18th century total war

Chapter 75
It didn't take long for the congressional leadership present to know that they really couldn't retreat, or their political careers would be over.

It’s not long since you became a member of parliament, and you have no famous political achievements at all. If you lose the battle when suppressing Li Wei’s rebellion, even if you give the Paris government money, you will inevitably step down.

You must know that in the Paris Constituent Assembly, the voices of pleasing the common people are getting louder and louder, especially those congressmen who are middle-class intellectuals.

The current Parisian citizens are very scary. The victory of the Paris Revolution has filled the Parisian citizens with violent tendencies. Now the vested interests of the Paris Constituent Assembly and the Paris government know that they have released a monster called "the will of the masses" with their own hands. 'The beast of prey.

Various clubs that were originally hidden behind the scenes and were not elegant, rose like spring bamboo after the rain and opened branches everywhere. The Jacobin Club, which took the lead, has become the most popular club among many clubs, and the public support Club with the highest rate!
There is no other reason. The majority of the Jacobin Club is middle-class intellectuals. This group of people is different from capitalists and liberal aristocrats. Reluctant middle-class intellectuals, still living in the so-called civilian areas!
Because of this, the Parisian government does not dare to treat politicians who have committed serious crimes lightly, as they did during the period of absolute monarchy.

What's more, the provincial councilors and even the regional councilors in the Brittany region don't have that much face at all...

Retreating is to step down, and there is still a prospect for staying. As long as the follow-up reinforcements arrive, everyone will have confidence in their hearts. After suffering such a big loss this time, everyone has learned to behave. Levi's rebels consume it.

They can't defeat Li Wei's rebels in a decisive battle, but the leaders of these congressmen are quite confident in the competition of manpower and material resources.

The territory that Levi's rebels can control is only the city of Rennes and its surrounding areas, all relying on Levi's military control. If Levi wants to expand his territory, he will have to send troops to conquer. It will undoubtedly be easier for Levi to deal with the divided troops.

And these "government troops" who represent justice can issue recruitment orders from all cities in the entire Brittany region, organize recruit training, and continuously provide new blood.

This trick was used by Frederick the Great of Prussia back then. The popularity of muskets made the training of recruits cheaper and less time-consuming. As long as the population is young and strong enough, any amount of cannon fodder can be pulled out.

And the problem of the recruits' weak individual combat ability can also be solved by taking advantage of the number of people. If they can't beat Li Wei's rebels one-on-one, then two-on-one, three-on-one... Ten fights against one can always hold up!
At least, Wallace and his team feel that they must be the winners in the war of attrition.

Therefore, everyone decided so happily to station here and wait for reinforcements.

However, as soon as the leaders of these congressmen finished their meeting, a general who had been waiting outside for a long time walked in quickly, and proposed anxiously:
"This barracks was only temporarily built by us. There are almost no fortifications. It is about to get dark. With the fighting will shown by the soldiers of the Li Wei rebels, they can launch a night attack tonight, and our army just now Experienced new defeats, coupled with the fact that the soldiers are not good at night battles, the whole army is likely to be defeated if they are attacked at night.

Let's quickly gather our troops and retreat overnight to nearby villages and towns.

In villages and towns, fortifications can still be built relying on ready-made buildings, barely able to protect themselves. "

"What are you talking about?

We have just retreated after the battle, and Li Wei’s rebels are probably still cleaning the battlefield. Li Wei’s soldiers are much smaller than ours. During the battle, almost all the soldiers went to the front line to fight fiercely. Far ahead of us.

Under such circumstances, how could it be possible to chase so far and launch a night battle?
Moreover, our army has just withdrawn, and the soldiers are full of complaints. Where can we find villages and towns in the wilderness around us?

It is estimated that the sky has completely darkened, and we have not been able to find a village or town to stay. Is it possible for everyone to sleep in the grass?
You still have to drive through the night, you really think highly of the soldiers under your command, believe it or not, after driving at night, by dawn, the number of the entire army will be reduced by more than half!

This is the time to strengthen the control of the army and let them rest and recover. How could you break out of camp and flee because of your stupid speculation! "

This congressman is obviously not a complete military layman, and what he said is clear and logical. Many military congressmen who know nothing about the army nodded frequently after hearing this. They hadn't thought so much before!
Fortunately, they did not escape from this barracks with the army, otherwise everyone might really become a 'polished commander'.

Thinking about it differently, if I were a soldier, I would prepare my own weapons and some food to participate in the battle, and after losing the battle, I would be asked to travel overnight. It would be strange if I didn't desert...

As for patriotism... hehe~
The general who proposed was turned red by the congressman. The other party was originally higher than himself and belonged to the immediate superior. Now that he said it was well-founded, he must reprimand the other party. He observed the Li Wei rebels. Is it judged by the combat strength of soldiers?
These members of parliament may only have the two general concepts of 'very strong' and 'professional' for the soldiers of the Li Wei rebel army.

But this general is very clear that the combat quality shown by Li Wei's rebels has reached the first rank of the current Western European powers!

At the same time, the will to fight is even more impeccable. During hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, many infantry guards lost their strength and still wanted to bite off a piece of flesh and blood from the enemy!
The infantry guards resisted the attacks of troops several times their own in turn, and still won, but at a considerable price.

At that time, in the bayonet hand-to-hand combat, on average, each infantry guard had to face at least 6 enemy soldiers in wheel battles!
Li Wei's judgment on the guard infantry was only [-]v[-] and [-]v[-], far from reaching the point of [-]v[-].

After all, a person only has one pair of hands and two eyes. If he is surrounded by many people and attacks them together, he can easily be killed.

Real battles are not like those in film and television dramas. The extras will take turns to go up one by two, and after being knocked down, the next one will go up...

Even the gangsters on the street know that when they fight, everyone should stand shoulder to shoulder and fight together.

Of course, the battlefield environment is so noisy, and there is a lot of gunpowder smoke blocking the field of vision, which makes people watching the battle blurry. If you don't know the army very well, you can't see how strong the soldiers of Li Wei's rebel army are.

(End of this chapter)