18th century total war

Chapter 7 Preparing to Attack
"Brother, I have talked to all the leaders we have recruited in private, but they are not willing to follow us to the villages outside Charles's territory to win heads. They are just like those short-sighted people who only want to seize and destroy them. Deed paperwork there, get your own land."

Anthony reported to his brother Bolcha with an angry tone.

"Well, this may not be what they themselves mean, but what the villagers under them mean. After all, they are the leaders elected by the people in the same village. Even if they don't care about those contracts, they can't go against the wishes of the majority of people below.

I can understand the situation of those people, I was the same way back then. "

Bolcha was not angry or surprised, he asked his younger brother to contact him in private, it was just a last attempt.

Ever since his proposal was rejected during the last rebel leader's meeting, Bolcha knew that there was no essential difference between the peasant rebel army in Charles' territory and the peasant rebel army in his hometown before.

If Charles Town hadn't been breached so far, there was still a regular army of 3000 people in the town, and this huge rebel army with more than [-] people would have disbanded long ago.

Bolcha, a foreigner, was able to pull up such a huge rebel army in a short period of time, using the system of one village leading one village.

When each village recruits people, the rebel farmers in that village will jointly elect a leader to act as the leader, and Bolcha is responsible for contacting and controlling these leaders.

However, Bolcha's position as a leader is very unreliable. To put it bluntly, his main role is to lead and link the rebels in various villages. It doesn't mean that those leaders are really willing to fight for him!

Now everyone has a common goal, and Polcha's authority can still be maintained. Once everyone achieves their goal and breaks through Charles Town, Polcha's fate will not be much better than before.

Even so, many decisions made by Bolza in the rebel army were not unanimous. Although he had attracted many people, he did not regard himself as the leader of Bolza's subordinates. He always occupied the majority. Bolza called many leaders to discuss major decisions. That's all.

At this time, Bolcha had a deep understanding of why the regular army and even the noble private army in history dismissed the mob composed of farmers.

Even the rebel army composed of farmers struggling to starve to death, because of the limited vision of the knowledge level, makes most people very dull and difficult to form a joint force.

"Brother, what shall we do now?
To attack the town of Charles?
The leaders below didn't want to delay any longer, the rations carried by the rebel soldiers under them were almost exhausted. "

Borcha's rebel army did not have a stable logistical supply, food, weapons and other materials were all obtained by self-raising and looting.

The territory of the Charles family is a traditional feudal aristocratic territory. In other words, it is a backward area dominated by agricultural production. There are no factories at all, and a few handicraft workshops are also concentrated in the town of Charles.

The economic pillar of the Charles family's territory mainly relies on the sale and trading of various agricultural products, while industrial products are purchased from big cities.

This situation can be seen everywhere in the Kingdom of France. The cities are responsible for the production of industrial products, and the vast countryside provides raw materials, agricultural products, and cheap labor. In this way, the cities are naturally much richer than the countryside, and it is not difficult to understand why the rural people are rejected. City people despise it as the fourth class...

In this era, class oppression is dozens of times worse than in later generations!
Later generations still have freedom and democracy as a cover. The rich and those in power dare not blatantly trample on the law. They have to do it secretly, and they have to manipulate the media to prevent exposure.

But in this day and age, it is reasonable for aristocrats to trample and scold civilians on the streets, and no one cares about the wealthy factory owners who exhaust the workers in the factories to death!
Everyone even thinks that the death of a nobleman is a big deal, but it is worth celebrating if a commoner dies and can ask for a sum of compensation.

In the words of philosophers, people in this era are numb walking dead, tool people without thinking.

Only revolution, only eruption and killing can wake up the old forces that oppress the people and make concessions!
Regardless of the fact that in the Kingdom of France, capitalists and bankers are in the third rank just like ordinary civilians, but the lives of both parties are really a paradise and a hell, and even many nobles want to curry favor with those capitalists and bankers just to borrow money from them !

Otherwise, how could the bourgeoisie with low social status touch the commanding heights of power?
Money can open up connections.

The higher the status of the nobles, the more staggering the daily expenses in order to maintain the so-called noble dignity, and there are many noble descendants who are not good at making money, and in the end they can only rely on debt to survive in order to maintain their dignity.

When the time comes, creditors will come to visit when they need it, and exchange political rights at the price of erasing debts. How many nobles can refuse?

The rights belong to the state, but the debt is your own!
This is why Louis XVI, who obviously had the power of a centralized monarch, was defeated so quickly and thoroughly in the Paris Revolution.

The bourgeoisie has infiltrated the aristocracy too much. The group of aristocrats who call themselves liberals are, to put it bluntly, aristocrats in the cloak of capitalists, or feudal aristocracy bound by capital.

They have become indistinguishable from the bourgeoisie. How can they not help the bourgeoisie gain rights under the bondage of interests?

Of course, Bolcha didn't understand these principles. He was now in a dilemma, attacking the town of Charles, and once he won, he might face the crisis of disbanding again.

If he loses, the fate will be even worse. Li Wei, that nobleman has a reputation for cruelty and inhumanity!

However, this time Bolcha is no longer in vain. Once he takes Charles Town, his reputation will spread farther.

And this time he has already recruited a group of friends who are willing to take risks. Even if they break up, he can keep a group of people and have his own team to make a fortune.

"Anthony, send someone to gather the leaders to discuss the matter of attacking Charles Town."

Pohl looked at Anthony's disappearing figure and thought to himself:
"The line infantry regiment founded by Li Wei has a full 1000 people, that is to say, I can get at least a thousand muskets if I win this battle. Even if there are battle losses, the inventory in Charles Town and the gun workshop will have Not bad harvest.

With the victory this time, I have the capital to pull up a team of thousands of people!

I hope Paris can continue to be chaotic, give me more time, if I can break into the big city and grab one...'

(End of this chapter)