Ramosilier's corps encountered little resistance in their invasion of Lorraine, almost all of the cities were in despair, and the damage from sporadic resistance was negligible.

In fact, until the 17th century, the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine were the territory of the HRE, and it was the territory ruled by the Habsburgs.

But after all, more than 200 years have passed, and if the French have not been able to cultivate a group of loyal dogs, it would be their real dereliction of duty.

Of course, these loyal dogs were also the group of people who suffered the most losses after the Alsace-Lorraine crisis, their transcendent position was challenged, and their property and rights were lost to varying degrees, so their counteroffensive was particularly fierce at this time, even more active than the French army.

This is the limitation of nationalism at this time, the lack of inclusiveness, but Franz really doesn't want to tolerate this group of garbage, miscellaneous and traitors, and it is a good thing for everyone that they can jump out.

The French could advance quickly, and they could regain their rights, while Franz saved himself from the need to find thorns.

The thorn in the flesh is the most painful and the most difficult to find.

However, at this time, the army of the Second French Republic advanced so fast, it can only be said that the Orleans dynasty was rotten to the roots.

Ramosirier's main force made it all the way to the city of Metz, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion as he looked at the fortified city that was well fortified and located at the confluence of two rivers.

The city of Metz, once the center of the HRE's rule over Lorraine, and later the French military center against the HRE, felt unreal that a city that had been repeatedly fortified for millennia could be so easily captured by him.

He was ready to take the fortified city by killing tens of thousands of soldiers under the city of Metz.

"If the soldiers of the House of Orleans are bloody and they want to defend the city to the death, how many men do we need to lose? How long will it take to take the city? ”

Adjutant Brown hesitated for a moment, then said.

"If the army of the Old Kingdom defended the city, it would be three days at least and a week at most. But if our army comes to defend, even if there are 100,000 troops in the old kingdom, they will not be able to attack it for a few months. ”

Ramosirier nodded and did not continue the topic.

He rode to the front of the procession, and with a pull of the reins, the horse's hooves were raised high. At the same time, he shouted with a wave of his horsewhip.

"Soldiers! Town! Cleaning! ”

The tired look on the faces of the French soldiers disappeared in an instant, and they rushed towards the open city gate like wolves.

The so-called purge was a respectable practice of plundering, and some gentlemen who had surrendered and who were willing to swear allegiance to the Second French Republic and who could afford to pay enough money and material labor were spared.

Others, on the other hand, must pay back taxes and enforce labor obligations.

Looting is actually the same as killing pigs, it seems simple, but in fact it is a delicate job, and if you don't use the right method, you may not only not eat pork, but you may even be kicked away by a pig or killed by a pig.

Although the generals who planned to plunder had to carefully plan and carefully divide the inhabitants of the entire city, the specific soldiers were almost the same.

As the soldiers rushed into the city, the streets were filled with terror and chaos, and innocent civilians were frightened into scattering, closing their doors and windows like frightened beasts hiding in their caves.

But this was just a cover-up, and soon there was a knock on the door, and as time went on, the soldiers outside the door gradually lost their patience, and the knocking turned into slamming the door.

Eventually, with angry shouts, the door was rudely broken, and the soldiers broke into the room and began to loot everything of value, gold, jewelry, cloth, food...

In particular, tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, and spices were the focus of the soldiers' searches.

Finally, of course, there are the indispensable long-haired creatures who are gathered together and then disbanded after the army leaves.

Crying, screaming, whistling, cheering, swearing, and occasionally a gunshot or two and screams were mixed.

The top French generals did not have this particular penchant, and some of them even paid out of their own pockets to give money to the women and children who were suffering.

However, the big war is imminent, and they need to boost the morale of the soldiers, and this is undoubtedly the most effective and direct method, so they can only suffer the people a little more.

"It's all for France."

But for the nationalists at this time, this is undoubtedly a way for the state to purify itself, and they want to take the opportunity to weed out the impure, inferior, and inferior alien peoples.

Ramosilier's attacking style of choice was split and combined, and he was undoubtedly a landslide winner in the Lorraine region.

However, the French army in Alsace was met head-on, and Celesta, the gateway to the province of Alsace, refused to surrender.

The French army attacked for a week, with losses of more than 8,000 people, and the losses of the soldiers and civilians in the city of Celesta were even greater.

The fighting was fierce because the city of Celesta was not a fortress, but more of a commercial city in history.

It doesn't have iconic bastions, high walls, deep trenches, or even a regular army.

But the determination of the inhabitants of the city was unremarkable, for they had witnessed the brutality of the French army and the brutal artillery executions on the banks of the Rhine.

Even if it failed, the French did not forget to set fire to block the pursuit of the coalition forces.

As the main battlefield of the last Alsace-Lorraine crisis, the shadow of pain and death is not so easy to erase.

Beauno de Coullen, the commander of the French army who had been ordered to attack Alsace, did not want to stay long, he was given the order to capture Strasbourg and then beat the German coalition that had arrived to reinforce him.

Unable to attack, Bono de Coullen thought of a detour almost immediately.

However, in order to stop the advance of the French army, the Alsacians turned tens of thousands of acres of cotton fields into a sea of fire, blocked the canals with boulders, and blew up every bridge they could see.

The men took up arms, while the elderly, women and children fled to the Vosges Mountains for refuge.

Bono de Coullen looked at the burning earth in front of him, and for the first time he felt the smallness, powerlessness, and strength and fearlessness of human beings.

Bono de Coullen was not an incompetent general, on the contrary, he was well-versed in the past and the present, especially good at artillery and logistics, sympathetic to his subordinates, and deeply loved by the officers and men.

But by this time he had been unable to reach Alsace with all his might, and there was hardly an inch of flat land outside the city of Celesta, and all the buildings on the periphery were in ruins, and above the ruins were new battlefields.

Bono de Coullen had to admire the courage and courage of the Alsatens, and on the other hand, the troops sent by Ramosirier in pursuit of Thiers also met with unprecedented stubborn resistance at Saalburg.