18th century total war

Chapter 330
"Your Excellency!

We are victorious!
Under your leadership, the great Greek Republic defeated the mighty British army.

And we still achieved brilliant victories when our troops and artillery were at a disadvantage. We even almost wiped out the famous British King's German Legion in Britain!

This moment will be recorded in the annals of Greek history for future generations to admire! "

Aristotle looked at the trusted officers in front of him and asked softly: "How many people are left in my guard?"

"He...they are all heroes worthy of being remembered by the Greek people forever..."

"I ask you!

How many of them are left? ! "

Aristotle suddenly roared loudly, which was very rare for him who usually showed his kind face.

"Hold... sorry...

I haven't counted yet..."

"Then hurry up and finish your work!
immediately!

immediately! "

After the officer left, Aristotle rode his horse, accompanied by only two guards, and slowly set foot on the battlefield full of blood and corpses.

Before the war, there were hundreds of generals and senior officers around Aristotle. After the victory, Aristotle was left with only one herald and two guards...

Everyone, including civilian and support staff, is sent to the field to fight!

As the supreme commander, Aristotle knew very well what a tragic price this victory had cost the Greek Republic!
The Greek Defense Forces are abolished!
In the future, the presidential guard may really be just a guard to protect his personal safety...

January 1803, [-], Royal Palace, Vienna.

"As expected, Aristotle was not mistaken by me. He actually wiped out one hundred thousand Indian servants, and also defeated the famous British King's German Army.

It is a pity that this regiment was not completely wiped out. With the financial resources of the London government, as long as the backbone of the British King's German Corps is still there, reorganization is not difficult.

such a pity. "

Li Wei looked at the battle report, and did not glance at the losses of the Greek Defense Force summarized above.

The cabinet ministers present had long been accustomed to Li Wei's indifference. Except for his directly-administered troops, Li Wei would not care about the loss of any slave army and vassal state army.

If someone asked Livy at this time what he thought of the losses of the Greek Defense Forces, he would ask without hesitation: "How many Greeks died has nothing to do with me?"

If Li Wei was in a bad mood, he might have added, "If all the Greek soldiers die, my army can occupy the entire territory of Greece without any hindrance and turn it into my farmland and pasture!"

"Your Majesty, the Aristotle government begged for our help. The Greek Defense Force has lost most of its combat effectiveness. Even among the soldiers who survived the war, more than half were wounded, and more than [-]% had to retire.

The current Greek Defense Forces are not even capable of attacking the port cities occupied by the British. "

"Um?

The battle report mentioned that the British King's German Army had less than [-] soldiers left. Could it be that such a huge Greece couldn't handle the defeated troops of less than [-] people?
And they lost all their artillery. Although they were all blown up and did not become Aristotle's trophies, the British army now only has naval artillery support. It should not be a problem to drive them into the sea. "

Levi put down the battle report and asked calmly.

The Foreign Minister paused slightly after hearing this, and asked in a low voice, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

“Send someone to tell Aristotle.

Don't care about the future of the Greeks. In the name of defending the country, all the local militias, policemen, and even young adults of the right age in Greece are recruited into the army to fill the heavily damaged Greek Defense Forces.

Then, at all costs and casualties, drive the British army to sea! "

"Your Majesty, doing so will severely reduce the combat effectiveness of the Greek Defense Forces, and will also cause disruptions in the grain production of the Greek Republic. There will inevitably be a food shortage next year.

I am afraid that the government of Aristotle will not agree to..."

"No, Aristotle would agree.

Because he is loyal to me!

Food shortage will not be a problem next year. As long as the British are unable to occupy the Greek peninsula within this year, the Holy Alliance will be able to solve the war in Central Europe. By then, the London government will have no choice but to sue for peace!

Without the invasion pressure from the British, what impact would a food shortage in Greece have on the Holy Alliance?
Oh yes, I thought of the impact of the food shortage in Greece.

The Greeks will starve to death in large numbers and fall into chaos, and then for food, the Greeks will kill each other, and the bones will be everywhere.

