Napoleon was Barras's best choice - a man of outstanding military talent, but with no roots in the Directory, and a dishonorable retired general! Such a young man is too easy for him to grasp.

Barras ordered Napoleon to be summoned and asked if he could suppress the rebellion in Paris, and Napoleon gave an affirmative answer after only a few minutes of consideration. He waited patiently and it was the perfect moment for him to win in the end. Napoleon, who had won the power of the 5,000 Revolutionary Guards in Paris, was like an eagle that had been bound for a long time, ready to spread its wings again.

In the battle to quell the rebellion, Napoleon's first thought was how to use artillery, because the royalists were a rabble. They may have rockets and cannons in their hands, but they will never use them perfectly.

At that time, however, there was no artillery and no ammunition near the Tuileries Palace, the seat of the Directory. There are some rockets, but absolutely no artillery. And the Sablon barracks, northwest of Paris, were idle with 40 cannons. Napoleon knew of this, so he immediately assigned his friend, the cavalry captain Murat, to lead 200 soldiers and haul the cannons around the Tuileries Palace.

During the battle, Napoleon used artillery to bombard the rioters in the city as never before. Under Napoleon's famous 'grapeballs like a breeze', the rebels were beaten to pieces. The Royalists, who had nothing to do with their cannons and rockets, did not expect Napoleon to use artillery in the city of Paris, and they were caught off guard by artillery fire and had to return fire with rifles, and the battle ended after just over an hour.

The Directory was saved.

Napoleon once again became a hero of the revolution, and his life took a new turn - he was appointed commander of the garrison of Paris, and he became a close friend of the powerful Governor of the Republic, Baras, and a candidate for independent commander of the combat forces. His social status is rising rapidly, and a bright future unfolds in front of him.

By the time the new year came, Napoleon would already be the commander of the Italian legions.

Although the legion numbered just over 40,000 men, it was the first time that Napoleon had made his voice heard in the grand scheme of French strategy.

In order to completely defeat the British-led anti-French coalition and completely eliminate the external military threat, the French Directory decided to launch an active military campaign in the new year, with the main offensive target being the powerful Austrian army. To this end, the French high command proposed a pincer assault plan, planning to send two large armies, led by General Jourdan and General Moreau, to spread out along the Rhine line, and at the same time advance eastward, pointing at Vienna, the capital of Austria.

However, while the French Revolutionary Army was actively preparing for the northern front, Napoleon, as the commander of the garrison of Paris, put forward a plan for the southern front, that is, first annihilate the allied forces of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia, seize the rich Piedmont and Lombardy regions of northern Italy, and then drive the Austrian army out of the whole of Italy, pushing the battlefield to Tyrol and Austria proper.

In this way, the threat to the southeastern part of France could be relieved, and the main Austrian army corps, commanded by the Austrian first general, Archduke Karl, could be detoured from the south to Vienna, the capital of Austria.

In view of Napoleon's military prowess and the practical value of his proposals, the Directory agreed to Napoleon's plan of battle and appointed him to succeed General Scherer, the former commander-in-chief of the Italian legions. Napoleon had the support of Chen Han's office in Europe, and of course he had long known what kind of tattered virtue the Italian Legion was, but he was eager to make meritorious contributions and decided to take office.

This was the beginning of Napoleon's solo battle and galloping across the field. I just don't know if in the next 20 years, he can really direct more than 50 battles of all sizes as he did in the original space-time plane, creating one miracle after another in the history of human warfare.

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Chen Han's office in Europe has a wide range of vision, so through them, Napoleon, who is in Paris, is already very aware of the real situation of the Italian legion stationed in Nice, in the southeast corner of France.

It was a half-starved, ragged army with a serious shortage of artillery, cavalry. The soldiers resembled a bunch of bandits, and the meagre supplies that Paris had supplied to this army were soon stolen by the soldiers with impunity. The 43,000 people had no salary, no rations, no fodder, no shoes and socks, no clothes, no tents, no camping furniture, no means of transportation, and their material life was extremely poor.

