Chapter 103: , Toulon One

As soon as the news of the fall of Toulon came, Joseph immediately found himself in trouble. Because once Toulon is lost, France's control of Corsica will be almost zero.
　　 "Damn, mom and they are still in Corsica!"
　　 Compared to France, Corsica is much safer in a sense. At least, the relics of the Great Revolution improved by His Majesty the King have not been sent to Corsica. But now the light on Napoleon has begun to show up. Although it is not as dazzling as later, at least...at least it is also a firefly, right?
"Once Toulon falls, it only takes a blink of an eye for Corsica to fall into the hands of the British. Well, Pauli had been in close contact with the British. It was even more unlikely that he would let this opportunity pass. But Napoleon did not make peace. Pauli tears his face. Pauli is a little smarter, and he won't be... But, in short, they must be taken from Corsica... But the trouble is that France now seems to be more dangerous than Corsica, Corsica. There is still a bit of a bottom line, but here in France..."
　　 Thinking like this, suddenly there was a singing voice from outside the window: "Everything will be fine, everything will be fine, profiteers are all hung on telephone poles..."
　　 Joseph frowned. He turned his head and looked outside, and saw a group of trousers holding spears walking by the street not far away while singing. On the tip of the spear in the hand of the man in front, there was a head stuck.
　　 "I don't know which hapless guy it is. Most of it is a flour shop owner." Joseph thought this way, and he felt like bringing his mother and them to Paris. It was definitely not a good idea:
"Where did they see these? Don’t say anything else. Seeing these every day makes me feel scared. But it’s not a problem to keep them in Corsica. This is really a headache! Maybe, maybe I I have to discuss it with Napoleon."
　　 However, although Napoleon has returned to Paris, he is not in Paris. After all, his legion could not be stationed in downtown Paris. Napoleon's Fifth Army is now stationed near Montmartre in the north of the city. This place later became one of the most attractive areas in Paris, for example, the famous Moulin Rouge is here. But that was after many years, and today, this place is just an ordinary highland.
When Joseph was eating at noon, he talked to Cano and said that he had something to go to Montmartre to find Napoleon, so he had to entrust his two younger brothers to him for a while. Anyway, the two of them were eating at Carnot. I'm used to rubbing.
　　 "Are you going to find Napoleon at this time, what's the matter?" Cano asked.
"Lazar, you know, our family, mother, and several younger sisters are all in Corsica. Now that something goes wrong in Toulon, Corsica will probably be upset, so I am very worried... "
"Well... this is indeed a problem." Cano said, "You really should ask for leave to discuss with Napoleon. Corsica will definitely fall into the hands of the British for the time being. Well, think of a way to get them to France. , But neither you nor Napoleon can pick them up."
　　 "I know the severity, Lazar." Joseph said, "If we pick it up, it will only bring them extra danger."
　　 "Well, you can go with my carriage. I will send you a few more guards. It is not safe on the road now."
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　　 Napoleon also agreed to take the family out of Corsica, but he also believed that the gang of women in the family could not be brought to Paris. They must find a safer place for them.
"Let Lucien pick them up," Napoleon said. "Lucien is so big, and he should do something. After receiving it, we will buy a manor in private in another province and let them live first. There, let Lucien take care of them there."
　　 "Lucien?" Joseph still felt uneasy. "This guy is not very reliable."
"Come on, Joseph." Napoleon shook his head. "Who do you think is reliable? Lucien is not reliable. Am I very reliable? To put it bluntly, you always think that no one is reliable except you. .But I want to tell you, don’t lose sight of your brother’s strengths, Lucien is very clever. He usually does, just because he feels that someone will give him a cover anyway, you really leave the matter to him, and he knows the measure of."
　　 Joseph thought for a while, this kind of thing really can only involve Lucien. But you have to find a helper for Lucien, right? So he asked again: "Are there any particularly clever guys under your hand? There are a few lads who are clever, but they are now battalion commanders, even commanders and division commanders. Let them do our private affairs... "
　　 "It doesn't matter." Joseph said, "Isn't it just using power for personal gain? Who do you think is good? I will first find a way to give him an order to go to work in the south, and then help us by the way."
　　 "Then I think the Chrysler Battalion Captain is good. He is cautious and can just add to Lucien's shortcomings. What do you think?"
