King's Landing in France

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The content of the incident was that the Grand Duke of the Principality of Burgundy had his head cracked—literally, he died, and then his land was divided up by various powerful countries.

Through this event, players in France or Austria can eat large areas of wealth for nothing.

It may not be very important to Austria. After all, Austria is Shinra, and some are rich areas.

It’s very important to French players. When Europa Universalis first started, France was far from the complete body it is now. Places like Normandy and Aquitaine were still occupied by the British. It’s crazy to eat this with a split skull. .

So every French player will work hard to split the skull.

As an old French player, An Ning is very familiar with this chain of events, and now he said it out of nowhere.

As a result, inexplicably, he gained a lot of respect from his friends.

Marla raised his glass: "Let's toast to smart and knowledgeable Andy!"

So everyone raised their glasses.

An Ning also took a sip, and then continued the topic that Dandong raised just now: "We can't wait any longer, we have to set off tomorrow, you just wait for my good news."

Robespierre asked seriously, "Are you sure?"

An Ning smiled: "Of course."

Actually not.

Although there were two Battles of the Marne in the history of World War I, the places where the battles were fought were different. The first Battle of the Marne in World War I was mainly to block the German army that had made a major detour from the north of Paris.

Now the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces are coming from the direction of Alsace.

Therefore, the history of the Battle of the Marne cannot help An Ning.

However, as the commander-in-chief, An Ning couldn't show cowardice, so he firmly answered the questions of his friends.

Robespierre: "Then I wish you success! We are waiting for news of your victory!"

Chapter 231 It's the Fiancée's Round

After An Ning returned to the Palace of Versailles from the Jacobin Monastery reeking of alcohol, Fanny told him in a low voice, "Miss Christina is waiting for you on the terrace."

An Ning: "Which terrace?"

There are a lot of terraces at the Palace of Versailles.

Fanny: "Come with me."

So An Ning took off her coat and handed it to the attendants beside her, and then followed An Ning's pace.

The reason why I wear a coat is that although it is already spring, France is still very cold at this time-in fact, in this era, France does not have a few days of heat every year.

Because of this, in the 21st century, only a small number of people in France have air conditioners in their homes. After all, summer is only a few weeks for them, and it will pass.

Unexpectedly, the Little Ice Age passed directly and entered a warm era. As a result, Europe began to heat up and kill people on a large scale.

But this is not something An Ning has to worry about at this time.

An Ning followed Fanny to the terrace and saw Christina wearing a very gorgeous evening dress.

An Ning couldn't help asking, "Aren't you cold because you wear so little?"

Christina: "It's cold, but I think I'm going out tomorrow, and I want you to see me at my most beautiful..."

An Ning stepped forward and put her arms around Christina's waist: "I accept your wish."

Fanny retreated into the shadows like a ninja and disappeared.

Christina said softly: "I'm starting to miss the days when I was in the army. At that time, I could go out with you. Can't I not abide by this rule?"

Women who want to get married must first retire from the army. This is a long-standing rule in this time and space.

Christina had to comply too.

An Ning originally didn't want to get engaged so soon, for fear of affecting the situation in France, but in the end, she just sent Christina home and the situation changed suddenly. The brother-in-law directly changed from execution to exile.

So anyway, it was affected, and An Ning stopped hiding, and went directly to Mr. Equality to propose marriage.

Now Christina is An Ning's fiancée, so she retired from the army according to the rules and became the hostess with peace of mind.

By the way, because of Louis XVII, Mr. Equality was a bit of an untouchable in Paris, and everyone cut up one after another, fearing that he would be implicated when the king was beheaded.

As a result, overnight, Mr. Equality became "the most revolutionary and progressive good man" in Paris again, and everyone came forward one after another to make connections.

Mr. Equality was also in a very good mood. As soon as he got engaged, he dragged An Ning to his own study in the Royal Palace, took out a large ledger, pointed at it and said, "Choose what you want, my dear son-in-law!"

