Clearly, however, those who think this way are underestimating the collective wisdom of a country's top leaders.
As for the ultimate goal of the coalition army's attack on France, how could the French high-level leaders led by Louis XVI not be clear.
What the Coalition needed was a decaying France, and Britain coveted France's overseas colonies and the northern territories of mainland France.
No one would think that the coalition was ready to destroy France in its entirety, or that the coalition wanted to capture and divide all of France, including the three monarchs who participated in the coalition.
The British needed French colonies and those possessions in the north of France, while Prussia needed a France on the Western Front that could no longer pose a threat, and as for the Netherlands, who would care about the opinion of a near-client state.
There had already been news within the coalition that as long as Louis XVI handed over Paris unscathed to the British, and ceded the northern part of France north of Paris, then the coalition could sign an armistice with France.
It's just that this condition is too harsh for the Bourbon royal family, and it can even be said that if Paris is lost, then the southern regions of France will definitely abandon the rule of the Bourbons, after all, no one will accept the rule of a monarch who ceded the capital of the country.
It was in this situation that Louis XVI had the intention of making a comeback.
After all, even if Paris was conquered, it was not easy to truly achieve domination over the northern part of France, especially since the French and the British had already become feuding because of the Hundred Years' War.
This is clear to all.
But now Louis XVI saw hope that he could hold Paris, which had to deal with a coalition of just over 50,000 men.
More than 40,000 troops have been mobilized in the city of Paris, and the number of troops transferred from the west can reach more than 60,000.
And in Paris, the Bourbons also had a deep ruling foundation.
With the support of hundreds of thousands of people and an army of more than 60,000 men, Louis XVI believed that he could hold Paris even if he held it to the death.
In fact, more importantly, because Lucien's actions in the rear of the coalition army bought precious time for Paris, more than a month allowed Louis to greatly strengthen the city defense facilities in Paris, and at the same time, Louis XVI calmly evacuated a large number of residents in Paris and let the more than 40,000 French soldiers who had just been recruited not long ago learn some simple combat skills.
Paris was now a fortified city with plenty of food and grass, and a large number of young men, although it currently had only 40,000 troops.
But there were still 20,000 French troops on their way to urgent help.
And Ferdinand Jr., after a little excitement, immediately called a military council.
Ferdinand the Younger was clear about the changes in Paris, but Lucien did not get rid of them.
The Coalition could not calmly attack Paris, and now that Paris was ready, Ferdinand Jr. believed that the Coalition still had a chance of victory.
It took less than half an hour to learn the order of Ferdinand Jr. to convene an emergency meeting.
Most of the coalition high-ranking forces in Beauville felt the presence of Ferdinand Jr.
"The reason why it's so late is that everyone is gathered.
There is one thing I want to tell you, and that is that the French army under Lucien's command, which had been ravaging the rear of our army, was annihilated by the army led by General Yarman two days ago!
” When everyone had almost arrived, little Ferdinand said to the generals of the coalition with a smile on his face, and after little Ferdinand finished speaking, the faces of all the generals in the room were filled with joy.
"Marshal Ferdinand, is this true?"
"Of course, His Royal Highness Duke Andrew, I don't think Yarman has the guts to deceive me with such a thing!"
The British Duke Andrew was a little incredulous.
You must know that Duke Andrew had learned from the British generals who had followed Yarman to attack Lucien, and now Lucien had finally been exterminated.
This made Andrew a little incredulous at first.
"Great, this way, we can finally march to Paris!"
After Ferdinand Jr. confirmed it again, the generals in the room began to talk excitedly, and the word that came to their lips the most was Paris.
"So what are you waiting for!
Your Excellency, I think we can gather our army tomorrow to attack Paris!"
” Duke Andrew said to Ferdinand with a flushed face.
Paris can be said to be the pearl of Western Europe, as the capital of France, the top power of the European continent, if you can lead the army to conquer Paris first, then there is no doubt that this general will go down in history, and under the temptation of such a huge fame and fortune, even Duke Andrew became very excited.
Hearing Duke Andrew's words, Ferdinand smiled and waved his hand at Duke Andrew and said: "Your Royal Highness, please don't get excited!
