(Chapter 1 arrives today, there will be chapter 2 later, the previous chapter should be Chapter 233, I'm so busy, I'm sorry!)
In fact, Xiao Jie was still very contradictory about Napoleon's plan to expedition to France. He knew the final result. Of Napoleon's more than 600,000 people, not many could escape back to France. Although many of them were soldiers from the French occupying country, more than half of them were the younger generation of France. These are the population guarantees for France in the next ten years. If all of them die in Russia, it will definitely be a big disaster for France. Due to Napoleon's successive years of war, the number of young and middle-aged men in France has been greatly reduced, and the ratio of men to women is seriously out of balance. This is accompanied by a series of social problems, such as extramarital affairs and third-party shortages. No way, who says there are fewer men? If it was in the East, it would be easy to handle. At worst, it would be enough for a man to marry two or three wives, but it is different in the West. People who believe in Christianity firmly believe that a man can only marry one wife. There are many lovers and the like, but there can only be one wife in name. But if he stopped Napoleon's plan, let alone whether Napoleon would listen to him, if Napoleon really gave up the expedition to Russia, then it would be difficult for him to have a chance to rule France. The French army with more than ten legions is not so easy to deal with.
After the annual summary meeting is over, the next day is the Christmas dinner. That night, Xiao Jie took Angel and his son Borchard to the banquet. Borchardt, who was only 4 months old, became the protagonist of the banquet instead of Xiao Jie and his wife. A large number of noble ladies and ladies circled around this little guy.
To the surprise of others, Xiao Jie's other two lovers, Mary and Sophie, did not attend the banquet this time. You must know that Xiao Jie would bring them to the banquet in the past. Almost in the entire high society, everyone knows that Xiao Jie has a princess and two public lovers, and they both live in the Madrid Palace. The most incredible thing is that they did not quarrel, which is simply unimaginable.
In fact, it's not that Xiao Jie didn't bring the two of them here, it's because they can't come now at all, and both of them are still busy with confinement. That's right, it's an abortion. After Angel became pregnant, Mary and Sophie also became pregnant in June and July 1811. This made Xiao Jie very happy, and couldn't help but sigh: Unexpectedly, our Xiao Jie is also starting to bloom now. But at the same time, he also felt sorry for the two of them. So, he thought of a remedy, that is to hold a secret wedding with them in the Madrid Cathedral. Due to the strict confidentiality measures, only a very small number of people know about it.
Regarding Xiao Jie's rude request, the Archbishop of Madrid refused to officiate another wedding ceremony for him, claiming that he was trampling on the teachings of Catholicism and defying God's will. But the next morning, the bishop caved when the body of his favorite puppy turned up on his bedroom door. Although he couldn't help it, and even cursed Xiao Jie in his heart, he still had to officiate the wedding for Xiao Jie again with a smile on his face, and it was still twice in succession.
Xiao Jie's approach naturally moved Mary and Sophie, and on the one hand, it also promoted the harmony of the family.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, at the beginning of March 1812, the Iberian intelligence agency received a message that Britain had assisted Russia with 50,000 new rifles and 300 cannons. Xiao Jie felt that this should stimulate Napoleon's already tense nerves again, so he secretly disclosed the news to the French intelligence department again.
Not to Xiao Jie's surprise, the table at the Palais de Saint-Croux innocently endured Napoleon's anger again. On the second day, Napoleon issued a strongly worded denunciation, criticizing this shameless act of secret contact between Russia and the British.
On March 20, 1812, Tsar Alexander suddenly announced in Moscow that since joining the continental blockade system, Russia’s economy had suffered serious losses. After careful consideration, Russia decided to withdraw from the continental blockade system from now on and restore the British trading.
When the news reached Paris, Napoleon scolded Alexander as a traitor, and immediately convened a cabinet meeting, announcing that Russia would be punished for this treachery. At the end of April 1812, the various legions that had already received orders began to attack Russia. They will gather in Poland and then attack Russia in one go.
