King's Landing in France

Chapter 74 The Night of the First Day of Freedom

In the middle of the night, An Ning was surrounded by the uprising crowd to the Paris City Hall.

With him came the body of the Marquis de Launay, commander of the Bastille garrison.

Seeing the corpse, Lafayette frowned: "I played bridge with the Marquis Delaunay last week."

An Ning quickly said: "I tried to stop the lynching of the masses, but it was too late."

"Perhaps this is his fate." The Marquis of Lafayette sighed. "The anger of the people just disappeared, which should be considered a good thing."

It seems that Lafayette doesn't care much about the friend of the Marquis Delaunay.

"Father of the United States" changed the subject: "I heard that you personally commanded the siege? How did you manage to break through the fortress in such a short period of time?"

An Ning smiled and said: "There is no secret, I just pushed the cannon to a place less than fifty fathoms away from the city gate and fired. I fired at the drawbridge first, then pushed the cannon into the urn, and fired a cannon at the inner gate. "

As soon as An Ning's words fell, the troublemaker added embellishments and said: "Mr. Frost also personally rushed into the inner courtyard of the fortress, and personally defeated the defenders in the inner courtyard who were trying to block the attackers."

——Did I rush in by myself?I was carried in by these dead ghosts!
Then they got knocked down by a volley, and I got fucked up and had to charge in the flesh.

I'm just so unlucky.

Listening to the volunteer's description, Lafayette looked at An Ning with an expression of disbelief: "Did you rush into the inner courtyard of the castle yourself? It's amazing. After making so many dangerous moves, you There's not even a single wound on his body!
"Could it be that you are the one who is attached to the battlefield?"

Wait, it's cool to be loved by the battlefield—no, don't add inexplicable titles to me anymore!

At this time, Bayi stepped forward and said to An Ning: "Conquering the Bastille is a great achievement! Unfortunately, in the current situation, we can't give Mr. Frost any more awards. See if you are willing to serve as the new leader Deputy Commander of the National Guard?

"The hero who captured the Bastille will greatly boost the morale of the National Guard!"

An Ning pouted, and when Bayi said the word "deputy commander", An Ning noticed that the corner of Lafayette's mouth twitched.

It seemed that the Marquis de Lafayette did not want a civilian artillery officer as his second-in-command.

After making such a judgment, An Ning immediately said, "Well, I'm just a lieutenant officer, and I'm not suitable for such an important position as deputy commander. I think I can serve as the artillery instructor of the National Guard Army and be responsible for training the artillery skills of the National Guard Army."

Lafayette's expression eased visibly to the naked eye.

Mr. Marquis' mind is really simple and easy to understand.

Lafayette: "Since Mr. Frost recommended himself, I think this is the way to go. Mr. Frost was able to break through the Bastille so quickly, it is obvious that the use of artillery has reached the limit, and it is more than enough to be an artillery instructor!

"I think it's okay to put all the artillery of the National Guard under Mr. Frost!"

At this time, many traditional generals will regard the cannon as a kind of addition, and believe that the victory or defeat of the land battle still depends on the intensive shooting and charging of the line infantry.

It was not until the Napoleon era that the revolutionary army in history began to pay special attention to the use of artillery.

Now that the Napoleonic era has not yet come, it is clear that Lafayette still regards artillery as a icing on the cake, rather than as a decisive force in the battle.

Therefore, Lafayette easily handed over the entire artillery unit of the National Self-Defense Force to be formed in the future to An Ning's command.

An Ning was suddenly hit by a position that fell from the sky, and was a little confused for a while. What do you mean, as a representative of the people, he suddenly has the military power?

At this time Bai said: "Also, Mr. Frost, tomorrow we are going to the Palace of Versailles to meet the Holy Spirit and ask him to withdraw the Royal Swiss mercenaries."

Good guy, what a face saint this is at a time like this, he is clearly going to force the palace.

Marquis de Lafayette: "As the hero who captured the Bastille, Mr. Frost should naturally go with us."

An Ning thought goodbye, I just raised the castle, the symbol of royal power, and then you let me run to see the king?
What, you still want me to tell the king how I broke his stronghold?
Although she complained like this in her heart, An Ning responded like this: "I understand, then let's walk together tomorrow!"

As soon as the words fell, Thorestier, Duke of Orleans, entered the city hall with two entourages.

"Liberty!" shouted the Duke of Orleans. "The people in the street are singing and dancing, and they call this day 'the first year of liberty'! Andy, you have done well! You have done very well! I see, how did you kick open the gates of the Bastille?"

An Ning couldn't help frowning. In fact, smelling the smell of alcohol, one could guess that the Duke of Orleans had drunk too much.

And the content of the discourse that was wrong with the horse's mouth further showed that the Duke of Orleans was in an extremely unconscious state at this moment.

Duke of Orleans: "How on earth did you break through the fortress! Tell everyone to see!"

An Ning didn't think he could speak clearly with the Duke at this time, so he changed the subject and said, "Mr. Duke, you came to the city hall to talk about this? You should have something more important, right?"

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, he heard Bayi muttering beside him: "What's the important thing? He's obviously drunk, and he's looking for a place to chat with someone."

Lafayette shook his head: "Drinking is indeed a waste of time. So usually I only drink a little at a banquet, and the rest is quietly poured out."

At this moment the drunken Duke of Orléans suddenly began to shout "Long live Paris".

**
In the middle of the night that day, An Ning fell asleep in the guest room provided by the city hall.

Early the next morning, when An Ning opened her eyes, she saw a servant brought in a set of military uniforms.

An Ning: "This is?"

"Mr. Lafayette thinks that an officer's formal attire should be worn today, so he specially sent someone to your house to get it."

An Ning raised her eyebrows, and then asked, "Given to me by my little maid?"

"It seems so. I'm not the one responsible for picking up the clothes, so I don't know the details."

An Ning curled her lips, stood up from the bed, and began to change her military uniform.

As soon as he put on his military uniform, Lafayette came running in square steps and knocked lightly on the open door.

An Ning: "Good morning."

"Good morning, Tiger of the People!"

An Ning couldn't help frowning: "Who gave me this nickname?"

"Your friend Marat, in his newspaper Friend of the People. He has blown you up as if you took the Bastille by yourself."

An Ning: "Of course there is no such thing, it's just rumors. I just did something within my power."

Lafayette raised an eyebrow.

An Ning hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, what's going on in the palace?"

Lafayette: "Your Majesty looked dejected yesterday, but today he called a meeting of all the senior generals in Paris, including Marshal Broy. I don't know what method His Majesty will use to deal with it."

An Ning remembered that Marshal Broy was a new aristocrat, and he was inclined towards the Great Revolution—in fact, all the nobles in Paris at this time were basically inclined towards constitutionalism and reform.

Now that His Majesty has called Marshal Broy, the possibility of forceful suppression will be greatly reduced.

An Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried in his sleep last night whether his meddling in history would change history.

An Ning looked in the mirror and tidied up her military uniform.

Lafayette took Anning's hat from the coat rack and handed it over.

It was only then that An Ning discovered that the red, white and blue round emblem had already been glued onto the military cap.

Fanny must have prepared this at home.

An Ning seemed to be able to see Fanny lighting candles to make this round emblem in the middle of the night.

An Ning took the hat and put it on her head.

Lafayette: "Are you ready? Let's go to Versailles."

(End of this chapter)