18th century total war

Chapter 288 Lindenwan Freedom Legion

"Chief Allen, our people have captured the palace, but Franz I broke through our interception with his palace guards and fled Vienna.

Shall we send someone after us? "

"Need not.

There are thousands of guards loyal to Franz I in the suburbs. We send people out and they will be wiped out easily. Now our main task is to calm down the chaos in the city as soon as possible and clean up the fleeing soldiers and police.

Everyone, whether they are old people, women, or strong men or young people, as long as they are committed to the cause of revolution, we will draw them into the revolutionary ranks and distribute the weapons we collected. "

After Alleyn finished speaking, he turned around and looked at another group of people behind him and ordered: "Now take your henchmen and go to every neighborhood to tell everyone that we have captured the city hall, police station, city guard barracks, The palace!
The entire city of Vienna has been controlled by the free army, and Austria will usher in the era of the Republic!
Give me propaganda by beating gongs and drums, and by the way, attract people to join the revolutionary ranks, pay settlement allowances to those who join the revolutionary ranks, and let them know that we are not a team that only relies on slogans and willpower to fight.

As long as you join the revolutionary army, you can enjoy the military pay of the regular army private!

Each battle will have additional rewards.

You have to remember that most of the citizens in the city of Vienna do not have a high level of revolutionary awareness. They only know how to live in a daze. It is difficult for us to awaken their yearning for freedom in their hearts with slogans alone. Win people's hearts.

All the gains this time are used to expand the army!

You don't have to worry about the main force of the Austrian Empire coming. It is impossible for the French Defense Forces to let them retreat. What we need to face is the Royal Guards stationed in the nearby suburbs.

Hold Vienna, and the Austrian Republic will survive forever! "

"Chief Allen, if the Austrian Empire is defeated, will the French recognize the republic we established?"

"of course.

Don't forget, the idea of ​​the Great Revolution was passed from France. The republic we established shares the same revolutionary ideas as France, and is a country of brothers!
Don't worry about this, I will send someone to negotiate with the Li Wei government.

I am fully sure that the Levy government will recognize the establishment of the Austrian Republic! "

The confident smile on Elaine's face instantly eased the doubts in the hearts of many leaders around him.

On the eve of the revolution, everyone was concerned about whether they could capture Vienna. Now that Vienna was achieved, the thoughts of many leaders present naturally became active.

It's not that they betrayed the revolution. After all, revolution does not conflict with obtaining high officials and generous salaries.

Officials of the revolutionary government are also officials!

And only by being an official can you implement the revolutionary ideas you identify with. It can be said that being an official and promoting revolutionary ideas are complementary to each other!

Therefore, many of the leaders of the revolutionary army present were not ashamed of the desire for power that sprouted in their hearts, and many of them have even become paralyzed by themselves. All have been sublimated...

Once a person has a reasonable excuse to seek benefits, he will firmly believe that he is on the side of justice.

Except for extremely evil people, everyone has their own justice in their minds, but some people succeed, so the justice in their minds becomes the justice recognized by everyone. Some people fail, and the justice in their minds considered evil by outsiders.

"Chief Allen, we have successfully captured Vienna, how does our revolutionary army call itself?"

After hearing this question, Allen smiled and said: "Now everyone knows that our organization is called the Lindenwan Brotherhood, and the purpose of this revolution is to establish a free country.

Therefore, our revolutionary army should naturally call itself the Lindenvan Free Army!
Believe me, there will not be only the Lindenwan Free Army in Vienna in Central Europe, and soon you will hear news of the Lindenvan Free Army from other cities and places!
The decadent monarchy in Europe will be overthrown by the Lindenwan Freedom Army!
Freedom be with us! "

"Freedom is with us!"

Everyone present shouted enthusiastically.

Afterwards, everyone left one after another to carry out the orders issued by Allen.

And Allen was not idle, and took people to the Vienna Palace, where he would reorganize the messy revolutionary army and turn it into the real Lindenwan Free Army!
Of course, now is the time to reward based on merit, and enfeoffing official positions is also a way to win over people's hearts. Those who have gained power will inevitably work hard in the future defense of Vienna for their own power and status.

