King's Landing in France

An Ning uses the mathematics knowledge of later generations to deal with the mathematics of this era, sometimes faster than the teacher.

Fortunately, mathematics is relatively developed in this era. In addition, An Ning deliberately restricted his thinking on solving problems, and did not use the knowledge he learned in college advanced mathematics courses, so he finally did not come up with something that would allow him to enter the Journal of the French Academy of Sciences.

In fact, An Ning didn't mind going to the journal too much, but he had forgotten most of the advanced mathematics content and returned it to the teacher.

Chapter 042 My Classmate Napoleon

In a blink of an eye, military school life began for a month.

During this month, An Ning and Napoleon were reduced to the bottom of the entire class.Napoleon because he was from Corsica and was poor.

An Ning is because he is a commoner.

But An Ning has a magic weapon: take off his gloves, as soon as he takes off his gloves, the nobles will immediately speak well.

Especially after An Ning blocked the instructor's attack by relying on the anti-retaliation ability provided by the system in the fencing class, no one dared to do anything in front of An Ning who was holding gloves.

It is said that the noble classmates in the same class have already spread rumors that An Ning is actually the swordsmanship teacher of the Duke's family, and a swordsmanship wizard born in the world.

As for how a commoner can become a swordsmanship wizard, it is of course because An Ning is actually a hidden nobleman.

The most exaggerated statement is already saying that An Ning is actually the son of Louis XIV's illegitimate son, who was fostered at the Duke of Orleans' home.

But such rumors did not change the situation that An Ning was excluded by noble classmates in class.

It didn't matter to An Ning, anyway, Napoleon was destined to be excluded because of his Corsican origin, and at this moment, he just took advantage of the opportunity of being excluded to establish a deep friendship with the future French emperor.

When Napoleon becomes emperor in the future, he will definitely remember his good friends who were excluded together in Brienne!

Moreover, after Napoleon became emperor, he liked to knight his relatives and friends, and he might be able to get a duke or prince or something by then.

In the first month of life in the military academy, An Ning only saw the noble ladies who were also in the Brienne military academy at Christina's ball.

An Ning also danced with one of the girls with big breasts, and ended up stepping on the other's foot.

The noble classmates who attended the ball together did not miss this opportunity to laugh at An Ning until An Ning took out his gloves.

Napoleon had no interest in Christina's ball, but An Ning forcibly dragged him over, so he just sat in the dessert area eating desserts made by the cook Christina brought from Paris.

It can be seen that Napoleon, who is still half a child, still has a child's desire for dessert.

Children, it's normal to love sugar.

But when An Ning looked at Napoleon with an expression of "big brother understands you", he found out, and Napoleon never ate another dessert.

He probably regarded this as a weakness of his own, and stubbornly wanted to overcome it.

In addition to inviting Napoleon to Christina's ball, An Ning also invited Napoleon to her home to hold reading clubs many times, and exchanged with him the experience of reading Rousseau and others' books.

In addition, because Napoleon was reluctant to light candles by himself, he often went to An Ning's house at night to read by the light of the oil lamp.

That night, Napoleon came again.

After Fanny led him to An Ning's study on the second floor, she gave An Ning a special look.Apparently, Fanny still has some suspicions that An Ning is a pervert who likes Zhengtai.

An Ning: "Fanny, you've finished your evening work, come here and read a book with us, I know you bought the latest romance novel today, so you won't have to light another lamp."

Fanny: "Won't this bother you?"

"No. Rather, our discussion might disturb you."

Fanny: "Hey, discuss? What kind of discussion?"

An Ning was about to answer when Napoleon asked An Ning impatiently: "Yesterday you told me that France has reached a point where social change is about to break out, and the French people have reached the eve of awakening, so you mean Big change is coming, isn't it?"

An Ning: "Yes, but human beings are lazy creatures. As long as life is going on, they will procrastinate."

Napoleon asked with concern: "How can we get them to act?"

An Ning shrugged: "Maybe a natural disaster? Because a natural disaster made it difficult for everyone to live on, so the total outbreak came."

Napoleon immediately retorted: "How is it possible? France is so big, the climate is good, and there are fertile grain-producing areas everywhere. How many natural disasters will it take to make the whole of France unable to survive?"

It can only be said that it is Napoleon who immediately noticed the crux of the problem.

