Napoleon stayed in Milan for half a month, of course, in other words, only a dozen days. Despite the importance of "the speed of the soldiers" in the war, the massive expansion of the army forced Napoleon to stop and spend time sorting out the logistics, and sorting out and digesting the areas already occupied, which was a series of extremely trivial, boring, and one-head-a-two tasks.

For example, let General XXX take as many people as many people to XX place to maintain law and order, and let XXX Arsenal deliver a batch of arms within the time limit.

Fortunately, this is not Napoleon's whole life, Josephine has already sent him a reply, obviously, Josephine does not intend to "fly over", not to mention that she is neither an angel nor a birdman, so she does not have the ability to fly!

Napoleon's decision to successfully draw Sardinia as an ally had reached Paris. The "Madame Bonaparte" in Paris (shēn) naturally benefited greatly from her husband's exploits, and Napoleon's status in her mind skyrocketed, after all, Napoleon was an excellent "cash machine".

In fact, if one were to draw a visual picture of Napoleon's status in Josephine's mind over the years, one would be surprised to find that Napoleon had soared as if he had been a "quality stock" that had been hammered out, and in just a few years, he had fought a beautiful battle on the field. In the past, it was him who knelt (tiǎn) Josephine, and (rì) (rì) was worried that Josephine was looking for a man outside, but then he completely reversed. (Of course, Napoleon wasn't looking for a man outside!) Beauty~ There is a movie called "History of Napoleon (Qíng)")

"I have a son! I have a son! I'm going to be a dad! The lieutenant general, who had already achieved fame at the age of twenty-five and had a successful career, was cheering ecstatically that he had finally had an heir. This is a joy that is difficult for people who have never been a father to understand, and a child can really brighten up a person's life! (But the bear up really makes people want to strangle to death???? ）

"He actually has a son? What happened? How do I remember that his only son was born to that Austrian princess? It was Napoleon II, the king of Rome! Han Xing was shocked by this news, and muttered to himself with a confused face. And Napoleon had already pounced, and tears of excitement flashed in his eyes to give Han Xing a hug.

"Fake!" Louis XVI and Wang Pengfei, who were Napoleon's experts, replied at about the same time.

"He's finally happy to be a father?" Han Xing asked without thinking, it seems that it is normal to have some "accidents" with Josephine's water (xìng) and Yang Hua's urine!

"No, Josephine's little (jiàn) man lied! She's not pregnant at all! Wang Pengfei said in a disdainful tone, apparently (shēn) was a veteran "fan", and he was obviously deeply resentful of Josephine, the woman who liked to give Napoleon's hat to wear.

Louis XVI frowned slightly when he heard the word "little (jiàn)", (shēn) was a well-bred royal child, this kind of vulgar language was obviously more difficult for him to accept, but he did not say anything to stop it, after Wang Pengfei finished speaking, he nodded slightly and agreed: "She casually made up a reason to fool this poor little Corsican man, it's as simple as that!" ”

"Poor fellow!" Han Xing had no choice but to pat Napoleon, which was considered to comfort him in advance, obviously, he would have to know the truth sooner or later.

"A child! Do you know how amazing this is? When I (shēn) was in Paris, penniless, wearing patched clothes, you know, when you first met me~" Napoleon wiped the tears that flowed from the corners of his eyes because of the excitement of (qíng) Xu, he hooked Han Xing's shoulder, "At that time, I had no food and clothing, nothing to do, confused, and difficult, and the whole world seemed gray to me, honor, wealth, status, what a distant noun for me!" The kind that I have only heard in my dreams, I never thought that I would have a wife, and my children dare not hope for it! ”

Napoleon's face was sad, and a pair of gray-blue eyes stared out the window, as if the soul had returned to the gloomy and tragic past.

He suddenly shuddered, as if he felt the chill brought by the cold gaze of others (yīn) at the beginning, or his soul suddenly returned to his body, he came back to his senses, blinked vigorously, pushed open the white hollow glass wooden door, stood on the balcony, propped his hands on the beautifully made marble guardrail and took a deep breath.

Then, with a pleasant smile on his face, overlooking the city of Milan (shēn), which is full of Renaissance architecture, in the midst of the night and the lights of thousands of homes, he turned (shēn) and said to Han Xing with open arms: "But look! In just over two years, I've made a name for myself, and everything falls into place! Think of it when Caesar was looking at the mausoleum of Alexander the Great with his own eyes, he was also so embarrassed! Fate is so unpredictable! ”

"If you knew that you would wear the emperor's crown and create an empire with your own hands, I am afraid that you will be frightened by your greatness and have a heart attack!" Han Xing slandered the future Napoleon the Great in his heart, and thought with a little bad taste.

