King's Landing in France

Therefore, the French army defeated the enemy by relying on its superiority in strength.Fage's first few victories were all due to the fact that there were too many revolutionary troops.

That's why Lazar Cano got the nickname Victory Organizer.

Now that Lazar Carnot is under An Ning, the area in charge has also been changed to southern France. More specifically, it is the territory of the original Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Grand Duchy of Provence, which is not in the same circle as Paris.

Could it be that Paris is going to play off this time?

No, no, no, no, it's just that there is no Lazarcano, and history will not change so much.

An Ning waved away the worries in his mind, and said firmly to Barras again: "I will not return to Paris, I want to share the fate with my soldiers. I brought them to Italy, and I have the obligation to lead them in Italy. A brilliant victory."

While An Ning said this, Beethoven next to him took a pen to scribble wild notes on the shorthand notebook, and the painter David next to him nodded repeatedly.

The first thing these two people did when they arrived in Milan was to publish a book of words and deeds of General Frost, publicizing the general's Wei Guangzheng to everyone.

An Ning didn't bother to care about it anymore.

After hearing what An Ning said, Ballas suddenly lowered his face and looked at An Ning seriously: "Your Excellency, are you a royalist or a patriot?"

An Ning looked around. At this time, many citizens of Milan were watching General Frost welcome the distinguished guests, so he said, "You go to the house first, and I will tell you about this."

Then An Ning made a gesture of please.

Ballas nodded.

After a while, everyone entered An Ning's study in a mighty manner.

The study room is lit with incense from India, filled with refreshing freshness, and a huge globe occupies the space on the side of the desk.

When An Ning passed the stove, he picked up the tongs and fiddled with the charcoal inside to make the flames rise higher, then he took off his coat and handed it to Fanny, and said to the guests from Paris: "Of course I am a patriot. "

Ballas said solemnly: "However, some gentlemen in Paris seem to think that you are a royalist. After all, you have such a good relationship with the Duke of Orleans, and his daughter is in your army..."

An Ning: "It's just a personal relationship, it doesn't affect my position."

Ballas: "But when I passed by Nice, I saw the black robes and white flags of the Royalist Party everywhere."

An Ning pouted.

Nice is a place where the royalist party is very powerful. It should be said that the royalist party is quite strong in the whole of southern France.

It's just that An Ning's previous actions to suppress the rebellion and divide the land weakened the power of the royal party.

In addition, France is still a kingdom now, so the royal party has not caused any waves.

In real history, the royalist rebellion was launched throughout southern France. It was Paul Barras in front of him who conquered Nice occupied by the royalist party and established the Maritimes of the Republic.

An Ning said solemnly to Paul Barras: "You can rest assured that the royalists in the south will not make waves. The reason why I only asked Lazar Cano to bring 1 people here is because I am worried about changes in the south."

Yes, with Lazar Cano's talent, how could it be possible for such a long time to only organize so few troops. An Ning left a large number of troops in southern France just to suppress the royalist rebellion when necessary.

He leaned forward and questioned Ballas very seriously: "It seems that the situation in Paris is very complicated."

Ballas nodded: "The royal party is about to move, and many people suspect that they intend to use the opportunity of Shinra and Prussia to fight us to restore the royal power. The whole Paris is suspicious of each other.

"Mr. Mallah is advocating the hanging of all royalists, saying that every royalist is a potential traitor, and the royalists are also tit for tat.

"It is conceivable that once you lose on the battlefield, even if it is only a small loss, the whole of Paris will be bloody."

An Ning: "That's why you are so anxious to transfer me back."

Ballas nodded: "You are right, we need your military talents now! Paris needs you!"

An Ning shook his head again and again: "No, if the situation in Paris changes, I will ask Lazar Carnot to send the army he has prepared for a long time to support Paris. But I will not go back, I want to be here, with my soldiers together."

Chapter 185 Tricky

After arranging Ballas to live in the most luxurious hotel in Milan, An Ning and his officers gathered in An Ning's study to discuss the latest domestic intelligence brought back by Ballas.

Napoleon was the first to speak: "It seems that the country is more complicated than imagined! Why don't we give up Italy and go back to Paris, like Cromwell!"

Just as An Ning was about to answer, Lazar Kano asked, "So when the country is unstable, should we stand for the King's Party or the Republic?"

Everyone looked at Lazar Kano together.

In fact, when An Ning chatted with the officers, he more or less talked about his future plans and his own position, so the officers who have been fighting with him all know his tendencies.

Especially Napoleon, An Ning has always been a hardcore republican since Brienne's time.

