18th century total war

Chapter 229 Marseille Tragedy
"Ahhhhhhh..."

One of the prisoners seemed to be very angry, and he kept opening his mouth and shouting at the onlookers. Unfortunately, his tongue was cut off, and he could only howl with unknown meaning, a bit like a 'dog'...

On the top floor of a safe villa in the distance, Karl with his hands behind his back, looked at the prisoner who couldn't speak any language, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Greetings, General.

These revolutionary rebellious parties are best at demagoguery. If they are allowed to yell and scream in the execution ground, they will surely confuse many foolish people and provoke the government authority recklessly. "

The short, fat man who had just been promoted to the interim mayor of Marseilles flattered Karl with a flattering face.

It's a pity that Karl didn't even look at each other...

Even if this short and fat man is the largest timber merchant in the Marseilles area.

The interim mayor of Marseilles realized that he had received only one back of the head for his fawning, so he closed his mouth in resentment, and at the same time he kept cursing the generals of the black dragon army in his heart. Face!

In Carl's mind, a temporary puppet mayor is naturally not qualified to make him turn around, even if it's just an 'um' or a nod, he is very stingy!
These are the people who came out of the training camp, and they are all underestimated for their seriousness...

The infantry guards who executed the execution did not respond to the howling of the prisoners, and put their necks on the ropes of the gallows.

At this moment, the prisoner who howled the loudest suddenly howled a tune that the Maasai people were very familiar with.

Gradually, singing voices also appeared among the onlookers.

[Son of the Fatherland of France, the time of glory has come!

The autocratic tyranny oppresses us, and the land of the motherland groans in pain!The land of the motherland is groaning in pain!

You can see those fierce soldiers slaughtering people everywhere, they took the lives of your wife and children from your arms!
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Accompanied by the crisp sound of the gallows, the corpses of the prisoners were hung in the air, and the tone of the Marseillaise gradually reached a climax, and even Carl in the distance could vaguely hear the singing!

Karl's originally stretched brows suddenly frowned, and then he called his adjutant to give a few orders.

Throughout the execution ground, until the last prisoner of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseille was hanged, the singing did not stop, even though the singing here was filled with a large number of female voices and immature voices of children!
Immediately after the execution was over, groups of infantry guards drove in from the periphery of the execution ground, holding high the bayonet-mounted flintlock guns, and when they came in, they aimed their guns down at the singing onlookers outside.

Then, an officer of the infantry guards on the high platform shouted loudly: ""La Marseillaise" is a forbidden song. All those who sing this song in public will be arrested and brought to justice in accordance with the law, and those who resist will be executed on the spot!"

As soon as the sound came out, the "Marseillaise", which had been getting louder and louder, came to an abrupt end, and the crowd of onlookers let out earth-shattering cries. Many women, old people and even children were forcibly arrested by the infantry guards who rushed in.

Those who try to resist will attract a shot!

The infantry guards didn't distinguish who sang (this thing can't be accurate to an individual), and they arrested young women when they saw them, and they didn't let old men go!

Even many half-grown children were taken away.

Boys can be thrown into labor factories as child laborers, and the uses of girls... Men understand!
Originally, Karl didn't intend to do anything to these people who had no resistance, but he didn't expect that these people, ignorant of good and evil, would openly sing the forbidden song "Marseillaise" on the execution ground!
Isn't this just slapping Carl in the face?

It doesn't matter if Karl loses face himself, the key is that it's Master Li Wei who loses face!

Therefore, this incident must be dealt with seriously!

In the end, the entire crowd of onlookers in the central square, except for the useless old lady, the ugly woman who is not strong enough, and the children who are too young, were all arrested by the infantry guards.

Not all men are in the labor service. In order to make up for the large amount of labor consumption caused by the concentration camp management, the Labor Dispatch Department has set up women's camps and child labor camps, specially placing women who are not good-looking but in good health, and children who are half-children to work as child laborers.

In the 21st century, it is not an exaggeration to label this behavior as anti-human, but in the 18th century, when there was no concept of humanitarianism, the European powers basically used child labor and female labor as labor...

