I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 244 The best strategy (please vote for me)

Joseph raised his hand and said:

"'who are you?"

The Marquis of Saint-Villan was startled for a moment, but the fear of being exiled to Seychelles immediately overwhelmed everything:

"Yes, uh... Marquis Luckner, General Astu, General Mornay..."

Joseph turned to his scribe to record.

In fact, he knew that it was basically the more than 20 people who signed the petition to force the royal family to go to the palace, but it still had to be said by the rebels themselves.

Later, the Marquis of Saint-Villan elaborated on the military nobles' plan to threaten the royal family. Of course, the wording was changed to "I hope the royal family will pay more attention to the military."

"In addition, Duke Mouchy, Duke Seville, and Count Serulier were also involved in this matter." Since he chose to confess, he would simply drag more people into the water, and maybe even make it impossible for the public to be held accountable. , "Mainly when the military refused to send troops to quell the chaos, they mobilized public opinion in the Palace of Versailles and used their political influence to win over more nobles to put pressure on His Majesty..."

Joseph sneered and nodded. It seemed that the people in the dignitary meeting were still evil-minded. But that's fine. If they send the handle to me themselves, it will be much easier to deal with the subsequent matters.

The Marquis de Saint-Villan was finishing his explanation of their affairs, and suddenly he said with a look of gloating and a bit of asking for credit:

"Your Highness, you must want to know the movements of the Duke of Orleans, right? Yes, he is the mastermind. You must arrest him quickly!"

"Oh?" Joseph raised his eyebrows immediately, "Where is he?"

"He went to Auvergne two days ago to find the Marquis of Luckner." The Marquis of Saint-Villan said, "The Marquis of Luckner wants to create some kind of 'alliance front' to unite the most nobles to ask the royal family to This riot will not be investigated. It was probably just to discuss this matter. Oh, they are also married..."

Joseph immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Duke of Orleans was not here, otherwise he would have had to arrest him if the Marquis of Saint-Villan testified against him.

Then we can only follow the normal process, trial, plead, blend, and finally be sentenced to exile at most.

Moreover, as the first-class noble under the royal family, this guy is rich and influential, and he has the energy to continue to be a monster even in the exile.

So Joseph had one and only one solution for him, and that was to just click.

Not only can it reduce a scourge for France, but also plundering his family property can greatly subsidize the finances.

But as mentioned before, this guy's influence is too great, so how to defeat him is definitely a big question.

After the Guards took away the Marquis of Saint-Villan, Joseph ordered Berthier to let the entire army rest for a day, and then set off for Auvergne.

He was not going to find the Duke of Orleans, but to move his army into the face of the Marquis of Luckner so that he could communicate with him more easily.

This time, he relied on a surprise attack to eliminate the Marquis Saint-Villan, who had been the most cheerful before, pushing the situation in a favorable direction, but what followed was how to appease the military.

Yes, it's comfort.

Joseph did not think that he could command the Guards Corps to sweep all the way, beat up all the military nobles with evil intentions, and then throw away the rabbit-free border provinces like the Marquis of Saint-Villan.

Doing so would only plunge France into the chaos of civil war and waste huge war funds. If he accidentally loses another battle, he will be in danger.

To take a step back, if we really clean up all the old troops, we don't have that many troops to fill the garrison vacancies in various places.

You know, today's local security in France is maintained by the army. Unless all provinces can complete the police reform like Paris, without the army to control it, banditry will spread everywhere and people will be in ruins.

Therefore, the best strategy is to maximize the power of defeating the Montcalm Legion rebellion and recruit the existing army for your own use.

At present, those military nobles must be trembling when they hear the news of the royal family's victory. This is the best time to set rules for them.

After solving the problem of the army, you can start to implement your big plan!

Joseph looked at the names on the Marquis de Saint-Villan's confession in his hand, and a sneer flashed in his eyes. These guys had caused most of France to be in chaos, and they couldn't be in vain.

Sometimes chaos can be used well, but it is a more powerful weapon than order!

Of course, the premise is that you must be able to control it - be chaotic when it needs to be chaotic, and be able to stop it immediately when it needs to be controlled.

Early the next morning, Joseph left the task of guarding and reorganizing the Montcalm Army to the Mullan Army - the latter showed signs of being unable to move after this period of high-intensity marching - and then ordered the entire Guards Army to break camp. Head northwest.

The legion moved a large amount of food, wine and other supplies from Count Serurier's warehouse, happily loaded them into the carriage with the help of the manor's servants, sang "Glory and Victory" loudly with the military music, and embarked on the journey.

Three days later, Joseph rode up to a high ground and could see the dense town buildings of Auvergne without a telescope.

He did not take it lightly, and still asked Berthier to arrange for the reconnaissance cavalry to go out for more than ten kilometers and remain vigilant at all times. Although the possibility of Marquis Luckner jumping over the wall in a hurry is very slim, be careful and sail with caution.

However, seven or eight kilometers away from the city, Joseph unexpectedly saw dozens of carriages parked on both sides of the road, as well as more than a hundred servants surrounding the carriages.

Those people were carrying garlands, food, drinks, etc., and when they saw the Guards from a distance, they immediately formed a neat queue.

Then, Marquis Luckner came forward with a smile on his face.

In Joseph's carriage, the old Marquis, with his bright tongue, boasted about His Royal Highness the Dauphin's military exploits in wiping out the rebellion of the Montcalm Legion. Then he scolded the Marquis of Saint-Villan, and finally beat his chest and expressed that he had not died long ago. It can be seen that this guy wants to rebel, otherwise he will lead an army to attack him personally.

In fact, Marquis Luckner was panicking at this moment - the Montcalm Legion was specially strengthened when the Queen sent them to North Africa to rescue the Crown Prince. It was said to have 25,000 troops, but the actual strength was more than 17,000. . And he only has more than 7,000 people here, and his combat effectiveness is far inferior to the Montcalm Legion.

According to the news sent back from Montpellier, the police force of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had beaten the Marquis of Saint-Villan to the point where he was unable to fight back, and the Count of Serulier's manor was almost flattened by artillery.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just smiled, Marquis Luckner breathed a sigh of relief and asked carefully:

"Your Highness, what important matters do you have in coming to Auvergne this time?"

Joseph did not expect that this guy's attitude would change so quickly, and some of the words he had prepared before would not be used.

He thought for a while and said bluntly:

"I have come to quell the riots in the Auvergne."