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Chapter 284: The Siege of the Bastille


"Immediately order the 1st Regiment of Jing Bei to go in the direction of the palace to repel the mob forces" "Order the 2nd Regiment to go to the Zhèngfu garrison to protect it from attack" "Order the 3rd Regiment to go to the Bastille, and never let the mob break through the prison!"

"Order Simmond in the name of Her Highness the Queen to lead the army of the First Legion to the various districts of the city to be armed, but if a mob with weapons is found, kill them immediately!"

"The Royal Guard is responsible for the safety of Her Royal Highness, and if possible, the security of the three blocks around this place will be taken care of by the Royal Guard!"

"The rest of the Jing Bei Fourth Regiment will come with me, and we will go and completely exterminate this mob that deserves to go to hell!"

Upon receiving the news, Napoleon immediately gave orders to address the situation in various parts of the city, and when he mentioned the requisition of the soldiers of the First Legion in the name of the queen, Marie sat aside and did not object, apparently agreeing with Napoleon's order.

But for the last one, Mary still has some objections "Napoleon, how can you say that you are also a general now, and your responsibility is the stability of the whole of Paris, so how can you fight with those mobs and ignore the overall situation!"

Marie's words made Napoleon take a look, apparently he was not aware of the change in his identity, although in these, he took on the duties of the commander of the Jing Garrison Command, but in his heart, Napoleon still regarded himself as the insignificant major fighting in the front line.

But now Marie's words have pointed out the change of Napoleon's identity, if a general only knows how to blindly rush to the front line.

The meaning is very meaningful, but where is the overall situation of such a general?

This is especially true of the generals who are in charge of themselves.

Looking down and thinking for a moment, Napoleon said: "Her Royal Highness.

You're right, but it's not the same now, these mobs are so weird that I'm sure it's not ordinary, and there's even a thick shady layer behind it, and to be honest, I don't trust some people in the military.

Now that the situation has developed to such a point that we can't afford to take any risks, I decided to personally take people up and suppress it!

” said.

Napoleon walked out without looking back, looking at Napoleon's back, Mary's eyes were complicated.

A mob of ** washed over the soldiers' lines like a wave, according to Napoleon's best information.

Nearly six thousand mobs have gathered in the vicinity of the Bastille.

Some of the mobs were even barely hoe-wielding, but their assault on the Bastille put a lot of pressure on the soldiers guarding there.

In the Bastille, not only were there representatives of the Third Estate who opposed the king's proposal to raise taxes, but also nobles, scholars, and experienced political prisoners who acted or were heretical.

And these people have a large number of supporters outside the prison, and it is indeed these people who are attacking the Bastille right now.

Thankfully, the Bastille was defended by 800 French soldiers, including not only the prison itself, but also 300 reinforcements drawn from Napoleon.

With the help of the fortifications of the Bastille itself and the tall and strong walls.

No further progress has been made in the mob attacks.

But with the exception of the Bastille, the residences of the officials were not so lucky.

Because of the sudden appearance of this riot, those officials had almost no means of guarding, and the big nobles were okay, and the private soldiers at home were enough to keep them out until reinforcements arrived, but those mid-level officials and nobles were unlucky.

A large number of mobs, under the command of well-intentioned people, rushed into the homes of royalist officials to carry out the criminal acts of beating, smashing, and robbing, not only that, but these mobs also attacked the personal safety of the officials while not only caring about it, but a group of officials went to see God in advance because of the delusional disaster!

After Napoleon's decisive order, the army in Paris began a bloody suppression of the mob, and the army, which was supposed to protect the French people, now turned its guns on the people.

However, the crackdown did not go smoothly because of this, but with the fighting between the army and the people, many people joined the sequence of riots.

"Father, you are really a genius" The Duke of Chart looked at the flames burning not far away and said happily to the Duke of Orleans, but Orleans did not appear happy because of his son's flattery, but the old duke's face was shrouded in a lingering haze "You know the!

Although it is true that our people have played a certain role in this, do you think that our hundreds of people can create such a big momentum?

There are clearly forces that we don't know are stirring up trouble!

