Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 612 Sneak Attack on the Temple Tower ([-])
The gunshots in the garden of the Abbey Square and the howling of countless bullets pierced the night sky shocked all the residents living nearby.Many people have just returned home from bars or cafes at this time, just lying in bed, and then left the house with lanterns or candlesticks.Some people listened to the musket sound of the ping-pong masterpiece, thinking that there is another revolution?
I don't know who suddenly shouted: "The gunshots came from the square garden! The royalists want to rob the prison!"

All the civilians looked at each other in astonishment, and at this time another guy with a red conical hat shouted: "We must not let them take Louis Cappe away! Citizens! Defend the French Republic! Defend democracy and freedom!" Catch all these sons of bitches and send them to the guillotine!"

"That's right! Send them all to the guillotine!"

Countless people were completely sleepless from the noise, their blood boiled, and they turned around and went back to copy the guy.

At the same time, in the square in front of the monastery, dozens of National Guard soldiers who were shot and fell to the ground were either motionless or wailing terribly.The failure of two consecutive attacks left the remaining soldiers with no fighting spirit, hiding behind pillars or flower beds, not daring to show their heads.

In just 5 minutes since the attack was launched, the 287 National Guards stationed at the monastery have lost a quarter of their strength.No one knew how many enemies were hidden in the night. Although the roar of muskets from the temple tower indicated that a fierce exchange of fire was taking place there, the short distance of 200 meters turned into an insurmountable abyss of death.

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was strong and unable to break through, several officers took the artillery and other soldiers to the front door to push the cannons over; while the garrison commander was issuing orders for one of his officers to go immediately to the Paris Commune and the National Guard outside the city. The division is in a hurry and seeks more support.

Suddenly, the howling sound of "咻咻" echoed in the garden square like a storm. The outer walls and windows of the monastery were hit by bullets and stone chips flew around. The second team responsible for blocking the mission launched an attack on the National Guard from two directions.The gunshots that were completely different from the flintlock shots made the French soldiers panic, and the rain of bullets that hit their heads and faces made them think that the enemy had at least hundreds of people.

"Evacuate into the building quickly! There are too many of them!"

"Sir, what about the prisoners?! We can't let them escape!"

"Damn it! Who cares about them!"

While panicking, someone heard another bang from the temple tower, but no one cared whether the king's family would be rescued or not.

Zhao Xin, who had just entered the lobby on the third floor, heard gunshots from downstairs, and quickly walked down the spiral staircase behind two soldiers from the Special Operations Battalion.They stepped over the bodies of the guards and the monitors sent by the Paris Commune who had fallen in the hallway, bypassed the simple wooden bed blocking the door of Louis XVI's bedroom, and finally entered the house.With the light of the tactical flashlight, I saw a middle-aged man with blond hair and a slightly fat face slumped on the bed, wearing only a white nightgown.On his right abdomen, a large piece of blood has been smudged out. A soldier of the Special Operations Battalion with his back turned to him was about to tear off his nightgown to check the injury.

Zhao Xin sternly said: "What's going on?!"

Erlu, who was using a flashlight to help illuminate the wound, raised his finger and pointed to a corpse on the ground, and said angrily, "I came in late! That guy gave him a sword."

Just 2 minutes ago, when the door of the house was opened by Louis Charles, Goulet, who was wrestling with the servant Harnett, used the key chain in his hand as a weapon, punched Harnett unconscious, and then he Grabbing the long sword on the ground, he stabbed at Louis XVI who was sitting on the bed without thinking.

It is said that the brains are blown out here, if ordinary people would have hid aside, the farther away the better.However, as a king, Louis XVI had developed the temperament of "not being surprised when the sky falls before him" since he was a child; in addition, everything happened in an instant, so he was a little slow in reacting, and he never thought that Goulet would really stab him with a sword.

On the other hand, Erlu, the commander of the Special Operations Battalion, is brave in battle, but he can score points against anyone; although he can beat ten in the mountains and jungles, he has never received training in rescuing hostages.When Louis-Charles opened the door, he only opened a half-foot-wide gap. Erlu knew that the main target of this rescue operation was a child, and instantly determined that it should be Louis-Charles in front of him.He was worried that the sudden push of the door would hurt him, so he stretched out his hand and pushed the other side back, and then opened the door.

As a result, he was so skillful, and Louis XVI was stabbed in the stomach.Waiting for Lu to kill Goulet with a single shot, the sword was also taken out.

Zhao Xin said, "Where's the child?"

Erlu shook the other side of the bed with a flashlight, Zhao Xin's flashlight looked over, and saw a tear-stained blond boy clutching Louis XVI's sleeve tightly.

"Louis Charles?"

Hearing Zhao Xin calling him, the little prince didn't dare to say anything.Zhao Xin in front of him was dressed in black, with a mask on his head, only his eyes and mouth were exposed, looking very scary.

"Who are you?" The child didn't speak, and Louis XVI, who was seriously injured, finally couldn't help it.

