Holy Roman Empire

After receiving the report of the Battle of Venice, Charlie Albert was as if he had lost his soul. His spirit was gone, and his mouth continued to say: "It is finished! It is finished! It is all finished!"

Army Secretary Li Qi hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, things haven't reached the worst yet, we still have a chance to make a comeback!"

Charlie-Albert turned his bead in his eyes and asked with a wry smile, "What opportunity? Bardolio, the waste, has wiped out our years of accumulation!"

In the battle of Venice just ended, the Kingdom of Sardinia not only lost nearly one hundred thousand troops, but also defeated the spirits that brought them together.

It takes courage for a small country to challenge a big one. In order to challenge Austria, the Sardinian kingdom has been publicizing Austria's decay and invulnerability for more than a decade. Only then has the morale of the army gathered. It is now completely lost.

Can an army without military morale still fight?

Charlie Albert is a wise man, and he knows that the challenge to Austria is not fully prepared for the challenge to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

If it is not forced by the domestic situation, and Austria looks like a dim mountain, he will definitely not take risks.

Li Qi explained with his own reasonable reasons: "Your Majesty, we now have Lombardy in our hands. We can mobilize the local people to fight against the Austrians. Even if we cannot defeat the enemy, we can hold them for a while!"

As long as the situation is deadlocked, we can ask the British to mediate.We still owe a large amount of loans to the British. The Austrians will not recognize the money. For their own benefit, the British must also support us!"

In order to support the unification of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Italy, John Niu made a bloody investment, and has invested a total of tens of millions of pounds of loans. If they are gone, they will not be able to afford even a big business.

Charlie Albert shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, Austria is not a soft persimmon, and the British are not charitable.

Unless we can block the Austrian front in Lombardy, we want to pass this time-difficult!"

Powers have always bullied small countries. This time, the Kingdom of Sardinia broke the rules and challenged Austria as a small country, but it still lost miserably. This is a tragedy.

Historically, the Austrians let go of the Kingdom of Sardinia. That was because of the Hungarian rebellion, and they had no energy to liquidate them.

Now the Hungarians obviously can't count on it. Even if Austria doesn't increase its troops, the army of Venice alone can turn the Kingdom of Sardinia into history.

"Not good, Your Majesty. Now we have to block the news immediately. If the news of the defeat of the Venice Battle is spread, the country will be in chaos!" Prime Minister Azelio said afterwards

Everyone reacted at once, everyone was a grasshopper on a rope, and no one could run away if something went wrong.

It can be said that the political propaganda of the Sardinian kingdom's blackening of Austria for a long time has laid hidden dangers for now.

Impetuous nationalism is the easiest to get out of control. They will not consider the actual situation and are even more intolerant of failure.

Charlie Albert has woke up, as a qualified politician, he will make the best choice for him.

"The government immediately came forward to refute the rumors, and at the same time gave out false news, saying that we are decisively fighting the Austrians and are currently at a standstill.

At the same time, mobilize the whole people, and put all the young and strong into the army, especially those young students, all sent to the battlefield.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted the British as soon as possible and asked them to mediate the war.As long as the conditions proposed by the British are not excessive, they can be promised directly!"

Charlie Albert does not want to be overthrown by radical nationalists, so he can only let these people die first.

"Your Majesty, do you want to replace Bardolio?" Army Secretary Li Qi asked

Charlie Albert is in deep contemplation. If possible, he really hopes that the Kingdom of Sardinia can now play a hero to turn the tide.

"Forget it, it's a taboo for the soldiers to change positions, let him do something for his crimes!"

Hesitating again and again, Charlie Albert gave up his intention to make a substitution.At this time, whoever goes up, the ending will not be much better. If it is not done, it will make the situation worse. It is better to let Bardolio resist all the responsibilities.

...

Budapest

As the capital of the Hungarian interim government, and one of the few cities left by the Revolutionaries to control, this is already a sea of ​​sin.

Petofi couldn't stand it anymore. He only felt that his ideals were getting farther and farther from reality. Apart from bringing the so-called freedom to Hungary, the revolution left only disaster.

"Mr. Kosut, we must clean up the military discipline. Now the National Guard has become a group of bandits and robbers, so the revolution will be over!"

Kosut, who was full of energy in the past, was sitting there with a sad face at that time, and his sharp eyes were still a bit bloodshot, but his spirit was still full.

After hearing Petofi's words, Cosu nodded his head, and then said with a wry smile: "The long-term battle with the enemy is too repressive, and the soldiers are also humans. They need to vent. At this time, restraining military discipline may cause more unpredictable consequences! "

How could he not know the chaos in the city?However, now they have no choice. It is more meaningful to talk to the soldiers about life and ideals than to talk about military pay.

Now that the war is in progress, the Hungarian Republican government has long been hollowed out, and the soldiers can only be left to rob if they have no money to pay for the military pay.

"But Mr. Kosut, we will lose our hearts in this way!" Petofi said unwillingly

As an idealist, Yun Yin's heart only occupies a small part, and if he can win, Petofi does not mind the sacrifice.

But now there was a voice telling him that this would not work, and he expected Kosut to come forward to stop the chaotic soldiers from doing wrong.

Kosut said without changing his face: "The revolution always requires sacrifice. This sacrifice can be you, me, the National Guard, or the ordinary Hungarian people!

History will remember their sacrifices, and we will liquidate this account with the Austrians sooner or later!

Budapest can't hold it anymore, everything left here is for the enemy, it's better to ruin it!"

"You are going to destroy this city, you are crazy!" Petofi said excitedly

Kosut said excitedly: "It's not that I want to destroy this city, but that the Austrians want to destroy this city!

Now that the enemy has built a dam upstream, as long as we persist, they will flood the city!

Think about it, once the Austrians release water to attack the city, how much loss will it bring downstream?

There will be hundreds of thousands, and even millions of people will be homeless. These people will become our comrades in arms. We will join forces to bury this rotten empire!"