Since the beginning of October, the cold wave from Russia has invaded the Crimean Peninsula with lightning speed. The temperature of the Crimean Peninsula has dropped significantly in just a few days.
The cold wind was like a sharp knife, cruelly torturing every soldier standing guard at night.
This made the French soldiers who had finally survived July and August cholera had to be baptized by influenza again.
Almost every day, several French soldiers are carried into the military hospital for treatment. The morale of the French soldiers on the south coast of Sevastopol and the port of Kamish inevitably decreases as the cold wave approaches.
In order to relieve the depression caused by the cold wave, Jérôme Bonaparte took Pélissier to various military camps to meet with soldiers and understand the thoughts and status of soldiers and officers.
Although each communication cost them a lot of time and energy, Jerome Bonaparte believed that it was a very meaningful thing.
Because only by appearing in front of soldiers when they need care most, and exchanging one sincere heart for another, can we truly gain the support and love of soldiers.
Of course, unless you can conquer the entire army with one victory after another like the original Emperor Napoleon.
Such people are very few in the vast history.
During the time that Jérôme Bonaparte stayed in the army, his identity also underwent subtle changes. Many officers' attitude toward Jérôme Bonaparte changed from following the crowd to truly supporting him.
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Jérôme Bonaparte's power to command the army is moving closer to that of his uncle. It won't be long before he can truly control the entire army just like Uncle Pan controlled the fake wine.
In the evening of this day, Jérôme Bonaparte, as usual, returned to Sevastopol from the Ferdogin Hills with Pelissier, facing the biting cold wind and the setting sun that was about to sink to the horizon.
When Jerome Bonaparte was about to arrive at Sevastopol along the Vorontsov Trail, Jerome Patterson happened to appear opposite Jerome Bonaparte and headed towards Jerome
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Seeing this, Jérôme Bonaparte also gently kicked the war horse with his spur boots. The war horse made a cry and accelerated forward.
In the end, Jerome Bonaparte and Jerome Patterson met at the end of their road. Jerome Bonaparte immediately asked Jerome Patterson, who was staying in Sevastopol, what happened.
thing.
Jerome Paterson told Jerome Bonaparte that the telegraph office had just received three telegrams, two from Paris and one from Constantinople.
"Constantinople!" Jerome Bonaparte's voice trembled slightly, and there was also a sad look on his face.
If Jérôme Bonaparte guessed correctly, that telegram is very likely...
"That's right! It's Constantinople!" Jerome Patterson nodded in response to Jerome Bonaparte.
From the sad expression on Jerome Patterson's face, we can already know what happened in Constantinople.
However, now was not the time to be sad, so Jérôme Bonaparte gave the order with a serious expression to join him and return to Sevastopol.
Soon, Jerome Bonaparte arrived at the headquarters in Sevastopol with a sad mood.
"Where is the telegram?" Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand and asked Jerome Paterson.
"It's still at the telegraph office!" Jerome Patterson responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "I'll go get it now!"
"Go and get it quickly!" Jerome Bonaparte scolded Jerome Patterson with a stern expression.
Jerome Paterson quickly left the headquarters, leaving only Jerome Bonaparte and Pélissier in the headquarters office.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be too sad! The moment a soldier steps onto the battlefield, he has already put his life and death at risk!" Marshal Pellissier said to comfort Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Hey!" Jérôme Bonaparte sighed heavily: "Why don't I know this truth? But understanding is one thing, and letting go is another!
If it hadn't been for Marshal Saint-Arnaud's great help with you, I would have had a hard time establishing an empire!
Now, the empire has just begun to make some progress, and Marshal Saint-Arnaud has left me first! It’s really a fate that has played a trick on people!"
After saying this, Jerome Bonaparte shed two tears, seeming to feel unworthy of Marshal Saint-Arnaud's departure.
When Pellissier saw that Jerome Bonaparte could shed tears for Saint Arnaud, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous of the late Saint Arnaud.
Saint Arnaud can make the monarch of a country shed tears for him, and his life is not considered in vain.
How did Marshal Pellissier know that Jerome Bonaparte's tears and sadness were just his performance to win over people's hearts (although he did add some real feelings to it)
If Marshal Saint-Arnaud had continued through the entire Crimean War in good health, then Jérôme Bonaparte would never be happy, and would instead be troubled by Saint-Arnaud.
