After receiving the battle report of the Battle of Venice, Charlie-Albert seemed to have lost his soul.
Army Minister Li Qi hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, we still have a chance to make a comeback before things get to the worst!"
Charlie-Albert rolled his eyes and asked with a wry smile: "What chance? Bardolio, this rubbish, lost all of our accumulation of so many years in one battle!"
In the just-concluded Battle of Venice, the Sardinian Kingdom not only lost nearly 100,000 troops, but also wiped out the energy they had finally gathered.
It takes courage for a small country to challenge a big country. In order to challenge Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia has been promoting Austria's corruption and vulnerability for more than ten years.
Can an army without morale be able to fight
Charlie Albert was a wise man, and he knew that the Sardinian kingdom was not prepared enough to challenge Austria this time.
If it weren't for the domestic situation, and Austria seemed to be in decline, he would never have taken the risk.
Li Qi explained with his own reasonable reasons: "Your Majesty, we still have Lombardy in our hands, we can mobilize the local people to fight against the Austrians, and even if we cannot defeat the enemy, we can hold them back for a while!
As long as the situation is deadlocked, we can ask the British to mediate. We still owe the British a large amount of loans, the Austrians will not recognize this money, and for their own sake, the British must support us too! "
In order to support the unification of the Italian region by the Kingdom of Sardinia, John Bull had invested his entire capital, and invested a total of tens of millions of pounds in loans.
Charlie Albert shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, Austria is not a persimmon, and the British are not charitable.
Unless we can hold off the Austrian front in Lombardy, we're going to get through this time—difficult! "
It has always been foreign powers bullying 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 the Sardinian kingdom go because of the Hungarian rebellion and did not have the energy to liquidate them.
Now the Hungarians are obviously unable to count on it. Even if Austria does not increase its troops, the army in the Venice area can turn the Sardinian kingdom into history.
"Not good, Your Majesty. Now we have to block the news immediately. If the news of the defeat of the Battle of Venice spreads, the country will be in chaos!" Prime Minister Azelio said later.
Everyone reacted at once, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can run away when something goes wrong.
It can be said that the Sardinian Kingdom's long-term political propaganda against the blackening of Austria has laid hidden dangers for the present.
Impatient nationalism is the easiest to get out of control, they do not consider the actual situation, and they cannot tolerate failure.
Charlie Albert has woken up, and as a qualified politician, he will make the best choice for himself.
"The government immediately came forward to refute the rumors, and at the same time released fake news, saying that we were in a decisive battle with the Austrians, and we are currently in a stalemate.
At the same time, a nationwide mobilization was carried out to incorporate all the young men into the army, especially those young students, and sent them to the battlefield.
The Foreign Office 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 too excessive, they can directly agree to it! "
Charlie Albert didn't want to be overthrown by the radical nationalists, he had to let these people die first.
"Your Majesty, do you want to replace Bardolio?" asked Li Qi, the Minister of War.
Charlie-Albert was lost in thought, and if possible, he really hoped that the kingdom of Sardinia could now turn the tide with a hero.
"Forget it, it's a big taboo in the military to change generals before the battle, so let him be guilty and make merit!"
Hesitating again and again, Charlie Albert gave up the plan to make a substitution. At this time, whoever goes up will not end up much better. If it doesn't work, it will make the situation worse. It's better to let Bardolio take all the responsibilities.
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Budapest
As the capital of the Hungarian Provisional Government and one of the few cities the revolutionists could control, it was already a sea of sin.
Petofi really couldn't stand it any longer. He only felt that his ideal was getting further and further away from reality. In addition to bringing the so-called freedom to Hungary, the revolution was only a disaster.
"Mr. Kossuth, we must clean up the military discipline. The current National Guard has become a group of bandits and robbers. If this continues, the revolution will be over!"
Kossuth, who used to have unlimited energy in the past, was sitting there with a gloomy face at this time, and there were some bloodshot eyes in those sharp eyes, but he was still full of energy.
Hearing Pei Duofei's words, Kesute nodded, then said with a wry smile: "It's too depressing to fight the enemy for a long time. Soldiers are also human beings, and they need to vent. Restricting military discipline at this time may lead to more unpredictable consequences! "
How could he not know about the chaos in the city? However, now they have no choice. It is more meaningful to talk about life and ideals for the big soldiers. It is more meaningful to talk about military salaries.
Since the war has been going on, the Hungarian republican government has long been hollowed out, and there is no money to pay the army salaries, so the soldiers can only be allowed to rob.
"But Mr. Kossuth, we will lose people's hearts if we go on like this!" said Petofi unwillingly.
As an idealist, compassion is only a small part, and if he can win, Petofi doesn't mind sacrifice.
But now there was a voice telling him that it was impossible to continue like this, and he hoped that Kossuth would come forward to stop the rebels from doing bad things.
Kossute said without changing his face: "Revolution always requires sacrifice, and this sacrifice can be you or me, the National Guard, or the ordinary Hungarian people!
History will remember their sacrifices, and sooner or later we will settle this account with the Austrians!
Budapest can't be held anymore, everything here is left for the enemy, it's better to destroy it! "
"You're going to destroy the city, you're crazy!" said Petofi excitedly
Kossuth said excitedly: "It's not that I am going to destroy the city, but the Austrians are going to destroy the city!
Now that the enemy has built a dam upstream, as long as we hold on, they will flood the city!
Think about it, once the Austrians release water to attack the city, how much loss will it bring downstream
At that time, there will be hundreds of thousands or even millions of people who will be homeless. These people will become our comrades in arms, and we will join hands to bury this decaying empire! "