As soon as An Ning finished speaking, Lazar Cano grabbed An Ning and whispered in his ear: "Don't be like this, if you punish Lafayette for this matter, those officers who originally wanted to defect to us may They all changed their minds, we are short of officers!"
An Ning thought calmly, that seemed to be the case. But then he recalled some of the more powerful marshals of Napoleon in another time and space.
Massena is an Italian and of civilian origin.
Murat's family runs a small hotel and is a commoner.
Soult's father is a notary, a bourgeois and a commoner.
Ney's family was a beer barrel maker, so of course he was a commoner.
Ruerdang's father is a surgeon and he has bought cloth himself. He is a small trader and is naturally a commoner...
An Ning counted them down and it seemed that more than half of the marshals who took over the emperor were from civilian backgrounds. Among the nobles, one of the more powerful ones, Berthier, was now a prisoner, and the other was Napoleon, who was now his supporter.
There is also Davout, who was born into a military family and was an aristocrat, but his family fell into decline, but he was actually more open to the people.
It seems that if the nobles don't come, they won't come? It won't have any impact?
Moreover, An Ning's martial arts is so high now that many nobles are defecting to his martial arts. In this battle, An Ning has not yet invested his own Afterglow Knights.
This group of people was probably furious, watching civilians get meritorious services.
If there is another battle, they will definitely work harder and rush to dangerous positions.
After making up his mind, An Ning responded loudly to Carnot, letting everyone hear his words: "Yes, dealing with Lafayette for a soldier may keep the officers away from us! But it will also make the citizens of France The Self-Defense Forces are facing us! We will make all citizens of France face us!
"Do you understand, Lazar? This is to declare to all citizens that in our army, everyone is equal! The reason why officers are officers is not because of their special status, but because they have received He won the love of ordinary soldiers!
"This is a very important thing! In my army, if officers want to serve the public, they must be popular among the soldiers. They cannot use torture and terror to deal with the soldiers!"
When An Ning spoke, the soldiers around him stopped what they were doing and listened attentively. When An Ning finished speaking, they immediately burst into thunderous applause and cheers.
Davout was also listening. As a former officer and a nobleman, his expression was very complicated, but when An Ning finished speaking, he also clapped and cheered with everyone.
Perhaps it is not easy for people to get rid of the influence of their origins, but he still chose to agree with An Ning's approach.
Seeing this posture, Lafayette couldn't help but become anxious: "You! Since the Hundred Years' War between England and France, there has been no precedent of killing an officer who has surrendered! Even if you kidnap me for a ransom, that's fine!"
An Ning smiled: "General Lafayette, you probably don't know that soon the blood of nobles will flow into rivers throughout France."
Anning was talking about the Jacobin Terror, which was like beheading melons. Nobles, capitalists and little bourgeois were beheaded every day in the squares of Paris.
That's called equality for all living beings.
Even the leaders of the Jacobins could not escape the fate of being equalized in the end.
However, it was precisely because of the rule of the Jacobins that everything that existed was swept away and France entered a new era.
Unfortunately, Nahuang later changed it back.
Later, during the Battle of the Three Emperors, Willotl, the Chief of Staff of the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces, said: "The Republic? Napoleon himself destroyed half of it! Now we are going to destroy the other half."
Thinking of this, An Ning couldn't help but take another look at Napoleon.
If you are here, maybe you can prevent Napoleon from destroying him in the future?
An Ning deliberately did not think about another possibility. He kept comforting himself that a man as ambitious as Napoleon would want to be emperor when he should.
Although An Ning's original intention was that the Jacobins would go on a killing spree in the future, people around him didn't know the future history, so everyone heard it as a different meaning: Obviously, General Frost wanted to bleed the French nobles.
into a river.
Immediately, many soldiers were chattering: "Look, the noble gentlemen are in trouble. Your Excellency the General used to be a famous killer of nobles! It is said that he dueled fourteen times and killed fourteen unruly nobles!"
"
"No, no, I heard it was sixteen times. Any noble who looked down on his cobbler background had his gloves thrown off and he killed them in duels!"
An Ning didn't hear the soldiers' chatter. He said to Lazar Cano: "Tie Lafayette up again! Guard him tightly! Leave the troops cleaning the battlefield behind. The others will repair tonight and return tomorrow."
Konta!”
**
The next day, everyone in Konta knew the news of General Frost's victory. They rushed outside the city and waited eagerly for the triumphant victory of Frost's army.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker were waiting outside the city with all the respectable gentlemen.
Deputy Speaker Duncan stood directly in front of the team, next to Speaker Robbo, feeling a little uneasy.
Because he had secretly written a letter to Lafayette before, saying that the current congressmen in the city only acquiesced to the land distribution due to Frost's power, and they were definitely loyal ministers of the Republic.
It's good now that this letter has become evidence of his collaboration with the enemy. I don't know what General Frost will do with him.
If General Frost gets angry, his life will be over.
While he was feeling anxious, someone suddenly shouted: "The general's team is coming!"
Everyone looked into the distance together, and sure enough they saw a team appearing on the horizon, heading this way.
The team sang "Ode to Rome" loudly as they walked, and their energy was obviously that of a team returning with a great victory.
The band on the side of the welcoming crowd also hurriedly played Roman odes, and all the citizens sang together.
During the singing, two groups of people approached, and suddenly someone exclaimed: "There is a prison car!"
The citizens who had just been singing Roman Ode in unison immediately started talking about it.
Duncan gasped. He had good eyesight and could see clearly. The person in the prison car was probably... Lafayette!
Speaker Robbo turned around and asked, "Is the person in the prison car General Lafayette?"
Duncan replied as if he had lost his soul: "Yes, it should be General Lafayette."
Luo Bo: "Speaking of which, His Excellency the General sent a team of people back last night and set up a stage in the Municipal Square overnight. I don't know if it has anything to do with this."
Duncan: "No way... that stand looks like just a whipping stand. Does he want to whip General Lafayette? It shouldn't be, it will stain the glory of his victory!"
Yes, the general tradition of this era is that the opponent's coach will not be killed even if the battle is won. The naval battle is even more exaggerated. The loser will hand the sword to the winner, but the winner will immediately return the sword, and then both sides will fight together
Have a drink on the deck.
Failure to do so will undermine the winner's glory and make the world despise him.
It is precisely because of this custom that despite so many wars in Europe, the nobles can still pass it on from generation to generation.
If he were an ordinary general, no one would doubt that General Lafayette would leave with dignity.
But Frost was no ordinary general.
At this time, Frost led his officers to the welcoming citizens.
He spoke: "Everyone! Everyone is gathered here, just in time to witness one thing! That is, I want to bring to trial the instigator of the Massacre at Mars Campus, the villain who brutally murdered soldiers who were owed pay, Gilbert Du Motier.
(Lafayette’s full name)!”
The citizens were in an uproar!
An Ning: "Take the prisoner to the City Hall Square!"