When the Greeks are almost dead, I believe that the Kingdom of Serbia only needs to send an army into Greece to turn Greece into a large region of the empire.

Perhaps, we can also immigrate some of the other Balkan ethnic groups to dilute the remaining Greek population, leaving the Greek peninsula in the hot pot of national conflicts and having no energy to resist the rule of the empire.

How about this strategy? "

"Your Majesty is wise!!!"

The cabinet ministers present all echoed loudly.

Afterwards, Manid stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with Aristotle then?"

"That depends on Aristotle's performance, he is a Greek hero after all.

If Aristotle can ensure the smooth transition of Greece, he can naturally become the governor of the Greek region. If he is not capable, I believe he will use his own death to prove his loyalty to me in the counter-insurgency war.

When working under me, it is useless to have loyalty alone, and you have to prove your ability.

Everyone here, do you understand what I mean? "

The cabinet ministers were shocked, held their heads high, raised their right arms at an angle of 45 degrees, and shouted: "Your Majesty Levi! Long live!"

Not long after, the 'order' from Vienna was sent to Aristotle.

Aristotle, who just cleared up a bunch of ambitious people who dared to jump out because of the loss of soldiers and generals of the direct line of troops, locked himself in the house for a full day and night after seeing this order.

When he came out, he seemed to be ten years older!

In the end, the loyalty conferred by administrative enlightenment defeated Aristotle's original intention.

He chose to betray his own nation and use everything to prove his loyalty to the tyrant Li Wei in Vienna!
Therefore, 1803 became the year of disaster for the Greeks and the beginning of national destruction!

In order to complete the task of enlisting the people as much as possible, Aristotle learned Robespierre's methods and created a politics of terror.

Aristotle erected a revolutionary tribunal!
What is the Revolutionary Tribunal?

No physical or personal evidence is required, only Aristotle's people have the right to accuse others.

As long as he is charged, as long as the leading judge of the court can give a logical 'reasoning', the prisoner will be sent to the guillotine immediately!
It must be said that Aristotle studied the French Revolution very well and absorbed the essence of the Revolutionary Court during Robespierre's period!
No matter how inhumane the Revolutionary Tribunal is, this method is very effective in establishing a dictatorial throne.

All the voices opposing Aristotle disappeared immediately after the emergence of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Since reports and accusations were likely to be rewarded, many private remarks that were not conducive to Aristotle did not dare to be disclosed.

There have even been a large number of public revenge and private revenge!

Of course, the Aristotle government will not kill everyone who reports, they are also selectively killing people.

Those who are loyal to the Aristotle government will generally have no problem being reported, but the whistleblower is likely to have a problem!

Ordinary civilians with no power and power, such as useless old people and children, will naturally die if they are reported, but those useful young women and young men can make their own choices before being judged.

Aristotle announced that as long as he swore allegiance to himself and joined the reorganized Greek Defense Force, he would be exempted from all guilt!

Of course, the military discipline of the Greek Defense Forces has also become extremely strict. Aristotle promoted all the surviving soldiers of the Presidential Guard to officers and dispersed them into the rebuilt Greek Defense Forces.

The opposition voices in the Greek Defense Forces were completely eradicated, and more than [-] officers and generals of all levels and their cronies were executed by Aristotle through the revolutionary court!

The Greek Defense Force, which had already suffered heavy losses, allowed Aristotle to fully eliminate dissidents and establish a self-centered autocratic army.

Of course, doing so is very easy to offend people. Even many people who are loyal to Aristotle on the surface feel puzzled and even disgusted by Aristotle's cruel behavior secretly.

However, under the rule of the terrible revolutionary court, no one dared to speak out against Aristotle.

In addition, Aristotle is not alone in consolidating power. The cabinet ministers brainwashed by Li Wei are Aristotle's loyal lackeys. After all, everything Aristotle did is After completing Levi's mission.

