Whatever the commissioners sent to Belgium made the Belgians hate France, they did at least one thing, and that was to help the French government get the little money they desperately needed. As a result, some people thought that there were actually many places in France where the revolution was not carried out thoroughly, and there was still a lot of potential (money) to be tapped, so more commissioners were constantly sent to other parts of the country.

At home, the fallen royal party and the constitutionalists began to operate frequently in the provinces, and internationally, with the fall of Louis XVI's head, the hatred of France in the European monarchies deepened, and the French actions in Belgium and the Austrian Netherlands also worried the British.

The British had hoped that Austria and Prussia would have a lively fight with France, and then they would watch the play themselves and get the remaining French colonies. If France had been beaten badly, Britain would have even taken the opportunity to regain New York and hang all the rebels in North America on the gallows. However, to the surprise of British Prime Minister Pitt, the Austro-Prussian army behaved so uselessly, not only did not enter France, but was beaten into Belgium by France. The front line is heading for the Netherlands.

Britain also had a territory on the European continent, Hanover, the German states. The House of Hanover, which now rules England, is also the Elector of Hanover in the German states. In addition, after the defeat of the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch War, the Netherlands also became an important gateway for British industrial goods to enter the European market. Therefore, the British felt that their interests were greatly threatened. On the other hand, under the influence of heretical ideas from France, things such as the "Equality Society" began to appear in England, which also worried the British aristocracy and decent people. So Britain, which was originally "neutral", acted quickly. And took advantage of the opportunity of the French to cut off the head of Louis XVI and announced the severance of diplomatic relations with France.

Now, France's most dangerous enemy has finally appeared.

The size of the British army was small enough to pose much of a threat to mainland France in a short period of time, but Britain was the richest country in Europe at the time, and had the skills to organize alliances. Those anti-French countries in Europe, if they did not have Britain, often fought with the French before they started fighting, but after Britain threaded the needle, a huge alliance began to appear.

On 1 March, General Dumourier led a large army into the Netherlands, but soon after his army entered the Netherlands, his rear was broken through by the enemy. Cobr quickly crossed the Roe and captured Liège with astonishing speed, threatening Dumourie's army from the flanks and rear.

In order to cope with the crisis, Danton personally visited Belgium, where he found that the situation in Belgium was precarious. So he hurried back to Paris and demanded that Paris be urgently mobilized again.

But his comrades-in-arms Marat and Ebel, who were standing in the same trench with him at this time, suggested that there was a prerequisite for Paris to be able to carry out such a mobilization in '92. The prerequisite for this was that Paris eliminated the internal "traitors" before sending a large number of volunteers.

Marat began: "Paris will not be able to send a large number of volunteers if it is not possible to destroy all potential enemies with decisive action, as we did last September, because as soon as we leave, those fellows will start a rebellion in Paris." So, unless there is another bloody September, we don't agree to send volunteers. ”

"Our enemies have reached the gates of France." Danton said.

"No, our enemies have already invaded Paris, and some of them are still hiding in the Parliament!" Marat replied.

"Do you have proof?" Danton asked.

"There is no conclusive evidence, but my friend Joseph found a lot of unusual moves." Ebel replied, "Somebody's still hooking up with that Austrian!" ”

The Austrian wives were, of course, referring to Queen Mary, who is now in captivity. And that "Joseph" is, of course, Joseph Fouché.

Fouché did not hesitate to sit on the left seat since he voted in favor of the mountain faction in the last vote on what to do with the king. However, Robespierre did not forget that this man had betrayed him. And his betrayal again made Robespierre, who was a bit of a moral clean, despise him. So Robespierre's attitude towards him was rather cold. As for Danton, he knew that Robespierre did not like Fouché, and that he himself did not like Fouché.

In order to gain a foothold among the mountain faction, Fouché behaved more radically than any of the mountain faction. On some issues, even Marat and Ebel are not as radical as he is. This allowed him to catch the line of Mara and Ebel smoothly.

