Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 1368: megalomania

Chapter 1368 Megalomania

Napoleon once said that there are two levers in the world that can drive people to action-interest and fear.

But he probably didn't expect at the time that there are other levers in this world that can drive people to action.

The bronze Tula-style memorial column with the gilded Kleber equestrian statue was erected on the Avenue de Montebello near the Paris Botanical Garden on December 4th.

Kleber is the most beautiful figure in the whole army. He is called the Nikto in the French army. He is fifty years old, speaks with a German accent, and maintains some German habits, because he once served in the Austrian army. Infantry officer for eight years.

In 1790, he was appointed as the battalion commander of the volunteer army in his hometown of Alsace. He served in the siege of Mainz and later led the garrison of this fortress to Vendée to counter the rebellion. He later participated in wars many times, commanding a main division with outstanding military exploits, but his ironic talent established him many enemies. In 1796, he was sent to the Chaillot River. In 1797, he left the team and ran back to Paris. Napoleon found him. At that time, he was in an extremely embarrassing situation, and he was treated courteously after he defected to Napoleon. The Supervisory Government has no favor with him, and he has no favor with the Supervisory Government's lawyers. He is a little careless by nature and easy to be deceived by conspirators, but he is smart, brave, and military-loving, and many people like him.

There is no name on this root, but many scholars participated in the tree pillar ceremony. At the beginning, they did not get along well with the soldiers. The soldiers thought they were a burden to hinder themselves from performing their tasks. Scholars also felt that the soldiers were uneducated. I just want to find gold and silver trophies, but I don’t understand the archaeological value represented by the hieroglyphs on the “old stones”.

Later they encountered a lot of things, such as the Battle of the Pyramids, scholars also took up guns during the Cairo riots, and gradually they changed from rejection to habit.

Kleber's assassination shocked everyone. The murderer was severely punished by the soldiers and made specimens of the murderer, but it was the "civilized people". The literati also embalmed Kleber's body by making mummies. There are many controversies about his funeral. In Christianity, autopsy of corpses is not advocated. The embalming has been abolished after the 4th century. In short, it is not easy for Kleber to enter the soil for security. His coffin was stopped. In a fortress in Marseille.

Hannibal’s army came from North Africa. The weather there was hot, and Napoleon’s army was half-starved. The French mainland supplied them with very little supplies. There was no military pay, no food, no feed, no footwear, no camp, basically everything. No. One battalion refused to execute the order to move to another area because it had no boots to wear. For a Gentile who was only 27 years old, short stature, needless on his face, spoke with a bad Corsican accent, the army did not obey orders at first, and some even ridiculed him as "the king on the street, relying on the bride." Be the commander."

It is no easy task to bring such an army into what it is now. No matter how capable Napoleon is, his energy alone is also limited. Desai is the most outstanding officer in the army. He is energetic and educated, and he is a man who cherishes honor. He is short in stature and not surprising in appearance, but he is good at planning battles, and he can personally direct battles carefully and meticulously. He can command both the corps and the avant-garde. He is very good in both military and civilian positions. If he manages a province, he will surely manage it well.

Napoleon originally planned to make a commemorative column for Kleber and Desserliva after returning to China, but he has so many things that he has forgotten.

Soldiers want honor, dignity, and rewards, but with titles, official positions, and wealth, it is not enough for these soldiers.

A general, Kellermann, who didn’t want to go to St. Dominic, also joined the expeditionary army. He only hoped to get the power to preside over the ceremony of erecting the Chinese watch in Dijon and Paris.

He is an old subordinate of Desai, originally the commander of the heavy cavalry regiment.

At the time of the Battle of Marengo, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Austria ran against the right flank of the French army.

Under the resistance of the howitzer and the left-wing Germany, the right wing barely kept it, but the left wing was shaken by the emptiness. The Austrian cannon fired with grape bullets at the same time, and the ruined and wounded soldiers filled the road. It seemed that the French had already defeated.

At this time, Napoleon launched a charge. He said to the soldiers, "Children, you must remember that my habit is to sleep soundly on the battlefield."

