In addition to packing the Bonaparte brothers, Di Mourière also brought the entire Red Army with him. Although Kano protested angrily, (Kano believed that the transfer of Joseph would greatly reduce the efficiency of war preparations in the rear, and sending the "Red Army" to the front would be a killing of the chicken's eggs. But Di Mourier knew that his political life depended entirely on this battle at the front, and if he was defeated, what would he do with the hens for others? So, naturally, Kano's protest was ignored.

What's more, Joseph felt that it was a good thing to leave Paris now. First of all, the situation in Paris is becoming more and more unstable, and revolution can break out at any moment. And Joseph believed that if a revolution broke out this time, it would pose a much greater danger than the last one. It is almost certain that "the palace will be burned to splendid ashes, and the street lamps will be full of princely bones". It was too dangerous to remain in Paris, even more so than to go to the front. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and leaving Paris at this time is really undesirable for Joseph.

As for Lucien and Louie, Louis is still good to say, he is still young and obedient, but Lucien has more and more potential to cause trouble, he said that it is not big, it is not small, he knows a little bit of everything, and he does not really understand anything, and he is bold and clear, that is, he is in the stage of a bear child.

In order to train him, Joseph instilled in him a lot of truth-telling political knowledge; And his second brother Napoleon didn't play a good role either, and he was instilled with a brain of middle school ideas (what Napoleon taught Lucien can basically be summed up in one sentence: "Don't be cowardly, just do it!") ”）； Plus this guy has learned a lot of artistic temperament outside - well, in general, it's just a bear kid with a little bit in his hands.

The more knowledge you have, the more troublesome it is. Bear children who have never studied chemistry play with firecrackers at home at most. Bear children with chemical knowledge will configure thermite at home; Or let the little friend eat pills that can produce a lot of gas, and see if he can make him grow bigger like a balloon and fly. (Don't hide, Edison, that's you!) ）

Lucien was like that, the knowing bear child. Joseph felt that if he hadn't been kept an eye on him, God knew what would have happened to him, and that he had not gone to the front to fight a battle by himself, and when he came back, he saw that this guy had already led a group of people, holding a flag, in front of the Tuileries Palace and shouting "Long live the republic".

So, be sure to hand him over to a reliable person to watch.

There was only one person Joseph knew who was more reliable and reliable, and that was Lazar Canot. So he solemnly entrusted Lucien and Louis to Carnot for the time being. And bluntly said to Carno: "Lazar, Lucien knew some of the more active people when he was studying art. I'm not saying these people are bad. If so, I would never have allowed Lucien to have anything to do with them. But...... You know, Lucien's friends were hot-blooded young men, the kind who were ready to shed their blood for those lofty ideals—they were all good people. But...... Lazar, you know, everybody has selfish intentions, and I'm personally willing to sacrifice for France, and Napoleon was the same. But...... Lucien is still too young, and his mind is not yet mature, so I hope ......"

Kano interrupted him and said, "I see what you mean, Joseph. The situation in Paris is very precarious these days, and something may happen one day. The environment is very bad, people are different, their behavior is not the same, some people have taken refuge in the royal party, some people are fighting, and some are waiting, Lucien is a child, he should wait. Honestly, I'm not afraid to die for France. But aren't we willing to sacrifice for France so that those children don't have to sacrifice for it? I'll take care of them. ”

Why is this sentence so familiar? I seem to have heard it in some movie, and it seems a little unlucky. The thought came to Joseph's head for some reason, "Perhaps, I should entrust Lucien to someone else?" ”

However, although there were not many people whom Joseph recognized, who were "able to support a lonely-six-foot lonely" in terms of virtue, Armand, Saint-Juste, and even Robespierre. But in Joseph's view, they were the ones who needed to be isolated the most, and it would be ...... to throw Lucien to them God knows what's going to happen.

As for Monsieur Lavoisier, he and Joseph still had a pure exchange of money, which seemed to be good, but if Lucien was left with him, he might be abducted by Armand if he was not careful. Come to think of it, only Kano is more reliable.

"But Joseph, you know, I'm going to be very busy during this time, especially after you're gone." "I suggest that you leave Lucien and Louis on temporary absence, and stay at my house, and I will let your sister-in-law keep an eye on them and not let them go out." ”

"That's good." Joseph nodded in agreement, and then said, "I have to find something for them to do, I have prepared some math problems for them, which can exercise their thinking and consume their excessive energy." ”

As he spoke, Joseph took a folder out of his handbag and handed it to Kano.

