Chapter 59: Playing Out a Peace II (Third Update)

"For the sake of the future peaceful and harmonious development prospects of France, we must destroy these two spiritual pillars of Louis XVI, and if Louis XVI and the nobles behind him see the power of the revolutionary government, everything will be good. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

The Marquis de Lafayette spoke loudly at a meeting of the Standing Committee.

"60,000 people...... So, what to do with the king's mercenaries who were at the helm of the Bastille? ”

When the Marquis de Lafayette heard this, he knew that the Standing Committee had agreed in principle to its plan.

He sat back in his place and said with a relaxed face: "There are only a few thousand people in the direction of the Bastille, and 100,000 revolutionary citizens armed with muskets can be easily pulled out in the city of Paris, and I have taken 60,000 people, and the remaining more than 40,000 people are used to rely on the barricades and houses to defend against the attack of the Bastille mercenaries, isn't it enough?"

When I destroy the main force of the king's mercenaries who have invaded Paris, thousands of Bastille defenders are not a threat at all, and Louis XVI will give in, they will be rootless duckweed, either surrender or die!

The town hall only needs to use several times the strength of the Bastille mercenaries, relying on the barricade defenses, to block the attack of the Bastille mercenaries during my battle, which is not difficult. “

After careful analysis by the bigwigs of the Standing Committee, what the Marquis de Lafayette said is indeed very reasonable, even if the main force of the National Guard is withdrawn, is it possible that tens of thousands of people will not be able to defeat thousands of mercenaries relying on the barricade defense line?

This is a defense, not an attack on a fortified fortress like the Bastille!

In this way, the proposal of the Marquis de Lafayette was approved by all members of the Standing Committee, and the revolutionary armed forces, headed by the Paris City Hall, began to mobilize frequently from the night of July 15!

The National Guard, which had always focused on quality and reliability, began to completely open up all applications for enlistment, and began to issue letters of appointment to armed citizens of Paris with muskets!

In order to ensure the internal purity of the National Guard, the Paris City Hall, which was originally in control of victory, has always turned away from private armed groups that are more independent among the armed citizens of Paris, as well as armed groups where rogue bastards gather.

After the National Guard opened all its doors, these private armed groups that wanted to cloak themselves in the cloak of legality and hug the thick legs of the Provisional Government's town hall flocked to the city hall like kittens that smelled fishy!

As long as there are hundreds of followers under the 'boss' under his hand, he can get a battalion commander's certificate and become a glorious battalion commander of the National Guard!

Of course, in addition to the issuance of certificates, the National Guard also has other parts such as military uniforms and miscellaneous items, which are at most symbolically distributed with some muskets and ammunition, at least not so that the soldiers of the National Guard do not even have guns......

In order to meet the huge demand for firearms, the Paris City Hall even took out the arquebuses that had entered the antique shops and distributed them to the armed citizens of the new National Guard......

However, because the 'revolutionary sentiments' of the citizens of Paris were so high that by the morning of July 16, the Marquis de Lafayette was surprised to find that the National Guard, which had looted the entire arsenal and arsenal of Paris, could not be shot at once......

At this time, due to the active expansion of the army by both the armed citizens of Paris and the National Guard, the specific number of the National Guard was unknown to even the Marquis de Lafayette, the commander-in-chief......

Almost all of the armed citizens that used to be seen on the streets of Paris have been transformed into National Guardsmen wearing civilian ragged 'military uniforms'......

The National Guard, which wears a white military uniform, has become a rare 'elite'......

According to the preliminary estimate of the Paris City Hall, the number of the National Guard has exceeded the 100,000 mark in just one night, and it is increasing rapidly every moment!

At a time when the revolution was in crisis, the permanent members of the Paris City Hall naturally did not put an end to the 'virtuous circle' of military expansion, but the soldiers of the National Guard were limited by the lack of firearms, so they could only use cold weapons such as spears and axes as weapons......

Fortunately, before the Paris Revolution, this kind of simple and easy-to-build cold weapon civilian workshop processed and produced a lot, and everyone had no problem with one hand!

After the Marquis Lafayette saw that the National Guard was expanding so rapidly, he was full of joy to increase the number of the National Guard that followed him again.

After all, the morale of these revolutionary masses is still quite high.

The great expansion of the National Guard in the city of Paris naturally could not hide the attention of the Palace of Versailles. Queen Antoinette and the mercenary commander didn't care, if faced with the crusade of the king's army, it would be strange that the National Guard did not expand its army wildly!

The expansion of the National Guard in Paris did not affect the departure of the King's army in the slightest, and on 16 July, after the officers and soldiers had lunch, the vanguard of the army left the fortress of Versailles!

The Palace of Versailles is not just a palace, it is also an ancient fortress!

And on July 16, after two days of fermentation, the news of the Paris Revolution was also spread in the surrounding French cities, I wonder if it was a deliberate walk of the news, the news of the Paris Revolution spread not only quickly, but also very detailed, what standing committee town hall, the establishment of the National Guard, and the resistance of the Bastille and a series of other news, in other French cities have been recounted in a similar way.

Originally, in the capital of Paris, the political struggle between the privileged class and the third estate was given special attention by the provinces, and after the dismissal of the Chancellor of Finance, who was inclined to the third estate, Necker, who was actually inclined to the bourgeoisie, caused panic among the provincial bourgeoisie, and when the news of the Paris Revolution spread to the surrounding cities of Paris and to the whole of France, the bourgeoisie and low-level citizens of many provincial cities who got the news of the Paris Revolution were immediately aroused with high enthusiasm!

The most important thing about a revolutionary movement, like rebellion, is that the leader effect is that the signs of revolution are very fragile and can be easily extinguished before anyone comes forward, but once the news of the revolution spreads widely, it is as terrible as a prairie fire!

It is natural for the oppressed French people to think that the capital Paris has been revolutionized, so why can't we fight for our rights and interests?

As news of the Paris Revolution began on the 16th, the origins of an even more violent revolutionary storm quietly sprouted throughout France.

Lin Haoda, who lacks common sense in history, has no idea how great the impact of the Paris Revolution was on France!