18th century total war

Chapter 9 Arrival
Refuge?

Li Wei was silent for a while and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the Vannes City Government, but I won't take refuge!"

Joseph had already expected this response from Li Wei. After all, Li Wei had thousands of regular army soldiers who were loyal to him. How could he be afraid of the 3000-odd mob outside?
Oh yes, it was an accident that the Parisian ragtag revolution succeeded!
In fact, those who are well-informed now have more or less details of the success of the Paris Revolution.

The citizens of Paris who launched the revolution were just pioneers. When the Great Revolution broke out, the elite city guards and police forces in Paris either gave up their picks or simply joined the revolutionary ranks. In the end, except for the hundreds of Swiss soldiers hired by King Louis XVI Except for mercenaries, no troops obeyed the orders of Louis XVI!
The few steadfast royalist troops scattered in the city of Paris collapsed in the face of this torrent, without even splashing a wave.

Even the iconic Bastille defenders voluntarily opened the city and surrendered after the armed citizens of Paris moved two cannons from nowhere and opened fire. Unfortunately, their behavior was not forgiven by the mob. After being disarmed, all Beaten to death by angry citizens.

After all, during the siege of the Bastille, the armed citizens of Paris suffered casualties.

"Master, Bolcha has brought the rebels to the town of Charles."

Joseph carefully reminded that even though he knew that Li Wei had already known about this situation, Joseph was really afraid of facing the rebel army composed of thousands of rioting farmers!

Those noble lairs that were broken, no matter whether they were the heirs of the nobles or the confidantes of the nobles like him, are all gone...

If it weren't for the reluctance to bear the power here, Joseph would have absconded with his family's donations.

Of course, if Joseph really did that, his reputation in the noble circles of the Kingdom of France would be completely stink. Not only would he be held accountable by the Charles family, but other nobles would also hate him and even be convicted.

The premise is that the aristocratic class can restore their own rights.

Although the Great Revolution has been successful, it is generally believed that the loser of this Great Revolution is only Louis XVI, but not many people think that the castration of this Great Revolution is the privilege of the nobility!
Those members of the traditional feudal aristocracy in the Constituent Assembly were the first to refuse!

Therefore, Joseph did not dare to completely offend the aristocratic class of the Kingdom of France.

"I'll take care of the rebellion. You just need to do the logistics well. I don't want there to be a shortage of supplies. If anyone delays the battle, I don't mind taking him out!"

Li Wei warned in a serious tone.

Of course, even without Li Wei's warning, Joseph would not dare to let people get involved in this situation. This is a battle happening around him. Once defeated, no matter how much corruption is, it will be cheaper for those mobs!

In fact, since the rise of the rebellion led by Bolcha, Joseph and those under him began to restrain themselves, and the usual phenomenon of eating and drinking cards has been greatly alleviated.

The next day, the sluggish Bolcha rebels finally reached the outskirts of the town of Charles.

Thanks to Bolcha's promotion of his name, he successfully obtained the naming rights of this rebel army...

No matter how much Bolcha is constrained within the rebel army, at least in the eyes of outsiders, Bolcha is the veritable leader of the rebel army, and those mud-legged leaders don't know what celebrity effect is, so naturally they won't go with Boercha Ercha fights this.

The town of Charles is not a 'naked town'. There is a circle of earthen walls around it, and there are ditches that are better than nothing outside the earthen walls.

Of course, this level of 'city defense' is mainly used to defend against bandits and robbers. If you encounter a regular army, this kind of earth wall without an angle can't resist a few shells at all.

The Kingdom of France is now a European power anyway, with many overseas colonies, so it is naturally impossible to turn the inland towns into fortresses.

This is not a question of money or not, but that it is completely unnecessary.

An official road leads directly to the gate of Charles Town, runs through Charles Town from east to west, and goes out from the other end.

On both sides of a main road leading to the official road are densely packed houses and alleys. The noble villa where Li Wei lives is located next to the main road near the center of the town.

The town of Charles has no elements as a stronghold of war at all. There is no shelter outside the gate of the town, and it is flat!
Therefore, before Li Wei ordered people to build a simple circular field fortification outside the town gate, which was a configuration of parapets and trenches.

The muskets of this era had to stand up against each other, so naturally there would be no trench warfare.

In the era of lack of rapid-fire weapons, staying in a deep trench, the enemy can hit your forehead with a bayonet charge.

There is a circular field fortification outside the gate of the town, and a series of steps are built behind the earth wall in other directions, and rows of guns protrude from the wall facing outwards.

Thousands of soldiers from the first-line infantry regiment are enough to surround the small town of Charles, so there is no need to worry that the enemy will find the so-called weak point to attack.

Porcha was not a military expert. He led people around Charles Town and found that there were people defending everywhere, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​a surprise attack.

This is completely different from the aristocratic castle he captured before. Although the fortifications of that aristocratic castle are much more complete, and can even form a ladder-like firepower shooting, the number of defenders in the castle is small, and there are not enough shooting positions. , there are loopholes everywhere!
In the attack at that time, Bolcha only needed to let some people attract frontal firepower, and let others climb over the castle wall from a place where no one was there to win.

But now this method is obviously not enough to deal with the town of Charles with sufficient troops.

"Li Wei's troops are sufficient, without any defensive loopholes, we can only attack by force.

The gate of the town is at the flattest road, and the attack is much easier, so let's concentrate our forces to attack from here.

Of course, I will lead people to watch in other directions. Once the defenders inside leave, I will take the opportunity to lead people to make a surprise attack. "

Polcha told the chiefs of the villages in front of him.

As soon as the words fell, many leaders looked at Borza with strange eyes, and some leaders showed gratitude.

The reason is simple, Bolcha did not undertake the task of the main attack, but was cruising outside the town of Charles.

Once the town of Charles was breached, he would not be able to rush into the town immediately.

All fools know that whoever breaks into the town first will get the first-hand goods!

Even if there is a provision in the rebel army to distribute property afterwards, these short-sighted armed farmers are all waiting to go home after finishing their votes. Who wants to share the property with you equally?

(End of this chapter)