King's Landing in France

Dandong listened quietly for a while, then suddenly smiled: "It's really good. Although the melody is a simple melody with no skill, it's very catchy and easy to remember!"

An Ning smiled and said, "That's right, I made the whole army know this song in just one afternoon."

"The content of the song is also good, emphasizing the importance of discipline and the source of the justice of the national army! You are a genius to come up with such a good thing."

——Actually, it’s mainly the Marseillaise, I can’t figure it out, I can only hum the chorus, and I don’t know what the lyrics are, otherwise, I’ll give you the whole Marseillaise, believe it or not?

Danton: "By the way, what's the name of this song?"

For a moment, An Ning wanted to steal the name of the song directly, saying it was called "The Song of the Marshal's Training", but he restrained this urge, and replied, "It's called the National Guard Discipline Song."

Danton: "That's good, very good! You are such a talented guy, you are enviable. I really think you should not go to guard the Conta, you should be in Paris, the National Assembly needs you!"

An Ning smiled awkwardly but politely, I'm running away because the National Assembly needs me so much.

Dandong sighed, and said, "However, the decree to be announced by the parliament will definitely cause waves throughout the country. A conservative area like Konta really needs a strong future like you to guard it."

An Ning raised her eyebrows and said, "No way, this is going to pass the priesthood law?"

The Clergy Law in the Legislative Revolution is a very radical law that requires all priests in France to swear allegiance to the country. More importantly, this law stipulates that the right to appoint priests belongs entirely to the National Assembly and completely cut off ties with the Pope of Rome.

Clergy who refused to accept the canon law were considered traitors and were captured and executed.

This bill directly caused the division of France, and conservative people were directly pushed to the opposite side of the parliament.

In addition, after the revolution, the revolutionary upstarts rose too fast, and a large number of contradictions accumulated in the process. All these contradictions broke out under the intensification of this decree.

A large number of conservative areas rose up against the emerging National Assembly, and the French Civil War broke out completely.

For a moment, An Ning wanted to use her prestige to prevent the passage of the Clergy Law and make the whole legal reform less radical.

This might have prevented a civil war from erupting.

But he immediately gave up on this idea-then history would be completely derailed, and the advantage of having read the script would be gone.

If I am not careful, I will stand in the wrong team and die in the raging revolutionary tide.

An Ning, who gave up the idea of ​​intervening in history, pretended to be curious and asked: "What's the matter, is the parliament going to pass some amazing bill?"

Danton: "Yes, a very radical bill is going to be passed, turning priests into civil servants dispatched by the state and cutting off ties with Rome. Maximilian is very supportive of this bill. I think this bill is a bit too radical. gone."

An Ning thought to herself, Dandong, you and Mara are radicals, why are you acting like a moderate?

Danton continued: "I remember what you predicted before. If the policy towards the clergy was too radical, those conservative areas would rebel. You were talking about the Vendée. So I am very worried about this."

—Damn, so am I making Danton, a radical, look like a moderate?

I am really a heinous sinner!

An Ning hurried to make amends: "However, there is no way to cure France's ills without adopting more radical measures. When you are seriously ill, you have to take strong medicine!"

After speaking, An Ning suddenly realized that people in Europe don't take medicine when they get sick, and they do bloodletting...

So he immediately corrected: "I mean, it's like bloodletting. If you get a serious illness, you need a lot of bloodletting to be cured in one go! Civil strife is civil strife. This is bloodletting, which is a necessary condition to empty the accumulated toxins in the French body! "

——what the hell am I talking about!

That's all, this is a metaphor unique to people of this era, and has nothing to do with modern people.

Dandong nodded solemnly: "Well, I understand. However, if our troops can fight as well as yours, it may take a while to evaluate the rebellion!"

An Ning smiled without saying a word.

The French Civil War lasted until 1796, and it was also mixed with foreign wars.

Anyway, after 1790, there were not a few days of peace in France as a whole, and there were various wars all the time.

There is no need to tell Dandong about this kind of thing.

Danton changed the subject: "By the way, speaking of it, have you made any progress with the Duke's daughter?"

An Ning: "Huh? What the hell?"

"Everyone in Paris is saying that you are the Duke's favorite son-in-law, that's why he worked so hard to help you. Most of the pamphlets in Paris now contain the military history of you and Christina!"

An Ning thought of Christina's pectoral muscles for a moment, and he hurriedly drove the exaggerated white color out of his mind.

"Nothing, I'm busy marching and fighting, so I don't care about these things." An Ning replied, "Christina is an excellent cavalry officer, and her reconnaissance has helped me a lot."

