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Chapter 929 Everything is settled

June 4, 1815, the 40th year of the Guangzhong reign of the Great Yu Dynasty in China, the 20th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty, the 27th day of the fourth month in the lunar calendar.

Napoleon essentially purged the old nobles who were plotting a counterattack within France, and regrouped and retrained the veterans who had been dismissed by the Bourbon dynasty.

Upon hearing news of Emperor Franz I's abdication, Mogonze's reorganization of the Austrian Empire into a united kingdom with Western Xia, and the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans, he immediately shifted his focus to Austria.

Historically, the reason why Napoleon attacked Belgium first and ultimately suffered a crushing defeat at Waterloo, a suburb of Brussels, was because Napoleon's main enemies at the time were Britain and Russia.

The Duke of Wellington of England had troops stationed in Belgium, while the Russian troops had already withdrawn to their homeland.

Napoleon then planned to first defeat England, which he perceived as having a weak army, then quickly establish relations with Belgium and the Netherlands to recruit Bonapartists, and finally force Prussia to withdraw from the anti-French coalition, thus halting the Russian advance.
As for Austria, Princess Mary of Austria, who married Prince Mo Zhou of Liao in this timeline, had already given birth to Napoleon II in history.

Relations between Napoleon and Austria eased significantly, with Austria having gone from being a leading anti-French force to a supporting player.

At that time, Napoleon could have stabilized the situation by defeating the Duke of Wellington and taking over Belgium and the Netherlands.

Unexpectedly, the English army drew the Duke of Wellington, an SSSR character, and crushed the French army in one fell swoop.

In this timeline, England focused more on the Anglo-American War of 1813 on the North American continent, and the main force of the anti-French coalition's army was actually Moggallzer.

Because Mo Gongze brought more than 40,000 elite troops from the Great Yu Kingdom, more than 20,000 German national volunteers, 50,000 Western Xia (Hungarian) infantry and cavalry, and 50,000 to 60,000 troops from the Kingdom of Austria.

Therefore, even though the Duke of Wellington was still stationed in Belgium with 20,000 British troops, Napoleon did not attack them. Instead, he sent Bruner with 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of militia to confront the Duke of Wellington.

"That bastard Ferdinand has finally revealed his Eastern fangs!"
He is invading our European civilization in every way; the Hungarian bastards of Central Europe are the new Moscow Tatars.

Before the war, Napoleon directed his propaganda machine to relentlessly vilify Moggallère and repeatedly rehashed the old threat of the Fourth Yellow Peril, successfully inciting many French people.

"I want you all to understand that what Ferdinand revived was not the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans, but a tool used to control the Germans."

I think all Germans should rise up against him, and this war will soon be over.

By this time, Napoleon had already determined his future direction of governance: he would take an enlightened path, establish a French Empire modeled after England's constitutional monarchy, and soon pass the throne to Napoleon II, the son of a Russian princess.

Napoleon even promised all French people that he would only conquer Belgium and northern Italy in the future and would not launch another war against all of Europe.

This attracted a large number of small and medium-sized landowners and petty bourgeoisie who were extremely disappointed with the Bourbon Restoration in the past few months. Even Count Talleyrand, who had long been in cahoots with the anti-French coalition, once again switched sides to Napoleon's side.

The reason Napoleon was able to make such a promise this time was because the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty sent all the old French nobles back to their homeland.

This not only exposed their ugliness and led to nationwide boycott, but also allowed Napoleon to successfully wipe them out.

Modern France has few old nobles left; the newly risen nobles and landowners were all born during the Napoleonic Empire.

Napoleon's empire finally had a solid foundation, and he could finally be the Emperor of France with peace of mind.

Historically, it was precisely because Louis XVIII wiped out the Bourbon nobility in one fell swoop that France later lost the Bourbon party and became dominated by the Napoleonic party.

Napoleon's judgment was very correct. Maurice's move to directly change the core of the Austrian Empire and revive the Holy Roman Empire did indeed meet with great opposition from the Germans.

German nobles, including some Austrian nobles, were all strongly opposed to Mogonze.

Many Holy Roman Empires, especially the Kingdom of Prussia, were devastated upon hearing the news.

The enraged King Frederick William III of Prussia even challenged Mogonze to a duel, a cold weapon duel in Vienna without firearms.