The revolutionary court brought a large number of soldiers to Aristotle, as well as young women who passively entered the official square for atonement.

Aristotle knew that aggressive military expansion would inevitably bring unparalleled pressure on military expenditures, so he developed the 'voucher' used in the army.

Aristotle asked the government to set up military official workshops and military taverns in the army. Soldiers and officers can use special consumption coupons instead of their military pay to enter these places for consumption.

The Guanfang is mainly a place used to relieve the pressure on men of officers and soldiers. As long as you have enough special consumption coupons, you can have as many people as you want in any position, as long as you don't kill or maim the 'goods'.

After all, the goods can be recycled, and if you break it, you are damaging government property!
It needs to be compensated!

Well, as long as there is enough money to compensate, you can avoid punishment!
A large number of young and strong men entered the army and arsenal, causing a serious depression in the market economy of the Greek Republic, and productivity was getting worse day by day.

The Greek Republic is becoming a giant army camp!

So many soldiers are naturally deformed and an unhealthy social system.

It is also impossible for Aristotle to watch the Greek Defense Force expand without limit.

After these Greek Defense Forces conducted a simple two or three months of training, they were sent to the Greek port occupied by the British to launch an offensive.

The way to attack is very simple, that is, to use the crowd attack!

Thanks to the large number of muskets captured in that decisive battle, the expansion of the Greek Defense Forces did not encounter firearms problems.

However, the British army was stationed in strong coastal fortress cities, and they were supported by naval guns from time to time, which caused great losses to the Greek Defense Force's offensive.

And because the reorganized Greek Defense Forces, except for the officers, are all recruits, their fighting will and fighting ability are not satisfactory, many battles were fought without any results, but hundreds of corpses were left behind!

In order to prevent mutiny caused by cruel battles, Aristotle established a brutal gendarmerie, all of which are composed of veterans who survived the decisive battle. The supervisory team is an ordinary army soldier, and the supervisory team is the team that punishes the troops on the front line.

Obviously, Aristotle learned from the British general's experience in commanding the Indian servant army, and supervised the battle layer by layer!
In the name of the country, the Aristotle government wantonly plundered the young male and female population of Greece. Women became resources for the army, and men became cannon fodder for the battlefield, causing the entire country of Greece to decline.

A large number of Greek villages were abandoned due to population loss, and the best fertile fields were abandoned because no one cultivated them.

Except for the indispensable necessities of survival such as food and water, there are no sales in the market.

Aristotle's government raised war taxes!
Without family members in the military, it will be difficult to survive the high war tax.

All military supplies have entered the stage of national control, not to mention civilian families, even the guards of wealthy businessmen and capitalists are not allowed to have guns and other weapons.

Aristotle's government continuously sent cannon fodder recruits to the front lines, while leaving elite and loyal troops in Athens to consolidate and maintain its dictatorship.

It was this kind of move that allowed those unbearable places to rebel. In the absence of weapons and ammunition, they were easily defeated by the elite Athenian army.

After the leading figures in the rebel army were executed, the rest were assigned to the death battalions of the frontline troops, as the vanguard of the cannon fodder!

The British troops stationed on the southern coast of the Greek peninsula could not help but see that the Greek defense forces attacking them had an advantage in strength, but their combat effectiveness was extremely low.

And organized several beautiful counterattacks with less fights and more victories.

However, after a few months passed, the British army tragically discovered that no matter how many Greek troops they killed, the Greek troops seemed to kill endlessly, and reinforcements always arrived.

As for the fleet transporting the servant army from the distant Indian subcontinent, it is not known how long it will take to transport the troops to Egypt.

After all, there are many damages in the shipping process of this era.

For example, the London government requires that [-] Indian servants be transported to the Greek peninsula. The number of people lost during the sea transportation must be re-hauled from the Indian subcontinent, and they will not land in Greece together until the [-] quota is filled!
Therefore, as long as the British military camps in Egypt are not full, no one knows how long it will take to gather the Indian servant army.

(End of this chapter)