Since the French have no sincerity for peace, the matter of peace talks will naturally fall through. Of course, in fact, the British did not show much sincerity, and as far as the policy of continental equilibrium that Britain has always adhered to is concerned, Britain will absolutely not tolerate the emergence of a hegemon on the European continent. Because Britain is isolated overseas, it is impossible to compete with the whole of Europe in any case, and any country that integrates the whole of Europe will naturally make Britain marginalized. Therefore, even if the British had made peace with the French, this peace would have been a truce at best.

Since there is no hope for peace, the only way to expand the war is to find a way. So the British found the Prussians again. This time the British paid a large sum of money, and the British promised the Prussians that they could provide them with large sums of financial assistance if they agreed to join the new alliance against France; And Britain will organize an army force of at least 80,000 men to fight alongside the Prussians.

The Prussians were equally reluctant to see France overpowered. In fact, there is not a single country in Europe that does not expect all countries other than itself to be weak. In fact, the reason why Prussia loved peace before was not because of its real love for peace, but only because of its fear of the French army. But now that I see that the British have invested so much, I can't help but feel a little moved.

So the Prussians proposed, first, that the money must be in place first. Or rather, don't expect Prussia to do it until the money is in place. Second, people must also be in place.

As soon as the British saw that there was a door, they immediately began to intensify negotiations with the Prussians. Just when the negotiations between the two countries had made significant progress, a new change occurred - I don't know where the secret was leaked, neither sacred, nor Roman, nor the Empire, His Majesty the Emperor did not know how to know that the British had given the Prussians a lot of money, so the Emperor quit: "Everyone is working hard with the French, why can he take the money, and I can't take the money?" No, we're short of money too! We are worse than the Prussians! I want a little money too! ”

So the British had to go again to appease the emperor, of course, and spend a little more.

In this way, after spending a lot of money, a new alliance was finally formed, and a new war ensued.

In November 1797, Austria and Prussia jointly sent a note to France, demanding that French troops withdraw from Italy and Hanover within a time limit. This request was immediately rejected by France, and a new round of war broke out.

As soon as the war began, the anti-French coalition attacked France from two directions. To the north, the British and Prussians formed a coalition to attack the French-controlled areas of Hanover and the Rhine; And in the south, Austrian troops and the newly entered the Russian army also launched an offensive on Italy.

Fighting in the north began first, and this time the French army met a tough opponent. Both the British and Prussian armies updated their armament. In the last war, rifled guns, which caused them to suffer great losses, have become a common equipment in both armies. The British army, in particular, has almost completely eliminated the smoothbore guns.

In contrast, the equipment of the French Northern Corps was at a disadvantage. In the suppression of the rebellion of the royal party, the military intervened in politics for the first time and showed decisive power. One consequence of this practice is that those in the political circles are desperately trying to curry favor with the generals of the military while trying to divide them.

As a result, they not only restored the system of military representation in the factories, but even restored the even older system, the system of general responsibility for the purchase of munitions. In other words, in France today, the Ministry of War can only determine some standards and specifications for weapons, and the specific purchase rights have passed through the Ministry of War and directly passed into the hands of the corps commanders.

The purpose of this is very obvious, that is, to send money to those generals who directly lead troops, to curry favor with them, and to win them over. As a result, in France, two major armies were gradually formed, namely the Rubel Morro gang in the north and Napoleon's gang in the south.

Behind the two armies were different arms dealers. Needless to say, behind Napoleon, of course, the "military-industrial complex", while other military-industrial complexes that were not dragged into the "military-industrial complex" switched to Joebel's side.

The French government's allocation for both armies is not too much, but it is barely enough. It's just that when it comes to the purchase of weapons, the situation with the Northern Legion and the Italian Legion is very different.

On the side of the Italian Legion, Joseph did not need to give kickbacks to Napoleon, and he did not have to worry about Napoleon giving orders to other arms dealers who gave kickbacks. Anyway, the "military-industrial complex" belonged to the Bonaparte family, and Napoleon also had a share. This purchase fee is actually handed over from the left hand to the right hand.

