At this time, An Ning and a certain Li Yuanhong who had been pushed to the shelves had a lot in common.
It is said that a person's fate is closely related to the course of history, and now he believes it.
An Ning is now in this position without any personal efforts. It was all pushed up by the process of history.
But since you are in this position, just do your job well.
An artillery officer would definitely be more accurate in shooting artillery than the real laundry owner in history.
However, An Ning remembered that the cannon at the Invalides seemed to have no ammunition, so everyone thought of going to the Bastille to get gunpowder and ammunition.
At this moment, a few men in trousers came out pushing an ammunition cart.
Okay, if there are cannonballs at Les Invalides in this time and space, then there is no reason to go to the Bastille?
At this time, someone with a gun asked loudly: "Where should we go?"
"Yeah, where should we go?"
Everyone looked at each other, obviously they had not thought about what to do next.
Then all eyes fell on An Ning again.
Peace was in trouble. Historically, this group of people went to the Bastille to find gunpowder for cannons - because it was widely rumored that the Bastille had a large amount of gunpowder and ammunition.
Later, the cannon with cannonballs that the laundry owner Yu Lan pushed over was seized from somewhere else and was not surrendered at Les Invalides by the main people who attacked the Bastille.
At this time, a whole ammunition truck was directly seized, and there was no need to worry about gunpowder and ammunition.
So the question becomes, what should we do next?
An Ning thought, the reason to go to the Bastille was gone, so we couldn't just drive directly to the Palace of Versailles, right?
At this time, a strong man slapped his thigh: "Why are you still hesitating? Our goal is to rescue the National Assembly in Versailles! Let's go to Versailles! Bombard the Swiss mercenaries and save the parliamentarians from the imprisonment of the Swiss mercenaries.
come out!"
An Ning was shocked. The attack on the Bastille was going to turn into an attack on the Palace of Versailles? Will the next step be a seamless public trial of the king, taking an unimagined path?
No, no, it can't be like this, otherwise history will be derailed.
Moreover, the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries are all regular troops, and they probably can't defeat our own people.
The Swiss mercenaries defeated the people, which may strengthen Louis XVI's confidence and strengthen the locksmith king's determination to suppress it with force.
No, it can't be like this.
An Ning stood on the cannon and shouted loudly: "We can't go to Versailles. There are 20,000 Swiss troops in Versailles. If we go to fight them, we will just die in vain! We should go to the Bastille!"
The crowd looked at each other.
"Bastille? Why go to Bastille?"
"What does it have to do with the Bastille?"
An Ning's brain was spinning rapidly at this time, making up the reasons to go to the Bastille. Soon he thought: "Citizens! The Bastille is a symbol of royal power, and Voltaire was also imprisoned in this prison!
"If your Majesty captures progressives, they will definitely be imprisoned in the Bastille! It is said that mutinous Guardsmen are also imprisoned there!
"We attacked the Bastille, firstly, to rescue them! Secondly, we destroyed this symbol of royal power. Through this action, we told the king that we no longer recognize his royal power!"
After An Ning said that, she wanted to give herself a slap in the face. What's the point of saying this? It's too far-fetched.
But the crowd cheered, and they seemed to have only heard the last sentence: "We no longer recognize his kingship."
People shouted in response to Anning: "Go to the Bastille!"
"Bastille!"
"I've long disliked that fortress!"
The crowd began to move again, and many men in trousers worked together to push the cannon and ammunition carts.
An Ning was lazy and sat directly on the ammunition truck, and no one said anything to him.
The large group of people set off from the Invalides, and many armed people joined the group along the way.
Whenever a new person appears, there is no need for An Ning to speak, everyone will rush to shout: "Everyone, let's go to the Bastille together!"
Generally speaking, the armed people joined the team in a confused manner. Occasionally, a few would ask: "Why the Bastille? What is there?"
Then they will get a variety of answers. The more common ones are to replicate An Ning's words, saying that it is a symbol of royal power, and that if they break it, they can support the gentlemen of the National Assembly.
There were also some random answers. Some said that the Bastille held the gentlemen of the National Assembly, some said that the king kept the mutinous Guards soldiers there, and the most outrageous answer was that the Bastille held the gentlemen of the National Assembly.
By Voltaire.
How many years has it been since Voltaire died?
An Ning didn't even bother to correct these statements. The situation was already in chaos anyway, and no one would care about it afterwards.
In short, the current task is to follow the historical script and storm the Bastille on July 14th to ensure that history does not derail.
Finally, the large group of people arrived at the gate of the Bastille.
The crowd started shouting: "Open the door!"
"The symbol of royal power surrenders to the Parisians immediately!"
"Free M. Voltaire!"
An Ning's head was full of black threads when she heard the shouting: Damn it, if I had known, I wouldn't have mentioned Voltaire just now!
