The first update

When Gambida stood in front of Napoleon, his face was already haggard, and he was so tired that he couldn't even stand on his feet after days of running. After returning from Tours, he quickly threw himself into the defense of Paris.

Army Group South easily tore through the Prussian army's impenetrable encirclement and smoothly entered the city through the south gate.

But Napoleon was very satisfied with the assembled army group South, and although the leader of the republican faction had a heavy army in the south, he did not choose to betray himself like the only blood of the Condé family, who was willing to be a duke. Gambida led the 300,000 troops of the Southern Group Army to alleviate the crisis in Paris and its surrounding cities in three ways, and threw nearly 100,000 troops into the city to break up the enemy's encircled army.

Compared to the Duke of Gan, who was sponsored by the British and had been cruising the Rhine in search of opportunities, Gan was more like a faithful servant of the country.

"In accordance with the previous orders of His Excellency Napoleon, we have committed our army to the small town of Sassenno. Now they may have surrounded the Prussian army that was preparing to storm Paris, and this is our only chance. ”

Gambida was amazed at Napoleon's far-reaching strategic vision, for he had already received a telegram from Paris half a month earlier, because Army Group South had rushed to Sasenno as soon as it arrived in Paris. When they actually arrived in Paris, they realized that everything that Napoleon had said before was not rhetoric.

The trenches were able to halt the advance of the French army, but the only gap left behind was a gamble that Prussia lost the weight.

"This is our only chance, and if we can besiege Prussia at Sassenno and cut their forces around, the occupation will be completely reversed in our direction. Unless their Second Army completely abandoned the siege of the fortress of Metz and went to the aid of Paris. However, once the Rhine Army was no longer besieged, they would immediately attack the Second Army from behind, still in a dilemma. So that's why the Rhine Army was resolutely not allowed to surrender. ”

Napoleon's eyes looked out of the window of Paris, and the sound of artillery fire approached the city, which was a bell of hope for them.

"Bismarck will not be able to be complacent for long, he will only rely on Crown Prince Frederick's Third Army, but Army Group South is still in the second round of build-up, and when we put in another 300,000 troops, Wilhelm I will know what despair is."

However, at this time, Bidianfeldt had already felt what it meant to be desperate, the French army in front relied on the town to block the way forward, and the rear was constantly gathering forces, trying to block the Prussian retreat at the throat of the small town of Sassenor. They entered a pocket-shaped encirclement, while the French continued to shrink their forces, blocking the retreat of the Prussian army.

In fact, as long as the Prussian army gathered forces and rushed forward, it could largely break through, but he made the same mistake as McMahon did at Matz, and hesitated.

And he didn't know where this large group of French troops came from behind him, and he hadn't received any information about them before!

The artillery fire was still venting on the other side of the Seine, and the Prussian army who wanted to escape through the river was besieged layer by layer and could not get out at all. At this time, the dawn was approaching, and the Prussian army was on a plain without any cover, and they would be completely exposed to enemy fire.

The plan was completely disrupted, and even Bidianfeldt could not think of a better breakthrough plan in a short time, and there was an ambush with an unknown number of people in front, so he could only let the army withdraw to the rear, opening a gap.

However, at this time, the French army was pressing forward step by step, trying to force their troops to die here.

"Commander, what are we going to do?"

Albert looked around nervously, and the sound of attack could be heard in every direction, he had never seen such a large number of French troops, they were like moths besieged in the middle of an ant colony, unable to fly.

If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the Prussian army, I am afraid that they would have become prisoners by now.

"Reinforcements, we must stay where we are and wait for reinforcements."

After organizing several failed breakouts, Bidianfeldt calmed down, he knew that the army in his hands now had no artillery fire, only a small number of heavy hand-cranked machine guns, and could not break through at all. Only by letting Bismarck send troops can they be saved.

"Use carrier pigeons to call for help from the base camp."

Before the advent of mobile portable radios, carrier pigeons were one of the few means of communication on the battlefield. "Tell Chancellor Bismarck that we have fallen into a trap and that please send someone to support us immediately." ”

By the time Bismarck's base camp received the carrier pigeons, Bidenfeldt's army had been besieged for three hours, and they had fought to the death against the attacking French army in the small plain, and if it were not for the fact that the army responsible for the ambush was inferior to Prussia, he would have been "talking and laughing" with Le Flow in the Palace of Brinnnes.

Bismarck took the initiative to withhold the message back, as he had done in Emsmy's telegram, not wanting Wilhelm I to know too much, but to win the victory by his own means and at all costs.

Bismarck looked at this message with a gloomy face and began to think about how to explain to Wilhelm I that he was going to continue to increase his troops in the direction of Sastheno.

But for a man who will do whatever it takes to win, this is not as difficult as Bismarck. However, the omission of intelligence led him to mistakenly believe that the so-called French reinforcements were only the last military force in Paris.

He never even considered that this time the French would be mobilized more efficiently than the Prussian army imagined.

Once Bismarck had decided, he made his way to the tent in the general chamber, where Wilhelm was still discussing with the other generals how to break through the trench that had held them back for three weeks.

He, William I, reported a false piece of information.

"We met a small resistance in the direction of Sassenno, but the advance was going well, and we are now about to reach the city of Paris. However, the French forts and artillery were beyond our imagination and now needed the support of Prussian artillery. ”

Bismarck explained to Wilhelm I, who was already in a bad mood, "Now is the most critical moment, so I want to send the artillery unit to Sassenno for support, it is the cover of most of the artillery bombardment, once the city of Paris is broken, the resistance of the defense line will become meaningless, and France will naturally surrender to us." ”

William stared at the other party and asked hesitantly, "Are you sure?" ”

He nodded and said affirmatively, "Of course, Your Majesty William, I swear by honor. If we lose to the French at this moment, it will be the greatest shame! ”