Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 192

"General, something is wrong. General Canel died, and our army was defeated." An adjutant rushed into Castagnos's study in a hurry.

"What?" Castagnos was stunned by the bad news. Although he had thought of this result, he didn't expect it to come so soon. The coffee cup in his hand was not held properly, fell to the ground, and broke into pieces with a "bang". Castagnos sat back on the chair slumped, and murmured: "It's over, it's over, everything is over." Now he no longer has the kind of arrogance that swept across most of Spain. Neil died in battle, Misend also rebelled, and the army in his hand was also defeated. It is hard to say whether it can be preserved.

"General, hurry up and get ready, we will secretly **** you out of the city." The adjutant suggested, everyone knows what happened to Castagnos in Madrid. I don't know how many soldiers and French expatriates there are. Once caught by the French, they will definitely not spare him lightly.

"Hey, even if we can escape from Madrid, where can we go?" Castagnos said helplessly.

"We can go to the south. There are still many people supporting us there. We can re-form the army and fight the French again." The adjutant said firmly.

Castagnos shook his head. No one knows the current situation better than him. After the French army occupies Madrid, they will definitely march elsewhere. Even if he reorganizes the army, it will definitely be too late: " Forget it, it is impossible to continue fighting the French."

"General, since staying in the country is not enough, we can still go to England. Britain has always been hostile to France. We can organize a government in exile there. The British will definitely help us. We will come back one day." Adjutant Continue to persuade. He has been persuading Castagnos to leave, not because he is so loyal, but because he knows that he is also Castagnos' confidant, if he is captured by the French army, then he will certainly not have It's a good end, but staying with Castagnos, no matter how bad the situation is, is much better than being caught.

"The British? Do you think they really want to help us? It's not for their own benefit. If they hadn't quit Spain this time, we wouldn't have lost so badly." It's okay not to mention the British, but Castagnos was full of anger. He always believed that his failure was caused by the withdrawal of the British army from Spain. If the British army continued to contain the French army in northern Spain, then the French army would not have such great strength. If you deal with him, he won't be in the situation he is today.

"General, the French are coming soon. If you don't leave, it will be too late." The adjutant persuaded anxiously.

"You better go, we really lost this time, people should be responsible for what they did, because I caused so many soldiers and civilians to die in Spain, now it's time for me to pay for it." Cass Tanios said disheartenedly.

I didn't expect Castagnos to be so determined, and the adjutant couldn't find anything more. He was about to give Castagnos another shot, but found that Castagnos had closed his eyes and ignored him. up. In desperation, he had to sigh and leave alone. Not long after he left, a trace of black blood flowed from the corner of Castagnos's mouth, and he was silent. It turned out that Castagnos had known about the battle situation outside, and he knew that he was doomed to fail, so he took the poison, and the poor generation of heroes ended up like this in the end.

Castagnos is dead, and the rest of the matter is much easier. Although his bodyguards still refuse to surrender and stick to their positions, when the rest of Madrid has been captured by the French army, they It has also become an isolated island without any assistance. Since they were all elites selected from the army, Xiao Jie handed over this difficult bone to Misend and the others, in a beautiful name: to test their loyalty.

Although the four of Misend and the others knew Xiao Jie's intentions, they had reached this point, and they could no longer turn back, and ordered their soldiers to launch a final attack on the area around Castagnos's general's mansion. . Although Castagnos's personal guards were very powerful in combat, they were no match for four hands with two fists. Under the powerful crowd tactics, they were submerged in a short time. The last stronghold of the Spanish rebels in Madrid was captured, marking the final stage of the war on the Iberian Peninsula.

After the capture of Madrid, the troops did not have time to rest, because the war was not completely over. In the south and west of Spain and Portugal, there are still remnants of the Spanish rebellion. Based on the idea of ​​cutting grass and roots, Xiao Jie's army began to sweep the remaining areas of Spain.

