This chapter is more or less the countries and their leaders moving toward the war zone, I will be diversifying the battles a little by having the focus being on major battles, and not just on the ones Byzantium fights. Along with when the age of Empires ends It will be more about the interaction of the countries rather than them fighting, more or less you wont see any more wars for several chapters after this one is done. Also the first fight.

Chapter 19: Napoleon's Ambitions part 2

Napoleon had brought a huge contingent of men to the army through mass conscription. "Today we march men! Today we start the war to reunite France, then maybe more, maybe even the world!" Napoleon's men cheered as they marched to Burgundy-Netherlands.

The King of Burgundy-Netherlands moved his largest army towards Paris, "We've had it with these French dogs! Today we show them what the Dutch and the Burgundian's can do!" The King and his army moved for Paris in hopes to crush their oldest rival and threat.

The Germans lead by their Kaiser moved to the boarder of Burgundy-Netherlands, "Mein men, we fought wars, we have won and lost, but today we will show the enemy's of us and our allies hell and German Steel!" The countries of Prussia and Germany stood side by side as they marched to their ally preparing to push the French back if needed.

The King of Great Britian looked over the Channel, "These are dark days men, we must steel ourselves for the oncoming war… It may be our most important, but know this men this country will fall when every last one of our people are dead! Man the ship and cross the channel to a great victory men!" The English country smilled as he followed his men on the ship to cross to France.

The Emperor of Byzantium moved his men forward onto the French-Byzantine boarder, "We have seen everything from the deserts of the middle east, to the hills of Italy, on to the Grand plains of Europe and the forest of America! We will not let our country fall once more… no We have come to close to our plans to ever fail like our ancestors did before us! To the lines men and forward to France, they will fall, and Roma will rise!" The men cheered as the passed through the border into France beging the campaign.

The Spanish King eyed the Byzantines across the straight of Gibralter, "They will not pass through that Straight, until the day we die! Hold them here brave men or die trying!" The Spanish troops cried in pride as they prepared a battle line for the crossing Byzantines from Africa.

(The Battle of Paris)

Napoleon's march was cut short as he was met by the King of Burgundy-Netherlands. "The dog is here men prepare yourselves for a blood sway!" The French troops yelled and formed ranks and began to take aim as the enemy army moved toward them.

The King of Burgundy-Netherlands laughed, "I will not be stopped by an upstart! Men would you trust you families to be ruled by a man who didn't even come from the thrown, but instead usurped it?" The troops yelled no, "I didn't think so take up artillery positions and begin to shell the French in Paris, we will march on the city when are cannons are empty!"

The Cannons took up postions and began shelling Paris, Napoleon began to move cavalry to move across the field and take the cannons down, as the French horses charged across the field the first shot of the war took place a cannon ball flew across the field aimed straight for Napoleon. Napoleon's eyes opened wide, but he managed to jump off his horse out of the way of the cannon ball that was heading his way.

"Mon Dieu! Those bastards! Well they will have a little surprise for them when my cavalry gets there." Little did the Burgudian's or the Dutch among the enemy's ranks know that Napoleon's cavalry was equipped with muskets that they fired from horse back while running, a technique only used by the Byzantines Hungarian riders.

Burgudian-Dutch military lauged as about a thousand cavalry charged towards them, but they laied their Muskets into a line with bayonets toward the enemy loading their guns to fire, when a volley came their way killing at least a whole regiement. "What the hell!" one of the soilders cried as his friend fell to the ground dead.

The French riders continued to make sweeps along the ranks of the opposing force, heading towards the cannons as they spread chaos among the ranks of the enemy.

Cannoniers swapped to a canster shot (a shot gun like ammo used in the Napoleonic wars) In hopes that it would be able to route or at least stop the enemy horse gunners from getting to them.

While the cannons stopped firing on the city Napoleon ordered half of his men to take up postions in the forests near the city, but he maneuvered the rest of his army to the positons that would make it look like they hadn't moved.

The cavalry had made it to the cannons, but not in time to avoid a shot from their cannester shot. At least 100 troops fell to the ground and the horses pulled up, but one horse rode through to the cannons, and that horsemen was covered in light armor and a helmet as he cut through the cannoniers.

One of the Cannoniers managed to pull the man off his horse and rip of his helmet, It was Francis! Francis stabbed the man and moved on to continue to cut through the men who threatened his home. The rest of the Cavalry had recoverd and were charging into the cannons firing shots at the ranks as they did.

The King of Burgundy-Netherlands to one of the Regiements and charged the enemy cavalry bayonets first managing to drive the enemy cavalry away along with the nations that was with them. The actual country of Burgundy was off else where, While Netherlands was by the Kings side. The Dutch man calm as he looked out towards the French army, "This man is smarter than most of the French sir." The King scoffed, "He has nothing but luck." The Netherlands took out a pipe and lit it and began smoking, as he puffed, "You know sir, Luck does not constitute strategy, the fact that he leads this battle and not the country means he must be a grand strategist." The king sighed, "Then why don't you lead?" The Netherlands put his pipe back to his mouth and puffed again, "Because I'm not the lead country, unless you would want to flip the name." the Netherlands would prefer the status-qoe to becoming the leader of the union. The King laughed, "And this is why I like to keep you around, always the sarcastic one."

Napoleon smirked as his country returned, "Well done Francis, I would have thought that you would have stayed though." Francis sighed, "I would have been knocked out, I may be a great power, but I cant take a whole army on my own." Napoleon knodded.

The King sighed and moved his army forward toward Paris, "I wont be stopped by this." The Netherlands simply followed, but something caught his eye a slight movement in the forest, he pulled of a couple of troops from the Netherlands and told them to fire into the tree lines. One of these shots hit one of the French troops who screamed, "I knew it." The Netherlands moved to his boss and told him, "Sir the French have stationed troops in the woods." The King smilled, "Lets us this to our advantage then, tell the troops, and order them to turn and face the enemy's trap come the time they spring it." The Netherlands nodded and ran across the lines telling the officers about the French troops hidden.

Napoleon saw him, "They know." Napoleon then smiled, "Now they expect us to spring the trap, but they wont know that I have another trap set for them." Napoleon smiled again and nodded to Francis. Francis nodded back and rode to the back of town and found the mortar troops, "Now men fire at these angles!" Francis told the men and they began to fire upon the enemies.

When cannons came raining down on the Burgundian and Dutch troops. "What the hell, where are these coming from!" They couldn't tell do to the distance from them and all the buildings hiding them.

Napoleon fired a pistol shot which signaled the troops to ambush the enemy, As the Troops came running out of the forests the Military in Paris began marching forward, preparing to preform Hannibal's double envelopment, but with guns. The troops met and began to fire on a three way cross fire as more cavalry ran around the sides and as they finished closing of the envelopment the troops charged completely surrounding the enemy. The Burgundian and Dutch troops were slaughtered even though they were prepared for an ambush they were not prepared to be marched on from three sides. The King was captured and excuted the next day publicly by Napoleon. The Netherlands managed to escape capture.

Round 1: Napoleon.