Chapter 1310 For whom the bell tolls

Chapter 1310 For whom the bell tolls

Spain.

The Austrian Empire's expeditionary force was incredibly efficient. It not only quickly occupied Cabrera's territory, but also captured a large area controlled by the remnants of the Queen Regent.

The Spanish Legion had a strong desire to attack. If Franz had not asked to stabilize the rear first, the expeditionary force would have already started to besiege Toledo.

Although the Austrian Empire did not besiege Toledo, Ferrante Duval did not dare to stay here any longer.

The emperor guards the country's gate? Are you kidding! I'm the president!

Ferrante Duval directly moved the capital from Toledo to Valladolid in the north-central part, where he finally didn't have to worry about the threat from Austria for the time being.

However, the Spanish Republic suffered a great defeat just after its establishment, and then moved the capital. It was hard to believe that this country still had a future.

Ferrante Duval didn't care about that. He didn't trust anyone now. He just wanted to find a safe corner without being discovered.

Ferrante Duval's fear mainly came from the incompetence of Britain and France. The French were blocked by the Austrians in the Pyrenees Mountains, and the British couldn't even enter the Mediterranean.

He really wanted to strangle Palmerston and Charles to death, and then throw them into the Ebro River to feed the fish.

(The Ebro River is the longest river in Spain. Because of its many terrible legends, it is also called the Killing River.)

In addition, Ferrante Duval heard a terrible news, that is, the British were actually supporting the Regent Queen Christina.

Ferrante Duval knew this Regent Queen very well. She had no bottom line and did everything she could to describe her.

The reason why Ferrante Duval and his family were involved in this European storm was the work of Regent Queen Christina. If it weren't for this bitch, things would not have fallen to this point today.

However, compared with the Austrians and the Regent Queen, Ferrante Duval was most worried about Carlos VI.

This "dead" king was the biggest threat to him. Not to mention the blood feud between the two sides (the hatred of losing the country and the extermination of the clan), just the wavering attitude of the United Kingdom, Ferrante Duval would never let Carlos VI go.

After all, the British can get the Queen Regent back from Cuba, and they can naturally find Carlos VI again.

Carlos VI was speechless before because no one needed him alive. Now the British needed Carlos VI to deal with the Austrians and would naturally "do justice" for him.

Thinking of this, Ferrante Duval had secretly made up his mind not to let Carlos VI live again.

In fact, Ferrante Duval had never given up the plan to completely eliminate Carlos VI, but there were too many mountains in Spain. As long as the latter went into the ravine, the former would send more people in vain.

In order to eliminate future troubles, this time Ferrante Duval not only sent a large army to clear the base of Carlos's remnants, but also offered a reward of 500,000 reais for the head of the "fake" Carlos VI.

Carlos VI, who returned to the Cantabrian Mountains, was very depressed. He didn't understand why he was "dead"?

The number of followers around him was visibly reduced, except for some who left voluntarily because they saw no hope, and some even wanted to murder him.

Fortunately, Carlos VI has always been very vigilant and has never trusted anyone, but this has also increased his suspicion and made the already disunited Carlos faction even more chaotic.

The whereabouts of Carlos VI became even more difficult to guess, but one day Carlos VI heard that the envoy sent by the United Kingdom was looking for him to help him regain the throne.

Carlos VI sent someone to pretend to be himself and secretly contacted him. The other party did not harm his substitute, but instead provided a considerable amount of arms and food.

Carlos VI felt that his luck had come. He could rely on the Austrians to defeat Isabel II back then, and today he can rely on the British to defeat the Spanish Republicans.

Carlos VI was very sure that as long as he could prove that he was still alive, the Austrian Empire would abide by the previous agreement.

This time Carlos VI has seen it through. Overseas colonies are not important. As long as he can keep the Spanish territory and his throne, those are just passing clouds.

Doesn't the Austrian Empire want colonies? Give them! Doesn't Britain want to keep its distance from the Austrian Empire? No problem!

Now that the Spanish Bourbon are almost extinct, his mission is to revive the family and then pass on his throne

A gunshot sounded, and Carlos VI's thinking stopped, and the Spanish Bourbon was extinct.

However, the person who fired the gun was Leonto, Carlos VI's most trusted envoy.

Austrian Empire Spanish Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

A group of generals looked at each other, not only did they not need to sit on the front line to command, but even the troops fighting on the front line were not their own.

They had never dared to think about such a war. But the Spanish Legion recruited temporarily was very brave, and it was not the turn of the Austrian Legion to appear.

What was even more bizarre was that the enemy was defeated step by step, and this was a good time to pursue the victory, but the emperor urgently called a halt to the attack.

So the generals of the Austrian Empire could only hold a meeting here, and the topic of the meeting was "how to maintain stability in the occupied areas."

They were tired of attending such meetings. These things were all familiar to them. Anyway, they had the state's financial support, so they just went ahead and did it.

However, a problem arose at this time, that is, the traffic in Spain was not good, and the rainy season washed away many roads, so that supplies could not arrive in time as in the past.

Although the officials presiding over the meeting said it lightly, the faces of a group of generals were very solemn.

At this time, the results of the Austrian Empire's expeditionary army were not so much won by fighting as by money.

The Austrian Empire's army was usually responsible for public security and training new soldiers. The Austrian Army would only be used when the Spanish Army could not defeat or was difficult to deal with.

However, if the Austrian Empire's supplies could not be maintained at this time, the 200,000 vassal troops and 300,000 civilians on the front line alone would be a big problem.

The war during this period was enough for the generals of the Austrian Empire to put away their contempt. The Spaniards were not only brave in battle, but also had a strong learning ability.

The generals of the Austrian Empire could conclude that as long as time passed, this Spanish Army would not be weaker than any army of the Austrian Empire.

The most important thing was that the terrain of Spain also made the Austrian generals suffer a lot. Many fortresses that seemed easy to break and tactics that were easy to execute could not be used here.

Even if the military technology and manpower of the Austrian Empire crushed the Spanish Republican Army, they could not win the victory they imagined.

In addition to the army, cities and villages that have just established order will also face severe tests. After all, human nature is the most unreliable thing.