On 7 October, Alfonso spoke again in the central square of Catalonia, and when it finally came time to meet the poor man, he announced that the orthodox Spanish government would be temporarily moved from Madrid to Barcelona, which is now the capital of Spain.

He also declared that the current Madrid government is a puppet regime with no legitimacy, and that from now on, Spain will crush the Francisco rebels at all costs.

The crowd in the square cheered at the news, and Alfonso's women's work, the wage law introduced a few days ago, the free delivery of babies, etc., had given them tangible favors, and they naturally supported Alfonso's rule.

The final result of the Battle of Lleida was also in, the 1:4 ratio of battle losses shocked everyone, and with the recent deployment of grenades, the self-confident Catalans were eager day and night to avenge the 7,000 people who had died.

Alfonso was quite satisfied with the reaction of the people, and it was in vain that he legislated to set a minimum wage, which would never have been passed in Britain and France, and would have allowed the dictatorship to make a statement.

In order not to weaken the competitiveness of products, a small percentage of the wages of factory employees are now prescribed by the government.

Of course, the labor cost is not high in these years, and they are only making up the unqualified wages under certain conditions, and in fact it does not cost much, with the current amount, it is about 20 years enough to fight the Battle of Lleida.

For the war, he has thought about a direct sneak attack, anyway, since the free government kicked Isabella out, until now, the two sides have not reconciled, and theoretically have been in a state of hostility.

But as the king of Spain, it is more important to show trustworthiness and politeness that can be recognized by others, not to mention that both sides are facing each other, and a sneak attack will not benefit much.

"Your Majesty, Garcia has already rushed to the front, and the army will start attacking in 8 hours." Campos said.

Alfonso nodded, they had been planning for a long time for this attack, all the equipment was fully equipped, and in addition to the Armstrong cannon and the Chasebo rifle, there was no possibility of losing, only two results: big victory and small victory.

In fact, the only way to start the operation now is to wait for a few production lines and some ore resources in the United States, and at the beginning of the war, the blockade of the coastline by the Francisco government was inevitable.

Fortunately, it was secretly transported, otherwise they would have been robbed halfway without the navy.

Alfonso's declaration of hostility was soon learned of by Francisco, who was somewhat distressed and had been in trouble lately.

Many generals and government officials in the free government are asking for Prim to be released, and that's all, as long as Prim exists, this voice will not be able to be silenced.

What's even more troublesome is that Fernando led people to occupy a lot of territory in Andalusia, even Granada, the capital of the province of Granada, and he had to send troops to fight it, otherwise it would be a matter of time before Andalusia seceded.

Andalusians are equally less fond of the Spanish government, and although independence sentiment is much weaker than in Catalonia and the Basque Country, a breakaway is still possible, and the free government can no longer afford to lose the most populous autonomous region.

This action held back more than 50,000 of his mobile forces.

The northern army did not listen to the announcement, and many army chiefs feared that if they returned to Madrid, they would be taken back like many colleagues, so they simply began to paddle, and the battle with Carlos's army was stopped.

As long as Francisco asked them back, they would be "the war is tense and there is no time to get out".

By now, Francisco, with an army of 200,000, had almost no mobile force, and as for the 80,000 troops of Aragon and Valencia, he did not have the slightest hope of defeating the 65,000 troops of Catalonia.

"Arrange for the Mediterranean Fleet to blockade the coastline of Catalonia." He commanded dryly.

This action could only serve as a blow to the economy, and Catalonia deployed several tons of Armstrong heavy guns in important ports, which posed a great threat to the Mediterranean fleet, so it was difficult to bomb the ports.

It can only blow up buildings and small villages along the coast, but this kind of action can only provoke revenge on the other side, and the actual effect is quite limited.

And they were unable to organize enough troops to carry out a landing operation, so it can be said that they had powerful ships and had nowhere to do it.

"We still need a strong army...... "Francisco sighed, thinking of Prince Leopold of Prussia, who was now the only one who could help him against Alfonso, who had the support of France as strong as France.

After hesitating for a moment, he still felt that after this battle was fought first, 80,000 people fought 65,000 people, and he was still the defender, so he would not lose too badly.

Seeing its own strength, Prussia will be willing to invest and negotiate better terms.

……

In the barracks of Aragon, 24-year-old Lieutenant Ruben also received the news, and he was overjoyed that it was finally time for him to perform.

He was originally a Bourbon in the government, and when the Progressive Guard approached him, he did not hesitate to agree to play the role of a republican supporter.

As a minor aristocrat, it was easier for the republicans to regard him as one of their own, and since he had only returned from serving in Cuba against the Independence Army, he claimed to have known some big people in the United States without the slightest suspicion.

Under his guidance, many officers regarded him as a person who could be trusted.

Although he is only a deputy company commander now, he is the de facto company commander, and the company commander from a civilian background listens to him for everything.

“…… Clearly, when they are in the middle of a fierce battle, we will revolt from behind! Reuben found a few company commanders he trusted and instructed them.

They are all reserve troops, and they don't have to go to the battlefield as soon as possible.

"But that's what we ......do," someone hesitated, they only added up to a few hundred people, no matter how you look at it, it's a death move.

"As long as there is chaos in the rear, the front will soon be defeated, and then those wavering battalion commanders and even division commanders will respond to us." Ruben cheered up: "Everyone, the country of freedom and democracy is beckoning, hot-blooded man, and the achievement is today!" ”

“！” The freedom fighters, whose average age was less than 30 years old, looked at each other and made up their minds: "It's done!" ”