When the Prussian Emperor William I heard that the French cavalry general Lyle had presented a letter from the French Emperor as a messenger, he was really shocked.

Wilhelm I looked suspiciously at the Minister of War, Field Marshal Ron, and the Prime Minister Bismarck. Ron and Bismarck were also puzzled, and both of them felt a burst of ecstasy in their hearts. They would never have imagined that the Emperor of France would surrender like this!

Oh, my God! This is the French Empire! Since the civil strife in Tsarist Russia and the decline of Britain, the French Empire has become the most powerful country in the whole of Europe and even the whole world. In addition to the magical country in the East, the army of the French Empire has long been known as the first in the world. Although they were confident of victory, they were also prepared to sacrifice countless Prussian men and were prepared to experience countless tragic wars and losses, and even the Prussian kings were ready to recruit a group of Germanic peoples from Eastern Europe as Prussian nationals after the war, so as to increase the labor force and population of the Prussian Kingdom. But what they never expected was that it would be so easy to win!

What about the world's number one army power? What about Napoleon the Great's sweep across Europe? It's so rare, and it's destroyed by itself. They almost felt like they were punching the cotton. However, in any case, the capture of the French emperor and the acceptance of the surrender of the other side was already an unprecedented victory, unprecedented in the history of the whole of Prussia and even the Germanic nation.

The French envoy, General Lelle, carrying a letter from the French Emperor Louis Napoleon, rode slowly to William I. Thirty paces from William I, he dismounted, stepped forward, took off his military hat and saluted the king, and presented William I with Louis Napoleon's "table" and a sword.

Wilhelm I, Bismarck, and Ron laughed, General Lehrer blushed, didn't say anything, let the Prussians take him aside to rest, he had to wait for Wilhelm I's reply and then bring it back to Napoleon III to complete the task, such a humiliating errand, as a general of the French Empire, is naturally extremely angry.

William I did not care at all about his feelings, and eagerly checked the letter of the Emperor of France: "My dear brother, because I did not die in my army, I have to offer my sword to your majesty. I hope to continue to be a good brother to His Majesty, Napoleon. ”

"Haha, what a shameless brother!" Wilhelm I handed the letter to Bismarck and Ron next to him. Both laughed. With little discussion, the trio decided to accept the surrender of the French Emperor.

The next day, Napoleon III met with the German Chancellor Bismarck, who had entered the city of El and formally signed the instrument of surrender and formally ordered the entire French army to surrender to the Prussian king. As a result, 31 generals below Napoleon III, the French marshal, and the remaining 90,000 soldiers inside and outside the city of El were all taken prisoner by the Prussian army. 100,000 muskets, more than 100 cannons, as well as a lot of salaries and some military rations were also captured by the Prussian army.

The Battle of El, as well as the previous pursuit, the French army suffered heavy losses, the French soldiers such as the Charlons Legion, the Metz Legion and the Guards originally totaled 240,000, but now in addition to the 90,000 surrendered here in the city of El, the Madz Legion in Luxembourg surrendered 30,000, and the 50,000 escaped and disappeared, more than 60,000 people were killed. Although no soldiers were captured and Prussia won a great victory, it also suffered a lot of losses, with more than 30,000 soldiers killed and more than 40,000 wounded, but the price was extremely light compared to the French army.

At noon on the third day, the telegraph line from the city of El to Paris was opened, and Napoleon III, urged by Marshal Ron, had no choice but to send a telegram to Paris: "The army has been defeated, and all the officers and men, as well as myself, have become prisoners. "Napoleon III wanted the Empress of Paris and his ministers to negotiate how much to pay for himself and his soldiers, but the Prussians did not allow him to do so at all, and only informed Paris that he and his army had been completely defeated and taken prisoner.

The Prussians were not deterred by Napoleon III's surrender and sent Napoleon III to be temporarily imprisoned in the city of El, and Wilhelm I was satisfied with the outcome of the war, and he and Prime Minister Bismarck both returned to Berlin and handed over the war to Marshal Ron. And Marshal Ron directly ordered to continue the attack on the French hinterland in the south, aiming directly at Paris.

At the same time, after receiving the Emperor's telegram, Paris fell into a brief standstill, and then the whole of Paris began to panic.

Empress Eugenie, who was in the Tuileries Palace, felt that she was going crazy! It was mainly her idea to provoke and start a war against the Kingdom of Prussia. I didn't expect it to lead to such a bad result today.

She panicked. Because she knew that the ministers and the people respected her in peacetime, and that she was able to regent three times, all came from her husband, Napoleon III. Now that even her husband, the Emperor of France, had been captured by the Prussians, and all her source of strength was gone, and she could hardly believe that the ministers would listen to her. He didn't have much roots in France, and without being an empress, she was just a countess in the weak kingdom of Spain.

In fact, it was true that the situation in Paris was as she feared. The next day, outside the Tuileries Palace, gunfire rang out everywhere, and the servants in the Tuileries Palace also fled in all directions, and a maid named Le Breton secretly told her that the news of the almost complete annihilation of the French army at the front and the surrender of the emperor spread, and there was a riot outside the palace, and countless mobs in Paris launched an assault on the various government offices of the French Empire, preparing to overthrow the rule of the Bonaparte dynasty.

Two days later, the maid brought back the news that she was even more alarmed: the French Empire founded by her husband had been overthrown, and the mob was killing each other in the streets, and they were divided into two factions to resist each other. But no matter which faction it is, it will not let her go.

Empress Eugenie dared to show her face at this moment, and with the help of her maid, she secretly escaped from the palace and sneaked to England.

At the same time, the French Third Republic was proclaimed, but by this time the Prussian army had already attacked France in a big way, and the situation in Paris was critical. The government of the newly established French Republic sent people to contact Bismarck, preparing to hold secret negotiations with Bismarck, begging for a stop to the war in the form of cession of territory, but Prussia seemed unmoved, and because of the complete collapse of the French army and anarchy, the Prussian army advanced to Paris as if it were no one, and the 200,000-strong army had captured nearly one-third of the territory of France north of Paris, and even 100,000 of them had begun to approach Paris.