Of course, this excitement is understandable, and the first thing that came to my mind after I learned that Yarmain had annihilated Lucien was also Paris, which is why I called everyone together for a meeting so late!
” As he spoke, Ferdinand stopped and looked at the expressions of these coalition generals in the room, and sure enough, he only saw that all of them were looking at Ferdinand, even the British generals on Duke Andrew's side!
As if pleased with being the center of everyone's attention, Ferdinand groaned for a moment and said: Louis XVI's reckless army in Paris was raised by him with an army of more than 40,000 people, and the renovation of Paris by the French during this period also made Paris a semi-fortress city, and it is irrational to fight hard in such a situation.
Even with the addition of Yarman's troops and the army that conquered Compiègne, the total strength of our forces is about 57,000 men, which is not an advantage in the face of Paris!
It is also said that Louis XVI saw the hope of holding Paris, and even mobilized 20,000 French troops from the west to Paris.
What does this mean?
This means that Louis XVI is already in a hurry and ready to fight us to the death in Paris, and even he can't even care about the rule of the Bourbons in the south, and we all know that the 20,000 French troops in the west are not only the last elite of the Bourbon dynasty, but also the basis of the Bourbon royal family to deter those chaotic parties in the south of France.
In the absence of superiority in our forces, we must think about every step we take, otherwise if we fail under the city of Paris, let alone attack France, I think even the areas we have occupied will be lost!
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” Ferdinand's words were sobering, at least after Ferdinand's words, the generals in the room realized the seriousness of the current situation, and at the same time, no one said anything about sending troops to Paris immediately.
"Your Excellency Marshal, is it possible for us to draw out the enemy from the city of Paris?
Let's say we attack Versailles?
” So said the commander of the 1st Division of the Holy Roman Empire, a native of Frankfurt, Tugant.
And as if inspired by Tugent, one of the generals said: "Your Excellency Marshal, since the enemy wants to defend Paris to the death, can we poison the Seine and force those enemies in Paris to leave the city because they have no water to drink?"
"No!"
Before Ferdinand could speak, Duke Andrew vetoed the general's proposal.
Jokes aside, the Seine River is not only an important water source in Paris, but also an important river in the north of Paris, with a total length of 780 kilometers, covering more than 80,000 square kilometers of land in northern France, including Paris, and the Seine River is an important source of drinking water and irrigation in the north of Paris.
In this case, if the Seine is poisoned, there is no doubt that hundreds of thousands of people in the north of France will be unlucky, and the crops will definitely be greatly affected.
Paris was indeed very important to the coalition forces, but Andrew could not afford to watch the coalition take such extreme measures.
You must know that the purpose of the British is to rule the northern territory of France, and in this case, Duke Andrew naturally cannot watch such extreme measures appear.
And this matter must not be hidden, and in the event that the people of northern France are unlucky because of this, the account will certainly be credited to the British.
"Duke Andrew is right, poisoning is useless, let's not talk about how harmful poisoning will be for the time being, even the large amount of poison needed to implement this strategy is not available to us!"
Even if we don't want to poison the entire Seine, it would take at least several tons of poison to poison the Seine in the Paris section alone, and it is obvious that the coalition forces will not be able to get such a large amount of poison in a short period of time.
Ferdinand spoke again: "General Tugent's opinion just now is meritorious, we will attack Versailles around the army, if Dean in Paris sits idly by, then we can cut off the connection between Paris and the southern part of France, and there must be many treasures accumulated by the Bourbon royal family in the Palace of Versailles, which can help us increase the strength of the coalition army!
But we don't just want a Versailles, we want Paris!
There is enough food in the city of Paris to trap the enemy for more than half a year, and what half a year means for our countries must be clear to everyone!
” After Ferdinand finished speaking, the generals in the room fell silent again.
Ferdinand turned to Duke Andrew and said: "His Royal Highness Duke Andrew, you are also aware of the current situation, so I think it is necessary for the British side to increase the strength of the coalition army, of course, I also ask His Majesty the King of our country to send reinforcements, but obviously these reinforcements will not arrive in a short time, so I hope you can cooperate with my actions next!"
"Of course, Your Excellency Marshal Ferdinand, you are the commander of the coalition forces, and I obey your orders unconditionally!"