is here?"

"No, I didn't see the general's commander's flag. It's a force I've never seen before. I can't recognize the military flag. If it weren't for the tricolor flag and our military uniforms, we might all have thought it was the enemy's reinforcements."

Napoleon frowned and looked at the staff officer: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"See for yourself!"

Napoleon pushed away the staff officer, walked out of the room briskly, and climbed up the city wall.

Several staff officers and officers were already looking out with binoculars on the city wall. Napoleon grabbed a binoculars and looked out.

Then he was stunned: "This army...how is it attacking the enemy with skirmish formation?"

Staff officer: "I don't make it."

Another officer said to Napoleon: "Is there a possibility that they did not line up in the attacking line?"

Napoleon frowned: "... Well, the recruits recruited by Lazar... have this possibility."

At this time, there was singing from the French army attacking the coalition forces outside the city. It was a song of Rome.

Napoleon's brain was running fast.

The coalition forces in the outskirts of the city were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of a large number of French troops, and are clearly in chaos now.

Because it is a siege battle, cavalry is useless, so the enemy army outside the city has no cavalry.

No cavalry means no reconnaissance, the enemy is attacked by surprise.

And yesterday, the enemy should have been quite tired after launching an attack on the fortress all day long.

Napoleon suddenly realized that his time to become famous might have come.

"Order, wake up everyone in the fortress! The artillerymen are on their positions immediately!"

In fact, after the sound of cannons outside the city, many defenders of the city woke up and rushed to their positions automatically.

Napoleon: "No, no! We don't want them to go directly to the city wall, let them gather in the central square of the fortress!"

All the troops stationed in the fortress were well-trained troops, so the assembly was completed quickly.

Napoleon stood on a carriage of the logistics department and shouted to the soldiers with incomprehensible faces: "I am now recruiting some volunteers! Now an army has come from somewhere outside the city and is attacking the coalition forces besieging the city!

"The number of this army may be only [-], or less, and it is obviously untrained, so it can only attack in skirmish formation! However, they still caused the coalition forces to fall into chaos!

"I'm going to recruit some volunteers now, follow me out of the fortress, and take advantage of the chaos to attack the coalition forces besieging the city!

"This is an action with no return, because the city gate will be closed immediately after leaving the city, and then the deputy commander of the fortress will act as an agent!

"I don't know if we will win. It is possible that we will become prisoners of the enemy, or even die in battle. Now, those who want to go with me, take a step forward!"

When Napoleon spoke, the soldiers were already looking at each other, and when they heard his last words, almost—almost all of them took a step forward.

Napoleon: "Courage is with you! Kang Qi's death is now! Open the city gate!"

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The deputy commander of the fortress asked in surprise, "Are we all going?"

"No, of course not, since everyone has taken a step forward, then leave ordinary people to defend the city. The rest will follow me!"

After all, Napoleon grabbed the military flag directly from the flag bearer, carried it and walked out.

The troops are still in a daze, because the general attack requires queuing up first, tossing a bunch of what is there, and then walking towards the enemy mechanically with the accompaniment of music.

Napoleon walked a few steps by himself, looked back and saw no one was moving, and cursed: "What are you doing in a daze, the battlefield is just outside the city, so it's over if you charge so much. How fast is the military musician beating the fastest drum?" Knock so fast! Follow me and open the gate!"

After Napoleon finished speaking, he turned his head and ran wildly again. The other soldiers were still in a daze, but the military musicians had already acted according to the order, beating very fast drumbeats.

Now the soldiers seemed to be activated, howling and following Napoleon.

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Archduke Karl has the habit of getting up early, and because of this, his troops have organized a front at least.

The French army that suddenly appeared outside the city was unreasonable at all. Generally, when the troops arrived at their positions, they had to change their formation and line up for an hour before launching an attack.

As soon as the French army arrived, they began to charge in marching columns.

The coalition forces that woke up like a dream suddenly fell into chaos.

Fortunately, there were not many French troops who charged at the beginning, and the sober coalition forces managed to kill the French.

Unexpectedly, more French people came out.

Then the commander of the French army slapped his head, "I thought that the attack should be lined up horizontally", and then the French army began to shake their heads.

