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Chapter 490 The Emperor's Sugar-Coated Cannonball (Second Update, please subscribe)
"Victory! The South China Army defeated the [-] Prussian Army in Rouen!"

"Bismarck went to see the Emperor of Nanhua and asked for peace!"

Even on the streets of Paris, the newspaper sellers shouted for him there, and they waved the newspapers in their hands to tell the news of victory to the citizens in the city.For ordinary citizens, the news of victory is certainly important, but what is more important?
The news in the newspaper, of course.

"For the sake of peace, and for the lives of the two million people besieged in Paris, after negotiations, Prime Minister Bismarck agreed to enter Paris with a train loaded with food! The Emperor Nanhua personally escorted him!"

On September 9, the vanguard of the German army occupied the suburbs of Paris. On the 15th, the last train left Paris, and the railway was cut off the next day.The Prussian army completely surrounded the French capital - Paris.It was the first siege in history of the large city of 18 million people, whose population grew to 150 million due to the influx of refugees.

However, the Prussian army did not dare to storm Paris, and they had good reasons: first, the number of troops stationed in the city was close to 35, while the number of German siege troops did not exceed 12; second, the Prussian army had only 622 artillery pieces under the city of Paris , while the defenders were equipped with 2627 artillery pieces.In the history of world wars, it is rare to find such a huge numerical advantage over the attacker that the besieged side has.

Although most of the troops defending Paris were newly conscripted National Defense Forces, the strong bastion walls and protective walls still provided a good defense for this heart-shaped city.

But for ordinary Parisians, and the hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into the city, food is more their concern—food!
Although the siege has been less than a month, the food in Paris has nearly doubled, and many ordinary people have fallen into a half-starved situation.

Parisians need bread!
If there is no more bread, there may be a revolution waiting there.

In fact, many revolutions in Paris were caused by bread.For, after all, for the vast majority of ordinary Parisians, what they care about is not a republic at all, what an emperor, what they care about is just bread.

All they need is bread!
"Let us give peace a chance! Mr. Bismarck, for the 200 million hungry citizens in Paris, I beg you to allow us to send food donated by Nanhua into the city!"

During the talks with Bismarck, Zhu Xianhai made this request, and Bismarck agreed!
In fact, there is not much food, but only 2000 tons, on average for each citizen, but only... 1 kg!

But it was enough to excite and cheer every Parisian, rich or poor, republican, royalist or Bonapartist, who were there to praise the benevolence of the Emperor of Nanhua.

Overnight, no, it should be said that with Nanhua's victories again and again, the famous name of Nanhua Emperor has been sung by Parisians and French people.

The glorious history of France belongs to Napoleon, but their Emperor Napoleon III is not up to date!
Fortunately, they also have a Napoleon... son-in-law.

Well, it can be considered half French!
France can only be victorious if led by foreigners and women!

Regardless of whether this is a joke or not, it is not good news for Emperor Napoleon III who is on the front line. He straightly refused.

"You must be clear that the Prussian army is outside the fortress now. As the emperor, I must defend my country and Paris. The emperor cannot give up his duties!"

After such a righteous answer, Napoleon III, who became the protector of Paris, directly handed over the task of receiving the arrival of the Emperor of Nanhua, his niece and son-in-law, to the Queen.

"Damn it, are they trying to use me as his apology?"

The reason why Napoleon III was unwilling to meet Zhu Xianhai was, to put it bluntly, because of face. How could an emperor who had been defeated repeatedly stand in front of an emperor who was victorious in all battles?
When they were standing together, he Napoleon was simply a bum!At that time, it will only intensify the dissatisfaction of the Parisians with him!

"Your Majesty, what you need now is a victory! On the battlefield and in diplomacy!"

Count Alexander Waniewski was not only the foreign minister of the empire, he was actually the emperor's cousin, the illegitimate son of his Napoleon I and Countess Valevskaya of Poland.

As his own family, Alexander certainly understood the crisis the emperor was facing now.Now that the emperor's reputation had been badly shaken by defeat, he needed a series of victories.

Only a series of victories can allow the emperor to keep his throne, and of course his own personal glory and wealth.

"Victory on the battlefield? Alexander, don't you know our situation? Although we have [-] troops in Paris, the vast majority are National Guards, Gendarmerie, Police, Customs Officers, Foresters, Security Guards and other paramilitary personnel. They are so poorly trained and experienced that they don't know what to do and how to do it. To defend Paris with them, maybe, but to beat the Prussians, it's..."

It was like a dream, a dream that Napoleon III didn't even dare to do!

After all, the dream is too beautiful to believe!

"Unless, with them, but, Alexander, even if the time comes, McMahon will defeat the Prussians with him, but, from the outside world, the victory still belongs to him and has nothing to do with me!"

When the Emperor's words fell, Count Alexander Vanevsky said.

"It doesn't work on the battlefield, so let's do it diplomatically! Everyone in the world is paying attention to him, but this is France! Bismarck and the others must know this very well. Your Majesty, if you agree, I am willing to visit Mr. Bismarck. I think Now he knows better than anyone that the war must end in Prussia's defeat!"

"Go see Bismarck!"

Napoleon III looked at Count Alexander Vanevsky and said,
"Is it a peace talk? We must make the Prussians pay for their atrocities. God can testify that we will launch a new counterattack in half a year at the latest. At that time, we will fight all the way to Berlin! Alexander, my brother, You go tell Bismarck that this is their only chance to end the war!"

A few hours later, when Count Alexander Vanevsky left Paris in a carriage along the front line of the battle between the two armies, in the other direction, a train was slowly passing the front line of the battle between the two armies and entered Paris , This train is not only full of food aid from Nanhua, but Zhu Xianhai is also sitting on the train, and his heart is full of expectations for visiting Paris.

Looking at the approaching Paris city walls, Zhu Xianhai said to himself in his heart.

"This Paris, there is no Eiffel Tower, no..."

But despite the absence of the Eiffel Tower, Paris in this era is still the most prestigious city in Europe, and now the city has opened its doors to him...

(End of this chapter)