The war broke out in Turin, the French army numbered as high as 10,000 men, while the Sardinia had only 5,000 men, and there was no artillery at all, and even the cavalry was only a few hundred men, and the war was unfair from the beginning.

But war is not fair, and a stupid person like Song Xianggong is a rare animal after all, isn't it? If the place had changed, the Sardinian army would have beaten Napoleon without leaving a qíng, right?

Napoleon ordered more than 30 mountain guns to be lined up, and occupied a high ground west of Turin, and began to bombard the defenders who intended to hold the city of Turin. One of them even had a large hole in the façade of the royal palace in Turin.

The infantry also surrounded the whole city of Turin, and from the city, the French army waved their flags as if they were thousands of horses, as if they were endless, so that the Sardinian nobles in the city were so frightened that they were colorless. Without him, the appearance of the French army was too sudden!

Even if they wanted to break their heads, they couldn't understand how the French army bypassed their own troops and suddenly appeared here!

"What are you going to do? Storm? Han Xing asked Napoleon, who was riding a horse and observing the situation in the city of Turin, on the highlands in the west.

According to Han Xing, in this situation (qíng), the best way is nothing more than "cut through the mess with a quick knife", directly wave the army to take the city of Turin, and then tie up the king of Sardinia to negotiate with him.

"No, a strong attack will cost us too much strength! After all, they are defending on fortifications! Even if we succeed in taking Turin, we will pay at least a third of the casualties! Napoleon said as he surveyed the enemy forces in the city with a monocular, scrambling to organize defenses.

"You mean not to storm? If you don't storm it, what will the Sardinian army do when the time comes? That's all over then! Han Xing said urgently. After all, there aren't many options in front of you, and if you don't settle the battle quickly by storming, it's likely to cause the opponent to play a trick that blossoms in the center.

"Could it be that they will surrender on their own?" Han Xing complained casually.

"That's right, I'm just going to make them surrender themselves!" Napoleon, on the other hand, smiled as sly as a fox and said, "Look, here they are!" Napoleon suddenly put away his binoculars, then pointed to a magnificent black carriage that drove out of the city of Turin in the distance, and smiled.

"How is that possible? Could it be that the king of Sardinia was killed by that shell? Or was he hit in the head by a cannonball, and he went mad? Actually sent someone to surrender? Han Xing rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and looked at the carriage with a white flag in amazement.

Napoleon rode his horse halfway up the hill to the heights, where he waited for the messenger to come up.

The messenger was a fat man with a fat head and big ears and a gray wig on his head, and if it weren't for the help of the servants, I am afraid it would have been difficult to stand up! He got out of the car with difficulty, and on crutches, staggered towards Napoleon, who was halfway up the mountain.

As if deliberately to dismount him, Napoleon sent two rows of soldiers on either side of the hill in a neat line, stretching from the foot of the hill to the halfway point of the mountain, their rifles with their bayonets on their blazing lights. As the messenger approached, they crossed their weapons at the same time, blocking the messenger's path.

The poor messenger's legs weakened in fright at the sight of these shiny and cold blades, and if it weren't for the two servants behind (shēn) reaching out in time to help him, he would have knelt down for the French army!

"You can go up, but your servant must stay!" The French soldier at the front shouted to the messenger. This is really afraid of something, just his virtue, if there is no servant to support him, I am afraid that it will turn into a puddle of mud in an instant!

"How did the Kingdom of Sardinia send such a coward! Aren't they afraid that this guy will lose their face? "The hat was adorned with bright red feathers, and he scratched his head like a proud peacock. The beard on his face stretched from his sideburns to his chin, and he looked like a red-capped gorilla, and he still smelled of male hormones from top to bottom (shēn), and Captain Murat, who was not inferior to Sir Hansen, looked at the trembling messenger like chaff and sneered at Napoleon.

"Don't be stupid, that's the Duke of Savoy, the brother of the King of Sardinia! The King of Sardinia sent him to show that he attached great importance to this negotiation. The chief of staff, the oldest and calmest of Napoleon's ranks, and now the highest-ranking and highest-ranking chief of staff, Major-General Berthier, said to Murat in a somewhat reproachful tone.

"I'll bet 10 francs, and he'll be scared to pee!" Murat pointed with his right hand holding the horsewhip to the Duke of Savoy below. Bertier only pouted, he didn't like Murat, the impulsive, flamboyant guy, and looked down on this kind of playboy from the bottom of his heart. After all, he himself is a mature and steady middle-aged man.

Originally, I thought that the Duke of Savoy would jump to his feet in a hurry, beg (qíng) or refuse sternly, after all, with his virtue, if there is no one to help him, I am afraid that he will already "lie down" on the ground and gnaw mud!

But unexpectedly, the duke waved his hand resolutely, asked the two servants to retreat, and then, with his silver cane as support, walked towards the halfway point of the mountain with difficulty. Seeing that he had sent his servants, the French soldiers, although surprised, had no choice but to obediently get out of the way.

But not all of them were gathered at the same time, but they were put away one by one as he struggled forward, and it was not until the duke's neck was almost pressed against the shiny blade of the bayonet that they slowly parted their intersecting weapons.

Although this uphill mountain road is only a little more than 100 meters, it is definitely a difficult test for the fat (shēn) Duke of Savoy who looks like a fat man. (shēn) for the aristocracy, especially the great aristocracy, the lack of exercise is certain, otherwise the ancient asked why did obesity be called rich? Poor people eat little all day long, go out and walk on a pair of feet, and it is difficult to get fat!

