King's Landing in France

The third is that fighting can make a fortune.

All in all, there are too many people in the parliament at this time who may support a war, and An Ning has to guard against it.

For this reason, An Ning, who has always wanted to show off, actually runs around every day like a real social animal.

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While An Ning was actively preparing for the war, the parliament had been discussing for several days how to deal with the Konta area.

"The news I got here is that Mr. Frost has assembled an army of old nobles!" The speaker slammed the table vigorously, "Isn't this enough to be called evidence? Collusion, conspiracy against the National Assembly! Against His Majesty the King!"

As soon as the words fell, Marat stood up: "I don't think he will do this! Remember, Frost is the hero of the Bastille! He has saved the revolution from danger many times!

"If there is only one heart in Paris for revolution, it is Mr. Frost!"

Marat's words sparked an uproar, and someone stood up and shouted, "Marat! Don't think we don't know, you're with him!"

Marat was also angry: "What's wrong? Mr. Frost has always cared about the people, and he is a well-deserved friend of the people! You see, he used his own money to buy fields and distribute them to the people! How could such a person betray the revolution?"

"What is his own money, he used coupons!"

"Isn't the voucher issued by the council? The council also uses the voucher to pay the wages of civil servants and the army! If you can pay the wages, you can buy land!" Mara refused to budge.

This statement left many speechless.

But immediately someone else yelled: "Your Mr. Frost, he pays the army's salary by himself, but he uses real money! It means that he does not support coupons, he is a traitor!"

Mara: "That's because he is in a remote area. As early as last year when he sent troops to suppress the rebellion, he said that he was hungry. The remote area does not recognize coupons and can only use silver coins! Rather, he can take out his own Silver coins, to pay the troops, is the proof that he has a heart for the revolution! But you, Mr. Grote the banker, you have a lot of silver coins too! Take it out to support the Parliament! Take it out to pay the National Guard!"

Grote hesitated a few words and suddenly seemed to have found a life-saving straw. He slapped the table and shouted: "Since it is a remote area and since the certificate is not recognized there, you should not use the certificate to buy land!"

"The ones who don't recognize the certificates are farmers in remote areas! When Frost buys land, he buys land from the patriots of the local council! Patriots should recognize the certificates!" Mara also slapped the table to refute.

Then several people slapped the table and stood up: "You are sophistry!"

"This is a double standard!"

Marat: "Nonsense! My logic is self-consistent!"

So another large group of people stood up and refuted Mara in one voice.

At this moment, the rotating speaker Brissot stood up: "Gentlemen! It is obviously meaningless to continue arguing. I suggest that the vote be started now. Let everyone use the ballot to express their opinions!"

Mara's expression changed upon hearing this.

Many of An Ning's friends are unable to run for this session of parliament because of Robespierre's proposal. Although there are still many members of the Jacobin Club in the parliament, many of them are not familiar with Frost. .

In addition, the Girondins have been advocating on various occasions that they should now use practical actions to give a good look to enemies at home and abroad. If they vote now, it is very likely that Andy will become a traitor recognized by the parliament.

But Marra was powerless to stop the vote.

After all, the voting is completely in line with the parliamentary process, and there must be enough people to oppose it in order to stop the voting.

Marat simply couldn't get that many people together.

And so the voting process began.

Mara can only watch Andy Frost be defined as a traitor by the parliament.

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Lafayette was pacing back and forth in his office, anxiously waiting for the results of today's parliamentary discussion.

Suddenly, Berthier opened the door and came in: "The parliament has passed a resolution, and Andy Frost has been characterized as the chief leader of the domestic counter-revolution, the mastermind behind the national turmoil, and the general backstage of the traitors."

Lafayette punched the table hard: "Great! Has the council decided when to attack him?"

"People from the parliament are already outside the door. They have come to invite you to the parliament to ask your opinion on counterinsurgency."

Lafayette: "Then what are you waiting for, I'm going!"

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Palais du Inlery, study.

Queen Mary is persuading Louis XVI.

