Eagle’s Glory

Chapter 1063 116, Nightmare

"If you believe in Victor de Treville, give him this chance. If he fails, then just let him fend for himself. You can still rely on your own prestige to deal with domestic public opinion. Your Majesty has nothing to do with it. What's the damage?"

My poor friend!

Looking at the eager and longing eyes of the Marquis of Treville, Marshal Moncey couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As time went by, Edgar's story also reached the ears of the marshal. One can imagine how distressed General Treville was about the stain on his family.

Is the Marquis de Treville lying?

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"We all know how much His Majesty values ​​you, but because of this, we should first consider the issue from His Majesty's standpoint. Victor, your mood is not very stable right now. I advise you to be patient for a while until you calm down. Let’s discuss further actions…”

With desperate investment, the North African army has an overwhelming advantage in terms of numbers and military equipment. Bujo adopted a brutal scorched-earth policy to deal with guerrilla warfare. The French army plundered livestock and grain, destroyed farmland, destroyed crops, cut down trees, and filled up wells to cut off the supply of supplies to the revolting soldiers and civilians. At the same time, a bloody policy of collective massacre was adopted against farmers and herdsmen. The colonial army moved step by step, gradually narrowing the encirclement to annihilate the resistance.

In fact, Marshal Moncey had already made concessions and said that he could consider launching military operations. However, this concession did not satisfy the Marquis, and he still insisted on his own opinion.

Therefore, under the clamor of the Parliament, the then Orleans dynasty government decided to tear up the treaty and further increase investment, and must complete the great cause of conquering Algeria.

In order to "defend their homeland", various tribes rose up without hesitation to resist the French colonial army, even if their equipment was poor and their organization was backward.

"Wait, wait! Simply waiting will only make us lose the opportunity!" He waved his hands heavily, showing infinite power of action, "Marshal, have you ever considered that although these tribesmen do not have our Science and technology, but they are not ignorant barbarians. On the contrary, they are cunning and flexible. They are also more familiar with the local geographical conditions than we are. They come and go quickly like the wind, and can gather and be organized at any time. Zero, they are not cowards that we can kill at will. On the contrary, they are brave warriors, and they are willing to pay any price to protect their homeland and their wives and children. They can cause us heavy losses, and I have no doubt about it. !

Of course we have our advantages. In addition to our more advanced weapons and more reasonable organization, our biggest advantage is that our command is smooth and we are a tight group. But they are different. They are scattered one by one. The tribes have historical hatred for each other and are not united at all. Their resistance to us is sporadic and scattered, and this just gives us an opportunity to take advantage of... In fact, we took advantage of their scattered sand, Only then did he conquer Algiers so easily and gain a firm foothold on this land. "

In the protracted war, the French army naturally suffered heavy casualties, with tens of thousands of casualties. It is no exaggeration to say that it is another "Spain".

This treaty greatly angered the nationalists in France. Both monarchists and republicans criticized it, believing that the treaty was too "concessive" and a shame for France.

The term Spain touched him so much that he didn't want to experience it again.

Should we be more decisive and nip problems in the bud? At least expand the occupied area and prepare for the next war?

Because he is a full generation older than the Marquis, the Marshal is both his boss and his senior. In the past two people's work together, the Marquis's bravery and decisiveness left a deep impression on him, and also made him and the other party A profound friendship was formed.

"Thank God, what you said is true, but even so, it is scary enough." Marquis Treville sighed, "Have you forgotten Spain? What did we encounter in Spain? We were easily defeated The Spanish royal army occupied their territory, but a group of poorly equipped and poorly trained militiamen resisted us unswervingly. Didn't we suffer enough at that time? What exhausting disasters we suffered at that time? , have you forgotten?"

Since the Renaissance, Europeans have had smooth sailing, science and technology have become more and more developed, and the corresponding military has become more and more powerful. On this basis, the pace of European conquest of the world has almost never stopped since 1492, so that European soldiers have become more and more powerful. There is a subconscious contempt for peoples and armies outside of Europe. The marshal also has a similar mentality towards various indigenous tribes in Algeria, believing that they are nothing more than a group of uncivilized savages who can be easily annihilated at any time as long as the time is right.

Spain! This word immediately caused the marshal to fall into silence.

He believed that it shouldn't be the case. After all, His Majesty suddenly interfered with the army's personnel affairs and sent his favorite general among his party members to North Africa. He must have wanted the Marquis to "gild" it. It would be strange if there was no similar explanation.

If these words spread, it will inevitably cause a controversy, but since there are only two generals here, it is okay. At least Marshal Moncey does not think there is any problem with this, because deep down he does not believe this kind of self-deception. Rhetoric.

Of course, Marshal Moncey could not see what happened next, but he was gradually shaken by the words of Marquis Treville.

The struggle he led lasted for 15 years from 1832 to 1847. It repeatedly dealt heavy blows to the French colonial forces and seriously delayed France's occupation of Algeria.

"Maybe it's true. They will slowly unite... But after all, they are just a group of pagan tribesmen. What's so scary about them?" After the marshal pondered for a moment, he still couldn't help but question in a low voice, but his voice was Much smaller, "They have backward equipment and poor training. They may not be able to cause us any damage..."

Later, in the Battle of Taffna alone, the French army suffered more than 3,000 casualties and had to negotiate the peace treaty again. This was a loss of face and one of the major defeats of the European army overseas.

So of course he knows why this old colleague is so eager to make contributions - he just wants to use his achievements as soon as possible to quell the ridicule of the Treville family from the outside world and rebuild the family's reputation.

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If the other party needs personal help from me, I will definitely agree without any hesitation.

After taking command of the rebel army, he used his familiarity with the terrain and the mobility advantages of the nomadic tribes to defeat small groups of French troops many times, causing serious casualties to the French army. At this time, France itself was also facing domestic politics. The pressure could not be tolerated and the continuous investment was unbearable, so on February 26, 1834, representatives of Abdel Kader and the French Commander-in-Chief de Michel signed the "Treaty of Wachlan". In the treaty, France recognized the western region of Algeria (excluding the three major coastal cities) as an independent Arab country, with Abdel Kader as the leader of this country, and the French army only maintained control of the areas surrounding Algiers.

Because he was not strict enough with the "rebellious people", the marshal was even reprimanded by Emperor Napoleon, so that he was finally dismissed and recalled to France. As a result, Spain became a stain that the marshal did not want to mention again in his life - until 1823. In 2000, he led the French army to recapture Madrid and helped the Bourbons restore order.