18th century total war

Chapter 242 Restoration
"Yes, the strength of the Liberty Alliance cannot be compared with the Li Wei regime, but we don't need to meet Louis XVIII.

If France returns to its former kingdom, wouldn’t the blood of so many revolutionary ancestors be shed in vain?

What are we trying to figure out during these years of struggle?
Is it just to satisfy our desire for power?

My heart is red, and I will never do something that goes against the original intention of the revolution!
The blood of the ancestors of the French Revolution cannot be shed in vain!
The red, white and blue tricolor flag must always stand on the land of France!
To put it bluntly, even if our Liberty League is defeated by Levi, at least the red, white and blue flags are flying over France! "

It is impossible for revolutionary politicians to refute the existing situation. They can only stick to the final bottom line.

If it weren't for this bottom line, under the pressure of the reputation of Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion, the Liberty Alliance formed in southeastern France would have all turned to the Anti-French Alliance.

Of course, there are also people in southeastern France who want to surrender to Li Wei, but these people have been suppressed...

Since the theory of General Campbell's murder by Livy had been confirmed in southeastern France, it had become a political error to defect to Livy's regime.

Most of the troops in southeastern France were General Campbell's old troops, and they were worried that they would be assassinated after joining Livy.

Even if they were not dealt with, how could a leader who had assassinated their commander give them preferential treatment for these old ministries?
The establishment of the Liberty League, General Campbell's old department can be said to have made great efforts.

When the conservative politician heard the final limit of the revolutionary politician, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked calmly:
"If Louis XVIII is willing to keep the red, white and blue tricolor flag as the national flag of the Kingdom of France, are you willing to support his restoration and the reconstruction of the Kingdom of France?"

The revolutionary politicians looked at each other and retorted subconsciously: "What we are after is not just a national flag!
And the political achievements since the French Revolution, the previous three-level conference..."

"Oh, by the way, Louis XVIII has personally promised that he will never adopt the three-level system of Louis XVI after his restoration, and he is willing to recognize the freedom and equal rights of French citizens.

Even Louis XVIII is willing to accept the new Kingdom of France as a constitutional monarchy. You revolutionaries can retain a majority in the new National Assembly to supervise what Louis XVIII does. "

Conservative politicians suddenly interrupt each other and say something that shocks revolutionary politicians!

The constitutional monarchy is the psychological bottom line of these desperate free alliance revolutionary politicians!
And among these revolutionary politicians of the Freedom Alliance, many of them are senior generals in the army themselves!
If they agreed, it would represent a compromise from the revolutionaries.

By the same token, many of the politicians on the conservative side were also senior generals in the Liberty Alliance army.

The Liberty League is essentially a grassroots team set up by General Campbell's old department, which is only one step away from a real warlord.

"Louis XVIII is really willing to keep all the achievements of the French Revolution?"

"No, no, not all the achievements of the French Revolution were correct. For example, the persecution of nobles and church members seriously violated the Declaration of Human Rights.

Nobles and church people are also equal human beings, so why can't they enjoy the fair and just treatment of French citizens?

Of course, the privileges of the nobility and church members still need to be banned, but some of their honorary privileges should be retained. After all, the ancestors of the nobility have shed blood for the current land area of ​​France, and they should have their own glory.

If this war can overthrow Li Wei's dictatorial government, all of us can also be rewarded for our merits and become nobles with the highest honor, and we can also pass this honor on to the next generation.

Since church members serve God, shouldn’t God’s servants receive some preferential treatment?
At least a devout Catholic like me thinks it is necessary. "

Under this argument, the revolutionary politicians began to whisper among themselves.

The conditions set out by Louis XVIII have met most of their needs. If France can really become such a constitutional monarchy, it seems that there is nothing wrong with their allegiance to a king restricted by the National Assembly.

"Gentlemen, what are you still hesitating about?
The time left by the Li Wei regime to our Freedom Alliance is not much, and it will not be many days before the first batch of reorganized units of the French National Defense Forces under the Li Wei regime complete their training.

The tight time does not allow us to continue to waste!

