When Dandong arrived, An Ning was playing bridge with several local gentlemen in his office.
After all, he had no 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 are they?"
"It's this one!"
Dandong's voice made An Ning raise her head.
"Dandong!" An Ning was overjoyed. He dropped his bridge and said to several local gentlemen, "That's it for today. A distinguished guest has arrived from Paris. I want to find the distinguished guest."
Several gentlemen nodded, stood up and said goodbye to An Ning.
After they left the room, Danton asked: "Who are these people?"
"Oh, they are local grain merchants and cloth merchants," An Ning waved his hand, "I gave them the title of members of the National Assembly and roped them into the local assembly. You must know that my troops have to be stationed here permanently and cannot leave.
their support.”
Danton was shocked: "You still want to stay here? The whole of Paris is waiting for your triumphant return! Everyone wants to see the great hero who defeated 20,000 enemy troops with more than a thousand people."
An Ning: "Twenty thousand enemy troops? The conscience of heaven and earth, the total number of rebels in Konta is not even ten thousand..."
"But people in Paris said that you defeated 20,000 enemy troops, and some people swore that you were able to do this because you challenged the enemy leader to a duel in front of the battle line, and you killed more than a dozen rebels in a row.
Army leader!"
——Am I fucking Guan Yu?
Warming wine to kill the rebel leader, right? That’s not right. Warming wine to kill people requires Zhang Fei to play the drums for me!
While An Ning was shocked, Danton continued: "Maximilian proposed in parliament that you be awarded the rank of brigadier general. He said, 'If such a soldier is not a general, I will suspect that there is something 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, and at least you should listen to your battle report first.
"I see, Lafayette just doesn't want you to be promoted. It is said that he originally wanted to delay the dispatch of troops and let you be dealt with by tens of thousands of rebels. Unexpectedly, you just defeated the rebels!"
"It's amazing. How did you manage to defeat 20,000 people with less than 2,000 people?"
"Well, as I said just now, I didn't defeat 20,000 people..."
"Then why don't you go back to Paris quickly to explain the situation?" Dandong interrupted An Ning, "If you don't go back to Paris, everyone will tell you that you defeated 100,000 people!"
Good guy, two thousand against one hundred thousand? Am I leading the Astartes in Warhammer 40K?
Danton: "Look at how shocked you are. Go back to Paris! I don't understand. If you don't go back to Paris quickly and take advantage of the prestige of your victory to become an opinion leader in the parliament, why are you staying here?"
——I stay in Konta just because I don’t want to be an opinion leader!
If this continues, I will become the mainstay of the revolution, and I will ride on a fucking wall!
An Ning: "It's like this. I found that I am actually more suitable to lead troops to fight than to hold meetings with gentlemen in parliament. Next, I am going to continue to lead the troops to garrison in Konta to prevent the rebellion here."
Dandong: "Then you can play bridge here?"
"Playing bridge is also part of the job. It is to win over the local tycoons." An Ning explained.
"Okay, I understand." Dandong nodded, "In short, Paris still has to go back, and life has to be restored, right? And since you won the battle, the king has been looking forward to your return, because your victory will also increase the reputation of the royal family.
It's improved a lot. I heard that His Majesty is planning to give you a knighthood!"
An Ning: "There has been a revolution, why do I still need a title? After the August Declaration, the peasants sent nobles from all over the country to the gallows. I don't want to be with them."
Dandong: "I know that you are wholeheartedly committed to revolution. No one is more passionate about revolution than you."
——What the hell?
My friend Dandong, you have misunderstood me a bit!
However, this misunderstanding could not be explained, so An Ning could only admit it: "Okay, okay, I will transfer a company and escort 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 crowns of silver coins given to him by the Duke of Orleans.
He was ready to return twenty thousand crowns to the Duke.
Anyway, An Ning is rich now, with a whole cathedral's gold and silver treasures.
Dandong: "The relationship is good, then I will stay here for a few days and play bridge with you!"
**
After a few days, the decision was made to return the troops to Paris.
An Ning mobilized a company of infantry and all the cavalry to form a large force returning to Paris.
The remaining troops remained in Konta, led by Second Lieutenant Russell.
Dandong was shocked when he heard this arrangement: "Russell? Isn't he the mason you promoted? Do you really let him lead the entire army?"
An Ning responded: "What's wrong with the mason? I'm still a cobbler. Russell performed very well in the counter-insurgency battle and can be trusted."
Dandong: "Okay, you are the god of military affairs who just won a great victory, the magician of the battlefield, you have the final say."
An Ning: "Why did you call me the magician of the battlefield?"
"I went to a tavern to drink yesterday, and I heard the locals call you that. I think this name is good, and it suits you very well. You defeated 100,000 people with 2,000 people - I mean, 10,000 people, it's really like magic
Same."
An Ning could only shake his head.
Another day passed, and preparations for returning to Paris were completed, and the troops gathered at the gate of the abbey.
An Ning prepared two prison cars and imprisoned the former cardinal of Konta and the abbots of various monasteries.
Christina led the cavalry girls in front of the prison car, while a company selected by An Ning held the line behind the prison car.
As for An Ning himself, he rode a big white horse at the front of the team, and Dandong rode beside him.
When this army left Konta City, the people of Konta rushed to the streets and watched on both sides of the streets.
Seeing the former bishops in the prison van, the crowd bowed their heads and made the sign of the cross on their chests.
When Dandong saw this, he said to An Ning: "You are really powerful. You can make these religious people watch their bishop being taken away so obediently."
"They were so obedient because after I arrived, I subsidized the grain dealers who raised the purchase price of grain, allowing them to collect grain at a high price and sell it at a low price. I used the church's property to make up the difference."
Dandong asked in surprise: "Can you afford it financially if you do this?"
An Ning smiled: "You don't know how much gold and silver I found in the churches here. These priests are simply vampires, they have sucked the flesh and blood of the citizens."
Danton agreed: "Indeed, since the church's property was confiscated, Paris's finances have been greatly relieved, and Parliament can finally settle down and formulate a constitution. Everything will develop in a good direction from now on. In my opinion, the revolution will be soon
That’s it!”
Having read the historical script, An Ning chose to remain silent at this time.
At this time, the wind blew from behind, bringing with it the military songs sung by the infantry troops walking behind.
Dandong turned his head and listened for a few seconds, then asked An Ning: "What's going on with this song?"