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Two days later, Bismarck did not wait for news of the victory of the royalists, but received a letter of war from Napoleon. He told Bismarck that the rebels in Paris had been wiped out and that Prussia's attempt to occupy Paris by creating a rebellion had failed. The Prussian tentative offensive did not go well, meaning that they would most likely take the city at a terrible cost.

At this time, the troops operating in the north-west of France also began to frequently attack the flanks of the Third Army, trying to cut off the rear of the attacking troops in Paris. Frederick Karl's Second Army was also in the middle of a bitter battle, and the fortress of Metz was stronger than they had imagined.

Bismarck took Napoleon's letter of war and read softly, "There is only a war to the death between Paris and Prussia, and the people of Paris are ready for the last consciousness." We will fight until the last moment, without surrender, without ceding land, without reparations, and either win or die. ”

After the reading, the audience was silent. The other generals here really couldn't have imagined that Paris, which was already at the end of its rope, still had such a stubborn spirit of resistance, could it be that Paris had other means that it had not used?

What Bismarck didn't know was that before the war letter was delivered to Prussia, Napoleon had already published a statement in the major newspapers in Paris, expressing his determination to fight to the end, and also to create a heroic image in the hearts of the Parisian people.

He is the savior of France.

At this time, the figures who influenced the future pattern of the world were all concentrated in the base camp of the Prussian command. Bismarck estimated that the cost of attacking the fortress of Paris was far more painful than the battle of Metz. With the current Prussian forces, even if they capture Paris, they will be greatly damaged.

"If France has lost its last card and is only stubbornly resisting by Paris, I propose to adopt the method of siege without attack and force the Provisional Government to surrender. How long can the government hold out in the face of a large army and a lack of food and ammunition supplies? Three months or three years? ”

The commander of the Eighth Army, Auguste Karl von Görben, proposed to Bismarck, "We only need to encircle Paris, and adopt a policy of encirclement and reinforcements, break up the French allied attack, and hold out until the other side surrenders." ”

"Encircle the point to send reinforcements, do you think our current strength is enough?"

Chastrov retorted to his point of view, "If the Second Army can capture the fortress, then we can draw on the strength of nearly three corps to encircle and reinforce, I heard that France is gathering forces in the south and trying to counterattack." If I were you, they would have taken Paris quickly, and once Paris had fallen, they would have no reason to hold on. ”

Geben said disdainfully, "They're just assembling a group of recruits who don't have any actual combat experience, or reserves, so there's nothing to worry about." France's elite are still besieged at the fortress of Metz, do you think we won't be able to deal with a bunch of recruits? The defenders of Paris were France's last reliant force, and that was the focus of our attention, not on the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who seemed to be menacing but had no actual combat experience. ”

"Besides, it's a question whether they can raise an army of more than 100,000 capitals."

"Don't even make any noise."

The hustle and bustle in the command war room instantly calmed down, and everyone looked at Prime Minister Bismarck.

Bismarck said angrily, "This time it was indeed my mistake to think that I could easily take Paris with the help of the royalist riots." From now on, the tactics of besieging but not attacking will be adopted, and the artillery bombardment of Paris will be carried out without interruption. I don't believe they'll hold on. ”

The act of shelling Paris showed Bismarck's anger.

The chancellor's sudden anger made the others look at each other, they knew that Bismarck was very angry because he had been teased by Napoleon before, but they were helpless. But no one dared to puncture this.

Presumably, Napoleon at this time enjoyed this feeling of "you see that I am not happy and cannot hit me".

It was not only the Prussian army that was frustrated, but also the Republican Party, especially after Gambida was transferred to the south to reorganize the army group, and the republicans seemed to have lost their way forward in an instant. Although Napoleon has always emphasized in front of the public that he supports the republican system, this does not mean that he needs to support the Republican Party, especially after the disappearance of the royalists, there seems to be no counterweight to the butchers of Paris.

In contrast, Napoleon was more of a republican dictator, who did not allow a monarchy in France to come to power, and only carefully maintained relations with the middle and lower classes.

This puzzled Favre that if Napoleon wanted to become a dictator, his regime would be more stable with the support of the big capitalists.

In fact, Favre could never have imagined that Napoleon did not need the support of the big capitalists, he wanted to make the capitalists pawns in his hands, and the question of whether capital overrode politics or politics overrode capital. Napoleon chose the latter.

After Thiers was posthumously named a loyal defender of the republic, the republicans began to carefully hide like frightened birds.

What is even more frightening is that the National Gendarmerie, which is not known when it was formed, began to search for anyone in the city who had anything to do with the Congress last night. They don't care if you're a nobleman or a commoner, and if they find out you're suspicious, they're dragged into Napoleon's "Inquisition" and subjected to brutal interrogation.

The Republicans were too frightened to assert their ideas and to attack Napoleon's Provisional Government. From the point of view of ordinary people, the royalists who tried to riot were innocent, and the search was none of their business anyway.

But Favre, who knows the inside story, knows that nothing is so simple.

The rebels of the riots, the royalist parliamentarians who were blown up, were an elaborate conspiracy. And the ultimate mastermind behind the scenes was Napoleon, who stood on the beach square and gave an impassioned speech.

"What should we do now?"

Cremieu said worriedly, since he learned that all the royalist MPs had been killed. He became a soldier, fearing that Napoleon would send all his opponents as a bomb.

"What else can I do?"

Favre sighed and said, "No matter how much we dislike this dictator, it is better to suppress our thoughts, I don't want to die, he has gained great political prestige among the people, he controls the army of the whole country, and once he leads the people of Paris to win this war, I am afraid that even the Congress will not be able to prevent him from becoming the president of France." ”

"The death of the royalists is a warning, to the Bonapartists, and at the same time to us. Whoever dared to oppose his Provisional Government would be wiped out on charges of treason. The Provisional Government's eagle dogs have moved, and they are now presumably going from house to house to arrest all the nobles involved in the riots. ”

Favre gritted his teeth angrily, but he was helpless, and finally could only say indignantly, "Napoleon, count you ruthless." ”