Fox of France

In addition to packing the Bonaparte brothers, Dimouriez also brought the entire Red Army with him. Although Kano protested angrily, (Cano believed that the transfer of Joseph would greatly reduce the efficiency of war preparations in the rear, and sending the "Red Army" to the front line would simply kill the chicken and take the eggs.) But Dimouriez I know that my political life depends entirely on this battle on the front line. If I lose the battle, why keep the hen for others? Therefore, Kano's protest was naturally ignored.

What's more, Joseph feels that it is a good thing to leave Paris now. First of all, the situation in Paris is becoming more and more unstable, and revolution may break out at any time. And Joseph believed that if a revolution broke out this time, the danger would be much greater than the last time. There will almost certainly be a situation where "the palace is burned to ashes, and the street lamps are covered with bones of princes". It was too dangerous to stay in Paris, even more dangerous than going to the front. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, leaving Paris at this time is really a dream for Joseph.

As for Lucien and Louis, it's okay for Louis to say that he is still young and obedient, but Lucien has more and more potential to cause trouble. It's not that he really understands, he is very courageous, and to put it more clearly, he is in the stage of a brat.

Just in order to train him, Joseph instilled in him a lot of political knowledge of telling the truth; and his second brother Napoleon did not play any good role, and instilled in his mind the second-school thinking (Napoleon taught Lucien's things can basically be summed up in one sentence: "Don't be cowardly, just do it!"); plus this guy has learned a lot of artistic temperament outside-well, in general, it is a A brat with a little something.

For a creature like a bear child, the more knowledge it has, the more troublesome it becomes. The brats who have never studied chemistry play with firecrackers at home at most. A child with chemical knowledge will configure thermite at home; or give his little friend a pill that can generate a lot of gas to see if it can make him grow bigger like a balloon and then fly up. (Don't hide, Edison, it's you!)

That's what Lucien is like, a knowledgeable brat. Joseph felt that if he didn't keep an eye on him, God knows what would happen to him. Don't go to the front to fight a battle. When he came back, he had brought a group of people and held a flag in front of the Tuileries Palace. Shouting "Down with the feudal system, long live the Republic".

Therefore, he must be handed over to a reliable person.

Among the people Joseph knew, there was only one person who was more reliable and more reliable, and that was Lazar Cano. So he solemnly entrusted Lucien and Louis to Kano temporarily. And bluntly said to Kano: "Lazar, Lucien met some active people when he was studying art. I am not saying that these people are not good. If so, I will never let Lucien and them But... you know, Lucien's friends are hot-blooded young people, the kind who are ready to throw their heads and blood for those noble ideals-they are good people. But... Lazar, you know, Everyone has selfishness, I am willing to sacrifice for France, and Napoleon is the same. But... Lucien is still too young, and his thoughts are still immature, so I hope..."

Kano interrupted him and said: "I understand what you mean, Joseph. The situation in Paris is very unstable now, and something may happen one day. The environment is very bad, people are different, and their behavior is different. Also, some people have defected to the royal party, some people are fighting, and some are waiting, Lucien is a child, he should wait. To be honest, I am not afraid to die for France. But the reason why we are willing to die for France , isn’t it just so that those children don’t have to sacrifice for it? I will take good care of them.”

"Why is this sentence so familiar? I seem to have heard it in some movie, and it seems a bit unlucky." Somehow, such thoughts came to Joseph's head, "Maybe, I should entrust Lucien and the others to other people?"

However, although among the people Joseph knew, in terms of virtue, there were quite a few people who could "support a six-foot orphan", Amon, Saint-Just, and even Robespierre were all fine. But in Joseph's view, they are the source of infection that needs to be isolated the most. If Lucien is left to them, it will really...God knows what will happen.

As for Mr. Lavoisier, he and Joseph still have a pure money exchange, which seems to be good, but if Lucien is placed with him, if he is not careful, he may be abducted by Amon. After much deliberation, only Kano is more reliable.

"But Joseph, you also know that I will be very busy during this period, especially after you leave." Kano continued, "I suggest that you let Lucien and Louis temporarily suspend school and stay at my house. I will let Your sister-in-law will watch over them and not let them go out."

"This is very good." Joseph nodded in agreement, and then said, "I still have to find something for them to do, I prepared some math exercises for them, firstly, it can exercise their thinking, and secondly, it can also consume some time. They have too much energy."

While speaking, Joseph took out a folder from his handbag and handed it to Kano.

"It's just that the order came so suddenly that I didn't have time to prepare more questions for them. Well, Lazar, if you have time, you can also give them some questions."