"It's just that the order came suddenly, and I didn't have time to prepare more questions for them. Well, Lazar, if you have time, you can also give them some questions. ”

"It's an interesting idea." Kano nodded, "Don't worry, I'll check their homework every night when I go back." ”

In this way, the dark life of Lucien and Louis for the next period began.

Although Di Mourier left Paris, he did not immediately go north to direct the counteroffensive. He had completely lost trust in the French army, so he decided that he had to rely more on the Volunteers to defeat the enemy. Because although the Volunteers are not trained, at least their morale is high, they will never collapse inexplicably. At this time, because of the previous defeat, the National Guard also realized that France had to rely on itself to defend, and the patriots among them joined the volunteers to defend the motherland, and Paris alone provided tens of thousands of volunteers for Dumourière in a short period of time.

The morale of these volunteers was quite high, but after all, the military skills were poor, so Di Mourier asked Joseph and Napoleon to hurry up and train them militarily, and at the same time prayed to God that God would make the enemy move more slowly.

Perhaps it was the filial piety of France that moved God, and the movements of the enemies of France really slowed down.

While Austria and Prussia were mobilizing for war and constantly moving their troops in the direction of France, the great Eastern Roman Empress, after scolding the French traitors and expressing her moral support for the military operations of Austria and Prussia, waved her hand lightly, and 100,000 gray cattle crossed the border.

The Polish army resisted, and they fought well, but while they were resisting, King Stanislav took the lead in surrendering. This is really "the ministers are about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first". The surrender of the king was devastating to the morale of the Polish army, and by July the whole of Poland had fallen into the hands of the empress.

The empress's actions stunned both Austria and Prussia. They thought that the Empress would have to discuss with them how to divide the meat before doing it, but they didn't expect the Empress and her to fork the whole of Poland directly and put it on their plates.

Austria and Prussia immediately proposed to the Empress that they would sit down together and talk about how to divide the Polish meat. However, if you don't have any soldiers, why should the Empress talk to you? So Prussia immediately halted the troops that had been sent to France, so that they could have a good talk with the Russian empress. Anyway, Prussia and France do not share a border, and even if they don't send troops now, the future trouble will be limited.

Seeing that Prussia made such a gesture, the empress also made a gesture. She put forward a counter-proposal, hoping to hold separate talks with Prussia and Austria to discuss the question of how to divide the meat.

The empress's meaning is actually very simple, she wants to divide and conquer. Prussia can come up with troops, so it can share a little meat with him, but Austria? Do you have what it takes to transfer troops on the border with France as well? Do you dare?

Austria naturally doesn't dare, so why should the empress share the meat with you?

The three parties pulled the skin, and in the end, the empress ate the meat, the king drank the soup, and as for the emperor, he smelled the meat. And time has gradually passed in such a ruffle.

It was not until 30 July that the Austro-Prussian army set out from Koblenz and advanced towards France under the command of the Duke of Braunschweig. Before that, he issued a proclamation in the name of the emperor and the king, threatening to hang all the rebels in Paris with street lamps.

However, the French of this era were still full of martial virtues, and this declaration angered the French. As a result, the French responded with a new revolution, and on August 10, the people of Paris revolted, imprisoned the king's family and stopped the king's power.

This de facto proclaimed that a republic was about to begin. In order to defend the republic, Robespierre and the Brissotes (also known as the Girond) united, and a new government was established, with the republicans in the driver's seat and Danton as Minister of Justice. They mobilized the masses to join the volunteers to defend the motherland, and the volunteers from all over the country continued to march to the front, which led to a rapid increase in the number of troops at the hands of General Dumourieux. It didn't take long for it to exceed 100,000. Lafayette, however, felt that the tide was turning, and after failing to convince the army to follow him back to Paris, he left the army alone and crossed Holland in an attempt to make his way to North America. Unfortunately, he encountered the Austrian army on the way and became their prisoner.

By 19 August, the Prussian-Austrian forces had crossed the border into France, and then encountered a continuous stream of heavy rains. Almost all the roads of this era were dirt roads, and in the heavy rains, these roads were turned into mud pools, and vehicles and cannons were difficult to move through in these mud pools, which gave Di Mourieux more time to prepare. And it made it difficult for the coalition to replenish, and a large number of troops also fell behind.

Prior to this, at Joseph's suggestion, Dumourier had transferred a large number of French artillery in the Belgian direction to the area around Sedan to prepare for the allied forces here. Taking advantage of the two pseudo-Romans, and the time of the Teutonic barbarians, Joseph and Napoleon put these artillery pieces on hard training. And the heavy rain during this period made it difficult for the artillery of the coalition army to keep up with the actions of the coalition army, which gave the French army a clear advantage not only in numbers, but also in the number of artillery.