King's Landing in France

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, Russell took a step forward: "You, take off your clothes!"

Hart: "Take it off now?"

"I didn't ask you to take off your priest's uniform, just take off the cassock you're wearing!" Second Lieutenant Russell said bluntly.

Bishop Hart and his group of priests are all wearing a white smock that looks like a bulletproof vest. The smock is gold and silver, which looks very expensive at first glance.

An Ning watched the bishop take off his cloak with satisfaction, and then ordered Russell: "You organize people, break into the nearby monastery, and rob them of all their gold and silver... No, confiscate them, and transport them to the monastery we just visited. Come the Cathedral, from now on those are the property of the National Assembly!

"After moving things, seal the monastery. Those properties are also the property of the National Assembly. When Paris sends a trustworthy bishop, they will manage them."

Russell: "Yes! Execute immediately!"

After he finished speaking, he saluted, turned around and left with the people.

Hart looked pale: "You have sealed all the church properties. What about us priests? This is the territory directly under the Pope. There are thousands of priests and monks. You have sealed the monastery. Where will we live?"

When An Ning heard that there were so many priests, he was also troubled.

He originally thought of sending the mastermind to Paris, and the remaining priests would have a public trial to see who participated in the killing of the patriots, and then let them pay for their lives.

But An Ning didn't intend to slaughter so many people at once. His original idea was to hang dozens of people and it would be over. When he heard that there were so many priests, he was also stunned.

So many priests have been slaughtered, and my conscience can't bear it. An Ning is essentially a good person.

Don't slaughter them, let them go to the countryside, fool the villagers, and raise another wave of rebels, that's really unbearable.

An Ning felt that he was able to win the battle mainly because of good luck. He thought of a strategy and it worked. He didn't want to try again.

After thinking for a long time, An Ning suddenly had an idea: "By the way, the church has a lot of land, right? Free all the serfs you hired, and let the priests work in the fields! You should reflect on your sins while you are working!"

Hart was dumbfounded: "What the hell? You asked us to farm? We are priests certified by the Pope of Rome!"

An Ning sneered: "Hmph, the Pope! How many teachers does the Pope have?"

Hart was overwhelmed by the domineering aura that An Ning exuded when he said this, he hesitated for a while and replied: "Probably... there is not a single division..."

"So don't think too much about it, go to the farm of the church—no, it's the farm of the National Assembly now, work hard on the farm, and reflect on your mistakes. But this has nothing to do with you, you are the chief culprit of the rebellion, in a few days I'm taking you bishops to Paris for trial."

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In this way, the National Guard in blue took up residence at St. Martin's Abbey.

The priests who originally lived in the monastery were all driven to the church's manor to do farm work, and were guarded by a company of soldiers.

Soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces looted all the wealth of several monasteries in Konta and moved them to the cathedral of St. Martin's Monastery for storage.

Facing the room full of gold and silver, An Ning sighed that this is not a priest, but a vampire lying on top of people.

Now these properties are mine—they belong to the National Assembly!

With so many belongings, An Ning began to have new ideas again.

He originally thought of looting and returning to the court, but it was a bit difficult to transport so much property with his own troops alone. It is estimated that a lot of soldiers stole the property and fled halfway.

Staying here will ensure the safety of your belongings.

Not only that, relying on these properties, it is completely possible to maintain a large-scale army.

Even if Paris doesn't pay the military, he can afford the salary of the troops.

Or simply station at Konta, under the pretext of "preventing further rebellion".

The more An Ning thought about it, the more plausible the idea became. Now that he has such a high reputation in the National Assembly, his reputation will definitely be even higher when he returns to Paris. Even if he doesn't do anything intentionally, it will definitely interfere with the process of history.

——And I really suspect that I have a special ability to attract the focus of events to myself as long as I am present.

If things go on like this, I will become the Lord Protector of France, and history will go astray, which is definitely not possible.

Or you should stay away from the political center and find a place on the edge of the OB for a few years.

Konta is a good place to look at. There is a luxurious monastery to live in, and there are so many military funds. It is completely possible to guard here and sit and watch the changes.

Of course, this place was originally a rebellion area, and I don't think it will be too worrying to live in the future, but I can expand my army to deal with it!

