699 Infighting

The German army of 120,000 seems to have been very popular, but after all, this is a rising country, and when several old powers come together, the pressure is still very great. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info 270,000 Russian-Prussian and Austrian troops aimed at the Germans, and even the Germans, who have always been confident and proud, also felt a little chill in their backs at this time.

As soon as Blücher learned of the news, he immediately informed the Hamburg side, hoping that President Marnes would be able to contact the allies and send reinforcements to Poland to win this crucial battle. Although Poland was a party and cooperated with Germany, in fact, the Polish aristocracy was mostly capitulators. The Tagavicha League of 1792 even joined the king, and the main purpose of this alliance was to betray the country. At a time when countless people with lofty ideals threw their heads and shed their blood to resist the invasion and save the country, this group of stupid traitors continued to pull their backs, and finally made Poland completely partitioned.

Kościuszko's Polish People's Revolutionary Army could still be used, but the strength of this army was too small, only 20,000 men, and it was still relatively scattered, and it lacked the experience of fighting large armies, so it was difficult to unify it for a while. Blucher had already decided to recruit Poles who would resist the invasion in West Prussia and Greater Poland, which were already under German control, to train new troops for the Polish People's Revolutionary Army, and to arm them with captured Prussian weapons. Although it is difficult to form any combat effectiveness for a while, it can be regarded as a method.

Blucher's greatest hope was, of course, to be able to get help from the Don Army and the French Army. But Blucher's hopes were soon half dashed, and when the German ambassador was about to ask France to send troops against Russia, Prussia and Austria, something happened on the French side.

Since the French Revolution, the political situation in the country has been unstable, and it is common for government decrees to change every day, and it is also common for the throne of power to sit in turns. After Robespierre's Jacobins came to power, they were ruled by guillotine, and a large number of political opponents were executed on charges of counter-revolution, and people everywhere were panicked. Robespierre's politics of terror still aroused the dissatisfaction of many people, and even the commoners who approved of Robespierre's restrictions on speculation and prices thought that Robespierre was too murderous to be a leader.

The cause of the incident was that Robespierre claimed in the Convention that there were still revolutionary enemies in the Convention that had not been completely purged, and that some parliamentarians had asked him to name those people, but Robespierre did not say them. In fact, this man who did not have a high political IQ just wanted to make a fool of himself and keep the people in the National Convention in awe of him, which is the typical means of controlling others with terror and fear. However, this method caused great panic among the parliamentarians, because Robespierre had already dealt with some members of his own party before, and everyone was in danger.

Robespierre was later interrupted by the Speaker in the National Convention, who shouted that the tyrant should be brought down and that Robespierre would not be protected, and that he would be arrested. The commander of the National Guard desperately snatched Robespierre out, originally Robespierre planned to flee to the Paris City Office, but at this time, Napoleon, who returned to Paris to report to his duties, found him and asked Robespierre to stage a military coup in Paris to suppress those who opposed him.

Things did not go as well as Napoleon had hoped, and the Parisians did not like Robespierre at all, and eventually Napoleon fled Paris with Robespierre and joined his forces at Versailles. The National Guard of Paris, who had defected to the Thermidorian Sect, chased them all the way out of Paris, and as a result, the two sides clashed on the outskirts of Versailles.

Napoleon, who had always set no bottom line for victory, ordered his artillery to bombard the National Guard, and after the National Guard was defeated, Napoleon prepared to lead his army into Paris to support Robespierre on the throne. Napoleon was a good friend of Robespierre's brother, and after the Battle of Toulon, Robespierre was interested in promoting Napoleon. Napoleon believed that Robespierre's many repressions, though excessive, were necessary and preserved the gains of the revolution. Of course, more importantly, Napoleon, who had always had great ambitions, hoped to use this opportunity to officially enter the core political circle of Paris and dominate the direction of the country.

In fact, Robespierre had little confidence at this time, and he was very confused when he saw in the Convention that everyone was against him.

A political event was turning into a civil war, and thanks to the development of the telegraph and other media, Napoleon's bombardment of the National Revolutionary Army in Paris at Versailles immediately spread throughout France. There were those who attacked Napoleon and Robespierre, while others supported the heroic Napoleon, whose troops at Versailles were only his personal entourage, numbering only more than 2,000 men and with many cannons. Napoleon was ready to bombard Paris and then take the city. But Pisigru, who had previously withdrawn from the north, immediately announced his support for the Thermidorian party, and he led more than 70,000 French troops to kill them in a mighty manner, although Napoleon would certainly be able to occupy Paris before Pisegru, but it may be that he entered Paris on the front foot, and Pisegru on the back foot came back.

In the other side, Pisglou had colluded with the Austrians and became a traitor. However, Britain was defeated in this plane, Austria had no path to launch an offensive against France, and Pisegru's performance in the Belgian campaign made it a high position in the French army, and he had no intention of betraying. At this time, Pisglo actually had the same intention as Napoleon, hoping to gain political capital through military action.

Napoleon was shrewd enough not to go toe-to-toe with Pisigru's army of 70,000, so he chose to retreat for the time being, heading south to join his legions.

And when the Robespierre faction and the Thermidorian party turned from a political struggle to a civil war, those royal party elements who had not been completely eliminated also came out as clowns at this time. Prince Condé returned from abroad at this time, bringing back a small number of troops. The royal party was intent on supporting Louis XVIII and restoring the Bourbon dynasty.

It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that Robespierre's previous crackdown on the royal party like cutting leeks has beaten them to the ground, and there is no way to make any waves at this time, and what really confuses France is the infighting between Napoleon and Pisigru. This situation was not expected by the Tang people, and Napoleon, under the trend of ambition, planned to use the army to directly control the situation. It's just that Napoleon's military strength is also extremely limited, and his army is only 30,000 people, which cannot be compared with Pisigru's Northern Army. (To be continued.) )