Anning was busy expanding his army and engaging in a battle of wits with the Parliament, while Napoleon finally saw the coalition's military flag at Sedan.
"I thought they were going to drown in the mud of early spring in France," Napoleon muttered as he used his telescope to observe the enemy shifting their formation from marching columns to horizontal lines.
Infrastructure in France is currently in a very poor state—well, it's not yet the industrial age, so of course the infrastructure cannot be compared with that after the industrial revolution.
After all, cement had not been invented at this time, and asphalt was a rare paving material only available in its producing regions.
The rural roads in France were specifically flattened, but they couldn't withstand the spring rains.
The mud caused the coalition to advance slowly after crossing the border, and only now did they reach the front of Sedan Fortress.
