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Thinking of the large number of mercenaries in the hands of Stephen and others, Treos' expression changed, and he immediately shouted: "Martin prepares the car immediately, I'm going to the city hall."

No matter whether the revolution can be successful or not, as long as there is a war, it will be difficult to do business.In case of bad luck, it is not impossible to be patronized by rebels and go bankrupt.

As the winner of the last shuffle, Treos doesn't want to do it again.He is a capitalist but also an industrialist, not the kind of businessman who buys low and sells high, where the factory can't hide from the flames of war.

……

In Pécs, the province of West Hungary, several members of the Hungarian Independence Organization are anxiously delivering letters according to the contact list.

For the sake of safety, everyone is showing their skills.Some have hidden soles, some are sewn inside clothes, and the clever ones simply replaced them with digital codes, using the Bible as a carrier.

In the case of betrayal by traitors, these are all in vain.Compared with the Austrian Italian region, the Hungarian region has been cleaned more thoroughly, and those who can escape are smart people.

It was a tragedy for Domitch, who delivered the letter, to bump into the owner, and was then retained.

After reading the letter, Brooks greeted Mr. Stephen's family in his heart.In the early years, the two were like-minded friends, and they worked together for the independence of Hungary.

But today is different from the past. Brooks, who is over the middle of the year, is no longer that simple idealist.

At the beginning, he was able to escape the catastrophe because he was lucky and fell ill, so he didn't have time to participate in the rebellion.

After he recovered from his illness, the rebellion had already occurred, and the revolutionary Brooks was put under house arrest by his father who was still loyal to the emperor.

Thanks to his father's voluntary participation in the suppression of the rebellion and his military exploits, his suspicion was ruled out.

Time is the best weapon. In the blink of an eye, his father passed away, and Brooks, who lost his restraint, got mixed up with the surviving nationalists again.

At this time, everyone was no longer shouting slogans for independence every day, but opposed the ethnic division and unified language of the Vienna government.

Violent resistance is impossible, and the hard bones met God as early as the independence movement.Brooks is not stupid. He knows very well the consequences of confronting the government.

Because of personal friends, Brooks still maintains secret contact with some members of the Hungarian Independence Organization, but Stephen is not included.

No way, who made Stephen a political prisoner in exile?There are many people in the Hungarian independence organization, and how many things have happened, most of the members are not actually wanted.

Brooks is a smart person. Anyway, these people are in exile overseas and have not been wanted. Even if contacting them is exposed, they can pretend to be ignorant.

It’s easier to travel if you have more friends, just like this time when the Hungarian Independence Organization was going to do something, some friends suggested that he stay away.

After seeing this letter, Brooks was very suspicious that someone was going to mess with him.There are too many contents in the letter, and there is even time for an uprising.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for someone like him who has never joined the Hungarian Independence Organization to be trusted.Are you not afraid of him reporting?

Brooks asked tentatively: "Mr. Domic, why did we have an uprising on February 2th? We were not prepared at all?"

Domitch didn't think too much about it, since his own people don't need to keep it secret.

"Sir Brooks, a new wave of revolution in Europe has arrived. This time we joined hands with other revolutionary groups to launch an uprising in January and February.

We postponed the date of the uprising to February 2th because we were not fully prepared.But don't worry, the first uprising against Austria was in Italy.

At present, we have recruited thousands of mercenaries, and with the cooperation of local revolutionary groups, this uprising will definitely succeed! "

After listening to Domitch's words, Brooks' doubts were half dispelled.It seems that he is really a member of the Hungarian Independence Organization, and this sacred expression is the same as when he was young.

Brooks continued to ask: "My old friends, do they have any explanation?"

Since they hinted that he should stay away, under normal circumstances these friends would have no reason to drag him into the water again. This letter is obviously not simple.

Domitch thought for a while and said, "Mr. Paul said that when he met you, he would take him to say hello. What's more, he asked you to keep the ham and wait for him to come over to eat.

Mr. Solam, how is your old place?He missed the period of the Great Revolution very much, but it was a pity that he failed last time, and this time it will not happen. "

Domitch didn't think there was anything wrong with these half-understood words, he just regarded them as old friends reminiscing about the old days.

But it was different when it fell into the ears of Brooks. "Ham" was the signal to retreat back then, and there was no doubt that it was telling him to run away.

The "Great Revolutionary Period" was not a good memory for them. Watching their comrades fall one by one, countless like-minded friends were liquidated.

After figuring out the situation, cold sweat broke out on Brooks' forehead.

Others don't know that the Hungarian Independence Organization has accepted American funding, but Brooks knows it very well. Their friends often complain about the Americans' meddling.

Reminiscent of the current American Civil War, Brooks instantly understood many things.

This uprising must not be able to participate. Either immediately pack up your things and run away, and return after the matter is over; or report immediately and pick yourself out.

Domitch asked suspiciously: "Sir Brooks, what's wrong with you?"

Looking at the innocent Domic, Brooks couldn't bear it. He hesitated and said, "I'm fine. The situation in Hungary is very complicated. Domic, please complete your mission and leave as soon as possible, and take a boat to Russia to avoid the limelight."

