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Chapter 149 The expedition of two monarchs (not)

As far as Emperor Sai was concerned, no matter what the British plan was or he didn't bother to care about it.

Anyway, the Arabian Peninsula must be dealt with. This has nothing to do with the attitude of any country or the current situation. These can only delay time, but they cannot stop the determination of Emperor Cyril to solve the problem of the Arabian Peninsula.

At the end of November 1790, the future monarchs of the two great powers left their residences at the same time and moved towards their own goals.

Napoleon, who followed the Rhone River, would undoubtedly arrive first than Emperor Cypriot, who had a longer march route.

The army he had at hand was almost as much blue as white.

The White Army was the original garrison of Paris, with about 7000 people. However, when Napoleon rushed from Paris to Lyon, he eliminated many rebels along the way, and also collected many troops who followed in the rebellion.

As for how Napoleon got from Paris to Lyon, we can only say that those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

Since spending several years in the Ottoman Empire, Napoleon had followed the bad example of Emperor Cyprus.

He did not go directly from Paris to Lyon, but took a detour.

First they went to Reims, then to Dijon, and finally to Lyon. Along the way, they not only recruited a large number of white troops, but also obtained a lot of funds.

When he arrived in Lyon, he had swept away almost all the French troops of the Louis XVI period that could be taken away along the way. The number of the White Army almost reached nearly 2, which also made it almost impossible for Dumouriez to go on an expedition later. We can't raise any troops here.

As for the Blues?Recruiting in Roland's name is not easy.

You say that Roland has a bad reputation, but others don't believe it. Roland has a bad reputation in Paris. As we all know, there are only two kinds of people in France, Parisians and country people.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy to recruit a group of young people with revolutionary enthusiasm to join the army.

As for why he did this, Napoleon did not want to work in vain for the royalists. No one could control his destiny.

The Blue Army will be the force that he will truly rely on as his backbone in the future. After all, young people are easier to brainwash, and the White Army is not incompetent, but it is slower.

Of course, Napoleon himself was aware that his actions had left this area of ​​France garrisoned empty.

However, his strategic goal was to win the Champagne and Burgundy regions.

If Puao breaks in, he will take it directly. If he cannot, then he will use the power of the royalists to slowly capture it.

Anyway, he is not a member of Parliament in Paris. He doesn't have so much to do. He is in no hurry.

Riding on a tall horse, Napoleon arrived in Provence in early December.

The French troops stationed here prevented the British and Spanish troops from moving north, although they did not seem to have this intention.

With the unanimous consent of Robespierre and Rolland, the French National Convention appointed General Napoleon as the commander of the Toulon frontline troops, responsible for putting down the rebellion.

The local French army approached Toulon from two directions.

To the west is the Carto Division of the Alpine Army, commanded by General Carto, with about 8000 troops. Its headquarters is in Coge, and its outposts are located near the roads from Bosse to Toulon.

The division originally had 12 troops, but due to the deployment of defenses in Marseille and various coastal strongholds, about 000 troops have been dispersed.To the east is the Lapope Division of the Italian Army, commanded by General Lapope, with about 4000 troops. Its headquarters is located in Saulieu, and its outpost is located in the Valerita area.

Napoleon led more than 7000 French troops, totaling four brigades, southward. Most of them were blue troops, with more than [-] people, and the rest were white troops.

At this time, in the city of Toulon, for some reason, Spain and Britain were much more efficient in this intervention than in the original time and space.

The number of troops in Toulon has reached more than 6000, including more than 4000 British troops sent by Peter the Younger, more than 2000 Spanish troops, [-] troops from Naples and the Principality of Piedmont. [-] people.

After the Allied forces occupied Toulon, in order to protect the safety of the large and small moorings and protect the fleet from the opponent's fire blockade, they first dismantled all the coastal artillery forts along the large and small moorings, occupied the Hyères Islands, and launched a Defenses were built on the Cape and Cape Ker highlands respectively.

They also controlled the Cape Boulogne fort, the Egilliet fort and the Balaguey fort, which were the greatest threat to large and small berths (these artillery forts could directly shoot foreign enemies parked in large and small berths). warship).

In addition, the coalition forces also deployed a large number of troops in the Franc Mountains on the approach to Oliour and Lavalette to prevent the French army from attacking Toulon from the west and east.

Not only that, many ships from the British and Spanish fleets have also arrived in Toulon to transport food and provide support to the coalition forces.

As for why Britain and Spain were so fierce this time, after knowing this situation, Emperor Cyril made a guess that it might be the butterfly effect he brought that affected everything.

You know, in this time and space, Louis XVI died almost three years earlier. In the eyes of many monarchs in Europe, this was too fast.

The co-authored French did not do any foreplay, and went straight to work, clearly arranging Louis XVI. The royalists did not even show their strength, and let Louis XVI be beaten by the people of Paris in the old revolutionary area. Their heads fell to the ground.

Under such circumstances, how can you let the many monarchs in Europe sit still?

Why don't you send troops to France and wait for yourself to imitate Louis XVI and donate your head?
After all, Louis XVI also had a cyber version of the title of Founding Father of the United States. What would these European monarchs get after donating their heads?
Therefore, the reactions of the United Kingdom and Spain are reasonable.

It can be said that if Napoleon did not come, it would be better for the troops of the two generals Lapope and Carto, let alone recapture Toulon, to give up their lives.

As for what Napoleon is going to do now, of course it is to command the two generals to attack.

Toulon is very important to Lyon. This place is an important part of Lyon's trade route to the Mediterranean, so he is bound to win it.

As for why our own people didn't come first, when the word "our own people" comes out, this question loses its meaning.

The French army on the western front attacked first. After several hours of fighting, they captured Oliour and several important passes near Oliour.

After Napoleon arrived with his army later, the French army on the Western Front launched another attack.

After a fierce battle, General Carto's troops captured the valley north of Mont Fran from the allied outposts, and surrounded several multi-faceted forts at Pom, Rouge and Brand, as well as the Malbosque fort. Sifur was captured.

The battle on the front line was going well, and Napoleon would not let him have any problems in the base camp behind him.

He didn't trust Jacques, so he called his brother Joseph Bonaparte to set up a base camp so that he could fight.

Looking ahead, Napoleon felt great pride in his heart.

"France, here I come."

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