However, Lazar Kano has been engaged in construction in the rear for a long time, and basically only communicates with An Ning through letters, and the letters are basically business matters, and he has not expressed any views on politics, so he does not know that An Ning's inclinations are normal.

An Ning: "Of course it's the Republic. I'm a cobbler. People who stand in the royal party don't necessarily want me."

The officers all laughed.

Lazare Carnot said quite unexpectedly: "But the current King Louis XVII is the son of your patron, isn't he? I heard that you may also become the king's uncle. The King of Nice and Toulon assembled The party seems to think so, and they also regard our army as a hardcore royalist army in the discussion..."

An Ning: "That's their delusion. I do have a good personal relationship with the Duke, but that doesn't involve principles. I firmly believe that everyone is equal, and I want to build a civilian society, so I'm naturally at odds with the royal party."

When An Ning said this, she suddenly had an idea: Damn, what if these people push me to the throne forcibly in the future?

Not so... Forget it, now to emphasize this, it can be regarded as killing this possibility.

La Salle: "I propose that we toast to the Republic!"

An Ning: "You just want to find a chance to drink."

La Salle: "Fine wine, women, and killing enemies on the battlefield, shouldn't a man desire these three things?"

Napoleon smiled and said, "That's all you can do."

"Yes, unlike you, your dream must be to shoot a cannon in the face of an enemy general." La Salle retorted.

Napoleon: "If I could do it, I would! Before your cavalry are behind my cannon!"

"Oh, look, look, who is talking big!"

It seems that Napoleon and La Salle are burying each other, but there are smiles on their faces.

An Ning glanced at Napoleon and La Salle. He didn't know that the relationship between Napoleon and La Salle was so good that they could bury each other.

It seems that after several battles, the officers under him have also established a deep friendship with each other, and probably there will be no such troubles as friendly troops in the future... right?

While Napoleon and La Salle were teasing each other, Lazar Carnot was worried about the domestic situation.

"Since we want to support the republic, the domestic situation may be a bit bad, because there are really many royalists in the south. Maybe...we must be prepared. After the parliament breaks with the royalists, I estimate that there will be 20 in the south. The royalist rebellion above."

An Ning frowned: "Are there so many?"

"It's just a conservative estimate."

An Ning pouted.

Thinking about it carefully, in the original history, even in a place like Paris, which was the general base of the revolutionaries, the Royalist Party set off a massive riot, and it was Napoleon who bombarded the Royalist Party with grape bullets on the streets to suppress it.

Lazar Cano stroked his beard, meditating and muttering: "I have to send the royalists in the army to Italy as soon as possible, and then ensure that enough Republican troops are stationed in the south, ready to suppress the royalists at any time."

Napoleon: "Don't worry, just pull the cannon into the street, load it with grape shells, and bombard it fiercely, whether it is the royal party or the old aristocracy, it will soon fall to pieces."

La Salle joked: "Come on, it seems like grape bombs can solve all problems."

Davout: "Actually, even without cannons, bayonets and a neat formation are enough to deal with the mere mob. I am willing to bring [-] troops back to suppress the rebellion..."

An Ning: "No, you can't leave. None of the generals on the front line can leave. We still have to fight against Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia."

Lazar Cano: "Your Excellency, you will concentrate on dealing with the enemy in Italy, and I will take care of the domestic affairs."

An Ning: "That's up to you. There is a real shortage of troops. You can recruit soldiers from the peasants who have acquired the land and tell them that this is to protect everything they have acquired."

Lazar Kano nodded.

Davout: "Let's discuss how to defeat Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia. According to the reconnaissance of our cavalry and the information we got from the Italians running merchants, the strength of the Mantua fortress has been greatly enhanced, and in the north of the fortress, the special There are obvious signs of increasing troops in the direction of Lent and Bassano, and the Austrian army is expanding its warehouses and warehouses, obviously in preparation for supplying a larger army."

As he spoke, Davout made gestures on the map.

An Ning looked at the map: "So is it possible for the Austrian army to attack from two directions, the Adige River and the Brenta River?"

Davout: "In terms of supply, the Adige Valley in the direction of Trent is closer to the supply center of Shinra, and Bassano obviously needs to take a detour."

An Ning: "Adige Valley..."

An Ning remembered this valley. In real history, Napoleon defeated the main Austrian army at a place called Rivoli in the Adige Valley.

After that, although Austria made a breakthrough in the southeast of Verona and crossed the French defense line, it was finally blocked by the French army surrounding the Mantua fortress.

Finally, the fortress surrendered, and the Shinra army fully retreated to the front line of the Alps, and handed over the fertile, broad and rich land at the foot of the mountain to Napoleon.

In real history, Napoleon defeated the Austrian army twice in the area north of the Mantua fortress, completely taking all of northern Italy except Venice.

