Soon, news of the Flanders Army stationed near Paris spread throughout Paris.
Also circulated was a vivid little story: it was said that at a banquet hosted by the King of France for the Legion of Flanders, the officers of the Legion trampled on the tricolor emblem.
As for the origin of this little story, it is unclear.
Anyone who swears to tell this little story will claim that it was told to him by someone who witnessed it, but if asked who it is specifically, he will definitely be hesitant and unclear.
On the third day after the Flemish Army entered Paris, in the early morning of October 5, a large number of Parisians gathered in the square in front of the City Hall.
Lafayette ordered the National Guard to disperse the crowd, but the order was not carried out.
The crowd gathered more and more, including a large number of women.
At 10 o'clock, a female fruit vendor climbed onto the cart where she was selling fruit and shouted loudly: "Everyone! I believe His Majesty the King doesn't want everyone to fall into such a miserable situation! He must have been kidnapped by that Austrian woman who spoke German.
Yes, deceived!
"We French women are going to make His Majesty the King wake up! As long as His Majesty wakes up, he will never sit back and watch us starve! Sisters, let's go to Versailles! Let's meet His Majesty!"
The fruit seller's call was immediately echoed by a large number of women present. Many of them are housewives. Now they really can't buy bread. The whole family is hungry. They have no choice but to go to the streets.
Someone shouted: "Arrest the Austrian woman who made us eat cake!"
"Yes, let her make a cake for us!"
The fruit seller at the beginning shouted: "Sisters, follow us! Let's go to Versailles together!"
As she said that, she jumped out of the car and started walking ahead.
The crowd followed him and set off from the Municipal Square in a mighty manner.
Lafayette watched all this from the second floor of City Hall, with a smile on his lips.
Paris Mayor Bailly said next to him: "Should the National Guard be ordered to take resolute action?"
Lafayette: "What action should be taken? Isn't this just right? The king thinks that with the support of the Legion of Flanders, he can rest easy, then I want to see what he uses to deal with the angry people. It's the legion's
Bayonet?"
Bayi: "What if he used a bayonet?"
Lafayette: "He won't. When I went to meet the king yesterday, Frost tested it. It can be heard that the king has not yet made up his mind to be an executioner. Because of this, we can take advantage of public opinion.
To force the king to submit.
"As long as the National Guard is prepared and comes out to clean up the mess at the appropriate time, it will be fine."
Bayi raised his eyebrows: "You are still as wise as ever. However, I want to remind you that the artillery unit led by Mr. Frost is closer to the Palace of Versailles. You'd better control the opportunity to stand up, otherwise you will be arrested again.
Mr. Frost picked the peaches."
Lafayette frowned.
"That Frost, he is either very good at hiding himself, or... Anyway, I have been observing him recently, and I think he is a guy with no ambition. He really seems to be less interested in fame and fortune than sleeping."
Bayi: "Maybe. Anyway, I warned you."
Lafayette nodded: "Don't worry, I will take care of it."
**
On An Ning's side, he was supervising the training of his small unit early in the morning, when suddenly a large group of people in waistcoats from a distance drove over along the road outside the manor.
The troops who were training all stopped and looked in the direction of the road. Someone whistled: "Hey, they all look like old ladies!"
An Ning turned to Corporal Jean Bol, whom he had promoted, and said: "Corporal, form the team and make them serious!"
"Yes!" Jean Bol responded, turned around and ordered, "Line up! Stand at attention! Be serious and don't talk!"
An Ning clasped her hands behind her back and walked towards the road with square steps. She stood on the roadside and said to the people walking on the road: "Ladies, where are you going?"
"Go to Versailles!" someone replied, "Let's go ask your Majesty for bread!"
An Ning understood what had happened at that time: no need to ask, this was the "March on Versailles", a very famous event in the history of the French Revolution.
This incident almost killed Louis XVI early and frightened him and the queen.
After that, the king completely relented and could no longer stand up to the National Assembly.
While An Ning was recalling the script, a woman recognized An Ning: "Wait a minute, sir, are you the aristocratic killer, the berserker who broke the Bastille, Mr. Andy Frost?"
The berserker who broke into the Bastille? What the hell, have I become a Berserker? Will there be a little loli with white hair and red eyes who will become my master in the future?