Among them, Misend and his troops were sent to fight in Portugal. Due to the large-scale withdrawal of the British army from Iberia, Portugal had no other forces except for a few Japanese troops. Although the combat effectiveness of Misend's troops is not very strong, they still have no problem dealing with the current Portugal. The 1st Division of the 88th Army was left in Madrid to prepare for possible emergencies. Dugor led the 2nd Division to attack all the way south, preparing to recover those cities that were still controlled by the remnants of the Spanish rebel forces. In the Battle of Madrid, the main strength of the Spanish rebel army had been wiped out, so it was not difficult to regain those areas.

On January 26, the final phase of the battle officially started, and a total of 60,000 troops, including Misend, began to attack. On the same day, Xiao Jie issued another ban in the Royal Palace of Madrid. All Spanish rebels immediately surrendered their arms to the French army unconditionally. The French army can deal with their mistakes severely, but if they continue to fight against the French army, wait Their only option is to be wiped out. After the ban was issued, many members of the Spanish rebels who were civilians decisively put down their weapons and surrendered to the French army. Anyway, they are just little soldiers, even if they are guilty, it will not be too serious. But those nobles and church members, they have always been the backbone of the Spanish rebellion, they also know that even if they surrender, there will be no good end, so they still choose to continue to resist, or directly flee Spain with their family property, and go to England to become rich .

Unable to bear the wealth of Spain flowing into the UK for nothing, Xiao Jie ordered the border to be sealed off, and no one can leave Spain without going through strict inspections. However, many areas in the west and south are now controlled by the Spanish rebels, and it is very difficult to go to the UK by boat. easy job. Seeing the continuous flow of wealth from Spain to England, Xiao Jie felt that his heart was bleeding, because he had subconsciously regarded the money of those fugitive nobles as his own. After the devastation of the war, the Iberian Peninsula is in a state of waste, and everything needs money. Although Xiao Jie knows that he himself has a lot of wealth now, it is definitely not enough to build a dilapidated country, so he put his ideas on those nobles and church members who participated in the rebellion, but he did not expect them to bring How could he not be angry that his property had fled Spain. As a last resort, Misend and Dugor had to be ordered to speed up the attack, and hunt down those nobles and church members who participated in the rebellion. If they caught one by one, all their property would of course be confiscated.

The four of Misend and the others seemed to want to show their merits in front of Xiao Jie, and they attacked very quickly all the way. In just 10 days, they entered Lisbon and announced the French occupation of Portugal again. Of course, this inevitably aroused strong protests from the Portuguese royal family in exile in Brazil, condemning the brutal French occupation of Portugal and calling for justice from other countries. But basically, except for the United Kingdom, no country has dumped him. France is now at a time when its national strength is strong. Obviously, no country is willing to touch France's bad luck at this time. Anyway, it is not their country that is occupied, so they all hold the attitude of having nothing to do with themselves. The Portuguese royal family was very disappointed, and they also deeply realized the difficulties of a small country.

Misend and the others went very smoothly in arresting the rebels. Except for those who had escaped from Iberia, they were basically thrown into the prison of the French army. Of course, it was inevitable. Among them, some innocent people were implicated. In order to win people's hearts, Xiao Jie naturally would not allow these innocent people to be wronged. He organized special people to interrogate them, so that neither one would be wronged nor let go.

Seeing that Misend and the others completed the task so quickly, and Dugor and the others quit, they actually fell behind. Doesn't this mean that their abilities are not as good as those generals? So the progress was accelerated, but the area they were responsible for was much larger than that of Misend and the others, so they didn't basically complete the task until mid-February.

Now the whole of Iberia, except Gibraltar which is still in the hands of the British, is included in Xiao Jie's sphere of influence. Of course, it's not that he doesn't want to win Gibraltar, but that he doesn't have that strength yet. After nearly a hundred years of construction by the British, Gibraltar has been built into an impregnable fortress. If you want to regain it, you have to wait for the time. Similarly, due to the strait, Spanish Morocco and the Azores of Portugal are also under the control of the British. Without a strong navy, even if Xiao Jie has the heart, he can only look at the ocean and sigh.

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