Danton: "Just reconnaissance?"

"It's just reconnaissance." An Ning said firmly.

Dandong said again: "This is too puzzling. Although Christina is a soldier, she is also a girl. There are also examples of getting married after serving as a soldier!"

An Ning: "This kind of thing depends on what the girl thinks. We don't care. Moreover, the current situation is not a good time to fall in love."

"That's it." Danton shrugged.

Although she refuted Dandong, An Ning couldn't help thinking about it—Christina is not impossible, anyway, she is very big, she is also beautiful, and she is very big...

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It took An Ning and his party a week to return to Paris.

Three days before he returned to Paris, the news of his return had spread throughout the city of Paris.

Lafayette was the most upset about this news.

That day Lafayette was in his study, smoking a cigarette sullenly.

The mayor of Paris, Bayi, sat on the sofa for receiving guests, and lit his pipe leisurely: "I wanted to take this opportunity to abolish his reputation, but now he has returned with honor. In a few days, he will be in the National Assembly After the speech is over, he will probably be promoted to Brigadier General. At that time, I am afraid that he will be given the title of Deputy Commander of the National Self-Defense Forces."

Lafayette was stunned: "Who would have thought that he could defeat so many rebels? Judging from the situation collected so far, even if the results are worthwhile, he has defeated at least three times as many enemies as himself. I don't even know how he Made it."

Bai: "Don't you know? I thought the heroes of the Revolutionary War would have a way to do the same thing!"

Lafayette: "The ratio of troops in the War of Independence was not so disparate. Even if the unusable Continental Army is removed, our comparison with the British army is still an advantage."

Bayi: "Is that so..."

Lafayette let out a long sigh: "Even if I don't want to believe this exaggerated battle loss ratio, I have to admit that this damn cobbler does have some talent for fighting!"

Bai: "Aren't you going to do something? If this continues, his reputation in the parliament will completely overwhelm you!"

Lafayette: "Huh, I can only congratulate him. The only thing to be thankful for is that I also have the merits of victory in the War of Independence, so I won't lose the position of commander-in-chief of the National Guard to him."

"Thinking in a better direction," Bayi paused, "That cobbler has always shown that he is not very interested in status and power. Maybe he will have no desires?"

"How is it possible! He won such a victory, how could he have no desires? When he arrives in Paris, he will definitely show his greed!" Lafayette said firmly.

Chapter 104 The Humble Mr. Frost

In a state where the big shots in Paris had their own concerns, An Ning entered the city this morning.

The crowd in Paris gathered spontaneously and "escorted" An Ning to where the National Assembly was.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, all the members of the National Assembly stood in unison on the steps outside the parliament hall—the original equestrian field—and applauded him.

Faced with this situation, An Ning was finally forced to realize one thing, that he might not be able to ride the wall in the future, because he was the wall itself.

So An Ning became more determined to stay away from Paris.

The main reason is that An Ning, in his previous life, had played reluctantly even in office fights, and he was quite aware of his own limitations.

You can still rely on your cheats for wars, right? In the war not long ago, you were able to "take off his clothes for the embarrassment of the enemy", which shows that your cheats are reliable.

The political struggle in the parliament is not a bright sword like that on the battlefield, and I might be counted into it at some point.

In fact, this time to suppress the rebellion, it was considered by Lafayette, but he was lucky and won the battle.

Paris is very dangerous, so I went back to Konta. It happened that I had made a great reputation in the Konta area. As long as I was here, the local people should not dare to rebel.

It should be much safer to train troops in Konta, accumulate strength, and sit back and watch the changes in the current situation than in Paris.

When the situation is critical, he can still "save" the Republic.

Anyone who has watched "The Fifth Republic" knows that the critical moment depends on losing.

While An Ning was thinking about this, the current rotating speaker of the parliament, the virtuous Pétion, stepped forward and opened his hands to An Ning: "The whole of Paris is waiting for your return, the pacifier of Konta, F Mr. Rost! Your excellent art of war has convinced the whole of Paris!"

After the words fell, all the parliamentary representatives applauded together.

An Ning saw Robespierre and other friends of An Ning applauding the most.

He got off the horse, took a step forward, and was about to speak when several children rushed forward with flowers in their arms: "Mr. Frost, this is for you!"

An Ning took the flowers and turned around to hand them to the adjutant Sergeant Kent who she brought back this time.

This sergeant was also a member of An Ning's original artillery unit. He was promoted to a non-commissioned officer just before the expedition, and then stabbed an officer and two enemy soldiers to death with a bayonet during the battle, so he was rewarded and promoted to a sergeant.

