Chapter two hundred and two, victory
Blüchel's cavalry did not play much role at all. It was just a thousand light cavalry. What could it be used to face an army of more than 60,000? Blüchel took the cavalry and tried to run around in front of Napoleon's army, trying to interfere with Napoleon, and delayed the Duke of Brunswick there for a little time. But his harassment was basically useless. Even because he ran a little closer, he was shot by a volley by the French infantry and killed many cavalry.
After running a few laps, Blücher asked the cavalry to stop further away so that the horses could rest. Otherwise, continuing to run like this for a few laps would make the horses tired. If, if the French cavalry rushed out at this time, wouldn’t it be impossible to run away?
Then, just as Blüchel was worried, Ogero rushed over with a team of cavalry and confronted Blüchel. So after confronting Ogero for a while, Blüchel felt that he had done his best, so he retreated with the cavalry.
While retreating, his adjutant asked, "General, are we going to Verdun?"
"No, we cannot bring the enemy's large forces there, we go to Longwei." General Blüchel replied with great righteousness.
So Napoleon's army arrived in Verdun smoothly.
At this time, the Marshal Brunswick had already gathered up the troops that could be collected as much as possible and retreated back to his own barracks. However, because of the rush of retreat, many things were thrown away, including the large number of cannons brought by the British. Fortunately, the British still remembered to nail the fire doors of the cannons when they retreated.
Relying on their own military camp, the British and Pu League forced a defensive airs to barely pull out a defensive airs. They didn't want to run, but they just didn't bring the baggage in the military camp. How far could they run? Bring these things with them? Isn't it too late?
So they fell into the siege of the French Northern Legion and the Italian Legion.
Outside the fragile defense line of the coalition forces, Napoleon, surrounded by a group of generals, greeted Joseph, who was also surrounded by a group of generals.
Joseph extended his hand to Napoleon and said, "Now, the defensive general officially handed over command to the attacking general."
Holding his hands together, Napoleon asked, “Where are you going next?”
"Go back to the laboratory," said Joseph.
"That's, you always like to hide behind you," said Napoleon.
"So what about you? Where are you going next?" Joseph asked.
"Go to Berlin!" said Napoleon.
Joseph thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, well, if you want to go to Berlin, I have someone here, you can bring it with me. I think he will be very useful... This is Brigadier General Sirte. Although he is young, he is not bad in war. Well, today my counterattack is basically commanded by him. I think he is much better than me in terms of on-site command."
"My brother, it is not a praise for the command on the spot than you." Napoleon smiled. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to Sirte: "Welcome, General Sirte, let's put the tricolor flag on the Brandenburg Gate together!"
"I am extremely happy, General!" Sulte held Napoleon's hand, "But before this, we must first remove the small obstacle in front of us. I think we can send troops to demand their surrender."
At about two o'clock that afternoon, the French envoy entered the British-Publican army camp with Napoleon's letter and handed such a letter to the Duke of Brunswick:
"Marshal Brunswick and generals:
You are now at the end of your life. One of your ally, Russia has withdrawn from the war; and another of your ally, the army of Grand Duke of Austria, is still more than 200 kilometers away. Do you think he will come to rescue you at all costs? Do they have the power to rescue you? Do you want to break through? We are all in all directions, how can you break out? We have reached out, can you escape under the pursuit of our army?
Your troops have been injured and captured more than half. These days, although you have forced the peaceful residents of German states into the troops, how can these people fight? These days, under our attack, they have suffered heavy casualties and have long lost the courage to fight. Now, you only have a little place, just a small military camp, so many people are crowded together, and a shell can kill you a row of people.
Over the past period of time, your wounded soldiers and soldiers have been complaining with you. Many of your soldiers and many low-level officers don’t want to fight anymore. There have even been many mutinies for this. Those who are marshals and generals should cherish the mood of your subordinates, cherish their lives, find a way out for them as soon as possible, and stop asking them to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Now we can concentrate several times your troops, ten times your firepower, and weapons that are more advanced than you imagined to attack you. We are the world's number one in France, and you should have already understood these days of battles, and in our arsenal, there are more powerful weapons that are not used.
If you can immediately order the entire army to lay down their weapons and stop resisting, our army can guarantee the lives and personal property of your senior generals and all officers and soldiers. Only in this way is your only way to live. Think about it! If you think this is good, just do it like this. If you still want to fight, then fight again, and you will be solved."
The Duke of Brunswick took down the French army's letter of persuasion, and then politely told the French army that they needed to discuss this issue.
The French envoy said: "General Napoleon Bonaparte generously gave you twenty-four hours to consider this is much more relaxed than the time you gave me at the beginning. If you are willing to accept our conditions, you can send an envoy to our army for negotiations."
After explaining these things, the French envoy, Commander of Firma, left the coalition camp.
The next morning, two hours before the prescribed deadline, Marshal Brunswick led more than 40,000 surrounded troops to surrender to the French army. Marshal Brunswick handed over the marshal's scepter to Napoleon. More than 40,000 British and Prussian soldiers who followed her also laid down their weapons.
The news was quickly passed back to Paris, and the "Science Truth" immediately issued a free delivery for Paris. Soon after, everyone learned about this exciting good news, and cheers rang everywhere in the entire city of Paris.
Even in the General Office of the Ministry of War, Kano could clearly hear the cheer. But the cheer did not make Kano quicker, but instead made him frown more and more.
He knew about the fake news arranged by Joseph. Joseph did not deceive him in this matter. However, because of this fake news, the rebellion was beyond his expectations. Kano originally thought that the royal party had been seriously injured in the last rebellion.
As for Napoleon's suppression of the royal rebellion, if you ask Kano whether he supports it, then Kano certainly supports it. But the performance of Napoleon in Congress made Kano very annoyed, because this practice seemed to shake the foundation of democracy and republicanism.
Although Lucien assured him that neither Joseph nor Napoleon had the ambition to become Dick Thiddor, Kano was still a little worried.
Kano believed that Joseph did not have the ambition to be Dick's push. He knew Joseph so well. Even when attending the meeting, he would habitually look for someone to sit where he could not see him. He would definitely not be willing to be Dick's push's push. Because this violated his principle of "making a fortune in silence".
As for Lucien, Kano also believed that this guy would never be quite Dicky, because this guy was almost the one who grew up. He knew him and knew that Lucien was more interested in wine, food, beauties, and idle wandering around. Lucien's life idol was definitely not Caesar or Octavian, but the legendary Don Juan.
But it’s hard to say about Napoleon, because Napoleon’s life idol is either Caesar or Alexander the Great. This guy might really want to be Dick Thito or even be a “first citizen”.
However, Kano also agreed with Lucien's statement that France is now using one country to fight against the entire reactionary feudal world. So if the French government is not honest and efficient enough, France will definitely be overwhelmed by these reactionary feudal countries.
"In the long run, between France, which is free and democratic, and the despotent and dark European countries, we are incompatible. We are not a country like the United States, which can hide in the corners of the world. Therefore, at least at this critical moment, according to the Social Contract, France's sovereignty naturally comes from the people of France, and the power of the government comes from the people's transfer contract. We certainly hope that the smaller the power that everyone needs to transfer, the better. But at the necessary moment, it is also necessary to transfer more power to ensure the most fundamental interests of the people."
In the current situation, Kano has to admit that France does need a clean and efficient government, a government that can make decisions quickly and firmly implement them. Those who have been upside down in politics have been proven that they are not worthy of such power because of their lack of ability or moral defects. So now they can only temporarily accept a Dick push.
Chapter completed!