Grand Duke Karl watched the French army's change of formation all the way, his brows twisted into twists.

Is that called a change?

array?Where is the array?

It looked like a mass of the French army, scattered and turned into--a mass.

Just the width increased.

Then the French army lined up in this formation that could not be called a formation at all, and rushed up in a hurry.

And they didn't have military music at all, so they couldn't talk about a unified pace, they just swarmed up like this.

Archduke Karl: "Damn it, why are they like a completely untrained army?"

Because they really haven't been trained.

However, what Grand Duke Karl couldn't understand the most was that such a mob rushed to the front of the Prussian army.

The Prussians who were attacked had no time to form formation at all, and many people had already begun to flee under the sudden impact.

On the contrary, the attacking mob became more courageous and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Prussian army.

This is the first time that Archduke Karl has personally experienced what kind of monster they are currently facing the French army.

It is completely inconsistent with all the military common sense that Archduke Karl has learned in military school.

However, thanks to the resistance of the Prussian army, Archduke Karl's own troops had enough time to prepare, and now he has mobilized enough troops to line up behind the Prussian army, ready to deal with the sudden appearance of the enemy.

At this moment, Grand Duke Karl suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from behind him.

When he turned his head, he saw a group of French troops appearing from the fortress!

The gate of the fortress was blocked by an independent triangular cone, which was invisible to the attacker, so Grand Duke Karl only saw the French army pouring out of the corner of the triangular cone blocking the gate.

This group of French troops also had no formation, and rushed over in columns.

Grand Duke Karl made a decisive decision: "The rear team turns back! Meet the enemy!"

A staff officer asked, "What about the baggage train at the back?"

Carl: "Get out of the way!"

"Report to the general, it's too late! The French are rushing over!"

Carl: "What is rushing over, isn't there still a distance?"

"The back that I didn't say is the front!"

Karl just turned his head, and then saw a bunch of French troops rushing towards the scattered Prussian army.

At this time, the Austrian soldiers all showed fear.

Sometimes, the power of the flanking attack does not lie in how much damage it causes, but mainly in the enormous psychological pressure it brings to the party being flanked.

In many cases, the moment the soldiers realized that they were being flanked, the effect of the flanking had already appeared.

Grand Duke Karl made a decisive decision, drew his sword and shouted: "I am the younger brother of the Holy Roman Emperor, the third prince of Habsburg! I am with you! Count to the numbered regiment, turn back! Others resist Frontal enemy attack!"

Then Archduke Karl counted out a series of numbers loudly, apparently he had memorized which regiment he was in.

His words indeed played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army, and half of the troops turned back to face the French army rushing towards the fortress.

The army facing the front faced the French skirmishers rushing up.

The fierce hand-to-hand combat has begun!

Archduke Karl galloped along the road between the two-part army, shouting as he ran: "Hold on! The enemy is just a mob who can't even walk in line! And with wide-eyed eyes, it is clear that our numbers are dominant!"

After shouting to the hand-to-hand combat side, Karl turned his head and shouted to the French army who was about to charge towards the fortress: "Attention the rear team, open fire freely, and disperse the rushing French army with fierce firepower! Turn around quickly with the cannon, use Grapeshots greet them!"

In response to the sudden appearance of the French army, Archduke Karl's artillery had just turned the cannon fixed in the fortress for the siege, and now they are desperately trying to turn the cannon back.

Archduke Karl: "Aim at the man holding the flag! Shoot! Shoot!"

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Napoleon held up the flag and charged like the wind.

People around him kept falling, but the bullets seemed to go around him without touching him at all.

As he rushed, he thought: "Sure enough, like Andy, I am blessed by God! It must be Andy who distributed his blessings to me! He is indeed the one who wants to make history! He is indeed Caesar!"

Thinking of this, Napoleon shouted: "For France! For Caesar!"

None of the leading soldiers who followed thought there was anything wrong with the appearance of a Caesar. After all, some of the leading soldiers might not know who Caesar was.

Even if they shouted for Voltaire at this time, they would probably follow suit.

Chief Soldier: "For France! For Caesar!"

The Austrians finally brought the cannons over and loaded them with grapeshot.

After the cannon fire, the people around Napoleon fell, and he was unharmed.