Get rid of the rainy days that have been continuously rainy, on March 15, on the sixth day of San Jose Festival, Madrid returned to the beautiful weather with bright spring and bright everything. So, the idle people in this city began to go out to play, sweeping away the previous gloom.

Colonel Desai, who had just returned to the Earl's Manor from the northern suburbs of the city, did not go out for a trip in the suburbs, but to see off Princess Polina who returned to France. Since that night, this young and handsome colonel, who had to "sneak" into the Nanyuan of the Madrid Palace, almost every night to have a try with the Imperial Princess. Last night, he was accompanied by the night, one day until dawn.

Before leaving, Desai recited the plagiarized love poems from later generations for the last time, and swore to Princess Polina that from now on, she would never recite any poems for other women. The shameless lies naturally moved Princess Polina to tears. The two of them once again played a battle of intestinal discs in the driving carriage.

**Afterward, Princess Polina told her lover that there was no problem with the appointment of the latter's brigade general, and that she would receive an promotion order from the Paris Army Department in about the beginning of April. Polina also warned Desay that his relationship with Brother Joseph should not be too stiff, and at least respect the Spanish king on the surface. As for Desay, Princess Polina entrusted Princess Polina to help apply for the canned tinplate patent from the Paris Patent Office, Princess Polina would handle it personally.

When the breakup was about to break up, Princess Polina finally sent the blank check from Emperor Napoleon to Desay, and explained that it was a gift to wish Desay to be promoted to the general. After all this, Princess Polina reluctantly embarked on the far road to return to Paris.

Desai had no emotional melancholy to vent his absurd short relationship, and just supported him. However, the huge cash check that could exude the fragrance of 1 million francs of gold powder (the maximum withdrawal amount of blank check) did make Desai ashamed for a few minutes. He carefully put the check away and decided to give Princess Polina 20% of the shares in the future canned trust empire.

After returning to the Earl's Manor, Desai rarely went out, and his relationship with King Joseph was still neither good nor bad, and maintained an apparent peace. Since Princess Polina left Spain, the Earl of Desai, who was originally a regular visitor to the Madrid Palace, had only been there once. He took all the officers and soldiers of the Desai regiment to be inspected by King Joseph in the Orient Square in front of the palace.

The review ceremony was extremely short and not grand, and there were very few guests present. King Joseph stood up and left after a few minutes. However, each soldier received a reward of 300 riyals, while the officers ranged from 1,000 to 10,000 riyals. More than 20 officers and soldiers with outstanding military achievements received the King's Order and the Warrior's Order respectively, which were issued by the court general and Count Hugo himself. The general promotion order originally gave to Colonel Desay was cancelled due to the latter's refusal.

In early April, the chief of staff of the French army stationed in the battlefields of Western Portugal, Jean Baptiste Jur was the marshal and returned to Madrid from the southern front. That night, Colonel Desai, who received the invitation, privately visited Marshal Jur alone and had a secret talk for three hours. Among them, the first two hours and 30 minutes were all self-reviews by the marshal, including strange stories in the Revolutionary era, his great achievements (in fact, he was a defeated general), and his battlefield friendship with the old General Desai, etc.

After it was the turn of the subject, the marshal told Desai that the Paris Army had officially awarded his rank of brigade general, and Emperor Napoleon also signed a promotion order. In two days, a formal notice would be issued to Desai. Since Colonel Desai was from the emperor's close-range guard, he could still retain all the troops of the original brigade regiment while being promoted to brigade general, without having to take up his post in another place like other officers who were promoted to general, and could only bring his adjutant and a guard with a small number of 50 people.

"So, General Desai, please allow an old guy to congratulate you first. Welcome to join the General Club!" When the Marshal took out his gold ribbon when he was promoted to brigade general, he solemnly tied it to Desai's chest, and gave a warm hug to the latecomers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you for your trust in His Majesty. This is what my father expected!" Desai suppressed his inner excitement and solemnly returned to the Israeli military salute.

After the simple ceremony, the two returned to their seats. Fading away the joy of promotion, the freshly released General Desai spoke out loudly and asked the French Chief of Staff for the thousands of soldiers needed to form the Desai brigade, various weapons and horses, half a year military pay, and necessary wartime allowances.

Marshal Jur was naturally ashamed and could not speak out. According to Napoleon's emperor pardon order, the French army serving in Spain, its weapons, equipment, logistics supplements, wartime allowances, etc., were all handed over to the Kingdom of New Spain. The military pay was, but the Paris Army only paid half of it, and the rest was paid to King Joseph. Given the bad relationship between Desai himself and the king, Marshal Jur was not optimistic.

After all, he was an elder. When he was a marshal, Jur gritted his teeth and agreed to pay 1.2 million francs in one lump sum for half a year military pay, wartime allowances, and the production of expensive military uniforms. It is okay to say that the weapons and equipment given to the Desai Brigade, Madrid Ordnance, which is in the hands of Marshal Jurg, has been put into production again. As long as it is not too much, it can certainly be satisfied.

