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Surrounded by mountains on three sides and by the sea on one side, it is also the largest port and fishing city in France, and is called "the arm of the French mother" by those weathered voyagers.

However, it has long since lost its beauty and gentleness. On the vast ancient city wall, the potholes are full of shocking scars, several huge gaps, randomly piled up with filled gravel and soil, layers of burnt black mixed with blood stains that have not dried up almost all over the wall, and occasionally you can see fragmented corpses and broken weapons under the ruins. Even on the surface of the sea not far from the harbor, there were large and small broken ships, and the white corpses rose and fell with the waves.

In the deep night, the whole city was as silent as death, like a real ghost realm.

But if you look closely, you can see some dark shadows leaning against the wall, their chests slightly heaving, and if it weren't for the faint sound of breathing, they would be no different from dead people. And if you listen carefully, you can still hear a little moaning and cry of pain in the dim candlelight, they are so powerless, more like the last sorrow of a person before death.

Only the big tent of the Chinese army not far from the city gate still retains a little bit of last life.

The people in the big tent were much sparser, far less than the appearance of the generals gathered at the beginning, and there were only 7 or 8 people scattered. Their voices were no longer as indomitable as before, they were brave and diligent, and they looked a little weak.

"More than 10 enemy ships that came to attack today were destroyed by our troops, 6 were captured, and the rest fled. ”

"Today the enemy did not carry out a large-scale attack, but only made one test at dawn and one in the afternoon, which was easily repulsed by our troops. ”

"Since today's battle was not fierce, the battle damage and injuries were not large, a total of 112 people died, 31 people were seriously injured and could not fight, and there was no follow-up supplement. ”

"In the evening, a new batch of supplies arrived, which came from the city of Toulouse, only supplies, not a single reinforcement. ”

"According to the information sent by Eugène, most of the city lords who are willing to reinforce our army are now gathering in Aix-e-en-City to rest and recuperate, arguing with each other, and there is no possibility of direct reinforcement of Marseille in the short term. ”

"The enemy's offensive has been very weak in the past few days, not as fierce as it was at the beginning, and I suspect that they may be planning to withdraw their troops, after all, the reinforcements of the old nobles who are now stranded in Aix City are very strong, and they should not be sure of fighting on both sides. ”

"I suggest that we seize the time to communicate with them again, and strive to get those old nobles to come to their aid quickly, and we will fight together, and it will not be difficult to leave the enemy's expeditionary force under the city of Marseille!"

"No, I don't think it's possible, if they really want to come, they will come directly to Marseille, why bother to rest in that Aix-en-City city? It's better to go and ask for more supplies. ”

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The commander on the throne listened to the reports and suggestions of his subordinates, and was silent, he looked much thinner and haggard, and the marshal's uniform on his body was also dirty and torn, but compared to the wounded in this room, it seemed slightly more decent.

After pondering for a while, he said slowly: "Pinning our hopes on others is the most stupid behavior, if we want to be truly rescued and truly defeat the enemy, we still have to rely on ourselves! They don't want to send troops, they want to watch a play, then good, we will send troops ourselves, and force them to send troops with a hearty victory!"

"But, where can we afford to send troops now? We have done everything we can to block the daily attacks, and our soldiers are exhausted to the extreme, and they are not capable of going out of the city to fight. Miss Sophie, with a bandage on her forearm, couldn't help but speak.

"We didn't just go out of the city to fight...... "The French god of war slowly recounted his plan.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in Aix City, more than a dozen large and small city lords were still arguing with each other.

"I don't think it's good, just support materials, not soldiers and martial arts masters, those revolutionary armies will run out sooner or later, and when the time comes, how can we defeat those royalists?"

"This, of course, will not let them run out, when the two sides are almost fought, we will intervene again, and then we can easily defeat the royalist expeditionary force, and save the revolutionary army in danger, in this way, it is still a great achievement, and Marshal Napoleon is not easy to say. ”

"I think it's better to support some people a little bit, each family has a hundred and eighty people, make up a thousand, and send it over by sea, otherwise what if you get out of the game?"

"No, Marshal Napoleon is our French god of war, where is it easy to be defeated, besides, this Aix city is very close to Marseille, and we have sent a lot of spies, so we won't get rid of it. ”

"Is this a little bit against the sun, what if Marshal Napoleon takes control of France in the future, and settles accounts after the autumn?"

"What is there to settle accounts after the autumn, we have sent supplies and troops, those who have not sent troops, only send materials, or neither send troops nor send materials There are many city lords and nobles, is he liquidated one by one?"

"Yes, that's the reason, we helped defeat the expeditionary force, don't we still have to fight Paris? Won't it depend on us when the time comes? Even if he is a god of war, there are no soldiers and no generals, how can he fight Paris?"

"We're sending charcoal in the snow now, why don't we just order it, send it to the end, and leave a good impression on Marshal Napoleon. ”

"Make a good impression? It's easy to say, go and support now, the royalist expeditionary force is not a vegetarian, there are many masters of the Holy See in it, do you know how many people will die when the time comes? It is not easy for us to accumulate these strengths, and besides, if there is a case, we may be able to get in, so it is better to be safe. ”

"Hehe, do you still have a good impression? You are a third-rate small city lord, what do you do to leave a good impression? Do you want to be an official and become a big city lord? Or do you want to enter Paris to be a big official?"

"If you don't go, I'll go by myself! Okay, as long as the fleet lends me the fleet, and I'll transport my men by sea, okay?"

"Just the few hundred people you brought, go and have a fart, what if you run into a royalist fleet along the way?

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While everyone was arguing, a knight in armor ran in and reported in a loud voice: "The envoy of the revolutionary army, the stepson of Marshal Napoleon, Lord Owen has arrived!"