King's Landing in France

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Napoleon raised his eyebrows, looked at the Austrian again, and then asked what he thought was the most important question: "How can I trust a person who even betrayed his motherland?"

The Austrian shrugged his shoulders: "There are also many French officers in the coalition forces. They also betrayed their motherland, so they have been reused?"

Napoleon paced back and forth in the command room with his hands behind his back, and said to the chief of staff a few minutes later: "We should lock him up. We can't afford the price of being a Trojan horse. But arrange a better one for him." In the cell, the food is provided according to the standard of an officer.”

Chief of Staff: "Is the standard for officers? But the officers in the city have already followed your order and have the same standards as the soldiers."

"Then follow the original officer standards." Napoleon waved his hand.

The Austrians were surprised: "What's going on? You officers and soldiers eat together?"

Napoleon replied proudly: "This is the rule set by General Frost. At the front, officers and soldiers eat the same food. When the general goes out to fight, he eats hard dry food all day long. On the day of the battle, his maid will give it to him." He prepares fine wines and fine pastries, which he serves on the battlefield, accompanied by the wonderful sight of the enemy being destroyed."

The Austrians opened their mouths into an O shape: "This..."

Napoleon: "I assure you, everything I say is true! No exaggeration!"

The Austrian was stunned: "I have heard about the deeds of General Frost for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be more legendary than the legend."

Is there a possibility that the legend was blown out by a group of close officials of the general in front of you?

Such a possibility, the unknown Austrian general did not think about it.

Napoleon: "Lock him up."

"Wait a minute!" the Austrian said again, "don't you want to hear about the deployment of other coalition forces?"

Napoleon snorted, picked up the pointer next to the map, and said while pointing on the map: "I speculate that the rest of the Allied forces are here, here and here.

"The reason why I make this speculation is that it is in accordance with general military principles that the spread out force can adequately defend the supply line.

"You will certainly want to bypass the strong fortifications of Sedan and Verdun, and go further south to Paris."

Napoleon said again while drawing an arc on the map.

"But you won't succeed," he continued, "the road over there can't support the consumption of 20 legions, and can at most maintain a small army of about one army. Your army, in this position, will be attacked. Resolute sniping."

Napoleon's pointer slapped hard outside the map.

It took a few seconds for the staff to find the corresponding map and put it next to the main map.

Napoleon's pointer was accurately shot at the turn of the Marne River.

"You will be here, and you will be hit head-on! I bet you can't cross the Marne! It's even more impossible to go straight to Paris along the Marne waterway."

The Austrian was shocked from ear to ear: "This... you have been surrounded for a week, and you should have no information from the outside at all, but you have judged the situation so accurately! You..."

Napoleon: "Huh, what's the matter, I am the most proud student of Your Excellency the General. Your Excellency must have made a proper judgment early on and made a plan!"

Chapter 229 The Beginning

At this time, An Ning was in his headquarters, reading the enemy report compiled by Berthier.

Berthier invented a distinguishing marker, distinguishing enemy troops verified by reliable sources from enemy troops inferred from rumors.

An Ning: "La Salle did a good job. The reconnaissance was very detailed. In addition, Berthier, you also did a good job. You were able to report so many enemy situations to Jiji."

Berthier replied modestly: "I just did what a chief of staff should do."

An Ning nodded, and carefully observed the enemy's situation on the map.

"The attacking enemy is coming from the third line. The first line has already caught fire at Sedan and Napoleon. The second line will soon meet Verdun, where Bernadotte is waiting for them. The problem lies in the third line. "An Ning looked at the enemy's logo on the map and performed a picture-seeing speech.

An Ning himself was very grateful to Berthier. If he hadn't slept only three hours a day and integrated the enemy's intelligence so well, it would have been impossible for him to grasp the situation so easily.

An Ning already understood why there was such a big difference between when the emperor had Berthier as chief of staff and when he didn't.

But An Ning still had to pretend to rely on his own military accomplishment and talent to make a judgment.

However, he immediately relied on his military common sense to choose a preset position for sniping the enemy's third army.

An Ning pointed at the bend of the Marne River with a pointer: "This is the place. We need to block the enemy's troops at this position. If we can't stop here, the enemy's army will break through to the plain between the Marne River and the Seine River. With our army now With a high level of training, it is very difficult to defeat them in field battles, and it is almost only a matter of numbers."

Berthier: "The troops we brought over from Marseilles can carry out field battles. This one enemy won't be too many, because the logistics can't support it."

An Ning thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, the troops brought over from Marseilles will be used as a reserve team for the battle. This is our pinnacle of stability and cannot be easily moved. How many new troops can we set off immediately?"

