Chapter 1112 Prelude
Buda-Pest.
The Battle of Pressburg was defeated and Heinrich Deme was killed. The plan to siege the royal estate failed, and János Damojanic's whereabouts were unknown.
The Battle of Croatia failed, and the 30,000 attacking troops were wiped out. The Battle of Vojvodina failed and the Ottoman army failed to join Belgrade.
The French withdrew from the war, the Italians withdrew from the war, the British Mediterranean fleet was completely destroyed, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire, the German federal plan went bankrupt, and the National Assembly in Frankfurt was completely destroyed.
Bad news came one after another, which made Kossuth feel exhausted.
And he also had to face a terrible reality. The opposition within the Hungarian government was getting louder and louder, and the nobles had long distanced themselves from him.
After all, if you can't get greater rights, then it would be good to continue to dominate Hungary. In other words, they never really wanted to start a war in the first place, but Kossuth and the nationalists took them astray.
In the face of huge pressure, conventional stress relief methods are no longer effective. Even smoking and drinking in a brothel cannot relieve it half.
Fortunately, one of his staff brought the latest British treatment, subcutaneous injection of morphine.
Because wars and disasters were more intensive than in history, coupled with Franz's influence on the medical community, especially the impact of the medical journal "Hallgeland" on the world, the hypodermic injection method came out ahead of schedule.
(Hallgrand is the location of the magical spring that can heal all things in Norse mythology.)
Historically, the British were heavily dependent on addictive drugs, but the upper-class circles despised the way Easterners smoked opium. As British gentlemen, they had a more efficient and noble way, namely hypodermic injection.
Many British celebrities like this method very much, including the famous British literary giants such as Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, and Rummer.
Why do only writers like it? In fact, there are far more than them, but due to the long history and the changing trends of later generations, many facts no longer exist.
However, the famous works handed down by these literary giants cannot be completely deleted. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is an addict. In the early version, he even introduced in detail how to inject morphine and the advantages and disadvantages of morphine types.
Most people know Conan Doyle and Wilde, but they are a little unfamiliar with the name Rumo. People who can be ranked alongside these literary giants are naturally also literary giants.
In a certain mysterious eastern country, few people may know about Sachs Rummer, but when it comes to Fu Manchu written by him, it can be said that everyone knows it, everyone knows it, and everyone hates it.
Fu Manchu himself was the embodiment of the "Yellow Peril" theory in the West at that time. He had a very strong influence especially in Britain and the United States. On the one hand, he catered to the "Chinese Exclusion Act" of the United States, and on the other hand, he borrowed the influence of the Boxer Rebellion.
The image of Fu Manchu is not that of Liang in "Shang-Chi". Instead, he has squinty eyes, high cheekbones, a flat nose, two slender and drooping mustaches, and a Qing Dynasty official dressed like a zombie. Some people Stereotypical Orientals.
(By the way, the movie "Shang-Chi" is really bad. The plot, special effects, and the protagonist's Korean appearance make it really hard to complain.)
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The subcutaneous injection of morphine greatly relieved Kossuth's pressure, but sometimes he became indifferent to everything, even his own life.
The Battle of Pressburg was defeated, and the door to Buda-Pest was wide open. The Austrian army could complete the siege here in a few weeks.
At the moment when Hungary needed him most, Kossuth chose to remain silent. He neither called back the scattered troops nor called on the people to arm themselves to defend the capital. He even turned a blind eye to the opposition in the city who tried to overthrow him and surrender to Austria.
In fact, someone has already arranged a retreat for Kossuth. Whether it is Russia or Ottoman, there are people who will support him.
There was a knock on Kossuth's door. His residence was very well-defended, and generally speaking, he did not see guests at night. The visitors were obviously very close people, or they had something very important to do.
"come in."
The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance walked in.
"Mr. Kossuth, you can't continue to be so decadent."
The speaker was his chief aide Luojia, who was originally a professor at Pest University. After his assistant, wife and two children died unfortunately in the torrent of revolution, he finally saw the reality clearly and joined the ranks of Hungarian nationalists. middle.
The previous Self-Defense Forces plan was this person's idea. After being appreciated by Kossuth, Luojia helped make many key decision-making analyzes and won Kossuth's trust.
"Mr. Luojia, I know what you think. You must think that I am a coward and a deserter.
But the Battle of Pressburg failed and our main force was wiped out. Now our Hungary is unable to stop the Austrian attack. "
Historically, Kossuth refused to admit defeat even when the capital was trapped in two countries and was even beaten to the United States. Asking the people to continue fighting was a posture that would rather teach me to bear the consequences of the world than to teach the people of the world to betray me.
Why are you giving up now? Because the Austrian Empire is no longer the doll empire in history, but it has more shattered the idol in Kossuth's heart.
The successive defeats of Britain and France were a huge personal blow to Kossuth, and his will was also severely damaged by long-term use of addictive drugs.
"Mr. Kossuth, how can you think like this? How can our great Hungarian nation fail? We only lost 200,000 people, we still have 14 million people, and we still have 32.5 million hectares of land to defend!"
(32.5 million hectares = 325,000 square kilometers.)
Lorga's voice was trembling, obviously very excited.
"The British and French have failed, what can we do?"
Kossuth finally said this, and he was somewhat relieved.
"No! Mr. Kossuth, you are wrong! When the great Hun King Attila destroyed the Western Roman Empire, he did not rely on the French and the British, but the British and the French relied on him.
Similarly, we Hungarians do not need to rely on Britain and France, Britain and France should rely on us.
As long as we can defeat the Austrians. No! As long as we can hold the Austrians back, Britain and France will come back sooner or later."
After listening to Luojia's words, Kossuth's eyes lit up, indeed! When will I fall and need someone to remind me how great, charming, and intoxicating the Hungarian nation is
Seeing that Kossuth was somewhat moved, Lorga immediately struck while the iron was hot.
"Mr. Kossuth! Hungary cannot do without you! Just like! The people need your guidance!"
Kossuth took a deep breath and said.
"Mr. Lorga, you are right. It is not time to give up yet. Our current failure is entirely caused by those capitulationists and speculators.
Their conspiracy must be stopped!"