Unlike the victorious French, the soldiers of the Green Legion did not want to fight this battle.

The members of the Mobile Guard had already been trained in France before, and after coming to Spain, they were only reorganized and strengthened, and they were really soldiers who had received more complete training, while many members of the Green Legion had really only been trained for a week, and the fighting will of the two sides naturally could not be compared.

What's more, despite the fact that Milan and Florence, both of which were conscription sites, were among the largest cities in Italy, one of which was a temporary capital, but in fact, it was only recently snatched from Austria and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany respectively.

The soldiers did not have a high centripetal force towards the Kingdom of Italy, let alone come to fight in Spain, which was far away from their homeland, and they had no sense of honor among the great powers, and their first consideration was how to protect themselves and return to their homeland alive.

Guided by this ideology, the Green Legion hurried and finally arrived at Alvanbra at 3 p.m. on October 18, ahead of the Blue Legion, where the mayor and garrison officers cordially met with them, helped them to enter the pre-set fortifications, and organized the townspeople to further improve them.

It is worth noting that although the townspeople acted under the pressure of the army and the mayor, anyone could see that they were not highly motivated and worked slowly.

It is not difficult to understand that the liberal government is heavily in debt, and before that they have managed to squeeze every penny they can in the country, especially the poor.

The town of Alvanbra is one of the victims, with many struggling to make ends meet.

Catalonia and the Free Government, though hostile, were part of Spain, and private communication between the people was never really broken, and the townspeople had heard that the other side could manage food, at least not let people starve to death anyway, and that it was far safer than the Free Government.

In this case, of course, they are eager for Catalonia to liberate them sooner rather than later.

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The liberators were not far away, and the blue army led by Baptiste had already rushed to the outskirts of Alvanbra, and as long as they crossed the river in front of them, they would officially enter the town.

But the bridge over the river had been blown away by the defenders, and on the other side of the river, dozens of government soldiers were watching nervously, and Baptiste saw someone riding to the center of the town, where tens of thousands of enemy soldiers would soon be in tow.

He glanced at the rushing water, a tributary of the Elbro River in Aragon, which was quite wide, and it coincided with the turn of summer and autumn, and the rainfall was not low, and the water was so deep that it was impossible to pass it directly.

Fortunately, Catalonia had a full range of troops, and in anticipation of this situation, he immediately ordered the sappers to build a pontoon bridge, and when the supplies they carried were a little tight, he sent people to the nearby peasants' houses to collect sturdy planks and ropes.

The Catalan soldiers had acted quite decisively, but a pontoon bridge was not so easy to build, and in the end it was not built in time for the arrival of government troops.

Two brigades of the Green Corps came to the other side of the river and fired across the river with the Blue Corps, but the Italians were inferior in terms of equipment, numbers, and will to fight.

The exchange of fire did not last long before the Green Corps could not afford the high casualties and retreated to a distance of 400-500 meters from the river, only firing and delaying the enemy's movement with artillery from a distance.

This was an effective move, as half of the bridge was destroyed in the fierce fighting, and the French had to rebuild the bridge under heavy artillery fire, enduring heavy casualties and a steep increase in the failure rate.

On the other hand, he sent a regiment to the lower reaches of the river to prepare for the dark of the river, first let the regiment quietly build the bridge and cross the river quietly, and then rely on them to hold the pontoon bridge on the other side of the river.

He didn't know if this method would work, and if it didn't work, he would only have to take a detour of dozens of kilometers, but then the variables would increase irrepressibly.

There was a stalemate on both the front and the flanks, but the government forces still had internal enemies.

On the second day of the battle, Ruben gathered the supporters of the republican faction and told everyone that they could start an uprising now, but unfortunately there were few responders, and some of the officers who had been promised to do so temporarily changed their minds in order to follow up.

Even if he was more determined, he advised Ruben to wait a little longer, and now that the war was only a short time underway, it would be better to wait for Catalonia and the government army to consume each other for a while.

Reuben knows that what they say has a point, but he is not really a republican, his purpose has always been to reduce the losses of Catalonia, what if it continues to be consumed and let the republicans sit big?

He rejected all the suggestions and pulled in a few hardcore supporters and enthusiastic youths, who planned to blow up the important armaments of the government army during the rotation of the army, and the main targets were ammunition depots and Krupp artillery.

It's not hard to say, now all European countries have begun to produce grenades, the production has increased sharply, and the price is much cheaper.

The Liberal Government purchased a lot in Italy some time ago, and now each government infantry is equipped with 2 grenades in their hands, and they can receive them again if necessary.

As long as it is planned properly, there is a great hope of success, provided that no one informs it, but the possibility of someone informing is very small, and the officers just want to delay the time to observe the situation, and do not follow the free government in a dead end.

The government only knew that Ruben was a republican, but it didn't know when he would start an incident and how he would act.

At noon on the 19th, taking advantage of the rotation, a total of 4 companies and 1 battalion rebelled, and the total number reached several hundred, the reason why it did not reach thousands was because the officers temporarily informed the soldiers that they were going to start an incident, and even with the persistent propaganda and brainwashing in the past, more than half of the soldiers were still unwilling to follow them, and even though a fierce gun battle broke out.

When the soldiers were told the truth, the troops had already been taken by the officers to the artillery position and near the No. 2 ammunition depot, and while they had drawn their guns and fired at their former comrades, they did not forget to throw grenades at these places.

In the end, 1 Krupp heavy gun and 10 artillery pieces were destroyed, a chain explosion occurred at ammunition depot No. 2, and more than 2,000 shells were burned in the incident.

The soldiers also paid a heavy price, and even with the feints of the frontal troops, less than 100 escaped and slipped into the nearby mountains and forests.

Among them was Reuben, and if the government forces were ultimately defeated, he would come back and gather his men, and his influence would not be comparable before.