Napoleon III was extremely ambitious, even to the point of arrogance. He even had plans to annex Belgium and Luxembourg militarily.
When Prussia launched a war with Austria, Napoleon fell into Bismarck's trick. He offered Prussia's support for the annexation of Belgium and Luxembourg in exchange for France's neutrality during the war.
Of course Bismarck agreed. During the entire Austro-Prussian War, France remained stationary even though Prussia had exposed such a huge weakness, and did not take advantage of it.
After the war, Napoleon III asked Bismarck to keep its promise, but Bismarck kept delaying and even asked the French Emperor for a written memorandum on the pretext of discussing with the king.
This could be regarded as leaving evidence for Bismarck. Before the Franco-Prussian War, when the two sides were competing for the moral right to go to war, Bismarck issued a memorandum written in black and white. Public opinion throughout Europe was in an uproar.
Many countries that had lingering fears about Prussia's aggressive offensive suddenly changed their attitudes after hearing the French Emperor's arrogant plan and seeing the evidence.
Many French supporters became neutral or turned to support Prussia!
This is especially true for Belgium. Before the war, Belgium even wanted to conduct diplomatic mediation to try to avoid the outbreak of war. French is a very important prophecy in Belgium, and the entire country has a strong sense of closeness to France.
The King of Belgium at that time had been communicating with the Netherlands, Britain, Spain and other countries, hoping to reconcile the conflicts between Prussia and France. Of course, their mediation plan was extremely beneficial to France.
But when Bismarck threw out the evidence from that year and published it in newspapers across Europe, everyone in Belgium was boiling.
Public sentiment immediately reversed, and Leopold II was furious. He even expelled the French ambassador and issued a serious warning to the French emperor.
Not to mention how passive Napoleon III was. If Belgium did this, the last group of supporters also died down. He could only face the anger of Prussia alone.
The war broke out, and when the French emperor was losing ground, almost all countries in Europe closed the door to diplomacy. All he got was attention, condemnation, mediation... and other empty diplomatic words without any practical meaning.
The Belgians chose Prussia. They provided various intelligence to Bismarck. There were countless German spies in Brussels. Those French politicians who took political asylum in Belgium also received a more relaxed living environment.
Take Blanqui, for example. Belgium had previously exercised strong control over him and his supporters, and Belgium would share almost all rally information with France.
But now, Belgium's attitude has changed drastically. The Belgian police will turn a blind eye to all supporters of Blanquism. They are happy for you to cause trouble for the French emperor. Belgium even secretly provides a lot of support to these French anti-government activists. convenient.
A clearer signal is the growing relationship between Belgium and Prussia, which now even allows sensitive politicians like Xiao Letian to take their troops on vacation in Belgium.
This was a taboo against the French emperor, but Leopold II already hated that crazy fox in Paris. He wanted to see your Second Empire completely fail!
The Belgian newspapers finally took notice. They began to continuously report on the French conspiracy, and began to carry out positive propaganda against the Chinese and Prussians.
The people's goodwill towards France is gradually fading, while their feelings towards the French Emperor are immediately avalanche!
They may not hate the French people, but they must hate the French Emperor and his army!
Old Phyllis was a supporter of this idea. Ever since the French Emperor's conspiracy was exposed, the old manor owner had been spitting in the direction of Paris every day.
But today, when he saw that the French army that he hated had actually invaded the Belgian territory without declaring war, the old manor owner could not care about his family and chose to report the news without hesitation.
The old man and the old horse have squeezed out the last bit of their physical strength. God knows when these old horses will fall down and never get up again. Old Phyllis doesn't know whether her heart will beat in the next second.
He only knew that if he did not send a message in advance, the unprepared Bijun and Chinese troops would never be able to stop so many crazy French troops.
My heart was pounding hard, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves behind me was getting closer and closer. The road was vaguely visible under the starry sky. Fortunately, the old horse knew the way. It almost ran wildly on the familiar road based on its feeling. .
It's really an incredible miracle. On the rugged and hilly road, the old horse actually avoided every pit and obstacle by relying on his own feelings.
On the contrary, the French army was not so relaxed. Even with the lighting of torches, some horses accidentally broke their hoofs and fell to the ground during the charge.
Xilulu's screaming war horse fell to the ground, and the cavalry behind him couldn't dodge and collided with it, and it suddenly became a mess!
However, these cuirassiers were the elite of the Guards and were very well trained. After the brief confusion, the other cavalry quickly got out of the way. The uninjured cavalry got up from the ground, jumped on the spare horses and continued to move forward.
These cavalry are basically the last bit of essence in the hands of Napoleon III, because these people are not only elite veterans, but also a group of descendants of military nobles who rely on the Bonaparte family.
This is a community of interests. They and the emperor both prosper and suffer!
If the Second Empire perishes, their aristocratic status will also be completely destroyed, including their glory and privileges!
These talents are the real elite of the Bonaparte family, and the real strength. When the situation reaches the most critical moment, the fighting power they unleash is astonishing!
In just two kilometers of hilly march, more than a hundred cavalrymen were injured by falling, but not one of these injured cavalrymen even grunted!
The physical strength of the war horses was squeezed to the limit. It completely violated all military regulations to carry out a charge-style march in such a dark night in such a complex hilly area!
But there is no way out. People like Alfred have already been burned by the anger of their consecutive defeats. At this moment, they have only one thought in their minds, and that is to go to Syny and capture Xiao Letian and parade him through the streets of Paris!
"Look...there are lights ahead...scattered residential buildings have appeared...we are almost to Syuni..."
"There's a figure... there's someone running away on horseback in front... chase him and chop him to death... if that doesn't work, shoot!"
Old Phyllis was finally exposed, and he finally appeared in the sight of the French cavalry. At this moment, old Phyllis had already seen the lights in the Belgian army camp.
"French sneak attack...French cavalry sneak attack...Fight! Get up and fight!"
Old Phyllis pulled his neck and started shouting. He had never shouted so loudly in his life, and his vocal cords were about to tear! nt
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