The cowards took Napoleon and the infantry on a leisurely march in the direction of Varennes, constantly receiving new news along the way.

It is said that the king's carriage passed through a small town called St. Mnould in the evening of the second day after his escape, and his whereabouts were revealed while resting at the inn there. Then in Varenna it was intercepted by the local city council and the National Guard.

"What's going on? How could they have arrived in St. Mnould the next evening? Napoleon still couldn't figure out what was going on, "If it were me, it would be enough time for me to run back and forth between Paris and Montmedy!" ”

However, the question was quickly solved. By the morning of the fourth day, Joseph and Napoleon's infantry had finally made peace with the king. At this time, there were already thousands of people around the king's chariot. Most of these men were the National Guard and citizens of the towns along the road, and they were all armed with various weapons, and they were "guarded" by the king's chariot, while the cavalry led by Robert followed the chariot.

"They actually got such a car! Are they on the run, or are they on an outing? Looking at the king's carriage, Napoleon was dumbfounded.

Indeed, the king's carriage was too unfit to escape.

It was an oversized luxury four-wheeled carriage that required twelve horses to pull it. The carriage was not only large, but also beautifully decorated, whether it was the ornate reliefs on the door panels or the gold-decorated horse lanterns, they were extremely luxurious. The king's family, plus the governess and nanny, as many as nine people sat in this luxury car.

"Who planned this for the king? Actually use such a car? He almost didn't have a golden fleur-de-lis on the door! Is this for fear that people will not pay attention! God, what idiots the king is around! Napoleon couldn't help but say to Joseph.

"Napoleon, don't get excited. You must know that there is no lower limit to the IQ of human beings. Joseph shook his head and said, "Some people can always make you stunned because of their stupidity. ”

Louis XVI's escape was indeed very clumsy in its organization. Ever since they had made up their minds to flee Paris, the King's family had been preparing for it. The escape was presided over by Queen Mary and arranged by her mistress, Faison. According to Fersen's original plan, they were to escape from different roads in several light carriages with two wheels.

If this had been done, it would have been almost impossible for the Parliament to bring back the fleeing king. However, the queen was very resistant to this method, as it meant that she had to be separated from her children on the way to escape. In the midst of this, what if the children have a fever? What if the kids get lost? In case of...... So the queen said firmly: "The family must be neatly together, and never separated." ”

Obviously, a two-wheeled carriage could not have fitted the king's family neatly. And the queen was very stubborn in this matter, and no one could convince her. Theoretically, the king had more say in the matter, and the king understood that the original plan was clearly more successful, but the king remained silent and did not express his opinion. In this way, the scheme of escaping using a light carriage was shot. The only option was a large four-wheeled carriage.

If it's just a four-wheeled carriage, it's not a big deal. There are many horse-drawn carriages running on the roads near Paris. Find an inconspicuous four-wheeled mail vehicle, and then arrange a pick-up, and the chances of a successful escape are still high.

However, the queen was still not satisfied with this plan, because the environment of the mail car was too poor, the benches were too hard, and the interior was too crowded...... If you bump around in such a vehicle for a day or two, the princes and princesses will definitely get sick. Moreover, the princes and princesses also need the care of nannies on the road, and they are reluctant to have their governess, Madame Tuzere. Add to that the king's sister, Lady Elizabeth, and the guards, so that the carriage must be able to fit at least nine people!

In fact, the four-wheeled mail car is not unable to accommodate so many people. Even, if necessary, two or three times as many people as this number can be stuffed in the mail car. You know, as long as you make good use of space, you can always cram more people into a limited space. You know, in one of the largest countries in the future, even a motorcycle can fit an entire mountain company or even a mountain battalion.

But it is impossible to make nobles such as kings, queens, princes, princesses, etc., complete the spatial folding like those low-caste humanoids. So the only way to do that was to build an oversized carriage. So Fersen specially found someone to customize an oversized carriage, which could ensure that nine people could sit on it and still have a good space.

Such a carriage is naturally very large, in order to ensure its reliability, to ensure that it will not run on the way and break the wheel axle or something, these parts need to be specially reinforced. And all this led to a new consequence - the car was so heavy that a normal number of horses could not pull it. So twelve horses had to be prepared for the carriage.

Even so, if well organized, the success rate of escape is still very high. However, something went wrong on the side of Austria, which was in charge of the response, and the escape was constantly delayed. And in the process, the cavalry under the Marquis de Bouille, who was in charge of receiving the king, was transferred several times, which also aroused the suspicion of the locals. This also laid the groundwork for the later failure of the escape.

However, even so, the escape has a high chance of success.

