Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kafin tattaunawar ta fara, sojojin kawancen sun tsallaka Rhine a ranar 22 ga Disamba. Metternich ya yi ritaya daga Frankfurt zuwa Breisgau don yin bikin Kirsimeti tare da dangin matarsa kafin ya tafi sabon hedkwatar kawance a Basel a watan Janairun 1814. Rikici tare da Tsar Alexander, musamman game da makomar Faransa ya ƙaru a watan Janairu, wanda ya sa Alexander ya fita. Saboda haka ya rasa zuwan Castlereagh a tsakiyar watan Janairu. Metternich da Castlereagh sun kafa kyakkyawar dangantaka ta aiki sannan suka sadu da Alexander a Langres. Tsar ya kasance ba shi da wata matsala, yana buƙatar turawa zuwa tsakiyar Faransa; amma yana da matukar damuwa don yin adawa da wasu ra'ayoyin Metternich, kamar taron zaman lafiya na ƙarshe a Vienna. Metternich bai halarci tattaunawar da Faransawa a Chatillon ba, kamar yadda yake so ya kasance tare da Alexander. Tattaunawar ta tsaya cik, kuma, bayan ɗan gajeren ci gaba, sojojin haɗin gwiwa sun janye bayan Montmirail da
Montereau. - Ta yaya ne? Wannan ya sauƙaƙe tsoron Metternich cewa Alexander mai yawan amincewa da kansa zai iya yin aiki a gefe ɗaya.