Unlike when they went, when Lucien and the others returned, the ship was in some trouble. Generally speaking. Most of the time, the Mediterranean Sea is as calm as a large pond, and anything that can float on the surface of the water can be used for sailing in the Mediterranean.

As early as ancient Egypt, the Egyptians could already sail the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea with straw boats. Later, the ancient Greek galleys could roam around the entire Mediterranean. However, the Mediterranean Sea is also the sea after all, and it is not absolutely free of wind and waves. At least, there are still some storms at sea that can be found in historical records or legends.

The oldest, of course, is the Odyssey, when the Greeks successfully robbed Troy and returned to Greece with money and slaves, they encountered a rare storm and almost wiped out. And in the Bible, when the apostle Paul was on his way to Rome, he was traveling on a ship that was also stormy in the Mediterranean. and Byron's Don Juan, who also met Haidai because of the storm in the Mediterranean. So, even in the Mediterranean, if you're unlucky, well, maybe you'll run into Poseidon wrath.

By the time the two boats left Corsica, everything was normal, the sky was so full of stars that there was no sign of a change in the weather. But at sunrise, things change.

While Lucien and Polina were still rejoicing at the beautiful morning sun, Ravanelli said worriedly: "Perhaps, maybe we should turn around and go back and see such a rising sun on the sea, which is a sign that the weather is about to change!" ”

Lucien listened, thought for a moment, and then said to Ravanelli: "What do you think is the likelihood of bad weather?" ”

"Half to half." Ravanelli said uncertainly.

"We don't need to take unnecessary risks. Let's get closer, and let Chrysler and the others follow us back to Corsica for hiding. ”

Ravanelli then steered the fishing boat and approached the other boat, and Lavanelli shouted loudly, informing Chrysler of his judgment on that boat.

Chrysler said to Letizia, who was on his boat, "Madam, the weather may change, so we will return for a while to take shelter from possible storms." ”

Letizia would not object to this, so the two boats turned around again and prepared to return to Corsica for shelter.

At noon, they saw the Corsican coastline again, but at that moment a gust of wind blew from the east and seized both boats at once. The ship immediately lost control and was blown westward by the wind.

The weather changed suddenly, and in the blink of an eye, the sky was full of dark clouds that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The rain crackled and fell.

Lucien and Polina are in the same boat as Elise, while Letizia and Jérôme are in the other boat. Under the blowing of the storm, both boats lost control and soon disappeared from each other's field of vision.

In fact, if this storm is placed in the Atlantic, it can be called "a little wind" at most. But for a fishing boat fishing in the offshore waters, it is a real storm. The storm lasted until dawn the next day.

When the sun rose again the next day, Lucien counted the number of people, and there was not a single one on board, except for the canopy and some of the things on board, which were blown into the sea. And, most crucially, they lost contact with the other ship. And they don't know where they are now.

"Lucien, what should I do? Mom, they're gone, they won't ......," Alize cried.

"Mommy will be fine, just like us, they will be fine." Polina said.

"Can we be sure where we are now?" Lucien asked Ravanelli instead.

"No, I don't know where we are now." Ravanelli replied.

Lucien thought back to his geographical knowledge and said, "Can the ship still be controlled, and if it can, then it will go directly to the north." ”

The Mediterranean Sea is only that big, and it won't take long to see 6 places, whether to the south or to the north.

"There was no problem with the mast and the sails." Ravanelli checked the ship's facilities and replied, "We'll go all the way north and we'll definitely get to France." ”

Without knowing the exact location, the boat turned to the north.

The ship went on the sea for another three days, and in the second half of the night on the third day, Polina, who had fallen asleep in a daze, heard Lucien's exclamation of excitement: "Six lands, six lands over there!" ”

……

In the early morning there was a heavy fog on the sea, and this fog drifted from the sea, and soon the ground was also a blur.

"General, it's foggy, are we still attacking?" Ogereau asked.