Napoleon left Paris on May 9, 1812, in a move that shocked everyone who knew him, for the coming war. In his war career, this was the first and last time he left the capital in daylight to attack a country in full view: magnificent royal carriages followed one another, Queen Mary? Louise stood beside him , followed by the main officials of the empire, including of course the loyal General Dilloch, the secretary Meneva, and poor Coulancourt. The front and rear of the imperial carriage are escorted by gorgeous and majestic royal guards. This was an overconfident man, and Napoleon would make it clear to the world. Before that, he had held an imperial conference in Dresden, convened all the princes and monarchs of other kingdoms under his empire, and told them the most ambitious campaign plan so far. Napoleon has signed a series of defense treaties and commitments to send troops in diplomacy, including the defense treaty with the King of Prussia on February 24, 1812 and the treaty with his father-in-law, the Emperor of Austria on March 14, 1812. Unfortunately, Napoleon let Sweden slip through his fingers and into the arms of Moscow. It would be of great help to Napoleon if Sweden could be brought into the alliance and they would attack St. Petersburg directly from the north.
On June 24, 1812, Alexander attended a ball held at the castle of General Bennigsen, during which a special messenger came to tell the Tsar that the French army had crossed the Neman River on the Russian border. Despite the invasion of the sacred territory of Russia by the French army, Alexander decided to make a last-ditch effort to save the peace. He wrote to Napoleon: Your Majesty, I only found out yesterday that although I have always believed in your Majesty and my I have pledged my loyalty to your Majesty, but your army has still crossed the Russian frontier; if you do not want the people to be bloodied due to misunderstanding, Your Majesty, if you agree to withdraw your troops from the territory of Russia, I will ignore this thing. Therefore, I hope that there is still a possibility of reconciliation between us... Whether mankind will experience a major war disaster depends entirely on His Majesty.
"I am fully prepared. My strength is more than 1.5 times yours," an unrelenting Napoleon wrote back to Tsar Alexander from his new headquarters in Lithuania. With my backing, how can your excellency hope to stop me with anything?"
Napoleon's huge army composed of various armies in Europe was commanded at three levels. The first part has 400,000 soldiers, led by Napoleon himself, including the Guards Corps, 4th Corps, 5th Corps, 6th Corps, 7th Corps, 8th Corps, 10th Corps, 11th Corps, Cavalry Legion, Westphalian Legion and Dutch Legion. The second part is the Italian front of Prince Eugene de Beauarney and the two Polish legions. The third part is the 3 Rhine League legions. Among them, the first part led by Napoleon is in the center, the second part is on the left, and the third part is on the right. The three parts are in the shape of a character, and they only rush to Moscow.
It is not that Russia has not deployed its troops. After signing the Bucharest Peace Treaty with Turkey in May 1812, its army continued to expand and sent tens of thousands of troops to participate in the Northern Campaign. It was drafted at Mann River and will be finally signed into force in July. Of course, Sweden also became a diplomatic and military partner of Russia. Due to the humiliation of the failure of the Battle of Austerlitz, Tsar Alexander more or less needed to reorganize and strengthen his army, and set up 36 recruiting and training centers throughout Russia~www.mtlnovel.com~Russian Cavalry Special It is the powerful Cossack cavalry that can dominate the whole of Europe. The Tsar now pays more attention to artillery construction, including 44 rows of 18-pounder howitzers and 12-pounder guns. However, up to now, Russia has only 400,000 regular troops, and the rest are national troops with extremely low combat effectiveness. Due to the serious gap in weapons, the development of the Russian army has been restricted. The 50,000 new rifles aided by Britain were even specially used by the Tsar to equip 50,000 of the most elite soldiers.
In terms of military commander, Tsar Alexander replaced the 51-year-old Livonian general Baron Barclay de Tolly with the 67-year-old "one-eyed" Russian Prince Kutuzov at the end of June. He is the commander of the First Army, the main force of Russia. But Kutuzov has rich experience. Although every battle with the French army is inevitable, he has also accumulated a lot of experience in failure.
Although the Russian army has 400,000 regular troops, Kutuzov can only gather 250,000 in a short period of time, and the other 150,000 are scattered in various fortresses, which are far apart. Napoleon had an advantage in military strength, and the number of his first team was almost twice that of Russia. One of the main weaknesses of the Russian army is that it is fragmented, disconnected, poorly trained, and its commanders are not military-savvy. This disadvantage is exacerbated by mutual suspicion and lack of loyalty among them.
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