Napoleon led an army of 30,000 men and huddled behind the strong fortifications of Nicholas. This meant that Prussia had to break Napoleon's strong tortoise shell in order to deal a fatal blow to Napoleon. But unlike Antwerp, in Germany
After knowing that the Allied forces had a large number of artillery, Napoleon returned to Nikola and further reinforced the entire city and surrounding defenses. Some of the fortifications were even five meters thick.
After several continuous attacks, the coalition forces found that such attacks could not achieve effective results at all, and could even only consume the coalition forces' own strength. After besieging Nicholas, William began to think hard about countermeasures.
There are no rivers within dozens of miles of Nicholas, which means that a water attack is impossible. After all, Napoleon chose Nicholas because it was far away from rivers and oceans and could not be threatened by the British navy.
After a while, William decided to order more than 30,000 troops led by Ernst to attack the 20,000 troops deployed between Nicolas and Brussels, and first destroy the 20,000 troops to cut off the connection between Brussels and Nicolas.
Then William ordered William V and Leohard of the Netherlands to lead the Prussian Fourth Division, 20,000 Dutch troops and 10,000 British troops to fight against the 30,000 reinforced French troops. After completing these two aspects of the arrangement
After that, William led the remaining 50,000-strong army and operated 400 artillery pieces to pour cannonballs on Nicholas day and night.
During this period, Napoleon stopped paying attention to the movements outside the city all the time. After seeing the division of the coalition forces outside the city, Napoleon realized that his opportunity might have arrived.
"Marshal, there are only 50,000 coalition forces left outside the city, and His Majesty the King of Prussia is in the military camp outside the city. However, the military camp outside the city is very tightly defended, and our people cannot infiltrate quietly!
"
Marner stood next to Napoleon and said. Hearing Marner's words, Napoleon laughed and said:
"Manner, there is never a war without risks. Everyone knows that His Majesty the King of Prussia is the backbone of this coalition. What kind of chain will it cause if we kill or capture the King of Prussia?"
reaction?"
Mana hesitated and said:
"I think it is certain that the morale of the coalition forces is in turmoil, but there is no guarantee that the coalition forces will fight our army even more desperately!"
After hearing Marner's answer, Napoleon shook his head and said:
"Manner, you think those people are too great. The ones fighting us this time are not only the Prussians but also the British, Dutch and the armies of the Rhine states. Among these armies, the Prussians are the most powerful.
people. And the people who hate us the most are undoubtedly the British. As for the rest
The Dutch and the armies of those small countries are completely servants. If we can defeat the King of Prussia, then I can guarantee that the coalition will collapse immediately! Don't forget that if the Prussians had not led the army, the Dutch would not have been able to say
You will be on our side!"
"Then what you mean is..."
"That's right, mobilize the army to attack the King of Prussia!"
Manner was shocked when he heard Napoleon's words. He always felt that Napoleon's decision was a bit risky, but after all, Napoleon was the supreme commander of the French army and his leader, so Manner could only agree to Napoleon's plan.
The night of April 8, 1793
After it was completely dark, Napoleon looked at the 30,000 French troops gathered in the city, with a determined look in his eyes.
The soldiers standing in front of Napoleon are all direct descendants who have followed Napoleon in the north and south for many years. Even with so many French soldiers standing in front of him now, Napoleon can name most of them. He has the responsibility to lead them to achieve victory.
Victory, he is also responsible for leading them to survive!
"The only son in the family will go out! If the brother is in the army, the younger brother will go out! If the father and son are in the army, the son will go out!"
Although the assembled French soldiers did not know what Napoleon meant, the entire army obeyed Napoleon's order and quickly separated.
Soon, more than 6,000 people stood on the left side of the entire school ground, where Napoleon ordered the troops to march out.
Napoleon, who was standing on the stage, just watched coldly as the troops were sorted out in a short time. After the soldiers on the left stood up, Napoleon shouted loudly:
"Soldiers, tonight, I will lead you to win a great fortune. Everyone knows that we are surrounded by coalition forces from many countries outside the city, and their leader is the King of Prussia. And tonight I will lead you to win a great fortune."
What I am leading everyone to do is to drag our noble King of Prussia out of bed! Do you dare to follow me?"
Hearing Napoleon's roar, the gathered French soldiers looked at each other, and then a huge roar broke out from the French formation.
"dare!!!"
"Very good, these are my soldiers, these are our good men in France! Aren't the Prussians known as the first army in Europe? Then we will drag out His Majesty the King tonight and question him. No.
