Napoleon's speech was excellent! In fact, Napoleon's philosophy was exactly what the Celestial Empire called "feeding war with war", and if supplies could not be provided through logistics, then they would have to simply use local materials!

Nice has never been a nice place, it's so close to the Alps! Although (shēn) is a veritable natural fortress between the Alps to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. However, it was also unusually cold because of the snow in the Alps, and even though it was the height of summer, the soldiers of the Italian legion still shivered in the early morning and evening from the cold wind blowing from the Alpine peaks.

If anyone had counted the number of Italian legionnaires who froze and starved to death in Nice, he would have been amazed! Because of this, not a single soldier wants to stay in this ghost place for a long time. What's more, for a soldier (shēn), merit and honor need to be obtained on the battlefield, right?

Napoleon, with a reorganized Italian legion, set out on the road to the conquest of Italy. Italy has never been a single entity since the collapse of the Roman Empire, and the culprit of all this is His Majesty the Pope.

Italy without Rome is like a giant that has lost its heart, and Rome, which is located in the heart of Italy, is the administrative, transportation, political, economic and trade center of the whole Italy. And because of the Pope's presence, the entire Italian region has fallen into a strange state of calm, and no one dares to use the sword in vain, after all, this is under the Pope's nose, isn't it?

This indirectly led Italy to embark on a completely different development path from other regions, and it was only here that republics such as Venice, (rè)naia, and Florence appeared, and if these rich commercial alliances appeared elsewhere, most of them would be taken by the coveted aristocracy and eaten alive!

The presence of the Pope established the "basic peace" of Italy (qíng), and as a result Italy fell into a strange state, where scheming, assassination, and fighting were more popular than wars, which was the fundamental factor behind Italy's mediocre performance in the two world wars.

The situation in Italy, with its many small states, was a great thing for Napoleon! This means that he can break them down one by one! The state (qíng) in northern Italy was as follows: Austria in the east had occupied the northern part of Venice, and was Austria's sphere of influence up to Mantua.

In the middle is the Duchy of Milan, which you may not know much about Italy, but Milan, Venice, Rome, and Florence must be familiar with these place names. In modern times, Milan is famous for its fashion design, but what few people know is that in the Middle Ages, Milanese plate armor was the finest in Europe. It was only later that the armor was eliminated and they embarked on the road they have today, so there is a historical origin for Milanese people to engage in clothing design!

The western regions of Turin, Piedmont and Liguria are now in the hands of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which is located in the south of Corsica and is a little larger than Corsica, but not by much·······

You may wonder where this kingdom came from, since its base is in the Mediterranean, how did the business develop so extensively, and it all developed into the interior of northwestern Italy!

In fact, the original (shēn) of the Kingdom of Sardinia was the Duchy of Savoy, which was located in the northwest of Italy, and the Savoy dynasty inherited Sicily through marriage, but was flattened by the Austrian Sea in the war, so they had to obediently hand over Sicily, in exchange, they got the small broken island of Sardinia. Although Sardinia is a small broken island where birds don't, it is a king-level title, after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, isn't it? So the Duchy of Savoy was officially renamed the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Napoleon's first target was the Kingdom of Sardinia, located at the foot of the Alps, just a mountain away from France, and the Kingdom of Sardinia was not honest and joined the anti-French alliance organized by Austria. Obviously, compared to France, which played indiscriminately like a madman after the revolution, the monarchy of Austria looked less odious!

It turns out that famous paintings are all deceptive, and the oil paintings of this era are even more unreliable than the photos taken by a modern beauty camera! Napoleon crossing the Alps is not at all as dashing as the painting in "Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard Pass in the Alps"!

After all, most of these paintings, with the exception of portraits, were fabricated by the author out of thin air, so that Napoleon's hair color is still a mystery, some of which show him with brown hair (mostly seen in early portraits with long hair), and some of which have black hair (mostly seen in later short hair). The fact is that Napoleon had dark brown hair, which can be seen as dark brown when it is long, and looks like black when it is short, it's as simple as that.

At this time, Napoleon did not have a bright red cloak, nor a gorgeous gold-rimmed three-cornered hat, but instead of a handsome white horse and bright yellow hands (tào) and white tight (shēn) trousers, he did not have the domineering face that looked at the world.

