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Just as Napoleon commanded 500,000 or 600,000 European joint troops to invade Russia, the French emperor kept writing letters to Tsar Alexander, in which he shouted loudly that "peace in Europe is above everything else";

On the other hand, Alexander also dispatched troops and actively organized defenses in Lithuania and the Neman River. It seemed to echo the French emotions. The Russian Tsar also happily called Napoleon "My most respected brother" in his reply.

On May 29, after pardoning the queen, Napoleon left Dresden and rushed to the front line of the Neman River.

Napoleon rode a six-driving carriage, surrounded by attendants, adjutants and guards, and walked through the temporary corridor where the subsequent legions dodge one after another, and amid the cheers of the soldiers, along the avenue leading to Posen, Ton, Danze and Konisburg.

On June 12, after Napoleon replaced hundreds of horses at the post station on the way, the emperor's carriage finally caught up with the marching front-line troops - the main force of the Central Army, at the end of the edge of the Wilco Forest.

That night, the Earl's Manor where Napoleon stayed was less than 5 kilometers away from the Neman River.

At this time, behind Napoleon, there were still about 300,000 soldiers and most of the military supplies, staying or crowding in Poland, in East Prussia, in Danze, and even in Saxony, extending hundreds of kilometers. The French team, together with the forces who were forced to join their alliance team, marched like a snail on the major roads, forming the worst traffic jam in European history.

This huge army composed of European teams, including the French, Swiss, Saxon, German, Italian, Hanover, Austrian, Westphalian, Prussian, Pole, Lithuanian, Danes, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, etc., and was commanded by the French general in three directions, including the North Road, the Central, and the South.

The first part is the main Central Army, also known as the Grand Army. Napoleon himself was the main force for strategic decisive battles with the Russian army. According to Napoleon and the French General Staff, Tsar Alexander gathered the main Russian troops on the road to Kovno to Werner (the capital of Lithuania). Therefore, after successfully defeating or encircling and annihilating the main Russian troops, the Grand Army will strode on the road to Vichebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, and finally to Moscow.

The troops under the Grand Corps mainly include:

Marshal Lefefur's old guard, 40,000;

Marshal Mortier's young guards, 40,000;

Marshal Dawu's 1st Legion, 70,000;

Marshal Udino's 2nd Legion, 42,000;

Marshal Ney's 2nd Legion, 40,000;

Prince Eugen's 4th Legion, 45,000;

General Poniatovsky's 5th Legion (Polish Legion), 35,000;

Marshal Saint-Sil's 6th Legion (Bavarians), 22,000;

General Renier's 7th Legion (Saxons), 16,000;

Marshal Jerome (General Juno was succeeded) the 8th Legion (Westphalia), 16,000;

Marshal Victor's 9th Army (German), 32,000;

Marshal Ogero's 11th Army (Reserve Team), 50,000;

Marshal Mura’s cavalry reserve, 4 divisions, and 38,000 men;

This expedition also included 7 engineering battalions, 22 military battalions, carrying thousands of bread ovens, and thousands of blacksmiths...

In addition, there are two mobile troops covering the main legion along the Baltic Sea and Ukraine:

The first branch of the North Road is: Marshal MacDonald's 10th Legion, composed of 32,000 Prussians. The main task is to follow Napoleon's left wing, and to wait for an opportunity to capture St. Petersburg;

The southern branch is: an Austrian army of 32,000 men commanded by Prince Olidi and Marshal Von Schwarzenberg. They will cross the Carpathian Mountains and go deep into the Ukrainian plains, aiming to support the French army's right or southern wing;

As for the Baltic Navy commanded by Marshal Desai, including an army of 38,000 and a navy of more than 10,000, Napoleon gave two responsibilities: first, use the Catalan Combined Fleet docked at Danze to block the Baltic Sea and cut off the trade channels between Russia and Britain; second, ground troops support and cover Marshal Macdonald's 10th Legion to provide him with troops and supplies.

Obviously, Napoleon still had a grudge against Desai. Although the emperor had publicly announced the pardon of Desai's various crimes, Napoleon was still unwilling to hand over the command of the Northern Legion to the newly-emerged Polish monarch. On May 20, the Warsaw Parliament, which had reached a compromise with Desai, officially announced the restoration of Poland, and the Grand Duke of Desai was successfully promoted to the King of Poland.

When he arrived at Danzell City, Napoleon had thought of assigning the Baltic ground troops to the sequence of his commanding large legions, so he ordered Desay to monitor and let Marshal Macdonald or French naval generals directly control the Baltic fleet.

