Chapter 117: Asking for Supplies

After Lin Haoda said the words 'natural ally', the office suddenly fell into a depressed calm, and after a long time, Meunier sighed and replied: "Your Excellency Lin Haoda, you should know that the revolutionary government is not the voice of the Marquis de Lafayette, and our best efforts can only allow your envoys to openly pass through the blockade of the National Guard in the city of Paris, or send you out of the Paris capital, which is still based on the premise that you agree to a temporary ceasefire." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Lin Haoda shook his head slightly and said: "It's okay to negotiate these conditions slowly, it's good that you can let me communicate with the controlled King Louis XVI first, but a temporary ceasefire...... As you know, I have only gained a temporary advantage, and the military power of the revolutionary government will only grow stronger with time, because you have an innumerable number of soldiers, so the ceasefire is not good for me, not that I want the two sides to continue to bleed, but I cannot believe in the credibility of the revolutionary government, a group of interest speculators who can betray even the king who once served allegiance, and it is too normal to turn around and deny people when they have the strength. ”

"Your Excellency, since you can see this step, you should also know that even if you continue to launch an offensive and achieve another brilliant victory, the most you can do is to expel the revolutionary government from the city of Paris, and by the way, let the Marquis de Lafayette, the only revolutionary leader who is willing to cooperate with you sincerely, fall from that position.

When the time comes, there will be a violent political upheaval within the revolutionary government that has been expelled from the capital of Paris, and there will be a great reshuffle of the entire apparatus of power, and it is not difficult to imagine that the politicians who resolutely suppress His Excellency Lin Haoda will greatly expand their base in parliament, even if they cannot gain the right to govern, and the constitutional monarchists who have common interests with you will only disappear in the successive military defeats and become 'centrists' who dare not speak out.

This is undoubtedly a great disadvantage to His Excellency Lin Haoda, as for the overall strength of the revolutionary government, with the support of the entire French municipal revolution, no matter how much the National Guard is lost, a large pile of cannon fodder can be re-pulled up in a short period of time, in the case of military defeat, if the army loyal to the king's line does not have the ability to suppress the whole country, the National Guard will only fight more and more, and the strength of the democratic radicals will become stronger and stronger, and when the time comes, Your Excellency Lin Haoda, you are likely to indirectly become the promoter of the French Republic, of course, The ruling faction that established the republic will never be grateful to you, hehe~~~"

This time, it was Lin Haoda's turn to frown, this kind of situation of being called out of his worries was not comfortable at all, if he wasn't worried about the republican crisis in Mounier's mouth, he would have started to carry out the street battles in Paris to the end, how could he still be with them?

The constitutional monarchists in the revolutionary government, who still barely hold the power, did not want to continue to fight and use time to make up for the prestige they had lost after the military defeat, so why didn't Lin Haoda want to stabilize the current revolutionary government first?

Although Lin Haoda said that he doesn't like to play political routines, he still understands the truth that he should understand, he defeated the Marquis Lafayette of the constitutional monarchy, and will only make the democratic radicals who take advantage of the situation sit big, if it weren't for his Lin Haoda's continuous slapping in the face of the National Guard led by the Marquis Lafayette, how could the democratic radicals led by Robespierre sit in the National Assembly and speak?

Lin Haoda, who has received the first-line battle report from the Jacobin Club, already knows how crazy and extreme these politicians who represent the interests of the lower-class sans-culottes are!

Their political proposition was not to abolish the king's lineage alone, but to revolutionize the life of the entire aristocratic class, and to establish a republic in the true sense with the burgher class as the main body and the burghers' council system as the administrative organ of the government!

If it weren't for the extreme political views of Robespierre's faction, Robespierre, who was supported by the vast number of sans-culottes and low-level National Guard soldiers, would not have been ostracized at every turn in the National Assembly.

The lesser of two evils, compared with the collapse of the constitutional monarchists headed by the Marquis de Lafayette, a short truce is still quite cost-effective, as for the National Guard in the city of Paris will be reorganized over time, it does not matter to Lin Haoda, because if the National Guard is driven out of the city of Paris, they still have the opportunity to attract a large number of soldiers to restore their combat effectiveness.

The burgher class is not only in Paris!

was beaten by Lin Haoda, and the Marquis de Lafayette's faction, whose foundation began to be unstable, will definitely not start the war lightly, and if they are defeated again, they will make way for others.

It's just that Lin Haoda's truce can't stop in vain, even this truce is good for him!

For Lin Haoda, the more benefits the better.

"Your Excellency Meunier, in any case, it is I who suffers from the armistice, so my army and I cannot stop attacking at your own words, and we will not come to vain, the civilians in the city of Paris that I occupy have been cut off from food sources, and my soldiers also need living materials, and only when the revolutionary government continuously sends me the necessary supplies and ammunition, can I 'convince' my soldiers not to rob, do you understand what I mean?"

Meunier naturally understood what Lin Haoda meant, and used the reason of supporting the food of the civilians in Paris to ask for food and other materials for his army, even if the other party is not short of food now, but this kind of living materials is of course the more the more the army under Lin Haoda who can only rely on robbery, the better!

Lin Haoda's consumption of nearly 20,000 troops is not a small amount.

"Food and other necessities are fine, the Marquis de Lafayette will convince the majority of the members of the revolutionary government, but we can't trade it openly, after all, in the eyes of the low-level soldiers of the National Guard, it is an act of hostility.

As for the arms, with all due respect, do you think the people of the revolutionary government would be foolish enough to let you kill their soldiers with their bullets? “

Lin Haoda shrugged his shoulders and replied indifferently: "If the arms are not good, forget it, in terms of ammunition, my soldiers have captured a lot, and it is enough to maintain the battle, and I will let my subordinates count a table of food and other living materials and hand it to you, whether it is a secret transaction or not, it is the same for me, as long as I can get enough supplies." ”

"Your Excellency Lin Haoda is really a sensible hero, and when I go back, the first batch of living materials for 10,000 troops for ten days will be delivered immediately."

"Oh no, you have mistaken a concept, Sir Meunier, it should be the living supplies of 20,000 troops, and besides, there are still a large number of Parisian civilians in my occupation zone." Lin Haoda added with a smile.