King's Landing in France

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From Savona to the plain of the Po, there is also a large area of ​​coastal hills.

These will affect An Ning's logistics.

In order to prevent his troops from being dragged to death by the logistics, An Ning must fight quickly to take down Milan!

An Ning was thinking about this, all the officers came out from the headquarters, and everyone looked confident.

Napoleon was the most familiar with An Ning, so he joked first: "Andy, why do you look serious? This battle will be much easier than fighting Lafayette!"

An Ning shook his head: "No, don't underestimate Marshal Beaulieu. Moreover, the Austrian army is not comparable to those of the National Guard in Lafayette. Lafayette's army is divided, and the grassroots soldiers fear my reputation on the one hand. On the other hand, I envy the treatment of our army.

"But the Austrian army, they have at most heard of my name a little bit, and our reforms have nothing to do with them.

"And they speak German, they don't understand our language, and they basically won't be affected by us like Lafayette's troops."

After An Ning finished speaking, La Salle added: "They still have military pay in real money!"

An Ning nodded: "Yes, they still have military pay in real money."

At this moment, An Ning suddenly noticed what David was writing in his sketchbook.

"What are you writing?" An Ning asked curiously.

"I'm recording your admonitions to your subordinates! You never underestimate every enemy!" David said, "You are indeed the No.1 general of France!"

An Ning can figure it out, and he needs to add another stroke to his biography, what a perfect man!He didn't bother to correct it, so he turned to the officers and said, "Okay! Get on the horse and go!"

By this time the officers' orderlies had brought up their horses.

Anning's exclusive groom Julian also brought Anning's big white horse over.

This young man was chosen to be the groom because his name was Julian. After all, An Ning was a "magician on the battlefield", so the orderly who took care of him should be called Julian.

But after thinking about it, An Ning was still afraid that she would follow in the footsteps of Admiral Yang Weili, so she sent Julian to raise horses instead of making him an orderly.

An Ning got on the horse, lightly pinched the horse's belly, and let the horse trot smoothly.

His officers immediately followed him.

A group of people walked out of the ancient gate of the monastery in a mighty manner.

Beethoven and David stood on the side of the road on horseback, and the artist took a sketchbook and quickly recorded the scene.

In the sketchbook, An Ning looks high-spirited, while the bald Davout on his left has a serious expression, his eyes are fierce, showing the color of a fierce general. To the right of Napoleon is the radiant La Salle.

Perhaps because he was a surrendered general, Berthier followed silently at the rear of the troops, with a look of thinking on his face.

As the background of this painting, the neatly lined spears of the soldiers resemble a forest.

Following closely behind the officers, the troops with high morale clapped in neat formation, walked in neat steps to the drumbeat of the military band, and sang "Ode to Rome" in unison as they walked.

After finishing the sketch, David smiled and said, "I've decided, this painting is called "General Frost's Expedition to Italy"!"

Chapter 156 As long as Dumouriez attacks, everything will be fine

Three days later, An Ning rode his horse and stood by the seaside of Nice.

It is strange to say that after so many years of traveling, he never wanted to see the sea once.

La Salle took a bunch of grapes and was happy beside An Ning, asking, "Your Excellency, do you think of your hometown?"

An Ning hesitated for a moment.

After traveling for more than ten years, he has never returned to his hometown to see it.Mainly, as a time traveler, he has no sense of belonging to his hometown, and he is also worried that when he returns to his hometown, he will be seen as a flaw when communicating with his relatives.

If they feel like they're possessed by a demon, that's a problem.

Although the power of religion is not as strong as it was in witch hunting, but...

Anyway, An Ning thought it was troublesome and never went home. She only sent some money to her family occasionally to show that she was still alive.

The family members did not come to find An Ning either, maybe the family thought that "General Frost" was someone else with the same surname.

After all, the name Frost is quite common in France.

Now, facing La Salle's question, An Ning shrugged: "I do think of my hometown a little bit."

Lasalle: "I see you had a good time eating fish soup last night."

