For the commander of the Ninth Corps, Brigadier General Leboeuf's threat was very effective.
No one could withstand the attack of the Paris Regular Army, especially when caught off guard.
The commander of the Ninth Corps keenly noticed the state of the soldiers around him. The National Guard soldiers following him couldn't stop trembling after seeing the regular army waiting outside the barricades.
This group of property-armed fighters living in a honey pot was no match for the regular army troops in front of them. Let alone rivaling the regular army, even fighting unarmed poor folks would have them making a series of jokes.
With such battle capabilities, how could one expect them to risk their lives? It's feared that as soon as the gunfire from the regular army sounded, the ragtag group under him would flee in panic.
