I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 401: Non-professional "Player" (Please read)
Said asked someone to fetch a map and looked at it. He said to Agold, "Order the vanguard to reach Tamilai before this afternoon. Rest there for a day, and the whole army will attack Cape Serat the day after tomorrow."

Cape Serat is the only town on the west side of Bizerte. According to intelligence, there should be three to four thousand Tunisian troops stationed there. After occupying Cape Serat, it will be a smooth journey to the port of Bizerte.

The black officer bowed and accepted the order, and quickly conveyed the order from the commander of the Moroccan Guards.

……

Ney hummed the country songs of the Saarland along with the soldiers - these soldiers had only trained for less than four months and only knew these songs - and estimated in his mind how long it would take to reach Tamirai.

At this moment, his company commander came galloping towards him on horseback, shouting: "The Moroccans have been spotted, less than 4 kilometers away from Tamirai!"

They were seriously short of cavalry, so the only way for them to do reconnaissance was to have company commanders and other officers who could ride horses act as hussars.

Ney's heart tightened when he heard this. It seemed that he would arrive at Tamilai later than the enemy.

This will turn into an offensive battle.

He hurriedly asked the company commander: "How many enemy troops are there?"

"At least two thousand, or three thousand."

Ney frowned even more. He didn't even have a thousand soldiers. He might be able to defend Tamilei, but it would be difficult to win if he attacked.

Are we going to retreat to Cape Serat?
He turned his head and looked behind him, as he would surely be laughed at by the nobles if he did so.

He gritted his teeth and shouted to the soldiers: "Speed ​​up the march! We must show those nobles who is the real warrior!"

The soldiers immediately cheered, "Let the nobles have a look!"

"Victory belongs to us!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

Most of these people were farmers who had bought land. After hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was calling on civilians to join the army, they all actively signed up as long as they had spare labor at home.

They originally just wanted to repay His Majesty the King for fulfilling their dream of acquiring land, but after learning about France's current military policy, they realized that they could also be promoted to officers through military merit. And if they made meritorious service, they would have a worry-free life for the rest of their lives.

So although the training level of this "rookie" army is limited, their morale is extremely high.

This is the fundamental reason why Joseph carried out land distribution despite huge resistance. Only by enhancing the sense of identity of the vast majority of the lower-class people in France towards the country can the power of this country be truly exerted.

The population of France during the reign of Emperor Nazianzuela was not much larger than it is now, yet he could easily mobilize an army of 60. But now France cannot even mobilize 16 troops. This is because the French Revolution greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the people and completed the awakening of national consciousness. National affairs are no longer just the obligations of the nobles, but something that every French person cares about.

If France could mobilize 60 troops now and ensure logistical supplies, it would be able to sweep across the European continent immediately.

You know, now Britain, Austria and Prussia together can only recruit more than 40 troops, which is totally not enough.

Of course, land policy alone is not enough to make the French people have absolute national identity, but it is already a very big step forward.

Ney watched the soldiers' pace quicken significantly, shouted to encourage morale, and kept reminding officers to pay attention to the soldiers who were falling behind.

Two kilometers away, Victor Moreau also received reports of Moroccans approaching Tamiray.

He looked at the messenger sent by Ney: "How far are your people from Tamilai?"

"More than 6 kilometers, Lieutenant." Victor Moreau frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "I remember that Tamirai still has 300 Tunisian soldiers?"

"Yes, Lieutenant."

Moro nodded and said, "That's good. Order them to move forward to the west side of the town to set up a defense line and do their best to delay the Moroccans."

"Yes!" The messenger responded subconsciously, but immediately reacted, "But, sir, you have no right to mobilize them..."

"Just say it's General Scherer's authorization. The document will be given to them after the battle."

"This……"

"Don't delay, or Tamirai will be lost!"

The messenger was startled and quickly straightened his chest and said, "Yes, Lieutenant!"

Watching the messenger's back as he rode away, Victor Moreau's staff officer whispered, "Lieutenant, you will be court-martialed for this."

"As long as we can keep Tamirai alive, we will only get medals." Victor Moreau smiled. "Even if something goes wrong, it will be Lieutenant Ney who will be court-martialed. It was his people who lied about having the general's authorization."

"..."

Ney sneezed loudly and rubbed his nose, but suddenly he heard what seemed to be gunshots coming from the west, and his heart suddenly tightened.

He looked at the formation that had been completely messed up by the rapid march, and loudly ordered the troops to regroup and continue advancing in four rows in a column.

It was less than half a kilometer from Tamirai, and the gunfire was most likely caused by Moroccans looting the town.

"We will teach those pagans a profound lesson..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a company commander who went out for reconnaissance report: "Lieutenant, the Tunisian border guards are fighting with the Moroccans. But they seem to be unable to hold on."

Ney's eyes widened immediately. According to his guess, the hundreds of Tunisian soldiers should have escaped long ago. He had heard rumors about the Tunisian army in his country, saying that they couldn't even form a good formation and were almost vulnerable.

In fact, he didn't know that the Tunisian soldiers were used as elite troops by Lafayette in India...

"Quick! Send reinforcements immediately!"

Ney shouted loudly and took the lead to rush to Tamirai with the first and second companies which were already lined up in an orderly manner.

One third of the two companies were soldiers he brought from Sarr, and their abilities were much stronger than the others. He had originally planned to take them to enroll in military academies - civilians could attend military academies with free tuition, accommodation and meals - but Sarr did not have a military academy, and those military academies in other places that accepted civilians had already passed the enrollment season.

Finally, he decided to go to North Africa to develop his career at the suggestion of a relative who joined the Guards Corps. Along the way, many civilians who planned to go to North Africa to fight learned that he was an officer and took the initiative to follow him. The team expanded to as many as 8 companies...

The vanguard of the Moroccan Guards had not expected to encounter any resistance, and their scouts reported that Tamirat's defenders had all left.

So when the Tunisian soldiers hiding outside the city of Tamira suddenly opened fire on them, they were temporarily thrown into chaos.

The Moroccan Guards, who were all black, quickly stabilized their position and launched a counterattack. However, just as they were beating more than 300 Tunisian soldiers back and forth and were about to collapse, a thin line of soldiers in white uniforms appeared in their sight.

(End of this chapter)