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"The situation of the revolution has changed abruptly! The southern royal army has begun to march north from the city of Lyon!" For a time, because of the news that the city of Lyon began to move troops, the city of Paris was full of storms. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the corrupt and incompetent Bourbon dynasty had long since lost the hearts of the people, even most of the people were desperately looking forward to the destruction of the regime of Louis XVI. But the common people remained neutral in the contest between the revolutionary government and the authoritarian government. After all, political power needs strength to maintain, and the revolutionary party has not yet established a government, and all forms of change are not yet known.

Moreover, after the last Marais republican government, Brion, who pacified the chaos in the whole country, was already known to the whole of France. And this time, Brion still led 3,000 elite troops north to King Qin, even if the revolutionary party had the support of the people, but the situation of the war was really difficult to control. Therefore, at this time, for the sake of safety, the Jacobins did not dare to do anything with Louis XVI for the sake of safety.

Louis XVI had expected the same outcome, and the Lyon army had openly marched north. Although the army was only 3,000 men, the super combat effectiveness of this army was already highlighted when the Republic of Marais was pacified. However, Louis XVI wanted not only this army, but Briand to be able to come to Paris himself.

For now, Brion can already be regarded as a prince, with self-respecting troops, representing an army. However, Brion led his army north to Paris, which made it clear to the revolutionaries that there was one of the most terrifying royal forces in the south. Even if Brion came alone, it would be enough to shock the people.

Of course. Brion didn't indicate his true intentions at all. There was neither a statement of supporting the king, nor of leading an army north to support the revolution. In fact, the whole French people understood that the political bloc in the city of Lyon had united with the revolutionary party, but if they really supported the revolution, they did not have to go to Paris with a large number of troops, which would inevitably make people think of some kind of scheme. But Brion's identity is also a royal family, and the destruction of the dynasty is really not good for him.

Briand's trip to the north this time seemed to have become the talk of the French people after dinner, and of course the revolutionaries had no choice but to wait for the change.

This was the ultimate goal of Louis XVI, and in the heart of this king, Brion, the third in line to the throne, was always at odds with him. Brion's army was largely unreliable, and his mercenaries were secretly arriving from the north. As long as Paris is under control, then the legions everywhere will also come to the aid quickly. The army of General Pisglou, who was closest to here, had already begun to move covertly towards Paris.

"It will take only ten more days to delay my most loyal army in Paris. Louis XVI often looked into the distance and said, but it was all risky. Regardless of Briand's intentions, if the suppression of the revolution is revealed, or if the suppression of the revolution fails, it will not be as simple as the revolutionaries putting themselves under house arrest.

On September 12, after everything was ready, the Iron Guards led by Brion officially set out for the north. However, due to the fact that the army was fully equipped with bicycles mass-produced by military factories, the speed of the rest of the infantry brigades, with the exception of the cavalry army of more than a thousand people, was increased sufficiently at once. Because of the bicycle, the weight-bearing capacity of all individual soldiers has been further improved, and the supplies are of course more fully prepared.

Only this time, Brion had no intention of going to war at all, and the army was also in case of emergency, and at the same time, it could support the scene at a critical moment. The Guards marched at great speed, crossing the Rhône and approaching Chaumont in just three days.

However, in the past few days, all the revolutionaries in Paris have been going crazy. Not only began to strictly prepare defensive measures in Chaumont, but also accelerated the mobilization of self-defense forces with the intention of defending the city of Chaumont, the gateway to Paris. At the same time, the Jacobins in Paris even demanded that a plan for the retreat of Paris be prepared, after all, no one knew what would happen to fight Brion.

However, the Jacobins of Lyon, in the south, were much calmer than in the north. Brissot and Condorcet did not have a trace of worry or worry after getting Brion to the north, and indeed, if Brion really had the heart to deal with the revolution, perhaps Brisot and other high-ranking Jacobin figures would have been arrested long ago. Besides, Briand was a wise man, and to oppose the revolution was to oppose all of France.

As Briand's army approached, apart from the implicit applause of Louis XVI and his royal party, the revolutionary government that had not yet gained a foothold in Paris felt a great chill. "To keep Paris, we must first keep the city of Chaumont!" was the clear attitude of the Revolutionary Party to Lafayette, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces.

