The effect of the Hong Kong strike was very obvious, and the French Far East Fleet, which had already been demoralized after the death of the Lone Force, retreated to Vietnam three days after the Hong Kong strike. Unable to take the chicken coop, Hong Kong did not allow them to dock, the French army had completely lost coal supplies, and they could no longer wander around the southeast coast.

The Chinese battlefield of the Qing-French War basically came to an end, and the main battlefields of both sides returned to northern Vietnam. There was a small temptation between the two sides, and the French army's foreign mercenary legion, the African legion, and the Qing army's Lejun, Defense Army, and Cui Army fought several times, but both sides stopped at the point, and neither dared to launch a large-scale battle. The French army is waiting for follow-up reinforcements, and the Qing army is also waiting for the new equipment that Manchuria is transporting, and everyone is gearing up, but no one wants to fight a decisive battle immediately. As the war between Qing and France eased down, the focus of the international community became the conflict between Manchuria and Britain, and the key to determining the direction of the world was whether the two largest countries in the world fought hard or resolved the conflict through negotiation.

Since the Battle of the Yellow Sea, diplomatic ties between Manchuria and Britain have been severed, and both sides are rearming each other, as if to foreshadow the imminent outbreak of a war that will affect the whole world. However, things are actually not so bad, because the two countries did not declare war, and the trade between Europe and Asia was not severed. Britain still wanted to force Manchuria to bow its head through diplomatic pressure, and Manchuria did not make up its mind to start a global war, both sides were preparing for the worst, and then working in the best direction. However, an assassination in Geneva, Switzerland, shattered all hopes for peace, and the shadow of war loomed over the entire planet.

On a sunny afternoon in Geneva, a distinguished lady prepares to leave Geneva by boat. She walked out of the inn, the servants with their luggage, and the court maids by their side, and they walked slowly towards the docks. Just then, the Grim Reaper came to her; A neurotic who came out of nowhere chose this beautiful lady as a target. After a long wait, Neurotic finally waited for his prey, and he pulled out his awl and poked it at her chest. The awl was so sharp and thin that the lady didn't even feel any pain, "What does he want to do, does he want my watch?"

The lady who had been thrown down got up from the ground and walked to the boat herself, but as soon as she got on board, she fell down. The court lady beside her hurriedly unbuttoned her shirt and found a small blood spot on her chest. The captain ordered the ship to turn around and return to shore, and she was carried back to the hotel on a stretcher, where the doctor cut the artery of the noblewoman's cubital fossa, and the blood no longer gushed out...... The Empress of Austria and the Queen of Hungary, Princess Sisi, died.

Noble, beautiful, and kind, even Princess Sissi, who had been obsessed with Goxing for a long time, died in a hotel in Geneva in such a daze. This free and lively lady is not an ordinary deep palace lady, she is a spiritual symbol, loved by countless people, and is the spiritual leader of many people. Her death made half of Europe weep for her, and her death made the whole of Hungary indignant, they wanted to break the murderer into pieces, they wanted to find the murderer. The death of Princess Sisi not only made the Hungarian people feel turbulent, but also a political event with a very huge impact.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a very large empire, the second largest country in Europe after Russia in terms of land area, and one of the top three in Europe in terms of population. Before the seventh year of Tongzhi, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a unified Austrian Empire, but in the face of various movements in Europe, as well as the deliberate weakening of Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, it became a "dual monarchy" and a "confederation state". During this time, the Kingdom of Hungary formed an alliance with the Austrian Empire, the full name of which was "the kingdoms and domains represented by the Imperial Diet and the crown of St. Stephen of Hungary".

In this case, the King of Hungary and the Emperor of Austria were the same person. Hungary enjoys a certain degree of autonomy internally in the legislative, executive, judicial, taxation, customs, etc.; In terms of foreign affairs (foreign affairs and defence), like Austria, the central government of the empire was the product of a compromise between the Austrian Empire and its colony Hungary, although Austria-Hungary remained one of the five great powers in Europe. And Princess Sisi is the queen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the king of Hungary, and the complexity of the relationship can be imagined.

