Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 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 cak, kuma, bayan ɗan gajeren ci gaba, sojojin haɗin gwiwa sun ja da baya bayan Montmirail da Montereau
Ka yi haƙuri. Wannan ya sauƙaƙe tsoron Metternich cewa Alexander mai yawan amincewa da kansa zai iya yin aiki a gefe ɗaya.