Napoleon was soberly aware that after his arrival in the Italian Legion, in order to really take military discipline and stop theft, it would be useless to shoot some people alone, and he must make his army have clothes and shoes to wear. And to get these things, one must encourage the soldier to demand from the enemy by force, and the other is to need his own 'effort', not wait for the government's supply.

Where did Napoleon's efforts go? That's obviously China.

Before his second rise, the Chinese provided him with 10,000 pistols a year, but after his successful second rise - after becoming the commander of the garrison in Paris and becoming a close confidant of Barras, Napoleon's amount of funds had become 50,000 pistols.

Napoleon squandered all his 'funds' for 1796 at once, and contributed all the remaining 'funds' for 1795 and 1794.

Therefore, when Zhu Lian led the Chinese fleet to visit Austria before it had yet to leave the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, they received an urgent notice from the Office of the European Affairs Office, which told them to speed up their entry into the Mediterranean Sea and then make a trip to the port of Nice in southeastern France. Unload some of the guns and munitions you are carrying!

Zhu Biao is very clear about the status of the European Office, not only because of the existence of King Jieyang, but also because he has received instructions before departure - to follow the instructions of the European Office.

Yes, the authority of the European Office is still above that of him, the commander who leads the fleet.

Of course, the European Office also explained in detail the meaning of 'Napoleon' for Zhu Li, which is indeed a big bonus stock worthy of China's large investment, and Napoleon's two rises are too 'miraculous'.

Although this trip to the Italian Legion was his first real independent military trip, the ETO was willing to do its best to support him.

This was not just a gesture from the emperor, but an influence on the suppression of the royalist campaign in Paris. This small young man has great luck.

Both of his rises have a 'magical' flavor.

And just after making up his mind to seek the commander of the Italian legion, he urgently needed military material support, and immediately ushered in the arrival of Zhu Li's fleet. It's really atmospheric luck!

Moreover, in the political posture of France, it is far better to support a general with military power than a pewter spearhead like Barras.

Besides, Napoleon was not a reckless man like Xiang Yu and Lu Bu, he was still very politically wise.

Within a short time of assuming the position of commander of the Italian legion, he had decided on himself and Josephine Beauharne, a young widow who was six years older than Napoleon and who was rumored to be the mistress of the lascivious Barras, the outcast. But Napoleon seemed to really like her, and the whole person was immersed in sweetness.

Whether it's true or not, that's how he behaves.

- In order to make their ages less abrupt, he changed Josephine's age by four years and increased his age by one year.

If everything goes according to plan, there will be no more than a week after Napoleon's marriage, and he will immediately go to Nice, the garrison of the Italian legion.

Does such a 'general' really love his wife so much?

Napoleon was a man with a rough path.

Imagine what girl would entrust her life to a young officer who was short, yellow-faced, and had a gloomy personality, and who did not show much promise at the time. Napoleon was rejected first by Clary de Zire, and then coldly received by Madame Permont's daughter. Napoleon often said to people, "Joseph, that guy is in luck." "Because his brother Joseph was well married, Mademoiselle Clerry, the daughter of a wealthy and well-known Marseille merchant, he was very envious of his brother's fortune.

But in any case, Napoleon took a crucial step in his life—he was no longer satisfied with the luxurious life of Paris, nor accustomed to being a tame assistant under the Inspectorate such as Barras, and the desire to display his military talents burned in his heart—the desire to become a great commander-in-chief, like his idol Caesar, which at last drove him to do something vigorous.

The support of the OEU to Napoleon over the past two years or so can be said to be dedicated, and it is about to bear beautiful and fruitful fruits. The people in the ETO are not going to drop the chain at this time.

Therefore, Zhu Lian must take the fleet to Nice.

And if Zhu Mian is going to go on such a trip, it will be really dangerous.

Nice is on the line between France and Italy, to the south is Napoleon's hometown of Corsica, and to the south of Corsica is the island of Sardinia, which is one of the participating countries in the anti-French alliance. Then the Kingdom of Sardinia must have a connection with Spain.

