King's Landing in France

An Ning frowned, with a "what the hell" expression. Napoleon's description reminded him of something called a tower gun card, which was a kind of "battle carriage" created by the Red Army during the Soviet-Russian Civil War. It was on top of a four-wheeled carriage. A Maxim heavy machine gun.

The Soviets also made a special song to praise the soldiers who used this kind of carriage, "The Song of the Tower Gunka", also called "The Song of the Horse-Drawn Machine Gun".

As Napoleon said it, An Ning began to hallucinate that song in his mind.

The Soviets are tower gun cards, you are going to make tower gun cards!

It looked like Napoleon was heading down the road of approaching the bombardment specialists.

Napoleon: "What? Why do you have this expression, do you think it's a bad idea?"

An Ning scratched her head: "Uh, I didn't think so, you can try it."

He paused, and then said to Napoleon: "By the way, seeing your heroic posture in battle, I just had a sudden inspiration, and a song is about to come out."

Then An Ning began to sing the revised version of "The Song of Tagunka". Anyway, Tagunka's tactic is to turn around and stop the car in front of the enemy. Words are also easy to change.

An Ning can only sing the first stanza of the song, and her singing skills are not good enough, so she can barely sing the melody.

Beethoven's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Great, this brisk melody! When you are commanding a battle, are you still thinking about music? You are indeed a great commander!"

No no, you misunderstood, I was just stimulated by Napoleon's idea, and then the melody was all over my head.

Napoleon was very happy: "Is this a song specially for me? It's great, everyone in the horse artillery unit will be able to sing this song in the future! Hey, Ludwig, give me the score!"

An Ning was a little surprised, because Napoleon called Beethoven by his first name directly, and it was obvious that they had a good relationship.

An Ningguang knew that Napoleon and Davout had a good relationship because they had a common language because of the battle on the ridge, but he didn't know when his relationship with Beethoven also improved.

Beethoven nodded: "I will write the piece as soon as possible."

An Ning: "Do you need me to sing it again?"

"No, one time is enough. I memorized the whole score in one time!"

Worthy of being Le Sheng.

An Ning joked, "You dislike my bad singing, right?"

Beethoven also laughed, because An Ning is usually very unassuming, so they often go straight to An Ning like this.

"Hearing you sing," Beethoven said, "I feel that God is fair and didn't give all the benefits to one person."

At this time, a messenger came quickly: "General! Colonel Berthier asked me to inform you that the flag of Marshal Beaulieu of the Austrian Army has retreated from the army formation! We have achieved complete victory!"

An Ning: "Understood, go back and tell Berthier that I will meet him in Diego City."

Chapter 175 General Frost asks you to support the cause of Italian independence

Diego City is not big, but it looks very rich.

After all, this is a city in northern Italy that has accumulated wealth for so many years.

In real history, after Massena took down the city of Diego, he immediately plundered. The poor Italian legionnaires entered the city of Diego with green eyes, robbing food, money and women.

But Anning's Italian Legion is different. Anning's legion is fed by the property of the church, which is more determined. In addition, Anning has always strictly restrained the troops and prohibited robbery, so the troops can never commit crimes after they enter the city.

When An Ning arrived at the gate of the city, he saw several Italians wearing Liberty caps and holding tricolor flags, welcoming the French army.

These people shouted to the French army entering the city: "Long live freedom! Hello liberators!"

An Ning came to this group of people, gathered the reins and stopped the horse, and asked curiously, "Gentlemen, how are you!"

"Hello, General!" The leading Italians took off their hats and saluted Anning, "Salute to free France!"

An Ning: "Congratulations. May I ask who you are?"

"I am Italian and have fought for Italian independence all my life!"

It turned out to be Italian independents. The National Assembly in Paris was the Italian Legion sent under the banner of liberating Italy and making Italy independent.

An Ning smiled and said: "So you are revolutionaries in Italy, that's great, we are here to liberate you! When my chief of staff arrives, he will sell you Italian independence bonds. You can buy them with any kind of silver coins." ! Gold coins are also fine!"

The expression on the face of the member of the Italian independence movement froze.

