Fox of France

After rigorously training the artillery, the newly promoted major Napoleon walked to his tent with a calm face, and unexpectedly found that Joseph was waiting for him there.

"Joseph, what are you doing here?" The successive defeats made Napoleon in a bad mood. Although the defeat was expected by him, the defeat still made Napoleon uncomfortable.

"I'm looking for you for something. Let's walk over there." Joseph said.

Napoleon glanced at Joseph, realized what might have happened, nodded and said: "Well, let's go for a walk."

At this time, both of them were living in a military camp. Something like a tent could block the view, but it was not very soundproof. So if there is any secret thing to talk about, it is best not to be inside the tent, otherwise you will be heard outside the tent and you still don’t know anything. Therefore, if there are any secrets to talk about, it is better to talk outside.

The two went to a small mound over there. They met quite a few soldiers along the way. These soldiers lazily raised their hands to salute them—obviously, the current situation makes these soldiers unable to lift their energy. One manifestation of the low morale is the slack of discipline and etiquette in the army. The soldiers are still willing to salute Joseph and Napoleon, which is already very good for them. Some officers and soldiers simply ignore them, and at this time, they don't dare to pursue the etiquette issues of the soldiers.

Although the salutes of the soldiers were weak, the salutes of Napoleon and Joseph were still neat and standard. Napoleon stretched out his hand from time to time, and patted the shoulder of the soldier opposite: "Pierre, you are a good fighter. You were very brave in the last battle." "Yule, cheer up, we will definitely victorious."

The two went to a place with less people, Joseph said: "Napoleon, you are really good. I found that you can call almost all soldiers by name and tell them things related to them. This is really good, soldiers will be willing Fighting for you. I really can't match you on this point."

Napoleon was taken aback, staring at Joseph with wide-eyed eyes for a long time: "This is what you can say, Joseph? It's like a Cyclops singing a mermaid's song. You are not sarcasm, or are you? Is there a conspiracy?"

Joseph listened, but smiled triumphantly: "Napoleon, you have to know that the strong never praise others. For example, we will sincerely praise a child for being smart and cute, without envy or conspiracy. "

"You bastard, you must make me a child!" Napoleon said.

"Do you still want to say: ‘I’m not a child anymore?’" Some bad guy continued to ask.

"Damn! Don't talk about these boring things, let's talk about business, are you coming to me for anything?" Napoleon smashed the grass that had just emerged with his feet.

"Okay." Joseph said, "You noticed..." He looked around and lowered his voice again, "Did you notice something unusual about the general?"

"Is there an unusual move by the general?" Napoleon was taken aback.

"Yes, all his guards were replaced by German mercenaries. The former French guards were successively dispatched to other combat troops. Also, did you notice that he transferred the Duke of Chartres' men to Near the headquarters."

Napoleon heard this, stopped, and thought for a while: "Joseph, are you allergic? The general is not that stupid? How could it be possible? What Lafayette can't do..."

"Who knows? But with the current situation in Paris, how long do you think Paris can continue to bear with him? It's like we all know that goats will definitely fall to death if they jump off a cliff. But if a group of goats are chased by hunters, When you reach the edge of the cliff, you might risk jumping down the cliff. If one jumps first, and the other jumps on the back of the goat, can you jump over the cliff?"

"Bullshit, if goats have such intelligence and discipline, they can put up a Frederick slash and let those hunters think about jumping up and stepping on one by one. But...I know what you mean. , You mean the general has nowhere to go?"

"Is there no way out, but he has indeed reached the point where he must take risks." Joseph said, "Napoleon, if anything happens, can your soldiers listen to your orders?"

"It turns out that people from the Red Army can definitely be. It's just that they are not concentrated in one place. They need to be contacted first. But it is also very easy. Because they should have returned to the Red Army after the war, it is completely normal for us to contact them more. Napoleon said, "The Red Army now has more than three hundred men, the general's German mercenary cavalry has one hundred men, and the Duke of Chartres' volunteer army has five hundred men. But they don't have cannons. They really want to fight. I can easily defeat them!" Napoleon He replied in a low voice, his face was full of excitement.

"Kano wrote to me, and he mentioned that you might have to send some special missions to the army to ask the general some questions." Joseph said, "he is worried that this may cause some changes. In addition, if the general wants to You must be careful when looking for you. Everyone knows our relationship with Kano. Therefore, we will be regarded as a firm republican and mountain faction. If I am a general, I will control what I want to do. We live with these two unstable factors."

"Our general is a proud man. He has unrealistic judgments about his appeal. I don't think he will do such a thing. But I understand that necessary precautions are indispensable. Less, you should be careful yourself. After all, I am an artillery officer, and you are a staff officer. It is more convenient for him to find you." Napoleon thought for a while.

