King's Landing in France

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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."

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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: "Yes, the constitution stipulates that the personal rights of congressmen are sacred and inviolable, so I cannot judge you or 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.

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Danton: "Once such a precedent is set, soon the parliament will debate endlessly in order to send the enemy to the guillotine!"

Robespierre: "Isn't this just right? We actually kindly gave the enemy a chance to defend himself. If he can convince everyone and the onlookers, he can survive. How kind."

Everyone looked at each other.

The member of parliament who had been standing all the time and said that Frost was a royalist hesitated for a long time, and said: "This will be the beginning of most violence!"

"Majority violence?" Robespierre snorted coldly, "You really are a traitor, you actually said that all our previous decisions were wrong because they all followed the principle of majority violence! You really are a traitor, let us first Vote to abolish the protection of the personal rights of members of parliament, and then vote to execute you! Be icy cold to the enemy!"

As soon as Robespierre finished speaking, Saint-Just stood up and sang the famous line from the chorus of "Ode to Rome": "Irrigate our land with the blood of the enemy!"

After he sang this line, he continued to sing, and as a result, all the onlookers sang along.

Councilors looked at each other, and then someone stood up and sang along.

One after another, many congressmen stood up, and the entire chamber began to sing Roman hymns.

Those who didn't sing, without exception, all had abnormally panicked expressions.

Presumably they already realized what was coming.

After the singing stopped, Robespierre said: "Let's start voting now, and cancel the protection of the personal rights of members!"

Danton hesitated to speak, but shook his head and said to Robespierre: "You are the speaker, you have the right to initiate a vote."

Robespierre looked at Dandong with sharp eyes, probably feeling the sense of distance in the words.

But he turned his face away and announced the start of voting.

In the end, the motion to abolish the inviolability of personal rights passed with a vote of 450 to 377.

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Naturally, it was impossible for An Ning to know what laws passed in Paris so quickly.

He didn't even know that Napoleon's noble status was dug out, and then he was brought into a rhythm by someone with a heart.

After all, there are no mobile phones in this era, and it would be fast if the news of Paris could reach the An Ning army in a day.

He rushed to Babi Village with 20 troops.

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Babi Village, today the coalition forces launched an attack as usual.

Kleiber looked at the coalition lines, his brows twisted into twists.

As a potentially excellent officer, he already felt that after two days of attrition, the morale of his troops was clearly failing.

Sustained casualties and accumulated exhaustion severely affected the troops.

After all, the French army is maintained entirely by high morale and revolutionary enthusiasm.

This morning, a non-commissioned officer reported that someone was missing. He was still in the tent when he was resting yesterday. When he got up in the morning, he disappeared with his clothes, and also the belongings of other soldiers who were in the same tent.

Kleber sent several orderlies along the road back to Paris to find the deserter—the kind of work the hussars were supposed to do, but Kleber had no hussars, only the orderlies and himself had horses.

Kleiber was very anxious. He thought that the coalition army in front of him was just a dish, and it would be no problem to fight for half a month.

Now he is keenly aware that the superiority of the enemy's strength and the numbness of the grassroots soldiers are becoming their weapons.

Of course, the continuous wheel battle is also consuming the enemy, which means that the enemy is more likely to collapse.

On the first day, the enemy could reach the front of the French army with the third shock wave, but now the enemy needs the sixth shock wave to reach the front of the French army.

But it doesn't matter, the enemy has enough troops to organize more than six shock waves.

The most damning thing is that the enemy's rout knew how to avoid the shock wave behind and run back from the gap between the two rows.

Kleiber: "Damn it, on the first day, as I said, go straight to the attack, without giving the enemy a chance to regroup. A bayonet charge will solve everything!

"That damned black devil, he's bound by his military common sense!"

Kleiber turned his head to look at the old Dumas' brigade in the center of the front line, and spat hard.

"It doesn't matter, let's rush up, beat the enemy and attack the enemy's flank! Brothers!" Kleiber stood on the carriage used as a cover, waving the knife in his hand and said, "I know you are about to be attacked by this endless The wheel wars have dragged on! I don't think it can go on like this!"

He paused, scanning his soldiers, he was very uncertain about whether he could stimulate the high morale of this group of tired-looking people again.

But at this time, we can only bite the bullet.

Kleiber: "Follow me again! This time we will completely end the battle, rush all the way to the enemy's camp, grab all the enemy's supplies and supplies, and let them have no position to reorganize!

"We have repelled countless enemy attacks these days, but because the enemy's camp is still there, those who ran back fled to the camp and were reorganized!

"As long as the enemy's camp is washed away, they will not be able to organize! They will run all the way back and completely break up."

In fact, according to the military common sense of this time and space, dispatching cavalry after defeating the enemy can prevent the enemy from reorganizing quickly.

But Kleiber has no such common sense now, and he has no cavalry.

So he could only think of one only way to win: use infantry to chase and flee, and occupy the camp that was the enemy's assembly point.

Generally, there will be leftover troops left behind in the camp. Even if these troops are defeated together, the enemy can only keep running.

Kleber: "In the past three days, many of our comrades have died in battle in the wilderness of Babi Village. If we are defeated in the end, we and these comrades will be called sinners of France together!

Then Kleber pointed in the direction of Babi Village behind: "Run this way, we are cowards!"

Pointing to the other side with a knife: "And from this side, we will become heroes, even with those dead comrades!

"To be heroes or cowards, the choice is ours! Because we are free citizens!

"Come on, choose!"

"And I choose to be a hero!"

After speaking, Kleiber took off his hat, put it on the tip of his saber, jumped out of the carriage, and took a firm step.

He is already tall, and with the length of the sword, his hat can be seen by almost everyone.

But the soldiers did not immediately follow.

They were too tired, and they couldn't understand some words in Kleiber's speech just now. The word "same robe" was too difficult for the old man.

Suddenly, a young drummer followed Kleiber, beating his drums.

The drummer is only sixteen or seventeen years old, still an immature child, with a child's unique pink color on his face.

The child beat the marching drum and walked forward without any confusion.

All of a sudden, the most magnificent scene in the French Revolutionary War appeared. There was a vast array of allied forces ahead, and an officer with his hat held high was facing them without fear.

Behind the officer is the immature drummer.

One person with one drum faced thousands of troops.

The sons of France looked at each other, and finally, the accumulated courage exceeded the threshold.

They're on their way!

It was just a few people at first, and then more and more people moved forward.

In the end everyone moved forward.

Their breathing became faster and faster, and their steps became faster and faster.

They are like a herd of horses chasing each other.

Competitiveness motivates them and makes their faces look murderous.

The coalition stopped and raised their guns.

This move made France's sons even more excited. Under the wonderful physical reaction, fear turned into courage!

Here comes the volley.

Many fell.

But the rest go faster!

Suddenly, Kleiber shouted: "Go! For France!"

An overwhelming roar erupted!

Everyone is shouting, turning fear and anger into a deafening roar!

The enemy's line collapsed directly, as if shattered by the roar.

The Austrians turned their heads and ran wildly, followed by the ferocious French army!

This time, they didn't even have time to find the gap between the rows behind them, and ran together with the rows behind them.

The avalanche happened, and in a short while the entire right wing of the Austrian army collapsed, and the French army swept across the battlefield like waves.

The collapsed Austrian army passed the finishing line set up by General Ferdinand. The officer who was waiting here to regroup the troops stepped forward and shouted, "Stop! I will kill anyone who doesn't stop!"