However, this idea aroused the unanimous opposition from many marshals and generals. Even Marshal Udino and General Poniatovsky, who had always been incompatible with Desai, did not support the emperor's approach. It is not difficult to imagine that once Desai learned that his direct troops were forcibly separated by the emperor, would the Polish king with a perverted personality lead his troops to leave? Going south to Krakow to take refuge is the best result. The most dangerous move was to order the entire Baltic fleet to hang the British navy's flag and then turn against him.

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When all the secrets of the command of the army reached Desai's ears, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "It's really a villain's heart, a gentleman's heart! How could I turn against the enemy during the war in Russia?

Well, at least it will be until after 1813 that Napoleon's defeat began.

As for the damn Udino and Poniatovsky, they seemed to be talking to me kindly, but they actually gave me eye drops in front of Napoleon. Fortunately, in a few months, the emperor without an army was like a tiger without sharp claws, and it was not worth worrying about."

Compared with Napoleon, who was acting fast, Marshal Desai and his guard division were still slowly wandering around the Danze Corridor. After ending the fatigued Dresden monarchy meeting, Desai did not leave and return to Poland immediately, but stayed in Dresden and lived with his wife Princess Maria in his father-in-law's gorgeous palace for more than a week.

Until June 9, the day before Napoleon arrived on the banks of the Neman River, Desai joined the belated guard division and headed east along the road Napoleon took toward the Danze and Danze corridor.

His wife Maria was left in the Dresden Palace. Because before 1813, the Saxony Kingdom was still in a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, and Poland was at the forefront of the war against Russia, and God knew what dangerous situation would happen.

Along the way, a large number of follow-up troops were still desperately gathering towards the Neman River. All the carriages and ox carts driven away by soldiers were crowded on all roads. They were deserters who were exhausted because of the long journey of hundreds of kilometers, or deliberately abandoned deserters.

Napoleon claimed to the monarchs of various countries that his huge army conquered Russia had a total of 620,000, but the actual number was about 500,000. The number of officers and soldiers who actually crossed the Neman River may be less than 400,000. Many people failed to assemble due to roads, and many people fell ill during the march, while more were organized escapes carried out by dissatisfied officers. Especially the Italians, Spanish, Portuguese, Hannover, Rhine, and Westphalians were the most important.

These deserters were afraid or unable to return to their hometowns directly on foreign lands. So they organized themselves to rob nearby towns, villages and farmhouses, and even passed French military supplies convoys.

When he headed from Dresden to the Danze Corridor, Marshal Desay received 12 requests from the French military police along the way, and then sent his Guards Division to assist the military police, encircling and suppressing a total of 25 large and small rebellious teams composed of deserters from various countries.

For these deserters who participated in the rebellion, the outcome after surrender or being captured was either executed on the spot or sent to hard labor.

In late June, before Napoleon's army crossed the Neman River, the huge European Union troops began to fight each other on a small scale. The Guards Division next to Desay alone killed or shot nearly 500 rebel deserters in less than two weeks.

After arriving at the Danze Corridor, Desai even ordered the encirclement of a Portuguese infantry regiment, on the grounds that they dared to rob a black farm located in the lower reaches of the Vivas River and massacred hundreds of black workers affiliated with the Polish king.

According to the time traveler, this is simply "Tai Sui's head is filled with ground and does not know how to live or die!"

Every grass, wood, brick and tiles in the corridor of Danze belongs to the King of Desai, and even the omnipotent God cannot deprive them. Not to mention the good laborers with strong physiques and hard work. Now, the estimated value of each strong black man is more than 1,000 francs. Losing the above 100 black workers has caused His Majesty Desai to lose more than 100,000 francs in one day.

Therefore, all the Portuguese who participated in the robbery or massacre, whether soldiers or officers, were collectively executed after a simple and quick trial in the military court. For nearly two-thirds of the remaining, the captured people of the infantry regiment were detained by the Black Self-Defense Forces in various manors in the Danze Corridor, and received three to five years of long-term hard labor.

Two days later, Marshal Ogero, the highest commander of the Portuguese infantry regiment, sent a letter of protest as usual, but Desai didn't even look at it, so he directly ordered the guards to wield the whip and drove away the command adjutant of the 11th Legion, and finally it became in vain.

A series of bloody journeys from Dresden to the Danze Corridor, coupled with the cruel suppression of the Portuguese infantry regiment, made everyone give the young French marshal and Polish king a very resounding name: "Barbarian Marshal".

When this reputation was passed to the follow-up army of the expedition to Russia, no one dared to commit crimes in the Danze Corridor area and harm the labor farm where blacks gathered, but he could only pass through the private territory of the Polish king without saying a word.
Chapter completed!