Where natural conditions are good, large-scale revolutions are not easy to break out.Your place like Brazil, God's favorite, is like a bear, and the revolution has not yet broken out.

Because the natural conditions in that place are so good, the people can have enough food to deal with it casually.

The reason why France was able to break out the Great Revolution in 1789 was because in 1788, France suffered from natural disasters for a whole year, which reduced food production throughout the year.

The people were still starving until the middle of 1789, and then there was a general outbreak.

An Ning: "How should I put it, some things will come when they should."

Napoleon curled his lips. He obviously didn't want to get entangled in this issue related to the number of days, so he directly changed the subject: "Then suppose a total outbreak comes, and after that, France will suddenly become the kind of civil society that Rousseau described. ?"

An Ning shook her head: "Of course not."

"why?"

"Because France is such a big country, everyone's level of ideological awakening is different. People in Paris have a high literacy rate. They read enlightenment newspapers all day long, listen to orators' speeches on the street, and watch dramas. become a good citizen.

"However, there are still vast rural areas in France. The villagers have never read, or even illiterate. They don't know any enlightenment ideas at all. They rebelled at first, maybe simply because they couldn't survive.

"But these people will not become citizens all of a sudden because of the change. Their initial demand is to have enough food. When this demand is satisfied, they will demand to live a stable life in the past."

Napoleon frowned: "You mean, the people will be divided?"

"Yes, it is inevitable."

"And after that? What happens after the split?"

"Use your brains, the people have already tried violence once to express themselves, they will continue to resort to violence, the division of the people will turn into civil war."

Napoleon looked at An Ning suspiciously: "Why do you say this with the expression that you have seen them do it with your own eyes? You seem to be saying something that is bound to happen, why are you so confident..."

Because I have really seen it... For you it is the future, for me it is the past written in the history textbook.

Of course, An Ning couldn't say that, so An Ning showed a mysterious smile: "We can make a bet, bet twenty sous."

Napoleon curled his lips: "I don't want to bet with you. A bet can only be done when there is a disagreement, but I was persuaded by you. If France is destined to have a civil war in the future, don't we soldiers have a good chance? In the chaotic years of civil war, the value of force will be high."

An Ning nodded: "That's the thing, in that kind of chaotic situation, there may even be a military dictatorship. Just like Rome back then, think about Caesar and Octavian."

Yes, you, Napoleon, will be Caesar of France.

Napoleon looked at An Ning: "I remember Andy, you took the initiative to ask the Duke to recommend you to the Brienne Military Academy? Could it be... this is your plan after seeing through the future?"

No, no, I took the initiative to come to Brienne because you are here.

I'm here to get close to you and hug your thigh.

But An Ning couldn't say this directly.

Napoleon nodded to himself: "It's really terrifying foresight and action."

—Wait a minute, is there something wrong...

Did I pretend to be too high because of the script I had read?

At this time, An Ning's system suddenly popped up to prompt: [Napoleon Bonaparte admires you even more. 】

Forget it, everything is fine in the end...

Chapter 043 Christmas in 1780

Briena's life continued without incident.

An Ning always felt that the curriculum of the military academy was a bit too slow, and their group of non-commissioned officers had only been practicing the formation of infantry horizontal formations for almost three months.

When the first snow fell in Brienne in 1780, the teachers of the military academy began to teach the officers and students how to change formations and how to form anti-cavalry phalanxes.

When teaching the phalanx on the first day, in order to increase the sense of realism of the cadets, the school specially brought people from the school's cavalry department over to give them a taste of what it feels like when an infantry is facing a cavalry charge.

This is the first time An Ning sees Christina during school work.

She was wearing a shiny breastplate, and her long, wavy hair was tied into a ponytail, protruding from the special slot in the helmet, dancing with the wind.

She tucked her spear under her arm and galloped against the wind, reminiscent of the "Maid of Orleans" hundreds of years ago.

Behind Christina are seven or eight girls, including the big-breasted girl An Ning once stepped on her feet.

Facing this group of cavalry, some of the cadets began to whistle.

The instructor of the school yelled angrily: "Don't whistle! Maintain your formation! Experience the horror of facing such an overwhelming impact on the battlefield!"

"Instructor! You want to scare us, so you shouldn't let the girls charge!" one of the cadets said loudly, "Now we just want to open our arms to them and let them charge into our arms!"

The noble children burst into laughter immediately.

