"You say that the crown led to a revolution and issued a declaration of independence proclaiming the establishment of a republic?!"

Roland stood up from his seat, shocked and palpable.

Before getting in touch with Lüders, he had already made a number of assumptions, including street clashes, demonstrations, violent riots...... As for violent revolution, that was the last and most dangerous situation that came to mind.

Revolution is not a dinner party, nor is it a sports competition, and it will not end until one of the guardians of the old order and the revolutionaries who broke the old world has fallen.

If it is a top-down "velvet" revolution, the damage will be charged within an acceptable range. But what broke out in the crown collar was a violent revolution in the truest sense of the word. Unlike the riots caused by the anti-tax and anti-tax protests in the past, the revolutionaries there carried out with iron and blood, and the officials and ruling institutions sent by Charlemagne were all swept away. The lieutenant governor took matters into his own hands, all the staff of the military and police commissions hung on the trees, and all Charlemagne's marks were erased—and when they had done this, they made a clear political proposition: Fuck off the king, long live the republic.

Completely eradicate the monarchy and eliminate oppression. These claims were reasonable, and Roland had a sense of agreement with parts of the Declaration of Independence, but this did not affect his judgment in the slightest.

(This is simply a political suicide.) ）

Alfheim is nominally a republic, on the one hand, Li Lin only cares about practicality, and does not care about titles and the like, as long as the grandfathers of the council do not cause trouble, he is also happy to be an archon who can accommodate different opinions and accept criticism with an open mind. On the other hand, it is also the republican idea of the old kingdom of Gilmania that is rooted in the hearts of the elves. Although they have become inclined to strengthen central power as times and situations have evolved, the elves still have a vague affection for republican ideas, which is why liberals have their market. So albeit not so thoroughly, the success of Alfheim can also be seen as a kind of success of the republic.

However, this does not mean that the republic can be fully promoted, and that the experience of Alfheim can be replicated by other countries, not only because Alfheim has been deeply hidden, but more importantly, the crown does not have all the ingredients for Alfheim's success.

The revolutionaries of the crown led by the crown were strong in action, daring, enthusiastic and impulsive. But that's not enough to make a career out of that. They also need a cohesive core strong enough – not just an eloquent politician with the ability to agitate, but also a field marshal with leadership and military prowess capable of leading everyone from victory to victory. Judging by the history that Roland has learned so far, there is only one kind of person who has the ability to be a politician and a marshal at the same time - the emperor.

Now the crown is led by Kossuth, who is known for his wit and eloquence. Mauretyre and Gorgey Artur leading the soldiers and crusades. But none of them are the material to be emperors. Li Lin met these two requirements. But he was the archon of the elves.

The lack of a strong core not only means that the decision-making force is not enough, but also that the people who join the revolution do not have the necessary binding force, despite their proclamation of the will to overthrow tyranny and eliminate tyranny. Yet sow the seeds of violence and physical annihilation. The truth is that the romantic and radical crowd brought out the most destructive side of the revolution while destroying any possibility of compromise. After seeing the end of the aristocracy, the bureaucracy, the military and the police hanging from the tree and swinging, the mildest monarchies will also give up the idea of dealing with the revolutionary government.

There is only one choice left for the monarchies - to sweep away these disgruntled rebels by exchanging heads for heads.

What was even more fatal to the revolutionaries was that the ideas that sounded good lacked the necessary mass base, that people did not really understand the core idea of the republic, but naively believed that "life is better without a king", and that the result of a short period of loss of authority and a flood of freedom was the creation of a large number of anarchists. This was a fatal obstacle to the Crown's general mobilization, mobilizing their small leverage to meet Charlemagne's crusade army.

Conclusion: From the moment of statehood, the Republic of St. István was sentenced to death.

With a long sigh, Roland sat back in his seat, there was no point in burning his eyebrows for what had already happened, the most important thing now was to think about the situation and the future.

Li Lin once said that danger and opportunity are always accompanied by each other, and when encountering a certain predicament, there may be some kind of opportunity hidden in it, depending on the angle of observation. This is exactly what we are looking at – danger and opportunity at the same time.

"I don't understand. ”

It was Valrhona who spoke, and relying on the permission to enter and exit the entire train at will, except for the special carriage of Her Highness the Holy Maiden, the dragon princess sat in the communication room and asked puzzledly:

"Since all countries are intent on suppressing the violent revolution of the crown and will not hesitate to use force to do so, how can you still think that there is an opportunity in it?

The real international arms dealers are the arms dealers who sell arms to attack their own country, and the business activities of the consortium are very reminiscent of Yuri Orlov's aphorism, and they actually do the same. But it's one thing to know in your heart, it's another to say it. If it weren't for the fact that there were only Nona and a group of insect killers in this carriage, and multiple soundproofing facilities inside and outside the carriage, Valrhona's speech would have caused a storm.