So the soldiers shouted in unison, "Long live the Republic, long live the first ruling!" Charged forward, and it was Kelerman who led the almost complete Central Route Army division to initiate the charge.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun began to shift to the west. Just as the Austrians thought that the victory had been achieved, the French counterattack began.

The momentum of the heavy cavalry rushing like a thunderbolt, the picture of the galloping horse is not a person who has experienced it personally, and it is impossible to describe its shock in words. Under the cover of the artillery, the heavy cavalry rushed to the Austrian flank like a torrent, and cut them into two parts in a blink of an eye. Not only did they save the left wing, but they also plunged the enemy into greater chaos.

Just now, the Austrians were still a victorious division. The soldiers played military music and flags, and in a blink of an eye they became defeated.

At that time, Napoleon didn't know that Daxie had been shot and was about to die. Later, when he heard the report of the Adjutant Desai, he left the war and went to find Desai. He accompanied Desai on the grass for the last time.

It may be difficult for the Austrians to imagine that it was the two short men who turned the tide of the war, so that when the Hungarian and German prisoners passed in front of them, they did not recognize Napoleon Bonaparte and Kellerman.

Although the French won the battle in the end, no one was happy. There were dead people everywhere on the battlefield. Regardless of whether they were foe or foe, 15,000 corpses accumulated together looked like an ocean, and the shouts of wounded soldiers were everywhere.

Napoleon couldn’t bear to see the scene. Even though the French won, he wrote to the Austrian emperor for peace.

In April 1792, the war broke out. Everyone who had been in the National Self-Defense Force and had weapons in their hands enlisted in the army. One day in May, Captain Lear of the Engineer received a letter from Kellerman inviting him to join the army. Strasbourg Mayor Dietrich’s house held a party and asked him to write a military song for the army that can inspire morale and is loved by the people. This song is "The Battle Hymn of the Rhine Army".

Later, the citizens of Marseille, under the leadership of Arnault, designed to seize the fortress and get weapons to expel the Duke. They held a rally and organized 500 soldiers to march into Paris to rescue those parliamentarians who sympathized with reform. The citizens of Marseilles actively joined the army, singing the "Battle Hymn of the Rhine Army" and marching forward, opening the prelude to the French Revolution, and this battle anthem gradually became known as the "Marseille".

Originally, Georgeanna, who just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get some gold and silver, was invited to participate in the tree pillar ceremony. The Chinese watch in Dijon was in charge of Kelleermann, and the one in Paris was personally in charge of Napoleon. They were also held by hundreds of people when the sun rose. The tree was pulled up with a rope.

The ceremony was solemn and magnificent, with a guard of honor, it looked like a French National Day military parade.

The generals and his wife and Georgiana stood together at the outermost periphery, like witnesses, although the money for repairing the two pillars was paid out in their name.

After the ceremony on the Dijon side, Kelerman will set off for Marseilles with Lecber, and board the ship for Saint Dominic. The general Robuchamp appointed by Napoleon during the hunt will take Davout with him. The baggage and amulets prepared by the women met with the expeditionary force somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean.

Under the old system, wars were always carried out without preparation. Once it broke out, officers and soldiers had to be recruited, and the munitions suppliers would stock up on goods regardless of how expensive they were, filling their warehouses to blackmail the king. This drawback is obvious. The government is trying to supervise the system, but the power of supervision is still very weak and not enough to maintain a clean and competent bureaucracy.

The 30,000 soldiers of the Lower Rhine Legion who boarded the Marseilles have been vaccinated. In addition, the food produced in the cannery will also be transported to Haiti by the transport ship. The horse meat does not taste good, which is better than eating onions.

There is still a lot of wine on the ship. Compared to the army, the navy’s life is much better.

"How does it look?"

The first ruling in a red review uniform walked to Georgian's side and looked up at the Trajan-style memorial column.

"Kleber looks like this?" She looked at the mighty and serious general at the top of the column.

The sun shone on the gilded layer, almost blinding her eyes.

"Perhaps you have to be unsmiling." Bonaparte said, "Do you know why I put the pillar tree in this place?"

"Because our first date was here?"

