King's Landing in France

Chapter 49 "Little Followers"

Napoleon nodded: "You and I want to go together. What Corsica needs is not a sergeant, but a real officer. Then what subjects do you think I should study?"

An Ning said firmly, "Artillery! Your math scores are so good, it would be a waste not to learn artillery."

"You really said that." Napoleon said with a smug expression, "I knew you would suggest that! What about you, will you also enter the military academy?"

An Ning: "Of course I will, and I will also study artillery."

An Ning did this not only because he wanted to get closer to Napoleon, but also because he had another consideration: artillery safety.The main target of the artillery in this era is not the artillery on the opposite side, because the accuracy of the artillery in this era is too poor, and the hit rate of the enemy's artillery as the target must be impressive.

Therefore, in the war, the artillery of both sides will bombard the enemy's infantry as the first target, and the artillery does not need to charge, so being an artillery is safer than other arms.

An Ning was afraid of death, so he didn't want to join the infantry. The infantry officers had to stand in the first row and lead the charge.

And the officer is the first target of the opponent's skirmishers and hunters.

An Ning didn't want to be a magnet for bullets on the battlefield.

So being an artilleryman is good, safe, and suitable for people like An Ning who want to fish on the battlefield in the future.

But An Ning couldn't tell the truth.

So he impassionedly said to Napoleon: "Artillery is the decisive arm of the future, and can even determine the victory or defeat of a battle! So of course I want to be an artillery officer, which has a much greater impact on the war than those infantry officers who lead the charge.

"Infantry officer, even if you can smash down a line on the opposite side in one go, there are countless lines behind, and it doesn't change the whole battlefield."

Even the British lobster soldiers playing the "thin red line" in this era will certainly not let the entire front have only one layer, and there will definitely be backup line infantry behind them.

Like the Russian army, they would put "animals" all over the mountains and plains. It was useless to break through the first line, and they came up with bayonets behind them.

So what An Ning said was all to excuse her fear of death.

Napoleon heard another meaning: "The outcome of the war is too true, we will become the ones who can dominate the outcome of the war!"

Then Napoleon suddenly sighed: "Hey, it's a pity that you are not from Corsica, otherwise I really want to invite you to join the cause of the liberation of Corsica!"

An Ning complained in her heart: Don't worry about your cause of the liberation of Corsica anymore, what's there to worry about on that broken island, it's all mountains.

But on the surface, An Ning said seriously: "Independence is a rare thing that can only be obtained through self-struggle. Independence bestowed by others cannot last long after all."

Historically, Napoleon had been thinking about the independence of Corsica after the Great Revolution, and even returned to his hometown to launch riots like the Parisians captured the Bastille, but he always failed.

Later, he broke with Corsica's national hero Pauli, was stabbed in the back, and finally gave up the dream of Corsica's independence. He left Corsica with his mother and accepted his fate to be a Frenchman.

It seems that although An Ning has gained a very high status in Napoleon's heart, it still cannot make him give up this long-standing ideal.

He has to be beaten by reality to change.

Not long after the conversation between An Ning and Napoleon, Napoleon was recommended by the Paris Military Academy because of his excellent grades, and he was going to Paris to study artillery.

And An Ning himself wrote to the Duke of Orleans, and through the recommendation of the Duke of Orleans, he obtained the admission qualifications for the Paris Military Academy.

Napoleon offered to set off for Paris with An Ning: he wanted to save the fare to Paris.

This is what Napoleon said to An Ning: "Fortunately, I have the carriage of your best friend, otherwise I can only go to Paris on foot."

On the surface, An Ning laughed at this as a joke, but in fact he knew that Napoleon would really do this. After all, according to Napoleon's biography, Napoleon walked more than half of the distance when he went to the army.

Yes, this fellow walked across most of France because he was poor.

In addition, An Ning didn't actually pay the fare himself. In fact, he took Christina's carriage.

Christina also graduated from Brienne. Unlike the non-commissioned officers who only had the rank of sergeant after graduation, she directly obtained the rank of lieutenant and was assigned to the garrison of the Palace of Versailles with other noble ladies, becoming the queen's royal guard.

Yes, the queen really has a garrison of poor noble ladies, and the ladies of this army are all officers.

It is said that it was because the queen felt that the uniforms of officers were more beautiful and in line with her own aesthetics.

Because of this, the Versailles court had to pay an entire army of female knights as officers, plus the daily maintenance of their horses was another huge expense.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being the deficit queen.

