Chapter 90, Mutiny (1)
After practicing the artillery force hard, the newly promoted major Napoleon walked to his tent with a calm face and unexpectedly found that Joseph was waiting for him there.
"Joseph, what are you doing here?" The continuous defeat made Napoleon feel very bad. Although this defeat was as expected, the defeat still made Napoleon feel very uncomfortable.
"If you have something to come, let's go for a walk there," said Joseph.
Napoleon glanced at Joseph, realizing that something might have happened, and nodded and said, "Okay, let's go for a walk."
At this time, both of them lived in the military camp. Tents could block the view, but they were not very soundproof. So if you had any secrets to talk about, it would be better not to be inside the tent, otherwise you would be heard outside the tent and you would still know nothing. Therefore, if you had any secrets to talk about, it would be better to talk about outside.
The two walked towards a small hill over there. Along the way, they met many soldiers. The soldiers lazily raised their hands to salute them. Obviously, the current situation made these soldiers unable to lift themselves up. A manifestation of the depressed morale was the relaxation of discipline and etiquette in the army. The soldiers were willing to take the initiative to salute Joseph and Napoleon, which was already very considerate. Some officers and soldiers ignored them at all, and at this time, they did not dare to pursue these etiquette issues of the soldiers.
Although the soldiers were all weak in salute, Napoleon, Joseph and Return were still neat and very standard. Napoleon also stretched out his hands from time to time and patted the shoulders of the soldiers who were afraid of the opposite side: "Pierre, you are a good soldier. You were very brave in the last battle. Yule, cheer up and we will definitely win."
The two walked to a place where there were fewer people, and Joseph said, "Napoleon, you are so good. I found that you can call out almost all the soldiers' names and tell them about things. This is so good, the soldiers will be willing to fight for you. I really can't compare to you in this regard."
Napoleon was startled and stared at Joseph with wide eyes for a long time: "This is what you can say, Joseph? It's like a cyclop on a mermaid singing. Are you not sarcastic about me, or have any conspiracy?"
When Joseph heard this, he smiled proudly and said, "Napoleon, you have to know that the strong are never stingy with praising others. For example, we will all sincerely praise a child for being smart and cute, without any jealousy or conspiracy."
"You bastard, you will make me a child!" said Napoleon.
"Do you still want to say: 'I'm not a child anymore?'" a bad guy continued.
"Damn it! Stop talking about these boring things, just talk about business, is there anything you have to do with me?" Napoleon used his feet to crush the grass that had just emerged.
"Okay." Joseph said, "You notice..." He looked around and lowered his voice, "Have you noticed some unusual actions on the general?"
"What are the general's unusual actions?" Napoleon was shocked.
"Yes, his guards were all replaced by German mercenaries. The former French guards were sent to other combat troops one after another. Also, have you noticed that he transferred the Duke of Chartre to the vicinity of the command center."
After hearing this, Napoleon stopped, thought for a while and said, "Joseph, are you a little allergic? The general is not that stupid, right? How is that possible? Things that even Lafayette can't do..."
"Who knows? But just like in Paris, how long do you think Paris can continue to endure it? It's like we all know that a goat will definitely fall to death if it jumps off a cliff. But if a group of goats are chased by hunters and run to the edge of a cliff, they might risk jumping down from the cliff. If one jumps first and the other jumps on the back of the goat, they can jump over the cliff?"
"No, if the goats have such intelligence and discipline, they can put on a Frederick diagonal line, and let the hunters consider jumping up and stepping on one by one. But... I understand what you mean, are you saying that the general is desperate?"
"Is it not certain that he is desperate, but he has indeed reached the point where he must take risks." Joseph said, "Napoleon, if anything happens, can your soldiers obey your orders?"
"It turns out that the Red Army is definitely from. But they didn't concentrate in one place. They need to contact each other first. But this is also easy. Because they should have returned to the Red Army after the war, it is completely normal for us to contact them more." Napoleon said, "There are more than 300 Red Army people now, the general's German mercenary cavalry employed 100, and the Duke of Chartre's Volunteer Army has 500. But they don't have cannons. If they really want to fight, I can easily defeat them!" Napoleon replied in a low voice, his face full of excitement.
"Karno wrote me, and he mentioned that you might have to send some special missions to ask the generals some questions," said Joseph. "He was worried that this might lead to some changes. In addition, if the general wants to find you these days, you must be careful. Everyone knows our relationship with Kano, so we will be regarded as firm republicans and mountain factions. If I were the general, I would definitely control our two uncertainties before anything I wanted to do."
