"The force we concentrated in Dijon this time is huge. In this way, no matter how the enemy comforts itself, at least having a strong force like ours here will become a thorn in the rebels' heart. I can conclude that
The Marquis de Lafayette will definitely lead his main force to hide in Lyon if he sees that the situation is not going well, and then rely on Lyon's strong city defense to resist our attack, but this will be the worst result for us!"
"Our soldiers have qualities that are far inferior to those of the rebels. If we are on a frontal battlefield, I believe that a fully armed squadron can defeat thousands of rebels. But once the rebels hide in the city, then we will
We must face a battle for the city, and once that time comes, the buildings in the city will become the enemy's helpers and kill the lives of our soldiers!"
"So our goal is to paralyze the enemy and make them think that they can use their huge force to eliminate us and sweep across the country. As long as we draw such a blueprint for the rebels, I believe those rebels will attack us regardless of their own safety. And with such a plan
Come, we can defeat the enemy with our advantages."
"Fifty thousand versus 100,000 seems to be an overwhelming advantage, but in fact it is not. We are a fully armed army of 50,000 people, while the opponent is just a mob that has just captured the city less than a month ago.
It is completely impossible to expect those mobs to defeat our elite troops in a frontal battle."
"So we have to fail. Through small failures one after another, we can achieve the effect of paralyzing the enemy. Not only will the enemy devalue our combat effectiveness in their hearts, but it will also breed pride in the rebels. At that time, all it takes is one to catch them by surprise and paralyze their arrogance.
The rebels will definitely become our defeat!"
"Papa papa..."
Just as Napoleon finished stating his point of view, Marquis Crich, who was sitting opposite him, clapped his hands. Apparently Napoleon's idea made the Marquis find a new way of thinking, although both the Marquis and Napoleon were thinking about the rebellion.
The army was lured to a decisive battle outside the city, but Napoleon came up with an idea but the Marquis did not. This made Crich have to applaud Napoleon's wisdom.
"Very well, Napoleon, you said it very well!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Marquis, for your compliment!"
As he spoke, Napoleon bowed respectfully to Marquis Crich. But at this moment, the Marquis frowned and said:
"What method do you think we should use to paralyze the enemy?"
"Well, Your Majesty the Marquis, I think that this time our army goes to Lyon, we can use soldiers from the city defense army drawn from various places to form a vanguard army. The mission of this vanguard army is not to overcome obstacles for our army but to fight for our army."
Let the rebels see the hope of defeating our army, and because these city defense forces are in two systems with our Second Army and Nancy's army, the heavy damage the rebels inflict on the city defense forces will not weaken our army to a greater extent.
Morale, on the contrary, we can use the example of the vanguard as a negative teaching material to encourage the main army to move forward bravely."
While saying this, the expression on Napoleon's face was unusually indifferent. But it was this indifference that made Crich feel as if the temperature around his body had dropped by more than ten degrees.
It must be admitted that the idea Napoleon just mentioned does have a high possibility of success, and whether it is France or other countries on the European continent. Basically, the national standing field army and the local city defense armies and militias are completely two systems, and the field army
There are not many examples of people who look down upon the city defense army or even despise them.
Because the main responsibility of the city defense army is to defend the city and maintain public order, relatively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the city defense army is indeed inferior to that of the field army. It is precisely because of this that the field army looks down upon the city defense army.
If those city defense troops are allowed to serve as the vanguard of the entire army, even if they are defeated, the combat effectiveness of the main army will not be affected. After all, as mentioned above, the field army does not think highly of these city defense troops. And after seeing the city defense troops being defeated,
, as long as the soldiers of the field army understand that defeating the rebels is equivalent to defeating a more powerful opponent than the city defense army. Presumably the soldiers of the field army will explode with greater combat effectiveness in order to prove their strength.
"But, Napoleon, I think those rebels must know the composition of our army. Let these city defense troops take the lead. I'm afraid those mobs will be even more afraid to attack because they are afraid of the main force behind them, right?"
Creech suddenly thought of a question. Although he was very confident, he himself did not believe that the rebels would not know the composition of the counter-rebellion army. Those city defense soldiers were not a secret at all. The 50,000-strong army
The origin is no secret either.
"No, Your Majesty the Marquis, you must also know that the rebels have a strength of 100,000. If they still dare not launch an attack on the weak city defense forces despite having such a huge force, Lafayette must have
The Marquis' face will be completely lost, and even if Lafayette is unwilling, those who underestimate the kingdom because of the success of the Lyon incident will definitely force Lafayette to go out to test our strength. As long as we show
With such a weak look, those people will definitely not let go of the fat in their mouths!"
