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To rely on the Kingdom of Sardinia to overthrow Austria, this cannot be done with verbal support.Either the British sent troops directly, or supported a large amount of money, food and materials.

It is impossible for the British to send troops directly, unless they want Austria to fall to Russia; the support for money and food is not a small amount, at least it starts with a million pounds.

This decision is not easy to make. If the money and food are given, the Kingdom of Sardinia still loses, and their investment will be in vain.

Austria is also a big power, and it also has a temper. If it is not good, the French and Austrian compromise will directly carve up Italy, and the British will have to sit on their hands.

Carl's last words brought everyone's attention back to the country again.Compared with the Italian problem, the domestic rebellion is actually the real confidant.

Not sure about other places, the Kingdom of Hungary will definitely rebel, it's just a matter of time.

"Well, the defeat in Italy will definitely cause a chain reaction, but we are not unprepared.

Order the troops to strengthen their vigilance, and if there is a rebellion, it will be suppressed immediately. "Frantz said murderously.

After quelling the Vienna rebellion, Franz immediately began to prepare his troops for battle. Many reserve soldiers were conscripted into the army. The total strength of Austria has expanded to 57.8.

If it weren't for the new recruits, it would take time to get used to it. Franz would not be bothered to argue with the Hungarians. Solving the Hungarian problem by force is the correct operation.

Franz was not prepared to fight a protracted war, and the suppression of the rebellion had to be done quickly.If it is delayed for one or two years like in history, it will kill people.

Wars are fought with money. Historically, the domestic rebellion has not been quelled for a long time, which not only caused huge economic losses, but also caused huge foreign debts for the Austrian government.

So that in the subsequent development, Austria was a step slower, and this step made Austria fall into the abyss.

"Your Highness, do you want to send another support force to Marshal Radesky?" Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl asked worriedly.

"No, after giving up the Lombardy region, Marshal Radeski has enough troops, and defending Venice will not be a problem!" Franz thought for a while and said

Since it is to lure the enemy to go deep, what if the Italians dare not come because there are too many troops?

The kingdom of Sardinia has a limited wealth, and at most it will invest [-] to [-] troops. The strength of the two sides is equal. Franz doesn't believe that the Austrian army can't even win against the Italians!

Chapter 53 The black pot that fell from the sky

On April 1848, 4, after the Austrian army abandoned the Lombardy region, the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was gearing up, quickly completed its replacement.

Amidst the cheers of the people, the Kingdom of Sardinia entered the Lombardy region without bloodshed, as if the good days they were looking forward to were coming.

Before his departure, Marshal Radeski helped them publicize. In everyone's mind, it seemed that the Kingdom of Sardinia could meet the interests and needs of everyone, including the republicans.

The tricolor flag is fluttering in the wind, and people in the streets and alleys are congratulating each other.

"Long Live the Republic!"

Spread throughout Lombardy, a provisional government headed by Kazati was established.

The Austrian army seemed to be leaving too hastily, and they didn't even have time to take away the political prisoners in the prison. These people all became members of the provisional government.

If anyone pays attention, they will find that the granary in Milan is empty. After the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria declared war, Marshal Radesky collected grain from the Lombardy region on the grounds of unified grain allocation.

Due to time constraints, the rural areas did not have time to implement it, but the food in Milan City was indeed concentrated.

The Austrian army secretly transported some of them out of the city, and the rest was naturally doused with fire oil, and it was done after adding another fire.

The food is gone, and the people are not panic at all. Isn't the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia already entering the city?

Which what?

Before the Austrian army withdrew, there were rumors that King Charles asked everyone to burn the food in the city to force the Austrians to withdraw, so as not to destroy the city of Milan in the flames of war.

Therefore, Marshal Radeski sent people to burn most of the food two days in advance, and the Austrian soldiers also called on the people to fight the fire.

The people of Milan, who yearn for independence, will naturally not give in. Everyone chose to refuse very heroically. Even if they were severely beaten, they still did not give in.

In the end they won the victory, successfully burned down the granary, forced the Austrian army back, and kept the city of Milan.

The proud President Cazzati had just had an unfriendly meeting with General Bardolio of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which directly ruined his good mood.

The cowardly army of the Kingdom of Sardinia did not dare to pursue the Austrian army, which was simply a disgrace to the great Italian nation.

This time is different from the history. The Austrian army evacuated by themselves, but they were not driven out by them. The rebels in the city were wiped out long ago.

The army in the hands of the interim government of Kazati is still being formed, and even he himself has just come out of prison.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

The provisional government did not have the capital to negotiate conditions with the Kingdom of Sardinia. If they did not pursue the enemy, Kazati had no choice. Anyway, the provisional government could not send troops to pursue the enemy.

Ziraya, the new Minister of the Interior, hurried over and said, "Your Excellency, there is no food in the city, and we have no ability to provide food and grass to our friendly forces!"

This is an embarrassing question. They should have discovered these problems a long time ago, but unfortunately they were all in prison when they set fire to the food.

