Fox of France

Joseph was awakened by the commander in the bed.

　　 "Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte, Lieutenant Colonel Bonaparte, General Cano asked you to hurry up to the War Department, something went wrong, something went wrong in the South."

　　 "What? Something happened? Something happened in the south?" When Joseph heard this, he suddenly jumped out of the bed like a spring.

　　 He quickly put the military uniform on his body, buckled a hat on his head indiscriminately, and hurriedly followed the messenger out of the door, got on his horse, and ran towards the War Department...

　　 On the road, Joseph kept thinking: "Did Napoleon have an accident? Is it because his own crossing caused the world line to change and Napoleon became a martyr?" After all, things on the battlefield often depend on luck. Napoleon likes to play the lead or something, in case a shell doesn’t have eyes...

　　 Joseph became more and more scared when he thought about it, his hands trembling so much that he could hardly grasp the horse's reins. Fortunately, his residence was not far from the War Department, and in a short while, Joseph was there.

　　 Jumping off the horse, Joseph went directly to Kano's office.

　　 "Lazar, what happened?" Joseph asked as soon as he opened the door.

　　 "Anger is lost." Cano said.

　　 Joseph let out a long sigh, then opened his eyes wide and said: "What? Angers lost? What did Napoleon say?"

"Napoleon did not send the report. The news was sent from the Jacobin Club in Angers." Cano said, "I'm sorry to call you out in the middle of the night. In fact, I was woken up just now. . Take a breather first, let me tell you some things I have learned."

　　 Kano briefly introduced what he knew to Joseph. The basic situation is this:

　　 In the previous days of battle, the army led by Napoleon has been very successful in blocking the rebels' attacks. Just the day before yesterday, Napoleon declared that he had observed that the morale of the enemy had decreased and the intensity of the offensive had also decreased, so he decided to launch a full counterattack. So Napoleon transferred the main force from the city and prepared to counterattack.

　　Who knew that as soon as the main force of the French army was called out, the royal party members in the city immediately launched a rebellion. Part of the National Guard was also infiltrated by the Royal Party, so the Royal Party quickly took control of some key positions in the city, and then under the leadership of the Royal Party, the rebels quickly captured Angers. Napoleon led an army to try to counterattack, but the counterattack was unfavorable and he quickly retreated.

　　 "That's it. If so, it doesn't seem to be the responsibility, at least it's not all Napoleon's." Joseph immediately began to use his brains, and was ready to think of a way to give Napoleon the pot.

"Joseph, anyway, this is also a serious failure. I guess that tomorrow—no, it’s tomorrow morning, Paris will be upset because of it. Maybe I have to be dragged to the parliament to be questioned. But you Don't worry, actually take a closer look. Although the rebels have captured Angers, the whole situation has not deteriorated. On the parliament side, I can withstand it."

　　 "General, this is really..." Joseph said.

　　 "Wrong, I'm still a colonel now." Kano smiled, "It is estimated that I will have to wait for Napoleon to win before I can become a general again. Well, Joseph, let's study the situation together."

　　 "Okay." Joseph said, "I don't know when Napoleon that idiot will send the report."

　　 "Ah, there should be another day." Cano said, "I just don't know how his army lost."

　　……

　　 After daybreak, Kanuo was called to the council to be questioned. It is said that the guy named Gao Lio seized this opportunity and screamed there. What is the suspicion that Napoleon is treason, what is the suspicion that Kano and Napoleon are colluding. In the end, Kano couldn't stand it anymore, and gave this guy a vicious look, and then, the guy suddenly became incontinent!

"But Joseph, you know, some people in the council are in panic. You also know how difficult it is to discuss issues rationally with these irrational guys. So in the end, they passed a resolution to go A special commissioner was sent from Napoleon's army."

　　 This result was actually in Joseph's expectation, and Joseph asked: "Who are they going to send?"

"In the beginning, I wanted to get Senator Saint-Just. Although he was young, he had the courage and was willing to learn. He would not interfere with things he didn't understand. He had performed such tasks several times. The cooperation with the chief military officer is good. Unfortunately, the form of Paris is very subtle these days, so he can’t leave. So we can only choose other people.”

　　 "Then who was sent in the end?" Joseph asked.

　　 "A guy named Joseph like you, but that guy's surname is Fouché." Cano said.

　　 "Joseph Fouché, who was the one who had a good relationship with Robespierre at first, then followed Lafayette, then Brisseau, and now Mara?" Joseph said.

　　 "It's that shameless villain!" Kano said disdainfully, "This guy is following Marathon and they are more aggressive than Marathon."

　　 Although Kano is relatively close to the mountain faction, she disagrees with the radical and indignant factions such as Mara.

