Chapter two hundred and eighty sixth defeat the mob
Bridgestone felt that his vision was dark. The importance of these artillery pieces to the Duke of Orleans was needless to say, and it was a critical moment. The mob was in an anxious period of being unable to capture the Bastille for a long time. In addition,
Napoleon personally led the army to rescue. Maybe one bad move and the entire mob team would collapse!
Thinking of this, he immediately ran to the artillery position. He needed to see the damage to the artillery. The situation was not very good or bad. Six of the thirteen six-pound guns were damaged due to the explosion of the chamber and the explosion of the shells.
The barrels of the remaining seven artillery pieces were also extremely hot. Perhaps one more round of firing would cause these artillery pieces to be scrapped.
"Quick, cool down the artillery barrels immediately! And immediately transport these artillery to the place where we came from!"
The private soldiers of the Duke of Orleans used the artillery. They naturally knew where the artillery came from. Upon hearing Bridgestone's order, some artillerymen immediately ran to the distance, where there were horses pulling the artillery.
Seeing Bridgestone's order for the artillery to retreat, Mars immediately stepped forward to stop it.
"Bridgestone, our operation has reached the most critical moment. These artillery pieces of yours are of great use to us. At this time, you must not retreat!"
Mars was also one of the leaders of the mob that besieged the Bastille. He was originally a representative of the third estate. After convening the three-level parliament, he was also an extremely fierce anti-royalist! It was only because when Napoleon began to arrest
, Mars was not in Paris, which allowed him to escape. Afterwards, Mars sneaked back to Paris, taking advantage of the misfortunes of the representatives and his own eloquence. In the third estate, he won a
A large number of supporters.
"Mars, you have seen the condition of these artillery pieces. If the bombardment continues, all these artillery pieces will definitely be destroyed. This is a sharp weapon for our people. I cannot let all these artillery pieces be destroyed here!"
Bridgestone's words did not convince Mars. Mars was still covetous of Bridgestone's team's artillery and weapons, but due to the current status of comrades on both sides, Mars did not take any further action.
In fact, Mars can be said to be quite cunning. In the name of rescuing kind-hearted people who were persecuted by the royal family, he quickly raised a team of three to four thousand people. Later, he led this team to punish
In the name of the evil noble, he broke into the family residences of more than a dozen nobles and a government warehouse, and the result of these battles was to provide him with nearly a thousand firearms, several small cannons, and some cold weapons such as swords.
If you don't count the Bridgestone team, Mars is one of the best-developed teams in this mob wave. But after the siege of the Bastille, the Bridgestone team made Mars see what generosity means. In addition to
In addition to the inconsistent uniforms in the team, everyone in Bridgestone's team actually owned a firearm, and later, Bridgestone even found thirteen six-pound cannons, overshadowing Mars in one fell swoop.
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And although Mars has never been in the army, this does not mean that he does not know the value of six-pound cannons. It is precisely because he understands the value of these artillery that Mars's heart is filled with envy, jealousy, and cruelty, and jealousy is a human
One of the seven deadly sins.
"Mars, please stop messing around with me. The Queen's loyal dog's army is almost here. If we don't retreat now, it will do us no good at all to let these artillery fall into the hands of that person. So you should return to your team as soon as possible.
Here, think about what to do now!"
"Bridgestone, are you planning to run away?"
As soon as this sentence came out, the eyes of the people around Bridgestone were full of strangeness. Seeing the eyes of the people around him, Bridgestone knew that he was about to suffer. As expected, when he saw Bridgestone not
After speaking, Mars said loudly:
"Bridgestone has betrayed us. He is already afraid of the queen's loyal dog, but upright people of France, tell me whether you are afraid of that Corsican beast in your hearts!"
"Don't be afraid!!!................."
Seeing the people around him responding enthusiastically to him, Mars said proudly:
"See, Bridgestone, this is the power of our people. As long as we have this power, any enemy will be like a tiger!......"
But before Bridgestone could continue talking nonsense with Mars, they saw a big flag approaching behind them.
There is a fleur-de-lis on top of this big flag, which is the flag of the French royal family. When this flag appears, it means that the French army is coming.
"Order all units and platoons to maintain their formation and move forward. They must do their best to deal with the enemy and show no mercy!"