Just by looking at his face, he knew that this Kent was a fierce man. An Ning specially selected him as his adjutant to give the gentlemen in Paris a taste of the battlefield.

After handing the flowers to Kent, An Ning cleared his throat, and then said to the representatives: "Everyone, I want to make one point, everyone in Paris is saying that I defeated 2 people, which is unrealistic.

"The rebels in Konta only had about 8000 people in total. I defeated them twice, once with 3000 people, and the second time with more than 6000 to [-] people.

"And I can do this because my troops are well equipped. I have artillery, I have cavalry, and Konta's rebels are only infantry..."

At this moment, An Ning heard someone in the crowd beeping: "Oh my God, how humble he is!"

An Ning was speechless, he only told the truth to prevent someone from taking this victory seriously and making trouble for him in the future.

If you make it clear from the beginning, you won't have to worry about it.

An Ning: "All in all, I'm not as powerful as the rumors say..."

Suddenly Robespierre yelled: "You only have 500 people, we all know that it is already amazing to defeat 3000 people, not to mention you defeated 7000 people later!"

An Ning: "This..."

Lafayette stepped forward and said to An Ning: "Mr. Frost, a hearty victory is a hearty victory. Don't compromise the glory of victory because you are too modest. This glory is not only yours. But also the entire National Assembly."

An Ning was speechless. Look at what Lafayette said, "It's not only yours, but also the National Assembly's." He quietly put An Ning's personal glory on the entire National Assembly.

It seemed that he had become a thorn in the side of the Revolutionary War hero.

If he stayed in Paris, he would definitely be tricked by Lafayette again.

At this time, Pettion also said: "Humility is a virtue, but we all know that you have accomplished an unimaginable miracle of war. You are a great military strategist!"

Good guy, I just ambushed a wave and became a great military strategist?

Speaking of which, Petion turned his head and glanced at all the members of the National Assembly, and said loudly: "I propose that Mr. Frost be the commander-in-chief of the Paris garrison in the future!"

An Ning noticed that Lafayette's eyebrows twitched.

Lafayette was the commander-in-chief of the National Guard, and the Paris National Guard was ordered to defend the city. In theory, he was the commander-in-chief of the Paris garrison.

Now this is the appointment of a garrison commander alone, which is eye salve for Lafayette.

The representatives applauded. Seeing that this was about to become a reality, An Ning said: "I am very sorry, there are still some signs of rebellion in the Konta area that have not been suppressed. I will return to Konta after staying in Paris for a while. The commander of the garrison You should hire another Gao Ming."

Petion looked surprised: "You want to go back?"

"Yes, there are still many rebels in the Konta area that have not been completely wiped out, and the people also want to restore the original status of the enclave directly under the Pope, so I must stay in Konta for a long time to guard this newly acquired territory for the National Assembly. .”

Petion stared at An Ning's face, as if he had seen through some medicine sold in An Ning's gourd.

Lafayette had the same expression.

Probably An Ning's move was beyond their expectations.

An Ning felt a little proud: Your political strugglers want to use me as a gunman, but there is no way.I have money, a gun, and a fortress-like monastery in Konta, and I am at ease.

After the initial shock, Mirabeau took a step forward: "Isn't that bad? You fought such a beautiful battle, and you should be rewarded for your merits."

An Ning smiled: "Of course, I also want some rewards. You must know that I am only a captain. It may be a bit inappropriate to lead the National Guard in the entire Konta area with the rank of captain."

Lafayette: "Of course, Mr. Robespierre has proposed that you be promoted to Brigadier General. But I see that you haven't come back to report, and the direct promotion is out of order, so I objected to this proposal."

An Ning: "Is it just a brigadier general? I'm going to be the military chief of the Konta area. Is it more appropriate to give me a lieutenant general?"

Lafayette's eyes on An Ning are very simple and easy to understand, and the subtext is too easy to guess: You are already a captain and a brigadier general, and a rocket has soared, so be content.

But An Ning did not back down: "I am the district chief of Konta."

Lafayette: "Well, as long as the National Assembly votes, there is no problem."

Pedion: "Wait a minute, it's not good for us to just stand in the sun and talk about business, let's go in first."

An Ning nodded: "Okay, and I also sent the masterminds of Konta's rebellion. They are waiting for the trial of the parliament."

"Oh, the mastermind." Mirabeau seemed to have just remembered this. "Yes, there is a trial."

Apparently, no one had paid attention to the trial of the mastermind of the rebellion before.