He struggled to move his steps, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead that washed his face with powder. On the short 100-meter mountain road, he had stopped and rested six times, held his cane on the spot and gasped for a minute, and then took out a white handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

In just a few hundred meters, it took him a full quarter of an hour, and even Napoleon's face flashed with impatience. The Captain Murat even took off his hat and fanned the wind, "When will he come up?" If we continue like this, we'll have to wait until the sun goes down! ”

"This guy can't be deliberately sent by the Sardinian side to carry out a delaying tactic, right?" Han Xing was also choked by this fiery sun, and such a thought suddenly flashed in his heart.

After a long journey, the severely obese man finally came to Napoleon, and he leaned down (shēn) and gasped for about twenty seconds, then straightened up (shēn) and gently wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief before he spoke: "Your Excellency, I am Giulio Savoy, Duke of Savoy, brother of His Majesty the King of Sardinia. Appointed to negotiate with you! ”

This fat man looks like an unbearable pig, but when he speaks, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he seems to be very bold. This even Murat was shocked. The Berthier general gave Murat a look in reply, as if to say, "I'll take your 10 francs!" ”

"Negotiations? Our army has already surrounded Turin and has absolute superiority, why negotiate? With the topography of the hillside and the bonus of the war horse, Napoleon looked at least a meter taller than this Duke of Savoy, and he looked down at the Duke of Savoy from his horse with a sneer.

This is a typical psychological tactic in which the other person can develop an inferiority complex. This point, Napoleon can be said to be quite touched!

"Your Excellency, the army of more than 20,000 people of the Kingdom of Sardinia is only a few dozen kilometers away, not to mention our Austrian allies!" The Duke of Savoy showed astonishing calmness and shot back with facts.

"Yes, but none of them are here, and I'm afraid they won't be back for a day! And I'm completely sure I can take the city of Turin in one day! Napoleon pointed to the Turin City Road with arrogance, a picture of "between talking and laughing, the canopy is in ashes".

"Let them come! Come, you'd better come along, lest we'll have to run to them!" The warriors of France are not afraid of them! Long live France! Napoleon suddenly pulled the reins of his horse, raised his arms and shouted.

At this moment, the French army surrounding the city of Turin broke out at the same time with a burst of shouts that resounded through the sky, and for a while, the flags were waving and the crowds were crowded, as if they were really thousands of troops. At a glance, the dense French army seemed to be an endless blue sea churning like waves on the green field in front of you.

"Tell you, we have an army of 100,000! Hundreds of artillery pieces, the shelling alone can raze the entire city of Turin to the ground! The impulsive Murat played the role of reckless flying, and played the role of arrogance and arrogance, and showed off complacently.

Napoleon, on the other hand, gave Murat a reproachful look, and Murat immediately closed his mouth and stepped aside as if he was a child who had done something wrong. And this look happened to fall on the eyes of the Duke of Savoy, as if to prove that Murat's words were true, and the Duke suddenly shuddered (shēn).

"Admire, admire! What a genius Napoleon was! Isn't this bluff in the art of war? Han Xing applauded the drama directed by Napoleon. There are only nearly 10,000 people, so he was stunned to say that it was an army of 100,000, and from this point of view, it seems that there are really 100,000 troops! It's a shame that Napoleon didn't go to be a director!

"Your Excellency, I have been instructed to come and negotiate as long as you are willing to peacefully lead the army out of Turin and lift the siege. We, in the Kingdom of Sardinia, are willing to offer a reward of 500,000 francs! The Duke of Savoy, after calming his mind, finally made an offer and entered into formal negotiations.

"Keep shelling, I don't think you have the sincerity of peace talks at all!" When Napoleon heard this, he shook his head and made a direct gesture to let the artillerymen open fire, but his raised hand was in slow motion and did not fall.

Napoleon was a shrewd diplomat and negotiator, he was more like a player in the Total War series and the European Storm, he knew how to turn military superiority into capital on the negotiating table, he used military deterrence to support negotiations in exchange for his ideal results, and rarely carried the war to the end, completely strangled the other side's living forces (qíng).

Sure enough, as Napoleon expected, the Duke of Savoy was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and said: "Your Excellency, General, you have something to say, you can discuss, you can discuss!" ”

In fact, Han Xing really guessed that this Duke of Savoy was the candidate sent by his brother to carry out the delaying plan, and at the same time as sending this Duke of Savoy, the King of Sardinia had quietly sent a messenger to report to the army on the front line.

It stands to reason who would send such a messenger who can be called "the shame of the kingdom"? (shēn) is the Duke of Savoy, there is no need to give up (shēn) to take risks, is it? He's here because he's fat! He's fat, so he can ink as much as possible and stall for time. No matter how fat you are, it won't take nearly twenty minutes for a normal person to go up a 100-meter hill, right? He's just deliberately delaying time!

But Napoleon didn't play his cards according to the (tào) way! His play directly disrupted the overall deployment of the Duke of Savoy, and he originally planned to slowly play a bargaining game with Napoleon to negotiate terms, such as an increase of 100,000, 100,000, or even an increase of 11,000, in an effort to stabilize Napoleon and make him not act rashly.

However, Napoleon's intimidation by force at every turn was in his lifeblood, and he had to make a generous enough proposal at one time, otherwise Napoleon would probably continue to carry out the shelling, and the economic damage caused by the shelling alone was incalculable, looking at the smoking ruins in the city and the large hole in the wall, the Duke of Savoy felt distressed for a while, "This is all money!" You're gone, and we'll have to pay for repairs and reconstructions at our own expense! ”

"A million francs! Plus cede all the land west of the Alps! Please retire! The Duke of Savoy gritted his teeth and finally confided in his final terms.

"Very generous offer!" Napoleon applauded softly, and just when the Duke of Savoy breathed a sigh of relief, Napoleon changed his words and said sharply: "It's a pity that I'm not interested!" I think you're just playing me like a fool! ”

Hearing Napoleon's words, the already beaming Duke of Savoy almost collapsed to the ground in fright.