Fox of France

　　Emperor Leopold’s various actions were taken by the French, at least most French people regarded them as being afraid of France. So the self-confidence of the little **** suddenly exploded. In this way, Robespierre, who opposed the war, and Lafayette, who advocated careful treatment of war, were regarded as cowards.

　　 After voluntarily withdrawing from this parliamentary election, Robespierre's reputation was once very good. For a person like Robespierre who doesn't have much power in his own right, the loss of reputation is quite heavy. In fact, after such a loss, Robespierre has no room for change, he can almost rely on the support of the lowest level.

　　 And Lafayette also suffered heavy losses. As a general, his strength and reputation are largely derived from his victory. Now he is widely regarded as lacking courage. This is almost intolerable for a general. So Lafayette was also greatly weakened. But now the Paris Commune, which is controlled by the Republicans, took the opportunity to infiltrate the National Guard—theoretically speaking, the National Guard was managed by the Paris City Government. When the commune was in the hands of Bayi, of course, this problem did not exist, but today, the situation is different.

　　 Both opponents of the war were weakened, and the pace of the war naturally accelerated.

　　 On the other hand, Emperor Leopold was not idle either. He and Prussia conducted bilateral negotiations to try to reach an alliance against France. Knowing the plight of the emperor, the Prussians were naturally happy to take the opportunity to speak loudly, and the two sides continued to bargain. But at the same time, France's belligerent tone is getting higher and higher.

　　 In order to suppress France’s urge to take risks, Emperor Leopold issued another declaration just after the New Year. Intimidate France, claiming that if France is not honest, they will be crushed. At the same time, he proposed to France that France must ensure that the legal status of the king is not threatened, and that France should expel extreme republicans from the parliament.

　　 This statement of course only played a negative role. In response, the French Parliament immediately proposed to form three legions for the war against Austria. The king and his wife who yearn for war will naturally not veto such a decision. What's more, this decision also means that they can kick Lafayette, whom they have always hated, from Paris.

　　As Lafayette, he will naturally be appointed as the commander of the army. If it were a year ago, he would definitely become the commander-in-chief of the French army, but now, he has only been appointed commander of one of the three legions, leading the troops to the border between France and Belgium. But the most important commander-in-chief's position fell in the hands of a newcomer, Du Mourier.

　　 Di Mourier made credit in the Seven Years' War and was promoted to colonel. Later he entered the diplomatic department and engaged in some diplomatic activities. In 1890, he joined the "Friends of Constitutionalism" club and was a good friend of Mirabeau. In the correspondence with the royal family, Mirabeau also recommended him to the king, praising him for his loyalty and bravery, enough to replace Lafayette.

　　 On the night when the "Friends of Constitutional Government" split, he stood firmly on the opposite side of Lafayette. But he was not on Robespierre's side, and soon he became Brisseau's close friend.

　　 So at this time, except for Lafayette, Di Maurier can almost get support from every aspect. At this time, it almost instantly became a pivotal role in the entire French political arena.

Seeing that the French were coming for real, Emperor Leopold hurriedly made concessions to Prussia, so the two sides reached an alliance to jointly protect the Rhine region. According to this alliance, the two countries will each send 50,000 troops to To resist possible French aggression.

　　 But Emperor Leopold still didn't want to go to war with France, because the risk of war was too great. So he was still trying to solve the problem through diplomacy, and did not immediately issue a mobilization order.

　　 It is said that the emperor said to his neighbors: "Have the French suffered in the war against the Catholic country?"

　　 However, the emperor’s health has never been very good. He suddenly fell ill during such labor, and was soon summoned by God and became the first emperor. The new emperor Francis II was very dissatisfied with the timidity of the first emperor. As soon as he took the throne, he issued a mobilization order almost immediately.

　　 Although the mobilization order has been issued, it will take time for the army to actually mobilize. As soon as the French got news of Austria's mobilization, they immediately passed a resolution calling for a declaration of war on Austria.

　　 Regarding this resolution, the king and queen have long been eager to see. Naturally, it was signed without hesitation. Then on March 16, Louis XVI delivered a speech in Parliament, officially declaring war on Austria.

　　 At this time, before Prussia had time to mobilize, only Austria faced France directly. In order to protect itself, Austria transferred the 50,000 troops used to attack France to Belgium in accordance with the agreement between him and Prussia, to defend against the French attack, and re-mobilized a group of troops to attack France.

