King's Landing in France

Chapter 340 Strong Red and Blue Allied Forces
Italy at this time.

Davout rode on a tall horse and observed the Austrian front with a telescope. The reflection of his bald head was brighter than the snow beside him.

"Why are they so few?" Davout muttered.

Davout's staff officer hesitated and said: "General, we have 8 Austrian troops in front of us, which is comparable to ours, and half of our troops are Italians."

Davout looked at the staff officer suspiciously: "Is this not enough? Don't say there are [-] Italians, give me [-] French troops and I can fight [-] of them. Our troops are all brave and good at fighting, and the Austrians are just a group of nobles. It's just a pig that the officers drove together."

The chief of staff hesitated to speak, and changed the subject: "The Italian army seems to be not very satisfied with our arrangement for them to flank."

Davout: "I can understand the enthusiasm of the Italians. But the battle in front of me may determine the situation in northern Italy in the next few years. It is impossible for me to hand over the Chinese army to them."

An Ning probably couldn't imagine how much Italy has changed since he left Italy almost two years ago.

The cash voucher that An Ning made in Italy to collect money back then gradually became a widely accepted currency in circulation throughout northern Italy following the successive military victories of Davout and Massena.

Not only the Republic of Milan established by An Ning in Milan accepted this thing, but also regions such as Veneto, Friuli, and Venice to the east of the Republic also widely accepted this thing, and now even the Kingdom of Sardinia, which is at war with the French army, has gradually accepted this thing.

Because too many regions accept it, the demand for this thing keeps rising, and the result is deflation.

In order to prevent the currency value of vouchers from plummeting in Italy, An Ning set a very rigid voucher issuance ratio, and issued vouchers according to the ratio of actual deposits.

Then, after the officials in charge of implementing this communicated with the high-level officials of the Republic, they quietly supersented it.

Gradually the vouchers became widely accepted banknotes in northern Italy.

An Ning naturally made a lot of money. The workshops and commercial banks he supported and invested in Italy received a lot of interest-free or even low-interest loans, turning the dividends of controlling the right to issue coins into real income.

But the wonderful thing about this matter is that not only An Ning has made a lot of money.

Because of the unified banknotes and the accompanying establishment of a complete set of primary financial systems, the currency exchange problem that had plagued merchants in North Italy for a long time was solved at once, the economy of the entire North Italy was revitalized, and business prospered.

In just two years, the per capita income in northern Italy has generally increased, and everyone is smiling.

Then this change all started when Andy Frost led the French army to beat the Austrians away and establish an autonomous republic.

In addition, after An Ning established the Republic of Milan, he creatively decided not to collect taxes and gave the Republic complete tax freedom. It seems that he really came to do charity.

In the original time and space, the Italians regarded France as an invader, but this time and space does not have such a thing.

Italians generally regard the French army as the righteous men who liberated them and helped them fight against the evil Shinra.

In addition, after the establishment of the Republic, Italian nationalists widely promoted the set that came from France, and Italian nationalism awakened. As a result, more and more Italians were willing to join the Sequoia Army to fight against Shinra.

Moreover, these Sequoia troops are as determined to fight as the French army. After all, they are all national-state troops and know why they are fighting.

Davout looked down on the Italian army at first, but after so many battles, he also began to trust the flanks to the Sequoia Army.

Now the Redwoods even want to be the main attacker.

An Ning probably never thought that he had just changed to a covert way of making money at first, but inadvertently planted a loyal ally in northern Italy.

Moreover, this ally also vaguely intends to expand. Now Venice is all looking forward to the French army and the army of the Republic of Milan. It is very likely that once the red and blue sky soldiers arrive, they will immediately reverse the meaning.

According to Davout's estimate, after today's decisive battle with the Austrians came to an end, it was almost time for Venice to raise the flag of rebellion. It was only a matter of time before Austria's rule in northern Italy was completely ended.

Davout: "Artillery, start firing."

The chief of staff nodded, and immediately instructed the bannermen to issue a signal.

The roar of the cannon announced the official start of the battle that will determine the fate of the entire northern Italy.

At this moment, a messenger flew up to Davout, holding a small flag, shouting "Urgent report from General Massena", and then saluted and stretched out his hand: "General, urgent report from General Massena!" report."

Davout murmured, "This Masséna won't give me trouble, will he?"

He took the letter and tore it directly from one side, ignoring the sealing wax at all, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, read it quickly, and then burst out laughing.

The chief of staff asked suspiciously: "Why is the general laughing?"

"The kingdom of Sardinia has surrendered, and the Sardinians themselves have captured the king. The republic is about to be established, and the army of the kingdom of Sardinia has also defected. The main force of Masséna is marching towards us in a hurry."

As he spoke, Davout took out a sticky note, quickly wrote a note, and handed it to the messenger: "Turn back the same way immediately, and give this to General Masséna."

The messenger saluted again, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped away.

Chief of Staff: "What did you write?"

"I asked him to turn to the north. The Pope's state has been uneasy recently. It is said that several divisions have been mobilized. Let Masséna let him live in peace."

After Davout finished speaking, he turned his attention to the battle in front of him, and then he immediately called out: "What are the Italians doing? Why are they going so far?"

At this time, the songs sung by the Italians came from their left wing.

Davout was temporarily silent when he heard the singing, because he had heard General Frost hum this song.

It is said that it was a rewritten song based on an Italian folk song.

But Davout has been in Italy for more than two years, and he has never heard a folk song with this melody. Only Italian revolutionaries can sing this song.

After a while, Davout ordered: "We can't lose to the Italians either, order all French troops to move forward."

Chief of Staff: "Advance? Do you want to abandon the original tactics?"

"Yes, tactics must be changed in real time according to the situation on the battlefield. If we don't advance now, won't we expose the flanks of the Italians? Don't worry, the Austrians are just a group of pigs who were driven together by the officer. We charge with bayonets." Go up, and they're finished!

"Let the troops advance, and then sing, sing Roman eulogy, louder than the Italians! Must be louder than them!"

(End of this chapter)