Lafayette hesitated, as if there was a fight in the current situation. Brion's northward march never stopped, and his strategic intentions were not yet known, so it was not a good idea to fight blindly. However, the most unacceptable and unacceptable defeat for the revolutionary party in particular is defeat, and although Lafayette said that he held the military power in his hands, it was the revolutionary party that controlled France, not him.

On the night of September 17, just as Lafayette had made up his mind to personally mobilize the 4,000 troops stationed in Paris to the south of Chaumont, the Iron Guard suddenly entered the city of Chaumont with great speed. More than 300 self-defense soldiers were captured, and most of the revolutionary troops dispersed after a small exchange of fire with Brion's guards, leaving only a hundred corpses. Brion lost only a few soldiers.

Of course, for the battle situation in Chaumont, Brion had already made plans. Although the combat effectiveness of the National Guard is really not flattering, for the stationing of Chaumont, a large French city, it still has to go through a battle. In order not to alienate the revolutionaries from themselves, Brion aimed to crush the enemy and adopted a policy of attacking but not destroying. With the combat effectiveness of the Iron Guard, it is not difficult to do so.

The news of the fall of Chaumont soon reached the headquarters of the Auto-Defense Forces in Paris, and this result was enough to consternation everyone: "The Predator-Guards suddenly attacked, and after more than two hours of fighting between the local Auto-Guards and the Guards, they were forced to retreat, and the city of Chaumont fell. ”

"How is that possible? There are fifteen hundred garrisons in Chaumont, and how can the speed of the march and the efficiency of the attack of the Baden army be so fast?" However, this myth was already displayed in a military exercise a few years earlier, when Brion was still the commander of the 1st Division of the Rhine Army.

It seems that the situation is very clear at this time, and who is the most proud? It must be Louis XVI. In Paris, because of the Lafayette constitutional monarchy, he was able to live without worry. And because Brion led his army north, the French Revolution would have been quelled by defeat without waiting for the arrival of the royalist army.

At this time, the revolutionary government of Paris was no longer thinking about the position represented by Briand, but about how to defend Paris. At this time, the city of Chaumont was lost, then the city of Paris was in danger, and Brion could rely on the strong combat ability of the Iron Guards to take Brienne directly, and the flames of Brienne would inevitably burn to Paris. The losses caused by this are probably undesirable for everyone, and the war situation is even more uncontrollable.

And just when everyone in Paris was in danger, a piece of news came from the city of Chaumont, which made the revolutionary party very serious. Briand sent an envoy to Paris to meet Lafayette: "The Duke of Baden's aim this time is not to make enemies of the revolutionaries, but to establish a coalition government with the Jacobins, and the French people want peace." ”

Everyone understood very well what this meant, that is, he had just fought and wanted peace talks, and Brion wanted to live in peace with the revolutionary party from the beginning. If we have to talk about Chaumont, in fact, the National Guard, which belongs to the revolutionary party, did not suffer much loss, and Brion has really given enough face.

For the time being, Brion could lead his army deep at any time, while Lafayette's self-defense forces were large in number but not half a pound or two in terms of combat effectiveness. If a fight really starts, victory or defeat on the battlefield will have a direct bearing on the survival of the revolutionary party. If there are still militants at this time who want to fight to the death without knowing whether they are alive or dead, then they must be crazy.

In this era, there is no doubt that strength is truth. Whether Brion's image in the minds of the revolutionaries was good or bad, Brion's current vantage point was enough to silence those revolutionaries. Even some revolutionaries who hated the great aristocracy of Brion had no choice but to give in and compromise. What's more, it is to turn hostility into jade silk.

It was somewhat unexpected to the citizens of Paris that after Briand's message of peace in Chaumont, the Provisional Government of Paris suddenly changed its hardline attitude and tried to mend relations in a short period of time. And Brion also officially ceased military operations.

On 26 September 1789, Briand led a personal convoy of 100 cavalrymen into Paris at the distance of the Paris Revolutionary Party to meet with the government represented by Lafayette. And to be on the safe side, Desai secretly led the Predator Guard to be deployed in Brienna, waiting for Brion to be deployed.

Finally, two young soldiers representing different classes met again in the halls of government in Paris, and the significance of this meeting was undoubtedly long-lasting. The bourgeoisie and the royal aristocracy were appeased, while Louis XVI and others were disappointed that if the war had been fought to the end, the revolutionary government would have been shaken.

"Introduce yourself, Colonel Lafayette, commander of the National Guard. Lafayette shook Brion's hand affectionately.

"Briand, Duke of Baden, Senate of Lyon. ”i1387

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