Napoleon in 1812

Chapter 2

Napoleon’s cry from the middle of the grasslands – 1

An expedition to Russia.

It was definitely the largest project ever undertaken since the establishment of the French state on this land. A total of 680,000 people, 400,000 combat troops, and tens of thousands of tons of food. 150,000 war horses and transport horses, 8,000 carts and wagons. 800 artillery pieces, 750,000 artillery shells, 5 million ammunition guns, and 200 tons of gunpowder.

Napoleon I, the Emperor of the French Empire, said.

‘If this huge mountain can move, it will be enough for Alexander I to raise a white flag. Without fighting, we will subdue our enemy, so if that is not a great victory, what is? If the grassland warriors bow to us, Britain can no longer continue the war.’

Most of Napoleon’s advisors about the enemy and the operations disagreed. Napoleon’s boast was not fulfilled. As if it had waited, Russia expelled the French ambassador, summoned the Cossack cavalry and commanders such as Barclay and Bagration, with a burning will to end the war.[1]

France was now forced to wage war against the empire that ruled the vast grasslands.

“…I’m telling you now, but I regret not giving more weight to Caulaincourt’s words.121 If so, we wouldn’t have had such a disaster from the beginning.”

The Emperor’s adopted son and the rich king of Northern Italy, Eugène de Beauharnais, said so in front of his most trusted commander, Jacques MacDonald.[3]

Hundreds of horses and soldiers drowned and the food they were carrying was flooded after a sudden collapse of a bridge built to cross the Neman River. Two days ago, a storm had hit the camp site, damaging a considerable amount of supplies and killing more than 3,000 horses.

To Eugène, these misfortunes seemed to be a sign of God. It was as if there were going to be a big tragedy on this expedition…

“You can only say that to me, Your Highness. No matter how much you care about His Majesty, he will never forgive you if you speak out against him when he is determined to fight.”

Eugène nodded silently. People become more and more stubborn as they get older, and Napoleon was like that. His stepfather did what he thought was right unconditionally and never gave up.

‘It was an expedition that most people, including myself, opposed. Did His Majesty think that the Emperor’s authority would be established only if he went against our will and prove us wrong?…

Of course, many of those who opposed this expedition were either intoxicated with too much Parisian social life or did not want to challenge more ennemies because they thought they were already successful. However, Eugène and MacDonald did not sincerely oppose the expedition for such lazy reasons. They just thought that France had nothing to gain from a war with Russia. Even if they loyally devoted their bodies and minds to the expedition, if they did not accept it, it would only lead to despair and resignation.

Eugène sincerely hoped that his stepfather, the Emperor, would know that even if his whole body was burned by eternal fire, he would not bend his loyalty to the Emperor, but others would not act like this.

He remembered a native voodoo doctor he had met in a colony of the New World. Wearing a hat made of rhinoceros horns and painting with deer blood and oil paints, the voodoo doctor had told Napoleon an interesting story.

“We see the world as one giant system in which life pulsates, souls circulate, and bodies balance. We are always deeply and steadily exploring the rules and principles of the world with the wisdom of our ancestors. Therefore, we would like to inform our benefactor, former President of the Republic, of one truth and law that we have found.’

During his presidency, Napoleon sought to greatly ease oppression and discrimination against the natives of the North American New World and to recognize them as members of the society of the French Republic. After moving to Louisiana, Napoleon was not treated by the natives as a ‘blood-sharing brother’ but as a ‘blood-sharing relative’

‘This is not the end of the world that exists in the whole universe. Outside the world we live in, there are mysterious multi-dimensional layers of waves, and each of those huge wave has its own worlds. Their numbers are infinite. Among the infinite multi-dimensional infinite worlds, the worlds located in a straight line are particularly special. This is because we share the same time zone as the world we live in. We call it a parallel world.’

‘The parallel worlds exist indefinitely, isolated from each other, creating countless branches. This is the law of space dimension and origin. They produce hundreds of billions of different kinds of worlds in many different branches. For example, there could be a world in which Britain wins against France, and a world in which you, the former president of France, become the Emperor instead of the President.’

At that time, Napoleon had thought that it was just one of the interesting principles of the New World folk beliefs and passed on. Napoleon, who was well-versed in mathematics, science, and philosophy, was not a man who would listen to unproven things. But at this moment, what came to Napoleon’s mind was what the native voodooist had called ‘the law of the world’.

“… No matter how hard I think about it… All I can explain is that my soul and mind have passed over to another world. That old man, I’m sure he said interference between worlds was impossible. You don’t know anything about exploration, do you?”

Then Napoleon muttered quietly and looked down at his body. He sighed. Originally in his world, Napoleon was a man who was in a much stronger physical condition than his age by repeating his healthy diet, exercise, and regular life. His moderately thin, lean body with elastic muscles had disappeared, and his slender legs and drooping sides welcomed him. He also regularly had serious coughs and fever. Sometimes it was accompanied by breathing difficulties. Napoleon knew right away that he was in such a shape and health that he would not live for more than a decade.

“How the hell was this guy taking care of his body?”

He did not hide his dissatisfaction and irritation with Napoleon Bonaparte of this world, who was the original owner of this body. Oh, by the way, he was a noble and honorable Emperor. Napoleon snorted scornfully.

“Just sharing the name Napoleon Bonaparte is disgusting. Instead of Napoleon, this pig should have had a suiting name, like Paul Barras or Roger Ducos. “141

Napoleon expressed his hatred for Napoleon of this world to the point where he recalled the specter of the presidential government that had been jealous of him and had tormented him. It had only been three hours since he came into this world, but Napoleon realized with his intuition.

Now Napoleon had to worry about survival itself.

TL notes

[1] Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Pyotr Bagration

[2] Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt was the French ambassador in Russia

[3] Eugène de Beauharnais Étienne Macdonald

[4] Paul Barras, Roger Ducos