18th century total war

Chapter 155 is persuaded (the subscription owed before the fourth update plus update)

In the end, Sharva not only failed to convince Commissioner Taylor, but was persuaded by Taylor...

Sharva felt that what Taylor said was also reasonable. Some of the guerrilla leaders and generals who were sent out even had some personal conflicts with him.

Anyway, the number of guerrilla revolutionary armed forces gathered is large enough, and it seems pretty good to send the disobedient ones out as cannon fodder, and leave the obedient ones to select the weaker enemies after the division of troops to take military exploits.

Well, good in theory only.

After Fatis left with more than 1 followers and the supplies he looted, the battle around Rouen began.

Because the tens of thousands of guerrillas guarding the city of Rouen chose to take the initiative to attack!
It has to be said that this kind of death strategy really shocked all the high-level officials of the Kingdom of New France, including Li Wei.

These guerrilla armed forces who can't fight tough battles dare to leave the fortifications and the city, and play encounters with Li Wei's garrison army in the wild!
Have they forgotten how they were forced into ravines and jungles in the first place, and could only rely on guerrilla warfare to survive?

After Fatis attracted these guerrilla forces under the banner of Jacobin, he no longer managed them, did not conduct any reorganization and collective training for them, and did not replenish any weapons and equipment. Even basic food supplies were Rely on these guerrillas to arm themselves and have enough food and clothing...

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the guerrilla forces gathered by Fatis has become weaker than when they were fighting guerrillas in the mountains and valleys.

Because after they got together, multiple brawls caused by the robbery of supplies broke out. If Fatis' troops hadn't been suppressing, these guerrilla forces would even fight themselves...

Such numerous incidents of internal strife have naturally caused self-doubt among many guerrilla armed officers and soldiers who originally had unwavering faith in the revolution.

They couldn't help but ask themselves, did they risk their lives and endure the days of hunger and hunger to fight with "friendly troops" like these bandits?
I can't swallow the breath in my heart!

Few people will find reasons from themselves, and most people can't stand the pig teammates they despise!
It is this kind of mentality that makes the guerrilla resistance armed with tens of thousands of people look huge, but in fact there are many internal contradictions, which seem to be in harmony with each other. A gun is already considered a conscientious army.

Commissioner Taylor, who played politics, made an in-depth investigation of the tens of thousands of guerrilla armed forces that the Paris National Salvation Committee attached great importance to. How could he fail to see the extent of their internal conflicts?
This also made Taylor more determined to drive Fatis away. After all, the tens of thousands of guerrilla forces became like this, and Fatis must bear half of the responsibility!

If Fatis relied on his personal prestige to set up the flag, carried out reorganization training for such a long time, and armed these guerrillas with enough supplies and military pay, so that they would not have to reach out to the common people by themselves, there would be tens of thousands of guerrillas Armed would definitely be a real army.

Instead of the rabble where this kind of joint operations has become an extravagant hope!
Of course, Commissioner Taylor also questioned Fatis about this, and Fatis gave a concise answer—no money and no food!

Fatis is not worried about Taylor going to check the account books at all, because Fatis himself has to support more than 1 direct troops who follow him. He is not pretending to be poor, but really poor!
No money or food, how to train tens of thousands of guerrilla armed forces based on personal prestige alone?
Fatis told Taylor that he was not that good, and he had never opened his mouth!

Of course, Taylor has no way to hold Fatis accountable, not to mention that Taylor still expects Fatis to fight Dimouriez to death.

Even if Fatis is really Li Wei's man, Taylor is not worried that Fatis will not attack Di Mourier. Who told Di Mourier to seek refuge in Austria, not Li Wei?
In a sense, Dumouriez is also an enemy of the Livy regime.

Both sides competed for the legitimacy of the Kingdom of France.

The legitimacy of Li Wei relies on the support of a group of small and medium-sized feudal nobles in France, as well as the real territory and army.

Du Mourier relied on the support of foreign forces and the recognition of the exiled nobles.

At this time, the revolutionary government in Paris was not the only one who was dissatisfied with Li Wei. Those French nobles in exile were also dissatisfied with Li Wei's 'dictatorship' behavior.

It's not like the exiled nobles abroad have never sent people to contact Li Wei, hoping to seize some real power from Li Wei, such as airdropping some generals from the great nobles into the Black Dragon Legion!
It's a pity that as long as Li Wei's brain is not crazy, it is impossible to agree to such an unreasonable request.

The New Kingdom of France established by Li Wei, the three major power departments of military, government and finance, did not leave any gaps for the exiled nobles abroad, which naturally made the exiled nobles extremely dissatisfied.

As for administrative attunement...

Li Wei does not have so many quotas, not to mention that there are not a few people who are sent by foreign exiled nobles to become officials. Dare to come!

How could Li Wei agree to waste precious administrative spots on this group of people?

As for the remote areas that Li Wei entrusted to the nobles, those exiled nobles naturally looked down on them. They were fundamentally different from the small and medium feudal nobles in France.

These big nobles are not short of money, at least not for the time being. What they want is the real power of the central government, not to be a rich man from the countryside...

After the nobles in exile abroad discovered that their noble titles had no effect on Li Wei, they naturally wanted to compete with Li Wei for the orthodox title of the Kingdom of France.

Louis XVI has never recognized Li Wei's orthodoxy, and it has a lot to do with the opinions of these exiled nobles.

Privately, Louis XVI had been exchanging letters with the exiled nobles abroad.

Therefore, the traitorous behavior of Louis XVI can be described as ironclad evidence!
It is not difficult to understand why the people of Paris hated Louis XVI so much and cheered when Louis XVI's head fell to the ground.

From the point of view of Louis XVI, his behavior was not wrong, and he was surrounded by revolutionaries. He did not rely on the familiar nobles in exile, but could it be possible to rely on the revolutionary government that banned his king's power?

In this great revolution, the power of the people really broke out, which led to an essential conflict between the king, the nobles and the revolutionary government.

In the end, the constitutional monarchy failed completely.

Facing the multi-pronged attack of the Rouen Jacobin National Guard (the bugle number personally drawn by Commissioner Taylor), as Taylor expected, in order to prevent the rear from being outflanked, the attacking garrison began to divide its troops to resist.

(End of this chapter)