The Easiest Battle

By the bushes, French soldiers leaned against their wagons and began singing "Glory and Victory" to the accompaniment of all manner of portable instruments:

"...Loyalty shall never waver,

"Let victory be our tribute to His Majesty the King!

"Win supreme honor with blood and fire..."

Well, none of them belonged to the Royal Legion, but who did not dream of joining the Directly Subordinate Legion? Sing the Royal Guard Legion's marching song a few more times, and they could at least get a taste of being in the Royal Guard Legion.

Napoleon waved away mosquitoes as he wrote a letter in elegant roman type against the backdrop of the song:

[My dearest Desiree:

...Though I am about to face tens of thousands of Austrian bandits on the battlefield, at this moment, my heart is filled only with longing for you...

God is my witness: whether I am marching or convening a council of war, your gem-like beautiful eyes and your sunset-soft smile always rise in my mind...

My love for you is so deep and blazing that it is like a galloping wild horse, carrying my soul to your side...

May our love be like an eternal flame, burning with the passion and longing that belong to us...]

Well, during this journey to Toulon, Napoleon had become acquainted with the younger sister of his brother's fiancée—Miss Desiree Eugenie.

The two had swiftly fallen into a passionate love affair.

Desiree's father was a wealthy merchant with a prosperous household, capable of providing no small amount of support for Napoleon's career.

However, in history, just as the two began discussing marriage, Napoleon encountered the ill-fated entanglement of his life—Josephine.

After that, he cast aside Miss Desiree without the slightest hesitation and threw himself into the arms of that aristocratic widow.

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