Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh gathering the army
What is the concept of 150,000 people? A country that can produce 150,000 troops on the European continent can be called a second-rate power. Even though France is still among the top-ranking powers on the European continent, the turmoil in the past few years has been unrest.
, directly led to the fact that France now has only more than 100,000 troops left in the country besides the 60,000 troops under Napoleon. However, these more than 100,000 troops are not without tasks. These more than 100,000 people are stationed in various parts of France.
To suppress lawless revolutionaries.
In addition to the more than 100,000 troops in China, the only troops that France can call is the 30,000 Spanish troops currently arranged in southern France.
"Where is my brother! What is he doing! How could he... how could he reach an armistice agreement with Prussia? Was Austria defeated?"
"No, Austria was not defeated, but your nephew Alexander took advantage of the emptiness of Vienna and led the Hungarian army to conquer Vienna. Now Alexander is the decision of Vienna, and it is Alexander who reached an armistice with the Prussians!"
Hearing this, Mary no longer knew what she should say. A large amount of blush appeared on Mary's face with excitement.
"Mary, now Napoleon asks me for help, and I am ready to agree to his request!"
Seeing that Mary didn't speak, Louis XVI thought for a moment and then told Mary what she thought about. Hearing Louis XVI's decision, the expression on Mary's face slowed down and said:
"Your Majesty, you are right. Now the British and Prussian coalition is obviously trying to destroy our France. If we are alienated from Napoleon at this time, then we France will lose our future! But I wonder how you can support Napoleon?"
"I am going to draw 30,000 troops from all over the country, plus 30,000 Spanish troops, and a total of 60,000 people are all reinforced to the Austrian Netherlands. At that time, Napoleon's army will also have eleven on the Eastern Front.
Although the size of such a 10,000 army may be slightly worse than that of the British-Prussian coalition, I think it is enough to resist the enemy for a while. After this period, we will recruit some troops to support Napoleon. This is what we can do.
The best effort!”
Hearing Louis XVI say this, Mary smiles on her face and says:
"Your idea is very correct. With God's blessing, France will surely win this war!"
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Shortly after Louis XVI made the decision, the entire French army immediately began to mobilize. Although the people's livelihood in France has declined, many of the revolutionaries have been wiped out by the royal family. Therefore, in some areas, the royal family can still draw some troops.
Out.
The 30,000 Spanish troops originally deployed in southern France were ordered by Louis XVI and immediately set off to the north. Of course, in addition to this Spanish army, Versailles also informed the Spanish side of the current situation urgently. Louis XVI hoped
After learning about the situation, Spain was able to send another large reinforcements.
Mid-March 1793
After returning to Brandenburg, William immediately held a grand military parade, at which the Prussian royal guards, the Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Divisions of Prussia all joined the military parade sequence.
When the Prussian army walked past the victory gate of Brandenburg, the Prussian people standing on both sides of the parade shouted the slogan of long live Prussia.
In this fanatical atmosphere, William stood on the parade and declared to the whole of Prussia:
"Under the invincible front of Prussia, the Austrians had lowered their proud heads, and Prussia once again won the glory of the goddess of victory. But this is not the end, there is still a huge and
The evil army posed a constant threat to Prussia.
If this army and the evil country behind it are destroyed, the entire Prussia will be unable to sleep or eat!
This military parade is a triumphal return of victory. It is also the beginning of a great journey. The Prussian soldiers will embark on a new road to conquest! They will fulfill the wishes of the former kings of Prussia and go to defeat that moment to threaten Prussia.
country.
Whether in the past, present, or future, Prussia and his army will win!
This time I will personally lead the Prussian soldiers on the road of expedition!
Under God's blessing, under the care of the goddess of victory, and under the attention of previous kings of all generations, the Prussians will use their weapons to tell those countries that threaten the Prussian people what failure is! What destruction is!"
After the military parade, these Prussian troops did not return to their respective stations outside Brandenburg, but moved towards the West in one go. In order to achieve this effect, the Prussian government and military headquarters returned to Brandenburg as early as William's
I did a lot of preparations before.
After arriving in the Hannover area, these Prussian troops officially met with the British troops in Hannover. Because Ernst had previously led 8,000 British troops to return to Hannover, and Napoleon had completely wiped out the influence of the British Expeditionary Force on the Hannover army.
It was not very big, and later the Hannover area recruited soldiers as soon as Napoleon defeated. Therefore, the army ready to go in the Hannover area also had a scale of more than 20,000 people.
