King's Landing in France

Chapter 71 The Beginning of a New Era

At this time, An Ning had a lot in common with a certain Li Yuanhong who had been kicked out of the shelves.

It is said that a person's fate is closely related to the course of history, and now he believes it.

An Ning stands in this position now, without any personal efforts, it was all pushed up by the process of history.

But since you are in this position, just do your job well.

An artillery officer must be more accurate in shooting artillery than the real laundry owner in history.

But An Ning remembered that the cannons at the Invalides seemed to have no ammunition, so everyone thought about going to the Bastille to ask for gunpowder and ammunition.

At this moment, a few men in trousers came out pushing the ammunition cart.

Okay, since the Space-Time Invalides has shells, then there is no reason to go to the Bastille?

At this time, a man with a gun asked loudly, "Where should we go?"

"Yeah, where should I go?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, apparently they had no idea what to do next.

So all eyes fell on An Ning again.

An Ning was in trouble. Historically, this group of people went to the Bastille to find gunpowder for the cannon—because it was rumored that the Bastille had a lot of gunpowder and ammunition.

Later, the cannon with shells pushed by Yu Lan, the owner of the laundry shop, was seized from other places, not from the Les Invalides by the main force who attacked the Bastille.

At this moment, the entire ammunition vehicle was seized directly, so there was no need to worry about gunpowder and ammunition at all.

So the question is, what to do next?
An Ning pondered, there was no reason to go to the Bastille, so they couldn't just drive to the Palace of Versailles, right?

At this time, a strong man slapped his thigh: "Why are you hesitating, our goal is to rescue the National Assembly in Versailles! Let's go to Versailles! Shoot the Swiss mercenaries and rescue the representatives from the imprisonment of the Swiss mercenaries come out!"

An Ning was shocked, was the attack on the Bastille going to be an attack on the Palace of Versailles?Will there be a seamless connection to the public trial of the king next, taking an unimagined path?
No, no, it can't be like this, and history will be derailed.

Moreover, the [-] Swiss mercenaries are all regular troops, and the people like me probably won't be able to beat them.

The victory of the Swiss mercenaries against the people may strengthen the confidence of Louis XVI and strengthen the determination of the locksmith king to suppress it by force.

No, it can't be like this.

An Ning stood on the cannon and shouted loudly: "We can't go to Versailles. There are [-] Swiss troops in Versailles. Fighting them in the past was just sacrifices in vain! We should go to the Bastille!"

The crowd looked at each other.

"The Bastille? Why go to the Bastille?"

"What has it to do with the Bastille?"

At this time, An Ning's brain was spinning rapidly, making up reasons for going to the Bastille, and soon he thought of: "Citizens! The Bastille is a symbol of royal power, and Voltaire was imprisoned in this prison!

"If His Majesty arrests progressives, he will definitely be imprisoned in the Bastille! It is said that there are guard soldiers who have mutinied, and they will also be imprisoned there!
"We attacked the Bastille, first to rescue them! Second, to destroy this symbol of royal power. Through this action, tell the king that we no longer recognize his royal power!"

After An Ning finished speaking, she wanted to give herself a slap in the face, what was the point of talking, it was too far-fetched.

But the crowd cheered, and they seemed to hear only the last sentence "We have denied his kingship."

People shouted in response to Anning: "Go to the Bastille!"

"The Bastille!"

"I don't like that fortress!"

The crowd began to move again, and many men in trousers worked together to push the cannon and the ammunition cart.

An Ning was lazy and sat directly on the ammunition cart, and no one said anything to him.

The brigade set out from the Invalides, and many armed people joined the team along the way.

Whenever a newcomer appeared, there was no need for An Ning to speak. Everyone would scramble to shout: "Everyone, let's go to the Bastille together!"

Generally speaking, those armed people just joined the team in such a dazed manner, and occasionally a few would ask: "Why is it the Bastille, what is there?"

Then they will get a variety of answers, and the more normal ones are to reproduce An Ning's words, saying that there is a symbol of royal power, and that they can support the gentlemen of the National Assembly if they break through there.

There are also some random answers, some say that the Bastille is closed for the gentlemen of the National Assembly, some say that the king keeps mutinous Guards soldiers there, and most of all, some people answer that the Bastille is closed. With Voltaire.

How long has Voltaire been dead.

An Ning didn't bother to correct these statements at all. Anyway, the situation was already in a mess, and no one would care about it afterwards.

In short, the current task is to break the Bastille on July 7th according to the historical script, so as to ensure that history does not derail.

Finally, the brigade arrived at the gate of the Bastille.

The crowd started to shout: "Open the door!"

"Symbol of royal power, surrender to the Parisians at once!"

"Release M. Voltaire!"