Zhao Xin said in English: "Camille Charles Leclerc de Fresner, he invited us here."

"Oh, I know him, the governor of the local government." Louis XVI, who lost a lot of blood, turned pale and his lips were bloodless.

Zhao Xin took out a folded letter paper from his vest pocket, opened it, held it in front of Louis XVI, shone a flashlight on it and said, "This is a letter written by him."

Louis XVI raised his eyes and glanced, and saw in the middle of the top of the letter paper, there was a badge of "French Orient and Indo-China Company", and at the end of the letter, there was Leclerc's name.

"Are you British?"

Zhao Xin thought for a while, then took off the hood, leaned over to the bed and said, "No, I'm Chinese."

"Ah, you, you are the Republic of China." Louis XVI suddenly realized, but the severe pain of the wound made him almost breathless, and beads of sweat kept coming out of his forehead.

"Yes. The mission is fake, and this time it is a special trip to rescue you."

Louis XVI blinked his eyes, the pain in his abdomen made it difficult for him to speak again.

Zhao Xin said to the soldiers who were being rescued: "How is the injury?"

"It should be that the liver ruptured and the bleeding was severe. It can be saved if an operation is performed immediately."

Zhao Xin didn't say a word after hearing this, thinking that surgery is unrealistic at all, the most urgent thing now is to take people away as soon as possible, and Louis XVI's state is definitely useless.He pondered for a while, then asked the ambulance to give Louis XVI an injection of morphine, and then asked Erlu to go upstairs to bring the three women down, and then said: "Your Majesty, I want to take the prince to the East this time. With our protection, neither the National Convention nor your two younger brothers can harm him."

Louis XVI suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Xin and said, "Why?"

"You should have heard a saying that there is no family affection before imperial power. Your son is too young, and the power struggle is very cruel. When he grows up, I will send him back to Europe and help him ascend the throne."

"who are you?"

Louis XVI felt that the Chinese in front of him was not an ordinary desperado, because the tone of the other party was more like a high-ranking king than him.However, before Zhao Xin could answer, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the door. Marie Antoinette, Mrs. Elizabeth, and the eldest daughter Charlotte had already arrived at the door.When they saw Louis XVI lying on the bed, they were all shocked, and immediately rushed to the bed.

"August, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing his wife's call, Louis XVI opened his eyes and said with a wry smile, "Don't worry, it's just a small injury." Then he looked at Zhao Xin and said to his wife: "Marie, these people are invited by Leclerc. came to get us out."

Marie Antoinette froze for a moment, then said in surprise, "Leclerc? The guy who manages locally?"

Zhao Xin stretched out his hand and patted Marie Antoinette's shoulder lightly. Seeing the other party looking at him, he motioned to the door to have something to say.Marie Antoinette looked at Louis XVI, saw him nodding, got up and walked over.

Zhao Xin whispered: "I know your English is very good, can you understand me?"

Marie Antoinette nodded and said, "Please speak."

"Your husband was stabbed by the guy on the ground, and his liver ruptured seriously. I can't save him. Besides, I don't take many people with me. I can only take away three people at most. The longer it takes, the more dangerous it is. You want Make a decision quickly."

After hearing this, Marie Antoinette burst into tears.But she knew that now was not the time for mourning at all, and the tall man in front of her understood what she said, she chose three out of five, and had to make a decision immediately.

While the two were talking, there was already a faint shout of mountains and tsunamis coming from outside, followed by explosions one after another.Panic, panic, helplessness, despair, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, making Marie Antoinette very upset.

Zhao Xin handed over Leclerc's letter, and Marie Antoinette scanned the content with the help of the other party's flashlight, and finally confirmed that Zhao Xin was telling the truth.She carefully looked at Zhao Xin's appearance, glanced at the son and daughter in the room, and asked the same question as Louis XVI.

"Who exactly are you?"

Zhao Xin leaned into the other party's ear and whispered: "I occupy more than 1000 million square kilometers of land in Northeast Asia, with a population of nearly one million under my command, and defeated the Russians twice. Within three years, the Qing Empire will perish! Compared with Vienna, which is full of dangers, under my protection, no one dares to touch a hair of your son."

As soon as these words came out, Marie Antoinette was stunned for a moment.She never expected that the group of people in front of her was actually the Serisian who defeated the Russian Empire.

We must know that the two fiascos of the Russians in the Far East and Siberia have been spread all over European countries with the vigorous exaggeration of the Ottoman Empire, and we can no longer cover it up.In the past, the town of Beihai occupied a large area of ​​territory east of the Yenisei River. Later, the Cossack emirates added nausea, and Potemkin’s sudden death caused Catherine II’s health to deteriorate sharply. The Tsarist Russian Empire is now It has become a laughing stock in Europe, and it can be called a model of "idle pain".

Although the time is short and I can't figure out the key point, but for this queen who has been involved in French politics for a long time, she knows that there is no reason for nothing in this world, especially between countries, it is always for the benefit .

