Autumn in Italy is supposed to be a pleasant place, but some people still retain the anxiety of the Italian Earth-Sea climate with hot and rainy summers. For example, Jupesai Garibaldi.

The legendary Italian hero was at this time nothing more than an obscure "fake general", and was even looked down upon by another famous general, Radetzky, at the beginning of the war. But this did not prevent Garibaldi, who had a brilliant talent for war, from giving the old, but shrewd Austrian marshal a terrible blow. In fact, he really did it.

Garibaldi and his army of volunteers, northern Italy continued to fight against Radetzky's elite Austrian army in guerrilla warfare. Garibaldi, who was denounced by Radetzky as a "pirate of South America", made the Austrian army suffer greatly, and finally Radetzky learned from the pain and gathered 6 brigades of 10,000 people to encircle and suppress Garibaldi's volunteers, who were only a little more than 1,000 people.

Why was only Garibal the first to fight? Where did the army go?

The answer is simple: the Sasians have made peace with the Austrians.

The kings and archdukes of Italy went to war against the mighty Austria because of the popular uprising in the country and the counterattack of King Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in May, which dealt a heavy blow to the Italian active forces, and then the Pope did not support the war against Austria, so that the Italian coalition against Austria was gradually weakened, and finally in July, the Austrians were victorious. Panicked King Carlo of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Alberto proposed an armistice to Austria and made a unilateral peace move. The armistice and the morale of the Italian volunteers, especially the Italians in the north, who were worthy of fighting for the Kingdom of Sardinia, were greatly demoralized, many of them left the army, and the effectiveness of the battle was far less than that of the beginning of the war.

But Garibaldi, who was determined, still led his loyal soldiers to fight Radetzky, alone and out of ammunition.

Garibaldi had plotted an early rebellion to overthrow Austrian rule over northern Italy, and was now exiled to Brazil. He is also not idle in South America, and has supported the locals in many activities. His military success in South America is also praised by the locals. Garibaldi was unwilling to take advantage of the war in South America and the past, and finally led 63 volunteer soldiers back to the Apennines.

Soon, war broke out a year later, and Garibaldi, who mistakenly believed that Carlo Alberto was an activist, pledged allegiance to him and recruited volunteers for him to fight against the Austrian army. But after the defeat of the army in July, he was left alone, which left him disheartened.

In particular, Garibaldi, an Italian born in Nice, was depressed when he heard that his homeland had been occupied by a group of inexplicable Frenchmen.

What's more, nearly 20,000 Austrian troops had already surrounded his volunteer regiments, and the fate of his brothers was already in danger.

Garibaldi, who was depressed, sat in a tent in the woods, raised the rum bottle, and poured a large gulp into it, sending his heart of unwillingness and resentment.

Is there really no salvation for Italy? Garibaldi groaned in pain.

Just as he was feeling sorry for himself, a soldier wearing a crimson coat and a brightly colored scarf tied around his collar walked in and said, "Jupesai, a guy named Jupesai has come looking for you!" ”

Garibaldi put down the bottle and said in surprise: "Why, the Austrians surrounded us, and anyone could touch us?" ”

The red-clad soldier said, "I'm curious, but you might want to meet this Jupesay, who used to belong to the charcoal burning party with you!" ”

Garibaldi thought for a moment and said excitedly, "Is that Mr. Mazzini?" ”

Outside the tent, a long, thin-faced man walked in, smiling, and said, "Garibaldi, haha, my friend, it's a pleasure to see that you're still alive." ”

Garibaldi didn't think it was a pestle at all, and rushed to give this guy a bear hug, and said, "Haha, Mazzini, why are you here, do you want to die with me?" ”

The two of them didn't have anything to hide when they spoke, and even if they made such an unlucky joke, they wouldn't anger each other.

The man's name was Giuseppe. Mazzini, known as one of the three great founders of Italy. The other two are Garibaldi and Cavour. This man was a man of thought and logic, and many of his ideas influenced the Italian movement. In his early years, like Garibaldi, he joined the charcoal party, but because the charcoal party's actions were divorced from the people and there was no hope of success, he formed the Italian Youth Party. Like Garibaldi, he was repeatedly expelled for all sorts of unstable and dangerous behaviors. He proposed a broad plan to establish the "Young European Movement" and, in 1847, the International People's League. This return to Italy was also for the sake of the Italian state that was in full swing.

Mazzini shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I am not here to die with you, but to save you." ”

Garibaldi was surprised: "Why, can you still find tens of thousands of troops to help me lift the encirclement of the Austrians?" ”

He immediately turned pale, as if he had thought of something, and said, "I won't escape by myself, here are my flesh and blood brothers, I will accompany them to fight until the next moment." "There is no doubt that Garibaldi was a very charismatic military leader, and it can be seen from his repeated failures that he was followed by others, and he was very good at winning the hearts of soldiers, and this is a natural ability.

Sure enough, after listening to his words, the red-clothed soldier standing by the door was very moved.

Ma Zhini smiled and hurriedly said, "What, don't you believe that I will conjure up tens of thousands of troops?" ”

Garibaldi said dejectedly: "The Kingdom of Sardinia has made peace with Austria, and I am the only one in Northern Italy who fights against the Austrians." ”

He thought about it again and added: Perhaps the citizens of Venice also fought. ”

Mazzini patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "My friend, you just chose the wrong allegiance, Carlo Alberto is just a feudal monarch, how can he be willing to give power to the people?" ”

Garibaldi was stunned for a long time, and said silently: "Maybe so." ”

He raised his head again, looked at Mazzini seriously, and asked, "So, where did you get reinforcements from?" He didn't believe that Mazzini could get him tens of thousands of troops, so he suspected that this guy had asked for foreign support on the condition of betraying the country.

Mazzini gently punched him and said with a smile: "Speak with respect, my friend, I am now the president of Italy!" ”

Garibaldi almost flashed with laughter at his "joke" and pointed at him: "You? The President of Italy? How is it possible, are you suffering from some kind of madness? ”

Ma Zhini feigned anger and said: "You ruffian, it's really helpless." ”

It was only under Mazzini's explanation that Garibaldi learned that Mazzini, with the support of China in the Far East, had led the "Revolutionary Guards" (the European Foreign Legion of the Empire) to conquer the southern region of Sicily, which was poor but had a good foundation and was a good base.

They knew that Venice could not hold on to the current situation, but they were not disappointed, and they had already begun preparations to retreat south