An Ning heard Napoleon beside him muttering: "I don't know this bunch of trash, even if a lady is riding a horse, they can hit someone seriously?"

An Ning echoed, "That's right, and before hitting it, you have to be pierced by a spear to your heart's content."

While talking, the girls began to circle the phalanx formed by the cadets, and the instructor began to explain: "Even the most well-trained military horses will be afraid when facing a neat forest with spears, so after forming a phalanx Effective against cavalry.

"It must be remembered that the kneeling soldiers in the first row should prop their guns on the ground, so as to resist the huge momentum of the cavalry rushing up.

"The soldiers in the inner circle are responsible for firing at the cavalry. Although the cavalry is difficult to hit while galloping, correspondingly, the side cross-sectional area of ​​the cavalry is much larger than that of the front. As long as you keep shooting, you can always get some results.

"Long-term wars have proved that even heavy cavalry like cuirassiers can't take the phalanx very well."

At this time, a nobleman asked loudly: "Teacher, you said that the line array is very vulnerable to the cavalry charge, so why not use the phalanx as the main combat formation?"

The instructor frowned and looked at the questioner: "Good question, you idiot, can anyone tell this idiot why?"

At this time Napoleon raised his hand: "Me!"

"Napoleon!" The instructor frowned slightly, but still called out Napoleon's name.He deliberately imitated the pronunciation of Italian, apparently mocking Napoleon's origin.

Yes, the instructors of this school are all nobles in the old Paris, and they look down on Napoleon from Corsica.

Napoleon didn't care about the instructor's pronunciation at all, and answered the question directly: "The frontal firepower of the phalanx is far weaker than that of the normal line array. For the same battalion, the frontal firepower of the same battalion is weakened to a quarter when it is arranged in a phalanx. It is impossible to beat the formation. Another battalion in line."

Instructor: "Very good! You are right about a little bit! Unfortunately, you are only right about a little bit! Have you come to tell Napoleon what he missed?"

No one raised their hands.

Apparently the nobles didn't know the answer at all.

An Ning patted Napoleon on the shoulder, then raised her hand: "I'll do it."

The instructor snorted: "Hmph, come on, son of the cobbler!"

An Ning: "It's artillery. I have experienced the baptism of artillery on the battlefield, and I have seen how that thing kills people. The shells will roll on the ground. After the shells roll over in a line array, they will knock down two rows of six people at most.

"But the shells rolled over the phalanx, and there were definitely more than six casualties."

Instructor: "Very good, you are right. As expected of someone who has been on the battlefield, he actually knows that shells will roll to the ground. That's what happened. The phalanx is very vulnerable to shells, so it is generally used on the battlefield The cavalry forced the enemy to line up in square formation, and then bombarded with artillery!

"You guys, reflect on it, you don't understand things that even a commoner and a Corsican understand!"

An Ning heard Napoleon muttering in a low voice: "An idiot is an idiot, it has nothing to do with his birth."

"That's right." An Ning patted Napoleon's shoulder again.

In the next month, the main content of the queue training in the morning changed from a line formation to a square formation.

The instructors just mechanically asked the cadets to practice this, repeating it over and over again.

In this way, the time came to Christmas in 1780.

This morning, An Ning ran to find Napoleon and took him to spend Christmas with him.

An Ning has already figured it out. Napoleon, a Corsican, must be lonely spending Christmas alone. This kind of time is a good opportunity to increase his favorability!

According to the prompt of the system, Napoleon's favor towards him is trust now, and he is going to continue to work hard to see what the next level of trust is.

When An Ning arrived at the place where Napoleon lived, he saw him sweeping the snow at the door.

"Napoleon! Why are you sweeping snow?" An Ning stepped forward and asked doubtfully, "It's your landlord..."

"I took the initiative to clear the snow myself, because I found that when I did this kind of non-thinking work, it helped me to think."

An Ning: "Let me help you. After cleaning, let's go to Christina's manor for Christmas."

Napoleon: "Are you sure that lady would welcome me, a country bumpkin from Corsica?"

"She already welcomes me, the son of a cobbler, and she probably won't care about one more Corsican bumpkin." An Ning teased.

Napoleon: "That's different. You are his savior. Maybe she still likes you secretly. I'm just an outsider."

An Ning saw that Napoleon might not come together if things went on like this, so she changed the topic: "What were you thinking about when you were just sweeping the snow?"