Fox of France

Blücher's cavalry didn't play much role at all. There were only more than a thousand light cavalry. What use could it be in the face of an army of more than 60,000? Blücher took the cavalry and tried to run around in front of Napoleon's army, trying to interfere with Napoleon and buy a little time for the Duke of Brunswick over there. But his harassment was basically useless, and even, because he ran a little closer once, he was shot by a volley by the French infantry, and many cavalry were killed.

After running a few laps, Blücher stopped the cavalry at a further distance to give the horses a rest. Otherwise, continue running like this for a few laps and tire the horse. In case, in case the French cavalry rushed out at this time, wouldn't they be unable to run away?

Then, just as Blücher was worried, Augereau rushed over with a troop of cavalry and confronted Blücher. So after confronting Augereau for a while, Blucher felt that he had done his best, and retreated with the cavalry.

During the retreat, his adjutant asked: "General, shall we retreat to Verdun?"

"No, we can't take the enemy's large forces there, let's go to Longwei." General Blücher replied righteously.

So Napoleon's army arrived at Verdun smoothly.

At this time, Marshal Brunswick had gathered as many troops as he could and retreated to his barracks. But because of the hasty retreat, many things were lost, including the large pile of cannons brought by the British. Fortunately, the British still remembered to nail the fire doors of the cannons when they retreated.

Relying on their own barracks, the Anglo-Prussian allied forces reluctantly pulled out a defensive shelf-it's not that they don't want to run, but how far can they run without the luggage in the barracks? Bring these things? Isn't it too late?

So they fell into the encirclement of the French Army of the North and the Italian Army.

Outside the weak line of defense of the coalition forces, surrounded by a group of generals, Napoleon greeted Joseph who was also surrounded by a group of generals.

Joseph held out his hand to Napoleon and said, "Now, the defensive general has officially handed over command to the offensive general."

The two hands came together, and Napoleon asked, "Where are you going next?"

"Back to the lab." Joseph said.

"That is, you always like to hide behind." Napoleon said.

"What about you? Where are you going next?" Joseph asked.

"To Berlin!" said Napoleon.

Joseph thought for a while, nodded and said: "Well, well, if you are going to Berlin, I have someone here, you can take it with you. I think he will be very useful... This is Brigadier General Soult, although he He's young, but he's not bad at fighting, well, he basically directed my counterattack today. I think he's much better than me in terms of on-the-spot command."

"My brother, it's not a compliment to be better than you on the spot." Napoleon laughed. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to Soult: "Welcome, General Soult, let us go and plant the tricolor flag on the Brandenburg Gate!"

"I am very happy, Your Excellency!" Soult took Napoleon's hand, "But before that, we have to remove a little obstacle in front of us——Your Excellency, I think we can send troops to ask them to surrender."

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the envoy of the French army entered the barracks of the Anglo-Prussian army with a letter from Napoleon, and handed such a letter to the Duke of Brunswick:

"Field Marshal Brunswick and Generals:

You are now at the end of your rope. One of your allies, Russia has withdrawn from the war; and your other ally, the army of Archduke Karl of Austria, is still more than two hundred kilometers away. Do you think he will spare no effort to rescue you? Do they have that kind of power to rescue you? Do you want to break out? There are our troops in all directions, how can you break through? It has protruded, and under our army's pursuit all the way, can you escape?

More than half of your troops have been wounded and captured. These days, although you have forced the peaceful residents of the German states into the army, how can these people fight? These days, under our attack, they have suffered heavy casualties, and they have long since lost the courage to fight. Now, you only have such a small area, which is no more than a small military camp. With so many people crowded together, a single shell from us can kill a row of you.

During this period of time, your wounded soldiers and soldiers have been complaining with you. Many of your soldiers and many low-ranking officers don't want to fight anymore. There have even been many mutinies for this. As marshals and generals, you should be sympathetic to the feelings of your subordinates, cherish their lives, find a way out for them earlier, and stop asking them to make unnecessary sacrifices.