It will determine who is superior and who is inferior, and it will also determine life and death!
In response, Mo Gongze acted swiftly, placing all two hundred-plus rulers of the Holy Roman Empire in Vienna under house arrest and launching a massive military expansion.

Within ten days, they assembled an army of 140,000, including the Western Xia Imperial Guard (the Three Guards of Xia), the Ao Xia National Defense Army, and the Liao Dynasty Volunteer Army.

6 month 5 day.

Napoleon personally led 120,000 French troops into Nancy, and the small number of Swedish troops stationed there chose to leave after a light battle.

6 month 7 day.

The French vanguard, led by Joachim Murat, approached Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace region. The Prussian troops stationed there offered only slight resistance before withdrawing, and the French army quickly entered the Rhineland Federation.

On June 10, Napoleon restored the Kingdom of Württemberg in Stuttgart, which had been abolished by the anti-French coalition.

On June 12, French troops entered Munich and seized a large amount of supplies that the Prussian army had 'intentionally or unintentionally' left there.

Napoleon then stopped there and began to restore the Kingdom of Bavaria, inviting King Frederick William III of Prussia, either in person or by sending his Chancellor, Prince Hardenberg, to Munich for a meeting.

Napoleon's condition was that as long as Prussia withdrew from the anti-French coalition, he could establish a South Prussian Confederation excluding Austria with the support of France, with the King of Prussia serving as the de facto leader of the Confederation, known as the Prince of the Rhineland Protector.

Napoleon even suggested that he could push the King of Prussia to become Holy Roman Emperor.

The terms were very attractive, and King Frederick William III of Prussia was very tempted. However, His Majesty was not foolish; he merely sent envoys to make contact and was not in a hurry to take the bait.

Because ten years earlier, Napoleon had used this as bait to lure Prussia into staying out of the fray.

After dealing with Austria and Russia, Napoleon not only became the protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, but also gave Prussia a sound beating.

Even so, Napoleon's actions aroused the vigilance of Mo Gongze.

At this time, the Holy Roman Empire was a golden brand, the best tool to interfere in the internal affairs of the German nation and control the various German states.

Mo Gongze was willing to negotiate even with Napoleon's restoration, but he could not tolerate Napoleon's intention to undermine the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans!

So, while the French army was stationed in Munich, Moggenberg immediately led his troops to Linz on the western border of Austria to suppress the restless German states.

At the same time, Moggonze, in the name of Grand Duke Frederick of Württemberg, announced that he would not accept Napoleon's support for the Kingdom of Württemberg.

It turns out that the Grand Duke of Württemberg had previously been active in Vienna, attempting to preserve Württemberg's territory at the peace conference, but was placed under house arrest by Mogonze.

All talk and talk must ultimately be resolved with force.

After a barrage of mutual accusations, the French and Austrian armies began to make contact, engaging in small-scale battles in the Rhineland region in search of a suitable battlefield.

On June 17, several thousand Western Xia cavalry, led by Dang Shouzheng, defeated a French hussar force and captured Waldclaysburg, located between Munich and Linz.

Located about 50 kilometers from the center of Munich, on the northwest side of the upper Danube River, this place was a key point for the French army to advance through the Danube towards Linz and even Vienna.

Furthermore, Dang Shouzheng discovered a French army supply depot a dozen kilometers west of Waldclaysburg, confirming that the French army did indeed intend to attack Vienna via the Danube.

Dang Shouzheng immediately sent someone to report the emergency to Mo Gongze, and at the same time personally led three thousand cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the French army's grain depot.

This wasn't about taking this strategically important logistical location heavily guarded by the French with just a few thousand men; rather, it was about deceiving the French and making Napoleon believe they were just a cavalry force that had stumbled upon the area by chance.

Napoleon did indeed make a mistake at first. The series of blows over the years and his imprisonment on Elba Island wore down the military emperor's edge, and the Bonaparte family's traditional stomach ailment also tormented Napoleon to the point of exhaustion.

Even more worrying is that the French army's combat effectiveness has declined sharply after a large number of veterans were lost.

French light cavalry were no match for the elite cavalry of the Xia vassal's three personal guards, and they couldn't even defeat the Western Xia national defense cavalry, which was equivalent to the cavalry of the Dayu garrison.

