Fox of France

Napoleon's army did encounter obstacles from some small strongholds of the Austrian army while crossing the Alps. But in general, these small strongholds really haven't played much role yet.

　　 Originally, relying on the steep terrain, these strongholds could really be defended if they were really going to defend them. Moreover, Duke Karl also spent a lot of effort to transport some small artillery to these strongholds. However, "City Fei is not high, Chi Fei is not deep, military revolution is not profitable, and Mi Su Fei is not much..."

　　 Most of the strongholds only remembered their most important duty-reporting after they discovered the French army. In order to ensure the success rate of the message, to avoid the messenger accidentally on the way, because he was attacked by the two bearers who secretly communicated with France, and failed to pass back the most important information. So everyone went to perform the most important task together, and everyone went back to report the letter together.

　　 And because they were anxious to report back, many guys didn't even have time to destroy the materials. Of course, it makes sense to do this: we didn't run away, we went back to report the letter, and after we had reported the letter, we had to go back and resist. How could we burn the warehouse?

　　 It turned out that Napoleon unexpectedly got a little more supplies.

　　 Soon Napoleon led an army out of the Alps. Napoleon knew that at this time, the Austrians must have received the news, and were ready to fight themselves. Napoleon hoped that he could have a vigorous decisive battle with those Austrians, and then one guy would destroy the whole Austria.

　　 So Napoleon quickly sent a group of scout cavalry to unfold the map as soon as possible to lighten the vision.

　　 A few hours later, the scout cavalry gradually returned, and the news they received began to become new icons on the map.

　　 "There is such an operation?" Napoleon looked at the map, a little surprised.

　　 On both sides of the road to Vienna on the map, many large and small bastions were found. Because of the existence of the Austrian cavalry, and at this time, due to the fatigue caused by crossing the mountains, the state of Napoleon's scout cavalry was not good, so his scout cavalry did not go too far, as far as it is farther. What state it is, I don't know yet.

　　Before setting off, Napoleon also yearned for the businessmen who traveled between Austria and Italy to inquire about the situation there, but no one had mentioned such things in Austria.

　　 "How could they complete such a large project in such a short time?" Napoleon decided to take people to the scene to see.

　　 So Napoleon personally took a team of cavalry to the nearest bastion.

　　 "Damn it! How come there is such a shoddy thing!" Napoleon cursed.

　　 Indeed, the so-called bastion in front of Napoleon is a shoddy thing. The outer layer of its city wall is not tight and flat masonry, but is directly piled up with baskets of wicker baskets containing stones. The inside of the city wall will probably not be solid rammed earth or something, maybe it is. The dirt in such a wicker basket.

　　 This kind of thing, even the work of digging the foundation can be saved. This is of course fast, but the things that come out of this way are naturally tattered.

　　 "This kind of thing, it only takes a few rains, up to a year, or even a few months, it will collapse, sink, sink, and then completely become waste."

　　 After looking carefully with a telescope, Napoleon made such a judgment on this "bastion". But even so, at least for now, this "bastion" can really be used as a bastion.

　　 Just as Napoleon was holding his binoculars and continuing to observe, a group of cavalry ran out of the bastion and made a round in the range of the bastion’s cannon. But they didn't really rush forward.

　　 Napoleon lowered his face and said, "Go, let's go back."

　　The Austrian cavalry at the bastion watched Napoleon and his party go away, but did not dare to chase him.

　　On the way back, Napoleon had already figured out what the Austrians had made.

　　 Obviously, these Austrians no longer have the confidence to engage in an upright battle with themselves. They can only hide in these temporary "bastions". Their purpose is to force themselves to gnaw these bastions one by one.

　　 If this is in Italy, Napoleon would not care about such a trick. Let’s not talk about how many Italian guns Napoleon captured in Italy. With so many Italian guns, what bastions are you afraid of? Even if you don't consider the Italian artillery, Napoleon is in Italy, and there are a lot of former Italian peasants.

Relying on the division of fields, as well as sending some veterans who have made money and who can speak Italian to the newly "liberated" villages as village heads, as well as the daily settlement of wages, Napoleon can easily convene a large group in Italy. The pile of Italians, then, isn’t it just like building a wall? Napoleon could easily build a longer wall, enclose the Austrian bastion, and then bring the army, just like the Lord God Emperor, to ask the Austrian emperor for the money to repair the wall.