"Of course, it's a good thing to get foggy." Napoleon replied, "Under the cover of the fog, we can get closer." ”

The fog also made the British and Spaniards extremely nervous. They were also very worried that the French would take advantage of the fog to rush up. Therefore, this fog made Davout's task easier, he just made people beat the war drums, and then fired two cannons indiscriminately, and the British and Spaniards fired indiscriminately at the dense fog. So the frontal line of defense suddenly became lively.

Under the cover of a thick fog, at a time when the attention of both the British and the Spaniards was drawn to the frontal line, Napoleon and Augereau, with more than three thousand men, quietly approached the fortress of Mulgrave. Because of the fog, they approached no more than a hundred meters from the fortress, and the Spaniards guarding the fortress failed to see them.

At this time, the sun gradually rose, and the fog began to slowly dissipate. Fort Mulgrave gradually emerged from the mist.

"Charge!" Napoleon gave the order. Augereau immediately rushed up with the warriors who thought it was close at hand......

……

At dawn, Lucien and his ship came ashore. Because at this time, the surrounding area had begun to fog, and several people got off the boat, and the fog was not too thick, faintly, and they saw that there seemed to be a light over there, so they walked towards that side together, so that they could find someone to ask what kind of place this was. But after walking for a while, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the visibility quickly dropped to about ten meters. Lucien knew that he could not go any further, and if he was moving forward, he might get lost, and maybe even some people would get lost while walking. So he told everyone to stop and rest while waiting for the sun to come out so that the fog could disperse as soon as possible. A few people sat down next to a large rock and rested with their backs against it.

Drifting on the sea in the past few days has made everyone's spirits very nervous, and now that they have finally landed, once they sit down, many people immediately can't hold on. Polina leaned against the rock, tilted her head over Alize's shoulder, and in the blink of an eye, she fell asleep. The others weren't much better, and several of them quickly fell asleep.

Lucien was in a daze and dreamed a great deal of dreams, and one moment he dreamed that Napoleon had come to tell him that something had happened to his mother and that their ship had sunk, and that everyone was dead. After a while, I dreamed that my mother had nothing to do, and everyone went to Paris, and then under the leadership of Joseph, the whole family went to Kano's house to eat...... As soon as the foie gras bread was served, a loud bang was heard, and Lucien woke up.

"What's wrong?" Lucien opened his eyes, and he saw that the fog had lifted quite a bit, and several people next to him had also woken up. And the rumbling sound kept coming from that side, and Lucien had seen a lot of cannon shots because he had followed his two brothers, so he immediately judged that this was the sound of cannons!

"It's not right, it's the sound of cannons, it's so close to us, we're running to the battlefield!" Ravanelli said in a low voice.

"What are we going to do?" Polina, who had just woken up, asked.

"The sound of artillery is coming from over there." "Let's go this way, as far away from the battlefield as possible. ”

Polina looked over there as well, but the fog hadn't yet lifted, but the rumbling of cannon was coming from there. Polina's eyes lit up, and she wanted to take two steps that way, but as soon as she took a step forward, she was grabbed by Lucien's wrist: "Polina, follow me this way." ”

Lucien pulled Polina and trotted in the opposite direction. From time to time, Polina looked back at the other side.

At this time, the fog dispersed a lot, and Lucien suddenly appeared, and many footsteps sounded around him. He stopped, looked around, and through the light mist, he saw some men in blue uniforms, with rifles with bayonets on them, walking ahead. He couldn't tell how many there were in the morning fog, but there were certainly a lot of them—they seemed to be rushing headlong into battle.

"Hell yes! What's going on? Lucien scolded.

At this time, the Spaniards on the fortress of Mulgrave finally saw that the French were approaching, so they fired indiscriminately in this direction. A cannonball slammed down next to Polina. Both Polina and Lucien were startled, and as soon as Polina struggled, she withdrew her hand from Lucien's hand, and ran to the side screaming.

At this moment the horn of the charge sounded, and the soldiers began to rush forward, and Lucien tried to go over and hold Polina, but was hit by a soldier who rushed over, and sat down on the ground, and when he got up, he found that Polina had disappeared into the mist.