He didn't care about the little money. ”

Roland took a sip of calming herbal tea, unequivocally rejecting Valrhona's hypothesis.

Much of his concern was how to bring Yalfheim to the surface and make people accept the system after the revolution had been suppressed. ”

"Are you kidding?"

Valrhona asked rhetorically, raising her voice.

To accept another separatist regime of alien and at least nominally republican secession, Roland, who had tried the pain of the revolutionary plague and had painstakingly suppressed it, was to accept another separatist regime established by a foreign race, at least nominally republican.

"I'm serious and I'm physically and mentally healthy. ”

Roland took three apples from the fruit basket next to him and placed them on the table. One is rotten, one is insect-growing, and the other is more shriveled.

"If you have to choose, which one will you choose?"

Without a moment's hesitation, Valrhona grabbed the shriveled apple.

"Correct. ”

Roland nodded, grabbed the remaining two apples, and continued to ask:

"If 'radical revolution' and 'expansionism' are the two apples, you have the 'realism' apple in your hand...... You can think of me like that, right?"

I don't understand anymore.

The National Socialist Yarforheim was certainly an undesirable existence for the human camp. It also has the impulse and sense of mission to change the rules of the world. But with the violent revolutionaries who killed the king, the nobles, and the church. There is also Charlemagne, who is an expansionist Charlemagne who is scheming and always planning eight and one universe and the world's martial arts. The frighteningly pointy-eared pragmatic ones are obviously better to deal with, and other countries under the pressure of the first two will not fail to see this, and the choice is very clear.

"I see. You don't have to be the best. Just do it better than others. ”

Play with the apple in your hand. Valrhona suddenly remembered an old joke: two people encounter a lion, and although neither of them can outrun the lion, if only one of them can run faster than the other, they can escape.

Although it is not as image as the apple in his hand. But it is also a simple analogy: although Alfheim was also unpopular and even disgusted by humans, he did a better job than Charlemagne, and was fortunate enough to escape the predicament of being a mortal enemy in the eyes of the nations.

"Well, that's a real chance for Alfheim, but it's also true for Charlemagne. As long as they come up with an alliance initiative calling on countries to form an alliance that 'defends the faith and the monarchy', and it succeeds. Charlemagne's international status will be raised in one fell swoop, and he will become the de facto leader of the human camp. For the other camps, this is not a good thing. ”

"It's possible, but it's not very likely. ”

The revolution had not yet turned into a catastrophe that affected the nations, no kings and nobles had been guillotined by the revolutionary masses, and the horrors of violent revolution had not yet been experienced by the nations, and it was still very difficult for them to form organizations such as the "Holy Alliance" in their present state. Even if Archbishop Lai's character exploded and he did this great thing, it would not be a good thing for Charlemagne, who not only represented power, but also had to bear the security obligations of the alliance, in other words, he would convert his national strength into a security dividend for all members of the alliance. That's a lot of burden, enough to bring down a big country.

Richelieu's shrewdness would not have failed to see the risks involved, and would not have put Charlemagne on the stove to roast him long before the time was ripe.

That being said, there are still things Roland can do, and he's about to get moving.

"Let's go meet Her Highness the Holy Maiden. ”

After straightening his military uniform and adjusting his collar and discipline buttons, Roland got up and picked up his military hat.

"I think His Highness is almost going to meet me. ”

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Admiral Julius Jacob de Heinau was loudly reprimanding the artillery commanders, asking them to bombard the fortified walls of Buda with more accurate and heavy artillery fire, regardless of the ammunition limit and the lives of the inhabitants of Buda. The voice of the artillery admiral even drowned out the roar of the artillery firing.

This may just be an illusion, since the general-sama is closer to his staff and artillery commander than the artilleryman. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a human vocal cord to make a louder sound than a salvo of hundreds of field and naval guns. However, it is true that the current General Hainau may be more noisy than hundreds of cannons.

He was so excited, and his feelings were a little out of control. This was inevitable, and despite the best efforts of the artillerymen to continue the shelling, the majestic walls of Buda still stood there. The Janissary Legion, which had once made the strongest camel orcs, failed to break through the city's fortified walls even to the last drop of blood, and now stood like a stubborn warrior in the face of rumbling artillery fire. Faced with this impregnable fortress city, Heinau was about to go crazy.

There are no fortresses in this world that cannot be conquered, and all fortresses that claim to "never fall" are finally trampled under the feet of the attackers. As long as you are willing to give, and have enough patience and strength, the attacking side can always see their flag raised on the opponent's walls.

He had only eighty percent of the forces of the Crown Occupation Army, plus the temporary addition of the "Isstral River Fleet" and a few floating gunboats. All the artillery concentrated bombardment of the fortified city walls by the defensive array was still a little insufficient. Finally blowing up a few gaps, the infantry tried to rush in, but they were met with concentrated fire from the rebels. After the besieging forces left dozens of corpses behind, the wolves fled, and the rebels seized the opportunity to fill the gap. Then the artillery sounded again, and a new cycle began......

