King's Landing in France

Then came the problem.

In the south, after An Ning put forward the idea, the person who actually implemented it was Lazar Kano. Now Lazar Kano is busy organizing troops and raising logistics, so he has no time to take care of this matter.

An Ning is gone now.

He himself will soon go out to fight, and he must leave this matter to someone he trusts.

An Ning had no choice but to choose a chemist named Chaputal from the candidates for the Minister of the Interior in the Napoleon Empire era from memory, and let him be specifically responsible for the task of regaining control of the countryside.

After working in the cabinet for more than half a month, An Ning completely recalled the feeling of traveling back to [-], and had a strong urge to drop the pick.

On his return to the Palais Royal this afternoon, he collapsed on a deck-chair on the terrace.

Fanny: "Do you want me to rub your shoulders?"

"It was a great help." An Ning replied.

The little maid came up and began to trample An Ning's shoulders with a strong force.

The strange thing is that although it hurts to be ravaged, after getting used to it, I feel inexplicably comfortable.

While rubbing, Fanny said, "Recently, Your Excellency seems to be depleted of energy very seriously."

An Ning nodded: "Did you see it? That's right, I now need a second uncle to treat my internal friction."

"what?"

"It's just my babbling, don't pay attention to it. If you don't look at it, you won't know it. Only by looking at it can you know that things in France are so bad."

"I heard that you appointed a chemist to deal with the reform of the countryside?"

"Yeah, it's better than appointing someone like Paul Barras to deal with it. Let him deal with it. Next year, the land in the French countryside will be all his private property."

Fanny: "I've heard that Paul Barras has been bitter about not getting a cabinet ministerial job."

An Ning smiled: "That's for sure, he really invested [-] ounces of gold, but Fouché and Talleyrand, who didn't invest at all, were both on the cabinet list, but he didn't make any money.

"However, apart from complaining, he probably doesn't dare to do anything out of line. Keep an eye on him and his mistress for me."

Fanny: "Ma'am is doing this."

——I asked you to watch.

At this moment, a servant came to announce: "Your Excellency, Miss Bonaparte has arrived."

Fanny: "Here comes your pistachio."

An Ning waved her hand, and then said to the servant, "Let her come up to the terrace."

"I've already come up." Paulina Bonaparte jumped out from behind the servant. "The terrace of the Royal Palace is really beautiful. It has both the garden and the atmosphere of the square outside."

An Ning: "Shouldn't you go back to Brienne?"

"I have learned everything Brienne can teach me, let me accompany you and go out together!"

An Ning: "No, you still have two years left. After you graduate in 1795, I promise you that you will go out with me."

Paulina frowned, pursed her lips, and sat down on An Ning's lap: "I always feel that by 1795, you have already finished fighting the war."

An Ning smiled wryly and said, "I would like to completely end the war in 1795, but those who oppose us may not necessarily agree."

"Then you will defeat them all, so that they dare not have any unreasonable thoughts about France!" Paulina said enthusiastically.

An Ning laughed loudly, and reached out to stroke Paulina's hair.

At this time, the west-slanting winter sun is warm and soft, making everything shrouded in the beautiful atmosphere of early spring.

I never imagined that one day I would cheer for the tea team... But as the only seedling of TI11, I still hope that the tea team can win tomorrow.

Chapter 337

In January 1794, Anning moved his main force from Paris to Sedan.

Because a large number of reliable troops were split into rural squads and dispersed to the vast North France, An Ning's actual field troops dispatched this time were only about 20 people.

However, this is almost exactly the upper limit of the field troops that France can supply in this era.We must know that in the original history, Napoleon mobilized the power of the whole of Europe, which only supplied 60 troops.

So An Ning has no complaints about the 20 troops.

His only regret is that Davout, his best fighter, is still in Italy.

Fortunately, Napoleon had already made a name for himself in the counter-insurgency war, so An Ning handed over the main force of his main force, the First French Army, to Napoleon's command.

The backbone of the First Army is basically the group of people brought by An Ning from the south, and some non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level have even followed An Ning since the Konta era.

It can be said that the First Army is the ballast stone in An Ning's hands.

