This morning, An Ning received a letter from Paris.
The letter was written by Marat, and it stated in a very urgent tone that the Parliament had designated him as a traitor. It also said that Lafayette had been appointed by the Parliament and would set out to put down the rebellion soon.
An Ning threw down the letter and sighed. As expected, the Parliament at this time was very warlike. If it weren't for himself, 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 responded softly.
The door opened, and a group of officers such as Lazar Cano and Davout poured into the room, looking at An Ning eagerly.
Carnot: "We heard about the letter from Paris. How is it?"
"Just as we expected, prepare to fight." An Ning said as lightly as possible.
In fact, he was quite worried. After all, he was fighting a regular large-scale battle with a general with actual combat experience like Lafayette.
An Ning is not sure of victory. No, it should be said that he is very unsure now. After all, he only has more than 10,000 people, and his military strength is too disadvantageous.
But he couldn't show it, so he could only say it in an understatement.
The officers looked at each other, and Lazar Cano, as the chief of staff, said to everyone: "You heard this, please return to your respective posts!"
So the officers who had just entered filed out of the room.
After Lazar Carnot was left alone, he said to Anning: "I think we should send out cavalry troops to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Paris to monitor the movements of Lafayette's army."
An Ning nodded, and then rang the bell on the table. Immediately, a messenger opened the door and came in.
"Go call Ms. Oliver of the Cavalry."
After the messenger left, Lazar Cano shook his head: "This is the disadvantage of having female soldiers in the army. Their officers do not act together with our officers, and they have to call someone separately every time they give an order."
An Ning: "But have you ever thought about it? It is precisely because of female soldiers that we now have 15,000 female soldiers. If all the 5,000 female soldiers were recruited as male soldiers, there would not be so many people at all."
Kano: "I admit that using female soldiers gives us more manpower..."
"You just don't want girls to go to war."
"If they perform well in this battle, I will change my opinion." Cano said.
Just as An Ning was about to make some sharp comments, Captain Oliver, the commander of the female cavalry, opened the door and came in: "Cavalry officer Oliver has arrived."
An Ning: "Immediately organize a team of cavalry who are familiar with the road. They don't need too many. They 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 and left.
An Ning turned his eyes to Lazar Cano, 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 show confidence."
"I know. So, do you think we will win?"
"It's hard to say, after all, the enemy has a huge advantage in strength. Our training is superior to that of the ordinary National Guard, but compared with the army of the Old Kingdom... the advantage is not obvious. We also have advantages in artillery. Our artillery
More, and a large number of mounted artillery."
An Ning nodded and added in her mind: We also have a talented artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door again.
"Come in."
After An Ning answered the door, the maid Fanny came in: "Your Excellency, several gentlemen from the Konta Council would like 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 the door open and came in with their big bellies: "We are in, Your Excellency General."
An Ning: "What are you doing?"
"We heard that there is a letter from Paris." The leader was the new Speaker of the Konta City Council, "General, I didn't know that you are now..."
"The National Assembly in Paris considers me a traitor." An Ning answered bluntly.
Several potbellied guys were immediately happy, but they immediately suppressed their expressions and tried to restrain themselves.
"Then...that's really bad. Paris won't really send troops to suppress 'us', right?"
An Ning: "I'm afraid they will."
"My God!" exclaimed one member of Parliament, "there are a hundred thousand National Guardsmen in Paris!"
"There are not that many. According to our intelligence, there should be about 60,000, but it is impossible to send them all." Lazar Cano explained calmly.
The current Speaker: "There should be 40,000, right? What can we do, 40,000! 'We' only have more than 10,000!"
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 plains of Conta, and then go to Paris to argue my case with the gentlemen of Paris."
This time An Ning spoke very confidently, as if he really had millions of soldiers in his chest.
The gentlemen of the parliament looked at each other with very bad expressions.
"Then, we can only wish your Excellency the General a great victory!" the Speaker suppressed his words.
**
Here in Paris, the news that Lafayette was going to send troops had already spread throughout the city.
The night before the troops were to be sent out, there were a lot of big soldiers in the pubs of Paris.
The Parisians surrounded these big-headed soldiers and asked curiously.
"Are you really going to fight Mr. Frost?"
The soldier's answer: "Yes, yes! Otherwise we won't pay you!"
So people around asked again: "Money was distributed? Is it silver coins?"
"No way!" the soldiers all replied, "the coupons were issued! That's why we hurried to spend the money before departure! Who doesn't know that outside Paris, there are few people who recognize the coupons, and everyone
Use silver coins!”
Then some citizens asked curiously: "Why are you issuing thumbtacks? When General Frost sent out troops, all he issued were silver coins!"
Then the person who said this will be warned by everyone: "Stop talking, General Frost is already a traitor!"
Scenes like this were played out in pubs across Paris.
Soon, everyone in the city knew that Lafayette lived without money and imitated General Frost in distributing money before going on an expedition, but he did not learn it thoroughly and was stingy.
That night, people in Paris were discussing who would win the next war, Lafayette or Mr. Frost.
No one knew that in the Tuileries Palace, the Queen was also anxiously waiting for Lafayette's departure.
Early the next morning, to be precise, the morning of August 5, 1791, 40,000 French troops led by Lafayette set out from Paris.
Louis XVI also attended the ceremony of sending troops. At the ceremony, Lafayette swore to Louis XVI and the gentlemen of the Assembly that he would definitely capture the traitor Andy Frost.