　　 "The converts are fanatical." Joseph said, "After entering a new group, the traitor must behave more aggressively than others in order to gain recognition. But such a guy, in the army, will he interfere with the command?"

　　 "I talked to Fouché, and he said that he was only responsible for recording Napoleon's command so that the Parliament could determine whether Napoleon had malfeasance. As for military command, he would not interfere."

　　 "I hope so." Joseph said, "General, Napoleon's battle report is here. I think this bad thing may be doing tricks behind us..."

　　……

　　 When Joseph Fouché brought about two hundred volunteers to Napoleon's army, Napoleon had already retreated near Le Mans. Le Mans was famous for racing cars in later generations, but at this time, there were no cars, only carriages coming and going.

　　 Le Mans was very advantageous to Napoleon as the location of the decisive battle. First of all, Le Mans has good water and land transportation. Materials from Paris can directly reach Le Mans through the canal between the Seine and Loire.

　　Secondly, the defensive conditions of Le Mans itself are quite good. During the Hundred Years' War, Le Mans had always been a major battlefield for the British and French armies, so Le Mans had a very strong city wall. In the modern era when artillery is so widespread, these walls are somewhat outdated, but it is better to have something than nothing. Taking into account the low quality of the enemy forces, these walls are even more effective. For General Dracotri, this can only be a real threat to Paris by cutting off the waterway if Le Mans is taken.

　　 "Welcome to my barracks, Mr. Fouché." Napoleon and his officers received Fouché who was sent here as a special commissioner in the barracks.

　　 "It's nice to meet you, Master Bonaparte." Foucher said, "I have been ordered to work with you."

　　 "Then, please come here, let me introduce to you the current military situation." Napoleon said.

"No, this is not necessary. Commander Bonaparte," Foucher said, "I don’t know the military, and I have no intention of interfering in your command. I have only two missions here. One is to witness the battle. For this, I only Eyes and ears are enough. As for another task... I was tasked to clean up the hidden rebellion in Le Mans-as far as I know, it was precisely because of these rebellious sabotage activities that Angers fell. This kind of thing is never allowed to happen again in Le Mans. If necessary, Commander Bonaparte, I hope to get the support of your army."

　　 "This is not a problem," Napoleon said.

　　 Fouché did not tell lies. Although he participated in many military meetings of Napoleon since then, he never said a word at these meetings. And he spends most of his time running around in Le Mans, not knowing what he is up to.

　　 On the last day of May, a revolution broke out in Paris again. Because of their dissatisfaction with the economic situation, the trousers again launched an uprising. They believe that a group of traitors in the parliament should be responsible for the current crisis. The uprising people surrounded the National Assembly and demanded that the Assembly hand over the "traitors" they identified. The parliament once again backed down in front of the trousers, and more than 20 members were arrested. Just after this night, the balance in Parliament was broken. The mountain faction began to occupy a clear advantage in the parliament, enough to overwhelm their opponents on the issue of large logarithms.

　　 What followed was that a large number of plaintiffs left Paris. Later, when the National Assembly was in session, more than one-third of the members were often absent.

　　 Generally speaking, during the Revolution, Paris was always one step ahead of other provinces. When Paris began to advocate a constitutional monarchy, the provinces were still expecting the kindness of the king; when Paris began to advocate a republican system, most of the provinces had just been able to accept a constitutional monarchy; and when Paris chose a more radical mountain sect rule. .readwn.com ~ Most provinces are more supportive of Brissot. Therefore, in the cities of the provinces, the Brissots prevailed, and the opposition between the provinces and Paris deepened.

　　 This also caused a decline in the power of the Republicans, so the royal party began to continuously set off new rebellions elsewhere. As the Vendée rebels gradually approached, various rumors began to appear in Le Mans.

　　 High-end rumors are nothing more than the thousands of Vendée rebels, and the British and Spanish armies have joined them, they are well equipped and well trained. Napoleon, who defended Le Mans, had only one division under his command, with more than 5,000 people, and he had lost a large number of cannons during the previous retreat, and he was definitely not his opponent.

　　 This rumor is considered high-end because it is half-truth and half-false, and it is also confusing for those with a certain degree of judgment. For example, it is true that Napoleon lost some cannons during his previous retreat. But those cannons were deliberately left by Napoleon to encourage the enemy to continue marching. As for Napoleon, he did not lack cannons. Before that, relying on the eccentric support of his brother, he had prepared a batch of cannons in Le Mans.

As for the low-end rumors, it is really full of tricks, very interesting, even the twelve Paladins (the twelve knights of Charlemagne) were resurrected by God’s will and brought God’s thunder to come to become the royal party. There are things like military assistance. Such things are of course useless to people of insight, but they can deceive many illiterate people at the bottom. As a result, undercurrents began to surge in Le Mans.

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