Sissi grew up in a large family, and her childhood life was free and happy. Her father was a carefree aristocrat, who loved to write poetry, play the harp, chase women, and show off his horsemanship, and he even built a circus in the courtyard to get a clown and a ridiculous soldier. The Duke was a republican, commoner-minded man who was known as the "extravagant proletarian". He loved neither his wife nor aristocracy. Sissi's mother, Ludovica, was a devoted housewife who, when she realized that her husband could not count on her, saw her children as her only treasure and hoped that their marriage would solve all her problems. I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, Princess Sisi's family has a good relative, and her aunt Sophie's son Franz Joseph is His Majesty the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Princess Sissi's mother and sisters wanted to kiss each other, and Princess Helenie, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Bavaria, became a candidate for queen. On the day of the blind date, Princess Helenie was dressed up as a chaste and virtuous woman, but the reckless little Sissi broke in. She had pigtails on her head and a very ordinary dress, and her mother had not tried to dress her at all, but Franz Joseph could no longer see anyone else, and the young Austrian emperor handed her a bouquet of flowers to Princess Sissi. The Habsburgs held a warm and solemn wedding, and the ruddy-faced and closed-lips Sisi sailed down the Danube to Vienna amid cheers and noise. The wedding diluted the hostility between the royal family and the people, and this budding Bavarian rose seemed to represent a new happiness. However, marrying into the deep palace and becoming the queen means that for Princess Sissi, it represents the disappearance of a beautiful fairy tale. The story of love at first sight is very beautiful, but this is the beginning of the tragedy of Princess Sissi's life.

Seven years later, Sissi gave birth to three children, made some official trips, and witnessed a bloody war that was not in a fairy tale. Her mother-in-law hated her, and her husband was always absent-minded. Princess Sissi's beauty and kindness made her win the love of the people, who cared about everything about the queen and were willing to hold a grand ceremony for her, but these did not make Princess Sissi feel happy. Joseph is a mother-in-law, he listens to his mother in everything, and his mother-in-law puts great pressure on Princess Sissi, and the family conflict is about to annoy her to death.

In the seventh year of Tongzhi, according to an agreement reached between the Austrian and Hungarian rulers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was established. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Count Andráşy, placed a crown on Sissi's head, and the Hungarians chose her, and she became Queen of Hungary. In Vienna, she was often attacked by her mother-in-law, while in Budapest she was adored. All the subjects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who were not interested in their emperor Joseph, were very fond of the beautiful queen, but an awl took the queen's life.

The Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I, in the company of his mistress, wept and fainted in front of the spirit of his wife, and Budapest and Vienna were all plunged into endless grief. Wilhelm I, who had just received good news from Bismarck, expressed great concern about the middle-aged loss of his neighbor's eldest nephew. However, the old man's condolences were not in place, and the old man in his eighties felt that the loss of his wife in middle age was not a bad thing, but Joseph was really about to cry to death. Although he and Princess Sissi had all kinds of discord after marriage, he really loved his queen. After the death of Princess Sissi, Joseph's eyes were full of the once lively and lovely girl among the lakes and mountains.

"You should find out who assassinated your queen, who ordered the assassination, this is not a simple accident!" In East Asia, there was already Goxinga charging for Germany, but the scheming Wilhelm I still felt unsafe, and he also needed a gun blocker in Europe, and his eldest nephew Joseph was obviously a good candidate.

The murderer has long been caught, an anarchist named Gavlino. There is really no one behind this buddy, and there is no clear political opinion, and his purpose in assassinating Princess Sissi is just to make a splash. Gavrino is just a failure in his thirties who has achieved nothing, he wants to be known to the world, he is crazy to be famous, and then he makes a very horrible move. For Gavlino, there is only one demand in the whole world, to get a rope and strangle him.

"A vain man, a bastard who wants to be famous, the law has given him the ending he deserves!" Joseph had long known about the bastard who killed his wife, and he was a little baffled by Uncle William's advice.

"Poor boy, you have been fooled by the Swiss and the British, French, Russians behind them, that bastard named Gavrino is not simple, think of his nationality! My naïve child! "William I began to wield a shovel, and a large pit had been dug for Joseph.

"Nationality! …… Oh my God! This damn bastard is a Serb! Joseph was horrified, he guessed that this was a trap of William I, but he was very impulsive to step on it.

Joseph's beloved wife is gone, and her murder is a Serb, whether it is to vent his anger or for the good of the country, Joseph should teach Serbia some lessons. Serbia was founded as an Orthodox Christian, Slavic predominantly hateful state, and behind them was Russia, the old enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Serbia has also been engaged in instigating the independence of the Serbs in Austria-Hungary, which Joseph could not tolerate, and this is a good excuse.