As a large number of troops were transported by train to the French front, Prussia's defense forces in various parts of the country were very empty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The number of troops in many places has dropped to terrible proportions. As an important military port in Prussia, the defenders of Kiel were so weak that other cities can be imagined.

At the same time as Guba occupied Kiel, two other French armies, under the cover of the navy, landed at the port of Ader and the mouth of the Elbe, respectively. In the same vein as the French army occupying Kiel, they did not immediately advance inland after landing, but chose to hold on to their positions.

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"Lin Yizhe's Letters" - Fu Zeng Dishuai: "...... In due time, the French and Israeli sailors had seized the mouth of Puguo Xi'er Haikou, and the land troops had landed and wanted to march on Putin, and the news was indeed correct...... The Prussian army brigade is now stuck in the legal realm, and it is difficult to save it, and the Pu army has been in the legal realm for a long time, and the supply is difficult to continue, and the land is plundered, and the French people are very hateful. The French army entered the territory of the general territory, but also more killings and plundering, the battle between the two countries is deep, the situation is difficult to solve suddenly, the Beijing has been rumored that the general envoy wants to link up with us to resist the French, the second French and general envoy suspicion has been born, the public can be relieved to delay with it, and the Tianjin case is not in a hurry to be set for a while. Otherwise, even if it is beneficial to the country, it will be very damaging to the name of the official decree, and it must not be careless...... Feng Daye, this person is obedient and violent, and the philosopher knows it, so he sent a letter to inform the Admiral of the French Oriental Navy in advance to prevent him from causing trouble, and if one person causes China and France to fight each other, the war disaster will arise from it. or not know', the admiral immediately ordered the official Ben Shui Yong to Jin, named Protector, in fact, for surveillance, so the Jin case was able to seize his gun and imprison him on the ship of the country's naval division, but he had provoked the anger of the public, so there was a burning of the church, the monks and the people were killed, although the county of Jinfu was at fault, but it was not as big as this person, so it was enough to dismiss him; ……”

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France, Charon Fortress.

In the emperor's office at the base camp, Napoleon III looked gloomily at the indictment of atrocities in the Prussian army sent by the representatives of the people.

“…… Suddenly, there was a loud noise. The Prussian army rushed into the courtyard from behind. The four men seized Anthony while he was working with an axe; The rest surrounded him. Shouting and swearing in a nasty language. They almost killed him on the spot. Abellia rushed over and pleaded with them. At this moment an officer walked in and ordered the captive to be brought to him. After a few words in German with his soldiers, he turned back and said to Antony in a very fluent French: 'In two hours, I will shoot you.' ’”

"This was a rule promulgated by the General Staff of the Prussian Army: all Frenchmen armed with dangerous instruments who did not belong to the regular army were to be shot. Even the militias do not recognize themselves as belligerent groups. The Prussians feared nothing more than this by warning the peasants who were trying to defend their homeland, in order to prevent the whole people from rising up against them. ”

The Prussian officers locked up Antony and many of the young men without saying what they were going to do with them. The Prussians took everything they could, as if they were preparing for a long march. Since noon, Abellia has been suffering from unbearable pain. Despite her father's persuasions, she refused to leave the yard. She was waiting for the French troops. But time kept passing, and the night was coming, and although it dragged on for a long time, it didn't seem to change the terrible ending, so she was even more miserable. ”

However, at nearly three o'clock, the Prussian army began to make preparations for its departure. The officer and the soldier stayed in the house with Anthony and the old man for a while. Abellia knew that this was the life and death of a young man; She folded her hands together and prayed. Old man Amolan was by her side, still maintaining a serious and calm attitude, an attitude that only the obedient old crop could have. 'Ahh God! Yes! God! 'They're going to kill him......,' and the miller drew her to him, and sat her on his lap as if she were a child. 'Think again, you young men,' said the officer. If you don't help me with this, others will help me. I have offered your lives in exchange, and I have been lenient...... It's simple, just walk through the woods and lead us to Monton. There must be a path. None of the young people answered. So, are you going to be stubborn to the end? Still no one answered. ”

Abellia clasped her hands together and pleaded with Anthony from afar. She had forgotten everything, and she was probably trying to persuade him to do something shameful. But old man Amolan grabbed her hands so that the Prussians would not see the gesture of a woman who had gone mad with pain. ”