In fact, An Ning originally wanted to call the first army the Guards, and then keep it in his hand as a hole card, and then hand over the number of the first army to Bernadotte's second army.

But when deciding on the order of operations of the troops, Lazar Kano clearly opposed the use of the designation of the Guards.

At that time, he said to An Ning: "If you have no intention of becoming emperor, you'd better not use the name Guards, as it will remind people of the kingdom era."

After thinking about it, An Ning didn't use the number of the Guards.

Originally, he wanted to organize Napoleon's army into gray knights, but found that there was not so much productivity to produce gray uniforms.

All the dyeing workshops in Paris are dyeing red and blue cloth day and night. If An Ning really wants to weave the entire army into gray knights, then he can only change the gray uniforms of the gray knights into white uniforms, and use white cloth directly for production .

An Ning thought about it, the pure white military uniform looked too cute, so she gave up.

By the way, the Gray Knights, as a unit composed entirely of old nobles who admired An Ning's martial arts, also had many conflicts with the ordinary French army during these days, and An Ning once had the idea of ​​disbanding them.

In addition to the First Army commanded by Napoleon and the Second Army commanded by Bernadotte, Anning also established five additional armies.

Lana was appointed as the commander of the Third Army, Morrow led the Fourth Army, Kleber led the Fifth Army, the Sixth Army was handed over to the Black Devil by An Ning, and the Seventh Army was originally given to Murat by An Ning. , It's a pity that Murat's meritorious service is not enough. In the end, An Ning could only give Andrew the face of a passer-by who performed well in the counter-insurgency war.

In order to solve the problem of Murat's insufficient meritorious service, An Ning relieved Murat from his guard position and sent him to lead a cavalry brigade.

On the day the order was issued, Murat came directly to him.

"Your Excellency General Frost, do you have any opinion on me? If there is something wrong with my guard work, you can point it out!" Murat said to An Ning.

It happened that Napoleon was beside him, and he laughed immediately: "Why are you so ignorant? This is for you to make meritorious service. The first governor wants to give you a bigger official, but you don't have military merits so he can't convince the public."

Murat was stunned: "Um, is that so?"

An Ning put her hands behind her back and patted Murat on the shoulder: "I am very satisfied with your performance in the position of guard, very, very satisfied. So I hope you can perform more on a bigger stage.

"I think you will become a very good general."

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, La Salle interjected, "I can't be an excellent general anymore, can I?"

An Ning: "You are different. You are most suitable to lead a cavalry division."

La Salle: "Then you will give me a cavalry division?"

"It's not like you don't know that we are short of cavalry. When the ponies we are raising grow up and expand the cavalry, I will definitely give you a division." An Ning waved his hand.

La Salle: "It's settled, don't change your mind!"

"It will never change, don't worry."

After getting An Ning's guarantee, La Salle curled his lips, then looked at Murat enviously and said, "I don't understand, what is the difference between me and Noah Shang? Why does Andy think you are a general, and I just Can you lead a teacher?"

Berthier: "If you can figure this out, you won't be judged as only leading a division."

Lasalle scratched his head angrily.

……

After dealing with Murat's little dissatisfaction, the preparations for the attack of the army are proceeding as usual, and the day of the attack is approaching day by day.

On the last day before the whole army's attack, An Ning visited Archduke Karl who had been under house arrest in the fortress.

After all, part of the purpose of going out this time is to sell Archduke Karl for a good price. The ideal state is to use Archduke Karl to exchange Louis 16 and his wife back, and it cannot be said that this expedition has nothing to do with him.

And An Ning also wanted to see what had changed after Archduke Karl studied behind closed doors in the fortress for so long.

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As soon as An Ning entered the suite where the Grand Duke lived, he saw the Grand Duke standing in the middle of the hall in military uniform.

After a pair of eyes, the Grand Duke immediately saluted An Ning: "I salute you, the first ruler of France."

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "You already know that I became the number one ruler."

"I read the newspapers sent from Paris every day." Grand Duke Karl paused and added, "I am very concerned about what is happening in France now. I want to witness with my own eyes how far you can go."

An Ning smiled and said, "It seems that you are interested in what we do."