With that much money, doubling the size of the army should be enough.Just before An Ning cleaned the battlefield, he also confiscated more than 1000 muskets, which can be used by the newly recruited troops.

There were less than 1 soldiers in black before.

An Ning made up her mind and ordered the troops to prepare to stay here permanently.

Stock up on food and so on first, and get enough supplies.

He was busy preparing for an armed separatist regime here, directly ignoring the recall order from Paris, which dragged on for more than a month.

During this month, An Ning established a local council under his control in Konta, and then formed a local national self-defense force as a local security force.

An Ning also distributed some of the collected funds and sent them to nearby areas plundered by the rebels to compensate for their losses.

He also posted conscription notices in surrounding towns, recruiting patriots who aspired to do something.

However, the recruitment notice has not seen any effect for the time being, probably because An Ning has not set up a conscription station in the surrounding cities, and volunteers must first walk to Konta to join.

An Ning continued to toss in the Conta until July, when the Paris Parliament finally couldn't take it anymore and sent An Ning's close friend Danton to urge him to return to Paris to return to his command.

Chapter 102 Go Back to Paris

When Dandong arrived, An Ning was playing bridge with some local gentlemen in her office.

After all, he didn't get the news that Dandong would come.

After the attendant knocked on the door and came in, he said to An Ning, "Commander, there is a gentleman from Paris who says he is your friend."

An Ning frowned: "I have many friends in Paris, which one is it?"

"It's this one!"

Dandong's voice made An Ning look up.

"Dandong!" An Ning was overjoyed, throwing down the bridge and said to several local gentlemen, "Let's come here today. There is a distinguished guest from Paris. I want to find a distinguished guest."

The gentlemen nodded and stood up to say goodbye to An Ning.

When they left the room, Danton asked, "Who are these people?"

"Oh, it's the local grain merchants and cloth merchants," An Ning waved his hand, "I gave them the title of member of the National Assembly and pulled them into the local assembly. You must know that my troops will be stationed here permanently and cannot be separated from them." their support."

Danton was shocked: "Do you still want to stay here permanently? The whole of Paris is waiting for your triumphant return! Everyone wants to meet the great hero who defeated 1000 enemy troops with more than [-] people."

An Ning: "Twenty thousand enemy troops? The conscience of heaven and earth, the rebels in the entire Kongta don't add up to [-]..."

"But people in Paris say that you defeated [-] enemy troops, and some people swear that you can do this because you singled out the enemy leaders before the battle, and you killed more than a dozen rebels in a row. Army chief!"

——Am I fucking Guan Yu?

Warm wine and kill the leader of the rebel army, right?That's not right, I have to have Zhang Fei playing drums for me to warm wine and kill people!

When An Ning was shocked, Danton continued: "Maximilian proposed in the parliament to grant you the rank of brigadier general. He said, 'If such a soldier is not a general, I will suspect that something is wrong with our military system'."

—Robespierre, what are you doing!Just take care of yourself!

Danton: "Later, it was Lafayette who said that the matter of promotion should wait until you return to Paris, at least you should listen to your report on the battle situation first.

"I see, Lafayette just doesn't want you to be promoted. It is said that he originally wanted to delay sending troops and let you be dealt with by tens of thousands of rebels. I didn't expect you to directly defeat the rebels!

"It's amazing, how did you manage to defeat 2000 people with less than 2 people?"

"Uh, as I said just now, I didn't defeat 2 people..."

"Then why don't you go back to Paris to explain the situation?" Dandong interrupted An Ning, "If you don't go back to Paris, everyone will pass on your victory as defeating 10 people!"

Good guy, two thousand to one hundred thousand?Am I the Astartes in Warhammer 40 led by me?

Danton: "Look at you, you are so shocked, go back to Paris! I don't understand, you don't go back to Paris as soon as possible, and take advantage of the prestige of the big victory to become the opinion leader of the parliament, what are you doing here?"

——I stayed in Konta because I didn’t want to be an opinion leader!

If this continues, I will become the mainstay of the revolution, and I'm still riding a fart wall!

An Ning: "It's like this. I found that I am actually more suitable for leading troops to fight than holding meetings with gentlemen in the parliament. Next, I am going to continue to lead troops to garrison in Konta to prevent the continued rebellion here."

Danton: "Then you can play bridge here?"

