C2982 Paris diangong (1/2)

Thiers still wanted to sell him his battle theory, but this time, his words were even more bewitching, as he and Gan Bida were talking about how to make peace!

Gan Bida did not know that Thiers had already sided with the enemy.

First, look at the north, the Mace City was currently under the control of Marshal Ba Zan, and had undergone a large scale military expansion many years ago.

This was a very heavily fortified military town, it was definitely easy to defend and hard to attack!

Most importantly, a portion of Mace's sentries who disguised themselves as ordinary citizens managed to escape and establish a connection with Paris. They brought shocking news.

So it turned out that the Mace City was not the one hundred thousand people that everyone was thinking of, but rather, a total of one hundred and seventy thousand people were trapped inside the city!

When Marshal Ba Zan brought the headquarters and retreated towards the Mace, he never thought that there would be so many scattered French troops in the forests, mountains, and villages along the way.

These were all platoon ranks of small troops. There were even some battalion ranks that had been separated from the main camp in the occupied territories by the Prussian during the war.

They had no choice but to be cautious in their guerrilla hit, and when they met Ba Zan, they would immediately throw themselves into his embrace.

They stayed put as they walked. When they reached the Mace, Ba Zan raised his army flag and all the warriors guarding the area of the Mace gathered over.

In the end, when they counted the number of people, the Mace City actually poured in one hundred and seventy thousand of Empire's elite troops, all of them veterans that the French Emperor had raised for many years!

From the time French Emperor surrendered to now, there were a total of three large-scale battles in Mace City, and all one hundred and seventy thousand soldiers had managed to resist. Not only did the Prussian not take down the city, the number of casualties was even higher than that of the French army.

At that moment, as long as the Ba Zan Corps could get some supplies or a reinforcement force with ten to twenty thousand people, their morale would naturally rise.

There are Mace City in the north, Orleans in the south!

The Southern Regiment had already changed its name to the Ruval Army, and was stationed on the borders of the Loire River to confront the army of Prince Karl.

Although the Luval Legion were all new troops from the south, their connection with the rear was clear, and they could obtain supplies from the south in a steady stream.

Whether it was the source of the troops or the supplies, it was not a problem.

The Lurker Army and Prince Karl had already formed a strategy of pulling the saws, using Orleans City as a tree to pull the saws, going back and forth to fight and kill!

He believed that one day, when the size of the Rovan Regiment reached a certain level of strength, there would be no way for them to escape a wild victory!

It was possible that both the north and the south could give birth to a victory, which would boost the morale of the French army. Of course, the most likely outcome was still Paris, the heart of all the wars.

Thiers stood up and walked towards the window. He lit a cigarette for himself and looked at the restless Paris in the darkness and said helplessly, ”A metropolis of two million people, the equipment in the warehouse is enough to arm a seven hundred thousand army …”

”The total number of troops that we have now is close to five hundred thousand... With this kind of strength, how could he not fight a victory that would boost the morale of the troops? ”Why can't I …”

Thiers's sorrowful tone infected Gan Bida, and the Minister of the Interior stood up. ”I have also advised General Trochu before, but the old general refused to send his troops.”

”As for Blanqui and the others, they would not listen to our orders at all … Forget it, forget it, I'm going out of the city! ”

”Where are you going?” Thiers asked.

”I will go to the south, I will personally lead the Ruval Army, the France needs a victory, then I will give him a victory …”