　　 But this is Austria. If Napoleon wants to fight hard, he doesn't have many cannons because of the Alps. More importantly, the caliber of these cannons is still too small, even if there are just some shoddy parallel "bastions" on the opposite side, but the small 6-pound cannons he brought over really don't have much to do with those bastions.

Although the 　　mini rifle has an advantage in range, the enemy hides behind the breast wall of the bastion, revealing only the head, even only when shooting. The advantage of the Mini rifle in range is completely useless. If you are brave enough to gnaw down these bastions one by one, I'm afraid that the army will lose very much. For Napoleon, even if he wins, it is nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.

　　 But if you don't care about these bastions and march directly into Vienna, the troops in these bastions, especially the Austrian cavalry, can easily cut off his supply line. This is also unbearable for Napoleon.

　　 But Napoleon's heart didn't fluctuate too much, and he even wanted to laugh. Back in the barracks, he immediately gathered the generals together and began to study the battle.

"Their strategy is actually quite powerful, but it must be matched with a method." After explaining his judgment of the enemy's intentions, Napoleon said, "This method is strictly fortifying walls and clearing the wild. The Austrians probably don't know. After we crossed the Alps and entered Italy, how did we solve logistical problems."

　　 The officers all laughed.

　　 It is now the autumn harvest season in Austria, which also makes it almost impossible for the Austrians to clear the fields. If you abandon the wheat in the ground and hide in the city, then everyone will be ready to eat the soil in the second half of the year.

　　 I put away the wheat and transported them all into the city, which not only requires a lot of time, but also a lot of storage space. What's more terrible is that the wheat must be dried before it can be stored. Otherwise, it will either rot quickly or germinate quickly. But there is absolutely not enough space in the city to dry so much wheat. Therefore, this season itself is the biggest loophole in the Austrian strategy.

　　 Napoleon quickly and skillfully assigned the task. The next day, Napoleon personally led the army and once again came to the Austrian bastion group.

　　 This French move also alarmed Duke Karl. Archduke Karl also came to the front in person, standing on his newly built, crude bastion, holding his binoculars nervously and looking at the approaching French army on the opposite side.

　　 From the telescope, he noticed that the French army did not carry many cannons. Most of them were small three-pound guns, not many six-pound guns, so he was relieved. But looking at the relaxed look on the faces of the French soldiers, Duke Karl still felt a lot of pressure-the ease of those soldiers in the face of the war justified their high morale. With just such morale, this will not be an easy battle.

　　 But the French army did not attack immediately, but stopped before the bastion group. Then Archduke Karl saw that the French had actually built a barracks not far from their bastion.

　　 "What are they doing?" Duke Karl thought.

　　 Duke Carl's mind turned very fast, and he quickly thought of the possible intentions of the French.

　　 "They are probably trying to plunder the countryside and cut our wheat! So while they moved the army here and stared at us, making it difficult for us to move, they must have sent cavalry to plunder."

　　 Archduke Karl climbed up to the high observation deck, paying special attention to the composition of the French army, and found that the proportion of cavalry in the French army was relatively small.

　　 "It seems that the cavalry is really going to looting. But luckily I have already prepared for it." Grand Duke Karl thought.

　　 In the evening ~www.novelmtl.com~ Augereau went back to the French camp just built in despair, and reported to Napoleon: "General, these Austrians are really nothing! They actually..."

　　 "What happened to them?" Napoleon asked.

　　 "They set fire to the farms in the neighborhood for dozens of miles!" Augero replied.

　　 "Where is farther away?" Napoleon asked.

　　 "I don't know yet. But I think it should be impossible for them to burn all the farms in the country."

　　 "Go away tomorrow." Napoleon said.

　　 On the second day, Augereau took the cavalry division and walked forty kilometers to the north before seeing a normal manor. The owner of the manor naturally fled long ago, and before leaving, they set fire to the granary. But the large tracts of wheat fields that have not yet been harvested are still there.

　　 Augereau stopped here, first gathered the farmers, took them to see the burnt granary, and then spoke to them. He told the peasants that the nobles' lackeys set fire to the granary, hoping that he would rob them of the nobles' food when they were unable to seize their food. Then he began to organize the farmers to harvest the crops in the field, and agreed with the farmers that the harvested grain would be divided into three to seven, and the French army would only take three.

"We may not stay here long." Augereau said, "After we leave, you hide the food, and then tell them that all the food in the field has been robbed by the French. Then you can It's a winter full of food."

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