War is not something that can be solved once and for all with courage. Courage in the face of absolute strength often ends in tragedy.
Although the French army only had one squad of troops, they won because of the advantageous terrain. They had an advantage in defending from a high position, and the support of Xiaobai villagers increased their chances of victory.
Not only are they superior in numbers and terrain, but the weapons gap between the two sides is also very large. The power of the rifle is simply incomparable to the pistol. Let alone the accuracy, the range is several times worse. The rifle has already fired before the pistol is fired. It's been going on for several rounds, and this kind of one-sided fighting style can't be solved even if the gods come.
In just twenty minutes of fighting, seven people on Blanqui's side had already been killed, and the rest quickly retreated and escaped with their teacher when they saw that something was going wrong.
How could it be so easy to escape? If a student hadn't acted as human flesh to block the French army, the encirclement would have been closed just now.
Many war horses were shot and killed by the French in the chaotic battle. After losing their horsepower, they could only stagger back to the barn and be trapped. Fortunately, this time Blanqui brought out elite soldiers with excellent marksmanship. Under their desperate shooting, the cowardly The farmer left several corpses and did not dare to come forward.
Blanqui hid behind the wooden wall and looked out through the gap. "I'm afraid we can't escape. These French troops are very smart. They seem to be led by real veterans..."
"You see they have been very calm from the beginning. They have always used their strengths to restrain our weaknesses... They forced the villagers to contain us, and then used the excellent range of their rifles to shoot the horses, and they also shot cold shots in the back..."
"We have always wanted to rush forward and fight hand to hand. As long as we can kill these ten soldiers quickly, the other villagers will not have to worry... But we are too cunning, and they will not be fooled at all..."
"Teacher... take a rest for a while. Your arm... your arm is injured!" It turned out that in the chaotic battle just now, Blanqui's arm was scratched by a stray bullet, and it was bleeding all the time.
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine... The most important thing now is how to break through the past!"
While people were bandaging Blanqui's wounds, there was a commotion outside the barn. The French army of that class began to force the villagers to attack, but the villagers could only fight with the wind. A group of people besieged a person. They dared, but in the face of They immediately gave up on attacking the fortress.
"Master... their marksmanship is so accurate, many of us have died... How about we set fire to them! Burn them all to death too!"
"Bullshit! Can you still identify the bodies that were set on fire?" the French squad leader yelled angrily, "I still don't know the faces of those officials. If you don't put the heads in front of them to identify them, they won't admit it." !”
"They dare to embezzle even military honors, let alone such a bounty! Have all the heads been cut off just now?" A group of villagers quickly pointed to the entrance of the village behind them. Those heads were already placed on the low wall, with long A long slip.
The French squad leader was blinking and trying to think of a way. Fire attack was definitely impossible, and it was also dangerous to rely on gun blasts. These corpses were proof of reward. If there was any confusion, those corrupt officials might blackmail the reward. gold.
Can we only rely on human lives to attack? This group of cunning French soldiers began to have their thoughts, and at the same time, reinforcements from the surrounding villages also arrived one after another. The entire barn was surrounded by more than 150 people, and the possibility of Blanqui breaking out was getting lower and lower. .
When the time passed exactly noon, the squad leader's eyes suddenly lit up: "Haha, it seems that this bounty cannot be escaped... I can't help it!"
The soldiers and villagers gathered together for a few words, and then immediately started taking action. Blanqui in the barn knew that something was not right at the first sight.
"broken!"
This is the Cevennes Mountains, the terrain is gradually rising, the barn is on a sloping platform, and the surrounding scattered hilly areas are grape fields.
What are those villagers doing at this time? They began to pile stones on the upper slope of the barn. They collected large and small stones and carried them to high places, just in time to launch a rockfall attack.
"They want to crush us to death! They want to crush us to death... No, I want to negotiate with the other party. Open the door and I want to negotiate!"
"Teacher is too dangerous, let's go!"
"None of you can do it. They won't believe it. I'm the only one who came forward to negotiate... When you shout now, just say that Blanqui is here and ask to negotiate with the other party's commander! Go and shout..."
At this critical moment, there was no time to worry. A civil servant opened the barn door and shouted in a white shirt, "Negotiate! Mr. Blanqui, the leader of the commune, requests to negotiate with you and send someone to talk..."
"We have two thousand francs in cash here. As long as you are willing to negotiate with us, we can share it with you..." After saying this, the civilian put a money bag on the ground at the door of the barn, and then looked at the other party warily.
The two thousand francs suddenly shocked the poor man opposite. The squad leader slapped a villager on the back of the head, "Fire attack? Huh? Damn it, I didn't expect they still had money on them, right? It will be burned by then." What should I do? Still attacking with fire..."
The veteran was also a cutter in the melee. He walked up carelessly without anyone protecting him. When he reached the barn door, he picked up the money bag on the ground.
When I opened it, I saw that there were some gold coins inside, and the rest were rolls of franc notes. Fortunately, there was no fire attack, otherwise I would have burned them all.
Blanqui appeared at the door of the barn and said calmly, "You are so brave. Come here alone. Aren't you afraid that we will take you as a hostage?"
The veteran's eyebrows twitched three times, and the scar on his eyebrow bone looked extremely ferocious. "Hostage? Whatever you want, I have fought in mountains of corpses and seas of blood all my life, am I still afraid of such a small scene?"
"The Tsarist Russian Cossacks in Crimea are much more vicious than you. When have I ever been afraid? Just say whatever you want to talk about!"
Blanqui nodded slightly, "I didn't expect you were a veteran of the Crimean War. Judging from your age, you must have been in your teens... You are a warrior of the country, and I salute you!"
After speaking, Blanqui actually nodded and bowed slightly!
The veteran was stunned at that time, "Do you think I am a warrior? Haven't you always scolded His Majesty the Emperor for being militaristic?"
Blanqui shook his head, "That's not what you said. You just heard the bad rumors about us... We have objections to the Crimean War, saying that the war was too expensive and wasted too much scientific research. Funds, education funds, people’s livelihood funds...that’s all!”
"We are very impressed by the feats of soldiers who are famous overseas. Every soldier on the battlefield is a hero. You have made France famous, and we can only admire you!"
"What we don't recognize is the French Emperor's wrong strategic plan. We spent too much money in that war, but in the end it was Britain that benefited the most...Strategically, we made some mistakes, and that's all we attacked! "
The veteran frowned and said, "I don't understand those big principles. I just want to ask you what you want to talk about today? For the sake of these two thousand francs, I will give you a chance to speak!"
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