"I want to introduce you to each other." Bonaparte stared at Kleber and said, "He has always supported my divorce."

"Did you promise Pauling that you will divorce Josephine as long as she is pregnant, and then marry her?" Georgiana asked.

"How did you know?" He turned his eyes to her.

is what Hathor said.

She said to her heart, but on the surface she said, "This is a trick you men are used to."

"You were not fooled." He said without shame, "Why didn't you agree to the conditions mentioned by Lucien?"

"Unless you are crazy, you will make a child born to an English woman your heir." She said calmly, "You were not Caesar at that time, but Anthony. We will be killed by the French and tied up. The chariot went up to the street to show the public."

"It sounds scary." He said without fear.

"Do you know the biggest difference between Caesar and Anthony?" she asked lazily.

"What is it?"

"Megalomania, interpreted in ancient Roman terms, means to believe in one's own destiny." Giorgioanna said. "Cicero has seen Caesar, Anthony and Octavian, and he was coldly treated with Caesar, and with Anthony. He was received politely and warmly. In Octavian, he received a polite cold reception, and Octavian also threatened Cicero's friends with the death penalty."

"I knew it was right to take the church book back." Napoleon smiled triumphantly.

"When I first saw you, I thought you were an arrogant." She stared at Kleber and said, "I hate arrogance."

"Do you want to know how I state-owned tobacco taxes?" he asked.

"Didn't you say it? A little bit of power and law..."

"I told them that if they don't hand over the tobacco-related industries, I will kill them." Napoleon said calmly, "Do you want to see the guillotine used on the Place de la Concorde?"

Georgiana felt a cold air rushing from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head.

"I originally planned to marry Eugenie in the Madeleine Church, which is right next to the Place de la Concorde, but she told me that the place is horrible. If you want to change a place, would you dare to have a wedding with me in that church?"

"Are you threatening me to marry you?"

He did not answer.

"If I succumbed to your threats, and others threaten me, I will succumb too." She wanted to cry without tears.

"I threatened you, how did you give in to me, how did you succumb to Britain?" he asked again.

"That's different."

"Why is it different?"

She thought, at best, it was just another blockade. The last time Britain was blocked, it survived.

But now, he can transport the 30,000 army that claims to go to St. Dominic to the British mainland.

As long as London is occupied, the game is basically over.

"Say something." He calmly said, "Don't stand stupid."

"My heart will get cold." She stared at the demon who fired at the demonstrators and said, "and it will fall to pieces, and it will never be healed."

"Are you threatening me?"

"What can I threaten you with?"

"Don't think that I dare not kill you." He looked at her with a gloomy look.

"I didn't break the law. I just rejected your proposal. You are going to kill me?" She sneered, "Where is the person I love?"

He calmed down a bit, the killing intent in his eyes was not so strong.

"I love you, Leon, but I can't marry a married man. If Josephine dies, I will be the target of your sisters and Lucien. I can't be busy dealing with them. I want to assist you again."

"I hate it like this." He rubbed his nose, as if he felt stinky.

"Do you want the public to know that I am yours?" she said with a smile.

"Yes." He said angrily.

"That's easy." Georgiana turned her head, pulled on his black sable collar, and kissed his lips as tens of thousands of people watched.

She did not hear the sound of collective breathing, nor did she hear whistles or cheers, only the noisy voices that she heard on the street every day.

"Free France." She smiled and said to him, "You should legislate to allow couples to kiss on the street, and be in power first."

He was so shocked that he could not speak.

"Long live freedom!" Georgiana suddenly yelled at the crowd, and no one responded at first.

I didn’t know who shouted "Freedom!"

There are more and more people chanting freedom.

She turned her head and spread her hands toward him, "You can kiss me now."

"Kiss her!" Someone in the crowd urged.

And this sound is getting more and more.

"Dare to kiss me? Coward." She said provocatively to the dictator amidst the instigation of the crowd.

He lowered his head and smiled, glanced at Kleber’s sculpture, then suddenly walked over, held Georgiana’s face, and gave her a French kiss.

Now the crowd is boiling.

"Vivalafrance!" Tens of thousands shouted together.