Louis XVI's order to redeploy troops and his decision to punish Calais sent shockwaves through Paris, but some of them were pleasantly surprised, including the Duke of Orleans.
After receiving William's transfer order, Simond quickly transferred 20,000 horses from the First Army, but for some reason, most of the 20,000 horses were non-Simond descendants, and the rest of the men and horses left in Paris were all Simmond's cronies.
Because of the distance, the Second Army in Dijon received the order later than the First Army, but after receiving the order, Napoleon did not object, and he, like Simmond, quickly dispatched 10,000 elites, but these 10,000 elites were all Napoleon's trustworthy men.
In addition to the legions stationed overseas, the army stationed in France itself is about 130,000 people, including 90,000 troops in addition to the three main battle legions, and 40,000 horses are scattered in various important strongholds and cities in France.
At this moment, Louis XVI planned to mobilize 70,000 troops, in addition to the 30,000 regular troops, the militia of the cities near Paris could also provide about 40,000 troops, which can be said to be all the troops that Louis XVI could draw at present.
You must know that France is not only Calais, the vast territory is full of careerists large and small, and after the riots in Paris, the situation in the south is basically three times a day, so that the Third Army stationed in Toulouse and the garrison in the south are all used to suppress the local situation.
Fortunately, in the northwest of France, the royal party was quite powerful, although it was also dissatisfied with Louis XVI's policy of raising taxes.
But there was no major chaos in the northwest, which allowed Louis XVI to spare his forces against the uprising in Calais.
Despite the support of the British, the number of armed men in Calais did not exceed 50,000.
This was largely due to the fact that none of the people who led the uprising in Calais had such a great reputation as Lafayette.
It can be said that the riots in Calais were a coalition of small capitalists and small landlords, and the British were the ones who brokered it, but there was no leader with great prestige.
In addition, Lyon's lesson is not far from the same after all, so some people with ambition and strength are still in a wait-and-see posture for the time being, they don't want to be the next Lyon once they put their net worth on the line.
In this rebellion, Louis XVI did not appoint Simmond or Napoleon as commander-in-chief.
The king appointed his close confidant, General Madr, as commander-in-chief of the counterinsurgency.
Under the order to transfer troops, like the regular army, it is better to say, but those militias will not be able to gather for a while.
A few days of waiting wore out Louis XVI's patience, and in order to be able to gather his army as quickly as possible, Louis XVI issued a rather cruel order.
He declared that all soldiers who participated in the suppression of the Calais rebellion had the right to their own booty.
And the state will not confiscate their war proceeds in any form.
In other words.
These militias are perfectly capable of making a fortune in war, and looting is permitted.
However, all militiamen must be ready in the local barracks within 10 days, and if anyone is late or escapes, they will be convicted of treason and have all their property confiscated.
Under this edict, more than a dozen cities in the vicinity of Paris gathered their own militia as quickly as possible, and these militiamen were not only not dissatisfied after learning of the king's edict, but on the contrary, they were full of the greatest enthusiasm.
You know, Europe has entered a civilized society.
Gone are the barbaric systems of the Middle Ages, although massacres and looting still exist.
But the number of times has been greatly reduced.
With the exception of the armies that carved colonies overseas, it can be said that the rulers of continental Europe, or indeed Western Europe, had not given such cruel orders for decades, and now Louis XVI was clearly enraged.
Legal looting was enough to drive everyone crazy, and Calais was a fairly wealthy city, so that all the militias, driven by profit, suddenly looked forward to the war.
"Our Majesty seems mad!
Huh" The Duke of Orleans said happily with a glass of wine, but Simmond, who was sitting next to him, was noncommittal to his speech, seeing Simmond's performance, the Duke of Orleans was annoyed, but on his face, he still smiled happily "With this order, it is foreseeable that in Calais, the rebels there will inevitably resist to the end, which will surely inflict huge casualties on the counterinsurgency, and if there is any further accident in the actions of the counterinsurgency, I am afraid that Your Majesty will soon find that the situation has become so bad that he cannot recover."
