Fox of France

Unlike when they went there, when Lucien and the others came back, the ship encountered some troubles. Generally speaking. Most of the time, the Mediterranean Sea is as calm as a large pond, and as long as it can float on the water, it can be used for sailing in the Mediterranean Sea.

As early as the ancient Egyptian era, the Egyptians were able to use straw boats to sail in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Later, the sailing boats of ancient Greece were able to scurry around the entire Mediterranean Sea. However, the Mediterranean Sea is also a sea after all, and it is not absolutely without wind and waves. At least, there are still some sea storms that have been seen in historical materials or legends.

The oldest one, of course, is "Odyssey". When the Greeks successfully robbed Troy and returned to Greece with money and slaves, they encountered a rare storm and almost wiped out the entire army. In the "Bible", when the apostle Paul was going to Rome, the ship he was on also encountered a storm in the Mediterranean Sea. And Byron's Don Juan also met Haidee because of the storm in the Mediterranean. So, even in the Mediterranean, if you're unlucky, well, you might encounter Poseidon's wrath.

When the two ships left Corsica, everything was normal, the sky was full of dense stars, and there was no sign of the weather changing at all. But at sunrise, things changed.

The morning sun of this day was exceptionally red, and half of the sky and half of the sea turned red. While Lucien and Polina were still rejoicing at the beautiful sunrise, Ravanelli was worried. Say, "Maybe, maybe we should turn around and see a rising sun like this out on the ocean, it's a sign that the weather is about to change!"

After hearing this, Lucien thought for a while and said to Ravanelli, "What do you think is the possibility of bad weather?"

"Half to half." Ravanelli said uncertainly.

"We don't need to take unnecessary risks. Let's get closer and let Chrysler follow us back to Corsica to hide."

So Ravanelli controlled the fishing boat and approached another fishing boat. Ravanelli shouted loudly and informed Chrysler on that boat of his judgment.

Chrysler said to Letizia who was on his boat: "Madam, the weather may change, so we have to return temporarily to avoid possible wind and waves."

Letizia naturally would not object to this, so the two boats turned around again, preparing to return to Corsica for shelter.

By noon they again had sight of the Corsican coastline, but just then a gust of wind from the east caught both boats at once. The ship lost control immediately and was blown westward by the wind.

The weather changed suddenly, and in a blink of an eye, the sky was covered with dark clouds that came out of nowhere. The heavy rain crackled down.

Lucien was in one boat with Pauline and Elise, and Letizia was in the other with Jérôme and Carolina. Blown by the storm, both boats lost control and soon disappeared from each other's sight.

In fact, if this storm is placed in the Atlantic Ocean, it can be called "a little wind" at most. But for a fishing boat fishing offshore, it was an out-and-out storm. The storm lasted until dawn the next day.

When the sun rose again the next day, Lucien counted the number of people, and there was no one missing on board, but the boat canopy and some things on board were blown into the sea. Also, most crucially, they lost contact with the other ship. Moreover, they don't know where they are now.

"Lucien, what should I do? Mom and the others are gone, they won't..." Alice cried.

"Mum will be fine, just like us, they'll be fine," Polina said.

"Can we be sure of our current location?" Lucien asked Ravanelli.

"No, I don't know where we are now," Ravanelli replied.

Lucien recalled his knowledge of geography, and said, "Can the ship still be controlled? If so, just head north."

The Mediterranean Sea is only so big, whether you are looking south or north, you should be able to see land before long.

"There is no problem with the mast and sail." Ravanelli checked the facilities on the ship, and then replied, "We have been heading north, and we can definitely reach France."

Without knowing its exact location, the boat turned north.

The boat traveled on the sea for another three days, and in the second half of the night of the third day, Paulina, who had fallen asleep drowsily, heard Lucien's excited cry: "Land, there is land!"

...

In the early morning, there was a heavy fog on the sea, and the fog drifted over from the sea, and soon the land was also blurred.

"General, it's foggy, are we still going to attack?" Augereau asked.

"Of course, the fog is a good thing," Napoleon replied. "Under the cover of the fog, we can get closer."