"What do you want from us?"

"Stop the expansion of the British in South Asia and the expansion of the Americans in North America."

A look of amazement flashed across Marie Antoinette's face.Today, if you want to say that the country that Louis 16 and his wife hate the most, the first is the old enemy Britain, and the second is the United States, which has just been established.

Needless to say, the United Kingdom has been enemies for hundreds of years; and the so-called "founding fathers" in the United States are really a bunch of white-eyed wolves.

In order to help the Americans become independent, add obstacles to the British, and avenge the Seven Years War, the French spent 13 billion livres, which was more than 30 times that of the thirteen states.Before the victory in Saratoga, the French supported 90% of the weapons and equipment of the North American Continental Army; after the formal signing of the alliance treaty with the Continental Congress, the French government lent the Continental Congress another 6000 million livres, a typical belt-tightening To win too.

After the War of Independence, the French government, with a total debt of 20 billion livres, asked the United States to pay back the money. The Americans delayed as much as they could, forcing Louis XVI to have no choice but to hold a three-level meeting to increase taxes.Historically, after the death of Louis XVI, this loan was directly blacked out by the Americans because the main body of the agreement was absent and turned into a bad debt.

Marie Antoinette stared at Zhao Xin for a moment, then turned around and went back into the house. With flashing eyes, she said to Louis XVI's sister, Madame Elizabeth, in a firm tone: "Take the children away, the king and I Leave!"

The tearful Mrs. Elizabeth refused: "No, I will stay, you take them away!"

"As a queen, I can't leave the king!" Marie Antoinette walked over and hugged her, and said meaningfully: "You are more useful to France than me! Take good care of Charles for me, let him Be a good king in the future."

At this moment, Louis XVI had already entered a state of recovery, and the properties of morphine made his abdomen no longer hurt so much. At this moment, his mind was extremely clear, and he understood what his wife meant almost instantly.He took off the ring he had worn for many years from his ring finger, stuffed it into the hand of the tear-stained Louis Charles, held the other's little hand and said: "Charles, go with them. You have to remember, no matter where you go Why, you are the legal heirs of the Bourbon dynasty!"

"Father, you'll be fine!" Without the annoying guards and watchers, the seven-year-old little prince couldn't bear it anymore, and cried loudly on his father's shoulder.

Louis XVI turned his head and said to his daughter Charlotte: "You too, my angel, follow them."

"Dad, you'll be fine."

Louis XVI put his hands on his daughter's cheeks, tears streaming down his face.

Marie Antoinette went to the bed and knelt down, took her husband's hand, and buried her face in the other's palm.

"Let's go!" Zhao Xin stepped forward, picked up the crying little prince, and Erlu also stepped forward to pick up the crying Charlotte and walked out the door.

Louis XVI looked at the two children reluctantly, and said to Zhao Xin with the last of his strength, "Sir, can you swear to God? Don't let them get hurt."

Zhao Xin didn't want to waste any more time, the gunfire outside became more and more urgent, and said: "We don't believe in God, but I swear...in the name of the king!"

After hearing this, not only Marie Antoinette and Madame Elizabeth looked at Zhao Xin in surprise, but even Louis XVI showed a trace of surprise in his eyes, and then fell into a coma
Zhao Xin carried Shire to the lobby on the first floor, and asked the soldiers guarding here, "Is everyone here?!"

"It's all outside! The French pushed the cannons out, and we beat them back!"

"Withdraw immediately!"

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he handed Shire to Mrs. Elizabeth beside him, and then stooped out of the door of the temple tower.He looked around, the flames flickered outside the walls of the garden square, and it looked like at least thousands of people had gathered there.He found an open space, and in an instant, the huge cabinet appeared in the open space; then, a green signal flare was shot into the air by him.

Everyone in the special warfare battalion knew that it was time to retreat.

　Let me add it.The Louis XVI family was closely guarded when they were detained in the Temple Tower. The Paris Commune selected four members by lottery every day for 24-hour surveillance.The committee responsible for monitoring is handed over at 10 o'clock every night, and after the next day's rotation, they must report back to the commune immediately.Because it is selected by lottery, there is no way to bribe, and the faces are different every day.When it was time to go to bed at night, in order to prevent someone from rushing in to rescue the family, the doors of the bedrooms on the second and third floors had to be locked, and a bed would be set up outside the door, with the head of the bed firmly pressed against the door. The committee sleeps there with all clothes on, and gets up and puts the bed away in the morning.In real history, someone once tried to break the iron fence with a thick wrist from outside the tower, but of course it failed, but the first reaction of the committee member and Goulet at that time was to kill the king.In another case, a soldier in the garden square, probably as a joke, threw his rifle into the air and caught it. The guy was arrested immediately and interrogated for a whole day. Signal.With the pissing nature of the people in the Paris Commune, if someone rushed into the tower, they would definitely kill Louis XVI while resisting.

　　
　
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