In the middle of the night, An Ning was surrounded by revolting people and arrived at the Paris City Hall.
Also arriving with him was the body of the Marquis Delaunay, commander of the Bastille garrison.
Lafayette frowned when he saw the corpse: "I was playing bridge with the Marquis Delaunay last week."
An Ning hurriedly said: "I tried to stop the lynching of the masses, but it was already too late."
"Perhaps this is his fate." Marquis Lafayette sighed, "It should be considered a good thing that the people's anger just disappeared like this."
It seems that Lafayette doesn't really care about his friend the Marquis Delaunay.
The "Father of the Founding of the United States" changed the subject: "I heard that you personally commanded the siege? How did you manage to capture the fortress in such a short period of time?"
An Ning smiled and said: "There is no secret. I just pushed the cannon to a place less than fifty fathoms away from the city gate and fired. I first fired at the drawbridge, then pushed the cannon into the urn city and fired one shot at the inner gate.
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As soon as An Ning finished speaking, the busybody added more jealously: "Mr. Frost also personally rushed into the inner courtyard of the fortress and personally defeated the defenders in the inner courtyard who wanted to stop the attackers."
——Did I rush in personally? I was carried in by these dead ghosts!
Then they were knocked down by a volley of guns. I was so knocked down that I had to charge into the battle with my body.
I'm so unlucky.
Lafayette listened to the description of the guy who volunteered, and looked at An Ning with an unbelievable expression: "Did you rush into the inner courtyard of the castle yourself? It's amazing. After making so many dangerous moves, you
There wasn’t even a single injury on his body!
"Is it possible that you are the one who is attached to the battlefield?"
Wait, someone who is attached to the battlefield is pretty cool - no, don't give me any more inexplicable titles!
At this time, Bayi stepped forward and said to An Ning: "Conquering the Bastille is a great achievement! Unfortunately, in this situation, we can't give any more awards to Mr. Frost. Do you want to see if you are willing to serve as the new leader?"
Deputy Commander of the National Guard?
"The presence of the heroes who captured the Bastille will greatly boost the morale of the National Guard!"
An Ning curled her lips. When Bayi said the word "deputy commander", An Ning noticed that the corner of Lafayette's mouth twitched.
It seems that the Marquis de Lafayette does not want a civilian artillery officer to be his deputy.
Having made this judgment, An Ning immediately spoke: "Well, I'm just a lieutenant and not suitable for such an important position as deputy commander. I think I can serve as an artillery instructor of the National Guard and be responsible for training the artillery skills of the National Guard."
Lafayette's expression softened visibly.
Mr. Marquis's thoughts are really simple and easy to understand.
Lafayette: "Since Mr. Frost has volunteered, I think that's the way to go. Mr. Frost was able to storm the Bastille so quickly. It is obvious that his use of artillery has reached a certain level, and he is more than qualified to serve as an artillery instructor!"
"I think we can put all the artillery of the National Guard under the command of Mr. Frost!"
At this time, many traditional generals regarded artillery as a supplement and believed that the outcome of land battles still depended on the intensive firing and charging of line infantry.
Historically, it was only during the Napoleonic era that the French Revolutionary Army began to pay special attention to the use of artillery.
The Napoleonic era has not yet arrived, and it is obvious that Lafayette still regards artillery as an icing on the cake, rather than as a decisive force in the battle.
Therefore, Lafayette easily handed over the entire artillery unit of the National Guard that would be formed in the future to the command of Anning.
An Ning was suddenly struck by the job that fell from the sky. He was a little confused for a moment. What do you mean, he, a national representative, suddenly has military power?
At this time, Bayi added: "In addition, Mr. Frost, tomorrow we are going to the Palace of Versailles to meet the Saint and ask him to withdraw the Royal Swiss Mercenaries."
Good guy, how can I be a face-to-face saint at this time? I am obviously trying to force him into the palace.
Marquis de Lafayette: "As a hero who captured the Bastille, Mr. Frost should naturally go with us."
An Ning thought goodbye, I just raised the castle that symbolizes royal power, and then you asked me to run to see the king?
What, you still want me to tell the king how I conquered his fortress?
Although she complained like this in her heart, An Ning responded like this: "I understand, then let's go together tomorrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Torestaire, Duke of Orleans, entered the city hall with two entourages.
"Freedom!" the Duke of Orleans shouted. "The people in the street were singing and dancing, and they all called today the 'First Year of Freedom'! Andy, you did a good job! You did a very good job! But there is one thing I don't like."
Understand, how did you kick open the door of the Bastille?"
An Ning couldn't help but frown. In fact, smelling the smell of alcohol, one could guess that the Duke of Orleans was already drunk.
The content of these erroneous words further shows that the Duke of Orleans is in an extremely unconscious state at this moment.
Duke of Orleans: "How on earth did you breach the fortress! Tell me and let everyone know!"
An Ning didn't think he could speak clearly to the Duke at this time, so he changed the topic and said, "Mr. Duke, why did you come to the city hall to talk about this? You should have more important things, right?"
As soon as An Ning finished speaking, she heard Bayi muttering beside him: "There's nothing important. He's obviously just drunk and looking for a place to chat with someone."
Lafayette shook his head: "Drinking does ruin things. So I usually only drink a little bit at banquets, and the rest is thrown away quietly."
At this time, the drunken Duke of Orleans suddenly started shouting "Long live Paris".
**
In the middle of the night, An Ning fell asleep in the guest room provided by the city hall.
Early the next morning, when An Ning opened her eyes, she saw the doctor's servant bringing in a set of military uniforms.
An Ning: "This is?"
"Mr. Lafayette thought that the saint should wear the official uniform of an officer today, so he sent someone to your house to get it."
An Ning raised her eyebrows and then asked, "Did my maid give it to you?"
"It seems so. I'm not the one responsible for picking up the clothes. I don't know the details."
An Ning curled her lips, stood up from the bed, and began to change into military uniform.
As soon as he put on his military uniform, Lafayette came running up and knocked lightly on the open door.
An Ning: "Good morning."
"Good morning, people's tiger!"
An Ning couldn't help but frown: "Who gave me this nickname?"
"Your friend Marat, in his newspaper Amigos d'People. He has flattered you as if you had single-handedly conquered the Bastille."
An Ning: "Of course there is no such thing. This is spreading rumors. I just did a little bit of what I could."
Lafayette raised his eyebrows.
An Ning quickly changed the subject: "By the way, what's going on in the palace?"
Lafayette: "His Majesty looked downcast yesterday. Today he convened a meeting of all senior generals in Paris, including Marshal Broy. I don't know what means His Majesty will use to deal with it."
An Ning remembered that Marshal Broi was a new aristocrat who was leaning towards the Great Revolution - in fact, all the respectable aristocrats in Paris at this time were basically leaning towards constitutionalism and reform.
Since Your Majesty has also summoned Marshal Broy, the possibility of subsequent force suppression will be greatly reduced.
An Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried in his sleep last night whether his intervention in history would change history. The French Emperor was stubborn to the end for no reason and chose to suppress it by force.
An Ning looked in the mirror and adjusted her military uniform.
Lafayette took An Ning's hat from the coat rack and handed it over.
Only then did An Ning realize that the red, white and blue round emblem had been glued on the military cap.
Fanny must have prepared this at home.
An Ning seemed to be able to see Fanny lighting candles and making this round emblem in the middle of the night yesterday.
An Ning took the hat and put it on her head.
Lafayette: "Are you ready? Then let's go to Versailles to meet the Holy Spirit."