A dim horizon.

One tricolor after another broke through the wind and sand, showing the majesty and honor of their masters.

The soldiers of the French Republic harnessed their camels from Cairo to southern Egypt.

Napoleon only drew 1,500 French soldiers without weakening the defense of the coastline, but he managed to equip each soldier with camels.

There were also camels and horses that were specially used to carry supplies.

This keeps the small force in good shape.

Napoleon sat on a camel, and he had a fairly comfortable shelf, which allowed him to calmly discuss with several generals around him while he was advancing, and savor the gains and losses of the Egyptian battles.

The content of their talks was a mixture of fiction and reality, including the grand strategy and organizational thinking of retreat, as well as the pragmatic summing up of recent combat experience.

In the future, the French officer corps, which shocked the whole world and almost trampled the world under its feet, was accumulated little by little in this way.

Several generals and staff officers took pens to record their conversations, absorbing the knowledge that Napoleon had imparted to others.

Napoleon would also make a few notes in his notebook, and he would also draw from these discussions to refine his near-perfect generalism.

Some people engage in research that combines theory with actual combat to improve their skills, and naturally there are also people who are in charge of all kinds of chores.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with that camel?! Give it salt! Camels are an important property of the French Republic, and whoever dares not to take care of them is a counter-revolutionary! ”

"And you, show me these Egyptian people, these Egyptians are thieves, if one is not careful, they will steal grain and grass, and wheat with peanuts must be taken care of. It was night food for the horses. ”

Unlike Napoleon, who carried a notebook with him, Berthier needed a camel with a ledger to keep track of.

Berthier was tall and inflexible on a camel, so he had to dismount to write.

However, in addition to the camels that carried the ledger, he also had several camels that were transferred. So it is always possible to keep the camel physically strong enough to be able to keep up with the team.

"A hundred and twenty households, and a village of two hundred and thirty men, pay a camel, two ducks or five castrated roosters, fifty pounds of wheat, and fifteen fish."

"Ninety-five households, a village of two hundred men, have to pay ......................"

"One hundred and sixty households. A village of three hundred and eighty men has to pay .................."

As he spoke, he wrote several notes and handed them to his subordinates who were on standby, so that they could prepare for the advance of the army before they overtook it.

"The villages that pass through below have to prepare grain and grass according to the figures I have set." The figures set by Berthier are neither unbearable. It wasn't easy, after all, he had a big army to supply. "Take the village that refuses to pay supplies. Harvest heads, let them know that it is powerful. ”

Several subordinates received orders one after another.

In dealing with these matters, there were also subordinates who had already collected the supplies to report, and Berthier issued orders to keep a register of the supplies they had received.

Although his quota is very precise, he has only fulfilled seventy or eighty percent of the requirements for most of his subordinates. Bertier also gave recognition, and occasionally someone who was able to complete eighty or ninety percent of the tasks was rewarded.

If someone gets more than the predetermined figure, they are asked to explain whether the intelligence services provided the wrong size of the village. If the number of people in that village is the same as the intelligence, then those who collect too much tax will be scolded for being overly oppressed and reprimanded.

Everyone has reaped a little advantage, but no one has over-filled their own pockets, and no one has slept with the flower girl provided by the village chief, and those who do not know where the line is have long been removed from the ranks by Bertier.

These tasks were going on almost simultaneously, but Berthier coped with ease, busy, but not chaotic.

When the march reached the intended place for the night, the French soldiers were delighted to see that the pioneers had stopped the local families and prepared food for them, and of course the camp had to be built, and Napoleon would not have dispersed his troops into the houses at any time.

This is to avoid civil-military disputes, but also to maintain the troops' ability to react.

Berthier had already planned the camp, and at this time, according to the drawings, he planned the construction of the camp with several generals.

Napoleon, on the other hand, ate and chatted with the soldiers, and after the meal, Berthier urged the soldiers to work in a vicious voice.

Of course, everyone loved Napoleon and hated Bertier, and they all endured Berthier because of Napoleon's charm.

"Hey, Paul, did your wife write to you this month? Did Paul Jr. become a tanner's apprentice? ”

"Report to the General, I have received a letter, and my wife and son have asked me to convey their gratitude to you, and thanks to you, General, you have led us to victory, and I have sent back a few gold teeth, so that my son can be the apprentice of the best craftsman in our town."

