The church in Austria is not a soft persimmon, although it is now in decline, but the church has colluded with the local aristocracy, and the upper echelons of the church are basically the children of the nobility.

This is also the reason why Franz did not rush to attack the church, and he moved his whole body. Eat the meal one bite at a time, and kill the enemy one by one, and it would be better if you could turn the enemy into a friend.

There is no doubt that the members of the Church in Austria are not worthy of his co-optation, and these people are rich and oily, and they hinder the development of Austrian society, and they are real reactionaries.

Prime Minister Felix spoke: "Your Highness, it is better to postpone the affairs of the church. Not long ago, there was a change in the Papal States, and Pope Pius IX, who was in exile in Naples, has come to our rescue.

The Cabinet decided to speed up the counterinsurgency, defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia, and send troops to the Papal States to help Pius IX take power! ”

Obviously, the Cabinet government is not stupid and knows that the church cannot act rashly. Since the Middle Ages, theocracy has been playing with kingship, and now secular kingship has gained the upper hand, but theocracy is still not to be underestimated.

Doing it directly to them is certainly not a good choice. However, these clergy were not without nemesis, and Austrian Catholicism was under the leadership of the Holy See.

Now the Papal States had changed and needed a helping hand from Austria. After the deed is completed, will Pius IX still be able not to repay the favor?

Franz nodded with satisfaction, and thought to himself: Sure enough, these old foxes in the political arena are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they are accurate in grasping the opportunity.

The Pope of Rome was too busy to sell the Austrian Church for his own benefit, without hesitation. With the Pope's top tank, the pressure they have to endure is much smaller.

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With the order of the Vienna government, the offensive and defensive battle of Budapest began.

Now Lieutenant General Julius does not have to worry, according to the plan of the Vienna government, Budapest is already dispensable in the future division of administrative districts, and there is no need to worry about the destruction of the city by the war.

Budapest was actually formed by the merger of the cities of Buda and Pest, which became the capital of Hungary as early as the Middle Ages, and Buda was just a city across the water from Pest.

When two cities are called, they are usually connected to each other, Budapest or Pesburga.

After the establishment of the Republic of Hungary, the two cities were merged, and after the war, they were naturally to be divided and would fall under the jurisdiction of the two provinces.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the War Department has issued a siege order asking us to take Budapest as soon as possible, what is your opinion?" Lieutenant General Julius asked with concern

The Bohemian and Croatian legions complemented each other, and the attack on Budapest was only a temporary joint command, and Julius had to take into account the advice of Governor Josip Jelačić.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Hungarian rebels are already the most mediocre of the mean, and it is not a problem to conquer Budapest, the key is whether they can wipe out the chaotic parties!

By this time, the Transylvanian corps had reached the banks of the Tisza River, the Austrian corps was marching along the Danube, and an even larger encirclement was being formed outside of our encirclement.

The only way for these rebels to survive was to flee to the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan government had begun a major reform as early as 1839, and they had long been hostile to the empire, and there was a high probability that they would take in these rebels.

If they were allowed to merge, it would be very detrimental to the future rule of the empire in Hungary. Therefore, whether or not the enemy can be completely annihilated is the key to this war! ”

Governor Josip Jelačić is a military politician who sees issues more politically. In the long run, it would be more meaningful to completely extinguish the Hungarian Revolutionary Party than to conquer Budapest.

Lieutenant General Julius smiled wryly and said: "This is very difficult to do, the revolutionaries are not as heroic as they themselves boast, and if the momentum is not right, they run faster than rabbits."

Now that they are ready to go back, if we launch the siege of Budapest, they will slip away, and unless we can block them in the city, we will not be able to destroy them. ”

As a loyal servant of the Habsburgs, Julius was very hostile to the revolutionaries, and he would not mind hanging them all if possible.

Franz made him commander-in-chief, and the main purpose was to kill him on a killing spree, and wipe out all the lawbreakers who participated in or were suspected of participating in the rebellion.

Regardless of whether the rebels could be wiped out, on May 24, 1848, the Austrian army launched the siege of Budapest, and in order to completely annihilate the head of the revolutionary party, Julius even chose to besiege the city on all sides, which was militarily undesirable.

The Republic of Hungary was completely cut off from the outside world, and Budapest had become an isolated city, perhaps without care, and the Austrian army unleashed its artillery fire into the city.

Budapest

Since the sound of siege cannons, the ancient city has become noisy, the main battle factions and factions have been arguing, some people with good hands and eyes have been looking for a way back, and the pressure on the Kossuth government has increased greatly.

"Count Semir, the revolutionaries are still unwilling to compromise, what should we do now?" Gorgey asked with a headache

"General Gorge, how many people are in the National Guard under our command?" Shemir asked with concern

"Kossuth is already suspicious of us, and half a month ago he let Bem take over my military power, and now he has the famous Polish general Henrik Denbinski in charge of the city's defense.

If I do it now, I will be able to command 13,000 troops, but these people are still scattered in various units and cannot be concentrated! Gorgay replied with some embarrassment

"Rubbish!"

This was the first reaction of Shemir, as the Minister of War of the Provisional Government, he did not have a reliable army in his hands.

More than 13,000 people? This is obviously a fool of people, if they still have so many descendant troops in their hands, they would have turned against the revolutionaries a long time ago.

You must know that the Hungarian National Guard Gorgai was single-handedly involved in the formation, and as a member of the bourgeois aristocracy, they were able to stuff many people into it.

Now, it has been hollowed out by the revolutionaries, and Sémir could not think of a better word than to describe it as "waste".

"General Gorge, I'm not asking how many people are leaning towards us, but how many people you can use without attracting the attention of the outside world now, right away, not how many troops you can concentrate!" Shermir explained helplessly

"Without attracting the attention of the outside world, only more than 500 people can be mobilized at most." Gorgay replied with a frown