Chapter 789

In the Vienna Palace, Franz had just received the good news that Ava had been captured. Before he had time to be happy, the bad news came one after another.

Franz didn't care about the reasons given by the Russians. The "massacre" had become a fact. With so many participants, it was too difficult to keep it a secret. What they needed now was to deal with the aftermath.

If it was another time, it wouldn't matter. Anyway, the Hairy Bear's reputation wasn't good. Adding the "Butcher" name wouldn't make any difference.

Massacres rarely happened in Europe, but similar things happened often. On the surface, robbery seemed more civilized than massacres, but in fact, the consequences of robbery were similar to massacres. How could the people live when all the food was stolen?

Before the 19th century, the European continent's population couldn't increase. The main reason was the robberies that accompanied the war. A large number of people starved to death because of the lack of food.

Not to mention the colonies, no one was cleaner than anyone else. It was just that the colonial empires controlled the world, so everyone pretended not to see it.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg, "Your Majesty, the news of Ava being massacred can't be hidden. We need to deal with the aftermath immediately.

The people don't need to worry about public opinion. The people don't care about the life and death of the Osman people. At most, they will sigh. The troublesome ones are the British. If the Government of London takes the opportunity to stir things up, it will be very bad for us politically. "

Well, they directly assumed that the Russian Army massacred the city. They didn't believe the Russians' explanation at all.

Franz also didn't believe the Russians' explanation. He believed that the local people resisted fiercely, but everyone jumped out to resist the invasion of the Russian Army. Wasn't this a joke?

The Osman Empire was a multi-ethnic country. Many ethnic groups dreamed of independence. From the outbreak of the war until now, the Government of Vienna had been in contact with many ethnic leaders in the Osman Empire.

Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Arabs, Kurds, and other ethnic groups all had independence tendencies.

If they were asked to rebel, perhaps everyone would hesitate. However, it was absolutely impossible to ask them to work for the Osman Empire.

There were no ethnic minorities in Ava? No one would believe this. If they wanted to cover it up, they had to leave some people behind to testify!

The ethnic conflicts in the Ottoman Empire were serious. Under normal circumstances, it was not difficult to find a group of oppressed ethnic minorities to testify against them. In the face of hatred, who cared about the truth?

Perhaps many people would applaud and say that the Russians did a good job. Not to mention these oppressed nations, even in Austria, many people would applaud the Russians.

Prime Minister Felix: "Napoleon III has just died and Napoleon IV has just succeeded the throne. The internal conflicts are enough to keep him busy. The French will not have the energy to participate in the Near East War in a short period of time.

The government in London could do nothing but wave its flags and shout, and if it did not act, the government in Paris could do nothing.

The Prussia was busy annexing Poland and wouldn't care about the Osman allies. Perhaps they would even be glad that this incident broke out and helped them divert the international attention.

The war at Ava was carried out by the Russians alone, and we were not involved in it. As long as the Russians don't admit it, they can drag it on.

The world isn't peaceful. There are news happening all the time. Let's deal with it coldly for a while. When the new news comes out, public opinion won't care. "

This way of dealing with it was a bit sinister. The Tsarist government would bear all the pressure. Austria didn't have any soldiers landing. It wasn't difficult to disassociate themselves.

After hesitating for a moment, Franz made a decision. "Don't worry. Let the Tsarist government make the choice.

The Russian Army could either enforce military discipline to prevent similar situations from happening or continue to fight. Although there were many who opposed it, there were also many who supported it.

The Osman Empire was Europe's nightmare. Now that it could be completely cured, the people wouldn't oppose it. The Russians didn't have a good reputation. It doesn't matter if it gets worse. "

It was better to die than to die. Since it was the Russian Army who caused it, the Tsarist government should deal with the aftermath. Franz didn't want to be the scapegoat.

Perhaps it might be a good thing for the Tsarist government. The Russian people had never been afraid of Tsar's cruelty to the enemy. Ava's massacre could also distract the attention of the people in the country.

In any case, as long as the Tsarist government won the war, they could use the prestige brought by the war to suppress the backlash caused by the reform.

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St. Peter's Castle. Alexander II Of Russia's face was gloomy. They dropped the ball again at the critical moment. The truth of "Ava's massacre" wasn't important. What was important was how to deal with the aftermath.

In any case, the people were killed by the Russian Army. Even if they denied it, they couldn't stop the public from talking. They couldn't push the responsibility away.

Alexander II Of Russia threw the document in his hand away and snorted, "Humph!" He turned his back to the crowd and asked, "What's the position of the Government of Vienna? Are they responsible for the diplomacy of this war?"

That's right. Russia and Austria also had a division of labor. Diplomacy was a field that they weren't good at. Naturally, the Tsarist government wouldn't fight for it.

After a series of social beatings, Alexander II Of Russia had clearly realized that diplomacy was not child's play. Problems couldn't be solved by taking it for granted.

