Chapter 146: , Liberation of Italy (1)

After talking about this, Napoleon began to encourage everyone again. He told everyone: "There are greedy and cruel nobles and priests everywhere in Italy. The former has squeezed his own people for hundreds of years and accumulated a lot of money for thousands of years. Injustice; the latter collected eleven taxes from the whole of Europe, and sold indemnities to accumulate an astonishing wealth of sin.
　　 Today, these ill-gotten gains are used by them to oppose us, because they are afraid of the French revolution, because they are afraid that the revolutionary France will become a beacon of democracy and freedom throughout Europe! They are afraid that those people who have been oppressed by them for hundreds or even thousands of years, trampled on like mud by them, will meet the French people after seeing the light of France and understanding the rights and future that the French people have won for themselves. Just stand up and knock these guys riding on them to the ground fiercely-just like we did in France!
　　My brothers, these wealth originally belonged to the people, especially the wealth of the priests, but also to the whole of Europe, including the French people! They were supposed to be used for the freedom and liberation of the European people, but now they are used to suppress the freedom of Europe; they were supposed to be used to let the people of Europe live a good life, but now they are used to make the European people unable Live a good life-can this kind of thing continue?
　　 Therefore, we should break into Italy, confiscate these wealth, and use them where they should be used and worthwhile. We will confiscated all the assets of the reactionary nobles and priests, part of them will be distributed to local civilians to win their support, and the other part, such as gold coins, silver coins and various artworks, will be used to support our military operations. Various expenses, and rewards for heroes. "
Speaking of this, at least the morale of the officers has risen, because the translation of this sentence is: those wealth that can be taken away will be distributed to everyone. When we come to Italy, we come to drink big bowls, eat big pieces of meat, Become Robin Hood. As for the morale of the soldiers, the officers present all said that as long as the significance of this operation is clearly explained to everyone, everyone will definitely support it. After all, there is meat to eat in Italy.
　　 Then comes the pre-war training. New, allegedly embezzled guns were quickly delivered to the soldiers.
　　 "All rifled guns? Are we going to go to the Alps to hunt wild boars?" When the guns were first obtained, many soldiers asked this question. However, after the technicians of the "Bonaparte Institute" demonstrated the use of this new type of gun with a new type of ammunition, everyone's attitude towards this type of weapon immediately became "true fragrance".
"It's a good thing. Anything with the'Bonaparte' trademark is not bad! Look at the'Bonaparte Melon', and this'Bonaparte Rifle'-compare with this thing , What the government sends us is nothing but fire sticks! Why didn’t you give us this gun before and sold it to the Americans?"
　　 "Is it because this gun is more expensive than ordinary guns?" Another soldier speculated.
The "technician" who had been waiting for this sentence immediately replied: "If you say it is expensive, it is indeed more expensive. After all, the gun needs to be rifled, and the bullets are also specially made. If it is calculated at the price we export to the Americans, then If you add more than 100% of the profit, it is really much more expensive. But I heard that the original gun purchase fee in your hands is not much lower than the price we quoted to the government. You know, for the sale We always keep the prices low for the weapons we give to our army. As for why the government refuses to purchase our guns, we don’t know. Maybe they don’t believe in these novel things."
　　 "Technical personnel" are required not to directly blame the government, and can only do limited and unmarked guidance. As for the meaning behind, the soldiers are not stupid hats, so they can understand it naturally.
　　 "Cut, what you don't like about novelty is that you didn't give them money! If there is no dirty deal, I won't believe it!" a soldier said immediately.
"Even if it is more expensive, this thing will save us many people! For a few dollars, if we put such a good thing and don't let us use it, let us use such a fire stick. Let me say, there are some people in the government now. It's really time to go to the guillotine."
　　 "Buwei, you can't spread such remarks in the barracks, you must correct your own words!" Company Commander Stanislas Naber walked forward and said. However, his attitude was not tough, because what the private soldier Auguste Bouvet said was actually what he had in mind.
　　 "Well, company commander." Bu Wei stretched out his hand and scratched his head. "You are right. I am correcting what I said just now to the current government. There are still some people who don't need to go to the guillotine."
　　The soldiers suddenly laughed together, and even the company commander Stanislas Naber also laughed.
　　 "Alright, alright, really... If you didn't have this mouth, you would have been the platoon leader..."
After acquiring the new weapon, Napoleon immediately organized the army to conduct some more targeted training, for example, firing at a target 400 yards away, such as skirmishers shooting a target 300 yards away. Category. For a long time, Napoleon was committed to increasing the proportion of stragglers in the army, which made his army accept this weapon relatively smoother.
　　 After nearly a month of preparations, Napoleon led his army to the west and headed to Italy.
A month later, in November 1795, Joseph received the first battle report from Napoleon. Napoleon led an army across the Alps in the wind and snow, entered Piedmont, and met the Austrians there. And the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia had a contact war.
　　 In order to be able to climb over the Alps in the wind and snow, Napoleon dropped almost all the artillery over six pounds. However, the crossing of the Alps in the winter was indeed completely beyond the expectations of the Austrians and Italians.
　　In the original history, when Napoleon crossed the Alps a few months later, in April 1796, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia had prepared an army of 80,000 to fight against Napoleon's 40,000 army. If it were not for the cooperation between the two countries, Napoleon's battle would be really hard to fight.
　　 But at this time, no one thought that Napoleon would cross the Alps in winter to launch an attack, because it almost meant that they could not have reliable supplies.