In fact, he could have wasted the lives of cannonballs and soldiers in vain without such stupid tactics, if he had honestly carried out the Prime Minister's orders, surrounded the cities of Buda and Pest, cut off all passages, and constantly harassed. Try to wear down the rebels' reserves and morale before powerful reinforcements arrive. After the convergence of the two armies. Naturally, you can easily win two cities in one go.

But the problem lies precisely in the reinforcements. The one who didn't die was the army's nemesis, Titans, who pretended to be nouveau riche with a consortium, and actually asked the glorious army to obey their command and use the army's losses to achieve their feats. What a bunch of shameless bastards! To save face for the army and the crown prince. In order to save his life. Hainau must work harder to make a difference.

"Concentrate your fire! Speed up! gentlemen. We don't have time to grind!"

The artillery admiral shook his fist and shouted, and the spit almost flew in the face of the artillery commander, leaving the poor colonel. He turned to vent his anger at the commando commander.

"Sue your soldiers, keep their eyes wide open and load their bayonets. As soon as the gap is opened, rush up on the landing point of the cannonballs, and don't worry about the formation! Once you find the rebels, rush up and kill them!"

"Understood, General. ”

"Tell the brave soldiers, don't care who they see, armed or unarmed, as long as they don't wear Charlemagne's army uniform, kill them all. ”

Hynau gestured with his right hand near his neck and continued:

"They must pay for their actions!"

There was only revenge left in his mind, and a little fear, recalling the increasingly harsh and cold words of the crown prince in the secret contact last night, and Hainau, who had always been known for his brutality, couldn't help but feel a chill in the back of his neck. At the same time, he hated him even more for being forced into such a field, and continued to humiliate his rebels.

Those mobs must die!

He was to find every Crown Leader he could find, let these two-legged animals die after all the horrors and sufferings of the world, and then hang them on a tree to warn their countrymen that they would never have the courage to look sideways at Charlemagne, and that they would never have the courage to challenge the majesty of the royal army.

This is exactly what the Crown Prince asked of him, to punish the rebels, to make them remember the more powerful Charlemagne, as Charlemagne remembered the Albion mongrels and the orc mongrel, and would not dare to look sideways at the great Charlemagne for a thousand years—without the need for the Crown Prince to remind him that he would now do his best to accomplish this sacred task.

And his soldiers.

"Of course, General. ”

Major Nicholson replied on behalf of his colleague, his voice chilling with indifference.

"We're going to do it, that's what we're here for. ”

"Yes, Major, that's what we're here for. ”

General Hainau looked at him, as well as at the other officers and the three companies of sharp knives that were ready to attack, and his gaze became cold. He was about to say something to motivate the soldiers to go into the city to kill, to set fires, to loot, to rape — whatever it would do to make the mob feel horrified and painful. The artillerymen cheered together, the towering walls let out a mournful roar, and in the thick smoke, bricks, stones, wood, and human fragments poured out of the gap like a flood.

"Forward!"

Heynau drew his command knife and pointed it at the gap, and the officers of the Sharp Knife Company drew their sabers and shouted "Hurrah", drank all the brandy and began to charge, and a large number of soldiers followed them, screaming "Hurray", "For the King" or "For Charlemagne", and rushed to the gap in the wall.

Colonel Maurette Parr, who commanded the defensive troops on the city walls, was startled by the sight in the binoculars, and he was a little dazed by the sight of so many people launching a Banzai charge for the first time, and he was a little puzzled for a moment, how did Charlemagne's rooster become so fanatical? Could it be that Heinau drugged his men? After a few seconds, a cold smile appeared on his face.

Heinau had apparently learned his previous lesson, and this time the gap was much larger than before, and after the gap was opened, the shells continued to fall on the left and right sides of the gap, hindering the earth system and the sappers to repair the city wall while further expanding the gap. The Sharp Knife Company was no longer as stupidly huddled together as before, but spread out, approaching the gap under the cover of artillery fire.

In the face of the enemy who were spreading out and stepping on the landing point of the shells, the trained soldiers could continue to maintain a certain number of hits, and the militiamen who learned to shoot in a hurry were completely blinded, and the opponent's aerial gunboats continued to interfere with the artillery fire while guiding and correcting the landing points of the shells, and the fall of the city wall was probably only a matter of time.

That henau must have been overjoyed at the imminent fall of the wall, and then ......

"Retreat. ”

Glancing at the battle infantry that had begun to assemble in the distance, Maurertel turned to his men and said:

"According to the predetermined plan, the troops on the walls were withdrawn in batches. Let the defenders stationed in the gap also retreat, and evacuate and retreat in different directions in squads. Don't run too fast, keep a distance from Charlemagne, and make sure they can see our ass. ”

"Colonel?"

The startled officers looked at Mauretel, who said in a tone of victory:

"Do as I say, I have a plan ......" (To be continued......