After the Battle of Trafalgar, although Napoleon's plan to attack the British mainland was ruined and the French fleet was almost completely destroyed, the defeat at sea did not completely destroy Napoleon. In the ensuing Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon fiercely showed off his "military genius" and let those who tried to step on him understand that Napoleon was still the Napoleon, or the invincible myth.
The Battle of Austerlitz is definitely a highlight of Napoleon's military history, and it is also very interesting. The battle was also known as the "Battle of the Three Emperors", and in addition to Napoleon, the Russian Tsar Alexander I and the Austrian Emperor Franz II participated in the battle. The emperors of the three countries all went to war, which is very rare in Chinese history, and the only similar thing is probably the "Battle of Chibi" in the Three Kingdoms period.
The difference was that the same one, which was also fought by the two countries, Cao Cao lost under the advantage, while Napoleon won under the disadvantage. Cao Cao was defeated because of his mistakes in decision-making, while Napoleon was able to win the battle because of his military prowess.
Let's first understand the background of this battle, when Napoleon's Combined Franco-Spanish Fleet was defeated in the Battle of Trafalgar, and Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia and other countries were eager to move, and it was a good time to defeat Napoleon. Britain first allied with Russia, and Austria, which was frightened by Napoleon, still had lingering feelings, but then Austria was stimulated by Napoleon's coronation as king of Italy, plus also wanted to share a piece of the pie, so it also joined the Anti-French League, which is the origin of the Third Anti-French Alliance.
In fact, at this time, Napoleon did not have any bottom in his heart, and at the same time, he started a war with many countries and made France a little overwhelmed. The Third Coalition was fierce, the Russian-Austrian coalition alone had more than 80,000 people, and Napoleon's army was only more than 70,000 troops, and if he waited until Prussia brought reinforcements over, then even if Napoleon was a genius, he would not have the power to return to heaven.
Napoleon knew that the Russian-Austrian army must be defeated as soon as possible, and could not give them a chance to unite with Prussia. But at this time Russia was waiting for the arrival of the Prussian army, and how could they dispel this idea?
Napoleon decided to adopt the method of "wanting to get away with it", he sent emissaries to ask Tsar Alexander I for peace, Alexander saw that Napoleon, who had always been invincible, had such a day, but he was very happy, he could not wait to see Napoleon begging him for forgiveness, so he decided to go to war with the French army at once, not waiting for Prussia. In addition, the Russians had a consideration, they were worried that this was Napoleon's strategy to slow down the army, thinking that Napoleon wanted to drag on a little longer to enrich the strength, so they decided to rush to war. As everyone knows, Napoleon is more afraid of dragging than they are.
So a big war began, the Russian and Austrian armies have been led by Napoleon's nose, completely lost the initiative, the result of the war is napoleon killed more than ten thousand allied troops at the cost of thousands of casualties, the Austrian and Russian armies were beaten to no avail, only know to flee quickly, Napoleon won.
Some people say that the Battle of Austerlitz was Napoleon's battle of the gods, in this battle, Napoleon in the situation is extremely unfavorable to himself, to retreat into the advance, the initiative firmly in his hands, presumably at that time the Russian and Austrian emperors did not know how they lost.