Late June 1800, Marengo, Northern Italy.

"Ahh Ahh Ahh Beauty, dog! ”

In the area of San Girliano, in the eastern part of the Marengo battlefield, a tsunami-like French shout suddenly sounded, which translated into Chinese probably means "Rush! Come on! Forward! ".

With this earth-shattering cheer, the French infantry cavalry of nearly 10,000 people suddenly rushed out from behind a hill, like a tide, and launched a fierce charge towards the Austrian army, which was playing military music, waving military flags, and lining up in ancient horizontal formations and columns, and slowly advancing happily!

Before the sudden French counterattack began, the Austrians seemed to be winning the crucial battle - in fact, they had just taken Napoleon by surprise, and concentrated all their forces against Napoleon's own troops when Napoleon mistakenly thought that they were about to retreat and divided his forces to outflank them.

Because the Austrians had a large advantage in numbers and a relatively favorable terrain, they launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the day's battle, and easily gained the upper hand, and in the following hours the Austrians were in the upper hand, beating Napoleon's army back and forth, and even the village of Marengo, where the main French position was located, was captured by the Austrians.

If it weren't for the complex terrain around the village of Marengo, with its villages, farmhouses, vineyards, and hills, which were very conducive to the resistance of the French army, the legend of Napoleon would have come to an end.

However, even though the terrain around the village of Marengo was very favorable to the defenders, Napoleon's army was on the verge of collapse when it held out until about 5 p.m., and was forced to retreat by the Austrians, and in many places even suffered a rout. So much so that the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army felt that the victory was already in hand, so he handed over the command to the chief of staff, and went back to the camp to "open champagne at half time" and celebrate the victory.

And just when the Austrians were about to win and Napoleon was about to be defeated, Kangxi, who was serving as an adjutant beside Napoleon, was ready to abandon Napoleon when necessary and pull Natasha to escape together. The goddess of victory once again favored the future emperor of France, who had been sent by Napoleon to encircle the enemy's troops and rushed to the battlefield - such things were actually quite common in Napoleon's military career, and the great military emperor liked to divide his troops when the forces were not superior, so on several occasions he was forced to fight a decisive battle with part of his forces against the enemy's main force, so that it was in danger.

The last time he did this in history was at Waterloo, but Marengo was not Waterloo, so Napoleon got the reinforcements he desperately needed before the imminent defeat, ambushed them behind a hill, and ordered the defeated army to lure the Austrians over, and then took the Austrians by surprise.

The Austrians, who had thought that victory was already in hand, were stunned, they probably thought that they had fallen for the tricks of the cunning Napoleon, and that the French had been pretending to be defeated and retreating in order to lead them into a trap! Coupled with the fact that they did not have the effective command of the commander for a while (their commander was drinking champagne to celebrate the victory), the Austrian army, which was in a panic, soon collapsed on all fronts!

The vanguard of the Austrian army, which was walking in front, collapsed first, turned around and ran away, and the Austrian army that followed behind did not know what was happening? I heard louder and louder French shouts, and they also fled.

Napoleon's cavalry reacted very quickly, and when they saw the confusion in the Austrians, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the Austrian flank, and in the blink of an eye, they cut them in two, thus plunging the Austrians into even greater confusion.

So a magical scene soon appeared in front of Kangxi's eyes. The Austrian army, which was originally in order, suddenly became a rabble. Looking from Kangxi's side, I only saw that the Austrian soldiers were panicked and fled in embarrassment, and the troops were completely disintegrated and completely disorganized.

In the midst of this chaos, the French's "shot-loading rifles" began to show their might!

The breech-loading gun is somewhat similar to a sub-cannon, in that the rear section of the gun body is separated from the rest of the cannon and can be removed and replaced. The last part of the barrel of the breech breech gun is also separated from the rest of the barrel, but it is not necessary to remove and replace it, but to lift the barrel upwards by pulling a wrench, so that one end is upward. This allows the gunner to load the cartridge into the barrel, which can be lifted upwards, and then pull the wrench to depress and lock the barrel.

This shot-chambered breech gun has an extremely fast rate of fire and can reach eight to ten rounds per minute! Moreover, the gunner did not have to remain in a standing or semi-kneeling position all the time to facilitate reloading, and it was completely possible to reload in a lying position, and the cavalry could easily complete the reload on horseback. Therefore, once it was launched, it was quickly adopted by various countries.