Allen doesn't have much confidence in guarding the city of Vienna, and now he can only do his best and obey the destiny...

The revolutionary uprising broke out in the city of Vienna. Except for the big cities near the front line of the Austrian Empire, revolutionary uprisings of various sizes broke out in other big cities.

However, because the scattered strength of the Lindenvan Brotherhood was too weak, the uprising mainly relied on deceived local revolutionaries, and there were very few successful uprisings.

Even so, these frequent revolutionary uprisings in big cities also attracted the few troops stationed in the rear of the Austrian Empire. Francis I, who escaped from the capital of Vienna, was unable to gather troops from other cities to besiege Vienna for a while!
As for the Austrian main force on the front line, they have all been attracted by the French Defense Forces at this time, and the forward troops of both sides have exchanged fire.

This is actually the secret signal for the Lindenwan Brotherhood to launch an uprising in the rear. The Lindenwan Brotherhood uses newspaper information to judge when to launch an uprising.

Because the senior executives of the Lindenwan Brotherhood know that as long as the French Defense Forces launch an attack, relevant information will be published in the newspapers. In order to make money, those newspapers will arrange special personnel to observe on the front line, control the first-hand information, and are equipped with fast horse delivery information!
This leaves little difference in the time between before and after the uprising, except that the large cities in the eastern and northern parts of the Austrian Empire started their uprisings slightly later.

The rear of the Austrian Empire was on fire, and the Kingdom of Prussia, another major military power, would naturally not be spared.

Before the news of the Vienna Uprising reached the Kingdom of Prussia, Wright, who was sent to Berlin by the Fatis to command the Lindenwan Brotherhood and its affiliated revolutionary organizations, launched an uprising.

However, although the number of troops stationed in Berlin by the Kingdom of Prussia is small, they are all absolutely elite.

In addition, the military atmosphere of the Junker nobles in the Kingdom of Prussia is very strong. The combat effectiveness of the Prussian garrison commanded by the Junker noble officers is far superior to that of the troops stationed in Vienna. Not long after the Berlin uprising broke out, Wright received a series of failures!
"Chief Wright, the slums have been occupied by the Berlin City Guards, and the guards of the Berlin Palace have also joined the battle. The big guys can't stand it anymore, let's run away!"

A gang leader with a few cronies ran to Wright's stronghold in panic.

Obviously, the gang boss's subordinates were dispersed by the Berlin garrison, otherwise there would never be such a powerful gang boss coming to meet Wright at this time.

Just like the uprising in the city of Vienna, it wasn't until the Vienna Imperial Palace was captured by the revolutionary army that Aileen, as the supreme leader, saw the bosses who led the team.

Wright turned his head with an ugly face and glanced at the 'bodyguards' following him.

These people are the brainwashing soldiers that Fatis arranged for Wright, that is, the original group of sharpshooters who followed Fatis.

However, Wright knew very well that the protection of his personal safety by these soldiers who were loyal to Fatis was secondary, and their main duty was to prevent Wright from betraying the revolution!
As one of the original founders of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, Wright has a high status, but Fatis found that Wright could not change his greed for life and fear of death from the beginning to the end!
The Berlin Uprising was as important as the Vienna Uprising, and it had to be directed by a leader with sufficient weight in the Lindenvan Brotherhood.

So Fatis sent Wright to take charge, and by the way, arranged a few absolutely loyal soldiers around Wright for protection.

Fatis knows that Wright cannot give up his life for the great cause of revolution and his loyalty to Li Wei. This is actually the weakness of administrative enlightenment. Extremely afraid of death, there is a certain probability of betraying Li Wei.

This is not a genuine thought, it is just a survival instinct.

Wright knew the Lindenvan Brotherhood too well, and Fatis would never allow Wright to fall into the hands of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Otherwise, all the intelligence of the Lindenwan Brotherhood will be exposed, and then the Davari Mutual Aid Association in the Russian Empire will be in danger!
You must know that the Davari Mutual Aid Society and the Lindenwan Brotherhood have been separated long ago. Except for a few high-level leaders such as Wright, Fatis, and Allen, others do not know the relationship between the two organizations at all. .

