King's Landing in France

Chapter 87 Lafayette, you trick me!
An Ning quickly stood up and interrupted Mirabeau loudly: "Mr. Mirabeau, wait a moment! Commander Lafayette, you know that my army is only an artillery unit of 200 people!"

Lafayette smiled slightly: "Of course I will provide you with infantry. I plan to send [-] infantry infantry to form a counter-rebel army with your artillery."

An Ning: "Wait a minute! That Captain Bailey just now..."

"Captain Bell." Lafayette corrected An Ning with a smile.

"Didn't the captain Bell say that their local self-defense army has nearly 1000 people? The 1000-people army was easily defeated. Is it a bit weak for me to bring this little army to counter the rebellion?"

"You have 2000 people, twice the local troops in Libreville! And you also have artillery." Lafayette maintained a smile, "Why, do you think these troops are not enough?"

An Ning: "I think it's not enough, give me another 8000 people."

He didn't want to go, so at this time, the lion opened his mouth and asked for a lot of money, with the purpose of rejecting the job.

Lafayette: "There are only 3000 people in the National Guard in Paris. You are going to leave 10,000 people, isn't it right? If you transfer so many people, the law and order in Paris will definitely deteriorate. Don't you want to count on the king?" Is the army here to maintain law and order? Are you not afraid of vicious incidents like last year?"

Now the French army is divided into two types. The old army is called the "king's army". Generally, even the uniforms maintain the royal gray of the old era, while the new army is the national self-defense army composed of patriots. The uniforms are all blue. .

Whether it is the old army or the new army, they will wear the three-color emblem.

An Ning: "Then transfer the king's army to me..."

"Our purpose this time is to prove that the National Guard is a solid and reliable force, and the National Guard must be used to counter the rebellion."

An Ning: "Then it's better to ask His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard to put down the rebellion in person."

"What?" Lafayette raised his head slightly, squinting at An Ning, "the heroes of the Bastille shouldn't be afraid, right? You dared to attack a fortified fortress just by leading a group of unorganized rebels. Strong man, during the Versailles incident, you dared to go to the Palace of Versailles, which was surrounded by tens of thousands of people, to rescue you with only 200 people, but now you want to tell me, don’t you dare to suppress the rebellion of a mere priest?”

An Ning: "It's not a question of whether I have the guts or not. I dared to rescue the Palace of Versailles because I knew the people well and knew what they would do. But this time we are going to face the rebels, and we have already let go to slaughter them." Take down a city of patriots and rebels!

"Facing this kind of enemy, I must have an advantage in strength, otherwise I will just sacrifice the lives of the National Guards in vain!

"Isn't the sacrifice of the Libreville National Guard enough to remind you of this earlier, General Lafayette!"

Lafayette pouted.

Mirabeau showed his flexible position at this time: "It seems that what Mr. Frost said is also reasonable. Maybe more troops should be deployed."

Lafayette was silent for a few seconds before conceding: "Okay, I will send more troops, your troops are just the advance team! If the enemy army is strong, you should retreat and not fight them."

An Ning: "Since it is the advance team, I should have cavalry. Cavalry is the most suitable unit for reconnaissance and outpost missions. You asked me to lead an infantry unit with cumbersome infantry guns as an outpost. Is there something wrong? wrong?"

Lafayette replied: "Unfortunately, the entire National Guard has no cavalry units. The National Guard is composed of free citizens. The main source of troops is urban civilians. Many of them can't ride horses at all."

An Ning: "How do you reconnaissance without cavalry? Lafayette, you are a professional soldier, tell me what is the difference between a troop without cavalry and a blind man?"

In this era, cavalry is the main means of reconnaissance of the army, and it is the eyes and ears of the army.

Especially the light cavalry represented by the hussars is very important in the battlefield reconnaissance of this era.

Seeing that he couldn't argue with An Ning, Lafayette put on a straight face: "So, the hero of the Bastille is determined to reject this job?"

Just as An Ning was about to answer, Petion, the rotating speaker, said, "It's just for reconnaissance. The main force led by General Lafayette is behind. Mr. Frost, I think you can accept it. I think most people in the parliament, I hope you will show your talent in war again. You are the man with the ankh."

An Ning received a Legion Medal of Honor for her brave actions in rescuing Christina.

An Ning thought to herself, when did I become a person with a talent for war.

Wasn't Lao Tzu forcibly carried into the Bastille?
The representatives of the parliament all looked at An Ning. Most of them cast their gazes full of expectation, but some gazes were obviously malicious.

An Ning pursed her lips and thought about it.

In fact, it is not impossible to go.Take the troops to the city near Konta and settle down, waiting for the follow-up main force.

If the main force doesn't come, you won't get on by yourself.

It just so happens that it's a bit boring to hold meetings all day, and it's not bad to go out for an outing.

So An Ning backed down: "Okay, I will lead this advance army. Before that, just to be on the safe side, let me ask, how many professional non-commissioned officers are there among the 2000 people given to me?"

Lafayette: "Fifteen."

An Ning was shocked: "Fifteen non-commissioned officers? Fifteen non-commissioned officers want to manage 2000 people?"

Lafayette: "I mean, there are only fifteen professional non-commissioned officers who have been trained by the Brienne Military Academy. The rest are promoted after the formation of the National Guard."

An Ning raised his forehead directly: "Then have they been elected by the Soldiers Committee?"

"Most National Guard troops don't have soldiers' committees. This organization can be regarded as the exclusive system of Self-Defense Army artillery." Lafayette replied seriously.

An Ning wanted to sigh. There were two thousand stragglers, and the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level were all inexperienced junior brothers. This army was pulled up and lined up to be shot. I am afraid that it was defeated faster than the National Guard in Libreville.

Forget it, I didn't expect to defeat the rebels with this small army, and it's ready to go in the city near Konta.

So An Ning replied: "Okay, I know, I will be the commander of this small army. Oh, by the way, I am just a captain. Isn't it a bit much to command 2000 taels?"

An Ning said that the original intention of this sentence was to ask Lafayette to give him a promotion.

But Lafayette didn't like this, he smiled and said back: "Don't worry, you are already the highest rank among the 2000 people, and you will be directly below the sergeant."

...Damn it, I don't even have a second lieutenant.

This kind of troops, I'm afraid it's not even the line of infantry that can't walk in line, so what a fart they are queuing up and shooting!
Lafayette, you plot against me!
(End of this chapter)