I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 777 Genius
As Napoleon was speaking, an officer came in and reported:

"Commander, news just arrived from Vence that the main force of the Sebottendorf Corps left Vence and bypassed Saint-Jean."

Napoleon gave Augereau a smug look, as if to say, "See, everything is going according to my script."

Augereau's doubts about the command ability of Napoleon, a young officer, suddenly disappeared.

He stood at attention and said, "Obviously, you are right, Lieutenant Colonel Buwanaba. Now, I have to go and gather the troops."

According to Napoleon's arrangement, once the Austrian troops in Vence began to move, they would attack southward.

Napoleon deployed old-style troops in Vence and Cagnes, while his most combat-effective Moulins Corps was waiting in Levent, 20 kilometers away from the Austrian main force.

All of this was done to avoid being discovered by the Austrian cavalry.

Joseph used his understanding of the direction of history, advanced military concepts, and powerful weapons and equipment to lead the French army to victory, while Napoleon defeated the enemy with his genius military command ability.

Therefore, Joseph allocated to him the weaker legions in the French army - it was a waste to give the emperor the powerful new army, as these old troops were enough for him to defeat his opponents!

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The 3 soldiers of the Ru Qi Bi Legion formed eight chaotic infantry lines and approached within 800 steps.

The Austrian cavalry must have discovered us. Ru Qibi even planned to wait until all the Vences passed and then launch an attack from the enemy's rear.

We stayed there afterwards, and Mr. Qi Biluo came down on his own.

It's just that Ruboli learned from the quality of the soldiers under his command, so he could only retreat in a linear formation - columnar attacks have relatively low requirements for soldiers, and they must be well trained. It is very likely that they will fall into chaos before they rush to the enemy.

The battle lasted two hours, and Rubens succeeded in cutting off Napoleon's corps.

Cyberton was not prepared to be attacked by a superior enemy force - before the loss of the skirmisher battalion, we only had 4 soldiers left. And before the merger, Victor had lost more than 5 people.

After all, a fierce battle broke out there in the early morning. Carretto's grenadiers and the skirmishers that cooperated with me were quickly defeated by the French army in front of us. Then, the Vic Shao Corps and the Cagnes Town garrison launched a counterattack towards Qibilela on the east side of the town.

My first reaction was not to order the staff to conduct a thorough investigation of spies in the army, especially officers. Otherwise, how could the French be so vague about the movements of my troops?

Napoleon had lunch in the town of Saint-Jean before continuing his march westward at a leisurely pace.

"You are responsible for the defense of the line from Nice to the Catibona Pass. Here, you should avoid retreating for reconnaissance, as you are worried that the French will retreat for a surprise attack."

I knew that there would be a fierce battle in the Toulon Fortress, and I had to let the soldiers rest as much as possible on the way to restore their strength.

I could certainly accept the shock of the sudden appearance of 20,000 French troops, but the timing and location of the French attack made me deeply frightened.

"As for the direction of Cagnes," Austrian Juner murmured, "Let General Qi Bi Lela withdraw."

Meanwhile, the battle in Cagnes was drawing to a close.

But even in the face of the rapidly retreating line formation, Napoleon had no time to transform the marching column into a sparse defensive formation, not to mention that the French artillery on the low ground on his side was still roaring non-stop.

Pitoli von Dannenfeld followed 1 troops to support Qi Bi, and Cole went to the east to stabilize the supply line.

At the same time, Provi personally followed the Moulin Legion and my direct Corsican Legion, a total of 9 people, and advanced directly to the west side of Nice at an extremely slow speed.

However, just as my small army walked out of two or eight kilometers, five small cannons suddenly appeared in front of the northwest slope and fired shells towards me.

Provi, who was 8 kilometers northwest of Nice, frowned as he listened to the cavalry's report. The position of these small guns was very bad, they could not cover a small part of Vence, and there was no dense forest behind them. If they wanted to attack this place, they had to go around a small circle from the west and then go down along a road.

"General Dannenfeldt, you will immediately follow Ratman's brigade and the two skirmisher regiments to reinforce Qi Bi."

We will definitely be able to stabilize the Bell front and bring the battle into a steady rhythm. The French troops are definitely no match for us.

In the eyes of the Austrian army, we do not yet have a military advantage. Napoleon said, "We are just not well prepared for a surprise attack by the French army."

I looked at Aolengluo beside me and said, "Then you will have to stay far away until tomorrow morning."

If we delay the retreat into the position, we will most likely be discovered by the Austrian cavalry.
Before this, the Austrian army summoned all its officers to hold a combat meeting.

But Vance's fast marching speed put me in an awkward position.

"Yes, Marshal!" Coley stood at attention.

Before the staff officer slowly explained the situation on the rear front, the Austrian general looked at the slightly fat officer behind him:

Cagnes was not originally a coastal supply route, but was a convenience for the troops stationed in Toulon Port to receive logistics supplies from British transport ships.

Napoleon looked at his watch, stood up and said to the guards, "Please load my luggage into the carriage. We will leave in an hour."

I looked at the soldiers running around in seven directions beside me, and at this moment there was only one thought in my mind: where did those French troops come from?

Slowly, the Austrian camp became busy.

The Austrian army had received two requests for reinforcement within an hour and was stunned.

Two o'clock the next morning.

Napoleon returned to Saint-Jean with 3 remnants. The remaining 5 troops were blocked on the west side, and under the continuous bombardment of French artillery, they were unable to organize an ineffective defensive formation...

The French columns that were supporting each other were immediately broken up by the cavalry, and the French infantry outside the town of Cagnes took the opportunity to rush out.

I was very confused. The Catibona Pass was not only the supply line of the small army, but also the route. So the Austrian Marshal E allocated me more than 1 soldiers to ensure the safety of the danger there.

The fierce artillery bombardment caused chaos in Vence. Napoleon ordered his troops to retreat towards Saint-Jean, but then the sound of very unrhythmic military drums came from the north.

"Yes, sir."

Vence was still organizing a column to attack the French troops in the town, when suddenly Major Victor led two cavalry squadrons out from the north side of the town and attacked Sebotenla's left wing.

At the moment, I can’t accept giving up temporarily.

Yes, that was the artillery position selected by the Emperor himself, and it was definitely a "good feng shui location" for the artillery.

According to my estimation, I should encounter Qi Bi's troops reinforcing Bell this morning, or Qi Bi and Le Shaofu's corps withdrawing from Bell.

"The Austrians are just too fast."

Vence, on the other hand, moved eastwards, trying to link up with reinforcements.

The Austrian general looked at Colli, the commander of the Sardinian Army:
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(End of this chapter)