Because Marshal Saint-Arnault was not a general like Pellissier who could be manipulated by him.
Take the case of Jerome Bonaparte in the Crimean Peninsula. If the person in charge of the expeditionary force was Saint Arnaud, then Jerome Bonaparte would not consider staying in Crimea.
Mia Peninsula.
As the emperor, he must respect the rights of Marshal Saint-Arnaud, the first chief of general staff, and Pellissier obviously did not have the status of a founder.
However, now that Marshal Saint-Arnaud has died, all the unpleasantness he had with Marshal Saint-Arnaud naturally disappeared in his mind, leaving only the good side.
"Your Majesty, you are truly a benevolent monarch!" Pellissier praised Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jerome Bonaparte smiled noncommittally, then took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears.
After a while, Jerome Patterson appeared in the office and handed three telegrams to Jerome Bonaparte.
First of all, the first telegram was a telegram from Constantinople. The telegram recorded in detail the time of death (around 3 p.m.) and the condition of Marshal Saint-Arnaud (who was feeling hot and sweating profusely).
After seeing the telegram, Jerome Bonaparte handed the telegram from Marshal Saint-Arnault into the hands of Pellissier, then raised his head and said to Jerome Patterson: "You will immediately send the first and second
, call all the commanders of the third and fourth divisions over, remember to be quick!"
"Yes!" Jerome Patterson saluted Jerome Bonaparte and left again.
Then Jérôme Bonaparte looked at the second and third telegrams. The second telegram was sent by Augusta, who informed Jérôme Bonaparte about the relationship between the Perel brothers and Baynes.
In Minnie's fight for the Bank of Luxembourg, both parties want to take over the Bank of Luxembourg, and both have put forward their own reasons for wanting to take over the Bank of Luxembourg.
At the end of the telegram, Queen Augusta expressed her opinion. She believed that the Bank of Luxembourg still needs to retain the right to issue bank notes and the right to redeem notes, but these two rights cannot apply to France. France is the only designated bank.
Still the Bank of France.
In other words, Luxembourg's bank notes will only be issued in areas other than France.
Of course, Jerome Bonaparte supported Empress Augusta's views.
After all, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the private territory of the Bonaparte family. If it is too deeply involved with the Bank of France, it will not be conducive to severing it at any time.
As for the content of the third telegram, Jerome Bonaparte was a little confused. After thinking about it carefully, Jerome Bonaparte immediately thought whether this was sent by Marcel Jerug.
Encrypted telegram coming.
So, Jérôme Bonaparte got up and returned to his office, and took out the code book (actually an ordinary book) locked in the drawer in his office.
According to the characters on the telegram, Jérôme Bonaparte looked up the corresponding page number, line number and specific letters, and quickly solved them all.
"Nicholas I is now critically ill and is expected to die soon!" After Jerome Bonaparte read it in a low voice, he couldn't believe what he translated.
He translated it again against the code book, and the result of the second translation was no different from the first.
Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but feel a little excited. Once Nicholas I died in the near future, Alexander II would definitely return to St. Petersburg to inherit the throne.
If they take advantage of this moment to attack, and at the same time loudly claim that Alexander II has sold them to France, and return to St. Petersburg alone, then the Russian Imperial Army will inevitably question Alexander II.
At that time, no matter what Alexander II did, it would be the wrong option.
If we return to St. Petersburg, the morale of the Russian Empire will inevitably drop.
By that time, France can completely annihilate the Russian army in the Crimean Peninsula, and then pretend to march to Odessa, forcing the Russian Empire to make a choice between begging for peace or continuing the war.
If he does not return to St. Petersburg, the anti-tsarist forces lurking within St. Petersburg will surely cause trouble.
By then, I'm afraid there will be another Decembrist uprising.
Regardless of whether they return or not, the Russian Empire under internal and external troubles will only be weaker than the Russian Empire in history, and their intervention in the German region will be even more powerless.
At that time, the opportunity for the French Empire will come.
After thinking about this, Jérôme Bonaparte had a pleasant smile on his face. He couldn't wait to see the Russian Empire begging for peace.