Chapter 159: , Kill the pig

While wooing others to join the alliance, Joseph asked the factory to work overtime to produce weapons so that they could be provided to Joubert, while constantly informing Napoleon of the news.
　　According to the brothers' opinion, the French army equipped with the Mini rifle is no longer the Austrian army can resist. Even if the Army of the North is far inferior to the Army of Italy, their morale is also inferior to that of the Army of Italy. That is definitely not something the Austrians can resist.
　　 But the Northern Army and other equipment, changing outfits, and forming combat effectiveness are not a matter of a day or two. Joseph, who has done a lot of staff work, can easily determine how far the Northern Army's preparations are by looking at the order. This can't be faked, even Ruebel can't hide it from Joseph.
　　 In this way, Napoleon also knows exactly when Rubel will have the ability to launch an attack.
　　 Napoleon decided to cross the Alps once again when Juebel launched an attack to contain the Austrians, and forced Austria to surrender.
　　 But before that, he still has one thing to do, and that is to blackmail the pope's crown.
　　 If anyone in this world hates revolutionary France the most, then Pope Pius VI is definitely among the best. When the new regime required Catholics to swear allegiance to the government in 1791, Pius VI formally condemned the "Civilian Organization Act" and accused the revolutionary authorities. When the Anti-French League was established in 1793, Pius VI also played a big role in it.
　　 And when Napoleon defeated the army of Sardinia and Austria successively in Italy, the small and large countries on the Italian peninsula were all trembling, not daring to go out, and even approaching the door to bribe Napoleon. However, the top iron Pope Pius VI still did not change his hostility to the French Republic.
　　 Napoleon also sent a note to the Papal State and the same note he gave to the Duchy of Palma and the Republic of Venice. But the pope would not send someone to explain to a gangster like this. Not only did he refrain from bribing Napoleon to buy safety, he even ordered Napoleon to be expelled from the church and Napoleon broke his home.
　　 Breaking the door does not break the door. To be honest, Napoleon doesn't care. Speaking of breaking out of teaching, France is now all breaking out of teaching. But the Pope’s reckless attitude made Napoleon very unhappy.
　　 "Why does the pope dare to jump in front of me? I think he wants to go to Avignon to have a good rest, right? He doesn't look at how many teachers he has in his hands?"
　　 To say that the pope at this time is still much stronger than the later pope. At that time, the immediate territory of the Holy See was not only the Vatican, but also the Papal State of Rome. At that time, the Pope’s men were definitely not only a hundred Swiss guards, but a small army.
　　 But this army, compared to Napoleon's army, is really not worth mentioning. Napoleon gave the order, and the army began to gather quickly. The soldiers were all angrily condemning the Pope's crimes, cursing him to fall into the fire pit that Dante is said to have seen with his own eyes; at the same time, they were also laughing and discussing how much spoils could be harvested this time. So their morale rose more and more.
　　 "Catch the Pope back to Avignon!"
　　 Such shouts can be heard everywhere in the military. The soldiers vigorously vowed to destroy the lair of the reactionaries and plant the revolutionary flag on the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
　　 After receiving the news that the French army was preparing to go south, the Papal State became a mess. The priests rushed back and forth with the crucifix in their hands, encouraging people to fight bravely for the motherland and faith. In the end, Pope Pius VI pieced together to organize an army of more than 10,000 people to fight against the demons from France.
　　 Pius VI blessed this army and predicted that under the blessing of God, they would surely destroy the French demons. But the pope must have forgotten one thing, that is: at any time, as long as France and the Holy See conflict, God will firmly stand by France! You know, France is the filial son of God; the Holy See, at best, is the one who keeps the gates of God's house. Otherwise, why are there two keys on the flag of the Papal State?
　　 Sure enough, the army organized by the Holy See, after hearing the news that the French army was approaching, immediately staged an uprising and announced that they had long wanted to stand on the side of the revolution. So the French army didn't fire a shot and went straight down Rome. The pope had to flee from Rome and sent someone to show his submission to Napoleon.
　　 If the Pope had surrendered to Napoleon earlier, Napoleon’s appetite would not be particularly big, up to two million francs (the governorate has reformed the currency, and the French franc has replaced the livre.) can solve the problem. But now, since the pope does not eat fine wine to toast, the amount of fine wine is naturally different from the toast. After all, the use of the army also costs money. And as long as the army is used, the money must be accounted for, and a share must be given to the French government.
　　 So Napoleon came with a big lion's mouth, facing the emissary of the Pope, he stretched out five fingers.