"Now that the special commissioner hasn't arrived, I will contact the people of the Red Army first and be ready to respond at any time." Joseph finally explained.

It is also interesting to say that the actions of special commissioners are much slower than those of messengers. After Cano's messenger handed the letter to Joseph, it took another two days for the Paris commissioner to arrive in the army.

This is also normal, because the actual dispatch of special commissioners requires the parliament to complete the process. And before the process is over, the messengers who deliver the message are already on the way.

After receiving the news that the special commissioner had arrived, General Di Mourier immediately ordered that some officers in the general gathered to answer the commissioner's inquiry. However, the messengers sent to look for Joseph and Napoleon failed to find them. It is said that they have all left their posts and do not know where they are.

This news made General Di Mourier feel a little bit bad, but at this time there was no time to do more, because the special commissioner had already arrived at the gate of the barracks. Du Mourier could only receive these imperial ministers from Paris first.

Several special commissioners arrived at the barracks, and everyone entered the office. Before the special commissioners had time to speak, it was difficult for Di Mourier. He first accused Paris of being unfavorable to the frontline support. After being rebutted by the commissioner, he simply went to a poor view and declared that the existing government was an illegal rebellion government. Both he and his army believed that the 1791 Constitution must be restored and let France became a constitutional monarchy again.

The commissioners immediately ordered the arrest of Di Mourier in the name of the revolutionary government and the National Assembly. But this is not Paris, and they did not bring a large number of National Guards. On the contrary, Di Maurier gave an order, and the German mercenaries around him swarmed up and immediately **** the five special commissioners.

"Traitor! You will not have a good result!" a special commissioner cursed.

"Got their mouths!" Di Mourier ordered.

Several German mercenaries rushed forward and stuffed the prepared towels into their mouths, and they suddenly lost their voices.

"General, what do you do next?" the Duke of Chartres asked.

"Send some people to send them to the Austrians," said Di Mourier.

A group of German mercenaries dragged these special commissioners out of the room.

Then Du Mourier supported him against the officers who were almost shocked by the sudden change, and followed him to rebuild French order.

Under the knife and gun of the German mercenaries and the "volunteers" of the Duke of Chartres, these officers were forced to speak out. They were asked to sign a letter stating that they opposed the republic and restored the constitutional monarchy. Some officers who refused to sign were immediately imprisoned.

"If you control the officers, we can control the army." Du Mourier said to the Duke of Chartres, "Your Royal Highness, please believe me, we will succeed."

After receiving news that the commissioner sent from Paris and preparing to arrest him, Du Mourier and the Duke of Chartres contacted the Austrians opposite. In the beginning, they hoped that the Austrians would accept the proposal of the Duke of Chartres to become the King of France and support them. But this plan was rejected by the Austrians. They insisted that Louis XVII must succeed to the throne. So the future position of the Duke of Chartres changed from the king to the regent.

"It's just that the Bonaparte brothers are not there, which makes me a little worried." said the Duke of Chartres.

"We control most of the officers. This is enough," Du Mourier said. "Now let's gather the soldiers."

Several messengers ran out. But as soon as they left the house, there was a burst of gunfire and shouting in the distance.

"What's the matter?" asked the Duke of Chartres.

"Green, take a few people to see!" Di Mourier issued an order to his captain of the guard.

Green hurriedly saluted, and then rushed out with a few people, and then there was a sound of horseshoes—this was when they got on their horses and went in the direction of the gunshots.

"Vieira, go and ring the bell, gather the soldiers, and I want to talk to them!" Di Mourier knew that this was not a time to hesitate. The gunshots came from the road leading to the Austrian army station. . Listening to the distance, it should be that the German mercenaries who escorted the special commissioners were ambushed. Maybe, those special commissioners have been rescued, and now, he must control the situation as soon as possible.

Lieutenant Vieira responded, UU reading www.uukanshu. com and turned around and went out.

After a while, there was the sound of horseshoes from outside, and then several German mercenaries rushed in, one of whom was still injured on the shoulder.

"What's the matter, Fritz?" Di Murrier recognized that the injured was a captain of the German mercenary cavalry, and asked him.

"General, we were in an ambush," Fritz replied.

"Who attacked you? Where are the special agents?" Du Mourier asked quickly.

"It was the Red Army, it was the Red Army that ambushed us! Those special commissioners were all rescued by them!"

After the Red Army, which was in charge of simulating foreign troops, was transferred to Du Mourier’s army as a whole, they did not prepare ordinary blue or white uniforms (the original French uniforms), so they still wore their own red uniforms. , Which makes it very easy to identify them.

"Red Army? Damn brother Bonaparte!" Di Mourier gritted his teeth.