We should now unite all the forces that can be united to overthrow the Livy dictatorship that assassinated General Campbell, and establish a true France of liberty, equality and fraternity!
France does not have to be a republic to achieve this mission. It is also an honor for France to have an enlightened monarch. "

Prodded by conservative politicians, revolutionary politicians finally made a compromise.

The situation is pressing, they really can't wait any longer, and the previous rhetoric of the revolutionary politicians wanting to establish the Burgundian Republic is actually a kind of political bargaining chip. The revolutionary politicians themselves know very well that they cannot resist the Li Wei regime at all The army suppressed.

Needless to say, the French National Defense Force, which is currently being reorganized and trained, even the existing Black Dragon Legion is enough to defeat them...

Now that you've got what you want, what reason do you have to refuse?

Louis XVIII had made enough concessions!

Less than a week after the reorganization and training of the first batch of recruits of the French National Defense Force under the central government in Paris, most of the towns in southeastern France reached a settlement in Geneva, and the Liberty League welcomed back the French king Louis XVIII!
Louis XVIII did not go deep into the big cities in southeastern France, but proclaimed himself emperor in Geneva and restored the old system of the Kingdom of France!
The reason why the Anti-French Alliance was eager to let Louis XVIII be restored to the throne, instead of waiting until the city of Paris was taken to support Louis XVIII, was mainly to pull the troops of the Liberal League in southeastern France into their chariots, and once again opened up France. Prelude to the Civil War.

that's the truth.

After the restoration of Louis XVIII and the establishment of the new Kingdom of France, the troops of the Liberal Alliance were immediately reorganized into the Army of the Kingdom of France and began to assemble in preparation for an attack on Paris.

In the south of Paris, there is no threat from the Italian coalition led by the Kingdom of Sardinia, but now there is a threat from the army of the Kingdom of France.

The nascent French Kingdom Army is not only the property of the original Freedom Alliance, but also includes mercenaries gathered by the original French nobles who followed Louis XVIII and spent a lot of money.

The level of weaponry and training of these mercenaries is even higher than that of the Liberty Alliance's army.

After the two armies were integrated together, Louis XVIII also brought the militiamen under the Liberty League into the regular army, and finally assembled an army of [-]!

With this [-] troops, Louis XVIII was also qualified to start the French Civil War.

Except for the mercenaries brought together by the original French nobles under Louis XVIII, most of the [-] troops were the old troops of General Campbell and French youths who harbored resentment towards the Livy dictatorship.

If Li Wei annihilates all these [-] troops, southeastern France will completely surrender under Li Wei's feet!

Interestingly, Geneva, the temporary capital of the nascent Kingdom of France, is a typical border city that wasn't even part of France many years ago!
Next door to Geneva is the Kingdom of Switzerland, and it is not far from the border with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Although the Kingdom of Switzerland did not join this anti-French alliance, its political tendency has always been on the side of the anti-French alliance. Louis XVIII chose Geneva as the temporary capital. It was obvious that he was ready to flee to Switzerland immediately after the defeat of the Kingdom of France. preparations for...

No way, Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion is too powerful. Maybe the Anti-French Alliance doesn't care too much, but Louis XVIII, who has been paying close attention to the French Civil War, knows very well what a terrible army Li Wei's Black Dragon Legion is.

Therefore, Louis XVIII did not have much confidence in victory in this civil war, mainly relying on the offensive of the anti-French alliance. Louis XVIII even positioned his [-] troops as an "auxiliary army".

It can be seen from the advancing speed of the [-]-strong army that Louis XVIII did not expect the [-]-strong army to defeat Livy's Black Dragon Army. Instead, he wanted to wait for the Prussian-Austrian forces of the anti-French alliance to invade Paris first, and then follow the trend. And enter.

Of course, even a [-]-strong army that passively avoided war would be of great benefit to the strategic layout of the anti-French alliance.

More than [-] soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion were successfully attracted there.

Livy was not worried about the French Kingdom's [-] troops besieging Paris, but was worried that Louis XVIII would let the [-] troops move south or west.

Therefore, the more than 2 Black Dragon Legion soldiers were used to deploy defenses to the west and south of the Kingdom of France.

