On November 11, 1789, on this day regarded as a holiday by countless losers in later generations, the armies of Napoleon and the Marquis of Crich met at the gates of Lyon.
For the panic-stricken Lyon City at this moment, perhaps the only good news is that their leader Lafayette woke up from a coma. When Lafayette woke up, the first thing he did was to lead the team in person.
A small group of cavalry quietly went to the French position to investigate.
Fortunately, because the two French armies had just joined forces at the gates of Lyon, the encirclement of Lyon was not completely formed, giving Lafayette and his group of cavalry an opportunity to cross the French lines for reconnaissance.
The French army's formation can be said to be quite satisfactory, but it was this regularity that troubled Lafayette, because this style of play was very helpless.
The French army relied on its strong troops and strong combat effectiveness to advance step by step. Although it was slow, it was effective against the rebels in Lyon. Sometimes on the battlefield, there is no fear of the enemy taking a slanted sword, because when the sword deviates, it may cause a battle.
A great victory, but there are too many surprises, so the success rate is far lower than the failure rate. But if the French army is slower but takes every step steadily, the victory may not be relatively speaking.
It seems so legendary, but this situation of dark clouds threatening to destroy the city is the most frightening.
Standing on a hillside, Lafayette looked south with the help of trees on the hillside. It was obvious that compared to Marquis Creech's 30,000-strong army, Napoleon's 15,000-strong army
The defense width is wider, and the defense depth is shallower.
Lafayette's mind turned several times. An idea was just born in his mind, but it was overturned in the blink of an eye. After thinking for a while, Lafayette felt that his head was getting bigger.
"Let's go back first, Chalmers. Later, you can tell me what happened in the city when I was unconscious."
"Okay, Your Excellency"
Lafayette nodded. Then he reined in the horse and turned around.
By a very coincidence, less than an hour after Lafayette and others left, the hillside welcomed another group of guests.
Looking at the city of Lyon in the distance, Napoleon's heart was filled with joy. Now that things have reached the final step, as long as he can capture the city of Lyon, then if the time comes to reward him based on his merits, Napoleon will definitely be one of the people with the most outstanding military exploits.
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After all, Napoleon's fire in the town of Enleize wiped out a total of 35,000 rebels, accounting for less than half of the rebels. Under such circumstances, as long as the city of Lyon is captured, promotion and promotion will be just around the corner.
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But apart from this joy, Napoleon also secretly warned himself not to be proud. The example of Bethletan was vividly there. Although it can be said that Napoleon concealed it very cleverly, even if Bethletan could be more careful.
No one knows who will have the last laugh.
"Mortel, our 15,000 people alone are not capable of taking charge of the two directions of Lyon City. You go and apply to His Excellency the Marquis of Crich to see if you can mobilize some reinforcements and generals.
Send Bertan to the Marquis, I think the Marquis will use him."
"Yes, Your Majesty General"
Although he believed in the combat effectiveness of his army, compared to the still huge base of the rebels in the city, once the rebels made up their mind to break out from the south, Napoleon did not think that he would be able to completely stop all the rebels.
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In the battle of Enlaize Town, 35,000 rebels were wiped out, and the Marquis of Creech's attack in the north also severely damaged two rebel regiments, causing the rebels to lose nearly 30,000 people.
As a result, there are still at most 30,000 rebels in the city of Lyon, many of whom are defeated soldiers who retreated from the two northern defense lines! But sometimes the outcome of a war does not entirely depend on the comparison of the strength of the two sides.
Lafayette holds the fortified city of Lyon in his hands. As an important city in southeastern France, Lyon is not only a business center, but also bears the responsibility of radiating southeastern France.
Although Lyon has now lost its last responsibility, France has not forgotten this city. Every year, the Lyon city government allocates a fund to repair Lyon's city defenses. From this point of view, the original mayor of Lyon is a
A very dedicated mayor.
However, in addition to the strong defense of Lyon, Napoleon also learned that the rebels in Lyon had made contact with some rebels in the southeast of the kingdom.
After Lafayette gained control of Lyon, he not only sent troops to capture the city in the Lyon area, he also sent countless spies to contact revolutionary organizations across France. Lafayette's contact operations encountered extreme difficulties in the north.
Great resistance, because the northern territory of the kingdom has always been the most powerful area of the royal family, but in the south, Lafayette's rebellion made him simply an idol.