Napoleon's words were so naked. You must know that at this moment, his words will determine the fate of nearly ten thousand soldiers! Napoleon's words completely regarded the ten thousand soldiers in the city defense system as a bait to ask for directions, and at this moment, they
The fate of the bait has been destined to be a narrow escape!
After thinking for a long time, Marquis Crich agreed to Napoleon's proposal, but just in case, the Marquis decided to test Napoleon.
"Napoleon, I think you also know the importance of the city defense army in this plan, but we cannot disclose the plan to others. Once others know, the 50,000-strong army will fall apart before it sets off, so I need someone
Go personally and sit among the 10,000 city defense troops. Only in this way can you ensure that nothing goes wrong to the greatest extent."
Creech looked at Napoleon with a burning gaze, and it was clear what he was thinking.
"Okay, Your Majesty the Marquis, I hereby request that you transfer me into the city defense army, so that only you and I know the plan, and I can guarantee that this plan will not be leaked from me!"
Seeing that Napoleon was so sensible, Crich seemed very happy. He smiled and said:
"I'm very pleased to see you think so. I think the future of the kingdom will be more prosperous with young talents like you. I approved your application to join the Pioneer Army, but I ask you to transfer the First Brigade to
Also bring it to the forward army. If anything happens, you can use such an army to stabilize your position and prevent the whole army from being annihilated."
With that said, Creech stood up, walked to Napoleon's side and patted him on the shoulder.
On October 10, 1789, Napoleon left Lyon with a vanguard army composed of 10,000 city defense soldiers and 8,000 men from the 1st Brigade of the Second Army.
The strength of 18,000 troops shocked some young men, and of course this did not include the Marquis of Lafayette. When the Marquis learned that the French army in Dijon was dispatched, the Marquis just asked how many people there were. When he got a
When the eight thousand people answered, the Marquis curled his lips.
After five days of marching, the French army led by Napoleon arrived at the border of the Lyon region. At this moment, Napoleon was in a small village in the Lyon region.
From the map, this village is not very far from Lyon, about three days' journey away, but at this moment the village has been burned to ruins. Of course, Napoleon and the others did not do all this. When Napoleon saw what he saw in front of him,
When the situation happened, he was also very shocked.
There are ruins everywhere, and there is not a single good house in the entire village. Not only that, the ground in the village is also covered with the corpses of all kinds of people, including old people and children...
Seeing this scene, Napoleon felt a little shaken. Although he was praised by others and political opponents as "the queen's executioner", Napoleon had never killed innocent people like this.
After searching the whole village, Napoleon got a piece of news, a heartbreaking news. There were no living people in the village, and no food could be found anywhere. Not only that, there were a large number of corpses on the ground.
Some of them belonged to the elderly and children, but there were very few bodies of young adults.
After hearing this news and combining it with some of his own guesses, Napoleon could roughly get a simple clue, that is, there was a lack of food and soldiers in Lyon!
Thinking about it, these mobs were just rioters. They never thought about how to govern the local area after seizing the power of rule. In addition, in order to deal with the royal family's encirclement and suppression, the mobs immediately started large-scale
expansion.
Although Lafayette has the support of capitalists, these capitalists will not use all their property for rebellion for no reason. In this way, in order to cope with the royal family's siege, enough soldiers must be recruited, and
In order to feed these soldiers, a large amount of food is necessary, and now that Lafayette and the others are busy rebelling, they have not thought about obtaining food through labor, so looting has become the best option.
History is always surprisingly similar. Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, all rebellions and uprisings basically follow the same pattern. Basically, rebellions initiated by civilians expand their strength through rapid looting, and then use coercion and inducement with weapons and food.
The addition of new members is like a snowball, destroying one area and moving on to the next.
Think about it, the rebels in Lyon actually expanded to 100,000 people in just over half a month. This has almost attracted half of Lyon's young men into the army. Such behavior is completely acceptable.
Call it crazy! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
PS: Hey, now I go to learn to drive at around three o'clock in the afternoon every day, and then go home at seven or eight o'clock. After returning home, I am busy eating, taking a shower, etc. I am really trying my best now, and I still have to go to work every day. Now my brain
I'm so dizzy that I don't know what to think. Tragedy!