"Honey, now these hateful rebels are busy fighting among themselves, it is the best time to flee to Austria! As long as you run to the border and join General Buye's troops, the royalists scattered everywhere will gather for us! Prussia, Austria, Tsarist Russia, and even the Kingdom of Sardinia on the Italian peninsula will support us!

"We can kill these hateful councilors in one fell swoop and take back everything that belongs to us! Look at what life we ​​are living now! This Duin Leli Palace is small and stuffy!

"I am a princess of Austria, and I am married to a king! Not a commoner!"

Louis XVI showed embarrassment: "Isn't it good to flee now? Now because of the unpopularity of the parliamentary policy, my reputation outside Paris is on the rise. After a while..."

Queen Mary interrupted Louis XVI: "What are you waiting for! Didn't you hear, those congressmen, some of them privately said that they wanted to establish a republic like the people of the New World!

"They can take you from Versailles to Paris, and they can take your crown away! Because they have despised the kingship!

"We must leave Paris and join the righteous men who support the royal power! His Majesty Leopold of Austria is my relative, and he will not ignore me!" Mary stepped forward and said eagerly.

Louis XVI pursed his lips, hesitating.

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

Mary: "Come in!"

The door opened, and it was Count Axel Ferson, the queen's Swedish lover. After he came in, he bowed slightly to Louis XVI, and then reported: "The parliament has just made a decision, announcing that Commissioner Andy Ferson of Conta Rost is a traitor, Lafayette has rushed to Parliament, and may soon send troops."

When Louis XVI heard this, he beamed with joy: "What? Really? That's great! I've tolerated that bastard for a long time! Lafayette, go and crush him!"

Mary turned her head, walked up to Louis XVI in three steps, and took his hand: "Your Majesty! When Lafayette sends troops, it is the best time for us to escape! Don't miss this opportunity!"

Louis XVI pursed his lips and fell into hesitation again.

Queen Mary: "Your Majesty!"

Louis XVI sighed: "Okay! Let's go when Lafayette leaves Paris!"

Chapter 132 Lafayette's Expedition

This morning, An Ning received a letter from Paris.

The letter was written by Marat, in which he said in a very urgent tone that the parliament had declared him a traitor, and that Lafayette had been appointed by the parliament and would set off to suppress the rebellion soon.

An Ning dropped the letter and sighed.Sure enough, the parliament at this time was very belligerent. If they hadn't had themselves, they would have declared war on Prussia, Austria, and a group of low countries in a few months.

At this time someone knocked on the door.

"Come in." An Ning replied softly.

The door opened, and a group of officers including Lazar Kano and Davout poured into the room, looking at An Ning eagerly.

Cano: "We heard a letter from Paris. How is the situation?"

"Just as we expected, prepare to fight." An Ning said as lightly as possible.

In fact, he was quite worried in his heart. After all, he was fighting with a general with actual combat experience like Lafayette, fighting a regular large corps.

An Ning is not sure of victory, no, it should be said that he is very uncertain now, after all, he only has more than 1 people, and his strength is too disadvantageous.

But he couldn't show it, he could only say this in an understatement as much as possible.

The officers looked at each other, and Lazar Kano, as the chief of staff, said to everyone: "You heard me, go back to your posts!"

So the officers who had just entered filed out of the room again.

When only Lazar Carnot was left, he said to An Ning: "I think the cavalry should be dispatched to reconnaissance in the direction of Paris to monitor the movement of Lafayette's army."

An Ning nodded, and then rang the bell on the table.Immediately a messenger opened the door and entered.

"Call Miss Oliver of the Cavalry."

After the orderer left, Lazar Kano shook his head: "This is the disadvantage of having female soldiers in the army. Their officers don't act together with our officers. Every time they give an order, they have to call someone separately."

An Ning: "But have you ever thought that it is precisely because of the female soldiers that we now have 5000 soldiers and [-] female soldiers? If all male soldiers were recruited, there would not be so many people at all."