However, on the night of the scheduled escape, Lafayette suddenly came with Bhai to meet the king, and this visit startled both Louis XVI and the queen, who thought that the operation had been exposed. As a result, Lafayette did not perceive the king's actions, but only mediated the conflict between the king and the council that had recently been caused by the affairs of the church. The king was anxious for them to leave quickly, but he did not dare to behave any differently than before. And these two men were very good at talking, and they stayed in the palace until half-past eleven before they took their leave. This made the king's departure time more than an hour later than originally planned.

As soon as Lafayette left, the king went back to his chamber and pretended to go to bed, in order to deceive the spies who had been arranged in the palace. As soon as the door was closed and the light went out, he jumped out of bed and ran barefoot into his son's room, where the clothes, the wig, and a servant's hat were already there. And his son has long since quietly left. He changed into his clothes and quietly descended the stairs, with Fersen's attendant leading the way. The king, dressed in a green tunic and wearing a servant's hat, easily passed through the guards and walked out of the palace. The guard muttered, "This fat man is so fat, he must be a cook who steals the king's good things every day." ”

The king got into the chariot, and all the people were there. Fersen released the brakes of the carriage and the escape began.

However, the escape did not go well from the start. Because the carriage was too big, and the roads in Paris were so narrow in comparison, it was necessary to reduce the speed of the carriage to the point where it almost came to a stop at every turn—which was completely unexpected—after all, no one had ever driven such a large carriage before. As a result, it took two hours just to leave Paris. It took more than twice as long as normal.

Finally, the carriage drove out of Paris. Here the carriage changed the coachman, and Faissen changed into a light carriage and left on another road. If, after this, the carriage could run at full speed, the king's family would still be able to escape. However, the carriage was too heavy, and the coachman was concerned that if he drove too fast at night, it could cause the wheels to hit potholes on the road, causing damage to the wheels and axles. Therefore, the speed of the carriage is still not fast.

But no matter what, the carriage kept moving away from Paris, away from the prison of the King's family.

In the midst of this drive, the sky gradually began to lighten, and the horses began to get tired. The carriage changed horses at the predetermined changing place, and the king also got out of the carriage to breathe - no matter how luxurious the carriage was, it was still tiring to sit for a long time.

The king, however, seemed to have forgotten his situation, and when he got out of the car, he began to talk to the peasants by the roadside. I didn't expect that he would expose his whereabouts by doing so. You know, his carriage was conspicuous enough, and his image was on the portraits of the various town halls and on the Louis gold coins. In fact, it was on the basis of the clues provided by these eyewitnesses that the deputies of the parliament who were later pursued caught up with the king.

Along the way, the carriage stopped several times so that the distinguished passengers on it could have a good rest. As a result, their trip was much slower than scheduled.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the carriage arrived at Xia Long. According to the plan, the cavalry of the Marquis de Bouille with replacement horses was supposed to meet the king a short distance ahead, and then escort them to Montmedy.

Here, however, the king did not encounter this cavalry. On the contrary, it was their exaggerated carriage that aroused the suspicion of the locals.

At the original meeting point, the king encountered only one cavalryman. The cavalryman told them that the Duke of Choiseul had been waiting here for hours with the German cavalry (mercenaries, which could only be used because the French cavalry might be inclinant to the parliament and unreliable), and that the presence of so many mercenaries naturally attracted the attention of the locals. In order to avoid arousing further suspicion, the duke left first with the cavalry. But he told the king to go on for about two hours, and that another troop of cavalry was waiting for them at St. Mnoult.

By this time it was already dark, and the horses in the king's carriage were exhausted. They walked for more than two hours to reach the next rendezvous point, but there was still no cavalry waiting for them in this place—the cavalry had been here two hours earlier, but because of a misguided order, the cavalry had gone to the other road to wait for the king.

Unable to make peace with the cavalry, the king's family had to continue on their own carriage, and by this time his luxurious carriage, which had been driven overnight, had aroused the suspicion of the citizens of St. Mnould. When the king's carriage was resting, the stationmaster Drouet noticed that he looked like the man on Louis's gold coin, and hastened to inform the city council. At this time the carriage left St. Monnould and continued on.

The city council of Saint-Mnoulde sent Druet after the king, and he rode his horse and took a trail to reach the small town of Varennes, which was on the road to Montmedy. When the citizens of Varenna received the news, they sounded the alarm and stopped the king and his party, which was the end of the king's escape, and he was still two hours away from his destination.

At this time, the Duke of Choiseul, who had received the news, rushed over with cavalry, but his light cavalry was stopped by Varenna's National Guard, which was not superior in numbers. Although they could already see the king's luxurious carriage, at this time, the end of the world was just a stone's throw away. The cavalry of the Duke of Choiseul retreated without launching an attack on the National Guard. Maybe they were afraid that the king would be injured by mistake in battle, or maybe they would let the king be captured, or even better for some...... Who knows?