That night, Chen Ming was drunk and drunk.

He hadn't been drunk for years, but on this day he was drunk.

Because Chen Ming was completely relieved.

Napoleon's expedition to Russia as scheduled and his return from defeat as scheduled did not mean the fall of Napoleon's empire or the fall of Napoleon. Napoleon, who returned from the defeat in Russia, still retains some strength.

Napoleon was much stronger than he was at the same time in history, with at least 100,000 more French veterans in his hands.

What's more, Napoleon today still has a powerful version of the Ottoman Empire and Chen Han to help, rather than being as isolated as he was in history.

In Ukraine, it is quite possible that the Ottomans blocked the guns of the defeated French, because it was impossible for St. Petersburg to abandon Ukraine, to abandon the Black Sea. And if the Russian army in Belarus does not look at the Ottomans in Ukraine, Arendar Mustafa will definitely have the courage to lead the Ottoman army north and cut off the way for Alexander I to return; And in the east, Chen Han's army had swept across the entire lower Volga River basin. It is also impossible for St. Petersburg to wait until Chen Han has taken the Guryev fortress and Astrakhan before mobilizing troops to counterattack to the east. In that case, they will lose a large area of land east of the Volga!

Because, with the advent of mini rifles and hexagonal cannons, coupled with rockets and permanent fortifications, the pattern of warfare has shifted.

A strong fortress with enough water, food, and ammunition would require one-fifth, or even one-tenth of the defenders, to withstand the large army outside the city.

Although the importance of the fortress is far less than that of the original fortress, it is enough to be qualified as a strategic support point on the defensive line.

The disadvantage of the Russian army is that they have too few soldiers, but Chen Han has no worries about this. The Russian army, which lacked major generals, could only put its limited army in a few military strongholds, and abandoned a large area outside, and only a certain number of cavalry operated inside. This is the tactics and strategy of a few hundred years ago, when Europe was just emerging as a fortress.

But this method is completely ineffective for Chen Han, just because Chen Han has a large number of troops.

There were 200,000 combat troops, far outnumbered by the Russian cavalry, and the cavalry kept chasing the Russian cavalry operating outside the fortress, like a hunting dog chasing a hare.

Chen Han was surrounded by one fortress after another, and was surrounded by heavy troops in the early stage, and when the defensive positions and trenches on the periphery of the fortress were completed, there was no need for so many soldiers. For example, the Guriev Fortress was initially surrounded by an army of 70,000 cavalry, and later there were only 20,000.

Wei Baocheng did not covet large tracts of Russian land, nor did he disperse his forces to occupy vast rural towns at all.

His eyes are only on Russia's military power.

As for the order of countless towns and villages, it is up to the rolling cavalry groups as a deterrent. If a rebellion breaks out there, the rolling cavalry will not hesitate to completely wipe out the villages within a twenty-mile radius. Anyone who dared to resist would die, and those who obeyed became Chen Han's coolies.

The task of the latter was to build defensive positions on the Volga and Ural rivers, as well as on the vast land between them. Although they are civil engineering, they can quickly become as hard as pig iron when splashed with snow water during the cold winter months.

Chen Han had enough troops to fully defend these military points, and then extended a piece of defensive positions horizontally and deeply, and then hid behind these chain-shaped defense lines with a large number of cavalry, forming a large and meticulous net.

With these cavalry, the net is no longer a simple defense, and the cavalry units are like countless blades, which can rotate and cut the prey that pounces into it piece by piece.

So, things in Europe can rest easy.

Napoleon was hit on the head, his strength was greatly damaged, and more importantly, his prestige plummeted, and it was impossible for Napoleon's empire to suppress all the countries of Europe.

Not to mention Prussia, Frederick William III, who was cut down by Napoleon to only four provinces, would definitely be the first to rebel. And what choice will Austria make? Should we immediately go to war against the Ottomans and save Russia, or should we take the opportunity to counterattack Napoleon?

As for Napoleon, he was Franz's son-in-law, and the Austrian princess also gave birth to Napoleon's legitimate heir, the King of Rome. This can only have a small impact, and the most important thing in the overall situation is the interests of the country.

Prussia's strength plummeted, and if Napoleon was not beaten, how could Frederick William III 'revive' Prussia? So the Prussians were resolutely opposed to Napoleon.

But what about Austria?

The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire was a fact, and Austria was in decline, but Vienna remained the leader of the German states.

Even if they helped the British and Prussia to get rid of Napoleon, how much benefit would Austria get? The biggest gains were made by Prussia.

Would Napoleon have sold the Rhine League and the Ottomans, and even Poland, in order to win over Austria? It's hard to say.

Napoleon was a standard politician. He valued his family very much, and angered the whole Spaniards by hastily propelling his brother Joseph Bonaparte to the throne of Spain, so much so that his army is still struggling in the great quagmire of the Iberian Peninsula; But for his own benefit, he could also depose his brother Louis Bonaparte with the same determination. Every politician is a selfish ghost.