After hearing that the news came from Fuche, Danton was silent for a while. Because he knows that although Fouché is a shameless bastard, his ability to inquire about news is top-notch. And although Fouché himself is very unreliable, the news released by Fouché is always very reliable. For example, when Foucher was still with Roland, Roland's accusations against Danton, such as corruption, bribery, and theft of treasures, were actually true. It's not that Foucher doesn't deceive people, it's just that he doesn't use fake news to deceive people, he can always use true news to deceive his enemies.

After a while, Danton spoke: "France needs order, we can't do it again like last September." That will certainly strike our enemies, but it will also hurt us. Well, let's set up a revolutionary tribunal to deal with this kind of thing. But we cannot let anarchic violence go unchecked. ”

"Why should we trust your revolutionary court?" Ebel asked.

"This tribunal is accountable to a committee." "We will organize a 'National Salvation Committee,' and its members will all be staunch patriots," Danton said. You can see ......."

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Danton's warning did not attract much attention in Parliament, and some members of the Brissot faction even suspected that Danton's reason for such alarmism was that he hoped to use it to seek more power for the mountain faction. After all, the situation is much safer than in '92. Later, Dandong proposed to establish a "National Salvation Committee," which made them even more firm in this view. Then there was chaos in the parliament again.

Since then, however, the situation has unfurled much as almost no one had expected. On 18 March, Dumouriere's army was defeated by a smaller Austrian army at Nivinton, and on 21 March by the Austrians at Louvain. He lost all the way, losing almost all of Belgium.

Someone must be held accountable for such failures. So in the discussion of the National Assembly, all kinds of black materials about Dumourieux were thrown out. embezzlement of military salaries, exploitation of soldiers, and collusion with the king in an attempt to oppose the revolution.

Yes, the letters in the king's safe were turned out, and there were various conspiracies about Dumourier and the king. Although the number is limited and the language is unknown. It was not that the letters had not been seen a few months earlier, but at that time, Dumourier had led his army to victory and he himself had become a hero in defense of the republic, so they were tacitly ignored. But these letters, which were ignored at the time, were not truly forgotten. Now everyone remembers it.

The Brissots blamed the Montagnards, especially Danton, of supporting Dumourière and that he was to blame for Dumourieux's affairs. The Montagnards, on the other hand, blamed the Brissotes for opposing the establishment of the "National Salvation Committee" and carrying out a national mobilization that led to today's crisis.

During the debate, the newly elected Hill Legislator Carnot made a detailed analysis of the military situation and came to the conclusion that if France did not carry out a comprehensive, efficient, and national mobilization, it would inevitably lose the war.

Although the Brissotes opposed the Montagnard motion, they also knew that Kano's military qualities and Kano's character were commendable. This makes them increasingly passive in opposing these motions.

In order to save the situation, the National Assembly decided to send five councillors, headed by Beaulonville, to Dumourieux's army, to prepare to question him about a number of matters and, if necessary, to arrest him and bring him back to Paris for trial.

Philippe Equality, formerly Duke of Orleans, left the National Assembly and returned to his home. Today, the situation has completely changed beyond what he expected from the revolution at the very beginning. At first, when he speculated on the revolution, he hoped to overthrow the Bourbons and establish the Orleans dynasty. But now, although the Bourbon dynasty is finished, the Orleans dynasty has no drama at all. Not even the Orleans dynasty, even the Dukedom of the Orleans family was gone, because the revolutionary government had abolished the aristocracy. And in order to protect himself, he even has to give himself such a funny name.

But now, His Royal Highness, the former Duke, looked at a map for a long time, then went into the study, and after being busy for a long time, he walked out with a letter. He tugged on the rope on the edge of the table and rang a rattle outside. So a servant walked in and asked, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Pierre. There's something I'm going to give you a hard time with. His Royal Highness the Duke said.

"It is my honor to serve His Highness." Pierre replied.

"You go to Louis and give him the letter yourself." The Duke said, "Move as fast as possible, and as secretive as possible." Also, this letter must not fall into the hands of anyone else, you understand? ”

"I see. Your Highness, rest assured, that I will be able to deliver this letter to the Duke of Chartres in time. ”