In addition, there is no experience in governing, and everyone is celebrating the hard-won victory. Who remembers caring about the issue of food?

Kazati asked whimsically: "Then what should I do? I just made a promise to them that I will provide food and grass to the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Can I collect a batch of food from the people for emergency?"

Zilaya explained: "Your Excellency, this is impossible. In order to defend the city of Milan, the Austrians have collected food from the whole city, and everyone must provide food according to the rationing system, and only two days of food can be distributed at a time.

In order to defeat the Austrians, the Kingdom of Sardinia sent spies to burn the food in the city of Milan, and our people also cooperated with their actions.

In fact, the Austrian army in Milan was either incapable of fighting, or they fled in a hurry because we burned down the granary! "

Feeling being tricked, Kazati couldn't suppress his anger any longer, and cursed: "Damn it! The Sardinians did it on purpose. They didn't mention burning food just now, so I agreed to give it to the people who entered the city." The army provides food and grass!

They are watching our jokes on purpose!No, things are not that simple. In the conversation just now, the Sardinians intend to annex Lombardy. This is their conspiracy! "

Hearing this news, Zilaya was so frightened that his face turned livid. Now the provisional government has no bargaining chips. If the Sardinians use food as a threat, they will not agree.

Quickly said: "Your Excellency, we must take action. When they set fire to the food, they promised to provide us with food, otherwise our people will not cooperate with them!"

Kazati also realized that at this time the problem cannot be solved by cursing people. Even if they want to merge into the Kingdom of Sardinia, they still have to sell it at a good price. It is impossible for the Kingdom of Sardinia to take advantage of it so easily.

"You're right, spread the news immediately and inform our people to be careful, I'm worried that the Sardinians will become angry and attack us!"

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At this time, King Charles Albert of Sardinia was still enjoying the joy of winning Lombardy without bloodshed.

The top leaders of the Kingdom of Sardinia are also celebrating, or they are thinking about how to annex the Lombardy region. In short, everyone is very optimistic now.

I didn't even realize that a black pot fell from the sky. We are all politicians, so the way of looking at problems is naturally different.

Deliberately abandoning the Lombardy region is not something a politician can think of.You must know that the current situation in Austria is not very good. The normal way to open it up should be to concentrate on suppressing the rebellion, and to make an example of others.

The military camp of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Milan City is now at meal time, but the food promised by President Cazzati is still not in place.

It doesn't matter to the high-ranking military officers, they have already been invited to a banquet by the social celebrities in the city, no matter how short of food, these big shots will not go hungry.

There is nothing wrong with the saying that the European nobles are a nest. The nobles in the Milan area and the nobles in the Kingdom of Sardinia are also separated by a strip of water.

Even if Colonel Manstu, who was staying behind, had a headache, it was meal time and the soldiers were all looking at him?If it weren't for everyone being hungry together, maybe these soldiers would go crazy.

Even so, Colonel Mansto's life was not easy. While reassuring the army and telling them to stay calm, he sent people to urge the provisional government to send food as soon as possible.

The Austrians withdrew too quickly, and they entered the city early without much preparation.All the supplies were left in the camp twenty miles outside the city, so it was natural to reach out to the provisional government at this time.

Chapter 54 Picked up Marshal title

President Kazati, who thinks he has been deceived, will naturally ignore the rudeness of the Sardinians. Now even if he is willing to give, he can't come up with food?

Ordinary people only have a little rations in their hands, and it won't be long before they reach out to the interim government.Now there are only a few nobles and capitalists who have food in their hands, and there will not be too much food in their homes.

Everyone is not in the food business, who has nothing to do to stockpile a pile of food at home?

If there were any, the Austrian army would have come to collect food.Anyway, Austria is not popular here, and there is no need to worry about adverse effects.

In short, there is no way for the president, Kazati, to get these grains. To put it bluntly, the interim government is just a grassroots team. Whether people recognize it or not is two different things.

I didn't see that after the Sardinian army entered the city, these senior generals hooked up with local nobles and capitalists, but they didn't take their provisional government seriously.

The fact that the Kingdom of Sardinia wants to annex Lombardy is no secret at all among the high-level officials. Once an agreement is reached with the local power faction, the interim government can come to an end.

There was no food for a long time, and Man Situ had no choice but to appease the morale of the army and at the same time send someone to find the leaders who attended the banquet to make decisions.

The joy of just entering the city has disappeared. If it is not supported by patriotic enthusiasm, the Sardinian army will now let people experience what is called soldier's anger.

Be hungry if you are hungry. Anyway, you can’t die of starvation after one meal. Soldiers in this era can endure hardships. In many places, two meals a day are still popular. It is not strange to be hungry at night.

The first night passed like this, and early the next morning, the officers who returned from the banquet questioned the provisional government.

Originally, they wanted to find an excuse to dissolve the interim government in order to achieve the strategic goal of annexing Lombardy. At this time, a good excuse came to their door.