On June 19, upon receiving the news, Mogongze personally led his troops from Linz to Waldclayburg to establish a blocking position.

But the news was quickly relayed to Napoleon by the local Bavarian nobles, because the Bavarian Westerbach family, which ruled the region, and the Austrian Habsburg family were sworn enemies, having fought each other to the death during the Bavarian War of Succession.

Napoleon then realized that Moggallère was coming to ambush him, so the French army immediately marched toward Waldclaysburg.

On June 22, since the distance from Linz to Waldclaysburg was 160 kilometers, while Napoleon's journey from Munich was only 40 kilometers, the French army, though departing three days later, arrived almost simultaneously with the vanguard of Auschwitz's army.

The two sides clashed fiercely at Valdclayburg. Louis Davout displayed great bravery, and his Second Army Corps launched a desperate attack under artillery fire. The vanguard of Aucher's army lacked heavy weapons and was forced to retreat after losing more than 3,000 men.

Although the French army suffered far greater losses than Aucher's army, exceeding five thousand men, they undoubtedly won the war.

Mogongze could only lead his troops to set up a defensive position in a small town called Lanshofen. This place was not comparable to Waldclaysburg at all. There were not many mountains to defend, and it was impossible to completely block the Danube River.

This made Mo Gongze, who had lost Li Xingtai, realize that his command ability was far inferior to that of his cousin, the King of Liang, and also quite far from that of Napoleon.

Fortunately, there is a replacement: Duke Ryanstein is in the army.

So Mo Gongze fully utilized the Mo family's characteristic of using people until they die, and handed over the command of the army to Ryanstein.

Ryanstein was speechless. He was seventy years old and had been supposed to be an advisor, but now he was expected to take full command.

The bald old man made a solemn vow in his heart that after this battle, he would follow the example of Lian Po.

It was only because Lian Po, as the Zhao envoy had described, that he showed Mo Gongze how to use his last three arrows, otherwise he would have to work until he died of old age and wouldn't be able to enjoy his retirement.

However, even after winning the Battle of Waldclays, Napoleon did not choose to go all in because he also discovered a serious problem.

That means his army is likely no match for Mo Gongze's Oxia coalition, or at least has no advantage.

So Napoleon delayed his immediate attack on Moggallère, instead spreading news of his initial victory far and wide.

He then used this to tempt Frederick William III, King of Prussia, promising that if Prussia allied with France, Napoleon would cede Belgium to Prussia.

Upon receiving this news, Mo Gongze felt a slight sense of unease. King Frederick William III of Prussia was not a particularly astute ruler; he might very well be swayed by Napoleon.

It's worth noting that Prussian Army Commander Blücher was stationed in Nuremberg with 60,000 Prussian troops.

Nuremberg is just north of Munich, only 170 kilometers away, and it would only take the Prussian army a few days to get there.

At the same time, Nuremberg did not belong to the Kingdom of Prussia. It was a city directly under the Holy Roman Emperor, and Nuremberg belonged to whoever was elected Holy Roman Emperor.

The Prussian army is now brazenly stationed in Nuremberg, and their intentions are quite obvious.

"The Austrians are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves. They are not convinced that I have become regent. Even Archduke Karl has chosen to stay out of it."

The Prussians, on the other hand, were always ready to reap the benefits. They didn't care who won or lost, as long as there were advantages.

No wonder these Germans were defeated so badly by Napoleon; even now, they're still harboring their own agendas.

Ryanstein looked at Mo Gongze with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I am German, and you are half German too."

As you should know, according to our German custom, the Holy Roman Emperor is chosen from among several electors.

"You've placed Ferdinand the young Holy Roman Emperor without consulting anyone, and you expect everyone to be completely convinced? That's impossible."

Of course, Ryanstein was just venting, because he knew Mo Gongze was aware of the situation.

For example, Austrian nobles generally adopted a non-violent non-cooperation attitude towards Mogonze, but Metternich and others who were highly valued by Mogonze did not.

Clearly, these people have made a secret deal with Mo Gongze and have already sided with him; otherwise, the logistics and supplies of the Aoxia army would not be guaranteed.

Of course, defeating Napoleon was essential to completely win over the Austrian nobles.