"Playing bridge is also part of the job, it's to win over the local gentry." An Ning explained.

"Okay, I understand." Danton nodded, "In short, Paris still has to go back, right? And since you won the battle, the king has been looking forward to your return. Because of your victory, the royal family's prestige also It has improved a lot. I heard that His Majesty is planning to give you a title!"

An Ning: "It's a great revolution, why do I still need a title? After the August Declaration, the peasants sent the nobles from all over the place to the gallows. I don't want to be with them."

Danton: "I know that you are devoted to revolution. No one is more passionate about revolution than you."

- what the hell?

Dandong, my friend, you have misunderstood me a bit!

But this misunderstanding couldn't be explained yet, so An Ning could only accept it: "Okay, okay, I'll transfer a company right away, and I'll take the masterminds of the Konta rebellion to Paris in a few days."

An Ning paused, and added: "I still have to pay back the military funds that the Duke of Orleans lent me."

Of course An Ning remembered the ten thousand crown silver coin given to him by the Duke of Orleans.

He was going to return the duke twenty thousand crowns.

Anyway, now An Ning has money, a whole cathedral worth of gold and silver.

Dandong: "That's a good relationship, then I'll stay here for a few days, just to play bridge with you!"

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A few days later, the troops returning to Paris were decided.

An Ning mobilized a company of infantry, plus all the cavalry, to form a large force back to Paris.

The rest of the troops remained at Konta, led by Lieutenant Russell.

Danton was shocked when he heard this arrangement: "Russell? Isn't he the mason you promoted? You really let him lead the entire army?"

Anning responded: "What's wrong with the mason, I'm still a cobbler. Russell has performed well in the counter-insurgency battle and can be trusted."

Dandong: "Well, you are the god of war who just won a big battle, the magician of the battlefield, you have the final say."

An Ning: "Why do you call me the magician of the battlefield?"

"I went to the tavern yesterday and heard that's what the locals call you. I think it's a good name, it suits you. You beat 2000 people with 10 people-I mean, 1 people, it's like magic. .”

An Ning could only shake his head.

Another day later, preparations for returning to Paris were completed, and the troops assembled at the gate of the abbey.

An Ning ordered two prison cars to detain the original cardinal of Konta and the abbots of various monasteries.

Christina led the cavalry girls in front of the prison wagon, and a company selected by An Ning stood behind the prison wagon.

As for An Ning himself, he rode a big white horse at the head of the procession, and Dan Dong rode beside him.

When this army left the city of Konta, the people of Konta rushed to the street and watched on both sides of the street.

Seeing the former bishops on the prison van, the crowd bowed their heads and crossed themselves.

Seeing this, Dandong said to An Ning, "You are really amazing, you can make these religious believers so docilely watch their bishop be taken away."

"They are so obedient because the grain merchants that I subsidized after I arrived increased the purchase price of grain, allowing them to collect grain at a high price and sell it at a low price. I made up the difference with the property of the church."

Dandong was a little surprised and asked: "If you do this, can you afford it financially?"

An Ning smiled: "You don't know how much gold and silver I found in the church in this place. These priests are simply vampires, and they have sucked the flesh and blood of the citizens."

Danton agreed: "Indeed, since the church's property was confiscated, Paris' finances have been greatly relieved, and the parliament can finally settle down and formulate a constitution. Then everything will develop in a good direction. In my opinion, the revolution will soon It's over!"

An Ning, who had read the historical script, chose to remain silent at this time.

At this time, a wind blew from behind, bringing the military song sung by the infantry troops walking behind.

Dandong turned his head and listened for a few seconds, then asked An Ning: "What's the matter with this song?"

Chapter 103 Gentlemen of Paris

An Ning: "Oh, I think it's not very good for the army to always sing military songs praising the king. After all, we are the National Guard, not the king's army. So we made a military song temporarily."

The military song in Anning Nong is a copy of "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" by later generations. The melody of this song is easy to remember, and it can be taught to the troops after a few times. A wave of publicity, there is no more suitable military song than this.

The only problem is that the tune of this song is the tune of Yuan Shikai's military song "The Song of the Marshal's Training", which is said to be the German military song "Kaiser Wilhelm's Training Song".

There is always a taste of black humor in using German military songs on the land of France.