King's Landing in France

Chapter 158 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.

Anyway, the An Ning army was short of officers, and there were not many lieutenants, all of them were sergeants and sergeants, so Davout and the others wore the uniforms of lieutenants, which was enough to command a large-scale army.

But this is not the case with the 1 people in Savona. The Marquis of Lamballe is a decent major general, and the standard force commanded by a major general is a division, so this rank is also translated as "division-level general" in some places.

But at this time, France does not have a higher rank than a major general, and the ranks above are all honorary ranks, so a major general can also command an army, or even a legion.

Before Anning took over as the commander of the Italian Army, the Marquis of Lamballe served as the commander of the Italian Army as a major general.

In fact, the troops in Savona consisted of exactly one division, and each brigade under the division headquarters was led by a colonel, and the heads of both regiments of a brigade were both lieutenant colonels, and there were majors further down.

That is to say, in the troops of the Marquis of Lamballe, if a major is randomly selected, he can win five or six in Anning's troops by virtue of his military rank.

After all, apart from him as a major general in An Ning's army, Berthier, the chief of staff's colonel, has the highest rank, and everyone else has very low ranks.

It's no wonder that the Marquis of Lamballe looked down on An Ning so much. After all, he brought a group of school officers with him, and behind An Ning was a group of lieutenants except for Berthier.

An Ning scratched her head, thinking to hell, the first problem she encountered in Italy was to deal with the Marquis of Lamballe, right?
I am a major general, and the Marquis is also a major general. Although I have taken the title of commander of the Italian Army now, the Marquis of Lamballe may not obey orders obediently.

Especially now that the Marquis has shown his disdain for An Ning.

So An Ning turned his head and ordered to Davout: "Davout, take your division to the direction of Carcare and monitor the Argento Department."

Dawu saluted: "Understood."

The Marquis of Lamballe shouted: "What! Let a captain command a division? Does he have such ability? I heard that there is a shortage of officers in the country, but I didn't expect it to be so short! But General Frost, my troops have Enough officers to put my men in command..."

An Ning: "I am the commander of the Italian Legion."

The corner of Lamballe's mouth twitched.

An Ning thought to himself, what are you trash nobles compared to Davout? This is Davout, who leads an army of 3 people, toughening the main force of Prussia!

Davout simply ignored the Marquis of Lamballe and left with the order.

An Ning ordered again: "Ms. Oliver, your cavalry is scouting in the direction of Varazze, and contain Vuksevich's troops!"

"As you wish." Ms. Oliver also left.

The Marquis of Lamballe said angrily: "What's the matter? Who are they sent from the country? A group of lieutenants and little devils, and an old nanny, led by a cobbler! Can this fight?"

An Ning: "It's fine to call Ms. Oliver the old nanny, it's not too far from the truth, but isn't it inappropriate to call Dawu the lieutenant kid?"

After all, he is almost Mediterranean.

Marquis of Lamballe: "War is no joke! How can you beat Marshal Beaulieu like this? He is a veteran in his 70s and has a lot of experience!"

An Ning said coldly: "I know, I have never underestimated this old man. So I have to do one thing. Lana!"

Lana took a step forward and responded loudly: "Here!"

Lana still serves as the commander of the teaching team, but the size of the teaching team has been expanded a lot. After all, An Ning is now the commander of a 3-strong army.

In order to train enough non-commissioned officers to support 3 people, the teaching team was expanded to 500 people and became a teaching team.

Lana is the head of the teaching group.

An Ning: "Let the teaching group surround this building!"

Lana: "It's already surrounded!"

After he finished speaking, he shouted: "Come on!"

Immediately, a group of teaching regiment soldiers rushed into the room.

The voice of the Marquis of Lamballe trembled: "You, you, what do you want to do?"

An Ning: "I heard that your wife, the Marquis of Lamballe, is the best friend of the traitor Queen Mary? I suspect that you have liaison with foreign countries! Arrest me!"

The soldiers roared in unison: "Yes!"

Then two soldiers with big arms and round waists went over to set up the Marquis.

An Ning continued to order: "Arrest all the nobles in the original Italian Legion! The royal party has rebelled, and all the nobles are untrustworthy!
"At the same time, in the original Italian Legion, follow the system of our army and establish a soldiers' committee so that the soldiers can nominate their sergeants!"

(End of this chapter)