Louis XVI's order to mobilize troops and his decision to punish Calais shocked the whole of Paris, but some of them were quite surprised, including the Duke of Orleans.
After receiving William's order to transfer troops, Simmond quickly drew 20,000 troops from the First Legion, but for his purpose, most of the 20,000 troops were not Simmond's direct line, and the rest remained in Paris.
All the people were Simmond's confidants.
Due to the distance, the Second Legion in Dijon received a military order later than the First Legion, but after receiving the order, Napoleon did not object. Like Simmond, he quickly drew ten thousand elite troops.
However, these ten thousand elites are all those who Napoleon could trust.
France has a large territory. In addition to the legions stationed overseas, the troops stationed in France are about 130,000. Among them, a total of 90,000 were removed from the three main combat legions, and there are 40,000 troops stationed in France.
All important local strongholds and cities.
At this moment, Louis XVI planned to mobilize 70,000 people. In addition to 30,000 regular troops, militias in cities near Paris could also provide about 40,000 troops. It can be said that this is all the troops that Louis XVI can draw at present.
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You should know that France is not only Calais. The vast territory is full of ambitious people of all sizes. After the Paris riots, the situation in the south was basically three shocks a day. In this way, the Third Legion stationed in Toulouse and
All the garrisons in the south were used to suppress the local situation. Fortunately, the royal party in the northwest of France was quite strong. Although he was very dissatisfied with Louis XVI's tax increase policy, nothing was done in the northwest.
The big trouble allowed Louis XVI to withdraw troops to deal with the Calais uprising.
Despite the support of the British, there were no more than 50,000 armed personnel in Calais. This was mainly because none of the people who led the uprising in Calais had a huge reputation as Lafayette.
.It can be said that the riot that occurred in Calais was a alliance between some small capitalists and small landlords, and the British made a match between them, but there was no leader who truly had great prestige.
In addition, after all, Lyon's lessons are not far away, so some people with ambition and strength are still in a wait-and-see position for the time being. They do not want to suppress their own lives once they are over. Calais will become the next Lyon.
This time, Louis XVI did not appoint Simmond or Napoleon as commander. The king appointed his confidant General of the Guards, Madel, as commander-in-chief of the rebels. The following orders for the transfer of the army, it is okay to say, like the regular army,
The militias were not able to gather together for a while, and the waiting for a few days had polished Louis XVI's patience. In order to gather the army as soon as possible, Louis XVI issued a very cruel order.
He declared that all soldiers who participated in the pacification of the Calais rebellion had the right to possess their own trophy, and that the state would not confiscate their war proceeds in any form. In other words, these militias could make a fortune in the war.
, looting is permitted. However, all militias must be ready to go in the local military camp within ten days. If someone is late or escapes, they will be punished with treason and confiscated all their property.
Under this edict, more than a dozen cities near Paris gathered the militias to their cities as fast as possible. After learning about the king's edict, these militias were not satisfied, but on the contrary, they were full of the greatest
enthusiasm.
You should know that Europe has entered a civilized society at present, and the barbaric system like the Middle Ages is gone forever. Although the phenomenon of massacre and looting still exists, the number of times has been greatly reduced.
In addition to the armies that developed colonies overseas, it can be said that in the European continent or Western Europe, their rulers had not issued such cruel orders for decades, and now Louis XVI was obviously angry.
Legal looting was enough to make everyone crazy, and Calais was a very wealthy city. In this way, all militias were suddenly full of expectations for the war driven by interests.
"Our king seems to be crazy! Haha"
The Duke of Orleans said happily with a glass of wine, while Simmond, who was sitting next to him, did not comment on his speech. Seeing Simmond's performance, the Duke of Orleans felt annoyed. But on his face, he still smiled happily.
"This order is foreseeable that in Calais, the rebels there will inevitably resist to the end, which will definitely bring huge casualties to the counter-rebels. If there is any accident in the counter-rebels' operation, I am afraid that the emperor will be very
You will soon find that the situation is so bad that he can't recover it."
"Hisser Duke, I have completed your conditions. I think you should take out the reward I deserve now."
Simmond did not take Orleans' words, but instead made his request to Orleans. When he heard Simmond's words, Orleans was obviously stunned, but then his expression immediately became even more happy.
