C2966 Trochu avoided battle

The Prussian vanguard troops did not launch an attack, and the first few thousand riders who arrived were certainly not enough to attack the city. They began to build their fortifications according to the plan they had set out, and to seize positions in advance for the next major force.

In the dark of the night, the garrison troops of Paris looked at the distant, brightly lit torches. Seven to eight thousand Prussian army cavalry soldiers were loading sandbags and setting up firing positions. No one expected that the temporary shelter set up by a group of cavalrymen was even more beautiful than that built by engineers.

The Prussian army only had seven thousand people, but the regular army of Paris had a total of one hundred and eighty thousand. If they were to launch an attack at this moment, it would be easy for them to take over this army.

Although there were still troops emerging from the darkness, the superiority of their military strength was still on the France's side.

But the strange thing was, no matter how the Prussian moved, none of the defending troops dared to move.

The city walls and the Prism Castle defense line were deathly still, but Paris City had already fallen into chaos. The streets were filled with mobilized troops, and middle-class families were packing up their belongings as they prepared to flee from Paris.

Of course, there were also many Self-Defence Force s who started to build layers of defenses in the city during the night. Those cannons that were hidden away were pushed into the streets.

Many Self-Defence Force s wanted to stop the carriage to interrogate him, but when they saw the insignia of the council meeting on the carriage and the protection from the valiant veterans, they knew that this must be one of the big figures of the committee. They did not dare delay and quickly let go of the checkpoint.

Thiers closed his eyes and thought about the situation in front of him. He had an impulse in his heart, he knew that the chance was about to come.

The carriage stopped in front of General Trochu's villa. At this moment, the general's official residence had already become a temporary headquarters, the army's carriages lined up in a long line.

Thiers's prestige had risen tremendously in the political arena. When he appeared at the door, all the soldiers took the initiative to greet him!

Most of the military personnel were simple people who cared about grudges. They all knew that Thiers fully supported the old General Trochu in coming up on stage, and also knew that he did not hold any position of authority due to his noble character.

It was because of this that the officers and soldiers of the military admired him so much!

Thiers took off his hat and smiled as he returned the greetings. He did not have any haughty attitude, but when he walked into the old general's study, he realized that the place was already surrounded by maps and documents.

"General!" When do we go to war... "I have already prepared the reporters for the newspaper. This victory will definitely boost the morale of the entire French people!"

When Trochu saw that it was Thiers, he immediately put down the pencil and let out a long breath, "You're here? There's gin in the liquor cabinet. Pour yourself a glass and give me one … "

The two of them took a sip of wine to catch their breath. The old general's expression was solemn as he said, "We don't have any plans for the war yet. Don't organize the reporters …"

"What?" Thiers was stunned, "Not going to fight? The enemy is already at the gates of Paris, and you don't allow war to begin? "

"God, it's dangerous for you to do this, General... We just attacked the despicable act of not resisting from the left today. Are we going to do the same thing again? "

"How should I explain this to the people? How should I deal with the people's hearts?"

Trochu waved his hand: "Thiers, you are a civil servant. You don't know how to fight …. We cannot take the initiative to attack in this battle! "

"How can I tell you …" "You have to understand that our current situation is very unsuitable for field battles. What we need to do now is to rely on Paris to engage in defensive warfare …"

"Using time to exchange for space, we will only be able to last until the Southern Regiment becomes a force to be reckoned with, and then we can finally fight against the enemy …"

The old general started to explain some basic military knowledge to Thiers. This was Thiers, if it was any other representative, the old general would not bother to care about him.

The choice made by the military was not wrong. Currently, the main force in Paris was the one hundred and eighty thousand regular army and the three hundred thousand National Guard.

There was no need to talk about Self Guard, they were all just a group of militia.

In the end, fighting those people was just a group of commoners fighting against each other!

Just one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers of the regular army was worth relying on? Actually, that was not the case. The so-called regular army in Paris was just a little better than the National Guard.

The true elites of the empires had all fallen to the north now. General Ba Zan of the Mace City had gathered over a hundred thousand of their defeated troops and was bitterly guarding the lone city.

Within the Prussian POW camp, Hesse and the others, there were still a hundred thousand old soldiers of the France. Most of them were captured from a small portion of the captives in other battles.

This was a total of two hundred thousand people. Then, in this war, there were tens of thousands of veterans who were killed, plus the tens of thousands of veterans who were scattered on the ground, unable to meet up with the common people.

The three hundred thousand people were trapped in the north, this was the core elite army of the France!

Out of the one hundred and eighty thousand people left in Paris, less than twenty thousand were veterans who fought against Napoleon III head-on, while the rest were new recruits who had only been in the army for one or two years.

Although all of them wore military uniforms and bans looked like an army, these people could not be compared with the veterans who had fought for more than ten years, much less the Prussian Legion.

General Trochu knew what was going on here, so since last year, when he had been supporting Montauban, he had asked for such a difficult job to build a defensive wall in Paris.

If I don't fight with you Montaubans for power, and if you take me as your assistant, can I do the hard work of civil engineering? You're not going to push me, are you?

It was precisely this kind of self-defense that allowed him to retain his position under the command of Empress Ou Renni and the Duke of Montaubon, and it was this that allowed him the possibility of reaching the top.

After more than a year of fighting against these soldiers, not only did Trochu build a complicated defense system that relied on the city walls, he also strengthened his friendship with these soldiers.

So many soldiers had seen it with their own eyes. The old general fought with them on the construction site, and many of the food and beverages were obtained for them.

The soldiers had become familiar with Trochu, and had acknowledged him as well. Therefore, after the collapse of the empire, General Trochu had immediately become the backbone of the one hundred and eighty thousand garrison unit s.

At this moment, every one hundred and eighty thousand garrison unit s were listening to Trochu's orders alone!

"Thiers! The soldiers in our hands are really not the most elite, we are not at an advantage fighting in the wild against the Prussian! "

"But we have a metropolis with more than 2 million people, and these 2 million citizens are our strong backers... As long as we hold on to our defense, the Prussian will not be able to break in! "