Therefore, there are very few enemy troops in front of him, because more troops are transferred to Poland. The Austrians have only 20,000 people in the whole of Italy, and they are completely unprepared for combat. They are scattered all over Italy. Bringing them together is not something that can be done in a short time.
　　 As for the Kingdom of Sardinia, their situation is better. There are about 50,000 troops in their country that can be mobilized immediately. Although these 50,000 are also distributed across the country, the Kingdom of Sardinia is only this big. It is faster to gather the army than the Austrians. .
　　 But whether it is Austrian or Italian, they don't think they need to speed up their reaction. They knew that the French had to cross the mountains with their logistics supplies, so they couldn't stand each other at all. Therefore, they feel that their best response is to fight steadily, hold on to the most critical points, and then slowly bring down the French.
　　 The Austrian army commander Marshal Bollie wrote to King Vittorio Amedio III of the Kingdom of Sardinia, reporting some of his knowledge and analyzing the logistical weaknesses of the French army. Finally he said to the king:
"My esteemed Majesty, I believe that the French army cannot carry a large number of artillery and gunpowder, so their ability to attack is quite limited. As long as your country is not eager to fight, you can steadily defend the things I mentioned before. The most important point, the French have nothing to worry about. We can completely drag them down little by little."
　　 Regarding Marshal Bollie’s opinion, the commander of the Kingdom of Sardinia, General Koli, also expressed support. He told the king: "The mountain roads in winter are very difficult to pass. The French have been able to bring people over, which is almost a miraculous success. But in any case, they will not be able to bring a large number of cannons. And in the future. Over time, because of the influence of rain and snow, the mountain roads in the Alps will only be more difficult to walk. As long as time is dragged on, the French will have difficulty even eating. They will collapse without fighting.
However, something unexpected happened by Marshal Beaulieu and General Colli. The French did not attack those points closely guarded by the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Instead, they bypassed them and scattered directly into the plains of Piedmont. .
　　 These French people, just like Alati back then, wiped out the manors of the nobles scattered in the countryside. All the things in the manor, as long as they were easy to carry, were all taken away by these Frenchmen. Some nobles who had not had time to escape to the city were caught by the French. The French built a so-called "revolutionary court" in his manor, gathered all the humble farmers nearby, and then hung up these nobles in front of them. Then they burned the land deeds of the nobles in public and announced that all the land under his name would be distributed to the farmers who were planting the land free of charge.
　　 In fact, where is such a thing as title deeds so easy to be seized? The title deeds of the great nobles may not necessarily be placed in the country manor. These so-called "land deeds" that were burned in public, except for a very small part, are basically forgeries prepared in advance. Anyway, the country folks have never seen it, and there is no problem.
　　 Of course Napoleon knew that just relying on this was not enough to make the Italian peasants whose faces were full of "stubborn" support him. But at least, these Italian farmers will not oppose him for the time being. The raid on these estates also allowed Napoleon not to worry too much about supplies for the time being.
　　 The kingdom of Sardinia is not a fool. When Napoleon’s army broke into the Piedmont Plain, they had already begun to prepare for the defense. And to be honest, their movements are not too slow. Of course, the so-called
not slow
is for the general level of this era, and the Napoleonic Legion they face is not the same as most armies of this era. .
Because they are equipped with a large number of Mini rifles, this has actually strengthened their firepower a lot, and also enabled them to ensure basic safety on a smaller scale. Therefore, the French army can send enough small troops to carry out this in one go. Task. On the other hand, the forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia have not been concentrated yet, and they are still scattered at various points. This makes them lack the field force that can really threaten the French army. As a result, they can only indulge the French in Piedmont. revolution".
　　 Those nobles who suffered huge losses complained to the king one after another, and they put pressure on him to ask the army to protect their property. They said that a large amount of food and other belongings are in various manors outside the city. Because of the recent continuous rain and muddy roads, the transfer of these things has become very difficult. If the French are allowed to plunder, everyone will Suffer a huge loss.
　　Once the nobles are united, even the king cannot ignore their voices. So on the one hand, the king wrote to the Austrians, asking them to act immediately, gather the army immediately, and come to support ~EbookFREE.me~ But the Austrians had not many troops in Italy at this time. It may be all concentrated, they will gather more than 10,000 people at most, and it will take time. Therefore, Marshal Bollieu gathered the army and wrote to King Amedio III again, advising him to continue to be patient and wait for a better time, not to rush to fight the French.
　　 But apparently the constant destruction of the French made King Amedeo III feel that he could no longer bear it. Because these French not only swept the entire countryside, they even began to set up their own "base-level revolutionary government" based on the country estates that originally belonged to the nobles. They provided the peasants with weapons (the old equipment of the Fifth Army) and provided training so that they could "defend their revolutionary achievements", which is what the French gave to them after they seized these estates. The leftovers that are inconvenient to carry, and the land allocated to them.
　　 The king felt that he could not tolerate such things going on. Because if they can drive the French out now, it will not be too difficult to restore order in Piedmont, but if the French are allowed to stay there for too long, it will be difficult to restore order there in the future. Many, and other parts of the country will also be affected there.
"In the countryside of Piedmont, they have obtained enough food to support them for a long time. In this way, they will not have to worry too much about supplies until next spring. If they are allowed to stay in Piedmont until next spring , That is obviously unacceptable.
So in the end, King Amedio III made such a judgment.
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