"Where is Duke Shen now? Will he arrive on time?" Mo Gongze also had his trump card, which was the source of his confidence to challenge Napoleon when the anti-French coalition countries were all talk and no action.

Grandson of the Emperor, Duke Mo Guangbi, will be crowned King of Sweden on August 8.

Escorting him to Europe, where he would be stationed for at least a year, was the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Guard, consisting of 1,500 Imperial Guards and 4,500 Left Divine Lightning Guards, totaling 6,000 of the most elite troops of the Great Yu Army.

Once they arrive, the French are doomed to lose.

“It’s not certain right now, but according to the schedule, they should have landed in Amsterdam at least three days ago, and they might be on their way,” the staff officer next to him replied after checking the records.

Mo Gongze shook his head slightly. There were too many uncertainties at sea, and Shen Guogong Mo Guangbi was only sixteen years old this year.

If the child doesn't realize the urgency of the situation and doesn't arrive in time, it could cause some trouble.

“Send a messenger to tell King William of Prussia that I will support his annexation of the pseudo-Duchy of Belg and the pseudo-Kingdom of Westphalia, provided he honors the agreement of the anti-French alliance.”

Mogongze decided to add an extra layer of insurance: the Grand Duchy of Berg and the Kingdom of Westphalia were both vassal states established by Napoleon, with Murat as Grand Duke in the former and Jérôme Bonaparte as King in the latter.

The main area was the region bordering Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands in later generations. If Prussia had acquired these two countries, North Germany could essentially have been unified.

Of course, the Electorate of Hanover, which belongs to the English Crown, cannot be touched.

With this promise, even if it doesn't get Prussian troops involved in the war, it will at least make King Frederick William III of Prussia more hesitant and less likely to immediately side with Napoleon.

Moggallès's plan quickly took effect. Originally, King Frederick William III of Prussia was dissatisfied with Moggallès's unauthorized establishment of the Holy Roman Emperor and was attracted by Napoleon's terms, so he intended to side with France.

But with the arrival of Mogölze's men, William III began to hesitate again, because Napoleon's reputation was simply too poor.

During the years of Napoleon's rise to power, he repeatedly went back on his word, and the Kingdom of Prussia was a prime victim of this.

In contrast, Mo Gongze, along with his father Mo Zirong, are highly regarded in Europe; they never fail to keep any promises they make.

The difference is obvious when comparing the two.

Given that eliminating Napoleon was the politically correct option in Europe at the time, King William III of Prussia immediately shifted his allegiance from Napoleon to wavering.

However, Mo Gongze misjudged one thing: Mo Guang'an, who came to be crowned, did not hesitate but personally led his troops and, after landing in Amsterdam, was rushing to the battlefield.

The six thousand men of Yuan Congjinwei and Shendian Zuowei truly lived up to their reputation as the most elite troops of Dayu. They adjusted to the sea voyage of tens of thousands of miles in just two days.

They switched to a batch of warhorses that Qin San and Qin Dingyang had prepared long ago, and marched at a speed of forty kilometers per day.

Sixteen-year-old Shen Guogong Mo Guangbi rode on a warhorse just like the soldiers. He was not tall, with black hair and black eyes, but his appearance and skin color were completely European, making him a very obvious mixed-race person.

"Arrive within ten days. All the men should find their own way to rest and adjust. I require everyone to be able to launch an attack as soon as they arrive on the battlefield!"

Although only sixteen years old, Duke Shen, Mo Guangyi, was already able to command battles in a respectable manner.

This boy was raised to be a military general from a young age. He was originally scheduled to accompany his brother, King Mo Guangzhi of Zhongshan, to North America to prepare for the future war with the United States in North America. However, he unexpectedly became the King of Sweden.

Of course, troops like the Yuan Cong Imperial Guard and the Shen Dian Left Guard would not actually be handed over to a sixteen-year-old child like Mo Guangbi.

The one who actually commanded this force was Mo Chongjun, who was granted the surname Mo and was similar to a member of the royal family. He was the historical Marshal Ney, and he joined the fleet in the Leeward Islands.

The person in charge of logistics for this army and who advised Mo Guangbi was Duqin, who was the historical King Rama II of Thailand.

This true founder of the Chakri Dynasty in Thailand was very capable and was among the best officials in Da Yu.