His military uniform was wrapped in a gray, plain but thick earthy military coat, tightly wrapped like a bear. His beautiful brown hair was covered in snow and crushed ice, and he was snorting desperately with snot on his nose, but a sneeze destroyed all his efforts.

His crotch is not a handsome white horse, but a stupid donkey. Obviously, if you want to climb the mountain, the speed is slower, but a mule with a more stable center of gravity is more suitable than a horse.

The lieutenant general, curled up in his coat by the cold Alpine winds, his eyes blown by the cold wind, and tears flowed, he dragged his nose and his teeth rattled like fried beans, looking more sick than a great conqueror.

"Hannibal has crossed the Alps, and Caesar has crossed the Alps!" His Excellency the lieutenant general did not forget to inspire himself with the deeds of great men, and he gritted his teeth and said to Han Xing.

"This is a severe test that every hero has to go through~Ahhhh

Napoleon had no choice but to stretch out his hand from his pocket, which was as red as a carrot, and wrap the scarf a little tighter, and then quickly withdrew his hand. Obviously, even the great man's (rè) (qíng) could not stop the cold Alpine winds.

Fortunately, the Alps are neither the tallest nor the widest mountain range in the world, but they are remembered for their scenic beauty and tourist value in northern Italy. For warm Italy, seeing snow is always a magical thing (qíng). So the suffering of the Italian Front did not last long.

It's as if Neon People have a famous spot called "Tottori Sand Dunes", which is famous because it is the only small desert area in Neon! In fact, it is only a few kilometers away, and things are scarce! People who really live in the desert want to walk around when they see the desert, and only neon people will happily drill into the desert, abu, and sand dunes. (The people of Africa and Xinjiang living in the Sahara said: Hehe, you don't understand the cruelty of the desert at all!) ）

The multitude of states in Italy created favorable conditions for Napoleon, and if you want to sum up the military experience of Napoleon's life, it is nothing more than two points: 1. Large-scale artillery cluster tactics; 2. Strive for local advantages and break them one by one. This is a simple encapsulation of Napoleon's lifelong tactics of employing troops.

You might be thinking, "What is this?" Everyone in the Celestial Empire knows it! We will also "The Art of War" and the Thirty-six Strategies! "The art of war of the Celestial Empire is indeed broad and profound, but in the final analysis, it is actually just a combination of tactics, strategy, and diplomacy. So you have to learn and apply it, right?

For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, many Celestial Empire officers did not receive systematic military training, but they were equally unambiguous in their fighting. There are many tactics that they use on the battlefield, but they don't know which of them they use. In other words, I don't know what this strategy of mine is called in military terms.

After crossing the Alps, the French army went directly to Turin, the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Sardinia was not weak, they had an army of more than 25,000 people, Napoleon wanted to take the 25,000 army with nearly 10,000 people at hand It was almost a dream, but now there was an opportunity in front of Napoleon's eyes - the Sardinian army was not in the capital!

In fact, Napoleon's choice to pass through the Alps from the Saint-Bernard Pass in Nice led directly to the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia squatting in the wrong place! They were still waiting in the northern mountain passes, waiting for Napoleon to come and throw a snare into the net! But they did not know that Napoleon had penetrated into their hinterland from the southern mountain passes!

Turin is just an ordinary city, whether it is compared to Rome with its rich cultural heritage, or Florence, Venice, Pisa, and (rè) Naia, which represent new ideas, the city can only stand on the sidelines, and if it were not for (shēn) the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the city is not worth mentioning at all! However, in the future, the city will become the third largest city in Italy with heavy metal industry, but when it comes to the background, it is still a mess!

At this time, it was no longer fashionable to build walls in the city, and in fact, even if they were built, they were meaningless under artillery fire. The city did not have any decent resistance other than a few thousand defenders.

In addition to the king's 2,000 guards, the remaining 3,000 defenders in the city were militiamen! This group of people may be good at maintaining law and order, but when it comes to fighting a war, they don't look at it enough at all, and trying to win the war by relying on the militia is simply wishful thinking! And those 2,000 guards are enough, at best they are just a well-dressed guard of honor, not much stronger than the militia!