Upon the spacious and smooth King's Avenue in France, nearly twenty thousand soldiers of the French Army were marching in a column too long to see the end, advancing briskly amidst resounding songs.
In the middle of the troop, the young Napoleon, much like one nestled close to a lover, clung tightly to a tall ammunition wagon, pulled by four horses.
Well, others were sitting on the wagon, but he preferred to walk beside it, so he could admire and touch it from every angle.
It was the latest model of Mounted Artillery produced by Joseph's gemstone carriage company.
Joseph had instructed craftsmen to prototype it over half a year ago, and it was only completed a few months back. The first batch consisted of more than twenty units, all issued to the Guard Corps.
This Mounted Artillery, resembling a long wooden hut in size, was based on Napoleon's later horse-mounted cannons, of course, with some necessary improvements.