As for the more backward feudal countries on other continents, women have the same status as slaves!

For example, the Qing Empire in the Far East!

A woman is basically a man's accessory, unless the woman has a real father who is awesome.

Of course, no matter what era or country, a woman with a good father will have a higher social status than ordinary men.

This arrest at the execution ground, together with the previous order issued by Karl to arrest all young and strong men in Marseille, immediately caused an uproar when it spread to other parts of France.

Even the Anti-French Coalition was appalled by the actions of Major General Carr in the Livy regime.

Marseille is not a backcountry, it is a well-deserved "international city" in this era. Such a bad incident, except for the old men of Tsarist Russia, other European countries can't stand it...

The condemnation documents on the moral level rushed to the Li Wei government without money. Taking this opportunity to suppress the reputation of the Li Wei regime is something that the anti-French alliance countries are very happy to do.

The countries of the Anti-French Alliance took advantage of this opportunity to describe Li Wei's Black Dragon Army as a man-eating army in domestic newspapers!

Needless to say, under such high-intensity public opinion propaganda, many people in the countries of the Anti-French Alliance really believed it. It was even rumored that Li Wei, the biggest demon leader, needs the heart and liver of a human child for every meal Serving...

Every night, he needs to be accompanied by a pure girl (in a sense, this slander is the closest to the truth), and after sleeping the next day, Li Wei will suck up the blood of this girl!

Yes, some countries even use the routines in the vampire stories!
Don't underestimate the ignorance and superstition of the people in this era. In order to vilify Li Wei and his army, the governments of the anti-French alliance have also made great efforts.

This is actually a means to weaken Li Wei's regime. War is not just a game on the battlefield. The impact of war can be seen in politics, public opinion, etc.

In this way, Karl successfully eradicated the revolutionary party forces in Marseille, but at the same time, it also completely ruined the reputation of the Black Dragon Army in France!

Even the Jacobin dictatorship under the control of the National Salvation Committee headed by the precarious Robespierre once again won the support of many Parisians because of the Marseille tragedy, especially the opposition voices in the Paris Commune, which were completely suppressed. Suppress it.

In the French revolutionary regime, the voice of the main combat faction once again occupies the commanding heights!
Invisibly, Karl's behavior helped Robespierre stabilize the foundation of the Jacobin dictatorship that was about to collapse!
Of course, it's just a little more stable.

The execution of all members of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee of Marseille by the Black Dragon Legion scared many high-level officials in the French Revolutionary Government and members of the National Convention.

Not everyone is willing to dedicate their lives to the revolution, especially those in high positions.

The members of the National Convention in the French revolutionary regime are different from the parliaments of certain socialist countries in later generations. Most of the members of the National Convention are capitalists.

Because capitalists have money and can improve their social status through better operation of money, it is much easier to enter the National Convention than those poor intellectuals.

Even though the eloquence of these capitalists may not be as good as those of the outstanding politicians, their financial ability is enough to allow them to firmly occupy most of the seats in the National Convention.

If it weren't for the huge internal contradictions of the bourgeoisie, the National Convention would have been controlled by the bourgeoisie long ago.

After all, various well-organized chaebol groups have not yet formed in this era.

Of course, with so many wealthy members of the National Convention, how could they be willing to die for the French revolutionary regime?

The Black Dragon Legion's combat power is superb, and if every person dies in battle, there will be one less person. Every month, new recruits will join the Black Dragon Legion!
The number is as high as thousands of people!
The rapid defeat of the [-] defenders armed with revolutionary ideas in Marseilles made the top leaders of the Paris revolutionary government feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.

No one, except the lunatics of the Paris Commune, thought that the revolutionary government could beat Livy.

Now that Robespierre took advantage of the tragedy in Marseille to attract supporters everywhere, it made most of the members of the National Convention panic.

In case Li Wei was really annoyed and gave up the peace negotiations with the revolutionary government, wouldn't the big guy have to escape abroad?

So what is the difference between doing it and those nobles in exile?

