King's Landing in France

Chapter 197 Go to the battlefield
While Lana was fighting, Anning's main force was rushing to the Rivoli Terrace.

In real history, Napoleon disrupted the deployment of Austrian commanders many times by relying on his ability to march.

In particular, the several battles between Napoleon and Archduke Karl were all because the French army moved too fast, causing Archduke Karl's tactical maneuver to be destroyed by the French army before it was completed.

An Ning, who is familiar with this, also places special emphasis on the marching ability of the troops, and often organizes long-distance forced marches during training.

So now the French army is moving very fast.

Davout's forwards had returned, they had reached Rivoli and began to defend the exit from the Adige Valley to Rivoli.

Anning's headquarters moved on to Rivoli with Davout's main force, together with Napoleon's mounted artillery.

While walking, An Ning was worried about Lasalle, who had already set out to investigate for a day and hadn't sent back a report yet.

Napoleon noticed his worried expression and asked, "Are you worried about La Salle?"

"Yes." An Ning replied truthfully.

Napoleon: "Don't worry, he probably just forgot to send someone back to report. With La Salle's character, this possibility is very high."

"Indeed." An Ning had to admit that Napoleon was right. After getting along with him for a while, he already understood why La Salle didn't get the marshal in the end. What is unreliable about this person is really unreliable. .

The marshal should be able to take care of himself, but if you let La Salle let him command a front army, then wait and worry.

La Salle was only an excellent cavalry officer, and the proper use of him was to put him in command of a cavalry brigade.

An Ning: "When La Salle comes back, I have to give him a good reprimand."

"You'd better do it," said Berthier, "as your direct descendant, even I dare not scold him."

An Ning: "I said a long time ago that there is no such thing as a direct line in my army, and I will treat it equally. As the chief of staff, you have the right to reprimand any junior officer who does not implement your plan well."

Berthier was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Okay, I understand."

An Ning looked at Berthier's expression, thinking that he probably didn't understand.

During the previous Battle of Diego, Napoleon seemed to have ignored Lahalpe's command. His artillery team crossed Lahalpe's entire front on the battlefield, and first launched a violent bombardment of the Austrians on the right wing of Lahalpe. Then he ran to the left flank of Lahalp to bombard the enemy in front.

In An Ning's army, in fact, the term "direct line" has been formed. Ordinary generals dare not command direct line officers, and these officers themselves do not listen to non-direct line officers at all.

An Ning is still very troubled by this, this is not the situation he wants to see.

But now that we are fighting, I don't care so much. After Wu Muze is driven away, I must find a way to reverse this situation in the army.

While An Ning was thinking about these things, he rode past a group of troops carrying golden guns.

It is a company of precision shooters. The breech-loading rifles they use are covered with a layer of brass, which looks golden.

When An Ning noticed the guns of the precision shooters, the shooters also saw him, so they shouted in unison: "Long live the general! Long live your Excellency!"

An Ning waved his hand lightly, indicating that they could stop, but no one listened to him.

The shooters kept shouting: "Long live the general!"

Napoleon was very excited: "Look, Andy, everyone welcomes you like Caesar!"

An Ning looked helpless.

The troops walking next to him just now were newly added this time. These people have the habit of shouting long live before seeing him.

But the old troops he had commanded for a while would surely be chanting long live to see him.

It is estimated that these newly added troops will probably be led away by the old troops soon.

An Ning has also seen this kind of scene in Napoleon's movies. In the movie Battle of Austerlitz, the French army shouted Long Live the Emperor as soon as they saw Napoleon.

Wherever Napoleon went, Long Live followed him.

This is only 1792, and I am already enjoying the treatment of Napoleon during the Battle of the Three Emperors. After 1800, I dare not think about what will happen.

An Ning passed the precision shooter company and came to another army. This army also shouted: "Long live the general!"

An Ning could only wave helplessly.

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At this time, there was also a redwood army composed of Italians marching near Anning.

When the young Buzz heard the shout from the French, he turned around suspiciously: "What are they shouting?"

The French army naturally shouted in French, and the Italian teenagers couldn't understand it.

The bearded man next to him: "Probably calling Long Live the General. They always do this."

Buzz said excitedly: "So we will see General Frost soon?"

"probably."

Buzz couldn't help turning his head back: "What kind of person will he be? I heard that he is unusually tall, like a mountain monster in the Alps."

The surrounding Italians all laughed.

"You might as well say he has the head of a lion."

Buzz: "What's a lion?"

"You don't know what a lion is? It's a beast with fluff all over its face, just like a beard."

Buzz was imagining what that animal looked like, and His Excellency the General rode past the Sequoia Army.

Someone shouted in Italian: "Your Excellency, when will we beat the Austrians?"

The general smiled, turned his head and replied in standard Italian: "Soon! It may be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow!"

A short officer next to the general said: "We are rushing to the battlefield now, you will definitely beat the Austrians who oppress you, I promise."

The little officer's Italian pronunciation is a bit strange.

Buzz heard the bearded uncle beside him say, "Why does this officer speak Italian with a Corsican accent?"

Buzz asked suspiciously, "Where is Corsica?"

"In the sea, it is a poor and broken island. It used to belong to Genoa, and was later sold to France by the Genoese."

The bearded man curled his lips, and returned to the original topic: "Your Excellency General speaks Italian with a very standard Milanese accent. He has definitely stayed in Milan, and he may be a guest of some great nobleman."

"But didn't he hang all the nobles?" Buzz asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, I heard that he was nicknamed the Noble Killer in Paris."

At this moment, someone next to him said, "I heard that your Excellency, General, was a cobbler before joining the army!"

"Nonsense!" the bearded man yelled angrily, "Where is such a learned cobbler?"

"I heard that the general is the illegitimate son of the Duke of Orleans, and he is fostered in the cobbler's house!"

"What? Doesn't that mean that he is the brother of the current King of France?"

"It's nonsense, the general is actually the brother-in-law of the current king of France!"

The Sequoia Army started arguing, but Buzz didn't listen. He followed the general who was going away, and praised: "That's great. I want to be such a hero too. Hooray!"

(End of this chapter)