In addition to the four divisions in Prussia, William's army had a total of nearly 70,000 people.
After the British-Prussian army round, William stayed in Hannover for two days. These two days were mainly used to get familiar with the generals of the Hannover army. However, for some unknown reason, the commander of the Hannover army, which is more than 20,000 people, is still the head coach of the Hannover army this time.
He is an old Prussian friend Ernst.
But to some extent, this also made William breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone knows Ernst's intention to pursue Christine, and in this case, William is not afraid that Ernst will not be with him.
He tried his best to show his decisive performance in front of his brother-in-law who had the right to decide.
Then William continued to lead his army to the west. When the army arrived on the Dutch border, two Holy Roman Empire Divisions controlled by the Prussians also joined the British-Prussian coalition forces. In this way, William's army was in power.
There were 93,000 people.
While William was heading towards the Austrian Netherlands, Napoleon was not idle either. On the one hand, Napoleon personally led his army to attack Antwerp, although the British army guarding Antwerp several times with the help of the navy,
However, because of the huge gap in military strength and the fierce side of the French army, Antwerp defenders seemed to remember the last tragic battle. Therefore, after the French army invested an overwhelming advantage in force and launched the fifth attack, Antwerp
The British defenders in the city collapsed.
On March 3, 1793, Napoleon's military boots stood on the walls of Antwerp. Then, under Napoleon's order, the entire French army immediately began to force the recruitment of civilians from the entire Austrian Netherlands, who would be in the British.
Before the coalition arrived, the fortifications in Antwerp and surrounding cities were strengthened on a large scale.
As for those young and middle-aged people among the civilians, Napoleon's army even forced them to join the army regardless of whether they wanted it or not.
In addition to civilians, Napoleon did not let go of the Austrian army and nobles in the Austrian Netherlands. Naturally, all the Austrian army was added to the French army. If there was any disagreement or resistance, it would be a big deal.
All of them were ordered to be executed by Napoleon.
As for those Austrian nobles, they naturally became Napoleon's granary. Under the slogan of the French-Austrian alliance, Napoleon would not care whether these Austrian nobles were willing or not. Napoleon directly transferred all the gold, silver, food and all the food in these noble warehouses.
The useful things are collected, and those who do not cooperate will naturally be dealt with according to the above regulations.
After Napoleon's iron-blooded technique, his army expanded from the original 60,000 to 75,000, of which 5,000 were originally stationed in the region of Austria, while the other 10,000 were forced to join
The army is young and strong in the Austrian Netherlands.
As for the 15,000 people who joined later, Napoleon adhered to his usual style and carried out rigorous training for these people. For those negative soldiers, don’t expect Napoleon to show mercy. The lightest ones beat thirty
There are also military whips, and those who are severely executed directly.
Shortly after Napoleon conquered Antwerp, a large amount of combat supplies from Versailles were sent to the Austrian Netherlands area, and a large number of weapons, equipment and logistics supplies were successively launched, and some supplementary soldiers were even sent over.
After seeing this performance at the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon felt a little worried. What he was most afraid of before was that Louis XVI ignored his ball and even Louis XVI and Yingpu reached an agreement to deal with him together.
Now it seems that the people in Versailles also understand the principle that the lips are gone and the teeth are cold.
After receiving these supplements, Napoleon did not show any difference to his troops, so even the Austrians who were forced to enlist were treated the same as French soldiers. This to a certain extent restored Napoleon's harshness.
The morale lost in training.
Along with these supplies and supplementary soldiers, there was also a handwritten letter from Louis XVI. In this letter, Louis XVI left the grudge between himself and Napoleon, but counted Napoleon from childhood to
In addition to this, Louis XVI also entrusted Napoleon as the commander of the French Netherlands Front. In addition to the troops under Napoleon, the French and Spanish troops that have been driven there will be Napoleon.
headed by.
In the letter, Louis XVI described this war as the Hundred Years of Britain and France in the new century. Louis XVI hoped that Napoleon could do his best to lead the army to resist the attack of the British and Pulitz coalition forces and even win the battle.
In the end, Louis XVI offered the condition that if Napoleon could defeat the British-Public coalition forces, then after the war, except for France, all the territory under Napoleon controlled by him, and France would recognize Napoleon's independent status after the war, except for France's mainland, and France would recognize Napoleon's independent status.
Louis XVI would even ask the Holy See for Napoleon to enfeoff the Roman Catholic Church.