"The firing squad has arrived. The officers were still waiting for Anthony and the young men to relent. He had been expecting Anthony to change his mind. There was silence, the rumbling of thunder in the distance, and the sweltering heat of the fields, when suddenly a voice shouted: 'French troops! French Army! ’”

"It really is. At the edge of the woods, on the road to Soval, a long slipped of red trousers was recognizable. There was a lot of chaos in the mill. The Pru soldiers ran around and roared in a heavy guttural voice, but they didn't fire a single shot. 'French Army! French Army! Abellia clapped her hands and shouted. She seemed to be crazy. She broke free from her father's arms, raised her arms, and laughed incessantly. Yes! They're here, just in time, Anthony is still there! Like a thunderbolt, a horrible array of gunfire rang out in her ears and turned her back. It turned out that the officer had just whispered, 'We'll take care of this first.' ’”

"He personally pushed Anthony to the wall of the open canopy and gave the order to shoot. By the time Abellia turned around, Anthony was lying on the ground, with twelve bullets in his chest. ”

"She didn't cry, she froze. With her eyes fixed, she walked under the canopy and sat down not a few steps away from the corpse. She looked at him, her hand making a blank baby-like motion from time to time. The Prussian army had taken Old Man Amolan hostage. Then the gun went off again, and the rest of the young people fell......"

"The Prussians also arrested Abellia, they dragged her into the woods, and insulted her in front of her father, but she no longer felt any pain, because the person she loved most was dead, and her heart was broken......"

When Napoleon III read the indictment, which was as eloquent as Alexandre Dumas's novel, his anger rose in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time to be impulsive.

The complaint had clearly made him very uncomfortable, and he was desperate to find some solution to the problem. His gaze unconsciously fell on the small wooden box that had never left him more than 10 meters away.

Napoleon III opened the box, took out Hayashi Yoshizhe's letter again, and read it.

“…… Your Majesty, do not be provoked by Bismarck's provocative telegram, which he did on purpose! ”

“…… The war must be provoked by Prussia on its own initiative, and His Majesty will have prestige among the people......"

Thinking that he did not listen to him in the first place, Napoleon III regretted it again.

What made him feel relieved now was that after the defeat of the attack, he still followed Lin Yizhe's advice and quickly and resolutely reduced his troops to the Xialong Fortress. Although this "cowardly act" was firmly opposed by Empress Eugenie and the Count of Montauban, Napoleon III remained unmoved, and finally did not make a big mistake and changed the fate of the Second Empire.

“…… The Count of Montauban, a complete liar, a money-lover, and a man of unsound mind, who fell under the Empress's skirt for his own personal gain, and who would never think about the future of Your Majesty and the Empire......"

As soon as Napoleon III saw these words, the anger that had been pent up in his heart for a long time rose at once.

“…… For the sake of his own selfish interests, he would certainly urge His Majesty to attack with all his might, and oppose any form of retreat, whether it be a real rout, a tactical retreat for greater victory. He was convinced that this would affect his position in Paris, and His Majesty must not listen to his rhetoric......"

Napoleon III remembered that when he decided to retreat to Chalon, Montauban first wrote to stop him, then sent an envoy to stop it, and even asked the French high command to write to him asking for a halt to the retreat, and on that occasion he was really angry, and said these unceremonious words to Montauban in the letter:

“…… I would like to ask you to make it clear, Your Excellency, that I am the Emperor of the French Empire! And not you! Your actions have gone beyond the limits of what a minister should be! Hope you understand what you're saying and doing! ……”

This letter silenced Montauban for a long time, but soon after, thanks to the support of Empress Eugenie, Montauban, who was not willing to be lonely, began to dictate Napoleon III's military strategy again.

After the French army blocked the attack of the Prussian army in Xialon, because it was the emperor who came to the front line to command the defensive operations and achieved a major victory, Napoleon III's prestige among the French people increased greatly, and countless patriotic young people were inspired to sign up for the army and go to the front line of Xialong to fight under the emperor's banner. Encouraged by this situation, Empress Eugenie repeatedly asked Napoleon III to launch a counteroffensive. Montauban saw this moment and jumped out again.

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