"Yes." Archduke Karl nodded, "In the past few months, my vision has suddenly become clear. The nation-state, social contract, people's self-determination, unprecedented concepts have impacted everything I have learned in the past. I probably understand why your army To be able to do such incredible things.”

An Ning couldn't restrain the smile on the corner of her mouth: "Really? That's good. Are you interested in going back to your motherland and bringing these improvements to your motherland?"

Grand Duke Karl raised his head and looked at An Ning in confusion: "Bring it to my motherland?"

"Your grandma adopted the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers in Austria and carried out enlightened reforms. You have the blood of Maria Theresa flowing in your body, so naturally you can do a lot."

Grand Duke Karl looked shocked, as if frightened by something.

An Ning took a step forward, and continued to induce: "It's not that you are going to oppose your brother. The reform of a nation-state does not necessarily have to go through revolution. As the prime minister of the empire, it is not impossible for you to carry out top-down reforms."

The corners of Grand Duke Karl's mouth trembled slightly: "Is this... is it possible?"

"Of course, all roads lead to Rome. A black cat and a white cat that can catch mice is a good cat. Any method is worth trying." An Ning approached Archduke Karl and whispered in his ear, "For the future of your motherland, You have to try everything, don't you?"

Grand Duke Karl swallowed his saliva, and then he asked a key question: "Then I have to go back to my motherland, when are you going to let me go?"

"Don't worry, if my plan is correct, you will return to Vienna by the end of 1794." An Ning said confidently.

Chapter 338

Coming out from Grand Duke Karl, An Ning had a new idea.

If according to the original plan, after the victory over Austria and the signing of the contract, the couple of Louis 16 was used to replace Archduke Karl, then Archduke Karl would be relatively weak in his position.

This is obviously not conducive to his launching top-down reforms and turning Austria into an ally of France.

Put the Grand Duke back in advance, so that he has the opportunity to take orders in the face of danger, and then feign defeat on the battlefield to make Grand Duke Karl stand out, and finally sign a non-aggressive contract with Austria, which seems to be more profitable.

As soon as An Ning returned to the command room of the fortress, she pushed back the idlers, leaving behind her core officers, and said this idea.

Napoleon had a shocked expression: "Hey, Andy, we only thought of winning on the battlefield, and you even thought of this! You must entrust me with the task of feigning defeat. It happened that I had fought against Grand Duke Karl before, and I won. , this fraudulent defeat is just a draw, no shame.

"Maybe it will become a good story in the future! Every hero in history has an old enemy, just like Scipio and Hannibal!"

An Ning is convinced, as expected of Napoleon, he can turn the topic to his beloved Rome in three sentences.

At this time, Moreau asked suspiciously: "I'm not familiar with the biography of Roman heroes, but I remember that Scipio didn't end well, right? Or are you going to be that Hannibal?"

An Ning waved his hand: "How could he want to be Hannibal? He is the hero of Carthage and the sworn enemy of Rome. Napoleon shouted 'Carthage must be destroyed' in his dreams!"

Napoleon: "Carthage must be destroyed!"

An Ning: "Look!"

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Bernadotte said, "I agree with your Excellency, provided that the Grand Duke really has a heartfelt belief in the republic and the enlightenment thought."

An Ning: "I guarantee he has, I can tell that he has become our friend."

"Then I have no opinion."

After Bernadotte finished speaking, Lana said, "Grand Duke Karl should be an outstanding general in Austria, right?"

Napoleon: "Yes, I verified, he is very good."

Lana: "Then I am opposed to putting him back. Putting back the enemy's excellent generals is equivalent to increasing casualties of our army in disguise. I am opposed to this."

An Ning: "There will always be casualties in the war, and our plan is to swindle defeat to Grand Duke Karl, so there won't be too many casualties."

"It's just that more people will be captured." Napoleon added, "Austria is not like us who capture people and then capture them back as a coolie fortress. Put it back."

Lana hesitated.

An Ning directly took his hesitation as agreement: "Then who else has an opinion?"

The rest of the officers shook their heads.

An Ning continued: "Then the remaining question is how to put him back, and what is the reason?"

"Do you still need a reason?" La Salle said, "Didn't Austria send the ransom long ago? It's just that you confiscated it. You can talk to Austria again and let them send the ransom again." , isn't this the end?"