"Hey, Gisnuka, did your daughter give birth to a boy or a girl?"

"Report to the general, she gave birth to another son to her husband!"

"Well, he will be like you in the future, a glorious and free Frenchman!"

Wherever Napoleon went, as seen from the sky, the soldiers gathered together, laughing and laughing, and then Napoleon left, and Berthier came, and he and his guards urged the soldiers with words and whips.

"Work, work!"

"Don't be lazy, the stakes must be deep!"

Napoleon went to the soldiers of the next company, spoke to them, and boosted their morale with words and body movements.

Driven by him, the soldiers worked in an orderly manner like ants.

The thin and intelligent ant was laughing with the soldiers, while the particularly strong and industrious one was busy on all fours.

The performance of the French army made the powerful people of Egypt everywhere in awe, and no one dared to cooperate with the British, at least until the British showed sufficient strength.

By night, Napoleon and most of the soldiers were already asleep.

Berthière, who was still working, summed up the day's actions and kept a journal. Then look at the map to plan tomorrow's march route and supply locations.

Next, read the letters from Cairo, reply directly to some of the daily tasks in Napoleon's name, pick out the important documents, and report them to Napoleon tomorrow, after the Corsican dwarfs have made a decision. He replied to the Cairo side.

Separate the documents and send them back to Cairo to pack them in a bag to take with them when the postman returns, and lock them in the box containing the documents when they should keep them.

Finally, he washed his feet and went to bed, when he was in bed to reflect on whether he had missed his day's work, whether he was courteous to Napoleon, whether he was too much to the soldiers, and who would shoot himself with a black gun.

His adjutant had come to report.

"General, there is your request after arriving. Immediately wake you up and send the information. ”

Immediately Berthier sat up from his bed, checked the keys with Lai, and then he got up and went to his camel.

Unlike the centralized management of the others, his camels were tied to tents.

In addition to the camels that he used to carry the ledger and the camels for transfers, he also had a particularly robust camel.

Berthier put his hand into the camel's bag and pulled out a piece of gold bread for the visitor. However, unlike the ledger chest, which was locked, the chest containing the gold was not locked. This shows Bertier's different attitude towards the two.

After the person left, Berthier unsealed the information and read it quickly.

Then he went to the Great Tent of the Chinese Army, woke up Napoleon, and then bowed down to report to him.

"General Napoleon, this is a report from the Church of the Lord at the End of All Things."

"You say, I listen. Has Menois been found? "Napoleon wasn't going to get up, he just sat up and let Berthier say.

"No, General Menua's life and death are still unknown." Although they no longer have much hope, Menua's life and death remain their primary concern. There were several pages of information in Berthier's hand, all of which were reports made by Mesadir, and he said succinctly, "Although it is at the end of the road, there is still infighting within the Mamluk group, and the Egyptian native faction represented by Muradebey is brutally oppressing the Turkish faction that has lost the support of Istanbul, and the Turkish soldiers and some newly purchased half-orc soldiers are all without food or drink, and are spurred to do all kinds of work all day long. ”

"There are Turks and orc soldiers fleeing every day, and there are some remnants of officers under the leadership of an officer named Muhammad Ali, who may be plotting a mutiny, but his prestige is limited, he is not a native, and the warlock does not support him, so it is unlikely that he will succeed............"

At this point, Napoleon straightened up and asked, "Muhammad Ali, an Albanian who can instantly protect against magic?" With a spear? ”

Berthier looked at the information for a while before nodding: "Yes, his resume is already very clear, and he definitely has no Egyptian background." ”

"Where is he now?" When Napoleon asked, he waved his hand to retract it. "Let our Jewish friend contact him directly to see if he is willing to cooperate with us, I personally appreciate his talent, and the French Republic is also concerned about the fate of the oppressed peoples of the Balkans, and he has reason to cooperate with us."

Berthier wrote down Napoleon's words with a pen and continued: "This information is consistent with the information provided by our men lurking around Murad Bey, except that our intelligence officer does not mention the flight of a large number of Turkish soldiers and orcs, and it is estimated that Murad Bey himself was deceived by his men, so I suggest that we continue to cooperate with the Jews." ”

One of Bertier's most important jobs was to gather all kinds of information and analyze it, and he had a good analytical ability, but this time he did not see the real situation.