Benefiting from the development of capital trade, the southern region of the kingdom has always been the hardest hit area by the proliferation of revolutionary parties. When these revolutionary parties learned of Lafayette's success in Lyon, these revolutionary parties were greatly encouraged, even after they had just been suppressed.
The Marseille region is showing signs of instability again.
The above is not a worry that Lafayette will receive reinforcements from the Southern Revolutionary Party, because for now, although the southern region is unstable, due to the close surveillance of the Kingdom's army, there will not be an example like Lyon for the time being.
What Napoleon was worried about was that once Lafayette concentrated all the forces in Lyon to break out to the south, if there was any omission in the French defense line and Lafayette fled to the south, it would be a huge sin, so Napoleon
Will ask Creech for reinforcements.
After Zhuma watched on the hillside for a while, Napoleon raised his arm and pointed at the city of Lyon and said to his subordinates:
"That is the base camp of the rebels. Starting from tomorrow, our army will launch a large-scale attack on this city. At that time, everyone must do your best. There are no enemies and we are invincible! After the rebels are defeated, His Majesty the King must
Her Royal Highness, the Queen, will definitely not be stingy with rewards, so if you are a true man, you can make great contributions and be promoted to a higher position today!"
"yes!"....
After inspiring his subordinates, Napoleon drove his horse southward, where was his headquarters.
After returning to the city of Lyon, Lafayette summoned all the rebel officers and capitalists in the city, as well as some civilian representatives, to the original Lyon City Hall for a meeting.
"Now that the lackeys of the feudal bureaucracy have arrived at the gates of Lyon, let's discuss what we should do next!"
Lafayette, who was sitting at the top, brought up the issue after seeing that most of the people had arrived. The people who were originally panicked because the French army was approaching the city were even more panicked now.
"Why are you making such a fuss! Look what you all look like! Aren't you just the lackeys of that idiot king and those corrupt officials? They actually scared you into this, and you still have the nerve to say that you are revolutionaries!"
Before Lafayette could step forward to maintain order, Chalmers, who had been standing behind Lafayette, couldn't bear it. Regardless of his lower status, he decisively stood up and reprimanded everyone loudly.
Hearing Chalmers's reprimand, everyone in the hall suddenly looked a little embarrassed. Just kidding, although Chalmers is not the lowest person here, there are many people with higher status than him here.
.But everyone looked at Lafayette, who was sitting at the top and looked a little ugly. Their reason prevented them from reprimanding Chalmers for his rude behavior. After all, beating a dog depends on the owner.
Giggs, who was lucky enough to save his life from the north, stood up
"Your Excellency Lafayette, I believe that Lyon has now been surrounded by those feudal lackeys. In the previous battles, our army suffered great losses because they were not familiar with the army's fighting methods, resulting in the current power in the city.
It is really weak, so I think the most important thing we should do now is to retain the fire of revolution.”
"Giggs, after all, you don't want to escape. I think you are so upright and honest. I think you have been scared out of your courage! Besides, last time you abandoned the army and broke out alone, we still
I'm not counting you. If you hadn't been the first to escape, would our army have been defeated so miserably? Also, do you dare to say that you were not responsible for the defeat of the Second Army? If you hadn't just sat back and watched,
How could the Second Army end up like this!............"
The speaker is Harlan, one of the capitalists in Lyon. Previously, Harlan was a general of the Second Army. He performed well in the Battle of Delek Town. He witnessed the most critical moment of the Battle of Delek Town.
, the Third Army was only three miles away from the town of Delek, but Giggs sat aside and watched the fierce battle between the Second Army and the French army. That's why Harlan felt so resentful after meeting Giggs.
"Okay, what time has it been? You are still blaming each other. Can you defeat the troops outside the city just by blaming? Now is not the time for us to hold people accountable. We should consider how to get through this situation now!
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"But, Mr. Lafayette..."
"Okay, I get it!"
Lafayette's eyes suddenly became a little cruel, especially when he looked at Giggs, Lafayette wanted to eat Giggs alive. Lafayette's coma that day was precisely because of the two conflicts between the North and the South.
The battle in the north direction was defeated, and the culprit of the defeat in the northern battle can be said to be Giggs. Under such circumstances, although Giggs had gained some favor from Lafayette before, these favors have long been eaten up.
It went into the dog's belly.
But now the city of Lyon must not be in chaos. Once it is in chaos, it will be easier to create opportunities for the French army outside the city. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. You can
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