18th century total war

Chapter 240 The Assassinated Hero

"Prime Minister Pete, according to the latest information, Campbell, who is regarded as a heroic leader by the soldiers and civilians in southeastern France, has accepted the decree from Paris and is going to report to Paris alone."

Prime Minister Pitt of the London government frowned after taking a quick look at the documents handed over by his subordinates.

The British intelligence chief on the side, thinking that the Prime Minister would blame him for his poor handling of affairs, quickly explained:

"My lord, my people have contacted Campbell many times and tried all methods, but Campbell has a great prejudice against the British Empire, and he would rather die than accept our conditions.

Even if Campbell knew that he would go to Paris to meet Li Wei, he might die, so he went to Paris without hesitation..."

The Prime Minister put the document back on the table, and slowly said: "Since the outbreak of the French Revolution, nationalism has prevailed. Campbell was a general promoted during Robespierre's administration. It is normal that he loves France more than we expected. .

However, we cannot just watch as Livy uses the knife of the Anti-French Alliance to help him remove the last hidden dangers of the French revolutionary regime.

The Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces hated the French revolutionary regime very much, and carried out retaliatory killings in France many times. As an ally, we have no way to intervene in this. After all, the French revolutionary government has done too much.

The Italian Allied Forces are a group of greedy villains. They completely regard this war as a feast. Every time they occupy a place, they have to rob everywhere, and their own combat effectiveness is not enough. They asked for it to be driven out of France by the French.

Now the barracks around Paris are full of recruits. It is said that Li Wei only needs to train for a month before those recruits can go to the battlefield.

Once the war is delayed for too long, it may be very detrimental to the anti-French alliance.

If Campbell went north with the troops assembled in the southeastern region of France, he might not be able to defeat the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces, but he could definitely delay their offensive and ensure that a large number of recruits in Paris completed military training.

Therefore, the conflict between the southeastern part of France represented by Campbell and the Livy regime must not be allowed to ease.

This time we managed to find an opportunity to split France, and we must not let Li Wei break the game easily! "

After the intelligence chief listened, his eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately understood what Prime Minister Pete meant.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, Campbell only took a few servants on the road, I will never let him arrive in Paris alive!

As soon as Campbell died, our people immediately spread the assassination of Levy in the southeast of France to eradicate dissidents.

The soldiers and civilians in southeastern France have already complained about the lack of support from the Paris government. Campbell, who is in full swing, is assassinated again. We only need to do a little bit of manipulation.

At that time, not only will Li Wei not be able to get assistance from the army in southeastern France, but he will have to divide his troops to prevent the army in southeastern France from rebelling.

Campbell is a man loved in his own army, and his men will not let Levi go. "

Prime Minister Pitt looked at his intelligence chief and warned with a cautious look: "Can you ensure that the assassination of Campbell will not expose the trap?"

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister. During the chaos of the French Revolution, I developed many French natives. They didn't even know that they were serving the British Empire."

"Then leave it to you. I don't want to see Campbell enter Paris, let alone hear the news that Campbell was assassinated by the British Empire!"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Prime Minister Pete thought for a while, and then asked his intelligence chief: "How many recruits have gathered in Levi's barracks in the Paris area?"

"The exact number is difficult to count, but at least there are tens of thousands of people, and until now, there are still many recruits entering Paris.

Li Wei's Paris recruit training camp adopts a fully closed management system, outsiders can't get in at all, and the spies we send in can't get out until they complete the one-month training period. The entire recruit training camp is loyal to Li Wei. The Black Dragon Legion is under the control and guarding is very strict.

However, according to reports from our intelligence personnel, dead bodies were taken out from the boot camp in Paris from time to time, and among them were even spies we sent in to find out information.

Those spies were not shot because their identities were discovered during the recruit training, but because they couldn't stand the rules during the training, and they were caught and shot when they wanted to escape. There were also many corpses that violated the serious military discipline in the recruit training camp. was shot.

The rules in the recruit training camp in Paris are very strict. It is estimated that this is the reason why Li Wei can train into the army in a month. "

"Well, it is true that the army should be strict. In this regard, Li Wei has learned the army drills of the British Empire."

Prime Minister Pete shamelessly put gold on the face of his country's army...

Of course, in the London government, praising the national army and belittling the French army is no longer just a consensus, but a 'political habit'.

"There are so many recruit training camps in Paris. Even without the combat power of the Black Dragon Legion, it is still an important threat to the anti-French alliance. Collect this news and tell our allies to urge them to step up their offensive. Don't let Li Wei complete the reorganization plan of the French Defense Forces. time.

Oh, by the way, the number of recruits trained in Paris is exaggerated. It is said that Li Wei is training 20 troops. Presumably our allies can't figure out how many people are in Li Wei's Paris recruits.

Their intelligence system in France is not as good as ours. "

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In a small town under the jurisdiction of Orleans, France, Campbell stepped down from a carriage under the service of two servants.

The irony is that Campbell, who has always claimed to be a revolutionary general, treats his servants without any thought of equality, and has even become accustomed to the attitude of being superior to others.

Neither Campbell nor the two servants who served him felt that there was anything wrong with this. These are the revolutionary masses who shouted the slogan "freedom, equality, fraternity" every day!

Therefore, Li Wei, who comes from the 21st century, can see clearly that all the equality and freedom of Barbara are all fooling the common people. In the harmonious society of the 21st century, injustice is everywhere, and there are huge gaps between people everywhere. Yes, a dog in a rich family is more expensive than the lives of ordinary people...

That is to say, the common people in France in the 18th century did not enjoy a real "harmonious society", so they were fooled by the superficial slogans of freedom, equality and fraternity and went to the battlefield desperately.

Compared with the ordinary people in the 21st century, the common people in the 18th century are no longer simple and simple, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as brain-deficient.