But the Northern Corps was different. Those guys who bid from Rubel, if they want to win the bid, naturally have to give Rubel more kickbacks, and if this rebate is more, the cost will naturally rise, and as soon as the cost rises, the unit price of weapons will naturally rise, and whether the total amount of appropriations has increased, then the number of weapons and equipment will naturally decline. So until now, in the Northern Army, the Mini rifle is still only equipped with skirmishers, and the line infantry is still equipped with old-fashioned rifles.

As for artillery, the Northern Corps, as the elite of the French army, was equipped with the largest number of artillery. But it has not been updated, and many cannons are not very good because they are old.

So in the very beginning of the battle, the Northern Legion did not perform too well. At first, Rubert also hoped to be able to rely on the advantage of skirmishers to overwhelm his opponent. But his skirmishers were challenged by his opponents, who were also armed with rifled guns, and a large number of light cavalry armed with revolvers.

In particular, those hussars, armed with revolvers, posed a great threat to the stragglers. The skirmishers relied on range advantage on the battlefield and could fire one or two rounds at the light cavalry before they could rush forward. However, because of the high speed of the cavalry, it was difficult for these two bullets to hit the target effectively. And as soon as the cavalry approached, the advantage was too obvious when the revolver in their hands was pitted against the bayonets in the hands of the French.

If Rubert also had enough light cavalry armed with revolvers, then of course he would be able to use them against the revolvers. However, revolvers cost even more than rifled rifles, so many of the light cavalry under Rubert's command relied mainly on sabers to fight.

Therefore, as soon as the two sides fought, the French army was at a disadvantage and had to turn to the defensive, relying on fortifications to resist the attack of the Anglo-Prussian army.

To the south, the situation is different. Because the Russian army was not moving fast enough, and the Austrians were determined not to take the initiative to attack as long as the Russians had not yet arrived, it was still calm over there, but the British sent messengers every day to urge: "You said that you will do it together, why don't you move?" ”

The emperor said: "It is said that the Russians will also move, but they have not yet arrived." ”

The Russians said: "Our army is already on its way, you wait, it will be there soon!" ”

It is true that according to the plan, the Russians should have arrived a long time ago, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, and in Russia, His Majesty the Tsar himself made flowers.

It is said that Her Majesty the Empress has always looked down on the current Tsar Paul I, and felt that he was not a big deal at all, and even the Empress did not want to pass on the throne to him at all, but wanted to pass him and directly hand over the crown to his son, the Empress's grandson Alexander (later Alexander I, compared to Paul I, who fell out of bed when he was a few months old and had to sleep under the bed until dawn, Alexander was raised by the Empress herself since he was a child).

It was only because the Empress suffered a sudden stroke and never came to her senses that Paul I was able to ascend the throne in accordance with the order. It is said that the first thing His Majesty the Tsar did after ascending the throne was to ask his mother if she had left a will, and if so, if she could destroy it quickly.

Perhaps because he is not the successor that the government and the opposition have always looked forward to, he always wants to make something to prove his skills. Like many tsars, he had the experience of studying abroad in Europe, during which time he was well treated in Prussia (after all, Prussia would have been non-existent without his brain-troubled dad). And, like his father, he was full of affection and even adoration for everything Prussian.

So as soon as he came to power, the tsar began a major Prussian reform of the army. Not only the various military regulations and training methods were modeled after Prussia, but even the military uniform had to be changed to a Prussian military uniform.

This practice has been met with widespread resistance in the Russian army. After all, not every officer had a problem with his head like their tsar, and they had lived through the glory of the empress's time, so it was even more impossible to worship anything Prussia. For example, Field Marshal Suvorov openly stated: "There is something remarkable about Prussia, if it wasn't for us, they would have been finished long ago." Even now, if we go to war, I can also hang them up and fight, and learn from them? There's something completely wrong with that! ”

Emperor Paul I, who was quite glassy, naturally regarded this as disrespectful to himself, so he dismissed Suvorov without saying a word. However, soon after his dismissal, he found that he seemed to have agreed to send troops to France, and because of the personnel changes in the command level of the army brought about by the chaotic military reforms in front of him, many things were left unmanaged, and as a result, the preparations for sending troops to France were not actually done. And in his hands, apart from Suvorov, there is really no one who can compete with the Austrians for the position of commander-in-chief.

So the Tsar reinstated Suvorov and asked him to lead the Russian expeditionary force to Italy.

Time has passed in this back-and-forth.