War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Chapter 978 The Adventures of Emmenable Pellissier (Part 2)

Pellissier's brows immediately relaxed after hearing this. After all, this method sounded very feasible. France was once the beacon of democracy in Europe.

Moreover, this is completely in line with the propaganda of the Second French Republic, and I believe that the gentlemen in Paris will not say anything more.

Major General Conte, who swaggered into Friborg, thought that his long speech could persuade the defenders of Friborg to surrender immediately.

The results turned out to be exactly the opposite of what he thought. Although Count Chambord was not a hero, his strong moral obsession made his actual performance much better than those governors before Friborg who only knew how to enrich themselves and use their power for personal gain. times.

The Count of Chambord was not without ability. He was very talented in architecture and urban design.

In addition, the strength of the Orthodox faction in France is not weak, so when they heard that the Count of Chambord had become the Duke of Friborg, many loyal ministers of the Orthodox faction and the minority who were unsuccessful in France chose to come to Friborg.

Major General Conte's remarks were simply treasonous to them, but these nobles from France were restrained and at most they only uttered a few vulgar words.

As a supporter of the Second French Republic, Major General Conte naturally could not be ignored, so the two sides kept talking back and forth.

Originally, this matter should have ended with Major General Conte being driven out of the fortress, but the Swiss mountain people did not care about this. They directly crucified Major General Conte, who was about to return to the battlefield in a heroic manner, like an animal.

Behaviors like this that violate the agreed-upon rules of war usually boost the morale of one's own side. However, at this time, Pellissier's expeditionary force had lost its spirit, and the soldiers were completely indifferent to the tragic death of this officer.

Pellissier couldn't help but become even more angry when he saw such soldiers, but he also knew that Friborg could not continue to fight. If he continued to fight, he would get nothing but more casualties.

On the Italian battlefield, Bellevue conquered the Kingdom of Sardinia in just seven days, something that neither party had expected before the war began.

At first, everyone thought Bellevue's army was a joke. No matter how many people there were, they would have no use in the long mountain road.

The Kingdom of Sardinia has an army of 100,000, and as long as one-tenth of it is packed into the valley fortress, even if Napoleon is reborn, there will be nothing he can do.

Unless they followed Hannibal's example and crossed the Alps, but that was almost impossible. Even if they had the courage to cross over, they would not have enough time.

So how did Bellevue conquer the Kingdom of Sardinia?

In fact, the French army did not experience any decent battle when they entered the Kingdom of Sardinia. Although Carlo Alberto escaped by repeatedly jumping horizontally through the traditional Italian skills.

He offended more than just Austria and the Papal States. In fact, Carlo Alberto also offended all the nationalists and radical republicans in the country.

Coupled with the inability to pay war reparations, which resulted in a large number of prisoners of war stranded abroad, and the excessive expropriation at home, he offended all the people at home.

So when Bellevue led the army of the Second Republic to the border of Sardinia, the defenders chose to sacrifice the fortress without even thinking about it.

You must know that France was the beacon of democracy in Europe at that time, and the Second French Republic was the utopia in the minds of European democrats and the bourgeoisie at that time.

The army of the Kingdom of Sardinia that dedicated the fortress joined Bellevue's expeditionary force in the blink of an eye. After all, their purpose was not just to free themselves, but to liberate all oppressed Italians.

With these leading parties, Bellviu captured Turin without any bloodshed, and even Carlo Alberto's palace guards rebelled.

They wanted to capture Carlo Alberto and present it to General Bellvi as a gift of thanks for liberating the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Fortunately, there were still three pounds of nails in the ruined ship. Carlo Alberto escaped to Milan under the desperate protection of his loyal guards.

Northern Italian Theater, Milan.

The old Marshal Radetzki was listening to Carlo Alberto's hysterical chatter. Next to the old Marshal stood a pretty and lovely girl who was his great-granddaughter Celia.

The girl looked at the embarrassed Carlo Alberto, the panicked entourage, and her grandfather and sighed at the same time.

It's not that they were impatient, nor did they disrespect the king, it was just that his words were completely missing the point.

The eighty-two-year-old Marshal Radetzki did not want to continue to waste his precious life, so he wanted to send Carlo Alberto and others to the temporarily vacated manor to rest.

"Marshal Radetzki! The French have already invaded the border! It's not safe here! There are 300,000 of them! No! It's 400,000! It's 500,000!

The city of Milan will definitely not be able to defend it! Let's go to Venice quickly! No! Let's go to Vienna! Escape to Vienna and we will be safe! "

Carlo Alberto roared hysterically, and the entourage on the side also said.

"His Majesty is the King, the 'brother' of the Austrian Emperor! We need a safer place to stay."

(Theoretically, all royal members in Europe are related by blood, and kings should be treated as brothers.)

The new mayor of Milan, Archduke Leon, looked at his old superior, Marshal Radetzky, who nodded.

Although Grand Duke Leon was not an excellent soldier, it was unrealistic to exclude him from the inner circle based on his qualifications and family influence.

Simply under Franz's secret operation, the second-in-command in the Northern Italian Theater became the mayor of Milan.

"Your Majesty, please come this way."

The Grand Duke of Leon politely asked Carlo Alberto and his party to leave the room, leaving only the two of them to explain what happened in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

However, what they said was not very nutritious. They only knew that the French were very powerful, they were marching very fast, and their troops were very large, but they didn't know the details once they got there.

In fact, Austria also has an intelligence network in the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the French army occupied the Kingdom of Sardinia too fast this time, so the intelligence sent back was also very confusing.

But one thing is certain that the French army has at least 300,000 troops, which is fully double the previous estimate of 150,000.

Soon Marshal Radetzki invited the two Carlo Alberto's entourages out, and then a middle-aged man came in from the outside.

Celia, who was accompanying Marshal Radetzky, tilted her head and looked at the uncle in front of her. This was the most valued subordinate of her grandfather.

"Looks a little shy."

Celia commented, and Marshal Radetzky patted his great-granddaughter on the head lovingly.

"Little ghost and elf, let's go out and play. Grandpa Zu wants to talk about business."

After hearing this, the girl jumped away and made a face when she passed Colonel Benedek.

The girl gently closed the door, and finally only Benedek and Radetzky were left in the room.

"Colonel Benedek, you should be aware of the situation now. If you were me at this time, how would you like to deal with it?"

As Marshal Radetzky's most favored junior, Benedek was also the commander-in-chief of the Austrian Northern Army in the history of the Austro-Prussian War. Naturally, he had his own unique insights.

Even Radetzky nodded as he elaborated on his strategy, but at the end he let out a long sigh.