"Your Excellency, I have fulfilled your conditions, I think now you should take out my due reward" Instead of answering Orleans' words, Simmond made his request to Orleans, and Orleans was visibly stunned when he heard Simmond's words, but then his expression immediately became more joyful "Of course, Simmond, we are good partners, how could I have forgotten what I promised you, by the way, I will transport your things to the manor outside the city later, you can rest assured!"
Hearing Orleans' answer, Simmond nodded and stood up, and then walked out, seeing Simmond's attitude, the Duke of Orleans' teeth unconsciously bit out his voice, but thinking that his business was done, the Duke of Orleans became complacent again.
The deal between the Duke of Orleans and Simmond was actually very simple, this time Louis XVI transferred a full 20,000 troops from the First Legion, but it was impossible for these soldiers, the king and the Mader to know each other, so Orleans decided to play a trick of the tanuki for the prince.
Orleans had Simmond use his authority to exchange the 800 men of the First Legion's drawn army for Orleans' own guard.
Although Simmond didn't know what the Duke of Orleans wanted to do, under the attack of the pillow wind and silver bullets, the commander of the First Legion still agreed to Orleans' request, and he stuffed the Duke of Orleans's 800 men into the 20,000 men who went out to Calais through rotation, because these 800 people were separated, so the army thought that these people were just newly recruited soldiers and did not care.
After Simmond left, Charte, son of the Duke of Orleans, walked in "Father, how much return can we get for all this effort?"
"Hmph, you know what, our efforts will be far more than the price we pay, you will know later!"
Not to mention Shart's depressed face, in the open sea of Riga at this moment, Ushakov's face is quite grim.
As mentioned earlier, there is a natural island in the Baltic Sea that guards the Gulf of Riga, and this island is Saremaa.
Although Riga had been occupied by Kutuzov's troops, Riga's trading activities were not greatly affected, so the daily flow of merchant ships passing through Saaremaa Island into the Gulf of Riga continued.
However, it is unrealistic to attack Saaremaa, because Saaremaa is so close to Riga, it can be said that as soon as Saaremaa is fired, Riga can see the situation, and it is obviously unrealistic to attack Saaremaa Island under such circumstances.
However, as mentioned earlier, Riga was an important trading city on the Baltic Sea, and in this case, there were countless merchant ships passing through every day, so Ushakov decided to disguise some of the small warships in his fleet as merchant ships into the Gulf of Riga.
But there was also a problem, that is, the garrison on Saaremaa Island had another task besides defending the Gulf of Riga, and that was to collect taxes from merchant ships passing through.
Kutuzov's opposition is well known, and in such a situation, Kutuzov must raise a military budget for a possible future war, and the merchant ships in the Gulf of Riga are undoubtedly large tax collectors, and Kutuzov obviously cannot give up knocking on these merchant ships.
Collecting taxes meant that Kutuzov's men would be on board for inspection, and if they were to be concealed, Ushakov would have to take into account.
On March 1, 1790, all the ships of the Baltic Fleet gathered in the waters off the Gulf of Riga, and for the time being, the traces of the Baltic Fleet had not yet been discovered due to the problem of the shipping lanes specially chosen by Ushakov.
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When the hand pointed to ten o'clock in the evening, Ushakov stood on the flagship and waved his hand, only to see that nearly ten ships in the fleet had left the fleet, and these ten warships were specially selected by Ushakov to disguise themselves as merchant ships.
As part of Ushakov's plan, the disguised merchant ships of the ten warships attracted the attention of the defenders on the island of Saaremaa, and then most of the Baltic Fleet dived into the Gulf of Riga from the other direction.
Darkness was the best cover for the warships, and except for the ten battleships disguised as merchant ships, Ushakov demanded that all the other warships be kept in order, and he wanted the entire warship to break into the Gulf of Riga in one breath while the enemy's energy was drawn in the other direction.
Ushakov's plan was bold, first of all, despite the fact that it was already dark, dozens of tall lighthouses were erected on the island of Saaremaa.
Under the premise that the fleet implements light control, it would be devastating if a ship did not follow the predetermined route and was spotted by the lighthouse.
And no one dares to guarantee that there will be only one tax-collecting fleet on the sea, and if a tax-collecting fleet from Saaremaa Island happens to be within the range of the fleet, then the fleet will never be able to avoid it, and you must know that when a large number of warships sail on the sea, the noise is enough for all the miles to hear.