On the one hand, there were not many people that Napoleon really trusted, and on the other hand, Napoleon was absolutely confident in his own power and was unwilling to invest too much manpower in the intelligence services.

"And I suggest that we don't need to send too many pathfinders, because the soldiers are under a lot of pressure when they go out for a long time." Bertier's words surprised Napoleon.

"In this case, we will not be able to rush in front of Murad Beyi before he reacts, he will definitely choose to flee south when he sees us, and if he is allowed to escape into Nubia, there will be a lot of trouble ahead." Napoleon just wanted to solve the southern problem quickly, and then go back to the north to solve the British, and this solution must be complete.

"The hermit said that the warlock who pretended to be the prince of the Bourbons really seemed to have information about the royal tomb, and they had found some noble burial grounds, and the royal tomb was already close at hand." Of course, Berthier has already read the information, and the French know Wu Xin's identity better, at least they can be sure that Wu Xin is not the prince of the Bourbon family.

Napoleon waved his hand and motioned for him not to look at the information, and he asked directly: "Is this the information of that Jew?" Or is it the intelligence of our intelligence officers, the royal tombs thousands of years ago are so easy to find? ”

Napoleon was actually very wary of this ancient and mysterious organization, and Mesadir had sent a lot of ancient Egyptian-style clay pots and internal gut vessels several times before, as well as some frescoes, all of which were things that tomb robbers did not want.

Napoleon used it to reward his subordinates, and no matter what the name of war, it needed spoils.

Again, this is not a robbery, this is called "freedom" for cultural relics, a proper conscience transaction.

However, Napoleon was reluctant to change the rate of his troops.

Berthier received information from Mesadir this evening, but of course the French have their own eyes and ears, and there is more than one channel.

"It was confirmed by all sources, and our Jewish friend also sent a treasure with a letter, which seemed to be the seal of a pharaoh." Berthier said and handed it to Napoleon.

This thing was made of pure gold, and it was taken out of the butt of the pharaoh's mummy, and Napoleon held it in his hand, and by the glimmer of the oil lamp in Bertier's hand, he found that it was indeed beautifully made.

Gold preserves the words and lines of thousands of years ago, and although I don't understand the meaning, Napoleon can still feel that this is something that only kings can use.

Napoleon put down what he was holding and asked Bertier: "Where is more of this kind of thing, where is Murad Bey?" ”

"Yes, General, it is said that Murad Bey has been in the city these days wearing all kinds of treasures dug up from the mausoleum, and swaggering in the old clothes." Berthier recounts the description of a slave girl who had long since taken refuge with the French. "He was dressed in dozens of pounds of gold, wearing the mask of the pharaoh, holding the scepter of the pharaoh, and the whole person was shining gold."

"Okay, tell me, have these Jewish friends of ours changed their offer to send us back to Europe?" Napoleon finally asked about one more thing, Napoleon wanted to go back to Europe, of course, he couldn't just rely on luck to risk death.

This kind of secret business, of course, is also run by the Jews.

They now operated the largest number of smuggling ships in the Mediterranean, and when Napoleon wanted to return to the Old Continent, the channel of the Monastery was the first choice.

"They say they have made a plan to ensure that you will not be obstructed by the British, but these damned usurers and fraudsters have raised their prices once more, and they have not only demanded that we pay 150,000 francs worth of cash, but that when you return to France, you and your brother will extend the financial privileges of the thirteen banks in the National Assembly, and that the national debt and the treasury will be handled by their banks." ”

"These guys who make a living from loan sharks, if it weren't for the French Republic, they wouldn't have citizenship rights at all, I really didn't expect so many banks to have their backgrounds."

Berthier, like most Frenchmen, did not support the Directory granting Jews so many privileges and equality.

Napoleon's younger brother, Lucien Bonaparte, remained at home at this time and was powerful in the National Assembly.

Napoleon felt a little relieved, and in his opinion, this condition showed that the other party cared about him.

And he didn't think that the gold coin had much room for resistance in front of the sword.

"Then arrange for me to meet with this hermit as soon as possible." Napoleon said it lightly, but Berthier, who had always been a mouthful, was embarrassed.

This is by no means a simple request.

"Give her my handwritten letter, she can't refuse my request." Napoleon, in a rare move, took up the pen and wrote a short raft, the content of which was unremarkable, simply repeating what had just been requested.

Then Napoleon took out a dose of ointment from his bag and sealed the raft. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) )