Soon after the Warsaw Agreement was formally signed, it was assumed that peace in Europe would finally come and that Europe would enter a period of rapid development. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, there is nothing wrong with rapid development, and Europe has achieved more in the period that followed than in the past century. But war is never far away.

In the summer of 1795, a major event broke out, when the Swiss national revolutionaries were arrested by the Swiss federal authorities for holding atheism and openly promoting godless internationalist philosophical ideas, and the national revolutionaries staged protests in Zurich, Bern and other places, but were suppressed by the Swiss federal army.

This caused strong dissatisfaction on the part of the Tang Dynasty, and France and Germany also issued strong statements on the incident. At this time, the brainless Switzerland put forward the argument that "this is its own internal affair, and other countries have no right to interfere".

It's just that Switzerland really picked a very bad point in time, although the war in Europe was over, but the armies of various countries were not completely disbanded, and the legions under the command of the Tang Army were even more so. The French Volunteer Legion, which had not shown much in the previous war, was now in Bavaria, not far from Switzerland. Napoleon had been training 80,000 French soldiers who had been exiled by France in disguise here since last year.

Not long ago, the Tang Army in Europe had just sent a large number of weapons, equipment and supplies to the French Volunteer Corps, and the training was also fruitful.

Blanam authorized the French Volunteer Legion to march into Switzerland to stop the persecution of revolutionaries and innocents there.

Napoleon was so desperate for this decision that he could gain greater fame only if he performed well on the battlefield. He knew that he would not remain in the Foreign Legion of the Tang Dynasty, and that one day he would be able to return to Paris to seize his own glory.

It took Napoleon only five days to invade Zurich, and by this time Switzerland knew it was afraid and wanted to bend its knees for peace. But apparently both France and Germany saw the benefits at this time, and France and Germany tacitly agreed to send troops on a small scale and invade Switzerland at the same time. Within a month, the entire territory of Switzerland was captured, and a large number of counter-revolutionaries were executed and exiled.

With the acquiescence of the Tang Dynasty, Germany and France divided the German-speaking and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. At the same time, the Tang Dynasty authorized the "Italian" Napoleon to establish the Autonomous Republic of Ticino in the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland, with the capital Lugano, and Napoleon served as the consul of the autonomous republic.

In fact, it is natural for many people to think that European countries are all nation-states, that is, countries with a dominant nation and a single language. But in fact, due to complex historical problems, there are not only subjective nation-states such as France, Germany, and Spain in Europe. Strictly speaking, Britain is made up of Anglo-Saxons and Celts, and of course the population is still dominated by English, but in fact there are not many Welsh, Scots, and Irish.

Belgium was founded by two peoples, French-speaking and Dutch-speaking, and the country also has two linguistic regions.

In the same way, there is no such thing as a Swiss nation or a Swiss language, and this confederation is a permanent alliance of city-states formed by the promotion of a number of princes, and it was only after the Thirty Years' War that it achieved true independence. Late medieval Switzerland was a force to be reckoned with, and Swiss mercenaries made a name for themselves.

This federation is mainly composed of three parts: Zurich, Bern and other territories of the original Holy Roman Empire, which are German-speaking areas; Fribourg, Valais and other places are French-speaking areas; Italian is spoken in the southern foothills of the Alps, such as Lugano.

In this case, it seems to have become easier for the powerful countries to divide the land according to the language zone. Historically, Napoleon destroyed the Swiss Confederation and established the puppet Republic of Helveti here.

In terms of public opinion, the Swiss people who identify with a strong country like France and Germany are relatively limited, and most of them still want to maintain a relatively liberal and autonomous federal system, but with the French Revolution and the introduction of the internationalist ideology of the Tang Dynasty, many Swiss people are radical to believe that the ******** state system should be abolished.

The annexation of Switzerland caused dissatisfaction among many members of the Swiss Revolution, but the weaker countries had no choice. Although the Swiss resisted stubbornly, the strength of the French Volunteer Legion, which was armed by the Tang Dynasty, was really not something that the Swiss army, which was not even fully equipped with old-fashioned paper shell bullets and rifles, could resist. Switzerland's long survival in the European system is largely due to its policy of neutrality. However, this attack on the national revolution was undoubtedly a major mistake and led to the destruction of the federation. Of course, Bai Nan believes that this is inevitable, that the Tang Dynasty will continue to promote internationalism, and that it will obviously conflict with the political and religious atmosphere of Switzerland, and that even if Switzerland is neutral in international policy, it will not escape the end of destruction.

After Napoleon became the ruler of the Autonomous Republic of Ticino, this military genius who was not willing to be dull wrote a letter to the Tang Dynasty President Bai Nan, which was more than 40 pages long, all written by Napoleon himself.

In his letter, Napoleon said that Europe was undergoing major changes, with the tide of freedom and democracy sweeping across the continent, while nationalism was on the rise. The reunification of Germany and the restoration of Poland all benefited from the support of the Tang Dynasty. Napoleon, who said that now that he was the "lord" of Ticino, was concerned about the rise and fall of Italy, and saw no reason to exclude a country that had given birth to a splendid civilization from the tide of the world. And now Italy is juxtaposed, and the decaying power of the church is also preventing the development of a new civilization.

Napoleon believed that only a united, open, and revolutionary Italy could adapt to the development of the times, and at the same time, it was the most beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. From the perspective of Datang, he said that France, Germany and Poland have provided Datang with a strategic fulcrum in Western and Central Europe, and Northern Europe also has Estonia and Latvia, but in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Datang lacks such a fulcrum. Napoleon hoped that the Tang Dynasty could support him in leading the French Volunteer Legion into Italy, establish a unified Italy, and become a firm ally of the Tang Dynasty.

After reading this letter, Bai Nan actually had the idea of "what you said is so reasonable, I can't refute it".

Although Napoleon has been expelled from Europe, I don't know whether it was historical inertia or other coincidences, Napoleon actually started his Italian campaign in this way. And Bai Nan also knew that even if the Tang Dynasty did not give him the French Volunteer Legion to use, Napoleon would leave some of his most loyal soldiers and recruit troops in Ticino to wage war against the Italian princes. (To be continued.) )