One day in May 1785, An Ning and Napoleon boarded Christina's carriage together and embarked on a journey to Paris.

Fanny rode in another carriage with Christina's personal servant.

When the carriage started to move forward, Christina leaned against the window, looking sadly at the manor outside: "This is the end, these five years have passed in the blink of an eye."

An Ning: "Are you reluctant?"

"It's a little bit." Christina sighed, "This is the most free five years I have lived since I was born. Every day is full and happy."

An Ning: "You have gained freedom and happiness for at least five years. This is the result of your life and death on the battlefield."

Christina smiled: "You helped me get it. It's not me who was born and died, but you."

An Ning: "I didn't do anything... I just ran away behind your back."

"You also defeated the robbers who came to rob, have you forgotten?"

"It's just a robber." An Ning shrugged.

Christina said again: "Alexandra is obsessed with this story, and the story of you and the two generations of the Marquis's descendants dueling. She has always wanted to see your heroism with her own eyes, but you haven't dueled anyone for five years. "

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Alexandra is that lady who likes to wear blue dresses? The one with big breasts?"

"Yes, the flaxen haired one. She was so excited to come back after dancing with you, and said you were staring at her breasts, and she was waiting for you to continue to invite her that night, leaving everyone else's invitations behind." Pushed it off."

An Ning was shocked, there is such a thing?He recalled that he and Alexandra had only danced together once, and stepped on other people's feet several times.

An Ning: "Is she actually waiting for me? I thought she was sitting because I stepped on her feet and couldn't walk."

Christina smiled and said, "You really thought so! There was a dance later on, and Alexandra kept expecting you to come again, but you didn't even go."

An Ning: "What am I going to do, step on another lady's feet?"

In fact, if it wasn't that she couldn't dance by herself, An Ning would like to go to the prom every day. The reason is very simple: the evening gowns of young ladies in this era are all low-cut, and even if they don't want to take advantage of it at the prom, they will put it on themselves, which is great.

An Ning is a layman, and he couldn't get rid of vulgar interests.

He originally wanted to learn dancing from Fanny, but Fanny gave up after dancing a few times: "You almost broke my foot, how can I work then!"

So five years have passed, and An Ning has not mastered dancing skills proficiently.

This is not like his swordsmanship. As Briena's cadet, An Ning has received complete swordsmanship training. Now he has learned a variety of attacking techniques with swords. He is no longer the one who can only rely on the system to defend against counterattacks Veggie.

It may be precisely because An Ning has made great progress in swordsmanship that none of the cadets who received swordsmanship training with him dared to challenge him to a duel.

Not only that, but they also developed the habit of avoiding An Ning when they saw gloves in her hands.

Christina didn't know this. She looked at An Ning with a half-smile and asked, "What do you think of Alexandra? If you write to her, she will be very happy."

An Ning recalled the appearance of Alexandra, and then found that he couldn't think of anything except the strong chest muscles, and he couldn't even remember the girl's appearance clearly.

Christina sighed: "Looking at you like this, I really can't remember, poor Alexandra, falling in love with such a heartless person."

At this time, Napoleon, who had been silently looking out the window, suddenly said: "Andy is not a heartless person, he just has great ambitions. I'm afraid you can't imagine how grand his vision is."

Christina smiled and glanced at Napoleon: "It seems that your little follower admires you very much."

An Ning was shocked, how could you call the future Emperor His Majesty a little follower!Obviously I am his follower, okay?
But Napoleon was not angry at all. He said seriously: "It seems that it is true, but Andy and I are like-minded comrades. I even wanted to invite him to join the cause of Corsican independence, but he told me that independence You can't rely on others, you have to fight for yourself."

—Just say forget about your Corsican independence!

An Ning said with a smile: "Napoleon was a Corsican independence fan. He dreamed of taking his hometown out of France."

Napoleon frowned: "It's not crossing out. Corsica has never been a part of France, so it doesn't matter. It should be said that things should be restored to their original state."

Christina asked suspiciously: "But as far as I know, Mr. Bonaparte, you are a French nobleman certified by the Civil Service Bureau."

Napoleon looked a little embarrassed for a while: "That... that is a stopgap measure. For Corsica's independence, I have to learn from the enemy's strengths."

Christina smiled: "That's right, Andy, your little follower is very cute."

An Ning wanted to help her forehead.

May the future Emperor of France forget the little usurpation of the daughter of the Duke of Orléans...

(End of this chapter)