In addition, because the shot-loading breech guns are rifled guns, using high-quality Mini bullets, coupled with high processing accuracy, the effective firing range has generally reached four or five hundred meters, and some can even reach 1000 meters!

Therefore, this kind of breech breech gun has now become the absolute dominance of the battlefield, and more than 90% of the casualties in a battle are caused by this weapon. The importance of front-loading smoothbore guns has greatly decreased because of their short range and poor accuracy, and the 3-pounder and 6-pounder light smoothbore guns have almost withdrawn from the battlefield.

With the blessing of the powerful breech-loading guns, this wave of counterattacks of the French army achieved amazing results! The panicked and fleeing Austrians suffered heavy losses, some of them killed on the spot by the French infantry with accurate marksmanship; some were cut down by the swords of the French cavalry; Others were bloodied by 18 covertly deployed 12-pounder cannons that opened fire suddenly! But more often than not, in droves on the ground, hands raised in surrender.

And this sudden defeat of the Austrian vanguard immediately led to the rout of the entire front. Defeated, they were forced to abandon the two key villages of Marengo and Castelcelliolo, which they had just captured, and then rushed across the Bormida River on three pontoon bridges, scrambling for their lives.

Seeing the scene of a complete victory in front of him, Napoleon, who had been nervous before, relied on strict orders to prevent the collapse of the troops, and finally survived until the arrival of his own reinforcements, was also greatly relieved, and Kangxi, who was just about to escape, immediately sent a compliment at this time: "My commander, this is really a thrilling victory. The situation just now was so critical, it scared me to death! ”

Napoleon smiled smugly and asked: "Didn't you serve as an adjutant to Generalissimo Suvorov?" He also served as a cavalry company commander under him. Haven't we ever encountered such a fierce battle? ”

Kangxi shook his head: "No, don't say I didn't, even Generalissimo Suvorov himself, I'm afraid he hasn't encountered a battle as fierce as today, right?" If any. The Rakshasa army will not be able to hold out! ”

Napoleon's expression became a little serious: "You are right, only French warriors can persevere to the end in such adversity on the battlefield, and many times, if they can persevere to the end, they can achieve victory!" ”

"Stay the course. What a simple truth! Kangxi was deeply sympathetic to Napoleon's words, and he nodded and said, "But to do this, it is too difficult!" ”

In his previous life, he tried his best but failed to defeat Li Zhongshan, but he missed this breath!

He can't stay the course on the battlefield! Because his Eight Banners can't afford to suffer too high casualties. And his opponents, whether it is Da Ming or Wu Zhou, are more able to eat casualties than the Eight Banners, so they are also more persistent.

Now Napoleon's French army, like the Ming army, thought that it was fighting for the bright future of itself and future generations, so it was particularly able to eat casualties, and their number was large (there were many French), so they were particularly able to hold on.

The stronger the ability of the troops to bear losses, and the more they can persist in the face of adversity, the less worries the commander will have to use his troops, and the easier it will be to win a classic victory!

Today's Constantine legions in Eastern Rome, although well-trained and well-equipped, are limited in number, and most of the soldiers are Rakshasa mercenaries (Eastern Rome, of course, you have to use barbarian mercenaries) - they were originally Cossacks, Rakshasa serfs, or Tatars or from Transcaucasia, but one thing is for sure, their number depends on the financial resources of the Eastern Roman regency.

Without money there would be no army, and without the army there would be no Eastern Roman regency and the Eastern Roman regency would not seem to have much money!

Therefore, if Kangxi wants to achieve an imperial career in this life, the key is to make money!

But where can you go to make money?

For most of the half year after the victory in the Battle of Marengo, Kangxi has been thinking about this big problem that has plagued most of the world's human beings! While thinking about the number one problem in life, he also followed Napoleon, the first consul of France. Bonaparte was around, learning military affairs from the latter, and sometimes giving advice that was very helpful to Napoleon.

For example, he suggested that Napoleon write letters to Emperor Paul and Crown Prince Alexander of the Rakshasa Kingdom, selling them the plan of "Eastern and Western Rome to rule Europe together" - Kangxi knew that the dream of the Rakshasa Kingdom was to become the Eastern Roman!

