Three days after the 18,000 vanguard army led by Napoleon set off, the 32,000 main force led by Creech began to leave the station and march towards Lyon.
“How far is it from Lyon?”
Standing in front of a long table, Napoleon pointed to a certain point on the map on the table and asked the army staff officer on the side. After drawing on the map with a pen, the staff officer said respectfully:
"Your Excellency General, this place is about thirty miles away from Lyon."
After receiving the answer, Napoleon frowned slightly. According to his original discussion with Creech, the forward army led by Napoleon played an extremely disgraceful role. Their mission was to only fight against the Lyon rebels.
Defeat, cannot win.
But this does not mean that the task on Napoleon's shoulders is easy. Although the forward army must fail in the battle, this is not a rout! In other words, the forward army must fail by a narrow margin and the rebels cannot see the truth.
The army is letting go, and Napoleon must also ensure that the forward army maintains appropriate combat effectiveness. Otherwise, how can he turn defeat into victory in subsequent battles?
It can be said that this task is not only not easy but also quite arduous. How to ensure a seemingly defeated situation and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army is a very complex and difficult issue.
But after a few days of thinking, Napoleon had a new idea.
Although blind defeat can make the rebels arrogant, it will have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the army. When the soldiers have no fighting spirit, even the God of War may not be able to change the situation of defeat. This
This was not what Napoleon wanted to see.
And it’s not that Napoleon is boasting. Although his age will make many people belittle his combat effectiveness, the rebels’ coach is Lafayette. Based on Napoleon’s performance in suppressing the Paris riots, he believes that as a smart man, Lafayette
Lafayette will definitely take him seriously. If he overacts, not only will Lafayette not be fooled, but it will make him suspicious.
In addition, this expedition to Lyon was the first time Napoleon took power in his military career, and he did not want his first performance to end in failure.
So Napoleon decided that he must win his first stop. But this victory should not be too shocking, otherwise it would be bad to scare the rebels in Lyon.
What? Are you saying that Napoleon underestimated the enemy and did not take the rebels led by Lafayette into his eyes? Well, if a fully armed army cannot deal with a mob that is three times as powerful but has backward weapons and has not been trained and fought,
, this army is really weak.
At this moment, Napoleon's eyes have been completely attracted by a black spot on the map. This black spot is called Enlaize. Enlaize is located in the southeast of Lyon. Thanks to the prosperity of Lyon's capital trade, Enlaize, which was originally remote, quickly moved from
A small village grew into a town with a population of tens of thousands.
Of course, as an area of Lyon close to Switzerland, the prosperity of the town of Enleze depends on its commercial circulation. Although from the map, the area around Enleze is completely a plain without any support. But Napoleon was interested in its prosperity.
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The prosperity of the town shows that the capital trade in the city is relatively developed, and as one of the main strongholds on Lyon's trade route to Switzerland and Northern Italy, Napoleon fully believed that the big capitalists in Lyon had a lot of interests in Enlaize. As long as this can be cut off,
I believe that the capitalists in Lyon will not be able to calm down. When the time comes, they will do their best to let Lafayette send rebels to recapture such an important trading stronghold. Then Napoleon's opportunity will come!
"How far is it from Enlaize Town?'
"Your Excellency, General, it takes two days to get to Enleize from us, and because we are now in the north of Lyon, if we head towards Enleize, there is a high chance of encountering a Lyon rebel patrol."
As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Napoleon raised a pen and drew a long straight line on the map. One end was the current location of the army and the other was the location of Enleize. But after drawing the long line, Napoleon discovered that
, Lyon, the center of the rebels, is just on the west side of the long line, and the distance in between is very small.
Some people may say that the small size on the map will be expanded hundreds or even thousands of times in reality, but Napoleon believed that the rebels in Lyon were not vegetarian, especially under the leadership of Lafayette. Perhaps these rebels
There is a big problem with the combat effectiveness of Lyon, but even those who have not commanded a battle understand the principle of sending scouts to detect the enemy's movements, and the Lyon rebels must have sent a large number of scouts around Lyon.
Napoleon threw away his pen and sat back on the chair. His eyes narrowed slightly. After a while, Napoleon suddenly stood up from the chair and walked quickly to the map.
Staring at the place names on the map, Napoleon looked at them one by one. Suddenly he saw a small river. The marking of this small river on the map was very unclear. If you don't pay attention, you can't see it clearly at all. But at this moment, Napoleon's
In his sight, this small river became the key to his battle.