The heavy fog also made the British and Spaniards extremely nervous. They were also very worried that the French would rush up in the fog. Therefore, this heavy fog made Davout's task easier. He just let people beat the drums, and then fired two cannonballs indiscriminately. The British and Spaniards didn't care about it. They fired indiscriminately into the dense fog. So the front line of defense suddenly became lively.

Under the cover of dense fog, when the attention of the British and Spaniards was drawn to the front line of defense, Napoleon and Augereau led more than 3,000 people and quietly approached the Mulgrave Fortress. Because of the cover of heavy fog, they approached to within a hundred meters of the fortress, and the Spaniards guarding the fortress could not find them.

At this time, the sun gradually rose, and the fog began to slowly dissipate. Fort Mulgrave gradually emerged from the mist.

"Charge!" Napoleon ordered. Augereau immediately rushed up with the soldiers thinking about the fortress that was close at hand...

...

At dawn, Lucien and his ship docked. Because at this time, the surrounding area had already started to fog up. A few people got off the boat, and the fog was not too thick. They saw that there seemed to be a light over there, so they walked there together to find someone. Ask, what is this place. But after walking for a while, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the visibility quickly dropped to about ten meters. Lucien knew that he couldn't go any further. If he was going, he might get lost, and some people might even get lost while walking. So he asked everyone to stop and take a rest while waiting for the sun to come out, so that the fog could disperse as soon as possible. Several people sat down next to a big rock, resting against the rock.

Drifting on the sea for the past few days has made everyone a little nervous. Now that they have finally landed, once they sit down, many people can't hold it anymore. Polina leaned against the stone, tilted her head to rest on Elize's shoulder, and within a blink of an eye she fell asleep. The rest of the people were not much better, and they all fell asleep very quickly.

Lucien had a lot of dreams in a daze. After a while, he dreamed that Napoleon came to tell him that something happened to his mother's ship, the ship sank, and everyone died. After a while, I dreamed that my mother and the others had nothing to do, and everyone arrived in Paris. Then, under the leadership of Joseph, the whole family went to Kano’s house to have a meal... Just as the bread with foie gras was served, suddenly There was a loud bang, and Lucien woke up.

"What's the matter?" Lucien opened his eyes, and he saw that the fog had dispersed a lot, and several people beside him also woke up. And the rumbling sound kept coming from that side. Because Lucien followed his two brothers and had seen many scenes of cannons firing, he immediately judged that it was the sound of cannons!

"It's not right. It's the sound of cannons. It's very close to us. We've come to the battlefield!" Ravanelli said in a low voice.

"What shall we do?" asked Polina, who had just woken up.

"The sound of the cannon is coming from that side," Lucien said. "Let's go this way, as far away from the battlefield as possible."

Polina also looked over there, but the fog hadn't completely dissipated, but the sound of rumbling guns was constantly coming from there. Polina's eyes lit up, and she wanted to take two steps over there, but Lucien grabbed her wrist just as she took a step forward: "Polina, follow me this way."

Lucien took Paulina and trotted in the opposite direction. Polina turned her head and looked there from time to time.

At this time, the fog cleared up a lot, and Lucien suddenly found that there were many footsteps around him. He stopped and looked around. Through the faint mist, he saw some people in blue military uniforms walking forward with rifles with bayonets attached. He couldn't see exactly how many people there were in the morning mist, but there must have been a lot of them—they seemed to have rushed into the battle.

"Damn it! What's going on?" Lucien cursed.

At this time, the Spaniards on the Mulgrave Fortress finally discovered that the French were approaching, so they fired indiscriminately towards this side. A cannonball slammed beside Polina. Both Polina and Lucien were taken aback. As soon as Paulina struggled, she pulled her hand out of Lucien's, and ran away screaming.

At this time, the horn of the charge sounded, and the soldiers began to rush forward. Lucien wanted to grab Paulina, but was bumped by a soldier who rushed over, and sat down on the ground, waiting for him to get up. , but found that Polina had disappeared into the mist.