The Rakshasa Kingdom, which had already recovered Constantinople, was slow to merge with the Eastern Roman Empire, which they had raised on their own, and even turned the Eastern Roman Empire into a vassal state with a relatively high degree of independence, in order not to provoke the Holy Roman Empire and France, so as not to join forces with the Ottoman Empire, which had retreated to Asia Minor and occupied most of the territory of West Asia (the Ottomans were jointly supported by the Ming and France after losing their territory in the Balkans).

If the French government can lead France to turn on the issue of uniting Turkey to contain Russia, then the Rakshasa will definitely remain neutral, if not in France.

And without the support of the Rakshasas, there is no way to defeat France by relying on Austria and Prussia, two pairs of German brothers!

For another example, Kangxi suggested that Napoleon look for "pragmatists" in the Vienna court - with Kangxi's understanding of court politics, the weak elements who were willing to negotiate peace with France in order to keep the wealth and nobility would definitely become more and more numerous in the Vienna court with Napoleon's victory.

If Napoleon could offer these pragmatic Austrian magnates a future in which they would be rich and noble, they would have done their best to promote peace, and even sabotage the efforts of the Austrian warfighters!

And as Napoleon's army approached Vienna, the voice of the Vienna lord and faction would get louder and louder, and Emperor Franz II would eventually have to make peace with France.

Kangxi's two suggestions are actually not very clever, but they both mention Napoleon's heart - Kangxi, who has been an emperor for more than 20 years, knows very well what is the most important advice for an emperor?

What the emperor needs is not the right advice, but "just what I want"!

Napoleon's "will" now is to be emperor, not to implement a republican system in Europe!

Since he wanted to be emperor, he would not exterminate the monarchies of Europe. If Germany changed from the Holy Roman Empire to the German Republic, and the Rakshasa Empire became a Rakshasa Republic, then the power of the European republicans strengthened, and the monarchy declined. How could Napoleon still be the emperor in this way?

So Napoleon and Emperor Franz and Emperor Paul are no longer your mortal enemies. Coexisting with them and becoming emperors together is Napoleon's "will".

And in February 1801, Napoleon's efforts to force Austria to submit and stabilize the Rakshasa Kingdom finally succeeded!

In Jean. Victor. General Moreau's Rhine Army defeated Archduke Johann of Austria in southern Germany, and General MacDonald led another French army through the Sprugen Pass in the harsh winter, cutting off Austria's most important stronghold in Italy, the fortress of Mantua, from Austria. Emperor Franz of Vienna finally gave in, signed a peace treaty with the French, accepted the French establishment of a "sister republic" in northern Italy, and withdrew from the Second Anti-French Alliance.

The successive withdrawal of Austria and Rakshasa does not mean the complete victory of France, because the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty behind it are still fighting against Napoleon!

Kangxi, who had already established a deep combat friendship with Napoleon and was well aware of Napoleon's "intentions", put forward another suggestion that Napoleon could not refuse at this time - he would act as Napoleon's envoy to go to the Ming Dynasty to carry out activities, contact the Ming Emperor's Party and the high-level of the Heaven and Earth Society, and try to make the Ming give up his anti-French position

"Xuanye, do you really have a way to get Da Ming to change his position?" Napoleon, who had returned to the Palace of Dureuil, was also a little moved after hearing Zhu Xuanye's suggestion, but he was still a little skeptical about the ability of the young prince of Junbao.

"Consul," Kangxi followed Napoleon's "will" to put forward his reason, "You don't have to doubt my ability, because I don't have the ability to change the position of the Ming Dynasty, it is you who can really change the position of the Ming Dynasty. Your victories in Europe will make the Ming Emperors and Republicans see your value, and they will also realize that the Ming cannot help the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom, Austria, and Prussia turn the tide in Europe with a little funding. Moreover, your real idea, that is, the re-establishment of the monarchy in France, is also in the interests of the Ming Emperor and the Republicans.

What they really opposed was not a single French Empire, but the whole of Europe being swept by radical republicans, and all European monarchies becoming such states as the Aztec Republic, the Inca Republic, the United States of America"

(End of chapter)