Looking at the nearby Bastille, Napoleon said resolutely, and after he finished speaking, he saw three thousand French soldiers forming a neat formation to press against the mob, and those sporadic mobs were not at all
It may cause a slight hindrance to the army's formation.
Just when Bridgestone was stunned and was about to order his subordinates to retreat as soon as possible, he turned around and found that Mars, who had just said that he was more heroic than anyone else, was quickly and embarrassingly getting into the mob. Not only was he so flustered,
Mars even lost one of his shoes.
Seeing Mars' performance, Bridgestone almost bit off his tongue. Of course, not everyone is as timid as Mars, and Bridgestone also reacted:
"Everyone, hurry up and help me resist the royal lackeys, and the artillerymen will transport the cannons away for me as soon as possible. If they can't be transported, I will blow them all up!"
With that said, Bridgestone personally led a group of people and rushed towards the slowly approaching French army line.
With the appearance of Napoleon's army, the mob that besieged the Bastille focused their attention on Napoleon's army. Except for some people with the same character as Mars, most of the people with ideals rushed to France fearlessly.
The troops formed a neat queue.
But their efforts can be said to be in vain compared to the entire battle.
The battle lasted two hours, and the five thousand mob gathered around the Bastille were defeated by the French army led by Napoleon. The defeated mob swarmed around like rats.
"Require all troops to kill the mob in battalion units. We would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!"
The murderous words made everyone around Napoleon feel cold, but no one refuted Napoleon's words. This young man who was only 19 years old had already won the welcome of the soldiers with his performance.
No soldier is willing to follow a merciless general. Correspondingly, a general who is ruthless on the battlefield can often win the followers of his soldiers. Of course, this ruthlessness refers to the enemy.
After Napoleon's order was issued, the originally orderly French army array was divided into many small pieces in an instant, and these separated small pieces showed no signs of being scattered. They followed the enemy's footprints and fled toward the mob.
direction and chased away.
Looking at the messy battlefield, Napoleon quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. It would be unrealistic to say that he was not nervous. The importance of the Bastille naturally goes without saying, and there are so many people under the walls of the Bastille.
With a huge force of more than five thousand rebels and thirteen six-pound cannons, if it had not been for the sudden explosion of the cannons, perhaps the siege of the Bastille would not have been broken so easily.
Just when Napoleon breathed a sigh of relief, a cloud of smoke suddenly rose inside the Bastille. Napoleon was shocked when he saw this.
"Your Majesty General, what's wrong, the prisoners in the prison are attacking the guards while the guards are not paying attention. They are also setting fire to the prison. Now the first floor to the third underground floor have been occupied by the gang of criminals!"
The door of the Bastille was opened from the inside, and a soldier rushed to Napoleon and told Napoleon the situation inside the prison. After hearing the news, Napoleon immediately shouted:
"Let all the soldiers come back immediately, and everyone go to the Bastille to suppress the rebellious criminals! If those criminals dare to resist, no matter what their original identity is, I will execute them!"
At this point, Napoleon has made up his mind. The Bastille is not a simple place. It is like the Qincheng Prison in the current Celestial Dynasty. Of course, its scale cannot be compared with Qincheng Prison, but the importance of detaining criminals in it is
But there is no need to say more.
The largest number of prisoners in this kind of prison are political criminals, and these political criminals have a large number of supporters outside the prison, so the treatment of these political prisoners has always been the most troublesome thing for governments around the world.
There are about 800 criminals detained in the Bastille. Of course, this is different from the original history. In the original history, in 1789, the Bastille had become a prison that only symbolized the French royal power.
One of the buildings, it is said that after the storming of the Bastille, the revolutionaries found that there were only seven criminals in the prison!
But it may also be due to changes in history. After Mary took charge of the French regime, she had a soft spot for the Bastille because there were too many people with dangerous ideas in France, and these people had to be controlled, just like
It has the same function as some mental hospitals in China.
That's why there is no shortage of criminals in the Bastille.
Before Napoleon's orders could reach the troops, he could only storm the Bastille himself with a battalion of his own, which he did.
At this moment, the sudden shouts and gunfire in the Bastille accelerated Napoleon's pace. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets.