King's Landing in France

Chapter 233 The Legend of the Rhine Heroes
Early the next morning, An Ning ordered troops to go out.

The citizens of Paris got the news of today's expedition early and flocked outside the city to see them off.

Looking at this scene, An Ning thought of "Song of the Goddess" for no reason, not the song "We Are the Sea of ​​Flowers in May", but the song "Listen to the War Horn Sounds the Alarm".

An Ning couldn't help humming softly.

He saw an old woman crying and clutching a young man's hand, and at this time he sang "Goodbye, mother, don't be sad, please wish us a safe journey".

He also saw many young girls kissing their lovers goodbye.

Seeing this scene, An Ning said to Berthier beside him: "Look, Chief of Staff, our army and the people of Paris have a heart-to-heart bond, and the combat effectiveness of such an army is terrifying."

Berthier: "I still believe in adequate training, Your Excellency the General."

An Ning: "That can't be helped, the enemy came so fast, the lack of training, let's make up for it with high morale."

At this time, An Ning suddenly saw a drummer looking in his direction in the marching ranks.

He recognized it as Beethoven.

Damn, let Le Sheng play the drums, is there something wrong with that?
Beethoven winked at An Ning, and seemed to be in a good mood.

An Ning thought, don't be so embarrassing, and be careful to be hit by stray bullets when you go to the battlefield. I don't want to lose a Le Sheng for nothing. I can't bear this responsibility.

So he turned his head and asked Berthier, "Do you remember which unit Ludwig is in?"

"Of course I remember." Berthier raised his finger and pointed to his head, "I remember all the important information."

"That's good." An Ning nodded.

**
At this time, Sedang.

After the soil work was carried out to a certain extent, the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces began to besiege the fortress again.

They tried to use ladders to climb out of the ditch in front of the fortress walls, but were massacred by the French on the fortress.

Looking at all this, Napoleon frowned: "Damn the Prussians, they intend to let a large number of corpses pile up in the trenches, causing the outbreak of the plague."

Napoleon's chief of staff looked suspicious: "Isn't this a waste of troops? How can you sacrifice your own soldiers so easily?"

"This is the general practice of noble lords." When Napoleon said this, he obviously forgot that he was also a "noble lord."

As he spoke, he turned the binoculars and looked at the other side of the fortress. According to the Austrians who had defected to the fortress before, the Archduke Karl of Austria was in charge of this side.

"On the contrary, Archduke Karl's command here is quite methodical, and he didn't easily consume his own troops. His command looks like a real nobleman."

The chief of staff couldn't help complaining: "A real noble? He is the younger brother of the Austrian emperor, and his title is higher than that of a Prussian commander."

Napoleon: "I'm talking about real nobles, do you understand? The emphasis is on the word 'real'. The commander of the Prussian army seems to be a mediocre man, just a waste who has been sheltered by his ancestors. And Grand Duke Karl, look It looks real.

"So we should put our main energy on the side facing Grand Duke Karl."

As soon as the words fell, Napoleon saw some carts full of dirt appearing in the form of the Austrian army commanded by Archduke Karl.

Napoleon: "Big cart? What is he going to do?"

As soon as the words fell, the Austrian soldiers pushed the cart along with the soil into the ditch.One car after another, and soon a tall mound appeared in the trench.

Napoleon: "My God, he's going to fill up the trench with dirt."

Although Sedan Fortress is solidly fortified, it is not without weaknesses.

The narrowness of the trenches is one of Sedan's weaknesses.

If part of the trench was filled, the Austrians could directly attack the walls of the fortress.

The walls of the fortress are not too high, because the walls of modern fortresses are built short and solid to prevent shelling.

Such a wall, with the cooperation of trenches, can still be regarded as an impenetrable barrier.

The trenches were filled in, which in disguise was equivalent to shortening the walls of the fortress.

Of course Napoleon knew this very well. He was an artilleryman, and artillerymen had to study military engineering when they were in school.

So he is very familiar with the structure of the fortress.

Napoleon: "The barrage on the left is too thin, what are the gunners doing?"

"Stop the Austrians pouring sand into the ditches!"

After speaking, Napoleon ran on the city wall, and quickly rushed to the place where the Austrians filled the soil. He personally turned the muzzle of a cannon to aim, and then shouted to the soldiers: "Reload! Hurry up, you pig!"

After loading, Napoleon grabbed the torch and lit the cannon himself.

There was a roar, and Napoleon didn't look at the point of impact at all-at this time, the artillery did not need to correct the firing, because it was meaningless, and the point of impact was random anyway.

"Reload!" Napoleon yelled again hastily.

Napoleon's actions on this emplacement also affected the surrounding emplacements, and everyone was working hard to reload, constantly throwing shells at the Austrian soil work area.

Just as they were flying, Napoleon suddenly saw the handsome Austrian flag approaching. A thin Austrian general was riding on a tall maroon horse, observing the French army's position with binoculars.

Napoleon also handed over the torch to the artillerymen next to him, and picked up the binoculars to observe the Austrian general again.

He saw that the general was wearing a white military uniform with a Grand Cross clearly visible from such a distance, and a red, white and red ribbon, which represented his royal status.

Napoleon: "It looks very thin, it doesn't look like a fierce man who can fight."

**
Napoleon was also seen in Archduke Karl's telescope.

"The military uniform is very casual, short and energetic. Is this the red man under Frost?" He muttered.

One of the noble officers next to him said: "It is said that he comes from the backcountry of Corsica, where birds do not lay eggs. Although he looks ugly, he is still a nobleman. I don't know how Frost, who was born as a commoner, got mixed up with him."

Another person said contemptuously, "Maybe by licking the ass..."

The nobles laughed rudely, completely out of touch with elegance.

Grand Duke Karl frowned slightly.

The people of insight in the Austrian army especially hate these useless dudes in the army.

Archduke Karl is one of them, even though he himself is the biggest playboy.

Grand Duke Karl ignored the ridicule of the people around him, and looked at Napoleon carefully.

This year Napoleon was 24 years old, and Archduke Karl was 22 years old. Both of them were at an age when the future was more than the past.

(End of this chapter)