King's Landing in France

Chapter 229 I am His Excellency General's most proud student

In a blink of an eye, Napoleon had been guarding Sedan for a week.

After three days of initial storming, the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces found that the fortress was well-prepared and morale was high, and it was unlikely to rely on a rapid offensive to win it in a short period of time, so they began the siege and soil work.

This morning, as soon as Napoleon woke up, the chief of staff rushed over to report: "Acting Commander, today an Austrian officer surrendered to us because he longed for the republic!"

Napoleon was overjoyed: "What? There is such a thing? No, maybe there is a fraud. I will meet him later!"

Then Napoleon rushed to the command room of the fortress in a hurry.

Previously, in order to prevent the coalition forces from attacking at night, Napoleon slept directly in the command room, laying a bed on the floor. The offensive finally slowed down in the past two days, and Napoleon returned to his room and slept beautifully on the camp bed for a few nights.

When they arrived at the command room, the officer who surrendered was drinking coffee. Seeing Napoleon come in, he quickly stood up and said, "Your Excellency, Commander!"

Napoleon: "How do you know I'm the commander? Is my name already so resounding in the coalition forces?"

"No, it's because everyone said that the commander commanding the city wall these days is relatively short, so..."

Napoleon: "Chief of Staff, I think this person is a fake surrender!"

The chief of staff thought for a while, but didn't answer.

The Austrian said: "I am deeply influenced by the enlightenment thought, and I have read the works of Voltaire and Rousseau freely, and I once went to the New World as a volunteer to participate in the North American liberation war. The republic established by the people of the New World inspired me deeply. !"

Napoleon: "You don't need to say so much. I'll know if you really want a republic. I'll know after a test. What is the biggest advantage of the French Republic now?"

The Austrian thought for a while and replied: "Is it an advanced republic system? A system that conforms to the social contract theory and the theory of separation of powers..."

Napoleon: "Shit! It's the people! Everyone in the republic is equal, so everyone is a master. This is called master spirit! This is the magic weapon for our army to win!"

The Austrian looked at Napoleon suspiciously: "Whose theory is this?"

Napoleon: "The person who put forward the theory is not yet well-known in the academic world, and only those close to us know about it. But in the future, some people will write books for him, just wait and see!"

"Ah..." the Austrian seemed to understand, "It turned out to be General Frost's statement, er, I am not familiar with the general, and I don't know the general..."

Napoleon: "Huh, come, someone, arrest him and imprison him until the defense of the fortress is over."

Austrian: "I have brought the latest information!"

"Oh, really? Then tell me, how many people are besieging the fortress, and who is in command."

Because of the onslaught of the previous few days, the coalition forces failed to climb the walls of the fortress after breaking through the trenches, so the French army did not capture any prisoners at all, and there was no way to interrogate them.

The Austrians were also straightforward: "You are facing 7000 people from the Austrian Third Army and 5000 people from the Prussian Second Army. Judging from the current progress of the soil work, you will be confronted in a few days." Up to [-] coalition forces attacking in turn."

Napoleon: "And who commanded this combined force?"

The Austrians replied: "The Austrian army is led by Archduke Karl, and the Prussian army is led by General Franz. The two sides are bounded by the north-south axis of the fortress, with the Prussian army on the west and the Austrian army on the east. There is a joint in the middle. You must send When the messenger goes out of the city, he should go in the middle, and he should be able to escape in the dark."

Napoleon raised his eyebrows, looked at the Austrian again, and then asked what he thought was the most important question: "How can I trust a person who even betrayed his motherland?"

The Austrian shrugged his shoulders: "There are also many French officers in the coalition forces. They also betrayed their motherland, so they have been reused?"

Napoleon paced back and forth in the command room with his hands behind his back. A few minutes later he said to the chief of staff: "We should lock him up. We can't afford the price of being a Trojan horse. But arrange a better cell for him." , meals are provided in accordance with officer standards."

Chief of Staff: "Is the standard for officers? But the officers in the city have already followed your order and have the same standards as the soldiers."

"Then follow the original officer standards." Napoleon waved his hand.

The Austrians were surprised: "What's going on? You officers and soldiers eat together?"

Napoleon replied proudly: "This is the rule set by General Frost. At the front, officers and soldiers eat the same food. When the general goes out to fight, he eats hard dry food all day long. On the day of the battle, his maid will give it to him." He prepares fine wines and fine pastries, which he serves on the battlefield, accompanied by the wonderful sight of the enemy being destroyed."

The Austrians opened their mouths into an O shape: "This..."

Napoleon: "I assure you, everything I say is true! No exaggeration!"

The Austrian was stunned: "I have heard about the deeds of General Frost for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be more legendary than the legend."

Is there a possibility that the legend was blown out by a group of close officials of the general in front of you?
Such a possibility, the unknown Austrian general did not think about it.

Napoleon: "Lock him up."

"Wait a minute!" the Austrian said again, "don't you want to hear about the deployment of other coalition forces?"

Napoleon snorted, picked up the pointer next to the map, and said while pointing on the map: "I speculate that the rest of the Allied forces are here, here and here.

"The reason why I make this speculation is that it is in accordance with general military principles that the spread out force can adequately defend the supply line.

"You will certainly want to bypass the strong fortifications of Sedan and Verdun, and go further south to Paris."

Napoleon said again while drawing an arc on the map.

"But you won't succeed," he continued, "the road over there can't support the consumption of 20 legions, and can at most maintain a small army of about one army. Your army, in this position, will be attacked. Resolute sniping."

Napoleon's pointer slapped hard outside the map.

It took a few seconds for the staff to find the corresponding map and put it next to the main map.

Napoleon's pointer was accurately shot at the turn of the Marne River.

"You will be here, and you will be hit head-on! I bet you can't cross the Marne! It's even more impossible to go straight to Paris along the Marne waterway."

The Austrian was shocked from ear to ear: "This... you have been surrounded for a week, and you should have no information from the outside at all, but you have judged the situation so accurately! You..."

Napoleon: "Huh, what's the matter, I am the most proud student of Your Excellency the General. Your Excellency must have made a proper judgment early on and made a plan!"

(End of this chapter)