　　 "Five million?" The messenger said in astonishment, "Your Excellency, this is too much, right?"
"Five million?" Jourdan said in astonishment on one side, "only five million? We have a whole hundred thousand army here, and the average of each soldier is only fifty francs? We run all the way from Paris. Come here, you just sent us for fifty francs? You dare to speak even if you lose! Dream!"
　　 Of course, the French army of the Italian Legion does not have one hundred thousand. Even if the Italian servants, even the army that has just "rebelled" on the battlefield, are counted, there are definitely not so many people.
　　 "Then the end......"
　　 "If it's less than 50 million, don't speak up! Let's get it by ourselves!" Murat on the other side also opened his mouth to help.
　　 "But where does the Holy See have so much money at a time?"
　　 "That's your business!"
　　 "If you don't have money, valuable things are fine!"
　　 "That is, paintings, sculptures, gold and silver products, and all kinds of sacred objects, we can all accept-but don't fool us with fakes!"
　　The French officers began to rush to help the emissary of the Papal States to calculate how to make up the 50 million francs. This is really a group of good people who are willing to help others.
　　In the end, the Holy See finally used 30 million francs in cash (all gold and silver coins of equal value) and a large amount of art to reach peace with Napoleon, and then the French army left the Papal State with satisfaction.
　　 Soldiers will get them, and they will continue to send back the money they can't use. In their hometown, there was a legend that so-and-so went out with General Napoleon and had money to buy a house and land to marry a wife.
Some soldiers who made enough money left the team and returned to their hometowns, but more, after hearing the news, were full of eagerness for victory, and more accurately, soldiers who were eager for the spoils after victory joined Napoleon’s army. . When Napoleon had just crossed the Alps, his army was about 40,000, but now there are 50,000 combat troops that can be used for expeditions.
　　According to the information provided in Joseph's letter, Napoleon judged that Jubel's offensive should be about to begin. He also started his own preparations.
　　 In September 1796, in the bleak autumn breeze, Napoleon's army left Lombardy and began an assault on the Austrian capital Vienna.
In the Battle of Castiglien, Napoleon used 20,000 troops and less than 2,000 casualties to defeat the 40,000 Austrian troops in less than half a day. After Austria had his most outstanding general, Archduke Karl followed The Rhine Front was transferred to the Lombardy direction in case of a possible invasion.
　　 After Archduke Karl learned about the various conditions of Napoleon's army from the retired officers and soldiers, he was almost awake at night with anxiety. No one dared to treat this information as nonsense anymore. But if the information is true. Archduke Carl discovered that it meant that the French didn't need any more tactics when fighting him, and he had almost nothing to do with him.
　　 "This is really dissatisfied with the French army, it is absolutely invincible!" Duke Karl thought.
　　 Since "wild land warfare is absolutely unacceptable", the only choice is to "hold the infant city." Fortunately, the march from Lombardy to Vienna also involves crossing the Alps. This also means that Napoleon's army can't carry too many heavy cannons on EbookFREE.me. In this way, "holding the baby city" seems to be a good way.
　　Of course, Archduke Karl can't do the defensive method of blocking the city gates with bricks. He knew that this was self-damaging the ability to fight back. Even if the enemy forces bypassed such a city, there would be no major consequences.
　　 Archduke Karl set up some strongholds on the mountain roads, but these strongholds could not stop Napoleon. Because of the steep mountains, the Austrians could not get the cannons to those places, and they couldn't put much supplies in any place, and they didn't last long.
　　 In addition, Napoleon had guides who were familiar with the terrain. Those Italians who had benefited, and even the Austrians who looked forward to "dividing the fields are really busy", were willing to help Napoleon lead the way. The French army's skirmishers are strong, playing interspersed in this type of terrain, can intersperse the Austrian army's soul. Therefore, the greater role of these strongholds is to delay the French army and gain more preparation time for the Austrian army.
　　 On the way out of the mountain and leading to Vienna, Austria did its best to build a series of large and small bastions.
　　According to Duke Karl’s idea, if Napoleon gnawed one bastion one bastion, then Duke Karl felt that Napoleon would definitely suffer. But if Napoleon dared to bypass these bastions, then the cavalry relying on these bastions could continue to harass and even cut off Napoleon's logistics line.
　　 Relying on the timing when Napoleon made his fortune in Italy, Austria could barely complete the bastion group, although these bastions were driven out quickly and the quality was low. But with these things, Grand Duke Karl felt that he finally had the confidence to defeat Napoleon.