The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 55

Carlist headquarters, Pyrenees.

Although the British Royal Navy had escorted the French fleet to Texas in 1836, the British attitude was tough on the Spanish issue.

Britain secretly transported supplies and weapons to the Carlos faction by sea. Palmerston, a representative of the hardliners, advocated a severe blow to Queen Regent Christina in northern Spain.

The peace advocates in the UK also suggested promoting peace, but they did not recommend a head-on conflict with the French, because the UK still needs the support of France on the Near East issue, and the bottom line is that Spain cannot fall to the French side.

As a former lieutenant general of the British Army, John George Woodford once fought Napoleon in Spain with the Iron Duke Wellington. He liked this land very much because it had brought him countless glory and victories.

At the same time, he was also very familiar with the tactics of the French and the Spaniards, and he formulated a plan.

Woodford accepted the rank of lieutenant general awarded by Carlos, and he decided to fight Lieutenant General Pierre's French regiment first.

In order to lure away the main force of the Spanish government forces, he sent two small troops out of the encirclement, burned, killed and looted all the way to the Bilbao area, destroyed roads and bridges along the way, and spread Bilbao's dangerous and dangerous forces everywhere. rumors.

At the same time, a second small force was used to set up an ambush on the road to harass the Spanish reinforcements in the rear.

As soon as they heard the news of the siege of Bilbao, Espartero and Count Sabir immediately believed it, because according to their estimation, the food of the Carlists had reached the limit, and they would definitely die.

It's just that they didn't expect that the other party would go to Bilbao to seek death. This time, the task that the Queen Regent entrusted to them to preserve their strength could not be completed.

Their expedition almost emptied Bilbao. There is neither army nor food in the city, but there are tens of thousands of angry hungry people. If these people join the Carlists, then the whole of Spain will be in turmoil again. .

The news of the Carlos siege of Bilbao made Lieutenant General Pierre heave a sigh of relief. He decided to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate. Now he can finally relax, let the Spaniards bite the dog, and he just needs to watch the show , not only does not need to fight, but also completes the task assigned by the next one.

Earl Sabir led the vanguard of the cavalry back to help, but was ambushed on the road, and Earl Sabir fell off his horse and was seriously injured.

Once the commander is lost on the battlefield, it is a heavy blow even to the regular army, let alone a motley army like the Spanish government army.

Count Sabir's vanguard fought independently, in chaos, and some even surrendered to the guerrillas sent by Carlos.

Soon this defeat was rumored to be a fiasco. After Espartero got the news, he decided to take every step to prevent the Carlos faction from attacking again.

In the intelligence obtained by Espartero, some said that the Carlos faction had 10,000 people, and some said that the Carlos faction had 20,000 people. There was even information that the local militia also joined the Carlos faction. An army of 100,000 has been gathered, and this war is a trap of the Carlists.

After Earl Sabir's troops were dispersed, Espartero's army in the rear stood still, and some people became distracted.

These defeated soldiers falsely claimed that they were Carlist rebels, burned, killed and looted all the way, and burned the city to destroy the evidence.

For a time, the entire northern part of Spain was full of flames, and the Carlist army was everywhere. Of course, it is conceivable that not only the defeated soldiers, but also nearby bandits, bandits, and armed landowners also joined them.

Gentlemen with a head and a face are naturally not good at robbing their own village. After all, rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests, but the next door village is not his business....

The snowflake-like battle report was thrown on Espartero's table, which made him even more unable to believe what he saw, but Bilbao had to be saved again.

Ever since, a farce of 50,000 troops moving forward 500 meters a day began.

Madrid, Royal Palace.

Queen Regent Christina looked at the secret letter in her hand and the pile of battle reports on the table. She felt that she was cheated by Marotto.

But she quietly handed the secret letter to Liberal Prime Minister Otterdur to show her trust in him.

After receiving the letter, Ottdur scolded Marotto as a conspirator and killed the Carlos faction. He was willing to go to the front to personally supervise the battle.

What the Queen Regent wanted was Otdur's words. She was going to send Otdur and his supporters to the front line. Spain didn't need a prime minister, but it needed cannon fodder.

French camp in the Pyrenees.

After several months of sitting in the war, the French army has long become numb, not only did not respond to the voices in the mountains.

Lieutenant General Woodford personally led people to surround Lieutenant General Pierre's camp. This time, the Carlos faction can be said to have dispatched all their strength, with a total of nearly 30,000 troops.

But what Woodford didn't expect was that the French had no defense at all and let him complete the encirclement so easily.

The battle lasted all night. Although the French army was unprepared and the commander was drunk, the combat effectiveness of the two sides was obviously not at the same level.

The French army broke into pieces, and under the command of several colonels, it highlighted Woodford's encirclement.

This made Woodford very annoyed, the French army in front of him was not considered an elite at all~www.mtlnovel.com~ But this group of Spaniards was not considered an army at all, 30,000 fought against 10,000, and they still attacked at night, resulting in a loss of 3,000 Many people, the French army only lost more than 2,000 people, but the French army lost almost all supplies and heavy weapons, as well as their commanders.

When Lieutenant General Pierre woke up and saw Woodford, he thought it was back to the Napoleonic War period, and the first sentence he opened his mouth was.

"you're old."

This sentence made Woodford burst into tears, and he invited Lieutenant General Pierre to have another drink to sober up.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz looked at the "biscuits" served by Thalia and said.

"You are not a biscuit, but a cake!"

"It's obviously a biscuit!" Thalia said.

"Is this a court practice? This is too extravagant!" Franz said.

"No, all pastry shops do this! That's why I asked you if you can make noodles or macaroni, but you still say I'm Italian!" Thalia was very dissatisfied. Italian civilization has declined in this period. Italians are second-class citizens of the Austrian Empire, which makes Thalia very unhappy.

In fact, biscuits in the modern sense should have been invented in the 1850s. At this time, biscuits were a luxurious pastry in Vienna. It was the almonds and chocolate on top that discouraged many poor people.

Franz had no choice but to do it himself, made some dough, threw it into the oven, and it was baked in a short while.

Facing the blackened lakes and lakes in front of her, Thalia was a little bit unacceptable, but she picked it up and tasted one and thought it was not bad.

"Fluffy and crunchy, tasty but dry," Thalia commented.

"Biscuits! Of course it's done!"

Although this biscuit cannot be used as a pastry, it can still be used as a ration for the poor.

Chapter end