The small Sardinian has limited naval strength, but they are very close to Spain, and Spain's Mediterranean Fleet already has a detachment docked in Sardinia.

Since the Spaniards opened fire in Gibraltar, then this Sino-Spanish war in the Americas will definitely start, and their Mediterranean fleet will definitely not be stingy and reluctant to dispatch and swallow the fleet led by Zhu Lian.

Spain's Mediterranean Fleet has 22 sail battleships above the third class, including four first-class sail battleships, except for the battleship Santa Trinidad that appeared before, two of the other three first-class sail battleships are in the waters north of Sardinia, and the scale of a total of 16 capital ships is to eat Zhu Li's small fleet, which is very easy.

Zhu Li can now only fight guerrillas in the western Mediterranean.

Moreover, their proximity to Nice, France, would most likely provoke protests from the British, whose Mediterranean fleet was the real hegemon in the Mediterranean, and they did not need to do it themselves, as long as the proper information was leaked to the Spaniards, everything could easily be over.

But Zhu Ting still has to approach Nice.

Napoleon was the figure that His Majesty the Emperor had asked for attention, and now there was a real hope of rising. The Italian legion numbered more than 40,000 men.

When Zhu Li thought of this number, he couldn't help but feel a feeling of 'French fooling around' in his heart.

There are more than 40,000 people, and there are two integrated divisions in the Wehrmacht, and to command such a man, they must be senior generals and above. Could it be a young man in his twenties?

Of course, Napoleon was able to get to this point at such an age, and whether he had a strong family or not, I have to say that he had great luck. But Zhu Li always had a feeling that the French were out of tune, which was too unconventional.

Even during the establishment of the Chen Han Dynasty, the master who led thousands of troops and horses in his twenties was only His Majesty the Emperor today. The others, Chen Qi, Chen Yongsheng, Gao Pingshan, and Huang Jie, which one of them was not thirty when they came to this point?

And Napoleon's 'rise' was still so swift, that is, two battles!

Of course, it was significant, but it was definitely irresponsible for the Directory to put an army in the hands of such a young man so rashly.

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After setting off from Gibraltar to the east, the fleet led by Zhu Li sailed for two days before turning around and heading north.

He did not go straight with his army to the eastern shore of Sardinia, from the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and mainland Italy, to Nice, but from the western side of Sardinia, the eastern side of the Balearic Islands.

Along the way, they encountered many ships under the Spanish flag, and there were many British ships, not only merchant ships, but also sporadic warships, the latter of which tended to follow Zhu Li's fleet for a while and then disappear.

There are also a small number of Italian ships, under different flags, and if it weren't for the guidance of the people from the European Office who accompanied the ships, Zhu Li would not have been able to tell the difference. Of course, there were also Spanish warships, and as soon as the other side of the gate saw this huge fleet with more than ten warships escorting the red flag of the blue sky and the white sun, they immediately hid far away and never dared to approach again. And Zhu Li's fleet was also in a hurry to Nice at this time, and he didn't bother to care about these small fish and shrimp.

But Zhu Lian and the people up and down all knew in their hearts that the battle would come one day.

In such a large bathtub in the Mediterranean, it is not without precedent to completely avoid a fleet, but if it is limited to the sea west of Italy, it is really difficult and difficult.

Because this piece is too small and too small.

Zhu Li: They are not hindered now, just because the Spanish fleet has not had time to stop them. No matter how small the sea is, it is not a lake, even if the Spanish know the news very quickly, by the time they mobilize warships and form a team to surround it, Zhu Li has already left with the fleet.

But the Spaniards will not give up, because there is also Nice is not?

The Spaniards did not know the destination of Zhu Li's fleet, but the direction of Zhu Li's fleet was north, France, so it was likely that some of the goods transported by this Chinese fleet were French goods, and as long as they stopped at the port, it would be delayed for a few days, so the Spanish fleet could completely catch up.