Kano: "I admit that the use of female soldiers has given us more soldiers..."

"You just don't want girls to go to war."

"If they perform well in this campaign, I will change this opinion." Kano said.

An Ning was about to make a sharp comment when Captain Oliver, the commander of the female cavalry, opened the door and said, "Cavalry officer Oliver has arrived."

An Ning: "You immediately organize a team of cavalry who are familiar with the road. It doesn't take much to ride the best horses to the direction of Paris and monitor Lafayette's movements. You can stay in a hotel."

Oliver saluted: "Understood, I will send troops immediately."

"Well, let's go, there's nothing else to do." An Ning waved her hand.

Oliver saluted, then turned to leave.

An Ning turned his gaze to Lazar Kano, and he couldn't help but ask, "Do you think we can win this time?"

"You must never ask such a question in front of the officers." Kano frowned slightly, "You should act confident."

"I know. So, do you think we're going to win?"

"It's hard to say. After all, the enemy has a huge advantage in strength. Our training has advantages over the ordinary National Guard, but compared with the army of the Old Kingdom...the advantage is not obvious. And we also have an advantage in artillery. Our artillery More, and plenty of mounted guns."

An Ning nodded, and added in her heart: We still have Napoleon Bonaparte, a talented artillery officer.

Just then, someone knocked on the door again.

"Come in."

After An Ning answered the door, it was the maid Fanny who came in: "Your Excellency, some gentlemen from the Konta Council are asking to see you."

An Ning frowned slightly: "What the hell, what are they doing here at this time? Let them in."

Fanny bowed and was about to leave when several gentlemen from the Konta City Council pushed in the door with their big bellies: "We are coming in, Your Excellency the General."

An Ning: "What can you do?"

"We heard that a letter came from Paris." The leader was the new chairman of the Conta City Council. "Your Excellency, I don't know that you are now..."

"The National Assembly in Paris considers me a traitor." An Ning replied bluntly.

A few guys with a big belly immediately beamed with joy, but immediately suppressed their expressions and tried to restrain themselves.

"That... that's too bad, Paris won't really send troops to suppress 'us', will it?"

An Ning: "I'm afraid they will."

"My God!" exclaimed a member of parliament, "there are [-] National Guards in Paris!"

"Not that many. According to our information, there should be about [-], but it is impossible to send them all." Lazar Kano explained calmly.

The current speaker: "Then there should be 4? What can we do, 1 people! 'We' only have more than [-] people!"

An Ning: "Just say what you want to say."

"I'm just worried..."

"Don't worry." An Ning stood up, "I will defeat Lafayette on the plain of Conta, and then I will go to Paris and the gentlemen of Paris to report my interests."

This time An Ning spoke very confidently, as if he really had a million soldiers in his chest.

The gentlemen of the parliament looked at each other in blank dismay, with very bad expressions on their faces.

"Then, we can only wish Your Excellency the General the best of luck!" the speaker choked out this sentence.

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In Paris, the news that Lafayette was going to send troops had already spread throughout the city.

The night before the troops were dispatched, there were a lot of big soldiers in the pubs in Paris.

The Parisians surrounded these big soldiers and asked curiously.

"Are you really going to fight Mr. Frost?"

The soldier replied: "Yes, yes! Otherwise we wouldn't have given out the money!"

So the people around asked again: "Has the money been distributed? Is it the silver coins?"

"Where can it be!" The soldiers all replied, "the coupons were issued! That's why we rushed to spend the money before departure! Who knows that outside Paris, there are few people who recognize the coupons. Everyone Use silver coins!"

As a result, some citizens asked curiously: "Why did you issue finger coupons? When General Frost sent troops back then, he issued silver coins!"

Then the person who said this will be warned by everyone: "Shut up, General Frost is already a traitor!"

This scene was played out in taverns all over Paris.

Soon, everyone in the city knew that Lafayette was a penny-pincher, imitating General Frost to hand out money before the expedition, but he didn't learn thoroughly, and he was stingy and handed out coupons.