With these two around, Mo Zibu would feel comfortable entrusting six thousand top elite troops to Mo Guangbi, thus giving him face.

In the town of Lanshofen, fierce fighting has broken out.

Because both sides feared that the Prussian army would join the other at the most crucial moment and hoped to end the battle as soon as possible, they fought with all their might from the very beginning.

The French army's advantage lay in its artillery, and Napoleon's troop deployment was also far superior to Ryanstein's.

The Austro-Hillard coalition had the advantage of having over thirty hand-cranked machine guns in its infantry, and its cavalry was far superior to the French army.

Faced with this situation, Napoleon adopted a coordinated and synchronized combat tactic, in which the French armies were deployed very closely together, using the mutual support of large infantry formations to offset the impact of the cavalry.

As for the French cavalry, they hid among the infantry, relying on the infantry's firepower to defend against the fierce attacks of the Auschwitz cavalry, and launched flexible attacks to ensure their survival rate.

This did indeed greatly limit the effectiveness of Aucher's cavalry, but it also allowed the densely packed French formations to suffer concentrated damage from Aucher's artillery.

However, Napoleon was well prepared for this. The French artillery was of a much higher quality, and they had made ample preparations for counter-battery fire.

Therefore, after about an hour of fighting, the Osha army's more than one hundred cannons were severely damaged, leaving only a few dozen.

Ryanstein employed a more flexible cavalry tactic, charging 15,000 cavalrymen at the constantly moving French artillery when the French artillery had severely damaged Aucha's artillery.

Napoleon underestimated the ferocity and speed of the Auschwitz cavalry. The 3rd Division of the 4th Infantry Regiment, which he had reserved, failed to withstand the pressure, resulting in the French artillery advantage not lasting long before being largely destroyed by the cavalry.

Subsequently, both sides engaged in a fierce battle, almost entirely using light weapons, in Lanshofen.

Inspired by Napoleon, the Old Guard of the French Empire launched a desperate bayonet charge, and the Xia Fan Three Guards also retaliated with a "Long live" charge.

The two sides fought back and forth for control of the high ground in Lanshofen, and blood flowed down the hillsides, staining the entire land red.

An old guard was hit by a revolver at close range. Looking at the several bullet holes protruding from his chest, he let out a long, unwilling roar. As he fell backward, his heavy body splattered black blood and mud on the ground.

Right beside him, a royal guard from Huaibei howled and clung to the spear piercing his body, refusing to let go, until the French soldier he was tug-of-war with was stabbed to death by his comrade with a long dagger, and only then did he close his eyes in peace.

The hand-to-hand combat was so brutal that within an hour of the deployment of over two thousand men from Napoleon's most trusted 2nd Regiment of the Old Guard, only a few hundred remained standing.

From nine in the morning until three-thirty in the afternoon, the two sides were evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand. Everyone was exhausted. Tens of thousands of people lay on the ground around the town of Lanshofen, with blood flowing everywhere.

Tears blurred Mo Gongze's vision. Instead of giving orders, he stood at the highest point and looked around.

Suddenly, he saw a large white flag with gold irises surrounding the sun and moon, designed by the emperor for King Moghan of Sweden.

"Reinforcements are here! Reinforcements are here!" Mo Gongze roared, his voice hoarse.

As Napoleon felt the rhythmic sound of horses' hooves and saw his flank being rapidly breached, he turned pale and fell to the ground.

"God, I'm finished, it's all over, it's all over!" Napoleon muttered to himself, his eyes unfocused.

Dozens of young imperial guards, carrying the emperor, quickly left the battlefield before the enemy arrived.

But soon, news arrived that the soon-to-be-crowned King of Sweden, Louis XVI's grandson, had personally arrived at the battlefield.

Before the King of Prussia could give the order, Prussian Marshal Bruner personally led several thousand cavalry to Munich to intercept them.

On June 26, the Prussian army defeated Napoleon's last thousand-strong guard in Augsburg, northwest of Munich, and then, together with the arriving Oscha cavalry, launched a massive search and arrest operation around Augsburg.

That afternoon, Li Chengshao, a militia company commander from Liaodong and a native of Huai'an County, Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, caught Napoleon in an abandoned granary. Napoleon had changed into civilian clothes and was trying to disguise himself and escape back to France.

Everything finally settled.

(End of this chapter)