The only reform of equality in the French Revolution was the abolition of the privileges of the nobility and the top church. After the abolition, the wealthy capitalists immediately took the position of the upper class, and the lives of the common people did not improve much.

It is precisely because of this that after the end of the French Civil War, many French civilians were discouraged by the revolution, especially after Li Wei, the original biggest rebel leader, entered Paris, he has taught many French civilians to learn to accept power and the reality of society. injustice.

This is actually the same reason why young people in the 21st century are not afraid of anything when they first enter the society. After a few years of wasting time in society, they immediately bow to money and bow to their leaders.

The only difference between the 21st century and the 18th century is that the cost of selling dignity in the 21st century can be slightly higher than in the 18th century.

"Now we are standing on Levi's territory."

General Campbell looked at the small town that was no different from his hometown, and for some reason suddenly sighed with emotion.

The two servants looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. They were just illiterate servants, but they didn't have the 'knowledge and insight' of General Campbell.

Campbell didn't expect his servant to reply either. After the groom settled the carriage, he led the two servants towards the only small hotel in the town.

The sky has become drowsy, and this small town is where General Campbell chose to rest.

At this moment, a young man in shabby clothes suddenly came out of the small hotel. He went straight to General Campbell, and under his suspicious eyes, he stepped forward and held Campbell's right hand excitedly.

"Excuse me, are you the great General Campbell?

Is it the hero who led the southeast theater of France and successfully repelled the invasion of the Italian coalition forces? ! "

After General Campbell heard these words, his vigilance dropped by half. Campbell had seen many ordinary civilians who admired him in southeast France. He was even surrounded by excited people in a big city once. Get up, hold the toss to the sky and count back and forth.

It was from that time that General Campbell felt that dealing with enthusiastic people was more exhausting than fighting...

The reason why General Campbell has such a high popularity is inseparable from the numerous crimes committed by the Italian coalition forces in southeastern France.

Although the feud between the Italians and the French is not as serious as Britain and France, it has always been a bad relationship with neighbors. The Kingdom of Sardinia is always worried that it will be annexed by France next door, and has been conducting anti-French propaganda in the country.

In fact, whether in ancient times or modern times, the will of the people in a country is inseparable from the government's propaganda.

In the 21st century, the white people in Europe and the United States are against the big eastern powers, isn’t it just the government’s public opinion propaganda?

Lao Maozi is friendly to the people of the big eastern country because the governments of the two countries have close strategic cooperation!
The Turks have been supporting a terrorist organization in a major eastern country to launch an independence movement. To put it bluntly, it is because the Turkish government keeps targeting the political opponents of the United States in order to please the big brother of the United States.

In addition, the Turks have become unfriendly to the nationals of the oriental countries who go abroad. There are many Turkish immigrants in European countries. The favorite thing for these Turkish immigrants is to rob tourists and settlers from the oriental countries in European and American countries!
This is actually the result of government propaganda.

It is not difficult to understand why the Italian coalition forces entered France, and why they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes.

Of course, robbery is also a characteristic of the army in this era. European governments only pursue victory and do not pay much attention to other constraints of the army.

Even in World War II, it was nothing new for invaders to massacre foreign civilians in occupied areas.

It can only be said that war can easily reveal the inferiority of human beings.

"Thank you for your support, I am fighting for the French Republic, this is me..."

puff~
The words behind General Campbell were immediately swallowed by the blood spurting out of his mouth. This young man was obviously a veteran murderer. At such a close distance, the opponent gave up his vigilance again, and stabbed General Campbell's heart with a fatal blow with a short, easy-to-hidden dagger. parts!

After seeing the huge wound on General Campbell's front, the two servants in the back couldn't help being stunned and froze in place.

The two servants are not warriors at all, and they have developed a cowardly and fearful character after serving people for a long time. At this time, the two servants not only did not step forward to save their master, but backed away in panic, even to avoid arousing the murderer's attention. Note that they also covered their mouths to prevent themselves from yelling out of fright...

This act gave the murderer enough time to release the too-deep dagger and take out the flintlock pistol hidden in his chest.

The adoring smile on the young man's face had long since disappeared, and turned into full of malice.

He put the muzzle of the gun on General Campbell's chin very calmly, and whispered softly: "I'm sorry, they gave too much money, I hope you can go to heaven, my French hero."

boom!
Under the penetrating power of the lead bullet, General Campbell's head was thrown back suddenly, and he lay down on the ground in an irregular shape, with his eyes wide open, as if he did not believe that he would die until the moment of death. So useless.

The killer glanced at the panic-stricken crowd around him, stepped on General Campbell's body unhurriedly, pulled out his dagger, wiped it casually on his body, and put it away. The flintlock pistol is loaded with ammunition.

It seems to be warning the surrounding crowd.

At this moment, a gunshot suddenly appeared on the roof of the small hotel. The killer looked at the blood hole in his chest in disbelief, and his body limp and fell to the ground.

When the town police arrived, all they saw was the body of a killer, and the person who shot in the small hotel had long since disappeared.

Compared to the killer who killed people in the street, everyone didn't even see what that killer looked like!
When the police found the room where the shot was fired in the small hotel, there was only a used long-barreled flintlock lying quietly in the corner.

The documents of Campbell's assassination case were sent to Levi's office as quickly as possible.

On the second day after the news of Campbell's assassination spread back to southeast France, conspiracy theories appeared in major cities in southeast France that Levi would eradicate dissidents, send people to assassinate Campbell, and want to achieve dictatorship!

Well, this conspiracy theory coincides with Li Wei's undisclosed strategic plan...

It is precisely because this conspiracy theory is too close to Li Wei's personality that it is easy for people to believe it!

(End of this chapter)