King's Landing in France

Chapter 365 Carl's Problem

An Ning put down the binoculars and sighed: "It's over. Originally, we wanted to take Vienna ahead of schedule, but the enemy we fought was in chaos. Seeing our army's plan to flee. Now that the enemy has not escaped, and has begun to organize defenses, Vienna probably won't be able to take it down." gone."

Napoleon reassured: "It's okay, this time it's not your banner, it's mine. If you lose, I lose. You are still the undefeated French God of War."

"That's the problem!" An Ning shook her head. She originally wanted to add officials to Napoleon, but now she can't.

Then at this moment, Murat led a small group of cavalry and rushed along the road. Before reaching An Ning, he shouted: "Hey! Your Excellency! See what I caught?"

An Ning and Napoleon looked over together, and then noticed that in addition to the rider, one of the horses in the horse team carried a man with his hands tied.

An Ning recognized it for a long time, but she didn't recognize who it was, so she asked suspiciously, "Who did you catch?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire!" Murat said happily, "How about it, did you give the cavalry food for nothing?"

Because horses can carry part of the rations of the cavalry, the food supply situation of the cavalry is much better than that of the infantry. In addition to plundering the pasture in the farms near the city, the overall supply situation of the cavalry is better than that of the infantry.

An Ning was overjoyed: "Really? You caught Emperor Shinra? That Franz? Are you sure it's him?"

"I'm sure, my large army is pressing the fleeing carriage to this side, and there are Franz's queen and children in it. In addition, I also seized this!"

Murat took a scepter from his saddlebag: "Look! The scepter of the Emperor!"

An Ning laughed loudly, clapping her hands while laughing and walked towards Murat, took a look at the scepter, and then her eyes fell on the downcast Franz II.

"Why are you still tied up His Majesty? Quickly untie Your Majesty!"

Murat's cavalry immediately untied Franz from his horse in a hurry, and then pushed him behind his back, causing him to stumble towards An Ning.

An Ning: "Your Majesty, hurry up and give an order to make Vienna stop resisting, so as not to increase casualties in vain."

Franz was shocked: "What? Vienna is still resisting?"

An Ning was also shocked: "Yes, you don't know?"

Franz had an unbelievable expression: "Why are you still resisting? They are all a group of mobsters! The palace guards can run faster than me!"

An Ning: "Then what are we fighting for?"

Napoleon: "We seem to be fighting a motley army. If we had guns and supplies, we would have taken it all at once."

An Ning: "It seems so. No matter, you are already here, Your Majesty, I think you can sign this surrender document. Of course we will give you something decent, don't call him a surrender document, Berthier, go prepare immediately document."

Berthier nodded: "Okay, wait a minute."

Moments later, the instrument of surrender—no, the armistice was done.

Franz's hands trembled after reading the agreement: "You call this an armistice? Do you want me to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire and recognize the independence of all the princes of the empire?"

An Ning: "Yes, do you have any comments?"

"Me!" Franz was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Napoleon put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and immediately withered, "I... have no objection."

At this time, Murat's main force came with a carriage, and it seemed that this was the carriage that Franz II fled from.

Probably the Queen's woman opened the door and jumped out of the carriage, about to run towards Franz, but was stopped by the guard's bayonet.

Franz glanced at the queen, picked up the pen tremblingly, and signed the agreement.

An Ning smiled with satisfaction, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we will treat you and your family well. But we have to wait until we enter the city, because we have no food right now. Even I am hungry."

Hearing what An Ning said, Franz was even more frustrated: "I didn't know that you were already at the end of your battle, I... I don't know! It's not my fault!"

An Ning laughed out loud.

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Karl was inspecting the front line of the city defense when he suddenly saw a French officer coming with a white flag.

When the officer arrived in front of the Austrians, he took out a scepter and held it up high: "Look, this is the scepter of Emperor Franz II! Your emperor has signed the armistice agreement, and the war is over!"

Grand Duke Karl closed his eyes: "Damn it, run away, why are you still caught..."

At this time, the Imperial Prime Minister Wilm stepped forward: "Actually, there is another way, that is, you inherit the throne and tell the French that he is no longer the emperor before signing the treaty."

Carl: "No, I can't take my brother's throne. He is still the Emperor of the Empire."

"Your Highness!" Wilm raised his voice, "For Austria! Look around, the whole of Vienna will admit that you, who led us until the end, are the king of Austria! Long live Your Majesty Karl!"

The surrounding Austrians, from soldiers to ordinary citizens, shouted together: "Long live His Majesty Karl!"

"Long live!"

The sudden long live made the French officer waiting in front of the battle stunned: "What long live? Didn't you hear what I said..."

Grand Duke Karl scolded angrily: "I will not take my brother's throne, no! Even for Austria, there is a better way!"

Wilm: "What way?"

Grand Duke Karl slowly took off the ribbon on his body, which was his proof of being a royal family member, and he threw the ribbon on the ground.

"If you insist on depriving my brother of the throne, you can only do so. Long live the Republic of Austria!"

The others looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they couldn't accept this change for a while.

Archduke Karl shouted again: "Long live the Austrian Republic!"

Everyone still looked at each other in blank dismay.

Carl sighed: "Then there is no way, surrender, follow my brother's order."

As soon as these words came out, some soldiers immediately became reluctant: "We still want to welcome back the person who abandoned us? No, I don't accept this!"

"Yes, we don't accept it!"

"What you just said, we have a chance of winning! We can break the myth that the French army is invincible!"

"Please lead us, Your Highness!"

Carl looked troubled.

Wilm picked up the ribbon on the ground, patted the dust on it, and slowly put it back on Carl.

“You can launch incremental reforms and it looks like the changes are too big for people to accept.

"In order for gradual reforms to be carried out, you cannot surrender today. Only by leading everyone to resist the French army can you accumulate enough reputation for your reforms.

"It would be a violation of your brother's orders not to surrender."

Grand Duke Karl raised his forehead: "How did things become like this... How did things become like this?"

However, at this time, an unexpected change happened again.

(End of this chapter)