After receiving the report of the Battle of Venice, Charlie Albert's whole person was like losing his soul, his spirit was suddenly gone, and his mouth was still chanting: "It's over!" Finished! It's all over! ”

Minister of War Li Qi hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, things have not yet reached the worst, we still have a chance to turn the tables!" ”

Charlie Albert's eyes rolled and he asked with a wry smile, "What chance?" Badolio, this waste, lost all our years of accumulation in one battle! ”

In the just-concluded Battle of Venice, the Kingdom of Sardinia not only lost nearly 100,000 troops, but also lost the spirit they had gathered with great difficulty.

It takes courage for a small country to challenge a big country, and in order to challenge Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia has been propagating Austria's decay and vulnerability for more than ten years, and it has gathered military morale, and now it has been completely lost.

Can an army without morale still be able to fight?

Charlie Albert was a smart man, and he knew that he was not well prepared to challenge Austria to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

If it weren't for the situation at home, and Austria seemed to be dying, he would never have taken any chances.

"Your Majesty, we still have Lombardy in our hands," he explained, "and we can mobilize the local population to rise up against the Austrians, and even if we can't 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 a large loan to the British, the Austrians will not admit it, and the British must support us for their own benefit! ”

In order to support the Kingdom of Sardinia to unify Italy, John Bull invested tens of millions of pounds in loans, and if it was lost all of a sudden, they would 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 stop the Austrian advance in Lombardy, it will be difficult to pass this time! ”

It has always been the great powers that bully small countries, and this time the Kingdom of Sardinia broke the convention and challenged Austria as a small country, but it lost very badly, which is a tragedy.

Historically, the Austrians spared the Kingdom of Sardinia, and that was because of the Hungarian rebellion, which did not have the energy to liquidate them.

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

"Not good, Your Majesty. Now we must immediately block the news, if the news of the defeat at the Battle of Venice spreads, the country will be in chaos! Prime Minister Azeglio said in hindsight

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

It can be said that the long-term political propaganda of the Kingdom of Sardinia against the blackening of Austria has laid a hidden danger for the present.

Impatient nationalism is the most likely to get out of control, they don't think about the real situation, and they can't tolerate defeat.

Charlie Albert has woken up and as a qualified politician, he will make the choices that are best for him.

"The government immediately came forward to refute the rumors, and at the same time released false news that we were fighting the Austrians and that we were currently in a stalemate.

At the same time, we will mobilize the whole people, and all the young and strong people will be integrated into the army, especially those young students, and they will be sent 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 put forward by the British are not too excessive, they can directly agree to it! ”

Charlie Albert didn't want to be overthrown by radical nationalists, so he had to let these people die first.

"Your Majesty, do you want to remove Bardolio?" War Secretary Richie asked

Charlie Albert was lost in thought, and if it was possible, he really hoped that now the Kingdom of Sardinia would be able to produce a hero to turn the tide.

"Forget it, changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, let's let him be guilty and make meritorious contributions!"

After much hesitation, Charlie Albert gave up on his plans to make a substitution. Whoever goes up at this time will not end much better, and if it is not good, it will make the situation worse, so it is better to let Badorio resist all the responsibilities.

……

Budapest

As the capital of the Hungarian Provisional Government and one of the few cities left for the revolutionaries to control, it was already a sea of evil.

Pedolfi couldn't stand it anymore, he only felt that his ideals were getting farther and farther away from reality, and that the revolution was nothing but disaster except for the so-called freedom that Hungary had brought to it.

"Mr. Kossuth, we must rectify military discipline, the current National Guard has become a bunch of bandits and robbers, and if we continue in this way, the revolution will be over!"

Kossuth, who had been energetic in the past, was sitting there with a melancholy face at this time, his sharp eyes still a little bloodshot, but his spirit was still very strong.

Listening to Pei Duofei's words, Kosuth nodded, and then said with a wry smile: "The long-term battle with the enemy is too depressing, soldiers are also people, they need to vent, and at this time, restricting military discipline may cause even more unpredictable consequences!" ”

How could he not know about the chaos in the city? However, now they have no choice, and it is more meaningful to talk about life and ideals for the big-headed soldiers, rather than talking about military salaries.

By the time the war had been going on, the Hungarian republican government had long been hollowed out, and there was no money to pay the military salaries, so it could only let the soldiers rob it.

"But Mr. Kossuth, if we continue like this, we will lose hearts!" Pei Duofei said unwillingly

As an idealist, compassion is only a small part, and if victory can be achieved, Pei Duofei does not mind sacrifice.

But now a voice was telling him that this was not going to work, and he expected Kossuth to intervene to stop the rebels from doing evil.

Kossuth said with a straight face: "The revolution always requires sacrifice, and this sacrifice can be you and me, the National Guard, or ordinary Hungarian people!"

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

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

"You're going to ruin the city, you're crazy!" Pei Duofei said excitedly

Kossuth excitedly said: "It's not that I'm going to destroy the city, it's the Austrians who want to destroy it!"

Now that the enemy has built a dam upstream, if we hold on a little longer, they will flood the city!

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

When the time comes, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, will be homeless, and these people will become our comrades-in-arms, and we will join forces to bury this decaying empire! ”