18th century total war

Chapter 24 Three thousand versus five thousand

"I, Levi Charles, created the Black Dragon Army not to rebel against the Kingdom of France, but to set things right!

The Kingdom of France belongs to the King, to all the nobles of France, and to the Church.

But now the Constituent Assembly in Paris tramples and plunders the privileged wealth of the nobles and churches of the Kingdom of France!
This is an unforgivable thing, and as a member of the nobility, I naturally have to do my best to oppose it and restore the kingdom of France to its former glory.

Could it be that everyone has forgotten the glory of the Sun King period?

How can those rich capitalists be the masters of the Kingdom of France! "

When Li Wei said this, he looked at the group of ignorant and ignorant town residents, and knew that he was playing the piano to the cow...

The only ones who reacted were a few dignified upper-class people in the town, especially the mayor, he was a mayor with the status of a lord!
Lords are not considered genuine nobles, so there are quite a lot of them.

Nowadays, the non-combat quasi-nobles conferred by the nobles of the Kingdom of France are called lords, and knights are generally awarded only to combatants.

After taking this town, Li Wei's men searched for supplies here, and after 'accepting' the allegiance of the upper-level figures in the town, they left early the next morning.

As a matter of course, all the available firearms in the town's inventory were taken away.

The flintlock also has a lifespan. Like ordinary cold weapons, it needs to be repaired or replaced after being used too much. In the town of Charles, due to limited productivity and finances, Li Wei was only satisfied with one gun per person. There aren't many spare guns, so I just looted a few.

In addition to the marching backpacks of the line infantry, the entire Black Dragon Army was accompanied by carriages among the large troops to haul necessary supplies.

These supplies are enough for Li Wei to fight one or two large-scale fierce battles, compared to a corps of 3000 people!

As for the follow-up supplies, Levi felt that it would no longer be a problem after he broke into Vannes City.

The city of Vannes is also the capital city of the province, and it is many times richer than the town of Charles!
Li Wei didn't attack all the towns, even if it wasn't too difficult for him, but doing so would waste a lot of time.

For every extra day wasted, the city of Vannes would have an extra day to gather troops from the entire province!
Arm more citizens.

Now that Li Wei created the Black Dragon Legion, the news of the rebels attacking Vannes has spread, and Vannes has been recruiting troops for the past few days.

Therefore, Li Wei will only attack the wealthy towns along the official road, on the one hand to supply supplies, and on the other hand to prevent backstabs behind him.

Even if the town executives who were forced by Li Wei to "surrender" defected back again, and all the firearms in the town were looted, they would not have much fighting power.

In this way, Li Wei's Black Dragon Army soon approached the outskirts of Vannes!

Gibbon, the speaker of Vannes City, is also considered a courageous person. He was unwilling to fight in Vannes City. After gathering more than 5000 troops, he led people to deploy defenses on the outskirts of Vannes City.

These more than 5000 people are not only the original city defense force of Vannes, but also the security forces of nearby towns, the temporarily armed Vannes armed citizens, the police force and even the reserve forces in Vannes.

Anyway, those who could shoot and knew how to shoot were pulled out as much as possible.

Most of the more than 5000 people can actually be counted as militiamen.

Nowadays, the militia is the main body of the armed forces in the Kingdom of France, because the former Kingdom of France had only tens of thousands of registered regular troops.

Although the number of city guards and security forces scattered in various places cannot be counted, those people are loosely armed and weak in combat power. Otherwise, a large number of noble lairs would not be broken by rioting farmers.

Of course, for Gibbon who has never fought a war, having more troops than the enemy is a huge advantage, not to mention that Gibbon also pulled out more than a dozen artillery pieces of different calibers from Vannes, including guns with a lifespan longer than Gibbon's. old-fashioned mortar!

Gibbon, who was wearing the general's military uniform tailored by the top tailor in Vannes, rode a tall white horse, accompanied by several senior officials who were also members of parliament, and patrolled the entire position.

Gibbon didn't know how to fight, and hoped to use this method to stimulate the morale of the soldiers below.

However, after a few rounds of inspection, even Gibbon, a layman, could see the problem.

Two distinct signs emerged in the army.

The original city guards and the nearby security forces were listless, and even those officers didn't have much energy to fight.

Because the reason for the rebellion of the Black Dragon Army has been spread, the Black Dragon Army created by Li Wei is to oppose the ban on the aristocratic and church privileges in the Declaration of Human Rights and rebellion!
Interestingly, most of the officers in the City Guards and Security Forces came from aristocratic families, and they were even nobles themselves!
As for the ordinary soldiers below, although they were all civilians, they had never participated in a serious battle at all, and the Black Dragon Legion's march into Vannes was a smooth one without any effective obstacles!

Coupled with the deliberate indulgence of the officers above, each of these soldiers was thinking about how to save their lives in the next battle, not kill the enemy!
They did not join the army to serve the country and sacrifice themselves!
They also know the Declaration of Human Rights, but they can't just give up their lives just because of a sentence of freedom, equality and fraternity.

At least this group of soldiers has no worries about food and clothing, and their resentment towards the Kingdom of France is not deep.

On the contrary, the morale of those armed citizens is pretty good at this time. Gibbon is also from a political background. Deep Citizens.

As soon as this group of people heard that Li Wei, an aristocrat of the old forces, was going to go against the law and restore the privileges of the nobility and the church that were originally on them, they all felt like they had been beaten to death, and they wanted to fight Li Wei to the end!
It's a pity that there are not many armed citizens. Vannes City is a safe landlocked country. The war broke out too fast, and there was no time to build many muskets. Naturally, there was no way to arm too many citizens.

Among the more than 5000 troops, the number of armed citizens is only about [-].

Just when Gibbon was worried, he suddenly received a report from the scouts outside - the Black Dragon Legion is coming!
Black Dragon Legion, just hearing the name is not a good person!

It is worthy of being a private army of the nobles who went against the grain.

With the sound of bugles, the scattered troops were gathered little by little, and the cannons were pushed to the temporary positions. The city guards, the gathered security forces, the city police force, and the armed citizens clearly formed one by one. Combat phalanx.

(End of this chapter)