As for war horses, logistics supplies, Jur no longer cared about it as a marshal. It was definitely from kindness, and for the disrespectful Chief of Staff, he suggested that Desai would simply follow the old practices of French troops in other places and create a man-made military disaster in the city of Madrid, scaring the timid King Joseph and the rich princes and ministers, and asking them to pay the bill.

After listening to the advice of the veteran Pig, Desai played haha ​​and smiled without comment. He knew that the marshal Jur was in front of him, as well as the previous Marshal Mura, including Sirte, Victor, Saint Cyr, Juno, and many generals of marshals and generals, had played this trick in Madrid, Lisbon, Zaragoza, Sevilla, Barcelona and other places.

But Desai did not dare to act so boldly. Princess Polina has warned herself not to break up with Joseph. Moreover, Desai is not short of money. The harvest of all kinds of spoils from Zaragoza is worth more than one million francs. In addition, the 1.2 million francs of military salary will not be worried about funding for at least half a year. Of course, this is not the huge cash check that Princess Polina gave her. What is lacking is the war horse, which can only be negotiated with General Hugo.

Regarding the source of troops, Jur was appointed as the marshal and authorized Desai to recruit himself. Regardless of nationality, he only had to ensure the minimum standard of 3,000 people. He also asked Desai to do the promotion and appointment of officers by himself, and two backup files were reserved, one for the Chief of Staff Jur as the marshal and the other for the Paris Army Department.

At present, the third French-Austrian War is imminent. Under the open request of Britain and the secret incitement of Russia, the cowardly Emperor Francis finally surrendered to the domestic war faction and approved the military offensive plan of the Army Minister and Grand Duke Charles, including the formation of 340,000 new troops. To this end, Emperor Napoleon recruited new soldiers in various parts of France in advance, and forced 100,000 troops from German countries. Therefore, in the short term, there will be no source of troops on each battlefield in Spain.

Finally, regarding the stay and departure of the Desai Brigade, Marshal Juldang told Desai that Joseph had suggested that the Chief of Staff would transfer the Desai Brigade to the northeastern battlefield of Spain and station in Barcelona. Marshal Juldang did not make any statement in this regard and now wanted to hear the opinions of the parties involved. All this was expected by the new Chief of Staff, Major Rusty.

Pretending to hesitate for a moment, Desai threw out a planned plan to make the deal. He agreed that within 30 days, that is, before May, the newly formed Desai brigade would leave Madrid and transfer to the Catalan battlefield in the northeast, but King Joseph had to pay at least 2 million riyals to the opening fee and 3,000 war horses.

Marshal Judang cursed "Little Fox" and was willing to negotiate with King Joseph on this. Before leaving, the young general who had gained a lot of benefits would not forget to share the gains with the old marshal. A cash check filled in with 100,000 francs was "forgotten" by General Desay on the desk of Marshal Judang.

April 5th, this is the festive day of the Desays, and the entire Earl Manor becomes a sea of ​​joy.

On this day, Colonel Desai was officially promoted to the rank of brigade general, and the Desai regiment was also promoted to the Desai Brigade. While most of the officers were promoted to the level, the soldiers received an additional wartime allowance.

Back at the command center, General Desai announced the appointment of major military officers at all levels:

The Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Rusty, was responsible for forming the brigade-level staff, including five officers who had joined General Deresa with Rusty, Captain Croix, Captain Simertz, Lieutenant Mitheus, Lieutenant Costan and Lieutenant Gottal; while Captain Charles returned to the brigade and continued to act as the adjutant of General Deresa;

The commander of the First Infantry Regiment (Cabinet Infantry), Lieutenant Colonel Delney (formerly Battalion Commander of the First Battalion of the Desai Regiment), as the main regiment of the brigade, has 1,800 people, currently only 900 people. The regiment has three battalions, most of the soldiers are from the former Desai Regiment and some newly recruited Irish people;

The commander of the Second Infantry Regiment (Cabinet Infantry), Major Reedes (formerly the commander of the second battalion of the Desay Regiment, the only one promoted to two levels), Major O'Hara, the Irish man, was the deputy commander, and the entire regiment was equipped with 1,200 people, currently only 200 people, mainly composed of the Irish people. Two battalions were prepared;

The leader of the cavalry regiment, Colonel Waldevsky (formerly the chief officer of the Polish battalion of the mercenary regiment). The cavalry regiment is mainly composed of Polish lances, Cossack cavalry, as well as a small number of Hungarians and Bohemians. The current number of cavalry is less than 500 and the organization is 820.

The chief officer of the military police battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Carls (formerly the chief officer of the military police team of the Desay Group), the entire battalion has a staff of 600 people, and is not fully equipped.

The battalion commander of the artillery battalion and Major Kle (formerly the head of the artillery company of the Desai regiment), the battalion has 500 people, two artillery companies, and has 30 various artillery pieces of 4 to 8 pounds. The unit is not full.

The chief officer of the brigade department hospital, Dr. Kava, was pre-appointed as a major, and has not yet taken office;

Chief of the Training and Military Law Department, Major Granville, recommended by Marshal Jurde;
Chapter completed!