An Ning heard the shout full of black lines: Damn it, I would have known that I would not have mentioned Voltaire just now!
The Marquis Delaunay, the commander of the fortress, showed his head on the city wall and shouted: "I am the Marquis Delaunay, the commander of the fortress. This prison does not imprison the people you mentioned at all!"

"You lied!" someone yelled.

"Yes, open the door and let us go in and take a look!"

"Release M. Voltaire!"

An Ning frowned, trying to grab the guy named Voltaire and slap him a few times.He even suspected that this guy shouted that on purpose.

The Marquis of Delaunay said angrily: "What bullshit! Nonsense! This is the royal prison, and I guard it by the king's order! Without the king's order, no one can enter the gate of the prison!"

An Ning thought, you deserve to die here today, you can't mention the king.

The crowd immediately became excited, and many people turned their heads to urge An Ning: "Mr. Frost, this is a lackey of the king, fire!"

"Yes, let's fire!"

An Ning scratched his head. He remembered that in the process of conquering the Bastille in history, the Marquis of Delaunay wanted to negotiate at the beginning, so he let the representatives of the people enter the Bastille to negotiate.

Why not follow the script?

Is it because I, a butterfly, flapped its wings?

"Mr. Frost! Fire! Lead us to level this fortress!"

"Yes, let's fire!"

"Please lead us!"

An Ning curled her lips and waved her big hand: "Load the cannon!"

After the order was issued, several men in trousers immediately climbed into the ammunition cart and began to clumsily take the prefabricated gunpowder cartridges from the ammunition box.

Yes, at this time, the French army, after undergoing the reform of the director of artillery Guiberval, has begun to use prefabricated powder cartridges, which is a relatively advanced practice throughout Europe.

Seeing the clumsiness of the men in trousers, An Ning waved and scolded: "Get out of the way, let me do it!"

He rolled up his sleeve, picked up the gun barrel and wiped it himself. After wiping the inside of the gun, he took a piece of prefabricated gunpowder, stuffed it into the gun bore, pushed it to the inside and pressed it tightly, and then took another shell into the gun bore, and also used a stick to clean it. Press tight.

After the loading was complete, An Ning waved and ordered: "Come on some brave people, push the cannon up with me!"

Immediately, a few strong young men stood up.

Together they pushed the cannon toward the gates of the Bastille.

The Marquis Delaunay saw it clearly from the top of the castle wall, and asked loudly: "What are you doing! I order you to stop your dangerous actions immediately!"

An Ning also yelled back: "If you want us to stop, put down the drawbridge and hand over the fortress!"

The Marquis Delaunay was silent for a few seconds, and then shouted: "You know I can't do this! Stop it, or we will shoot!"

An Ning no longer responded to the Marquis, but ordered to the person pushing the cannon: "Push the cannon!"

As a traditional fortress, the Bastille has several defenses. The outermost defense is the urn that protects the main city gate. The outside of the urn is a suspension bridge.

Although the moat around the Bastille has long since been filled in after so many years of development, the protection provided by the urn and the drawbridge still exists.

If you want to attack the main city gate, you have to lower the drawbridge.

In history, this suspension bridge was put down by a few young people who climbed over the city wall of the Wengcheng—yes, they climbed over the city wall of Wengcheng.

But now, the cannon that looks to need tranquility speaks.

An Ning directed the crowd to push the cannon down to a position tens of meters in front of the suspension bridge.

"Stop! Let go of the cannon!"

After everyone released the wheels of the cannon, An Ning stepped forward and operated the cannon to aim.

An Ning's system played a role at this time, recognizing the cannon as An Ning's hand-held weapon, giving a sight like that of World of Tanks, and marking the possible landing point of the shell with a dotted circle.

An Ning saw that he couldn't do it, the distance was still too far, and there was no guarantee that the first shot would hit the suspension bridge, so he waved his hand again and ordered: "Keep pushing! It's not close enough!"

The boys just now worked together again to push the wheels of the cannon.

"One, two, get up!"

The cannon slowly approached the drawbridge.

The voice of the Marquis Delaunay came again: "Stop! If you don't stop, I'm going to fire! There's something to discuss!"

Hearing what the Marquis said, An Ning thought that as expected, this Mr. Marquis, just like in history, was not firmly on the side of the royal power.

The Marquis still wanted to talk to the people who surrounded the fortress.

But the problem is, I pushed the cannon to this position, but it didn't fire. Is there such a reason?
Look at the crowd around you, their faces are full of anticipation for the sound of the guns!

After the artillery advanced ten meters, An Ning called to stop again, and then aimed the artillery himself.

After aiming, he inserted the fuze into the hole above the cannon, making sure that the fuze penetrated the charge.

"Torches!" Andy Frost yelled.

Immediately someone thrust a torch into his hand.

An Ning: "History will remember this moment! This cannon fire ushered in a new era of freedom!"

After all, An Ning lit the fuze.

(End of this chapter)