With our permission, why do the Prussians call themselves the first army in Europe! In front of us, there is no room for the Prussians to be arrogant. Let us give those Prussians and the whole of Europe a huge surprise tonight!"
After successfully boosting morale, Napoleon ordered the more than 6,000 soldiers who had lined up in advance to stay in Nicholas. Then Napoleon personally led 24,000 French soldiers to prepare to attack the allied camp outside the city, but just as Napoleon was about to
As he set out, his brother Joseph and his brother Lucien stood in front of him.
"Napoleon, what I just heard you say is that brothers who join the army are brothers who are out in the army. And I, Joseph, as your brother, I am also a soldier. As my brother, please stay with Nicholas!"
When speaking, Joseph's face was expressionless, but when Napoleon heard it, he was stunned for a moment, and then Napoleon's face revealed an angry look.
"Joseph, although you are my brother, I am the commander-in-chief of this army! The mission tonight is quite dangerous, and the order I just gave is very clear. You can follow me, but Lucien must stay behind.
Nicholas, without my order, you are not allowed to step out of Nicholas!"
Hearing what Napoleon said, Joseph nodded, but Lucien was unwilling. He said to Napoleon:
"Your Majesty Marshal, we have two younger brothers in Corsica. I think I should follow you into the battle!"
It turned out that Napoleon did bring his family to Paris before the revolution in France, but then the whole of France became turbulent because of the revolution. Therefore, under this circumstance, Napoleon sent his family back to Corsica, and Lucien said
The two brothers mentioned are Louis and Jérôme.
"I don't know what happened to Lucien, Louis and Jerome yet, but I know that you are the smartest in the entire family, and your future achievements may even be higher than mine! We must leave seeds for the Bonaparte family
, remember you are a man of the Bonaparte family!"
"Guard, take Lucien down. Remember to keep an eye on Lucien and never let him escape. You and a few people can protect Lucien!"
The latter sentence was obviously said by Napoleon to the guards around him. After saying this, Napoleon ordered several of his guards to take Lucien down. Although Lucien was struggling during the process, Napoleon
and Joseph both endured the unbearable pain in their hearts and watched Lucien being taken away.
Then 24,000 French troops, led by Napoleon, rushed to the city gate.
Napoleon and Joseph were riding on horses not far from the city gate, and at this moment, Joseph spoke
"Napoleon, sometimes I really hate you. I am obviously one year older, but why was you sent to Paris instead of me! My parents hold you in their hands, but I have to bear the responsibility early.
The important responsibility of the family. You know that before you were valued by the queen, a large part of the family's expenses depended on my hard work. To be honest, I really hate you! And look at the things you do, and say you are
There’s nothing wrong with being a butcher!”
After hearing Joseph's accusation, Napoleon laughed and said:
"Joseph, my brother, you have never been better than me in anything since I was a child, and this is still the case now, but it is because of you at home that I can rest assured about everything. Today, my brother, a
Now we are going to see God together, do you have anything else to say?"
Seeing the teasing look on Napoleon's face, Joseph was stunned and then said with a serious face:
"We are brothers!"
After hearing what Joseph said, Napoleon also put away the joke on his face and said resolutely:
"We are brothers!"
At this moment, Nicholas' city gate was pulled open from the inside, and Napoleon raised his saber and shouted:
"Let those Prussian bumpkins see the glory of our France! Charge!"
As he said that, Napoleon led three thousand cavalry and rushed out. Seeing Napoleon's back, Joseph prayed in his heart and shouted to the soldiers beside him:
"Get in formation, quickly! Quickly! Quickly!"
It can be said that Napoleon's night attack had no hidden intention at all. Of course, everyone knew that when the outside of Nicholas City had been cleared into a flat area and was surrounded by the enemy, any attack that wanted to hide it from the enemy was
It's impossible. In this case, it's better to rush towards the enemy's Chinese camp openly.
Soon a huge horn sounded from the sentry tower in front of the Prussian military camp, accompanied by the roar of the sentry.
"Enemy attack!!!"
As the sentry sent back the news of the enemy attack, the entire Prussian camp instantly became a little panicked. The soldiers who had just fallen asleep were dragged out of their beds by the awakened officers, and then each one was urged to pick up their weapons and start.
Assemble.
"Assemble...enemy attack!"
The roars of the officers were endless. At this moment, there were only the Prussian Sixth Division and the Royal Guards in the Prussian military camp. As for the two imperial divisions, they were deployed in other areas.
William was awakened from his sleep and immediately put on his military uniform.