An Ning smiled. He hadn't eaten fish for too long. After all, there is no refrigeration technology now, and it is not easy to keep fish from the seaside fresh and transport them to inland areas.

River fish is also eaten in Paris and other places, and the taste is not very good.

An Ning: "Yes, fish soup, the taste of my hometown, really reminds me of my childhood."

La Salle: "In the future, we will be able to drink fish soup often, and there will be Italian food in Italy! Let me tell you, Italian food is not inferior to French food!"

In this era, France is synonymous with high-end, and speaking French and eating French food are all upper-class behaviors of the upper class.

Therefore, most French people also think that French food is the best in the world. This mentality is somewhat similar to the confidence that Chinese people have in Chinese food.

As a Frenchman, La Salle began to boast about the delicacies he had eaten in Italy, which is considered a strange one.

An Ning: "Yes, yes, I am also looking forward to Italian food."

At this moment Napoleon rode over: "Andy! What are you looking at?"

La Salle: "Your Excellency, General, is recalling his hometown. By the way, it should be Bonaparte's hometown across the sea, right?"

Napoleon's face darkened: "Yes, it's my hometown."

An Ning glanced at Napoleon, and joked, "When he was at the Brienne Military Academy, he was clamoring for Corsica to be independent."

Napoleon smiled awkwardly: "I was a child at that time, and my idol was Pauli, the hero of Corsica's independence."

La Salle: "Then your hero is not now?"

"No, it's not anymore." Napoleon smiled, and then glanced at An Ning.

An Ning immediately said, "His current hero is Caesar, for sure!"

Napoleon laughed: "Yes, that's right, Caesar! Who doesn't worship Caesar? Don't you, Andy?"

An Ning shook her head: "No, I don't worship Caesar. Compared to Caesar, I admire that hero Horatius more."

"Horatius?" The painter David and Beethoven rode over together, he frowned slightly, "Ah, I remember, he seems to be a hero guarding the bridge?"

Napoleon: "I remember this man. He has only a short passage in the Roman hero. What is there to admire about him?"

An Ning looked back at Agintra Peak, more than 40 kilometers away, and then recited the poem "Horatius on the Bridge" written by the British poet

"The gatekeeper Horatius said:

"All life in the world is mortal.

"Since this is the case, protecting the ashes of the ancestors, as well as the temples of the gods, and dying against powerful enemies is of supreme value.

"In order to protect the mother who loved me back then,

"In order to protect the wife who has raised the child until now,

"To protect the pure girls who will light the eternal fire,

"How honorable is such a death to protect all from the shameless Sextus!

"Your Excellency the Consul, please order the bridge to be demolished!

"I will fight against the enemy with my two comrades-in-arms!

"For the thousand enemy troops occupying the bridge deck, let us stop them with three men!

"Come on! Which two warriors will guard the bridge with me?"

An Ning memorized the complete poem, then turned to Napoleon and asked, "Don't you think this kind of fearless spirit of resolutely sacrificing yourself for the people of the Republic is very moving?"

Napoleon: "If you say so, it is true..."

Lasalle took out his flagon jug, unscrewed the lid with his mouth - he was still holding a bunch of grapes in his other hand - and then raised the flagon high: "Let's congratulate Recius with a glass!"

An Ning: "You can drink as much as you want, and no one will say anything about you."

Lasalle laughed loudly, then spit out the lid of the pot in his mouth into the hand holding the bunch of grapes, raised his head and drank several times wildly.

The smell of spirits mingled with the sea breeze.

At this time, Berthier rode a horse and ran up the hill where An Ning was: "General, I have obtained the combat map and arranged the supplies. I plan to leave 1000 people in Nice to be responsible for the transfer of food and supplies. Needs on the road I have also selected the places to set up military depots, and 1000 people will be left in each place.

"In this way, we will have 5000 people in Savona, plus the 1 people in Savona, we will have 5000 people to face Beaulieu's 5 people.

"The good news is that Beaulieu also needs to disperse troops to defend various places and transfer logistics. I estimate their field strength is 4 to [-]."

