Chapter 671

Charles Albert waved his hand and said, "Just teach them how to use guns. At this point, we can't care so much anymore.

The focus now is to boost their morale and arouse their patriotism. If training is not enough, then use courage to make up for it.

As long as we dare to fight, even if we use three or five soldiers to exchange for one soldier, we can still hold the Austrians back and create favorable conditions for negotiations! "

He had long given up on fighting power. The regular army of Sardinia had been beaten. Could the cannon fodder army that had been temporarily formed be heaven-defying?

If quality was not enough, then they would make up for it with quantity. They had plenty of people to fight on their own.

After a long period of propaganda by the government, the ordinary people blamed the hardships of life on Austria. Now, they had a mass base.

Minister of War Li Qi said nervously, "Your Majesty, we are seriously short of weapons and equipment. Many soldiers share a gun in two or three people, and this is the result of encouraging soldiers to bring their own weapons."

After losing the battle, he naturally had no confidence to speak. If Marshal Bartolio had not sacrificed himself at the last moment and taken all the responsibility, there might have been a change in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Even so, the pressure on the government had increased greatly. It could be said that the arrival of the Austrian army at this time had saved the Sardinian government to a certain extent.

King Charles Albert, who was politically experienced, took the opportunity to divert the internal conflicts. Under the banner of protecting the country, he arranged all the unstable factors into the army and placed them on the front line of the battle against Austria.

If the Austrian army could help him get rid of all these people, Charles Albert would probably not mind giving them a big medal.

Of course, that was impossible. Charles Albert would not be grateful to the Austrians. Unless they killed these people and the Austrian army returned home, it would be more likely.

Unfortunately, now was the time when Sardinia was at its weakest. If they did not bite a piece of meat, would Austria still have the face to call itself a great power?

"Mobilize the people in the country to donate. I will personally take the lead and donate all the guns in my collection. Gather as much as you can. If there isn't enough, equip some cold weapons for now.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is communicating with Britain and France. It won't be long before we get enough weapons and equipment, "Charles Albert said after some thought.

Li Qi's heart was on the verge of collapsing. He really wanted to ask King Charles Albert what he was thinking. Did he not have any idea what kind of trash his collection was?

The guns that could be used in the country had long been requisitioned. Now, the collection of the royal family was basically all antique guns. The oldest one was a fourteenth-century matchlock.

These weapons could be used as decorations, but if they were used on the battlefield, it would be to kill to do it.

The Kingdom of Sardinia was one of the birthplaces of the Renaissance, and the nobles there pursued historical and cultural heritage. Naturally, the older the weapons they collected, the better.

During this mobilization, all the young nobles of the Kingdom of Sardinia had entered the army to serve, and they had brought out all the weapons they could use.

No matter how ancient a weapon was, as long as it could fire bullets, it could still kill people. At most, it would just be a disposable item.

The most tragic thing was that he had to use cold weapons to make up for it. This was probably to prepare for a melee with the Austrian army. Facing his unreliable boss, Li Qi finally chose … "Your Majesty is wise."

"Your Majesty, the French have rejected our request to buy weapons," Prime Minister Azilio said. "They've even learned from the Swiss next door to crack down on smuggling and prevent weapons and ammunition from entering our country."

The Fao's secret agreement was no longer a secret, but for the Kingdom of Sardinia, one Austria was enough to kill them. If there was another France, they wouldn't even have the courage to resist.

The Sardinian government had chosen to feign ignorance, trying to rely on the internal conflicts of the Government of France to get out of this crisis.

But now they couldn't pretend anymore. It was normal for the neutral Switzerland to impose an arms embargo on them. Now that the French were playing the same game, it was obvious that they had bad intentions.

Don't forget, before the war broke out, the Government of France had encouraged them to send troops and promised a bunch of weapons. Now, normal trade could not be carried out smoothly, not to mention aid.

There was no other way. No matter how much they promised benefits to the French, they couldn't be as straightforward as Franz.

Austria could cede half of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the French, but that was generous. The Sardinian government would never make such a decision.

In the face of interests, the promises of politicians were like farts.

The French had been ambitious for Italy for a long time. Because of the House of Habsburg, their efforts had been in vain for hundreds of years.

Now the opportunity had come knocking on their door. The politicians needed the political prestige brought by expanding their territory, the capitalists needed a bigger market, and the aristocratic officers needed military merits.

With so many people with interests, it was naturally not something that the diplomatic efforts of the Kingdom of Sardinia could stop. If it wasn't for the internal struggle for dominance, the French army would have rushed over.

"Bang!"

Charlie Albert slammed the table hard and said angrily, "Damn Frenchmen, they should all go to hell. If we had known this would happen in the war against France, we wouldn't have let them off so easily! "

Everyone chose not to hear the king's roar. What was the situation in the Kingdom of Sardinia in the war against France?

"Your Majesty, the British have agreed to mediate the war. At this time, the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Palmerston, has already set off from London and is on his way to Vienna." Prime Minister Azilio quickly told the good news.

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When the life of the Kingdom of Sardinia was hanging by a thread, the internationalist people of Paris launched the June Uprising and saved the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The June Revolution in Paris was very legendary. After the French bourgeois government succeeded in seizing power, they successfully colluded with Austria and Russia.

The liberals of Prussia sent a note to France, inviting the Government of France to support the Polish independence movement, but it was naturally rejected by the Government of France.

After the news came, in solidarity with the Polish revolution, 150,000 Paris workers took to the streets on the morning of June 15, 1848, and occupied the parliament building, asking the Government of France to form an expeditionary force to support the Polish independence movement.

There was no doubt that such an internationalist spirit was rejected by the Government of France. The conflict between the two sides began to intensify, and on June 23, another revolution broke out in Paris.

France was unstable internally, and in order to prevent the situation from worsening, the Government of Paris had to cancel the plan to send troops to the Kingdom of Sardinia.