The territory of the Russian Empire was too vast, and the serf system severely restricted the spread of revolutionary ideas. Fatis knew that if the Russian Empire wanted to promote revolutionary ideas, it would have to wait until the serf system was banned or weakened.

Therefore, the Davari Mutual Aid Society is a long-term latent revolutionary organization. The Lindenwan Brotherhood can be exposed, but the Davari Lishi Mutual Aid Society must not be exposed!

Wright naturally understands Fatis' distrust of him, or Wright himself doesn't believe that he can dedicate himself to the cause of the revolution...

Wright looked at the soldiers protecting him and said, "Now that the overall situation has been corrupted, we should evacuate and preserve the revolutionary fire."

These brainwashed sharpshooters looked at each other and nodded expressionlessly.

The gang leader looked at this scene in confusion. This was the first time that Leader Wright sought the opinions of his bodyguards!

You know, these bodyguards usually obey the leader of Wright, and the gang boss thought that they were the absolute confidants of the leader of Wright.

Now it seems that there is another relationship between the two.

Leader Wright ignored the change in the gang boss's expression. Now he could no longer stay in Berlin. The power of these gang bosses who had been used had been exhausted in the failed revolution. After the Berlin revolution was suppressed, they would definitely be listed as wanted by the Kingdom of Prussia. The list doesn't have much use value anymore...

Leader Wright naturally doesn't need to continue to win them over.

In fact, these gang bosses were willing to follow Wright because they were convinced by the underground forces developed by the Lindenvan Brotherhood and wanted to seek opportunities for advancement in this revolution.

To put it bluntly, they are all cannon fodder for thugs who were lured by threats and lures.

There is not much loyalty to revolutionary ideas per se.

The gang boss rushed back to report at this time, just because his gang has been completely exposed, and traitors in any country are bound to die!
Therefore, the moment the Berlin Revolution broke out, this kind of gang boss was already bound to the Lindenwan Brotherhood, and there was no way out.

As a matter of course, the desperate gang boss will rush to Wright to seek refuge. He knows that the Lindenwan Brothers will be strong!
A gangster like him is nothing if he leaves the city where he is rooted, but a revolutionary party like the Lindenwan Brotherhood is still a revolutionary party if it leaves Berlin!
The idea of ​​freedom and equality also has a broad market in the Kingdom of Prussia. The reason is very simple. A large number of civilians in the Kingdom of Prussia live under the exploitation and oppression of the Junker nobles.

When there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance, not to mention that many people can't even fill their stomachs.

After Wright quickly gathered a group of defeated soldiers who had gathered around him, he roughly counted several hundred people, and most of them were equipped with guns!

You must know that at this time, the Berlin Revolutionary Army has been completely defeated, and the Berlin garrison and the Royal Guards are hunting down the rioting Revolutionary Army rebels in the streets!
Even in this environment, Wright still gathered hundreds of people who had not thrown away their muskets. One can imagine how "strong" the revolutionary armed forces developed by the Lindenvan Brotherhood in Berlin were.

Among the hundreds of people who were gathered, there were only a few who were desperate and took refuge like gang bosses. Most of them gathered around Wright because they sincerely embraced liberal revolutionary ideas.

Now Wright feels extremely uneasy, and after gathering as many people as possible, he breaks out towards the city gate!

Wright thought that as long as there were enough people around him, it would be safer to break through, but he didn't know that a large number of people also meant a large goal, and the large number of hundreds of people still had an organizational structure, so it looked like a big fish.

As expected, before Wright and his party could stand out from the city gate, they were noticed by the Royal Guards in Berlin.

Unlike the Berlin City Guards who had dispersed to hunt down the remnants of the revolution, the Royal Guards had been gathering together to maintain a large formation, which was used to deal with organized revolutionary forces like Wright!

The two sides soon broke out fierce street fighting between the streets and alleys. The people gathered by Wright had just experienced the defeat of the revolution, and not many people were willing to die here. Under the attack of the Royal Guards, they were completely killed in less than half an hour. rout.

Apart from the 'bodyguards' around Wright, few people followed him...

(End of this chapter)