So An Ning happily asked for the coal mine.

Mr. Equality was still very puzzled: "Coal mine? Apart from keeping warm in winter, that stuff can only be used to burn steam engines."

Although more than ten years have passed since Watt improved the steam engine, most people are still unaware of the important role of coal.

An Ning was also willing to play the role of a prophet at this time, so he said to Mr. Equality: "My dear father-in-law, haven't you read the report? The steam engine improved by the British Watt has great potential. I have ordered my craftsmen to go all out. Make a steam engine and use it to drive a spinning machine. Coal is the blood of the economy of the future!"

Although An Ning spoke very excitedly, Mr. Equality was not infected. He shrugged: "Really, okay."

It can only be said that things like foresight are a rare quality, and people with this quality are very rare.

An Ning briefly recalled Mr. Equality on the day of the marriage proposal, and immediately turned her attention to Christina.

With her arms around Christina's waist, An Ning realized that her fiancée was still very strong—I mean, she had big muscles.

After all, I have been in the army for so many years, and it is normal to have muscles.

Christina: "I always thought that it would be a trivial matter not to be able to fight on the battlefield with you in the future. I thought that the future would not be any different from the past. But I was wrong. It turns out that sending you to the battlefield is such a trivial matter. difficult things.

"I've been having nightmares since yesterday, dreaming of you..."

An Ning: "Don't worry, I have a very hard head. I have charged so many times before, and I didn't get hurt at all."

Christina: "Because you didn't have any injuries before, it's possible to exhaust your good luck, isn't it?"

After a brief pause, she said in a soft, pleading voice: "Can you promise me not to charge in person?"

An Ning: "You know it's impossible for me to agree. A person's past experience will become the criterion for his behavior in the future. The previous few times I charged in person, all had very good results...especially when I was with Lafayette In the battle, my personal charge is almost the decisive hand of the battle!"

Christina: "Then let me put it another way. Can you promise me that every time you charge in the future, you will be the winner of the battle? What I mean is, don't charge until this time!"

An Ning recalled the feeling when he charged.

In fact, it is very enjoyable to fight in person. When An Ning played Mount and Blade 2 before, he liked the fact that the damage of the troops was simulated, and then the player turned on the damage reduction, and then rushed into the battle with various bodies, and experienced the thrill of using one as a hundred. ——Then he was sent away by the pirate's javelin.

But that's a joy too, isn't it?

An Ning put her arms around the beauty for a self-examination, and suddenly found that she actually liked this feeling of rushing into battle.

Probably those fierce generals who often fought alone in ancient times also fell in love with this feeling.

So An Ning said truthfully: "Actually, I still like to go to the battle in person. In this process, I can feel my life is burning."

Christina: "Don't you like the story of Horatius very much? Horatius didn't defend the bridge with three people for the pleasure of killing the enemy!"

An Ning sighed, then lightly pressed Christina's head on her chest, stroked her long hair, and said softly, "Okay, I promise you."

"I will let Fanny supervise you! Once you play around, she will report to me!"

An Ning smirked and said, "Then I'll leave Fanny to take care of you and take Julian as an orderly!"

Although it is a bit dangerous to take Julian as an orderly, it may repeat the mistakes of a certain "battlefield magician".

Christina was anxious directly: "You!"

An Ning pressed her head hard, not letting her distance herself from getting angry with him.

After confronting for a while, Christina gave up: "Forget it. I'll see which sister can charge with you, so I can feel more at ease."

An Ning: "The Sunset Knights will definitely charge with me. They all joined because of my personal bravery and feats. They will protect me."

Christina: "I don't know Sunshine Knight. Let's find a younger sister who I know and has superb martial arts skills as a bodyguard. You promise me, you must take her with you if you want to go to the battle!"

An Ning raised her eyebrows, thinking what kind of plot is this, marrying a wife and giving her a maid?

An Ning chose to follow her own heart: "Then I want a beautiful one."