Domitch was startled, and asked in surprise, "Why?"

Brooks shook his head and said: "The police in the Page area have a good nose, and you have the contact list. Once an accident happens, the business results of the organization here will be ruined."

Domitch said firmly, "Don't worry, Mr. Brooks. I didn't bring the list with me. Even if an accident happens, the enemy won't gain anything."

Brooks didn't continue to persuade. Although he didn't know the purpose of the Hungarian Independence Organization this time, he knew very well that the people they sent were abandoned.

Persuasion, but Brooks is worried that Domic will be arrested and will confess his connection with the Hungarian Independence Organization.

But after thinking about it carefully, Brooks thought that even if Domitch escaped unharmed, these things could not be kept secret.

In normal times, this kind of connection between friends is nothing, and he cannot be convicted.But when the big changes happen, it will be different, maybe the title will be taken in.

There are only two options left for Brooks, either run away and go into exile overseas; or report to the government, all past events can be written off.

After hesitating for a while, Brooks still decided to be a traitor. After all, the incident this time was too weird and full of fog.

"Domicile, I'm not doubting your loyalty, it's just that we should be vigilant, and we can't make unnecessary sacrifices.

Send me some letters if you'd like to help.Now is a critical moment, I am not suitable to meet with them, and I don't feel relieved to ask my subordinates to send me off. "

There is no doubt that Brooks is ready to borrow a knife to kill.

There are always a few enemies when you come out to mix, and Brooks is no exception.Taking the opportunity to involve them and kicking away a few stumbling blocks, he didn't have any pressure.

……

Chapter 56 The Poor Man's War

In Vienna, Foreign Minister Weisenberg analyzed: "Although the Polish independence movement hit the Russians, it also ignited the flames of the European continent.

Affected by the success of the Polish uprising, revolutions have broken out frequently in continental Europe recently, and a new wave of revolutions has arrived.

Since January, uprisings have broken out in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal State, Spain, and Portugal, and there have also been chaos of varying degrees in Switzerland, France, Ireland and other regions.

Most of these revolutionary organizations have recently returned to the European continent from the United States. The preliminary judgment is that the federal government jumped the wall in a hurry. They have this motivation and strength.

The decisive battle that President Lincoln placed high hopes on, because neither side could afford to lose, chose to fight steadily, which directly turned this general battle into a war of attrition.

The federal government is worried that countries will continue to divide the United States. In order to distract the governments of various countries, they chose this time to create chaos on the European continent.

It has long been no secret that Americans funded the Revolutionary Party, and their influence on the Revolutionary Party is self-evident.It's just that nothing big happened, and the window paper has not been pierced.

Now that things have happened, it won't be long before European countries will react.At that time, the Americans are likely to treat these revolutionary organizations as sacrificial sons in exchange for the understanding of other countries.

If everyone exerts enough pressure, they may even lose a fortune.However, with such a disturbance, I am afraid that Britain, France and Spain will not be able to increase their power input in the United States in the short term.

With the strength of the alliance in the Americas at this time, it is not a big problem for the North and the South to split. This is the result of the southern government.

If you want to divide the United States again, you will be powerless.At most, the Indian regions allied with the South will be independent.However, this does not affect the strength of the federal government. After the split, they are still two middle-level powers.

In terms of development potential, both the northern government and the southern government have the potential to become a powerful country.

They have no real opponents in the Americas, and the division only delays their becoming a powerful country.As long as there is enough population, they can develop. "

The American Civil War surprised many Europeans.The American Civil War, which was originally thought to be a farce, unexpectedly broke out with a war potential that shocked everyone.

If there is no split, the strength of the Americans is almost the same as that of Spain, and it is almost invincible to dominate a continent.

While everyone was plotting to divide the United States, the federal government, unwilling to fail, finally made a desperate fight and disrupted the deployment of all parties.

Prime Minister Felix added: "It is not only the chaos abroad, but also many people in China can't bear it anymore and are starting to move around.

These people are secretly connecting together, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they will make a big news.In order to catch all these people, we did not startle the snake.

The Russo-Prussian War broke out, and we were also restrained by the affairs of the European continent for most of our energy. At this time, hidden dangers appeared in the country, and we were unable to increase investment in the Americas in the short term. "

This is using the conspiracy as a conspiracy. Even if the countries know that the Americans did it, they can't help them now, and they don't even have to worry about settling accounts after the fall.

There are many internal contradictions in Spain. Now that the prelude to the revolution has begun, it is not known when it will subside.

The Irish Independence Organization and the Revolutionary Party are making trouble, and the opposition party is holding back. Internal conflicts are enough to keep the London government busy for several years.

Not to mention France, with the style of Napoleon III, I am afraid that it will take the opportunity to go deep into southern Italy, and France and Austria are likely to break out of conflict for this.

It was the Russo-Prussian War again, and the French-Austrian conflict that might break out. Franz didn't have the guts to take the risk of seeking the bad luck of the Americans at this time.

By the time everyone recovers, the American Civil War will be over long ago.If there is no accident, Lincoln would have left long ago, even if the countries want to settle accounts after autumn, it has nothing to do with him.