Foreign Minister Chris Basham stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Government of Vienna has promised that they will be responsible for settling the European countries, but they can't do anything about the international public opinion."

This answer was somewhat unexpected to Alexander II Of Russia. In his opinion, this incident was caused by the Russian Army. With such a thing happening, the Government of Vienna should also be worried. How could they agree to it so easily?

In contrast, Alexander II Of Russia didn't care about public opinion at all. If the newspapers wanted to scold the Tsarist government, then let them. Anyway, he was already used to it. If the European newspapers didn't scold the Tsarist government that day, then it would be real "news."

"It can't be that simple, right? The Government of Vienna agreed so readily. What is Franz planning? "

This was the experience that Alexander II Of Russia had learned from his dealings with Austria. Basically, as long as the Government of Vienna agreed readily, there would be additional conditions.

Foreign Minister Chris Basham explained awkwardly, "The Government of Vienna proposed that we either enforce military discipline to prevent similar things from happening again, or we continue to carry out the massacre."

Hearing this answer, Alexander II Of Russia was shocked at first, but then his eyes lit up.

"Massacring the city" would cause the international community to censure and increase the will of the Osman people to resist. At the same time, it would also encourage more people to choose to run away.

It wasn't that easy to drive the local people away. If it was an army with the notorious name of "butcher," most people would probably flee at the sight of it.

No matter how hard the Osman Empire tried, it was impossible to imprison all the people in one place. This kind of difficult execution was not something that a feudal empire could accomplish.

As long as they created panic and caused a large number of Osman people to join the exodus, the allied forces would have won strategically.

If the Russian Army swept through all the way, they could probably rely on the refugees to drag down the Osman Empire. People needed to eat. If the Government of Sudan couldn't solve the problem of food for these people, starving people would do anything.

If the rear was in chaos, how could the frontline fight? Alexander II Of Russia didn't think that the strategic supplies that the Osman Empire had stored at the frontline were enough for this war.

After thinking about it, Alexander II Of Russia still didn't dare to make a rash decision. He asked everyone, "What do you think?"

Finance Minister Kristanval: "Your Majesty, this needs to be done within a certain limit. There are tens of millions of Osman people. It is impossible to kill them all, and the international community can't tolerate it.

The Austrians' intention was to create panic and force the people in the coastal areas to migrate. They didn't really want to kill all the Osman people.

If we really force the Osman Empire into a corner and fight us to the end, there will be no end to this war. We have delayed for too long. First, we defeated the Osman Empire and forced them to cede territory and pay reparations.

To destroy the Osman Empire is not a matter of a day. We must be prepared for a long war.

Every ten or twenty years, we will launch a war against the Osman Empire and gradually nibble away at them. This is the best choice. "

This "best choice" was based on finances. The Tsarist government had limited financial resources. If they really destroyed the Osman Empire, they wouldn't be able to swallow it, and it would only benefit the Austrians.

After thinking for a while, Alexander II Of Russia nodded. "Let's do it this way. Remember to tell that idiot Ivanov that he must fight the next war well.

I don't want something like this to happen a second time. The Russian Empire can't afford this kind of torment. If he can't do it, then he should go home. "

As the commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, Ivanov was to blame for Ava's "massacre of the city."

As for the people involved, even if they wanted to pursue responsibility, it wouldn't be Alexander II Of Russia's turn to deal with it personally. Otherwise, why would there be people under him?

It was a taboo in any country to deal with a problem above one's level. Now that the Tsar had finished his work, what were the ministers doing?

Once these people had nothing to do, internal strife would break out. If you flipped through the history books, you would find that most of the conflicts broke out because the ministers were too free.

When they were too free, it was hard not to have some distracting thoughts that they shouldn't have. Today, you plot against me, tomorrow, I plot against you. After a long time, everyone would fight among themselves, and they wouldn't do anything else.

"The more you do, the more you make mistakes. The less you do, the less you make mistakes. It's good not to do anything." Once this maxim became the official code of conduct, then the country would be in tragedy.

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After the bloodbath in Ava, the city had become gloomy. Walking on the streets would make people shiver even though it wasn't cold.

After all, the Russian Army was just an outsider. It was impossible for them to search every corner. There were still some fish that slipped through the net.

Akyol and his disciple were one of the lucky ones. They hid in the basement of the blacksmith shop during the chaos and escaped.

Late at night, the Russian Army had already returned to their barracks. Everyone in Ava was dead, so the Russian Army naturally wouldn't be on high alert.

The few fish that slipped through the net were not valued by the Russians at all. During the course of the battle, many people took advantage of the chaos and ran away.

With so many Russian Army soldiers involved, it was impossible to keep it a secret. Even if the Russians wanted to silence them, they wouldn't be able to do it.

Instead of wasting energy on the fish that slipped through the net, it would be better to think about how to fight the next battle. If someone ran away, it would be good to spread the panic. Maybe they wouldn't have to chase them away, and the surrounding villages would be empty.

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