"Our general is a proud man. He has an unrealistic judgment on his appeal. I think he will not do such a thing. But I understand that necessary precautions are essential, so be careful yourself. After all, I am an artillery officer, and you are a staff officer, and it is more convenient for him to find you." Napoleon thought for a while.
"The special commissioner has not arrived yet. Please contact the Red Army first and be ready to respond at any time." Joseph finally explained.
It was interesting to say that the commissioners were much slower than those messengers. After Kano's messenger handed the letter to Joseph, it took two more days before the Paris commissioners arrived in the army.
This is normal, because the actual dispatch of special commissioners still requires the parliament to complete the process. Before the process is completed, the messengers who convey messages are already on the way.
After receiving the news that the commissioner had arrived, General Dimurier immediately ordered some of the generals to gather together to answer the commissioner's inquiry. However, the messengers sent out to find Joseph and Napoleon could not find them. It is said that they had all left their posts and had no idea where they went.
This news made General Dimurier feel a little bad, but at this time there was no time to do more, because the commissioner had already arrived at the gate of the barracks. Dimurier could only receive these imperial envoys from Paris first.
Several commissioners arrived at the military camp and everyone entered the office. Before several commissioners could speak, Di Murière attacked first. He first accused Paris of being unfavorable to the frontline support. After being refuted by the commissioners, he simply tried to find out and claimed that the existing government was an illegal rebellious government. He and his army believed that the 1791 constitution must be restored and France became a constitutional monarchy again.
The commissioners immediately ordered the arrest of Dimurier in the name of the Revolutionary Government and the National Assembly. But this was not Paris, and they did not bring a large number of National Self-Defense Forces. Instead, Dimurier gave the order, and the German mercenaries around him rushed forward and immediately tied up the five commissioners.
"Traitors! You won't have a good result!" a special envoy cursed.
"Call their mouths!" Dimurier ordered.
Several German mercenaries rushed over and stuffed the prepared towel into their mouths, and they suddenly disappeared.
"General, what should I do next?" asked the Duke of Chartre.
"Send some people to send them to the Austrians," said Dimurier.
A group of German mercenaries dragged the commissioners out of the room.
Then Dimurière supported him at the officers who were almost stunned by the sudden change and followed him to rebuild the French order.
Under the swords and guns of the German mercenaries and the Duke of Chartres, these officers were forced to express their opinions. They were asked to sign a manifesto with the words "opposition to the republic and restore the constitutional monarchy. Some officers who refused to sign were immediately imprisoned.
"If you control the officers, we can control the army." Dimurier said to the Duke of Chartre, "Your Highness, please believe me, we will succeed."
After receiving the news that the commissioners from Paris were sent and preparing to arrest themselves, Dimurier and the Duke of Chartre contacted the Austrians opposite. At first, they hoped that the Austrians would accept the plan of the Duke of Chartre to become the king of France and give them support. However, this plan was denied by the Austrians. They insisted that Louis XVII must inherit the throne. So the Duke of Chartre's future position changed from king to regent.
"It's just that the Bonaparte brothers are not around, which makes me a little worried," said the Duke of Chartre.
"We control most of the officers, which is enough," Dimurier said. "Now let's call the soldiers together."
Several messengers ran out. But as soon as they left the door, there were gunfires and shouts coming from afar.
"What's going on?" asked the Duke of Chartre.
"Green, take a few people to see!" Dimurier issued an order to his guard captain.
Green hurriedly saluted, then rushed out with a few people, and then there was a sound of horse hooves. They got on the horse and headed towards the direction of the gunshot.
"Viela, go and ring the bell and gather the soldiers together. I want to talk to them!" Dimurier knew that this was not the time to hesitate. The gunshots were made from the road leading to the Austrian army base. The distance of the sound should be that the German mercenaries who escorted the commissioners were ambushed. Maybe the commissioners had been rescued, and now he must control the situation as soon as possible.
Lieutenant Vieira responded and turned and went out.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves came from outside, and then several German mercenaries rushed in, one of them was injured on the shoulder.
"What's going on, Fritz?" Dimurier asked at him that the injured person was a small team leader of the German mercenary cavalry.
"General, we have an ambush," Fritz replied.
"Who attacked you? Where are those special envoys?" Dimurier asked quickly.
"It was the Red Army, the Red Army ambushed us! All the special envoys were rescued by them!"
After the Red Army, who were responsible for simulating foreign troops, was transferred to Dimurier's army as a whole, they did not prepare ordinary blue or white military uniforms (the original military uniform of the Kingdom of France), so they still wore their own red military uniforms, which made it very easy to identify them.
"Red Army? Damn Bonaparte Brothers!" Di Murier said gritting his teeth.
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Chapter completed!