The fortress commander, the Marquis Delaunay, showed his head on the city wall and shouted: "I am the fortress commander, the Marquis Delaunay. This prison does not contain the people you are talking about!"
"You lied!" someone yelled.
"Yes, open the door and let us go in and take a look!"
"Free M. Voltaire!"
An Ning frowned and wanted to catch the guy who called Voltaire and slap him in the mouth. He even suspected that this guy yelled like that on purpose.
The Marquis of Delaunay said angrily: "What nonsense! What nonsense! This is the royal prison, and I guard here under the king's order! No one can enter the prison gate without the king's order!"
An Ning thought to herself, it's your turn to die here today, you can't mention the king.
The crowd immediately became excited, and many people turned to urge An Ning: "Mr. Frost, this is the king's lackey, fire!"
"Yeah, let's fire!"
An Ning scratched his head. He remembered that in the process of conquering the Bastille in history, no action was taken from the beginning. The Marquis Delaunay wanted to negotiate at first, so he let the people's representatives enter the Bastille to negotiate.
Why don't you just follow the script?
Is it just because I, a butterfly, flaps my wings?
"Mr. Frost! Fire the cannon! Lead us to destroy this fortress!"
"Yeah, let's fire!"
"Please lead us!"
An Ning curled her lips and waved her hand: "Load the artillery!"
After the order was given, several men in trousers immediately climbed onto the ammunition truck and began to clumsily take the prefabricated powder cartridges from the ammunition box.
Yes, at this time, the French army, after undergoing the reforms of Artillery Director Guiberval, had begun to use prefabricated powder cartridges, which was a relatively advanced practice in Europe.
An Ning saw the men in trousers clumsy, so she waved and scolded: "Get out of the way, let me do it!"
He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the barrel of the cannon and wiped it himself. After wiping the inside of the cannon, he took a section of prefabricated gunpowder, stuffed it into the cannon, pushed it to the inside and pressed it tightly. Then he took another cannonball and pounded it into the cannon, using the same stick.
Press tightly.
After the loading was completed, An Ning waved his hand and ordered: "Come on a few brave people and push the cannon up with me!"
Immediately a few strong young men stood up.
They worked together to push the cannon towards the gate of the Bastille.
The Marquis of Delaunay saw it clearly from the top of the castle wall and asked loudly: "What are you going to do! I order you to stop your dangerous actions immediately!"
An Ning shouted back at the top of his lungs: "If you want us to stop our actions, lower the drawbridge and hand over the fortress!"
The Marquis of Delaunay was silent for a few seconds, and then shouted: "You know I can't do this! Stop it, or we will shoot!"
An Ning no longer responded to the Marquis, but ordered the person pushing the cannon: "Hurry up and push the cannon!"
As a traditional fortress, the Bastille has several defenses. The outermost defense is the urn that protects the main gate. Outside the urn is a drawbridge.
Although the trenches around the Bastille have long been filled in after so many years of development, the protection provided by the urn and the drawbridge still exists.
If you want to attack the main city gate, you have to lower the drawbridge.
Historically, this suspension bridge was lowered by a few young people who climbed over the wall of Wengcheng - yes, they climbed over the wall of Wengcheng.
But now, it seems the cannon needs to speak.
An Ning directed everyone to push the cannon down dozens of meters in front of the suspension bridge.
"Stop! Let go of the cannon!"
After everyone loosened the wheels of the cannon, An Ning personally stepped forward to operate the cannon and take aim.
An Ning's system came into play at this time. It recognized the cannon as An Ning's hand-held weapon, gave a crosshair like that in World of Tanks, and marked the possible landing point of the cannonball with a dotted circle.
An Ning saw that it was not possible. The distance was still too far to guarantee that a shot would hit the suspension bridge, so he waved his hand again and ordered: "Keep pushing forward! It's not close enough!"
The young men just now worked together again to push the cannon's wheels.
"One, two, get up!"
The cannon slowly approached the drawbridge.
The voice of Marquis Delaunay came again: "Stop! If you don't stop, I will open fire! We have something to discuss!"
When An Ning heard the Marquis's words, she thought that indeed, as in history, this Marquis was not firmly on the side of the royal power.
The Marquis still wanted to talk to the people surrounding the fortress.
But the question is, I pushed the cannon to this position, but it didn't fire. Is this reasonable?
Look at the crowd around you, their faces are full of anticipation for the sound of cannons!
After the artillery advanced ten meters, An Ning shouted to stop again, and then took aim personally.
After taking aim, he inserted the fuze into the hole above the gun, making sure that the fuze penetrated deeply into the charge.
"Torches!" Andy Frost yelled.
Immediately someone thrust a torch into his hand.
An Ning: "History will remember this moment! This cannon fire ushered in a new era of freedom!"