"This idea is very interesting." Kano nodded, "Don't worry, I will check their homework every night when I go back."

In this way, the dark life of Lucien and Louis began for some time to come.

Although Du Mourier left Paris, he did not immediately go to the north to direct the counterattack. He had completely lost faith in the French army, so he decided that he must rely more on the Volunteers to defeat the enemy. Because although the Volunteer Army lacks training, at least their morale is high, and they will never collapse for no reason. At this time, because of the previous failures, the National Self-Defense Forces also realized that France must rely on itself to defend. Patriots among them joined the Volunteer Army one after another to defend the motherland. Dumouriez provided a volunteer army of tens of thousands of people.

The morale of these volunteers is quite high, but their military skills are poor after all, so Dimouriez told Joseph and Napoleon to hurry up and train them militaryly, while praying to God, hoping that God would slow down the enemy's movements.

Perhaps France's consistent filial piety moved God, and France's enemies really slowed down.

Just when Austria and Prussia were mobilizing for war and continuously transferring their troops to France, the great Empress of Eastern Rome, after scolding the French rebels and expressing her spiritual support for the military actions of Austria and Prussia , with a light wave of his hand, hundreds of thousands of gray animals crossed the border.

The Polish army resisted, and they actually fought well. However, while they were fighting bravely, King Stanislav took the lead in surrendering. This is really "the ministers are about to fight to the death, why did your majesty surrender first". The king's surrender was devastating to the morale of the Polish army, and by July all of Poland fell into the hands of the empress.

The queen's operation stunned both Austria and Prussia. They thought that the queen would have to discuss with them how to divide the meat before doing anything, but they didn't expect the queen to fork the whole Poland and put it on her plate.

Austria and Prussia immediately proposed to the queen, hoping that the three parties could sit down together and discuss how to divide the Polish meat. However, if you don't have pawns in your hands, why should the queen talk to you? So Prussia immediately stopped the soldiers who were going to France, so that they could have a good talk with the Russian empress. Anyway, Prussia and France do not border, even if they don't send troops now, the future troubles will be limited.

Seeing that Prussia made such a gesture, the queen also made a gesture. She made a counter proposal, hoping to have separate talks with Prussia and Austria to discuss how to divide the meat.

The queen's meaning is actually very simple, she wants to divide and conquer. Prussia can send out soldiers, so it can share some meat with him, but Austria? Do you have the ability to transfer the troops on the border with France? You dare?

Of course Austria doesn't dare, so why should the queen share the flesh with you?

The three parties had a rough meal. In the end, the queen ate the meat, the king drank the soup, and the emperor smelled the meat. And time gradually passed in this kind of wrangling.

It was not until July 30 that the Austro-Prussian allied forces set out from Koblenz and advanced towards France under the leadership of the Duke of Brunswick. Before that, he had issued a manifesto in the name of the Emperor and King, threatening to hang all the rebellious parties in Paris as lampposts.

However, the French in this era are still considered to be full of martial arts, and this declaration angered the French. As a result, the French responded with a new revolution. On August 10, the people of Paris rose up, imprisoned the king's family, and stopped the king's power.

This declared in fact that the republic was about to begin. In order to defend the republic, Robespierre and the Brissot faction (the so-called Gironde) united, a new government was established, the Republican faction dominated, and Danton became the Minister of Justice. They mobilized the masses to join the Volunteer Army to defend the motherland, and the Volunteer Army from all over the country continued to go to the front line, which caused the number of troops in the hands of General Dimouriez to increase rapidly. It didn't take long for more than 100,000 people. However, Lafayette felt that the situation was over. After failing to persuade the army to follow him back to Paris, he left the army alone and crossed the Netherlands, trying to go to North America. Unfortunately, he met the Austrian army on the way and became their prisoner.

By August 19th, the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces crossed the border into France, and then encountered continuous heavy rain. Almost all the roads in this era are dirt roads. In the heavy rain, these roads have turned into quagmire. Vehicles and cannons are difficult to move in these quagmire. This gives Dimouriez more time to prepare. And it made it difficult for the coalition forces to supply, and a large number of troops were left behind.

Prior to this, according to Joseph's suggestion, Dumouriez had already mobilized a large number of French artillery in the direction of Belgium to the Sedan area, preparing to meet the coalition forces here with ease. Taking advantage of the time between the two pseudo-Romans and the Teutonic barbarians, Joseph and Napoleon practiced these artillery hard again. The heavy rain during this period made it difficult for the artillery of the coalition to keep up with the actions of the coalition, which gave the French army a clear advantage not only in numbers, but also in the number of artillery.