I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 405: Counterattack (100 million words, please vote!)

As for other officers and soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in the battle, Joseph also gave them corresponding rewards without hesitation.

After handing over all the documents to the official responsible for delivering confidential letters, Joseph asked Emand to call Denico, the general manager of Paris Business Daily.

This great victory at Tamirai, in addition to stabilizing the situation in northwestern Tunisia and allowing him to gain two highly capable officers, also had very important propaganda significance.

Only two months had passed since Joseph had called on the nobles to "fight like warriors on the battlefield for His Majesty the King and for France" at the Palace of Versailles, and Moreau had led a thousand young nobles to achieve outstanding results and received generous rewards. This matter must be publicized to attract more nobles to join the army.

As for Ney, as a commoner from a cooper's family, he can be granted territory and will have a corresponding title after owning the territory, which will also be a great encouragement to the common people.

It can be predicted that France's ability to mobilize troops will far exceed that of other European powers in the future, and morale will be directly raised to a very high level.

Of course, with France's current financial situation, it can only support an army of about 15 at most, and there are many old-style troops among them.

However, as the war situation in India develops in a direction favorable to Mysore, Tunisia should be able to break through soon.

In addition, the coal and iron industries in the Southern Netherlands and Luxembourg will gradually begin production.

By then, the dividends of Tunisia and the Lowlands, where France has long laid out its plans, will truly be reflected, bringing huge benefits to the French treasury.

At the same time, the troops stationed in North Africa and the Southern Netherlands could also return to the country, and there was no need to invest huge military expenditures.

By increasing revenue and cutting expenditure, the financial difficulties will be significantly improved. In a few years, France will be able to develop to a state of "abundant martial virtue" where it can recruit soldiers and fight wars!
More than an hour later, the slightly plump Denico, led by Emmanuel, entered the office of the Tuileries Palace. When he saw Joseph, he bowed and saluted:

"Your Majesty, it has been a long time since I have been summoned by you. I am so excited! May God bless you."

Joseph smiled in return, motioned for him to sit down, and then told him about the great victory of Tamilai, and finally said:

"I need you to take personal responsibility and publicize this matter nationwide."

"Of course that's no problem, Your Highness." Denico bowed and said very skillfully, "I think we can send a few reporters to North Africa to interview Commander Moro, and..."

"Ney, Michel Ney."

"Yes, yes. And General Ney. Oh, and the soldiers under their command. The news was on the front page of the newspapers within a week.

"We can also organize a 'My North African Hero' essay contest, and let citizens submit their works to praise the warriors who have made contributions in the battle. And we can give some bonuses to those who write better works."

"Then find a few well-known writers and have them write serial novels about the battle in Tamilai. By the way, Your Highness, do the two commanders have wives or lovers? You know, people like to read about love affairs."

Joseph looked at the newspaper manager with some surprise. It turned out that the manager had mastered all his publicity skills so well that there was nothing left for him to add.

"They don't seem to be married yet..."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered the "scammer" whom Moreau married in history - Millie Oluo. This woman was extremely ambitious and power-hungry. After marrying Moreau, she used his fame to flirt with foreign forces and participated in the royalist coup.

After the coup failed, she ran to the Russian Tsar - Russia had joined the anti-French alliance at that time - and colluded with the famous French traitor Bernadotte to trick Moreau into going to Russia and becoming an enemy of the Emperor.

Because of this woman's involvement, Moreau was unable to gain the full trust of Emperor Napoleon and eventually had to go into exile in the United States, missing many opportunities to make achievements on the battlefield.

Joseph recalled Moreau's life, and it seemed that he got married in his 30s. In other words, he had plenty of time to change his fate of being with that scumbag woman. For example, he could introduce a good marriage to him in advance...

After arranging the publicity for the war hero and sending Denico away, Joseph prepared to go to the Palace of Versailles to rehearse the play - he had to fulfill his promise to his mother...

Just as he was about to leave, he saw Berthier rushing over, bowing to him, and then taking out the document commending Moreau, Ney and others:

"Your Highness, regarding your commendation to the North African Legion, there is no problem with the promotion and honors, but this fiefdom...it seems that you wrote the name of the place wrong?"

"Is it written wrong?" Joseph picked up the document he signed and looked at it. "It's correct."

Berthier said somewhat awkwardly: "Your Highness, Tripoli is not French territory..."

Joseph opened the page where Scherer reported on the situation in Tunisia and pushed it in front of him:

“Tripoli has repeatedly invaded Tunisia’s southeastern provinces, looting six tribes and more than 6 towns and villages.

"At the end of last month, Benjiul's 2 troops occupied the town of Remada in southern Taitaouine, resulting in more than 300 casualties there! According to the intelligence agency, he is still mobilizing more troops to prepare for a larger-scale attack.

"In addition, Tripoli pirates also began to rob our merchant ships, and our joint fleet had to rush to the Gulf of Gabes to escort them."

He looked at Berthier and said in a cold tone:
"In the face of such provocation, we will declare war on Tripoli. As for Moro and his people's fiefdom, we just need to conquer it ourselves."

After the failure of the sneak attack by the Moroccan Guards, the most powerful army in North Africa, the situation in Tunisia has become basically clear.

Scherer's main force will be responsible for the defense of northwest Tunisia.

Although this corps was an old-style army, if it was well prepared, leaving 1 people plus 5 local troops in Tunisia would be enough to defend against the Moroccan and Algiers coalition forces of less than 5 people, especially when the latter had just suffered a defeat and their morale was low.

The 5 soldiers separated from Scherer's Legion followed the new force of Moreau and Ney and headed southeast to deal with Tripoli.

Now all France has to do is wait for the British to stop supporting Algiers and other countries, and France can immediately launch a counterattack against Tripoli.

After this, Joseph even prepared to teach Algiers a lesson.

This time, in order to ease the situation in India, the British could only watch their "little brothers" in North Africa getting beaten.

(End of this chapter)