Fortunately, the army of the northern government did not perform well and did not have a strategy to quickly defeat the southern government. Otherwise, the strength of the countries in the Americas might not be able to force them to compromise.

Franz thought for a while and said, "The Italian issue can be postponed. The Kingdom of Sicily has not asked for help. Even if the French wanted to intervene, they would not dare to intervene at this time.

Napoleon III was not stupid. The joint defense treaties against them are still there. Now that they continue to expand their forces, the anti-French alliance will not be far away.

There can be no problems interfering with the coalition forces now. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should coordinate relations as soon as possible, and can't wait for the Americans to decide the winner, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

At this time, the North and the South have almost weakened, and splitting the United States is the first priority.Now that the British and our position are consistent, the London government must not dare to wait any longer. "

The situation in Europe is changing too fast, and the intervening coalition forces are likely to change.In this context, it is extremely unwise to think about weakening the United States as much as possible.

The southern government won the civil war, and the plantation economy has limited potential for development. Unless it can monopolize the world's food supply, it will never become a world power.

Obviously this is impossible, there are too many areas in the world suitable for growing food.American agriculture does have an advantage, but this advantage is not enough to form a monopoly.

All countries are not fools and will not hand over their lifeblood to the Americans.At least agricultural product exporting countries like Russia and Austria will not buy their grain.

Once the northern government wins, the United States in history will reappear.Franz's layout in the Americas will at most delay the rise of the United States.

Even if there is no war in continental Europe, Americans will take the initiative to challenge the world order after entering the 20th century.

With the relationship between European countries, Franz does not think that everyone can cooperate sincerely.At least on the issue of the North American continent, everyone is happy to see the jokes of the British.

Perhaps the second unlucky person is Austria. The current Central American region is inconspicuous, and Alaska is not worth much. It will be different decades later.

The combined benefits of the two places are only for the British.But Franz is not sure whether Yingao can suppress the Americans in North America.

After all, without full confidence in the social system of the United States, it is difficult for them to take strategic risks.

You can see from the history that after the end of the First World War, they had the strength to dominate the world, and they just endured it until after the Second World War before breaking out.

Domestic conflicts were directly ignored by Franz.The nets have already been laid, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.If there is still a problem, it means that what he, the emperor, has failed.

After this wave, the last obstacle to national integration is gone.No matter how strong nationalism is, it takes time to spread.

Even if there are survivors, after going through this wave, if they dare to do things secretly, they are real warriors.

……

In St. Petersburg, Alexander II has become more and more angry recently, and the altars and jars in the palace have suffered.

He was extremely disappointed by the poor performance of the Russian army on the battlefield.Fortunately, due to funding reasons, the early military reforms of the Kingdom of Prussia were not smooth, and the shrinking version of the reforms was completed before the war broke out.

Generally speaking, the two sides fought equally.This result was enough for the Berlin government, which was prepared to drag the Russians to death.

With the backing of Britain and France, there is no need to take the risk of a decisive battle with the Russians.If a wave of recklessness went up and defeated the Russian army, the angry Tsarist government would fight them to the end.

For the Russian Empire, the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops is the same thing.The Kingdom of Prussia is different, they really can't afford to lose.

The Russian army is not a soft persimmon. As long as the commander does not make fatal strategic mistakes, the exchange ratio on the battlefield will not be too disparate.

近东战争就是一个例子，英法联军和俄国人之间野战，通常也就1.5:1，反倒是防守的时候3:1、4:1的情况也频繁出现。

If you really go up recklessly, you will find that it is easy to defeat the enemy, but difficult to wipe out the enemy completely.In the era when there were no aircraft, tanks and machine guns, after leaving the fortress, it was almost inevitable that the infantry on the plain would suffer losses from the cavalry.

The current situation is 54.6 Russian troops VS 32.8 Prussian troops + 23.1 Polish insurgents.

"Who can tell me what kind of battle this is?"

Looking at the angry tsar, everyone lowered their heads tacitly.

Originally thought that this war could be easily won, but after more than a month of war, not only did the war not reach the Kingdom of Prussia, but was forced to withdraw from Poland.

Minister of War Nicholas Cage bit the bullet and explained: "Your Majesty, the Polish region is full of rebels. When we are fighting the enemy, we have to allocate a large number of troops to transport strategic materials.

General Fitzroy chose to shrink the front line because the Warsaw area was not suitable as a battlefield. In order to avoid providing opportunities for the enemy, he decided to place the battlefield in East Prussia. "

Now there are guerrillas everywhere in the Warsaw area. The Russians fighting here do not enjoy the advantages of fighting in the local area, but instead fall into the vast ocean of the people's war.

From a military point of view, it is no problem to temporarily abandon the Warsaw area and directly focus on East Prussia.

Compared with the Polish insurgents, the Kingdom of Prussia is a serious problem.As long as the Prussians are defeated, the Polish uprising army will not exist for long at all.

Moreover, the Polish Independence Movement was jointly launched by several revolutionary organizations. In the face of a crisis, they can cooperate sincerely. Once the threat of the Russians weakens, they will fall into infighting.