Then Napoleon also conquered the Papal State by the way, allowing Pope Kang to give him money once.

An Ning will face the armies of Shinra and Sardinia on this land.

The good news is that An Ning is very familiar with the process of Napoleon's several victories north of Mantua, and he has a good idea of ​​the entire terrain.

The bad news is that An Ning did not have the time difference to beat Austria away first, then kill the Kingdom of Sardinia, and finally concentrate on dealing with Austria like Napoleon did.

This time he had to face both Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Chapter 186 Say hello to Maximilian for me

M. Barras, after a day's rest, came again to beg peace to return to Paris.

An Ning did not refuse, and directly told him the military situation of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia that he had scouted face to face, and then asked, "Tell me, who can command the Italian Army instead of me?"

Ballas was silent.

In my impression, Ballas's military ability is actually not bad. After all, he was the one who put down the rebellion in Nice and other places, established the Maritime Province, and later discovered Napoleon's achievements.

But it is basically impossible for Ballas to suddenly become a person who can hold the Kingdom of Sardinia and Shinra in Italy.

Sure enough, Barras hesitated for a long time, but did not hesitate to come up with a reason.

Suddenly he had an idea, and asked back: "Then is it possible that General Frost has a way to deal with enemies twice as many as himself?"

An Ning glanced at his subordinates, and then Napoleon kindly reminded: "It's just to fight the enemy three times as big as yourself. We tried it in Konta, and we won a big victory, and then cut off the enemy general who surrendered." head."

Ballas: "This..."

An Ning: "Although there are many enemies, they are divided into two battlefields. Our army also occupied several obstacles in the mountains. There are 1 Massena divisions defending these obstacles. They should be able to hinder the Sardinian army for a long time. In the meantime we shall crush the frontal Austrian army and force them to retreat to their strongholds in the Alps."

Davout added: "It mainly refers to Trent, which is one of the most important strongholds of Shinra in the southern foothills of the Alps."

"As long as the enemy is forced to retreat to Trent," An Ning resumed, "as long as we leave a small number of people to surround the Mantua fortress, we can move westward to attack the Kingdom of Sardinia. Our army can start from Valenza Forced to cross the Po River, and then outflank the flank of the Sardinian army attacking Massena in the coastal hills."

Paul Barras asked suspiciously: "How many troops do you want to surround Mantua? If there are fewer troops, they will be rushed out, right? I suggest that before the enemy has time to act in unison, retreat back to France immediately, and then organize defense in Nice.

"Anyway, the territory of France in Italy other than Nice is basically the territory of the former commercial republic, which is similar to what was picked up in vain.

"If you're just defending Nice, your army must be fully capable, and you don't need a top-notch command ability. You can take the opportunity to go to Paris!"

An Ning: "I gave up such a large piece of land, what qualifications do I have to go back to serve as the commander of the Paris garrison?"

Ballas: "Whoever controls the newspaper can turn black and white. We just need to exaggerate and throw the responsibility to the Austrians!"

"Won't Wang's newspaper promote it?" An Ning asked back.

Ballas: "Of course they will publicize, but our Jacobin newspaper is more popular among the people. This is a game of whose voice is louder."

An Ning: "Yes, you may really be able to fool the people, but what about the facts? What about the large number of lands that have fallen for no reason?"

Most importantly, what about the blood-sucking plan in Milan that I managed to start?I just took a small sip, and I didn't feel good at all.

Ballas: "Those things don't matter, Paris needs you!"

An Ning: "You better give up, I will never give up on my soldiers."

Ballas curled his lips: "You didn't let you give up your soldiers. In fact, we still need you to lead the army to defend Paris..."

An Ning: "Mr. Ballas, you must have never eaten Milanese chicory cream risotto. It is really delicious. I will immediately ask the most famous chef in Milan to prepare it for you."

Ballas shook his head: "No, I don't like cream..."

"No no, although this dish is called cream risotto, it does not actually use cream. It uses Gorgonzola cheese and oil to achieve a creamy texture. In addition to the creamy texture, Gorgonzola The unique aroma of cheese..."

Barras continued to shake his head: "No, no, I'm not really interested in food. I'll just drink some bouillabaisse or some Provence stew..."

An Ning: "This is Italy! You still want to eat French food when you arrive in Italy, the Italians will hate you to death!"

Ballas: "Italian food is nothing serious, it's just variations on onions sautéed in olive oil! Let's talk about Paris!"

Without waiting for An Ning to respond, La Salle said first, "Hey, think about it carefully, it seems that Italian dishes really have to use olive oil to cook onions at the very beginning!"

Napoleon said firmly: "This is prejudice!"