Allies are not easy to deal with. The major powers in Europe are full of contradictions, but there is only one Austria can ally with. Once they stand in line, the rest is the enemy.
Perhaps Metternich saw through the essence of the matter very early. After the anti-French war, he took the initiative to shrink Austria's sphere of influence and tried to balance the strength of European countries, putting Austria in a detached position.
In this era, these diplomatic measures are all successful, the only failure is that Austria's internal reform failed, and its own strength did not keep up.
Without sufficient strength, it is naturally impossible to continue the Vienna system, and Austria has to make a new choice.
"Let's wait and see what the British have to offer. If they continue to support the unification of Italy, then the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot stay.
If it's a big deal, let's take a little bit of a loss and help the French manage their turf first. When the domestic situation stabilizes, we can sell it to them! ' said Franz sternly.
On the Italian issue, the French can undoubtedly be bought. They have long been eyeing the Italian region, while Austria's strategic focus is not here at all, and there is no core conflict of interest between the two sides.
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In the Kingdom of Sardinia, Charlie Albert has become an ant on a hot pot, and the development of the war is too far from his expectations.
In the era of hot weapons, it is no longer possible to win wars only by relying on a large number of people.
Even the unprecedented outbreak of the Sardinian army, the local fighting spirit +200%, still cannot change the nature of the mob.
Coupled with the shortage of weapons and ammunition, the equipment in the hands of many soldiers remains in the era of cold weapons, and no matter how high their patriotism is, they cannot stop the bullets from flying.
"Your Majesty, let's go! The enemy is about to attack the city, and Turin can't hold it anymore!"
Prime Minister Azelio's loyalist attributes broke out. After the defense line fell, Charlie Albert was notified as soon as possible to run away.
There is no way, the Sardinian kingdom is not big, Turin is only more than 100 kilometers away from Milan, and once the troops on the front line collapse, they can only prepare for the defense of Turin.
Charlie Albert said desperately: "No, I'm not going anywhere, I want to live and die with Turin!"
"Your Majesty, for the future of the Kingdom of Sardinia, you must leave here immediately." Li Qi, the Minister of War, persuaded with a sad face.
The monarch in continental Europe is also a huge bargaining chip. If the king of Charles-Albert is captured by the Austrian army, then the Kingdom of Sardinia will be almost the same.
This is not to rely on the emperor to command the princes, but to control the monarch and have a lot of articles to do, such as forcing Charles-Albert to sign a series of betrayal treaties, or even simply annexing the kingdom of Sardinia.
Even if other powers want to intervene, they have no righteous bargaining chip, which is very unfavorable to the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Charlie Albert roared: "Trash, rice buckets, idiots... If it weren't for you incompetent people, how could we fail? Up to now, you don't think about how to retreat from the enemy, but you actually think about running away... "
Time passed by, and under everyone's persuasion, Charlie Albert still ran away. Of course, whether this has something to do with the arrival of the Austrian advance troops in Turin, no one knows.
When Palmerston, the British foreign secretary, arrived in Vienna, news of the Austrian army's capture of Turin came.
After sorting out the information in his hands, even Palmerston, who was confident in his chest, felt a headache for the Sardinian Kingdom.
Things were beyond their expectations. According to the British plan, at this time Austria was still fighting for the Lombardy region with the Kingdom of Sardinia, and at most Austria had just recovered its lost ground.
However, the performance of the Kingdom of Sardinia disappointed them. Perhaps it was the first national mobilization that drained their blood, and the second mobilized army was completely giving away.
Especially those "patriots" and "Italian nationalists" thought they would fight the Austrian army to the end, but the final result told the world that the mouthpiece is still the mouthpiece.
The one who shouts the loudest slogan is often the fastest deserter on the battlefield. The battle has just started, and people don't know where they are going.
Charlie Albert put these people on the front line as cannon fodder, but he didn't expect that these people would be pitted back and directly gave the position to the Austrians.
This made Palmerston embarrassed. The Austrian army negotiated before occupying the Kingdom of Sardinia, and negotiated after occupying the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the price to be paid was completely different.
If it weren't for the internal instability in France, Austria had no allies, and it would be difficult to swallow the Sardinian kingdom, he could go home directly.
This worry did not last long, and the welcome banquet prepared for him by the Austrian Foreign Ministry began.
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Berlin
After receiving the diplomatic support of Austria, the arrogance of the liberal bourgeois government rose again. In their view, the entire German Confederation was backed, and the Russians were not so terrible.
Don't look at the fact that all European countries are showing solidarity with the Danes. In fact, only the Russians will take action. The purpose of the Swedes is to ensure that the Kingdom of Denmark will not be destroyed, but they have no plan to help the Danes regain their lost land.
Especially after seeing that the French people broke out the June Uprising in order to support the Polish Revolution, the determination of the liberals to support Polish independence became firm again.
Frederick William IV couldn't bear it any longer, and let the liberals go on, and Prussia will start a fight. Now 250,000 Russian troops have arrived at the Prussian border.
The tsarist government's patience with the Kingdom of Prussia has reached its limit, and any move to provoke the Russians is unwise.
Before the Crimean War, Russia was famous on the European continent, and it was not at all comparable to the Kingdom of Prussia, which had not yet unified Germany.
Under his instigation, the Junker nobles who hated the revolution formed the "Alliance to Defend Property", and at the same time tightened their control over the army, looking for various excuses to clean up the republican elements in the army.
A counter-revolutionary coup is brewing within the Kingdom of Prussia. The bourgeois government, which has no experience in struggle, seems to know nothing, and continues to implement the idealized plan of unification.
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The Anglo-Austrian negotiation started, and Palmerston was worried that the Sardinian government would surrender to Austria, worrying that it would continue to drag on, and their investment there would be wasted.
After the greeting, Palmerston went straight to the topic and said, "Mr. Metternich, for the sake of world peace, we need the Austrian government to carefully handle the conflict with the Kingdom of Sardinia."
Metternich laughed and said, "Mr. Palmerston, the conflict between us and the Kingdom of Sardinia will soon cease to exist, and the Italian region will soon be stabilized. Your country does not need to worry at all."