Napoleon nodded: "You and I thought of going together. What Corsica needs is not a sergeant, but a real officer. So what subjects do you think I should study?"
An Ning said firmly: "Artillery! Your math scores are so good, it would be a waste not to learn artillery."
"As expected, you said that." Napoleon said with a proud expression, "I knew you would suggest that! What about you, will you also enter the military academy?"
An Ning: "Of course I will join, and I will also study artillery."
Anning would not only do this to get closer to Napoleon, he also had another consideration: artillery safety. The main target of artillery in this era was not the artillery on the opposite side, because the accuracy of artillery in this era was so poor. Targeting enemy artillery would have a certain hit rate.
Touching.
Therefore, in a war, the artillery of both sides will bombard the enemy's infantry as the first target. In addition, artillery does not need to go into battle to charge, so it is safer to be an artillery than other arms.
An Ning was afraid of death. He didn't want to join the infantry. An infantry officer had to stand in the first row and lead the charge.
Moreover, officers are the first targets of the opponent's skirmishers and hunters.
An Ning doesn't want to become a magnet for bullets on the battlefield.
Therefore, being an artilleryman is good, safe, and suitable for people like An Ning who want to fish on the battlefield in the future.
But An Ning cannot tell the truth.
So he impassionedly said to Napoleon: "Artillery is the decisive arm of the future, and can even determine the outcome of a battle! So of course I want to be an artillery officer, which will have a much greater impact on the war than those infantry officers who lead the charge."
"Infantry officer, even if you can destroy one front line on the opposite side in one go, there will be countless more behind you, but it will not make any difference to the entire battlefield."
In this era, even the British lobster soldiers who played the "thin red line" would definitely not let the entire front have only one layer, and there would definitely be backup line infantry behind it.
Like the Russian army, they would spread their "animals" all over the mountains and plains, and it would be useless to break through the first line. The ones behind them would come up with bayonets.
So An Ning's words were all to excuse his fear of death.
Napoleon heard another meaning: "The outcome of the war is so right. We must become the ones who can determine the outcome of the war!"
Then Napoleon suddenly sighed: "Hey, it's a pity that you are not a Corsican, otherwise I would really like to invite you to join the liberation cause of Corsica!"
An Ning complained in her heart: Don't worry about your liberation of Corsica anymore. What's there to worry about on that broken island? It's all mountains.
But on the surface, An Ning said seriously: "Independence is something that can only be obtained through one's own efforts and is rare. Independence given by others cannot last long after all."
Historically, Napoleon was always thinking about Corsica's independence after the Revolution. He even returned to his hometown and wanted to launch a riot like the Parisians storming the Bastille, but he always failed.
Later, he broke with the Corsican national hero Paoli and was stabbed in the back before he finally gave up his dream of Corsican independence, left Corsica with his mother, and accepted his destiny to become a Frenchman.
It seems that even though Tranquility gained a very high status in Napoleon's heart, he still could not let him give up this long-standing ideal.
He still needs to be hit by reality before he can change.
Not long after the conversation between An Ning and Napoleon, Napoleon received a recommendation from the Military College in Paris to study artillery in Paris because of his excellent grades.
Anning himself wrote to the Duke of Orleans, and through the recommendation of the Duke of Orleans, he obtained admission to the Paris Military Academy.
Napoleon volunteered to set off for Paris with An Ning: he wanted to save the fare to Paris.
This is what Napoleon said to An Ning: "Fortunately, I have your best friend's carriage to ride with, otherwise I would have to walk to Paris."
On the surface An Ning laughed at this as a joke, but in fact he knew that Napoleon would really do this. After all, according to Napoleon's biography, when Napoleon went to the army to take up his post, he walked more than half the distance.
Yes, this guy walked across most of France because he was poor.
In addition, An Ning didn't actually pay for the fare himself. In fact, he used Christina's carriage.
Christina also graduated from Brienne. Unlike the cadets who only had the rank of sergeant after graduation, she directly obtained the rank of lieutenant and was assigned to the garrison of the Palace of Versailles along with other noble ladies, becoming the queen's royal
Guard.
Yes, the queen really has a garrison composed entirely of poor noble girls, and the girls in this unit are all officers.
It is said that the reason is because the queen feels that officer clothes are more beautiful and in line with her own aesthetic.
Because of this, the Court of Versailles had to pay officer salaries to an entire army of female knights. Plus the daily maintenance of their horses was a huge expense.
I can only say that she is worthy of being the Queen of Deficits.