　　 Prussia immediately protested against Austria’s use of the army for other purposes, and declared that Prussia would not engage in war mobilization until the 50,000 troops of Austria were in place. After consulting with Austria, Prussia lowered its requirements and began military mobilization on May 4. However, by the time they are ready, it is estimated that it will be at least July. After all, the army of this era has no "cold start", "barracks attack", or "quick response" capabilities.

　　 On the other hand, Austria still wants Sweden to come in. However, this time God was on the side of France again, and the King of Sweden was assassinated, and there was a mess in Sweden, no longer caring about interference in France.

　　 This series of things actually gave the French three months to perfect their military preparations. However, the French have not done anything decent in these three months.

　　 There are particularly many vacancies in the French field troops, and morale is low. As for the National Self-Defense Army, although the above two problems do not exist, it has another problem. The National Self-Defense Army is a militia in various places. They were established to defend their hometowns, so they are unwilling to leave their hometowns to fight. .

　　 And now France intends to launch a preemptive attack. As a result, the National Self-Defense Army platoon is not useful. The remaining French Field Army, with more than 60,000 men, began to invade Belgium. Although there were more French troops than the Austrian defenders, the organization of the French troops was chaotic, and the hopes of victory were pinned on the Belgians to take the opportunity to initiate an uprising against the feudal system. And those revolutionaries in Belgium? He hoped to rely on the French army to defeat the Austrians before launching an uprising.

　　 Everyone is counting on each other, and the result is naturally very tragic. On April 29, the French army and the Austrian army met. As soon as the two contacted, the French army discovered that the Belgian had been scheduled to meet him and did not know where he had gone. The French army noticed that the Austrian army's defenses were strong and believed that the attack was hopeless, so the commander ordered a retreat. Unexpectedly, the retreat became a retreat because of the chaotic command. The Austrians were inexplicably shocked, staring dumbfounded as the dominant French army suddenly collapsed. The French brigade was in chaos, the battlefield was full of weapons and the white iris flag of the Kingdom of France, and the commander Diyon also died somehow in the defeat.

　　 The news came, and the French general Karl Karl who was nearby immediately retreated. As soon as Carle retreated, Lafayette's flanks were exposed. Then, Lafayette also had to retreat.

　　 This failure made France completely ashamed, and the reputation of the commanders on the front line was completely destroyed. If people think of Lafayette before and think of the heroes of the North American war, now when they mention him, people will use a dismissive tone of voice: "Oh, it's just that I haven't had time to see the Austrian, like a A coward who flies back like a rabbit hit by an arrow!"

　　 In fact, Karle ran earlier than Lafayette, but everyone focused on attacking Lafayette. Who makes him more famous?

　　In order to save the crisis, the French government began to print vouchers frantically, which was followed by shocking inflation. Inflation has made life more difficult for citizens in cities. (By the way, Clavier seized this opportunity and played the previous tricks intact ~www.novelmtl.com~ and it was successful again. It can be seen that the level of human memory and fish have no essence. The difference. Of course, Joseph and Kano took this opportunity to take another free train.) Robespierre knew that his opportunity was here.

Robespierre and his friend Dandong (after Brissot came to power, the hunt for him was canceled, Dandong returned), Mara together began to create public opinion. They declared that the French army was on the front line. The defeat was caused by the collusion between domestic saboteurs, royal party elements and the enemy. He directly accused the king of being the chief of these people, demanding that the king be tried and France turned into a republic.

　　 Lafayette knew that the situation had reached the most dangerous time, and he decided to fight to the death. He sent an envoy to negotiate a truce with the Austrian General Mersey so that he could take the army back to Paris to launch a military coup, rescue the king, and save the constitutional monarchy. However, one of Mersey's orders from the Austrian emperor was to hold Lafayette. He knew that Lafayette was the last person the King of France believed. As a result, Lafayette's request for a truce was naturally ignored.

　　 Lafayette left his troops and returned to Paris secretly, trying to mobilize the National Guard in the affluent areas of the west of the city to initiate a mutiny. However, the king opposed his approach, and without the cooperation of the court, he did not use this army. In the end, he could only leave in surprise.

　　Almost at the same time that he left Paris was also Di Mourier. He knew that the revolution was imminent, so he resigned from the post of Secretary of the Army, left Paris, and personally went to the northern front as the front line commander. But before leaving, he made this request:

　　 "I want Joseph Bonaparte, the former commander of the Red Army, and his brother Napoleon Bonaparte to go north with me and serve as my staff."