Chapter 709

It was not easy to be an ally. The major powers in Europe were in conflict with each other, and Austria could only ally with one. Once they chose a side, the rest would be enemies.

Perhaps Metternich had seen through the nature of the matter long ago. After the war against France, she took the initiative to shrink Austria's sphere of influence and tried to balance the strength of the European countries, allowing Austria to be in a superior position.

In this era, these diplomatic measures were considered successful. The only failure was that Austria's internal reform failed, and its own strength did not keep up.

Without enough strength, it was naturally impossible to continue the Vienna system, and Austria had to make a new choice.

"Let's wait and see what the Englishman is offering. If they continue to support the unification of Italy, then the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot stay.

At most, we will suffer a loss and help the French manage their part of the territory. When the situation in their country stabilizes, then we will sell it to them! "Franz said fiercely.

On the issue of Italy, the French could undoubtedly be bribed. They had long been eyeing the Regions of Italy, and Austria's strategic focus was not here at all. There was no core conflict of interest between the two sides.

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In the Kingdom of Sardinia, Charlie Albert was already like an ant on a hot pan. The development of the war was too far from what he had expected.

In the era of firearms, a war could no longer be won by relying on numbers alone.

Even if the Sardinian army broke out like never before, and the morale of the local soldiers increased by 200%, it still could not change the nature of a motley crew.

In addition, there was a lack of weapons and ammunition. Many of the soldiers' equipment stayed in the era of cold weapons. No matter how patriotic they were, they could not stop the flying bullets.

"Your Majesty, let's go! The enemy is about to reach the city, and Turin can't hold on anymore! "

Prime Minister Azelio's loyal character broke out. After the defense line was lost, he immediately informed Charlie Albert to run.

There was no other way. The Kingdom of Sardinia was not big, and Turin was only about a hundred kilometers away from Milan. Once the troops at the front line collapsed, they could only prepare to defend Turin.

Charlie Albert said in despair, "No, I'm not going anywhere. I want to live and die with Turin!"

"Your Majesty, for the future of the Kingdom of Sardinia, you must leave here immediately," Minister of War Li Qi said with a sad face.

In Europe, the monarch was also a huge bargaining chip. If King Charlie Albert was captured by the Austrian army, then the Kingdom of Sardinia would be almost the same.

This was not to control the king, but to control the monarch. There were many things that could be done, such as forcing Charlie Albert to sign a series of traitorous treaties, or even annexing the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Even if the other power wanted to intervene, they did not have a righteous bargaining chip. This was very disadvantageous for the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Charlie Albert roared, "Trash, good-for-nothings, idiots … If it weren't for you bunch of incompetent fools, how could we have failed? "Charlie," Charlie said, "King" of Emperor of the enemy of the Emperor of the enemy.

Time passed by, and under everyone's repeated persuasions, Charlie Albert still decided to run away. Of course, no one knew if this had anything to do with the arrival of the Austrian vanguard troops in Turin.

When British Foreign Minister Palof Britain arrived in Vienna news, Palthe Palother King of the news had heard of Palof of the news had arrived.

After sorting out the information in his hands, even Palof, who was confident, felt a headache about the problem of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Things were beyond their expectations. According to the British plan, Austria was still fighting with the Kingdom of Sardinia for the Lombardy region. At most, Austria had just recovered the lost land.

However, the performance of the Kingdom of Sardinia had disappointed them. Perhaps the first national mobilization had sucked their blood dry, and the second mobilization of the army was completely a suicide mission.

Especially those "patriots" and "Italian nationalists". They had thought that they would fight the Austrian army to the end, but the final result showed the world that words were still just words.

Those who shouted the loudest slogans were often the fastest to desert on the battlefield. As soon as the battle started, no one knew where they went.

Charlie Albert had placed these people at the frontline as cannon fodder, but he did not expect them to turn around and give the position to the Austrians.

This made Palof feel awkward. The price that the Austrian army had to pay for negotiations before occupying the Kingdom of Sardinia and after occupying the Kingdom of Sardinia were completely different.

If it wasn't for the internal instability of France, the fact that Austria had no allies, and the difficulty of taking over the Kingdom of Sardinia, he could have just returned home.

This worry did not last long, and the welcome banquet that the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had prepared for him began.

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Berlin

After receiving Austria's diplomatic support, the bourgeois liberal government's arrogance rose again. In their eyes, with the entire German Confederation as their backing, the Russians were not that scary.

Although all the European countries were supporting the Danes, in fact, only the Russians would really take action. The Swedes' goal was only to ensure that the Kingdom of Denmark would not be destroyed, and they had no plans to help the Danes recover their lost land.

Especially after seeing the June Uprising of the French people in support of the Polish revolution, the liberals' determination to support Poland's independence was strengthened again.

Frederick William IV Of Denmark could not stand it anymore. If the liberals were allowed to continue, Prussia would start a war. Now, there were already 250,000 Russian Troops at the Prussia border.

The Tsarist government's patience with the Kingdom of Prussia had reached its limit, and any move to provoke the Russians was unwise.

Before the Crimean War, Russia was famous in Europe, and the Kingdom of Prussia, which had not yet unified Germany, could not be compared to it.

Under his orders, the Junkers, who hated the revolution, formed the "Alliance for the Protection of Property". At the same time, they tightened their control over the army, and found all kinds of excuses to clean up the republicans in the army.

A counter-revolutionary coup was brewing within the Kingdom of Prussia. The bourgeois government, which had no experience in struggle, seemed to know nothing and continued to implement the idealized unification plan.

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The Anglo-Austrian negotiations began, and Palmerston was worried that if this dragged on, the Sardinian government would surrender to Austria, and then their investment there would be wasted.

After the greetings, Palmerston went straight to the point, "Mr. Metternich, for the sake of world peace, we need the Government of Austria to carefully deal with the conflict with the Kingdom of Sardinia."

Metternich laughed and said, "Mr. Palmerston, the conflict between us and the Kingdom of Sardinia will soon disappear, and the Regions of Italy will soon stabilize. Your country does not have to worry at all."