314 If you don't fight, I'll fight!
"Didn't you say that as long as Lin Haoda is not moved, he will never attack us?! Now look at where Lin Haoda has hit! Jacques-Pierre Brissot roared angrily in his office.
It was the first time he had been so angry in front of a crowd, because it would embarrass his supporters, and if Jacques-Pierre Brissot lost the support of the majority, he, the leader of the Girondins, would have stepped down at any time......
This is bourgeois democracy!
The main reason why Jacques Pierre Brissot was furious regardless of any consequences was that Lin Haoda's attack was more fierce than expected.
In just over a day, the National Guard, known as one of the most elite armies of the Girondist regime, was 'stewed' by the Young Guard.
In the following month, although the National Guard resisted and showed the combat quality that the French regular army should have, it still continued to lose cities and lost ground, and was defeated repeatedly!
The series of defeats was like a heavy blow to the Girondist regime, and they could not understand why Lin Haoda attacked Robespierre's government with so many casualties, and the small region of Brittany had fought for so long, while the Girondist regime, which occupied a third of France, proceeded so quickly......
Obviously, the National Guard is more well armed, has a longer training time, and has more combat experience!
When a division of the Young Guards cut off the connection between the Vendée and the Girondee, Jacques-Pierre Brissot could no longer sit still.
Anyone with a modicum of military knowledge can see that only the Girondists in the Vendée and the Girondin region, the Girondists' nest, have actually lost the war.
It's not that the combat effectiveness of the National Guard is too scumbag, the Young Guards have advanced to the present, and the more than 40,000 casualties have shown that the resistance of the National Guard is not weak, and the reason why it has been beaten to such an embarrassing point is only because Lin Haoda's army is too strong......
Although there are still tens of thousands of retired regular troops in the Girondist nest and the Vendée area, and the uncountable militia units that have been temporarily pulled up, both in the army and in the government, there is a lot of defeatist pessimism, and the surrender faction in the Girondists has also begun to move.
Although Lin Haoda has been opposed to the entire European powers, at least he can now decide the life and death of the Girondist regime, and the Lin Haoda regime is not too ruthless to the rich, except for the high tax point and the inability to meddle in government power, there are no other disadvantages, and Lin Haoda has never restricted trade and commercial activities.
There is military pressure from Lin Haoda outside, and the voice of the capitulation faction appears inside, so it's no wonder that Jacques Pierre Brissot is not panicking!
"Leader Brissot, perhaps we can ask for help from the Kingdom of Spain, the Spanish royal family has always hated Lin Haoda for becoming the chief consul of the Republic without authorization and putting Louis and his family under house arrest." Pierre Victognão Venio suggested.
"Why do we keep fighting? We can stand here safely now because Lin Haoda's supply line for his troops is too long, and the army is too tired from frequent battles and needs to rest, not because the Young Guards lack the stamina to attack!
We are in an even more dangerous situation than the original Robespierre government, the army that can fight has basically been folded in the hands of Lin Haoda, the retreating troops are very war-weary, and there are not many people in the National Guard who still want to continue to go to the battlefield!
They even preferred to lay down their arms and surrender and be sent to Lin Haoda's private factory as coolies! ”
After Brissot heard this voice, his face suddenly turned pale, the people here dared to say such things at this time, and they had obviously won the support of many people!
Has the capitulation faction spread to the highest levels of power?
Brissot is not Robespierre, and he has no right to ask the guards to pull out the Girondist core councillor at this moment, and the most important thing is that what the other party says is the truth!
"Don't we still have tens of thousands of people in the Vendée? You can contact and attack Lin Haoda's troops who are resting on both sides......"
Brissot spoke with the last shred of expectation.
"Your Excellency, Leader, please take a look at this document, this is the latest message from our spies in the Vendée, the General of the National Guard in the Vendée has already been in private contact with Lin Haoda, which is the reason why Lin Haoda 'risked' to attack the connection zone instead of directly attacking the Vendée!
The General of the National Guard in the Vendée region is now trying to help his future master, Lin Haoda, encircle and suppress Linden. General Wan, hehe~~~"
The man who had said the surrender earlier handed Brissot the paper document in a cylinder.
"Is this news true?" Brissot said skeptically.
"Even if it's fake, does it make a difference to where we are now? The Young Guards are a bunch of madmen who don't want to die, and it's not like we haven't tried to attack the Young Guards with superior forces before, but what happened? However, he was beaten by the Young Guards with a time difference, and annihilated the combined army of the first army with a huge casualty price!
That battle had destroyed the last of the main forces of the National Guard, Leader Brissot, do you think that the remnants of the army today can compare with the militia that has just taken up arms? ”
"You must know that if we surrender, we will lose everything we have now, and we can only survive under Lin Haoda's control!"
Brissot shouted inwardly, slamming the document to the ground without even looking at it.
"Leader Brissot, you are wrong, Lin Haoda is now the chief consul of the French Republic, not the regent of the decaying Louis Restoration, in the republic, at least we can keep our wealth and life, in the current situation of defeat, is this not enough?
The fact that the leader of Brissot is not afraid of death does not mean that everyone is not afraid of death. ”
"Yes, Leader Brissot, it's time for us to consider a truce, we can't fight anymore, the Kingdom of Spain has been clamoring to avenge Louis's family, and has not sent a single soldier for several years, they are not trustworthy, we French, after all, we still have to rely on ourselves."
Brissot looked at the capitulation faction, which was supported by the majority of the people, and smiled miserably: "What you call relying on yourself is surrendering a foreigner, right?" Very good, you don't fight, I'll fight! ”