"Of course, Simmond, we are a good partner. How could I forget what I promised you? By the way, I will transport your things to the manor outside the city later, so don't worry!"
Hearing Orleans' answer, Simmond nodded and stood up, then walked out. Seeing Simmond's attitude, the Duke of Orleans's teeth nipped out loud, but thought that his own business was done,
The Duke of Orleans got proud again.
The deal between the Duke of Orleans and Simmond is actually very simple. Louis XVI drew a full 20,000 troops from the First Legion, but these soldiers, kings and Mardel, could not know each one, so Orleans decided to play.
Recruiting the Crown Cat to replace the prince. Orleans asked Simmond to use his power to replace the eight hundred men in the army drawn by the First Legion with Orleans' own guard.
Although Simmond didn't know what the Duke of Orleans wanted to do, under the attack of pillow wind and silver bullets, the commander of the First Legion agreed to Orleans' request. He rotated the Duke of Orleans' eight hundred men in a rotation.
The 20,000 people who had been added to the expedition were stuffed into the 20,000 people. Because these 800 people were separated, the army thought that these people were just soldiers recruited, so they didn't care.
After Simmond left, Schalt, the son of the Duke of Orleans, walked in.
"Father, how much reward can we get after such a lot of effort?"
"Hmph, what do you know? Our efforts will be far more than the costs you pay, and you will know in the future!"
Not to mention Schalt's depressed face, Ushakov's face was quite serious in the sea outside Riga at this moment.
As mentioned earlier, there is a natural island in the Baltic Sea that protects the Bay of Riga, which is Salema Island. Although Riga has been occupied by Kutuzov's army, Riga's trade activities have not been greatly affected.
Therefore, the merchant ships entering the Gulf of Riga are still flowing through Salema Island every day.
However, it is unrealistic to attack Sarema, because Sarema is too close to Riga. It can be said that as long as Sarema is fired, Riga can see the situation. Under such circumstances, it is obvious that attacking Sarema is obviously
It is unrealistic.
However, as mentioned before, as an important trading city in the Baltic Sea, Riga has countless merchant ships that pass through every day. Under such circumstances, Ushakov decided to disguise some of his fleet as merchant ships into the Gulf of Riga.
But there is also a problem, that is, the garrisons on Salema Island have another task besides guarding the Bay of Riga, which is to collect taxes on merchant ships along the way.
Kutuzov's anti-Italy known to everyone, in this case, Kutuzov must raise a military expenditure for a possible future war, and the merchant ships in the Bay of Riga are undoubtedly a big tax collector. Kutuzov obviously
It is impossible to give up making a move on these merchant ships.
Tax collection means that Kutuzov's people will board the ship for inspection, and it is necessary for Ushakov to consider if they hide these people.
On March 1, 1790, all ships of the Baltic Fleet gathered outside the Gulf of Riga. Due to the waterway problem specially selected by Ushakov, the traces of the Baltic Fleet have not been discovered yet.
At that time, when the needle was pointing at ten o'clock in the evening, Ushakov stood on the flagship and waved his hand. He saw that nearly ten ships in the fleet had left the fleet. These ten warships were specially selected by Ushakov.
Disguised as merchant ships. In Ushakov's plan, the merchant ships disguised by these ten warships attracted the attention of the defenders on Sarema Island, and then most of the Baltic fleet sneaked into the Bay of Riga from another direction.
The night is the best cover for warships. Except for the ten warships disguised as merchant ships, Ushakov asked all other warships to be controlled with lights. He wanted the entire warship to take advantage of the enemy's energy to involve them.
When you are in another direction, you will burst into Riga Bay in one breath.
Ushakov's plan is very bold. First of all, although it is already dark, dozens of high lighthouses are erected on the island of Salema. Under the premise that the fleet implements light control, if any ships do not follow the reservation.
The way forward is discovered by the lighthouse and it will be a devastating disaster.
And no one can guarantee that there is only one tax collection fleet on the sea. If the tax collection team on Sarema happens to appear within the range of the fleet, the fleet will definitely not be able to escape. You must know that a large number of warships
When sailing on the sea, the noise is enough to hear everything within a few miles.