The rapidly deteriorating political situation made Paris once again turbulent.

The news of the restoration of the Kingdom of France was so big that Li Wei's propaganda department couldn't suppress it at all. Of course, Li Wei didn't intend to suppress it.

Livy's instructions were simple. Use the restoration of the Kingdom of France to completely brand the former Free League and General Campbell's old troops as traitors.

The local government in the entire southeastern region of France is regarded as a rebel regime, and political public opinion is prepared for future suppression.

This argument was very popular with the Paris people, and even the original demonstrations by the Paris people were suppressed.

The reason for the demonstrations in Paris was naturally that Livy was puzzled and angry at the inaction of the Anti-French League and Louis XVIII's restoration.

However, after all, there is a disadvantage of unequal information between the people of Paris and the Li Wei regime. Li Wei's propaganda department just distorted the facts a little bit, and then diverted the attention of the Paris people by stealing the day, which easily resolved the spontaneous organization of the Paris people. Rise in demonstrations.

However, the demonstrations of the Parisians were suppressed, and Li Wei wrote down this in his notebook. After the new French kingdom was suppressed and the anti-French alliance was driven away, the citizens of Paris with a strong revolutionary atmosphere would definitely encounter Li Wei. one knife.

If it weren't for the sake of the overall situation, Li Wei would have already attacked the Parisian bourgeoisie.

The bad influence brought about by the establishment of the Kingdom of France is far more than that shown in France itself.

The Spanish Army, which was besieging the capital of Barcelona, ​​the last stronghold of the Kingdom of Catalonia, learned that the French Civil War had broken out again. Everyone in the Spanish Army was filled with joy, thinking that France would no longer have time to worry about the Kingdom of Spain to the south.

As a result, the morale of the Royal Spanish Army increased greatly, and the defense line of the capital of Barcelona retreated steadily.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, the King of Aragon took his cabinet ministers and family members and fled Barcelona on a merchant ship according to the previous escape route.

After Aragon and his party fled, the defenders in Barcelona immediately gave up their resistance, and the Kingdom of Spain officially regained the entire Catalonia region!
After completely controlling Barcelona, ​​Carlos IV carried out an organized large-scale retaliatory massacre of the rebellious Catalans at the suggestion of his wife, the queen!

The Spanish army that occupied Barcelona immediately turned everyone into bandits, burning, killing and looting the city recklessly. Tens of thousands of captured Catalan prisoners of war (including a large number of Catalan militiamen) were captured by Spain The army's brutal killings caused a tragedy no less than that of Marseilles!
It can be seen that the brutal war massacre was not created by Li Wei, but a characteristic of the background of this era.

Ironically, since the Kingdom of Spain was endorsed by members of the Anti-French Alliance, the Barcelona massacre was not reported. The newspapers of the Anti-French Alliance countries only downplayed it, calling it an act of the Spanish Army to suppress the rebellion.

As a result of such suppression, the number of residents in Barcelona has decreased by [-]%!

However, the situation of the Kingdom of Spain, which occupies the commanding heights of public opinion, is many times stronger than when Li Wei created the Marseille tragedy before!
Except for the people of Catalonia who keep hatred in mind, people in other regions and countries don't know what happened in Catalonia at all.

In the Kingdom of Spain, this massacre was declared as a great victory in the history of the Kingdom of Spain. After all, the Catalan rebellion successfully established the country. The Kingdom of Spain had a complete government system and military command system. The difficulty of sending troops to suppress is no less than going to war with other countries.

Such a victory is naturally worthy of special mention.

As for the sorrow of the Catalan people?
Sorry, dead people can't speak!
The surviving Catalans either hid in traffic-blocked ravines, or knelt and licked the Spaniards.

The Anti-French Alliance is also very pleased with the Kingdom of Spain's victory in the war with the Kingdom of Catalonia. When the Army of the Kingdom of Spain was looting and massacring the Catalans, the countries of the Anti-French Alliance have already begun to urge Carlos IV from To the south, backstab the Li Wei regime!
Now the main force of the Black Dragon Legion under the Li Wei regime is all in the north, and the garrison in the south is pitifully small!
(End of this chapter)