After several big battles, it is normal for Prim to give himself a vacation, deal with official business, and rest for a few days, and his subordinates don't think much about it.

But things are getting worse and worse.

It was not difficult for Francisco to first co-opt some of the top military officials, and as he said, he was not the only one who was dissatisfied with Prim.

He then gradually turned the army into the hands of the generals who supported him in the name of Prim, and carried out a series of promotions.

This incident was very common at first, but it soon aroused the suspicion of some people, and many generals who had only made great achievements were promoted and secretly surrendered, and were transferred to the newly established staff headquarters and other places, with high ranks, but no troops in their hands.

It was at this time that Alfonso and Prim had been cut off for several days, and he had noticed unusual behavior within the Liberal Government.

He sent someone to warn: "Is it possible that there was a coup d'état?" Prim may have been placed under house arrest. ”

A word wakes up the dreamer.

Prim's subordinate, General Fernando, led people to Francisco and asked to meet Prim, who had not appeared for five days.

Rightfully rejected by Francisco.

At this time, the fool knew that something was wrong, and Fernando went back to gather the army on the same day and prepared to enter the king of Jingqin.

But by this time the generals who had supported Francisco made excuses to stall for time.

The two sides fought without saying a word, and at first it was just a fight between the guards, but it soon developed into a large-scale military fight.

When the first gunshot rang out, the scene could no longer be controlled, and the former comrades-in-arms raised their guns and fired at each other.

After a night of fighting, the scene left only an empty barracks and corpses on the ground, and most of the soldiers fled the slaughterhouse with their trusted team.

In the end, the death toll exceeded 2000, and the generals died both two.

The officers loyal to Prim and pro-Francisco did not give up, and they managed to gather back the scattered ranks.

Even if some of them failed to be recalled because they ran too far or were too scattered, the two sides each pulled up tens of thousands of troops.

Since Madrid is located in the center of Spain, and the people who now control the government are Francisco, Fernando and others choose to retreat to remote areas such as Andalusia in southern Spain to find a way out.

Lacking the support of the administration, Fernando was disadvantaged in the repossession of the army, which at this time had 60,000 men in Francisco's government and 40,000 in Fernando's government, and was not yet popular with the autonomous government in the south.

What's worse is that, in addition to this, there are more than 50,000 guerrilla troops fighting with Carlos in the northern provinces, and nearly 80,000 troops fighting against Catalonia in Aragorn and other regions.

After Prim's loss, it was only natural that these armies would continue to obey the free government, after all, the government paid them, and Fernando's large army was too far away from them to be organized even if some of the officers sympathized with Prim.

As a result, the disparity between the two sides is 190,000 to 40,000, not counting the garrisons, police, and militia scattered throughout Spain.

Francisco had a chance to win, but for the sake of prudence, he kept Prim under house arrest to prevent the opposition from finding a backbone and leader.

On the other side, Catalonia,

Alfonso has been following the civil unrest in the Liberal Government, and he is interested in saving this supporter, and Fernando, although he is also more supportive of him, obviously does not intend to stand with him completely, and is ready to use his leverage to make judgments based on the situation.

But it is impossible to penetrate the 100,000 army head-on in a short period of time, and if he is really capable of fighting, then he doesn't need Prim.

The front doesn't work, but the side, he asked Adolf, who regretfully told him that the Progressive Guard didn't have such an ability, and that it was too far behind.

Alfonso had no choice but to lead the team to save people himself—that would have a chance.

Only now, he finally gave up the ideal of peaceful reunification and was ready to start a real battle with the Francisco government.

The disparity in strength is huge, but Alfonso is optimistic about the future.

Francisco's government is full of Prim's sympathizers, and in due course, it is highly likely that they will turn the tide and turn their backs.

Not to mention the large number of republicans among them, who believe that the disasters of Spain are the work of the king or the person who claims the throne, and that as long as a republic is established, there will be no war for the throne.

The split in the liberal government saw them as an opportunity, and the tide tended to intensify.

Considering that the republicans did not yet have a backbone, Alfonso asked a lieutenant named Ruben to disguise himself as a republican supporter and run around the Francisco government in an attempt to gain the dominant position of the republicans.

In addition, he quietly transported some overseas resources to the republicans through various means, giving them the confidence to revolt.

By now, the time was almost ripe for him to win a frontal battle, and the hesitant republicans would be able to take action and fight Francisco on several sides.