Financial capitalists may also be able to quickly withdraw cash and transport gold and silver in large and small bags abroad, but most of the capitalists in the National Convention have fixed assets!
Although the finance capitalists are rich, their number is the smallest in this era.

Once these capitalists leave their factories and shop roots, they are nothing but farts when they go abroad!
Is it really possible to become an ordinary citizen?
Then half of my life's hard work and cheating... Oh no, that's called business competition, what is it for?

As a result, Robespierre gained more support from the main combat faction, but the number of bigwigs who were closely connected with Li Wei in the French revolutionary regime increased instead!

The Jacobin dictatorship headed by Robespierre has become stronger, and the forces opposing him have also become stronger...

Perhaps, this is called the double-strong mode.

After the French revolutionary regime had more contacts with him, Li Wei was relieved. Li Wei was really worried that the city of Paris would follow him to the end because of the tragedy in Marseille.

Li Wei was not worried about how many people would die in the defense of Paris, but worried about turning Paris, the most fertile land in France, into ruins...

It is true that the destructive power of guns in this era is very limited, but if the Parisians are desperate, the scramble for a house and a street, no matter how limited the destructive power of firearms, can turn the whole of Paris into nothingness.

Li Wei, who comes from the 21st century, is very aware of how tragic the street fighting is.

If Paris can be liberated peacefully, Li Wei still prefers not to use force.

Yes, now Li Wei has publicly declared in France that he is a liberator, and he wants to liberate those people oppressed by the revolutionary party!

Who can't tell a fool by opening his mouth?

After all, the revolutionary party of this era is the reactionary force, and the old aristocratic monarchy system is the proper orthodoxy.

Li Wei claimed that he was a liberator, and it was easy to find a legal basis. Who said that the whole of Europe was unwilling to recognize the orthodoxy of the revolutionary regime in Paris?

While Li Wei was busy promoting and building momentum, and Carl was busy rectifying the results of Marseilles and encroaching on other towns in the Provence region, an undercurrent emerged in Paris.

In a private villa estate on the outskirts of Paris, luxurious private carriages are parked outside, from ordinary grooms and servants to fully armed mercenary guards, you can see them everywhere in this private villa estate.

The price of mercenaries in Paris is very high, and European mercenaries are not brain-dead, who doesn’t know that Paris is now a powder keg, and if you go there as a mercenary, you don’t know when you will fall into the French Civil War. In the meat machine.

Whether it's going up against the Black Dragon Legion, which is not afraid of death, or against the National Salvation Revolutionary Army brainwashed by revolutionary ideas, European mercenaries are not willing to see it.

Therefore, if you want European mercenaries to work in Paris, you must add money!
Therefore, those who can afford to hire private mercenaries in Paris are either rich or expensive!
But now, a large number of expensive private mercenaries gathered in this seemingly ordinary private villa manor!

In the living room of the villa, there were no servants to be seen. They were all well-dressed French gentlemen, and many of them even wore wigs and headdresses that symbolized the honor of nobility!

"Our original design did not go wrong, the Robespierre government could not pay off the loan at all, and he is now even struggling to pay the interest.

According to our original plan, within a few years, we will be able to obtain the right to issue francs.

It's a pity that the French Revolutionary Government's army is much weaker than we thought.

After Li Wei's army entered Paris, do you think people like Li Wei will admit everything we have obtained from the French revolutionary government? "

The big bankers in the financial and capital circles in Paris who were present shook their heads one after another, frowning into a 'Chuan' shape.

Obviously, Li Wei's reputation is not so bad in the eyes of these people...

This is not difficult to understand. Looking at the situation in the area occupied by Levi, not to mention the financial and capital circles, Wallace, the Minister of Commerce, will have a hand in any business that can make money!
The bosses present, who doesn't know that Wallace is the 'tool dog' who makes money for Levi?
The smooth sailing of the Wallace Business Alliance in the Kingdom of New France is not based on commercial competitiveness, but on a fucking administrative background!
Businessmen in this era can't beat the government, especially the powerful government!
(End of this chapter)