Christina smiled: "Which one of my sisters is not beautiful? Even Ms. Oliver still has charm."

After all, it was once the Royal Guard of Honor of the King of France.

An Ning: "Well, if this can make you feel at ease. In fact, you don't need to be so worried at all. After all, it's just a defensive battle across the Marne River."

Christina was silent for a few seconds, and then gave a soft "hmm".

An Ning raised her head and found that the moonlight at this moment was very beautiful.

Chapter 232 The Legend of the Rhine Heroes

Early the next morning, An Ning ordered troops to go out.

The citizens of Paris got the news of today's expedition early and flocked outside the city to see them off.

Looking at this scene, An Ning thought of "Song of the Communist Youth League Members" for no reason, not the song "We Are the Sea of ​​Flowers in May", but the song "Listen to the War Horn Sounds the Alarm".

An Ning couldn't help humming softly.

He saw an old woman crying and clutching a young man's hand, and at this time he sang "Goodbye, mother, don't be sad, please wish us a safe journey".

He also saw many young girls kissing their lovers goodbye.

Seeing this scene, An Ning said to Berthier beside him: "Look, Chief of Staff, our army and the people of Paris have a heart-to-heart bond, and the combat effectiveness of such an army is terrifying."

Berthier: "I still believe in adequate training, Your Excellency the General."

An Ning: "That can't be helped, the enemy came so fast, the lack of training, let's make up for it with high morale."

At this time, An Ning suddenly saw a drummer looking in his direction in the marching ranks.

He recognized it as Beethoven.

Damn, let Le Sheng play the drums, is there something wrong with that?

Beethoven winked at An Ning, and seemed to be in a good mood.

An Ning thought, don't be so pissed off. Be careful to get hit by stray bullets when you go to the battlefield. I don't want to lose a Le Sheng for nothing. I can't bear this responsibility.

So he turned his head and asked Berthier, "Do you remember which unit Ludwig is in?"

"Of course I remember." Berthier raised his finger and pointed to his head, "I remember all the important information."

"That's good." An Ning nodded.

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At this time, Sedang.

After the soil work was carried out to a certain extent, the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces began to besiege the fortress again.

They tried to use ladders to climb out of the ditch in front of the fortress walls, but were massacred by the French on the fortress.

Looking at all this, Napoleon frowned: "Damn the Prussians, they intend to let a large number of corpses pile up in the trenches, causing the outbreak of the plague."

Napoleon's chief of staff looked suspicious: "Isn't this a waste of troops? How can you sacrifice your own soldiers so easily?"

"This is the general practice of noble lords." When Napoleon said this, he obviously forgot that he was also a "noble lord."

As he spoke, he turned the binoculars and looked at the other side of the fortress. According to the Austrians who had defected to the fortress before, the Archduke Karl of Austria was in charge of this side.

"On the contrary, Archduke Karl's command here is quite methodical, and he didn't easily consume his own troops. His command looks like a real nobleman."

The chief of staff couldn't help complaining: "A real noble? He is the younger brother of the Austrian emperor, and his title is higher than that of a Prussian commander."

Napoleon: "I'm talking about real nobles, do you understand? The emphasis is on the word 'real'. The commander of the Prussian army seems to be a mediocre man, just a waste who has been sheltered by his ancestors. And Grand Duke Karl, look It looks real.

"So we should put our main energy on the side facing Grand Duke Karl."

As soon as the words fell, Napoleon saw some carts full of dirt appearing in the form of the Austrian army commanded by Archduke Karl.

Napoleon: "Big cart? What is he going to do?"

As soon as the words fell, the Austrian soldiers pushed the cart along with the soil into the ditch.One car after another, and soon a tall mound appeared in the trench.

Napoleon: "My God, he's going to fill up the trench with dirt."

Although Sedan Fortress is solidly fortified, it is not without weaknesses.

The narrowness of the trenches is one of Sedan's weaknesses.

If part of the trench was filled, the Austrians could directly attack the walls of the fortress.