” In the face of his father's reprimand, the Duke of Schalte felt a trace of dissatisfaction, but of course he did not dare to contradict his father, after the old duke finished speaking, Schalt said: "But in any case, now the momentum in Paris has been provoked by us after all, although you say that there are forces that we do not know are instigating, but this does not harm our interests, on the contrary, I think that there is ample room for cooperation between us and this force, after all, our interests are the same!"

The Duke of Orleans raised his eyebrows, and had to admit that there was some truth in what his son had said, and although he did not understand who and what forces were at work, their goal was to plunge Paris into a restless turmoil, and now they had done most of it.

"Well, there's some truth to what you're saying, by the way, how are we doing at the Bastille?"

Hearing Orleans ask about the Bastille, Philip's face suddenly stiffened a little "Although the total number of our men and some of the instigated people has reached more than 6,000, but the fortification of the Bastille, you are not unaware, it seems to me that it is worth the loss to spend so much effort on attacking the Bastille, because in a while, we will not be able to break through the Bastille at all!"

"You know the!

Blame me for scolding you, you don't know what the Bastille means to us!

I can tell you that a Bastille is worth more than Versailles, and that the people in prison have unimaginable powers that will help us in the future!

That's why the breach of the Bastille is the most important action!

” Old Orleans seemed to hesitate a little, but then he became firm "Let Dur take out the weapons we have hidden in the warehouse, especially the dozen or so cannons inside, and give them to us, and I will see how long the gates of the Bastille can hold out under the bombardment of artillery!"

"But Father" "No, but, do as I say, there is no way back for us in the current situation, either succeed or perish!"

The firmness on Orleans' face at this moment was enough to move anyone, and looking at the look on his father's face, Philip, who had already understood his intentions, nodded and ran out.

Durr was a close confidant of the Duke of Orleans and the Duke's Celestial Butler, although Durr was just an ordinary baron.

But those who know the details of Orleans know that in the hands of Dur there is a batch of supplies that cannot be seen, and this batch of materials is munitions!

As the Duke of Orleans, who aspires to climb the throne above the ten thousand people, he must have something in his hands that can help him achieve his ideals, and weapons have become the most important thing.

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The warehouse at Dür's disposal contained not only nearly two thousand guns of various kinds, but even thirteen six-pounder guns.

As a military weapon, the six-pounder infantry heavy artillery is not something that ordinary people can get their hands on casually, even the powerful Duke of Orleans took nearly twenty years to accumulate this batch of belongings.

No way, the royal family's supervision of these weapons is really strict beyond people's imagination, a six-pounder cannon from the time of production is under the absolute control of the royal family, every year the royal family will send close ministers to inspect these big guys, if it is found that there are six-pounder cannons that are not lost because of war damage and other reasons, the users of these cannons and the generals of the troops will be severely punished.

Of course, since it can be called the weapon of the country, the power of the six-pounder cannon naturally lives up to its reputation, in the present, the six-pounder cannon is the largest artillery that can be carried in the field, and its large caliber can fully help the army to break through the strongest city walls, so that the enemy troops hiding in the city are exposed to the front of the soldiers.

Obviously, the Duke of Orleans had decided to take a desperate gamble, otherwise he would not have decided to expose the thirteen six-pounder guns to the sun, because this would not only mean that the identity of the Duke of Orleans would be exposed, but importantly, it would mean that the Duke of Orleans was already fighting with the royal family.

Looking at the flames burning in the city of Paris outside, the raging flame called ambition in the heart of the Duke of Orleans was also beating fiercely.

On the thirtieth day of the seventh month, 1789, the mob besieging the Bastille was suddenly aided by a large number of ordnance, including thirteen six-pounder guns, and the Bastille was bombarded with the most difficult difficulties by these large-caliber guns.

When the six-pounder cannon was first put into service, Napoleon got the news, for which Napoleon, who was fighting bloodily, was simply unbelievable, knowing that there were no more than ten six-pounder guns in an artillery regiment in France, and the preciousness of these big guys can be seen.

To be continued. ) ps: Khan, I'm sorry for the permission, there are too many drinks in the past two days, I drank more than a pound of wine yesterday, and I came back and vomited, and the promised three didn't arrive, I'm sorry everyone!