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It was a thrilling conversation for Baron Ottoman. Every word he uttered would become a weapon of mass murder in the future. Blanqui's manual and Baron Haussmann's knowledge of the structure of Paris became Napoleon's secret weapon for the defense of Paris and the suppression of any rebellion in the city.

During the French Revolution, although the power changed hands repeatedly between the bourgeoisie, the common people, and the royal aristocracy, there was no third force to break the three-legged equilibrium, and the man in front of him, who was called the savior, tried to establish a personal dictatorship over the three political forces.

The military dictatorship that has occurred in the history of France has either collapsed in internal strife or collapsed under the grave situation of foreign enemies, and it seems that neither the First and Second Empires nor the Jacobins can escape this law of history.

When he came out of the Tuileries, Baron Haussmann had a complicated expression, and he noticed that there were more heavily armed soldiers on the Louvre Square, but they were dressed differently from the French army, and seemed to be more like the gendarmes of the Second French Empire.

Of course, these things are not in his charge, and he does not bother to delve into what these gendarmes are used for, but thinking of the small actions of the royalists that he heard at the recent reception, a sense of foreboding emerged in the heart of the Ottoman baron, did Napoleon think that the royalists in Bourbon would launch a riot? Or has he been creating a mirage of "hope" for the royalists, insidiously portraying them a false chance of restoration? And then the killer will be killed?

Napoleon sent the Ottoman Baron to the door of the Tuileries Palace and watched him away with a smile.

These court political struggles. Baron Osman didn't dare to dig deeper, and the best way to be with a cunning tyrant is to show his loyalty, and once you've been blacklisted for trust, you're not far from putting a gallows around your neck.

As for whether Napoleon was ready to guillotine a large number of nobles, Baron Osmanne did not care. He was only concerned with how he should protect himself after the contradictions between the Bourbon royalist parliament and the provisional government broke out.

Although Napoleon's power was not as intertwined as the royalists, he had two major lifeblood capable of conquering the country, the army and the finances.

And the royalists, who calculated by intrigue and trickery, instead fell into inferiority.

"Where is this man the resurrected Napoleon?"

With every step he took, he felt his gaze on his back, staring at him tightly.

He said to himself with a trembling voice, "It's not the reborn monarch in Les Invalides at all, it's the cardinal of the Bundes-theological seminary of the University of Paris who has been resurrected!" ”

The Prussian army was also advancing towards Paris, but each day of attack did not bring the Chancellor Bismarck the joy of victory, and the Prussian First Army was forced to disperse its forces in the continuous offensive to deal with the fortresses that the soldiers could not hold.

Although victory in Paris was in sight, Prime Minister Bismarck realized that the Prussian army had no strength to advance any further, and there were trapped defenders of Paris along the way, who relied on strong fortress artillery to make a final resistance.

Bismarck was anxious to take Paris and quickly withdraw his troops after achieving his strategic goals, so he dispersed the forces of the First Army and was able to quickly support Paris after Frederick Karl captured the fortress of Metz.

Bismarck stood at the door of the makeshift tent of the staff, looking at the Krupp steel cannons pulled by horses, and he smiled proudly.

This time, Prussia wanted to make France feel the despair completely.

The farther he went in the direction of Paris, Bismarck heard more and more rumors about Napoleon, most of which were rumors about how he had gained the trust of the whole city overnight.

A lie told a thousand times always makes one suspicious, and now Bismarck has begun to speculate that there is a man in Paris who is politically savvy and is building momentum for the French army.

King Wilhelm I of Prussia, who was also supervising the war at the front, came over and said to Bismarck, "I thought that the elite of France had been exhausted in the Battle of Sedan and the Siege of Metz, but why did we resist even more fiercely as we went deeper into Paris?" Some French armies would rather be wiped out as a whole than accept surrender? We thought that the French army had lost the will to resist. ”

"Maybe Paris has issued some kind of death order, and when the time comes, a propaganda war of public opinion will be carried out, telling them that after the Prussian army captures Paris, the French Provisional Government will be replaced, and all previous orders will naturally be null and void."

Bismarck did not care about the resistance of the French army along the way, and he could clearly feel that the defenders who had been sent to block the advance of the Prussian army were not all the elite of France. A correct leader would not use such a stupid method to drain his forces except to steal the attack of their First Army.

"Doge Trosch, oh no, maybe someone else, they're delaying the defense of Paris. The French elite had already realized that a frontal battle with the Prussian army was doomed, and if I were the leader of France, I would have stockpiled enough food and built strong fortifications for a long tug-of-war with the Prussian army. It seems that some people have realized that the Prussian army cannot fight a protracted war, and swearing to the death has become their only bargaining chip for victory, although it is not known what other means they have after delaying the time, but Germany and Prussia are still consumed in a year and a half. ”

The middle-aged man who was over half a hundred years old showed a haughty momentum, he raised his chin and looked contemptuously in the direction of Paris, "We are now the most powerful army in Western Europe, France is just an aging beast, His Majesty William, now is the time for us to lead the way." By the time we have taken Paris, you should crown the king of Prussia in their proudest palace. ”

Bismarck and Wilhelm I smiled at each other, and they both had the same idea of proving their position in Europe in this way.

The joy did not last long, and the commander of the First Army, Bidenfeldt, approached Chancellor Bismarck and Wilhelm, who had just replaced Steinmetz, who had been dismissed for ineffective combat, with all his words and deeds showing caution.

William I asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"There is an urgent telegram from Berlin."

"Berlin? What's up? ”

Bismarck frowned, he wanted to take the telegram from the other party's hand, but Commander Bidianfeldt said cautiously, "It is better for this telegram to be read by His Majesty the King himself, because it may affect the entire Franco-Prussian War." ”