"What! this army is gone? it's an army of 30,000 men!" Mopp couldn't believe his ears.

What the referee said was true, and so was Mopp's own feelings. At that time, no matter how high the combat effectiveness of the army was, it was impossible to defeat an army of 20,000 people in a short period of time, and their speed was also so amazing, if it was an ordinary army, it was absolutely impossible to leave with a swagger after fighting a war of annihilation, and it was as if it had evaporated.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th, after the Northern Army had completely disposed of the remnants of the Second Division, Jurdang led his army into Lunneville with a great swagger. I thought that they could fight a final decisive battle with the main force of the Southern Army near Lunneville, but it backfired, and the 30,000 soldiers of the 1st Division actually disappeared after annihilating one division.

"Is the situation here clear?" said Jourdan, anxiously awaiting the adjutant's answer.

The adjutant shook his head: "Brion's First Division has never been stationed here at all, and there is not a single soldier of the First Division in the city. ”

"And how did I lose 20,000 men? Did he fly over and beat me?" said this, and Jurdang was almost mad when he heard this, and in his mind he could not imagine the reason for this.

"According to eyewitnesses, it was on the way into the city of the reuniting division that it was suddenly attacked. After that, they disappeared like ghosts. ”

"What, then what's the use of me asking for this empty city?"

If it were an ordinary exercise, the moment Jourdan stormed Lunneville, the Northern Army was already victorious. However, the purpose of the standard combat exercise at this time is to destroy the entire army of the opposing side, or to capture the commander of the opposing side. It was then that Jurdang realized how powerful the cunning of this dissolute young man was.

In accordance with the regulations, military exercises are still continuing. After the Northern Army spent the night in Lunéville, the whole of France was in an uproar. The masses were watching this fierce factional battle, and few generals in France were opponents of Jourdan. And this fledgling 19-year-old duke actually fought with Jurdang for a whole day, and also annihilated a division of troops!

These public opinions were greatly exaggerated in Brion's body, but in Jurdan's body he felt a trace of shame. He immediately responded after hearing some media opinion in Paris: "These cowards only know how to hide in Tibet!

At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 20th, General Jurdão immediately ordered the army to let 10,000 soldiers stay in Lüneville in order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the situation, and the rest of the army was slowly dispersed to form an encirclement network, and as soon as there was any trouble, all forces were gathered to attack the first division.

However, the 1st Division soon reappeared, and their actions were very unexpected.

"A large number of cavalry of the 1st Division were found in the area of Hambach, and they seemed to be moving towards the city in preparation for an attack. ”

Only an hour later, the referee at the front came another shocking news: "The 50,000 main forces of the Northern Army are moving towards the headquarters of Hambach, and the 1st Division of Lunneville has exchanged fire with two divisions of the Northern Army, and the Northern Army is gradually losing ground!"

And just when General Jurdang understood that it was a deception, it was already too late, and the remaining 20,000 people were completely annihilated again, and the losses of the first division in two battles were only one-tenth of the losses of the northern army.

When the news reached the Inquisition, all the high-ranking officials were silent, as if the world had blocked out their voices.

"Do you think this is a referee's decision?" said General Yarez, who had a long beard, broke the deadlock in a deep voice.

This sentence immediately aroused the approval of the Jurdang faction, and even the Minister of Justice echoed it: "With the strategy of General Jurdang and his 90,000 troops, he will definitely not be defeated so badly!

The Rhines who supported Brion held the opposite view, but they also had to admit that General Jurdang was indeed very powerful. After arguing, they all began to believe that the referee had made a mistake. But while they were debating, on the battlefield dozens of miles away, the First Division finally exchanged fire with the main force of the Northern Army.

At 4 p.m., after the last cannon shot, the exercise finally came to a successful conclusion.

When the senior officers at the inquisition heard the results of this exercise, they completely collapsed: "The 1st Division engaged the Northern Army for nearly four hours, and the Northern Army first surrounded the main force of the 1st Division with roundabout tactics, and Davout, who led the cavalry brigade, arrived in time and successfully broke through the encirclement network. The 1st Division's pursuit of victory met strong resistance and was unable to continue the battle, while the Northern Army also retreated safely after leaving, and the two sides were tied. ”

Originally, they were skeptical about the result, but when they saw Brion and Joules stand up, they reluctantly accepted this fact.

In fact, the previous battle report was not mixed with water at all, and the final result was indeed obtained by Jurdan's subordinates after sending tens of thousands of francs. The original situation was that Brion's army was surrounded, and Davout led the cavalry brigade to suddenly kill and defeat the main force of the Northern Army in one fell swoop, while Brion took advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilated nearly 30,000 enemies at once, and the Northern Army completely lost its combat capability and was forced to surrender.

After the surrender of the Northern Army, Brion also felt that he should save some face for the battle-hardened general, so he agreed to the referee's request, and changed the result of the exercise to the fact that the First Division lost its ability to attack and could not pursue, and the Northern Army was also rested and safely withdrawn.

Looking at General Jurdang, who was kissed by his admirers on the stage of this acting award, Brion just sighed: "I really lost to him, it's unreasonable to win, and I have to save face if I lose." ”......

On the second day after the exercise, Brion returned to his 1st Division, and for him this performance was satisfactory, and more importantly, the combat effectiveness of the army was the key to defeating General Jurdan.

But now he cares not only about the production progress of the military factory, but also about the business empire of his dreams. Since the completion of the exercise, Brion has received a hush money of one million from General Jourdan, in addition to a prize of six million francs from the state. Presumably, he was afraid that Brion would accidentally shake out the news of his defeat, so that his lifelong reputation would be completely ruined.

And now all he wants to do is deal with the huge prize money he gets!

"General, the first-quarter production values of the military factory have come out. Bernadotte brought out the latest paperwork as soon as he returned to the office.

Brion completely ignored the paperwork and sat on the leather seat: "The matter of military supplies, you can just look at it." And I want to continue to expand the military factory with two million francs, I hope that it will no longer be a company that only supplies our own weapons, I want to make this factory bigger and stronger, and become a first-class military enterprise!"

"Yes! Bernadotte nodded knowingly, after all, his way of working has always been that Brion does what he says, to put it bluntly, he is a thoughtless doer.

"Give me three million to buy a piece of land in Paris, and I'm going to open a five-star hotel. ”

"Open a hotel?"

Brion nodded, not paying attention to Bernadotte's surprised expression: "By the way, is it enough to open a bank with two million?"

"Banks? ”

"Good!" Brion said, "Take out the three million francs I have in my deposit to invest in the banking industry, which I have planned." ”