King's Landing in France

Chapter 267
In the headquarters of the Allied Forces, the Duke of Brunswick and Marshal Alvinzi fell into doubts when faced with the report of the appearance of the French army flying like snowflakes.

"How could there be so many French troops suddenly?" Marshal Alvinzi frowned. "There are French troops everywhere. Are we stabbing the French army's lair?"

Marshal Alvinzi still had the old way of thinking. The armies of the two countries fought to the death.

This is also the normal state of feudal wars in Europe for so many years. It was still like this during the Seven Years War just ten years ago.

He has no concept of nation-states and soldiers for all.

Duke of Brunswick: "These must be mercenaries! The French have spent their money and hired so many troops to fight us!"

Marshal Alvinzi turned his head and asked the chief of staff beside him: "Is there any report that these 'French soldiers' have Italian or Swiss accents? Or Hessian accents?"

"No, Marshal." The Chief of Staff replied simply.

Alvinzi glanced at the Duke of Brunswick.

The Duke shrugged: "I'm just trying to explain why so many French troops suddenly appeared."

Just as Alvin Qi was about to speak, a messenger ran in suddenly: "Report! The troops besieging the fortress of Sedan were defeated, and the brother of His Majesty Franz was captured by the French army."

"What?" Alvinzi was shocked, and immediately went to get the letter, opened it and glanced quickly, "Damn, this is terrible. How should I tell His Majesty the news? He fell into the trap of madly slaughtering nobles in the hands of the French!"

The Duke of Brunswick came to take the letter, glanced at it, and said, "Calm down, the Grand Duke should still be in the fortress now, we just need to send troops to surround the fortress."

Alvinzi: "That's right, the troops we can immediately dispatch..."

"Yes, but they are going to reinforce Babi Village." The chief of staff replied, "If they are transferred to surround the fortress, then we may have to join the general reserve."

Alvinzi: "...Then invest in it. The French army is everywhere now, it's not the time to reserve troops. You should also send people to collect the broken siege troops and reorganize them as much as possible."

"Understood, let's do it."

The chief of staff saluted and left.

Alvinzi sighed: "Fortunately, according to the current report, a large number of sporadic troops of the French army are not strong in combat effectiveness. They have high morale and no tactical actions. Our army will not be defeated by these troops if we are prepared. .”

Duke of Brunswick: "The troops in Verdun have successfully defended. Sedan...may have been raided."

Alvinzi: "It may be that there was no cavalry in Sedan, and there was no warning."

The battlefield perception of the army in this era basically relies on cavalry, and without cavalry, it is almost like a blind and deaf man.

Alvinzi: "Although there are many French troops, as long as we hold our ground, we can still win!"

The Duke of Brunswick: "I think it's better to write a letter to report the situation here to the country, and ask for some reinforcements to come over."

Alvinzi hesitated: "With Archduke Karl being captured, I doubt whether I will get reinforcements. Maybe I will be dismissed because of this."

Brunswick: "It's a possibility ... but it's not our responsibility, who would have thought it would happen?"

Alvinzi sighed and looked at the sky: "Someone has to be responsible for losing a battle, especially when we have an emperor who likes to hold accountable."

**
A day later news of the capture of Archduke Karl came back to the city of Paris.

All the newspapers don't care which faction they belong to-well, only the newspapers of the Jacobins can publish now, because the newspapers of other factions may even have their editors move their heads.

In short, all the newspapers reported in the largest print: "Habsburg captured, Sedan fortress victorious."

All of a sudden the name of Napoleon Bonaparte spread throughout the city of Paris, all of a sudden everyone in the city knew that General Frost had a very capable confidant.

Then an accident happened, because someone dug up the documents of the Civil Service Bureau, saying that Napoleon was a nobleman, and his title of nobility was given by the traitor Louis XVI who fled abroad. Louis XVI returned him two thousand francs, and Get him into Brienne Military Academy.

For a while, people in Paris began to take the rhythm, saying that just because a person is an aristocrat should not go to the guillotine, the aristocrat can also be very republican.

The National Assembly was also immediately dragged into the whirlpool, and many members who were tired of the continuous bloody terror raised objections and demanded an end to endless trials and executions.

This afternoon, several members of parliament who held such views came to the stage to speak.

No sooner had they finished speaking than Danton stood up.

"Our current terror policy is to protect the newly born republic! Maybe some people were sent to the guillotine by mistake, but we would rather kill by mistake than wipe out all those hidden enemies!"

Danton slapped the table with his hands as he said: "We can't stop until all the royalists and all the Girondins are sent to the guillotine!"

Someone immediately stood up and objected: "Haven't you considered that it is precisely because of the indiscriminate killing of many innocent people that it caused many people to resent the new French Republic? Even Frost is disgusted with indiscriminate killing. He has been sending people from Paris to France. Go to Marseilles, we all know it's protecting these people!"

Danton: "Frost is also in favor of adopting a policy of terror! He sent people to Marseilles just because he wanted to complete the steam revolution he imagined. These people are going to build steam engines!"

"Stupid steam revolution, he also sent Mr. Equality to Marseilles, and remembered that it was he who decided to marry the king's sister at the most critical moment! So the original plan to execute Louis XVII turned out to be exile!
"In my opinion, he is actually a royalist, a deeply hidden royalist! You'd better send him to the guillotine too!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar, and those in the parliament who supported the terror policy and those who did not support the terror policy were shocked.

Frost is the king's party!Such rumors have actually been circulating in Paris for a long time, but no one dares to speak out directly!
Especially when you say it openly and squarely in the parliament!
Already, some members of parliament who were frightened began to leave the venue quietly.

The crowd watching the parliament was also in an uproar.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted: "Send this deceitful person to the guillotine!"

There was an immediate response, and the crowd shouted wildly: "You actually want to execute our hero! Send him to the guillotine!"

The congressman who spoke showed no fear: "The personal rights of congressmen are sacrosanct! This is stipulated in the constitution! Even if I am really a royalist, I cannot be judged or sent to the guillotine!"

Danton was about to speak when Robespierre stood up.

He pushed his glasses and said with a gloomy expression: "That's right, the constitution stipulates that the personal rights of congressmen are sacred and inviolable, so I can't judge you, and I can't send you to the guillotine.

"It is because of this that we have not been able to completely eradicate the royal party."

"You..." The congressman who spoke just now showed fear, "What do you want to say? No, you can't do this..."

"I can see it clearly. The trouble in France's heart is right here, in this chamber!" Robespierre pointed at the man angrily, "As long as there are these dirts hidden in the parliament, the revolution will come to an end." Never quite! But come to think of it, the old constitution is that of a French monarchy, and we are already a republic!"

The chanting of the crowd interrupted Robespierre: "Long live the Republic!"

After the cheering of the crowd stopped, Robespierre said: "So, we don't need to follow the old constitution! I propose to vote now to abolish the inviolability of members of the old constitution!"

Danton was startled and stared at Robespierre dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)