　　 "This is your subordinate, you know him better than I do. Okay, if you think about it, give me the list, and leave the rest to me." Joseph said at last.
　　 Near Toulon, the French army only had some newly formed troops. Because of the chaos of the previous period, these troops did not even have time to complete their weapons and equipment. Therefore, the French army could hardly organize a decent counterattack.
　　 If at this time, the British can quickly mobilize a large army, land in Toulon, and then move north, considering that the royal party is quite influential in the south, such a move will definitely bring a greater threat to France.
　　 However, Prime Minister Pete recently cut the army by a quarter in order to save money. It is not easy to get a large army out at once. Besides, the British actually don't have much idea about the French territory. Because they knew that those continental Europeans would no longer allow them to create a Normandy territory on the mainland. The greater purpose of Britain joining the Anti-French Alliance is actually to stare at the French colonies.
　　Although in the Far East, the French lost to Britain in the Seven Years' War and almost lost their colonies in India, France still has many colonies in North Africa and North America. Now that the British occupy Toulon, they actually cut off the ties between France and North Africa. At this time, they threw a limited army on the French mainland and went to fight with hundreds of thousands or more of the French. There are not many things to divide? Or is it better to invest these armies in North Africa and the Mediterranean and take over the colonies that were originally French?
　　 When faced with this multiple-choice question, any Englishman can draw the conclusion almost without thinking, and Prime Minister Pete is the same. Therefore, after he took Toulon, he did not send much more troops to Toulon.
　　 Of course, under the urging of Austria and Prussia, the British still made some efforts. They worked hard to persuade the Spanish and the Kingdom of Sardinia to send troops to Toulon.
　　 First of all, the Spaniards. They planned to send 10,000 troops at first, but when their troops disembarked in Toulon, they found that the British troops were disembarking and boarding the ship in Toulon. Those who boarded the ship were all combat troops. As soon as the ship disembarked, they knew that they were all temporarily recruited engineers. Since the Spaniards are here, wouldn't it be possible to transfer the troops in Toulon to North Africa to grab territory? As for why a lot of engineers are here, it is of course to strengthen the defense of Toulon. As long as we can always control Toulon, it will be of great help to North Africa. Although the British did not intend to go north to help the Austrians and Prussians get their chestnuts out of the fire, they still wanted to defend Toulon.
　　 Seeing these actions by the British, the Spaniards quickly understood-this is not right! It is true that the British are unlikely to cut a piece of land in the French mainland, so is it possible for the Spanish? Since there is no such thing, why bother with the French in France? In North Africa, where the British can go, can't the Spanish go?
　　 So the Spaniards stopped sending troops to Toulon in order to grab the meat of North Africa with the British.
Originally, the Kingdom of Sardinia also agreed to send 5,000 troops, but at this time they saw that the two were either the sun never set ~EbookFREE.me~ or the sun set big guys were playing such tricks, so naturally they can Thought: Just the restoration of the algorithmic royal house, can the small kingdom of Sardinia still make France cede the land and indemnify it? And their troops didn't even have time to ship them there, so the Kingdom of Sardinia simply stopped sending troops. Directly sent these soldiers to the Mediterranean to grab the islands.
　　 As a result, during the most critical period of time, the number of foreign troops in Toulon not only did not increase significantly, but the truly most combative army was inexplicably reduced.
　　 Of course, in order to explain to the allies, the three countries played together and made a fortune. They informed Austria and Prussia of the numbers of the troops that landed in Toulon, but they did not tell them: Although these numbers are in Toulon, most of the teams under these numbers are on the Mediterranean side.
　　 This inexplicable time difference gave the French more time to react. Kano first sent an army under the nearest General Pope to attack Toulon, and ordered Napoleon's Fifth Army to go south at any time to support the battlefield of Toulon.
　　 With this opportunity, Joseph asked Napoleon to suggest that he needed to send an "advance team" to study the battle in Toulon.
　　 This request was quickly approved by Kano, although he knew that Joseph and Napoleon were actually planning to use this opportunity to help bring their family members out of Corsica.
　　 The advance team was sent out, and Lucien became their "guide". Napoleon also began to prepare to lead soldiers south, and at this time, Joseph put forward another proposal to Kano.