Berthier: "The reorganized army has 7000 people. It is well armed, with uniforms and flags, but there are not enough military musicians. We are still urgently training military musicians..."

An Ning: "Send a call to the city of Paris, there are so many musicians in Paris, the Republic needs them!"

Berthier: "Draw the musician...to the battlefield? No, I'm against it!"

An Ning persuaded his chief of staff in this way, and Beethoven pushed the door in: "I am willing to join the army as a military musician!"

An Ning: Don't!You are so old, how the hell should I explain it to future generations!I can't bear this responsibility!

Beethoven plausibly said: "The flag of the Republic represents equality, fraternity and freedom! Equality is the first, and I am willing to go to the battlefield as an ordinary soldier!"

An Ning: "Well, it's like this, you..."

"Even General Frost personally charged in times of crisis. I have been looking forward to such a day!"

After Beethoven finished speaking, David, who came in behind him, said, "He has long since realized that there are not enough military musicians, so he planned this day. Because of this, he just eavesdropped on you outside..."

An Ning frowned: "But..."

You are a music saint, your death is a huge loss to the history of human music... Damn, I can't say this!

Beethoven said enthusiastically: "And, as I know, the first time Your Excellency went to the battlefield was as a military musician! At that time, Your Excellency General did not receive any military education—I mean, except for the training of military musicians." Military education—just as an ordinary military musician, participated in the battle, and then won the medal!"

An Ning was a little helpless: "Why, you also want to rescue a noble lady who disguised herself as a man?"

Beethoven smiled: "If there is, then of course I warmly welcome it! As a musician, I cannot refuse such a romantic unfolding!"

An Ning raised his forehead, what else can he say at this time.

Maybe Beethoven came back from the battlefield alive, and he would burst out with amazing creativity and write great works that had never appeared in history.

And... just defending across the river, it wouldn't be so unfortunate, would Beethoven die?

It would be better to say that sending him out now saves him from being sent out later in field battles.We can get Beethoven back by playing one or two games now, and we can give Beethoven a job of "composing music that can inspire people and reflect the heroism of the frontline soldiers", and put him in the rear from now on.

So An Ning made a decision: "Okay, that's what you said, I can only wish you victory and return."

Beethoven smiled and said, "Thank you. With the general's blessing, I feel more at ease. To be honest, although I have seen the battlefield, since I decided to become an ordinary military musician, I have been unable to sleep well. I do it every day. Nightmare, when you close your eyes, it's a terrifying dream monster assembled from the tragic fragments you've seen on the battlefield in the past."

An Ning: "Then why don't you compose a song to describe the horror you face?"

Beethoven: "I will! Of course I will. But that will be after I return from the battlefield. That's right, Caifeng, this is the real Caifeng, and I will definitely write shocking pieces!"

No no, even if you go shopping by the Seine every day and look at the moon at night, you can still write shocking tunes.

An Ning smiled wryly, and held Beethoven's hand: "Then... I'm busy with military affairs, so I won't send you off. Go find Lazarcano yourself and ask him to incorporate you into the army that is about to go out."

David: "I'll go see him off. Hey, I'm a painter. If I want to join the army, I can only be a scout and draw maps."

Maps of this era are basically hand-drawn.

An Ning: "Your duty is to follow me and draw the magnificent battle scenes. These are precious historical records."

David nodded and left with Beethoven.

After the musicians and painters left, Berthier asked, "Do I need to arrange Ludwig's troops as a reserve team?"

An Ning: "No, he will find out, he is so smart."

Then he looked down at the map again: "Now there is another question, who will command this battle?"

Berthier: "It would be nice if Davout was here."

An Ning: "He doesn't know how to clone himself. Well, after much deliberation, I still have to do it myself."

Berthier: "You personally command, which greatly increases the morale of our army. In defensive warfare, this is a huge advantage."

An Ning curled her lips after hearing this, thinking, at least my morale halo is on.

In this way, An Ning selected the battlefield for the battle relying on careful reconnaissance and analysis of the enemy's situation, as well as the most basic military common sense.

This was the beginning of a series of battles that followed.

Later, war historians collectively referred to this series of battles as the "Three Rivers Campaign", because this campaign took place between the Marne, Seine and Somme rivers.

Chapter 230 The Eve Before the Expedition

On the night when the strategy was decided, An Ning's troops were all preparing for the attack. Berthier carried forward the spirit of a workaholic, and was still dealing with issues related to the attack of the troops, such as supplies and so on.

Numerous advance teams were sent to key nodes on the marching road to stand in front of the army.

Although this army only has more than 2 people.

And the troops that received the order to attack were also sitting all night preparing to set off.