"Bonds?"

"Yes! Bonds! The French army will fight for your independence! For this you only need to buy independence bonds! Of course, if you don't have money, you can also join in the war of Italian independence yourself! We will establish Free Italian Army, assisting the French Army!"

An Ning said with a smile on his face.

Before he set off, he came to raise funds for the next step of development, so he had already made plans.

Local gentry who support Italian independence must purchase Italian independence bonds to express their support for the cause of Italian independence.

In order for them to have this channel to express their support for Italian independence, An Ning used precious shipping capacity to transport the bonds. Those bonds were printed on kraft paper, which was very heavy!

The local gentry who do not support Italian independence, why not ask, for this kind of adultery, the lamppost is their destination!

The French army is obliged to replace the Italians and punish these rapes!

And their property is naturally used to support the cause of Italian independence!

An Ning is very serious about promoting the cause of Italian independence!

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The news of Marshal Beaulieu's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Diego spread quickly to Vienna.

At this time, the frontal front has not yet engaged in a large-scale battle, and there are only some small frictions, so everyone's attention is attracted by the news of this secondary battlefield.

When Queen Marie of Vienna heard the news, she immediately broke a precious cup she had brought from Paris.

"It's this Frost again!" Queen Mary cursed as she watched the maid pick up the pieces of the cup, "How long will it take me to get rid of this cobbler!"

Louis XVI rarely played with his locks today, but drank tea with his wife. He didn't seem to care much: "This shows that our French army still has an advantage over the Austrian army!"

Mary glared at her husband: "What time is it, you are still proud of the French army! The French army is no longer your army! Now it is the Austrian army that is fighting for you!"

Louis XVI's face tightened: "Well, it's the Austrian army. My fault. But why are you so angry? Italy is just a secondary battlefield. Frost is better in Italy than in the front?"

Mary bit her lip: "You're right, it's better for him to win in Italy than head-on. But I just think the news of his victory is an eyesore! It's because of Frost that we've come to this point! Just think about it!

"Did he take down the Bastille, didn't he refuse face-saving group discussions in Versailles, or did he make us have to move from Versailles to Paris! Live so close to a bunch of damn trousers!

"I think we should send someone to his hometown to arrest his family, and then let him come to Vienna to redeem people!"

Louis XVI frowned: "No, no, this is too unlike aristocrats..."

"A nobleman's way is to a nobleman, he's just a cobbler!"

Louis XVI comforted his wife and said: "Don't do this, those newspapers will get caught. We have enough black material."

"Well, when my nephew restores us to the throne of France, we will take firm action to guillotine all those journalists and newspaper publishers! And Parliament, damn it! I've had enough of Parliament!

"With my nephew, I fully feel that this is the way things should be!"

Mary said viciously.

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Also at Schönbrunn Palace, next door to the tearoom where Marie and Louis XVI drank tea, Franz II was having tea with his third brother, the Archduke Karl.

Burning text

"Borlieu can't beat a cobbler!" The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire shook his head, "He is really old!"

Grand Duke Karl: "Brother Emperor, send me to Italy, I want to fight this Frost!"

"No, no, no!" Franz II shook his head again and again, he looked down on his weak brother.

After all, he is not a time traveler who came back from the future, how could he know that this emperor's younger brother is actually a general with Napoleon?

Franz II said: "You still stay in Bohemia, that responsibility is also very important! After all, it is related to how much Polish land we can get!

"As for Italy, very well, Beaulieu's personal letter to me said that he can organize defenses on the Po River. I think it is enough to mobilize about [-] troops from the country to him. Let this old man, in the Po River Find your glory in the defensive battle."

Grand Duke Karl frowned: "Brother, please believe me..."

"My dear brother, of course I believe in your talents, but you see, you are weak and sick, and the Bohemian climate is better for your illness."

Archduke Karl: "I heard that the climate in Italy is also good. Milan not only has a pleasant climate, but also has great Italian food."

Franz: "It's better to leave it to Marshal Beaulieu. If the veteran is replaced now, he will always live in the shame of losing to a cobbler."