After the capture of Milan, Napoleon's Italian Front had managed to control most of northern Italy, and now Napoleon had only three threats to solve! They are the (rè) naya in the southwest, the Papal States in central Italy in the south, and Austria in the east.

Of course, Venice could be considered a threat, but the once-glorious republic that controlled trade in the Mediterranean for centuries was in decline, and Austria took all the territory it occupied in northern Italy.

With the development of the New Continent route, the economic center of the European continent has begun to shift from the Mediterranean region to the English Channel and the coast of France.

Napoleon's Italian conquests were mainly accomplished in the interior, and the supply lines were mainly dependent on land transport and local grain requisition, and the Naya army was too weak to be beaten by Sardinia! So (rè) Naya can be put in the way. The Papal State (qíng) is in a special situation, and they are not active in this war. In fact, the papal state, having shed its mysterious religious cloak and is more like a large "transnational bloc", for war they are far less cold to money.

So Austria was the last obstacle for Napoleon to complete the Italian conquest! It was also Napoleon's greatest threat, and with the defection of Austria's most important ally in Italy, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the war had become a joint siege of Austria by France and Sardinia.

And the key to Austria's dominance in northern Italy is the fortress of Mantua! It is the transport hub of Italy and the best access to the east. Although the army could consider a detour from the Brescia region, the proximity of the Alpine Ten Mountains and the steep terrain and rugged mountain roads were not suitable for a large army.

However, to get close to Mantua, you have to cross the Arcola Bridge! The topography of Mantua is quite interesting, it is surrounded by water on three sides, similar to the city of Rush, it is located at the fork of the intersection of the Minchio and Po rivers, and the overflowing river also formed several small lakes on the plain, and the whole city of Mantua was surrounded by it, which made the French offensive unable to carry out, and the only breakthrough was the wall on the plain.

But a new problem arose, and it was not only Napoleon who could see that this wall could be a breakthrough, in fact, most military strategists, even entry-level novices, could see that this was a breakthrough in the defense of the city of Mantua. And the only place where the French could cross the Minchio River was a stone bridge that had a resounding name - the Pont d'Acola.

However, the Austrians were not stupid enough to destroy the Wall, and when the French arrived, the Austrian army was already well fortified! The Acora Bridge, which was only seven or eight meters wide and tens of meters long, made it impossible for the French army to exert its numerical superiority, and the first attack organized by Napoleon ended in a crushing defeat!

The scene was very tragic for a time, the bustling French army tried to advance to the other side of the bridge, but was met with heavy artillery fire and the resistance of the Austrian stragglers hiding behind the fortifications.

Napoleon tried to convince them to go on the offensive, "Soldiers! Don't let your comrades die in vain! They paved our way forward with their blood! Rush up, rush again! But with little success, the deserters did not care at all about Napoleon's hoarse "Stop!" Don't run! I am your general! "They rushed to escape from this Shura Purgatory as if they were frightened beasts.

This confirms the necessity of strict military discipline (xìng)! In Europe, deserters are not hanged, at most they are beaten and punished! The cost of escaping is too low! Try them to escape and surrender in the Celestial Empire? Just drop your head! (Ancient)" Han Xing looked at the scene in front of him, a group of soldiers who were as fierce as tigers just now were scurrying around like rabbits, looking up to the sky and sighing.

In fact, this is Han Xing's assumption, the glorious Roman Empire also engaged in a similar one (tào), if the number of troops fleeing is too large, they will use the "ten draws and one kill" method, and one person is randomly selected from every ten people to be executed, so as to achieve the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys.

However, in the later Middle Ages, most of the aristocracy pursued a conscription system, did not set up a standing army, and expected a group of peasants not to be afraid of death and not to run away, which was basically wishful thinking! And killing too many people will not only hurt the peace, but also affect agriculture and economic development! After all, not all countries have such a strong war potential as the Celestial Empire! As strong as the Third German Reich, didn't even the Youth League go to war in the later period? This is a clear proof of the lack of human resources and the low war potential of Europe!

If you can't take Arcona, don't think about Mantua! This is the hurdle that Napoleon cannot cross! The casualties of the French army in this tentative attack were actually not large, just a few hundred casualties! However, time waits for no one! If Mantua cannot be taken quickly, once Austria increases its troops, the entire Italian battlefield will be at a stalemate!