A turning point in history happened, because Marshal Radeski had prepared for it, and Kazati and others were arrested and imprisoned early, and they had no time to reach an agreement with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

When they were released from prison, the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia had arrived outside Milan, and the negotiations between the two sides had just begun.

Now that something like this has happened, the Kingdom of Sardinia will naturally not let it go, and directly negotiated with Kazati's neck with a gun.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

Undoubtedly, at this time Kazzati did not have the courage to refuse and had to accept all the conditions of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

If it weren't for the fact that we have cooperated before, the Kingdom of Sardinia would also need the cooperation of local leaders if it wants to stabilize the Lombardy region. It is estimated that there will be no negotiations.

After negotiating the conditions, General Badoglio immediately took over the armed forces of the provisional government, which was the locally formed militia.

Everything went very smoothly, and the local nobles and capitalists also contributed their efforts and contributed a part of the food to solve the urgent need.

But Bardolio was not happy at all. The city of Milan was out of food, and even the entire Lombardy region was short of food.

The locals also plausibly said that they burned the granary, drove away the Austrian army, and now they are waiting for the Kingdom of Sardinia to provide food.

Bardolio dared to promise in the name of God that he never sent anyone to burn down these granaries, but unfortunately he himself didn't believe it.

The two armies fought and burned the enemy's food. It was a good strategy to defeat the enemy. He was able to take down the city of Milan without bloodshed. Can it be said that he did something wrong?

He gritted his teeth, and for the sake of his own future, Badorio received the military exploits.After all, the Austrians said that they sent people to burn it, and the people in Milan also made a strong promise, and they were not afraid of cheating.

If it is said that the Austrian army abandoned the Lombardy region, he led troops to take over these places, but there is no military exploits to speak of.

Now to change the rhetoric, he sent spies to burn down the Austrian army's granary, and defeated Marshal Radeski without bloodshed. This is a proper famous general!

Bardolio discussed with several generals in the army, and everyone divided the military achievements, and this matter was confirmed, and another general in the European continent rose.

The benefits are all in hand, and the problem of aftermath will be troublesome.If it weren't for the bad reputation of the Austrian government in the local area, the people didn't trust them. When the Austrian army collected food, most of them tried to hide part of it, and now they will run out of food.

Although the capitalists have promised that they will buy food from the outside world as soon as possible, they can't quench their thirst!

Sorrowful Guishoubadorio is actually not too worried. He has already reported the situation to the country in a report. Now as long as the situation is stabilized, other people will naturally worry about the food issue in the future.

When people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven.

This is how King Charles Albert felt. The Kingdom of Sardinia was not prepared. If it weren't for the pressure of domestic public opinion, wouldn't he attack Austria at this time?

His family knows his own affairs, but he still doesn't know how many family backgrounds the Kingdom of Sardinia has?That is to say, he dared to send troops to test it now that Austria was not in the state.

Unexpectedly, General Badoglio was so fierce that he made the Austrian army go away with one trick.Occupying the city of Milan is a good thing, but it will be a big trouble to solve the problem of feeding the tens of thousands of people in the city.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is not rich, and it is not a grain-producing area in itself. On the contrary, the Milan Plain is the main grain-producing area in Italy.

Since it is going to be done, it is of course absolutely impossible. The Austrian army forcibly took over the grain stores and warehouses of the local capitalists, and even the corresponding grain processing factories were not spared. Now they are all destroyed in the fire.

The city of Milan has been occupied, but there is no talk of returning the goods, and it is impossible for them to give up Milan. Unifying Italy is the highest pursuit of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

"Castanto, immediately gather a batch of food and send it to Milan City. The more the better, the faster!"

Charlie Albert is still capable. He made the right choice at the first time. Now it is a done deal. No matter what, he has to feed the local people first.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, what do you think about the rewards for the frontline generals?"

Castanto's words made King Charles feel much better in an instant. This time, he defeated Marshal Radeski, the famous Austrian general.

Regardless of whether there was a fight or not, if he won, he won, and he won very beautifully, which gave him a lot of face.

The media in the Kingdom of Sardinia have already touted Bardolio to the sky, as if he was the No.

"All the heroes have been promoted to one level, and General Badorio canonized as Marshal of the Kingdom of Sardinia. After the war is over, I will personally confer the title on him!"

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(Remarks: Marshal Radeski became famous in the anti-French war. He stepped on Napoleon's shoulders in the battle of Aspern Essling, and later planned the Battle of Leipzig. It's just that he is not the coach, but the chief of staff , not well-known in the history books.)

Chapter 55 Hard times are coming

Badoglio still underestimated the impact of defeating Austria. For political needs, King Charles directly awarded him the rank of marshal.

For the Italians, defeating Austria in this era is really exciting. If the victory continues in the future, I am afraid that all Italian states will award him the rank of marshal.

Through the momentum of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Bardolio quickly became a hero in Italy, but this hero is not easy to be, and cannot leave stains.