Grand Duke Karl hesitated to speak, and finally remained silent.

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In Paris, the news arrived later than in Vienna.

After all, the journey is relatively long, and the news needs to be transferred through Nice, so there is a detour.

On the day when the news arrived, Mara made Kang's speech in the parliament, strongly advocating that Frost should be transferred back to the front line of Yin to preside over the frontal battlefield.

But this proposal was resolutely rejected by the Girondin-dominated parliament.

Then the parliament anxiously sent a letter to Dimouriez at the front, asking him to fight Austria immediately.

Chapter 176

After the Battle of Diego, the Austrians withdrew their defenses at forts and passes such as Carcare.

Beaulieu ordered the Vuksevich division on the front of Massena to throw away most of the luggage, and retreated to Piacenza, an important stronghold on the Po River, for defense.

By the time the French vanguard reached Piacenza, the Austrians had moved all the boats across the river and set up camp on the river bank.

The Austrian army across the Po River has about 1 people, much less than the French army.

What's more, the French army has just won a great victory, and their morale is high. Under normal circumstances, they should be able to cover up and kill them in one go.

But the Po River stopped the French army.

The river runs in an almost perfect east-west course on the plain south of Milan, just cutting the plain in half.

The width of the river is 80 meters at its narrowest point, and the water depth exceeds the wading depth, so you have to rely on pontoon bridges or ferries to get across.

Therefore, the French army could only look at the Austrian army on the other side of the river.

There are three ferry crossings on the Po River, one is far downstream and requires a very long detour, and the other is upstream at Valenza in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Because the Kingdom of Sardinia did not declare war on France, theoretically An Ning could not cross the river in Valenza.

Therefore, the Austrian army placed all the troops on the opposite bank of Piacenza, lined up.

On May 5, An Ning arrived at the south bank of the Po River. Looking at the Austrian troops lined up opposite him, he could only frown.

In Napoleon Wars, before the Battle of the Po River, Napoleon conquered the Kingdom of Sardinia first, so he got the opportunity to cross the river in Valenza.

He arranged a sheep action battle. He personally led the main force in Valenza and pretended to cross the river.

Then he sent more than half of the army to detour to Piacenza and cross the river.

If Marshal Beaulieu, the chief general of Austria, hadn't noticed Napoleon's movements and ran away early, Napoleon might have completely wiped out the main force of the Austrian Army on the Po River Plain.

But now, An Ning has no room for this battle, because the Kingdom of Sardinia, which controls Valenza, did not participate in the war.

As a result, the front of the entire battlefield was greatly compressed, and An Ning could only cross the river from Piacenza, which was heavily defended by the enemy.

This is not good news. It is too difficult to cross the river and attack, and the Austrians immediately started repairing the fortifications after retreating to the Po River.

Now Piacenza has erected a row of artillery batteries in front of it.

Forcibly crossing the river will definitely result in heavy losses.

An Ning rode a horse and stood on the south bank of the Po River, looking at the sparkling river surface and having a hard time.

Seeing him in such a difficult situation, Napoleon suggested: "We can go downstream to cross the river and make a detour."

An Ning shook his head: "On the Po River, there are several large north-south rivers that divide the plain, and these rivers finally flow into the Po River. Not only is it a long way to go from the lower reaches, but you have to cross many north-south rivers all the way to get around. "

Napoleon curled his lips, and suggested: "Then let's change our thinking, the upper reaches of Valenza, the Kingdom of Sardinia only has a small army defending here, we can raid here and borrow a way.

"The Austrians certainly never thought that we would forcefully pass through the territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia regardless of the Kingdom of Sardinia's feelings!"

An Ning: "What about the logistics?"

Napoleon: "The roundabout troops fight with only the food and ammunition they carry, quickly defeat the enemy and receive supplies from Piacenza!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Berthier shook his head: "This is too risky, and there are diplomatic risks. The Kingdom of Sardinia will have great opinions."

Napoleon: "If there is an opinion, let them raise it with Paris. What does it matter to us?"

Berthier still objected, and An Ning said, "Napoleon's suggestion is good, it can quickly defeat the enemy in front of you."