This small river is not located around Lyon, but it is very close to the town of Enlaize. If you drive from Napoleon's current position to the small river, it is nearly twenty miles away.
If the river water permits, Napoleon can command the army to march directly to the town of Enlaize along the river. And because of the bend of the river, Napoleon believes that even if the rebel scouts discover their whereabouts, the rebels will not be able to do so in time.
to reflect.
Now, the key to the operation lies in a quick word! Although Napoleon's army has not found any traces of scouts from the surrounding rebels, he believes that if the French army continues to stay here, their whereabouts will soon be revealed.
This was known to the rebels, so Napoleon had to leave here before the rebels could react, and then march along the river to attack the town!
While Napoleon was thinking about countermeasures, a fierce quarrel broke out in a residence in Lyon.
"Roberts, I think your words are completely pessimistic. Now that our situation is very good, it is the time when we should continue to work hard to make the people of all France live a happy life. But now, you say that we should concentrate all our efforts."
By defending Lyon with troops, I think you are killing the revolution!"
A middle-aged man in his thirties stood up and loudly denounced a fat man in gorgeous clothes opposite him. When the fat man heard the middle-aged man's accusation, he jumped out angrily and cursed:
"Giggs, you are completely slandering! We have received news a few days ago that the feudal troops in Dijon are rapidly advancing towards us. Their purpose is undoubtedly to destroy Lyon and destroy all our hopes.
!This is the time when we should concentrate our forces to fight the incoming feudal army to the death, but you want to scatter the army, Giggs, what are your intentions!"
This fat man is about fifty years old. Although he looks a little old, he still speaks with a strong voice. In this era, the only people who can be so plump are capitalists except for nobles, and this fat man can stand in this room.
His identity is obviously the latter.
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Watching the dozens of people in the room divided into two groups to curse, Lafayette, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. Although the Lyon uprising was successful under his leadership, after the success of the revolution, Lafayette
However, Lafayette only received the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Lyon Free Army. Among the nearly 100,000 troops in Lyon, Lafayette can really command no more than three or two people, and most of the rest are under his control.
In the hands of these people with different intentions.
Since the success of Lyon's revolution, those who worked together at the time were divided into two groups because of their different doctrines and different purposes. One group believed that Lyon's revolution had been successful, and now they should take advantage of this trend to sow the seeds of revolution throughout the country.
France, when the time comes, the entire French people will rise up together to oppose the rule of the nobility and the king. Help those French people who are still suffering from the exploitation of the feudal nobility to gain true freedom and happiness!
The other group believes that now that the revolution in Lyon has been successful, they can rely on Lyon's example to ask Louis XVI to implement the reform of the country. They believe that France can retain the monarch, but the political power must be in the hands of the people. This
One group's idea was to use the example of Lyon to make Louis XVI realize the reality, so that he could form a constitutional monarchy government.
The group that wanted to overthrow the feudal nobles and the king was mainly composed of civilian representatives. However, those who believed that France should embark on the road of constitutional monarchy were mainly the original capitalists in Lyon.
Since the success of the Lyon Revolution, Lafayette has suffered from the torture of these two factions. What is even more terrifying is that in order to offset the control of money and weapons by the capitalists, the civilian faction headed by Giggs actually looted
Let the strength in their hands expand at a snowballing speed. Among the rebels in the Lyon area, the Giggs civilian faction currently controls an army of 50,000 people.
Of course, except for a few hundred people under Giggs, the rest cannot be called an army at all. The hoes, rakes and other tools used by farmers have become the main weapons of the rebels under Giggs, and these
An army of 50,000 people actually has only 1,000 firearms, and most of these 1,000 firearms are old and almost unusable. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call these weapons fire sticks!
Although the current Lyon is nominally headed by Lafayette, due to the conflict of their own ideas, the entire Lyon is divided into three factions.
The capitalists control 30,000 rebels who are better equipped. Although the civilians have a large number of people, their combat effectiveness cannot be put on the table due to their lack of supplies.
The 20,000 men in Lafayette's hands are naturally the most capable army in Lyon, but even so, insufficient equipment and lack of training are still its fatal injuries!
And because the civilian faction's army has caused great disturbance to various places, many people in the rebel army are dissatisfied with the civilian faction. However, because there are too many civilian faction, they just tolerate it in their hearts for the time being! (To be continued.
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