An Ning: "Very good, much better than expected, much better! When can we set off?"

"I plan to spend a day in Nice and send cavalry to scout the road conditions along the way." Berthier said, "Most of this road is the sea and coastal hills, and the terrain is complex."

An Ning: "La Salle, your first mission is here!"

Lasalle threw away the unfinished grapes, and while tightening the lid of the wine jug, he replied: "Okay! I'm leaving now! Before the army sets out tomorrow, I will definitely find out the road conditions to Albenga for you! "

After saying that, Lasalle turned his horse's head and ran away.

Napoleon looked at his leaving figure and said with a smile: "I quite like this hussar, he seems to never have any worries."

An Ning: "Yes, he is a likable guy."

After all, he was one of the most powerful cavalry officers during the French revolution.

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At this time in Paris, the big names of the Girondists are meeting in the hall of the Girondine Club.

"Everyone!" Brissot said excitedly, "According to the news just arrived, that Frost has arrived in Nice and is about to get out of France soon!"

The gentlemen of the Girondins all smiled.

"Italy is only a secondary field," said someone, "and no matter what he makes of it, he will not be able to achieve the same popularity as before!"

Brissot: "That's right, and on our side, as long as General Dumouriez wins in the north, he will immediately gain great prestige! At that time, we can finally be liberated from this Frost's lust! "

Everyone nodded again and again, and everyone looked beaming.

"We should issue another order for Dumouriez to attack immediately!"

Chapter 157 All nobles are untrustworthy

After marching unhurriedly along the coast of the Mediterranean for a few days, An Ning arrived at Albenga on the coast of the Mediterranean.

As soon as he arrived here, An Ning received a report from Savona that a division of the Austrian Army appeared on the coastline west of Savona, and after a tentative attack, he camped on the hill north of Varazze on the west side.

Obviously, the Austrian Marshal Beaulieu has already acted.

The first thing An Ning did when he arrived in Albenga was to order the cavalry to conduct reconnaissance. This area is full of coastal hills, which is not very suitable for cavalry to use. However, compared with infantry, cavalry still has an incomparable advantage in reconnaissance.

By the time An Ning's large force arrived in Savona, La Salle's hussars had already mastered a lot of information about the enemy.

According to intelligence, the [-]st Division of the [-]st Austrian Army led by Major General Argento of the Austrian Army has now arrived in Carcare, northwest of Savona. This is a small city between the hills, guarding two key mountain roads. .

In front of Varazze was the Vuksevic Department of the Second Division of the Austrian First Army.

As for the headquarters of Marshal Beaulieu, it is speculated that it may be in Sessales.

As for the rest of the enemy's troops, La Salle's reconnaissance failed to find their positions, probably because the mountain roads were not easy to deploy, and these troops were still scattered behind.

Maybe Beaulieu didn't expect Anning's troops to come so quickly, and thought that Savona still only had those 1 people defending.

After arriving in Savona, An Ning met the Marquis of Lamballe, the original commander of the Italian Legion.

Lord Lamballe is a typical nobleman. The first thing he said after seeing An Ning was: "Are you the son of the cobbler?"

Hearing this, the officers around Napoleon all frowned.

Napoleon was unhappy at first, and stepped forward to say: "What happened to the cobbler's son? He is the hero who defeated 4 people in Lafayette with [-]! The greatest general of our time!"

The Marquis of Lamballe glanced at Napoleon and snorted: "I know, captain! When did the captain speak at the meeting of the two generals?"

An Ning immediately looked bad.

That's right, An Ning's military ranks are all low, mainly because he hasn't gone to Paris to become an official after winning the battle, so all his subordinates are lieutenants.

An Ning came up with the idea of ​​a "temporary military rank" and gave them a temporary promotion, but in order to avoid others talking about it, she didn't make military rank uniforms.

In the eyes of An Ning's troops, Davout was already a lieutenant colonel, and Napoleon was also a major, but they were still wearing the uniform of a lieutenant.