Now we can concentrate several times your strength, ten times your firepower, and advanced weapons beyond your imagination to attack you. Our technology in France is number one in the world. In these days of battles, you should have understood something, but in our arsenal, there are still more powerful weapons that have not been used.

If you can immediately order the entire army to lay down their weapons and stop resisting, our army can guarantee the safety of your senior generals and all officers and soldiers and the safety of your personal property. Only in this way is your only way of life. Think about it! If it feels good to you, do it. If you still want to fight, then fight again, after all, you will be dealt with. "

The Duke of Brunswick accepted the letter of persuasion from the French army, and then politely told the French envoy that they needed to discuss this issue.

The envoy of the French army said: "General Napoleon Bonaparte graciously gave you 24 hours to consider-this is much more relaxed than the time you gave me at the beginning. If you are willing to accept our conditions, you can ask Our army sent envoys to negotiate."

After explaining these things, the envoy of the French army, Captain Ferma, left the camp of the coalition forces.

On the next morning, two hours before the deadline, Marshal Brunswick surrendered to the French with more than 40,000 surrounded troops. The Marshal of Brunswick handed over the Marshal's scepter in his hand to Napoleon. The more than 40,000 British and Prussian soldiers who followed her also laid down their arms.

The news was quickly sent back to Paris, and "Scientific Pravda" immediately issued an extra number, and it was delivered free of charge throughout Paris. Not long after, everyone knew the exciting good news, and the entire city of Paris erupted with cheers. Voice.

Even in the office of the Ministry of War, Kano could clearly hear the cheers. But the cheers didn't make Kano quicken up, instead it made him frown even more.

He knew about the fake news arranged by Joseph. In this matter Joseph did not deceive him. But because of this fake news, the rebellion was triggered again, which was beyond his expectation. Kano originally thought that during the last rebellion, the royal party had already suffered a severe blow.

As for Napoleon's suppression of the royal party's rebellion, if you ask Kano whether he supports it, of course Kano supports it. But Napoleon's performance in Congress made Carnot very annoyed, because this practice seemed to shake the foundation of democracy and the republican system.

Although Lucien assured him that neither Joseph nor Napoleon had the ambition to become Dictator. But Kano was still a little worried.

Kano believed that Joseph had no ambition to become Dick Tudor. He knew Joseph too well. Even when Joseph was attending a meeting, he would habitually find a place to sit where no one could see him. He would definitely not be willing to be Dick Tudor. Because it violates his principle of "making a fortune with silence".

As for Lucien, Kano also believes that this guy will never be quite as much as Dick Tweet, because this guy is almost watched by Kano growing up, he knows him well, and knows that Lucien is very fond of wine, food, beautiful women, and idleness. , wandering around doing nothing is more interesting. Lucien's life idol is by no means Caesar or Octavian, but the legendary Don Juan.

But Napoleon is hard to say, because the idol of Napoleon is either Caesar or Alexander the Great. Maybe this guy really wants to be Dick Tudor, or even the "first citizen".

However, Carnot also agreed with Lucien that France is now fighting the entire reactionary feudal world as a country. So if the French government is not clean and efficient, France will definitely be overwhelmed by these reactionary feudal countries.

"Free and democratic France and autocratic and dark European countries are irreconcilable in the long run. We are not a country like the United States that can hide in a corner of the world. So, at least in this crisis At the moment, according to the "Social Contract Theory", the sovereignty of France is naturally derived from the people of France, and the power of the government is derived from the alienation contract of the people. Of course, we hope that the less power that everyone needs to alienate The better. But when necessary, it is also necessary to transfer more power to ensure the most fundamental interest—the sovereignty of the people.”

Under the current situation, Kano also has to admit that France does need a clean and efficient government, a government that can make decisions quickly and firmly implement them. And those people who have turned upside down in the political arena before have been proven that they are not worthy of such power because of lack of ability or moral defects. So right now, we can only temporarily accept one more Dick push.