The No.60 Sixth Battle Infantry Brigade was also included in this dispatch. That night, the brigade commander Ju Dumas took a group of people to the Royal Forest near Paris to kill a few animals and eat meat for the whole brigade.

The main function of the royal forest is to hunt for the king. If ordinary citizens do not have a special permit, hunting in this forest will be hanged.

But now that the king has been exiled, and all the forest rangers in the forest have joined the National Guard, this rule naturally does not count.

That is to say, due to geographical reasons, there are not many hunters in Paris. Otherwise, the people of Paris would have been blessed with a sufficient source of meat, and their health status would have been greatly improved.

While organizing the brigade barbecue meeting, Ju Dumas also called two friends from his brigade that he made on the day he became brigade commander.

When Mo Luo saw the posture of the barbecue meeting, he asked suspiciously: "Isn't it going to start tomorrow? Why are you still..."

"It's because we're about to set off, so we add some meat. After the march, the dried meat in the supply is for senior officers. Ordinary soldiers can't eat it at all. They can only eat dry bread and the like."

Kleiber: "Is that so? Can we share some meat with us?"

"It should be possible, but it should be too late to take it back and give it to your brigade. Don't worry, ordinary soldiers will also have the opportunity to eat meat after the march. That is, when the battle situation takes a turn for the worse and the logistics supply is cut off, they can kill horses and eat horse meat." gone."

Moreau: "Is this what you call comfort? Let's be more worried after hearing it!"

Kleibel: "Don't worry. I heard that General Frost personally commanded this march. The general has been winning battles before, so there will be no problem. This time it should also be a victory. The difference is that more wins and less wins."

Ju Dumas nodded: "Indeed, I chatted with the soldiers, and they were generally very optimistic. This reassured me somewhat. Damn, these people can't even sing songs!"

The loading of front-loading muskets is very complicated. At this time, the French army has adopted prefabricated ammunition wrapped in paper, which simplifies loading to a certain extent, but loading is still very long-winded.

Therefore, in the French army's drill code, the loading of the ammunition is disassembled into several parts, and then compiled into a song. This song is sung during the actual operation. After singing a sentence, one step is just completed.

Corresponding to this song, the snare drum will be used to beat the rhythm.

But most of the National Self-Defense Forces recruited now have no military experience before. They are ordinary citizens with old trousers. They don't know how to play songs at all.

Ju Dumas said worriedly: "When we fought, our shooting must be quite messy. Except for the first round of guns, it is impossible for this kind of troops to form a volley of guns at other times, and they can only fire at will."

Kleiber shrugged: "At least the continuity of firepower is no longer a problem."

Moreau: "Don't worry about it. Think about who our army is commanded by. Lawyers, writers and architects. No one would expect us to make earth-shattering feats on the battlefield. I bet your Excellency the General It just puts us where it doesn't matter."

Dumas: "I'm not a writer!"

Although the half black person corrected it very seriously, the other two didn't care about it.

Kleiber: "I heard that the destination of this march is the Marne River. Do you have any explanation?"

As he spoke, he looked at Ju Dumas, the only one with military experience.

Black: "It may be necessary to fight a defensive battle. The enemy should come from the north of Alsace. This place cannot supply a large army, and it should only be a small army of the enemy."

Moreau: "So your Excellency the General decided to eat up the enemy's small army first, so why not use the experienced troops he brought from the south, I mean, the ones stationed outside the city at the Palace of Versailles."

"Maybe it is to let us new recruits get used to war." Kleiber shrugged, "Anyway, Your Excellency General has a reason."

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An Ning sneezed.

The Chinese have a saying that when you sneeze, someone is talking about you.

An Ning rubbed her nose, thinking that there are too many people talking about me at this time.

He was in the Jacobin Club at this time, explaining his plan to his friends, when Danton suddenly said: "Can you delay your departure for a few days? Let's organize an expedition ceremony to boost the morale of the people of Paris... "

An Ning looked at Anton with the look of a fool: "My friend, you know how fast a soldier is! Once the enemy has crossed the Marne River, there will be no obstacle for them to reach Paris."

Danton: "Aren't there still two fortresses?"

An Ning Fu forehead: "The two fortresses are in the direction of Belgium and Luxembourg, which just block the two roads entering France from the Principality of Burgundy."

Robespierre: "The Principality of Burgundy, you still have such a good study of history. Now I feel more and more that you are the illegitimate child of some nobleman, and you were fostered in the cobbler's house."

At this time, the Duchy of Burgundy had disappeared for many years. An Ning was so aware of this incident because players who played France and Austria in "Europa Universalis 4" knew about an incident called the split-skull incident.