In Napoleon's difficult situation, between selling his teammates and his own suffering, Chen Ming believes that he will not hesitate to choose the former.

If Russia was willing to withdraw from the ensuing war, Napoleon would even make concessions to St. Petersburg on the issue of Lithuania and Poland, even though Napoleon knew that the Russians had great trouble in the Black Sea and in the East. But his trouble now is clearly even greater!

Napoleon's biggest problem was within France.

The war has been fought for more than 20 years, and a generation has grown from a billet to an adult. Millions of French men were weary of the millions of French who had bled on the battlefield, who had followed Napoleon across the continent and on an expedition to Egypt. The army lost the passion of the early days of the revolution, and the motivation of the army to fight changed from for the revolution to the cult of Napoleon's personality, faith, and the pursuit of wealth.

During the expedition to Russia, even Napoleon said: soldiers are not willing to travel long distances, and generals are not willing to fight in a land far from Paris 800 Rio, but fortunately, they are still willing to follow me. [Rio, the old French unit of length, is equivalent to about 4.5 kilometers. 】

The other is the corruption of the French army and the decline of its combat effectiveness. This was 'mutually reinforcing' with the decline in the revolutionary fervor of the French soldiers.

The nature of the French army has changed, from revolutionaries to plunderers and invaders. Military discipline has become very bad. After entering Russia, not only the servant armies of various countries looted, but also ordinary French soldiers, and even Napoleon's old guards openly looted. In this regard, Napoleon strictly forbade it several times, but could not stop it. This army, once full of revolutionary passion, has now degenerated into a bandit group and an out-and-out proud army.

Napoleon had long known about the 'bad phenomena' in the French army, but he was powerless to stop it. Besides, after the revolutionary fervor had subsided, and the danger of the new French regime being overthrown had been removed, there was no wealth to attract, let alone ordinary soldiers, and even those noble generals and marshals canonized by Napoleon, there were many people who no longer thought about war.

In the original time and space, after the defeat of Napoleon's expedition to Russia, he returned to Paris and issued a decree to conscript 900,000 soldiers, but there were very few conscripts.

And what about this plane now? Even if Napoleon's conscription order is still very few, he has an extra 100,000 French veterans in his hands, and without Russia, there may not be Austria, relying only on Britain, Prussia and some defective German petty ties, how can such a sixth anti-French coalition bring Napoleon to power?

And even if Franz's Austria once again pointed the finger of war at France, the Ottoman Empire would definitely share some of the pressure on Napoleon. The British and Russia are 'staunch' allies, and Russia is in trouble, and even if Austria, which has just joined the group, sends a partial division, it will attack the Ottoman territory in the lower reaches of the Danube.

Such a Europe is completely the most ideal state in Chen Ming's mind. Because such a Europe is not a threat from China at all, it is impossible for Europe to create real trouble for China in the next 100 years. Unless China abandons the pursuit and exploration of technology overnight......

Napoleon, who had failed once, was afraid that it would be difficult to assemble a French army that swept through Europe without an invincible opponent. Because the times are different, because the society is different.

It's like the 'cutest people' on the Korean battlefield is not the same as the PLA after 2000.

The tumultuous turmoil of the French Revolution has subsided, and the forces of social squeeze have been exhausted in the continuous war. The shattering of Napoleon's 'Aura of the God of War' dealt a heavy blow to the French. The French GIs of the future will be like the French army with the morale of the Bourbons, and they will be strong because of the strength of the country, not because of the violent strength of the combat effectiveness of the army units.

This is a process that every dynasty goes through.

Napoleon's empire will continue to exist in Europe in the future, but Napoleon has fallen from the status of a superpower and returned to the same level as Austria and Russia, even if it is stronger than these countries, it is only limited.

"An era is about to pass......"

Chen Ming looked at Europe on the map, and the ever-changing French Revolution was about to come to an end. If this time Britain and France can take this opportunity to fornicate. And the era that belongs to Chen Ming is about to pass.

From his rebellion, to his establishment of the Chen Han Dynasty, and then to today's domination of the world, fifty years are about to pass. Chen Ming is sixty-three years old after the Chinese New Year, and his health is still very good, but his heart is tired.

Chen Han's iron horse has traveled all over the world, holding thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in his hands, and the people of the world are tied together. Chen Ming has stood at the pinnacle of the world, going back thousands of years, several times of Chinese and foreign history, who has such a domineering feat in the past?

He has already seen the gorgeous scenery at the peak, how can the wildflowers and grass on the side of the road still enter his eyes?

When Japan has become a loyal dog, when the lighthouse country has become a novice, when Europe has no Napoleon, the entire Pacific Ocean has become China's inland sea, and Nanyang and Australia have become China's backyard, what else in this world can attract Chen Ming?

As for the country's cultural governance, looking at the current state financial revenue, looking at people's living standards, and looking at the school-age children's enrollment rate, Chen Ming is still very satisfied.

He has made amazing achievements in both martial arts and civil governance, and the whole world is held in the palm of his hand, and the world is not uncommon.

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