I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 242 Oops, I’ve become a rebel! (Additional update for the shabby helmsman)

On the hillside in the distance, Joseph's speech continued:

"The riots continued, causing great damage to the southern provinces. However, our heroic Marquis de Saint-Viran, who has nearly 20,000 troops, has always refused to send troops to quell the chaos, and watched helplessly as those well-educated people were rioted. Those who looted."

He paused for a moment to make it easier for reporters to record, and then said loudly:

"Some people even suspect that the Marquis of Saint-Villan is the mastermind behind the riots. Of course, I don't believe this.

"Fortunately, His Majesty the King has never forgotten his people! His Majesty asked me to lead all the troops that can be mobilized in Paris, including the police, and come all the way to Montpellier to quell the riots..."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard bursts of gunshots in the distance, and his heart suddenly moved.

here we go!

Two cavalrymen galloped over and shouted loudly from a distance:

"Your Highness, the Montcalm Legion suddenly attacked us. They are probably going to rebel!"

The hundreds of reporters and nobles around were immediately stunned and stood there, not knowing what to do.

Joseph used extremely exaggerated acting skills, widened his eyes and exclaimed:

"How can this be?!"

Below, a "shill" trembled:

"Could it be that the Marquis de Saint-Villan has been conniving at the riots, just waiting for His Highness to come to quell the chaos, and then launch an ambush?"

Joseph immediately continued following his words:

"It seems that he really launched a rebellion..."

Eman handed over a telescope. Joseph took it and glanced down the hillside, frowning and said:

"They are laying siege to General Berthier!"

Immediately, soldiers brought several boxes of telescopes and distributed them to the reporters very thoughtfully.

As the reporters opened their binoculars, a distant scene instantly appeared before their eyes - densely packed troops were firing fiercely and constantly surrounding the Berthier Corps station behind the grove, with the flag of the Montcalm Corps flying in the army. .

From Major Brun's side, he could only see the small woods in front of him, but from the high ground on the side, he could see the military camp behind the woods.

After the reporters heard that "Moncalm's Army was attacking Berthier's Army," they preconceptionally concluded that they were going behind the woods.

Joseph mounted the horse with a very handsome posture, turned to the reporters and solemnly said:

"I want to be with my army! If anything happens to me, please tell the world what happened here."

After saying that, he led the guards and left.

The soldiers took away all the "military supplies" telescopes.

The distant battlefield immediately turned into a fog for reporters.

Major Braun was lazily watching the army methodically control the woods where the rioters were hiding, waiting for them to drag out the people or bodies inside, when he suddenly heard a thunderous explosion from the side and behind.

He frowned, and his first reaction was: Didn't he bring the cannon?

But when he looked up, his pupils suddenly shrank - there were several bloody gaps in his infantry array, and the soldiers who were suddenly hit stayed in place in horror, as if they still hadn't understood what happened. What.

"This is the enemy's artillery!" Major Brun was suddenly shocked, "No, these are not rioters!"

He quickly turned around and shouted to the herald:

"Order the entire army to stop advancing. Concentrate the two wings to the center! The cavalry goes to the southeast for reconnaissance!"

Before the latter could move, the cannon in the distance roared again.

This time, the soldiers of the Montcalm Legion finally knew what was going on, and screamed and began to scatter to avoid the shelling. The officers of each team drew their swords, shouted loudly, and tried to restrain the formation.

On the mound to the north, an officer from the Police Intelligence Department was explaining to reporters: "Listen, the rebels have even brought in artillery! What on earth do these damn guys want to do?!

"Oh, God bless you, please don't let anything happen to your Highness..."

After the third volley of artillery, Montcalm's army was completely in chaos.

It was a salvo of three 12-pound cannons and six 6-pound cannons, and the target position was marked in advance, and almost no shots were missed.

There is no suspense about what happens after that.

Major Brun was hesitating whether to call for support or to retreat directly. An infantry regiment on each flank lined up in a straight line to outflank him, while a large number of cavalry were quickly detouring behind him.

Meanwhile, those damn cannons keep blasting away.

At this moment, Major Braun finally realized that he had been led into an ambush circle...

He only hesitated for two seconds, then turned his horse's head, abandoned his troops, and fled back to Count Serulier's manor with only a few dozen guards.

On the hillside in the distance, the reporters waited tremblingly for the sound of the cannons to stop. After waiting for more than an hour, they finally arrived at the guard sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pick them up.

The area around the small forest where the fierce battle just occurred has been basically cleared.

With a look of grief and indignation, Joseph was taking the reporters to look at the bodies of the Berthier Legionnaires who were killed by the rebels.

One to two hundred corpses were neatly arranged on the ground.

The Crown Prince loudly reprimanded the Marquis of Saint-Villan for his rebellion, and briefly talked about General Berthier's difficult process of repelling the rebels, and finally vowed to avenge the soldiers.

Of course, those on the ground are all soldiers of the Montcalm Legion. However, the military uniforms they wore were the same color and style as those of the Guards Corps, and reporters could not tell which side they were from.

The shocked reporters immediately got busy and wrote a press release about what they had seen and heard as quickly as possible, and asked their accompanying assistants or servants to help them send it back to the newspaper office.

Not long after, the roar of cannons was heard again from the manor of Count Serulier on the east side.

The reporters stood up and looked over there.

An officer hurriedly led people to escort them to a safe place in the north. Along the way, he introduced the situation with a worried look: "Listen, the rebels have begun to attack His Highness's legion again. This will definitely be an extremely difficult battle..."

The actual battle process was not difficult at all.

The sound of the cannon was from the Guards Corps attacking Montcalm's Corps.

After learning that Major Bourne had been ambushed, the Marquis de Saint-Villan hurriedly ordered the entire army to assemble and prepare for the battle.

However, he had not received any news of the approach of the Guards Corps before. The troops were all resting leisurely in the manor, and there were not even any outside reconnaissance sentries set up. By the time Berthier had almost surrounded the manor, nearly half of the Montcalm Legion's soldiers had not yet completed their formation.

Then, there was a bombardment. After two mid-level officers of the Montcalm Corps took the initiative to surrender, Davout's company was the first to rush into the manor through the gap, and fought all the way to the center of the manor without any delay, and then met the Marquis of Saint-Villan. The guards took action.