One day in May 1785, Anning and Napoleon boarded Christina's carriage and embarked on the journey to Paris.
Fanny rode in another carriage with Christina's personal servant.
When the carriage started to move forward, Christina leaned against the window and looked at the manor outside sadly: "This is over. These five years have passed in the blink of an eye."
An Ning: "Can't you bear it?"
"It's a bit." Christina sighed, "These are the freest five years since I was born. Every day is fulfilling and happy."
An Ning: "You have gained at least five years of freedom and happiness, which you earned through life and death on the battlefield."
Christina smiled: "You helped me get it. It's not me who goes through life and death, it's you."
An Ning: "I didn't do anything... I just ran away with you on my back."
"You also defeated the robbers who came to rob you, have you forgotten?"
"Just a robber." An Ning shrugged.
Christina added: "Alessandra is obsessed with this story, and the story of your duel with two generations of marquises. She has always wanted to see your heroic appearance with her own eyes, but you haven't dueled with anyone in five years.
"
An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Alessandra is the girl who likes to wear blue skirts? The one with big breasts?"
"Yes, the one with flaxen hair. She was so excited when she came back after dancing with you. She said that you kept staring at her breasts. That night she was waiting for you to continue to invite her, and all the other invitations were ignored.
Pushed away."
An Ning was shocked, could there be such a thing? He recalled that he and Alexandra only danced once and stepped on her feet several times.
An Ning: "Is she actually waiting for me? I thought she couldn't walk because I stepped on her feet, so she kept sitting."
Christina smiled and said: "You really think so! Later there was a dance, and Alexandra always expected you to come again, but in the end you didn't even go."
An Ning: "What am I going to do? Step on another young lady's toes?"
In fact, if she hadn't been unable to dance, An Ning would have wanted to go to dances every day. The reason is very simple: in this era, the evening gowns worn by young ladies are all low-cut. Even if you don't want to rub oil on your body at the dance, the oil will spread all over your body, which is great.
An Ning is a vulgar person and cannot escape from vulgar taste.
He originally wanted to learn to dance from Fanny, but after dancing a few times, Fanny gave up and said, "You're going to break my foot, how can I still work then!"
So five years have passed, and An Ning has not yet mastered dancing skills.
This is not like his swordsmanship. As a cadet in Brienne, An Ning has received complete swordsmanship training. Now he has learned a variety of offensive techniques with swords. He is no longer the one who can only rely on the system to defend but not attack.
A noob.
Perhaps it was because An Ning had made great progress in swordsmanship that none of the cadets who received swordsmanship training with him dared to challenge him to a duel.
Not only that, they also developed the habit of avoiding An Ning as soon as they saw the gloves on her hands.
Christina didn't know this. She looked at An Ning with a half-smile and asked, "What do you think of Alexandra? She will be very happy if you write her a letter."
An Ning recalled Alexandra's appearance, and then found that he could not think of anything except her strong breasts, and he couldn't even remember the girl's appearance clearly.
Christina sighed: "Looking at your appearance, I really can't remember. Poor Alexandra fell in love with such a heartless person."
At this time, Napoleon, who had been silently looking out the window, suddenly said: "Andy is not a heartless person, he just has great ambitions. I'm afraid you can't imagine how grand a vision he has."
Christina smiled and glanced at Napoleon: "It seems like your little follower admires you very much."
An Ning was shocked, how could you call the future emperor a follower? I'm obviously his follower, okay?
But Napoleon was not angry at all. He said seriously: "It seems true, but Andy and I are like-minded comrades. I even wanted to invite him to join the Corsican independence cause, but he told me that independence
You can’t rely on others, you have to fight for it yourself.”
——Just say don’t worry about your Corsican independence!
An Ning said with a smile: "Napoleon was a fan of Corsican independence. He dreamed of removing his hometown from France."
Napoleon frowned: "It's not about taking it out. Corsica has never been a part of France, so it doesn't matter. It should be said that let things return to their original state."
Christina asked doubtfully: "But as far as I know, Mr. Bonaparte, you are a French nobleman certified by the Quanxu Bureau."
Napoleon looked a little embarrassed for a moment: "That...that is a stopgap measure. For the sake of Corsica's independence, I have to learn from the enemy's strengths."
Christina smiled: "That's right, Andy, your little follower is quite cute."
An Ning wants to hold his forehead.
I hope that the future Emperor of France will forget the little transgression of the Duke of Orleans' daughter...