The voice actor of the little lolita is still Mai Kadowaki, right?
An Ning rubbed her nose: "Well, that's me. But I don't mean Berserker..."
"Mr. Frost, come with us! Come and convince His Majesty! He must have been deceived by that Austrian bitch!"
——Don’t take me with you! I can’t ride the wall anymore, you’d better hire someone else!
An Ning: "Sorry, I still have to train the troops, so I can't get away for the time being."
"Then let your troops come with you! Bring your cannons!" A eldest sister said enthusiastically, "Let's go together to convince His Majesty that he must have been deceived by the Austrian girls!"
Damn it, bring the cannon to convince His Majesty?
An Ning: "Forget it, go ahead. His Majesty will definitely listen to your opinions."
After saying that, An Ning waved his hand, turned around and walked towards his troops - to be precise, he was running away.
He was afraid that if he did not escape, he would be forcibly carried to Versailles by the rushing crowd.
Then he will really become an opinion leader.
As soon as he returned to his unit, Jean Bol reported: "Mr. Captain, our team has been organized and ready to go at any time."
An Ning was shocked: "Why start?"
Jean Boer looked confused: "Huh? Aren't you going to set off? I thought we were going to help the masses."
An Ning: "Help, the artillery team, don't move! We are a unit of the National Guard and can only be dispatched after receiving orders from General Lafayette."
"Really?" Jean Bol asked with a suspicious look on his face.
"Of course it is, what do you think?"
"I thought we were your army and we could fight wherever you asked."
An Ning: "Shut up! You can't say this. In short, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can continue training."
Next, An Ning supervised the training of his troops for another two hours. During this period, people kept going to Versailles on the road at the door.
An Ning thought, the Palace of Versailles was probably surrounded by people at this moment.
If you go to Versailles at this time, people may misunderstand you.
What if the people carry An Ning and rush into the Palace of Versailles?
Anyway, An Ning was carried into the Bastille last time and already had a psychological shadow.
So An Ning didn't go to the afternoon meeting, and stayed with his troops in the manor.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Dandong came riding a horse to find An Ning.
"Andy!" Danton shouted as soon as he entered the courtyard of the manor, "Why are you still here? The people surrounded the Palace of Versailles, and they asked His Majesty the King to leave Versailles, go to Paris, and live in the Tuileries Palace!
"
An Ning: "That's it."
Seeing An Ning like this, Dandong couldn't help but laugh: "You seem to have expected this situation a long time ago? When are you going to come forward?"
An Ning: "What's going on?"
"Aren't you waiting for the most appropriate time to show up? With your prestige among the people, you will definitely be able to persuade them to disperse!"
An Ning was shocked: Is that what I thought? Even I knew it for the first time.
An Ning: "Don't the king have an army of Flanders? There are only a few thousand people. How can they be the opponent of the 60,000 army of Flanders?"
Danton smiled and said: "The soldiers of the legion refused to disperse the people and have withdrawn to their base. Now the people have surrounded the Palace of Versailles, and only the French King's Guards are still blocking the people from entering the palace."
An Ning: "It seems that even if you are a Flanders Army transferred from other places, you are deeply influenced by Enlightenment ideas."
"That's right, His Majesty the King is almost out of options. So when are you going to step forward on behalf of the people to force the palace?"
——Just say I have no such plan!
At this moment, two officers galloped over on horseback. When they arrived in front of the manor, they shouted: "Your Majesty's order! The National Guard will go to Versailles immediately to disperse the people gathered in Versailles."
After saying that, the two officers continued to ride towards the city of Paris.
On the road they were speeding through, there were still a large number of people rushing towards Versailles.
Dandong looked at An Ning: "The order has come, are you ready to ignore the king's order? The king may hold you accountable for your disobedience afterwards."
An Ning curled her lips.
If he was not in the yard of the manor, he could have excused himself by saying that he did not hear the order. But the two officers who had just given the order saw An Ning through the gate of the manor.
An Ning: "Boll!"
"Arrived!" Corporal Jean Bol said loudly.
"Assemble the troops! Let's go to Versailles."
"Yes!" The corporal paused and asked again, "Do you want to bring a cannon?"
——Why are you taking the cannon to Versailles?
"Nonsense, of course I won't take it with me! We will march to Versailles as infantry."