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Anxious, Le Flore was walking briskly towards Napoleon's office, when the Palace of Brenne received a command from Trochu, but he felt that the Tuileries Palace had issued a stupid order that had undone the situation that had been gradually turned.

He certainly knew who actually issued the order, and as the de facto ruler of Paris, Napoleon had gained unsurpassed prestige. Once the Prussian attack was defeated, he would become a real French leader, although Le Flow had a bit of a disagreement with Napoleon before, but this battle was related to the safety of France, he did not dare to slack off, no one was willing, and saw hundreds of thousands of French troops buried in his hands in vain.

From the beginning of the stormy situation to the current state of see-saw, France is reversing the situation little by little, and the provisional government, which is not favored by everyone, has become the last savior of France at this time.

However, when Leflo arrived at the office, the assistant told him that Napoleon was not there and that he had gone to the front to make rounds. Le Flo was a little surprised, as a national leader to the front line to supervise the war, only this kind of dangerous thing only Napoleon III did, and the end was not very good, the battle of Sedang was a round-up, directly announcing the end of the Second French Empire.

Lovlow was supposed to leave for the front, but Napoleon appeared at the end of his vision.

He also saw Lovelo, walked over calmly, and said casually, "What's the matter?" Minister Loughlow, every time I see you at the Tuileries Palace, I know something must be happening. ”

Lou Flo was not interested in paying attention to Napoleon's ridicule, he hurriedly picked up the order in his hand, and said anxiously, "With all due respect, Your Majesty Napoleon, the plan you have formulated is to bury the entire defense line of France to Prussia, and deliberately leave a gap in the town of Sasenno waiting for the opposing cavalry to tear through our defense?" Once the Prussian army passes through here, the line of defense that has given them great damage will become an ornament, and they can crush the weak line by flanking from the left and right, and we will wait to lose the war. ”

Napoleon, after listening to the complaint, did not rush to answer Lovlow's words, but motioned for Lovlow to follow him into the office, where hung a map of Paris, on which he had made a mark, and he had taken into account every detail of the Prussian army's attack, except for a red circle in the small town of Sassenor.

"Of course, I have my own considerations and plans, otherwise why would I be left with a gap waiting for Prussia to come in. A line of defense could only stop the advance of Prussia. As we run out of ammunition, this line of defense will become more and more fragile. Eventually, it will be trampled by the iron hooves of Germany, and then the black eagle flag will be raised in Paris. And this gap in Sassenno is our gift for the Prussian army, what do you think the distance from Sasenno to Paris looks like from the map? ”

From Sassenau, across the bridge over the Seine, in the direction of Paris, there were several towns that surrounded the stars and the moon, through which Prussia had to pass if they wanted to take Paris, but which, after passing through the gap, seemed to form a semi-arc circle that concentrated the troops that had crossed the line.

After passing through the narrow pass, the army came to a plain surrounded by towns, and it was only through the plain that they could continue their advance to the rear of the line of defense or in the direction of Paris.

The more Leflo looked at it, the more amazed he became, and finally he gasped and said, "Like a ring with only one exit." ”

"Yes, there's only one exit ring, and when they come in, it's hard to get out quickly."

Napoleon gestured his hand at Levlo and continued, "What if we bring Prussian troops here?" ”

Lou Flo uttered only one word.

"Encirclement and annihilation."

Seeing that the other party finally understood his thoughts, Napoleon nodded with great satisfaction.

"So that's why we only have a small part of our forces in the small town of Sassenno, and from the point of view of the Prussian army it seems that it is impossible to dig trenches because of the forest, but they don't know that the French are here to design an ambush and annihilate all the Prussian troops entering Paris. But the cost of this ambush is too high, because we need a lot of troops to encircle this ring, and Paris cannot now squeeze out 30,000 men, even if the reserve forces are put into this battle. If it is not handled well, the Prussian army will withdraw the same way, and the most effective killing effect will not be achieved. ”

"If Prussia wants to withdraw the same way, then it will have to be seen if they have this opportunity. A small mistake is enough to lose all the advantages they keep. ”

Levlo said worriedly, "But our reinforcements have not yet arrived, and it is a little difficult for our current forces to block the large number of troops, because of the limitation of troops, it is difficult for this trap to give the opponent the maximum damage." ”

Napoleon laughed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, they'll attack tonight at the earliest." And our reinforcements will arrive tonight. ”

"Tonight?"

Le Flow felt as if he had been concealed a lot of his actions, and as the commander-in-chief of the French garrison, Napoleon was far superior to himself.

He asked hesitantly, "Your Excellency Napoleon is talking about our newly formed Army Group South?" They haven't formed enough combat power to be up to the task? ”

"No army can become a strong ace without being tempered by war, and the iron and blood of Paris are just the right time to sharpen their edges. The ace legions of the First Empire, which did not survive the wars of the southern conquest and the northern war. ”

Napoleon couldn't even wait to see Bismarck's face after losing his gamble. In the past, Bismarck had simply disdained such opportunistic methods, but the Prussian army had lost patience and could not wait to end the campaign.

It was this mentality of theirs, which he exploited, to take advantage of the topography of Paris, to elaborate a bureau.

"Besides, we have another ace force of nearly 7,000 men that can act as an interceptor force for the small town of Sassenno. They advanced more rapidly than Army Group South, and were probably the first combat unit to reach Paris. ”

Levlow was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Which army?" ”

"French Foreign Legion."

Napoleon's eyes looked out the window, as if he couldn't wait to see the bravery of this legendary unit.

"Here they are."