The site of the battle of the Italian and French volunteers soon became the interior of the small town of Alvanbra.

The French were unwilling to pay too many casualties unnecessarily, and their advance slowed down considerably.

With the help of the townspeople, they built simple fortifications that slowly but steadily pressed the Green Legion's defenses.

The plight of the Green Army soon reached Diego's ears, but the government forces were now struggling to maintain a frontal defence, let alone send people to support the flanks.

"Italians are unreliable!" He cursed.

I thought that after ten years of war, Italy was a real European power, and its combat effectiveness would not be too bad in any case.

I didn't expect 28,000 people to fight 21,000 people, it was still a defensive battle, and it was actually pressed and beaten!

But he can't do anything to the Italians no longer angry, not to mention that he doesn't have the heart to settle accounts with them.

The harsher truth lay before him - the government army suffered defeats both on the frontal battlefield and on the flanks.

If it's just a temporary defeat, it's acceptable, but it's a big deal to step back a little bit, and then slowly wait for reinforcements and coordination.

Today, the situation is different, there is already turmoil within the government army, and those who want to welcome back Marshal Prime, those who want to follow Ruben's example, and those who want to join Catalonia are mixed in the army.

Since the Ruben incident the day before yesterday, they have been waiting for news from the flanks to see if the Italians can pull off a miracle.

After the results came out, Diego had a hunch that he could no longer suppress them.

He shook his head, not thinking about the terrible future, but ordered: "Everyone retreat to the second line of defense, cancel all offensive plans!" ”

He made all the defensive plans and prepared for the coming storm.

At the same time, Diego is also thinking about his own way out, go back? Someone is always responsible for such a tragic failure, and I am the one who is responsible.

After the collapse of the liberal government, he may be liquidated and exiled as a war criminal.

And no one will sympathize with him, people will only remember that he could not defeat the inferior forces with superior forces, and sat back and watched the mass rebellion of his subordinates, disgrace the family, and the end may be the same as that of Manuel of the Carlos faction, or even worse than him.

Manuel accepted this ending, is he going to accept it?

If you don't want to face such a future, you have to find a winner, and the best chance of winning at the moment is obviously Catalonia.

To tell the truth, he is more acceptable to the title of traitor than waste, at least there is something to argue about abandoning the darkness and turning to the future generations, but the loser is irrefutable.

At this thought, he called a guard he trusted, and asked him to find an excuse to leave the position and make contact with the Catalan army on the opposite side to see what the other side would offer.

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The changes within the army did not surprise Diego, and after learning that the flanks had also failed, people could not sit still.

The government forces have almost no chance of winning, and with the incident, the free government is about to collapse, and those who should jump out of the car must jump out of the car now.

The forces of several parties have not discussed each other, but there is still a general tacit understanding, understanding that the government army cannot do with so many of them, simply not looking for opportunities like Ruben, and directly began to gather their own supporters openly, completely ignoring the army's orders.

There was an undercurrent within the army, and the front-line soldiers had no intention of fighting again, and at the first touch of the attack, they would collapse and withdraw from their current stronghold with a symbolic two shots, in which case the city of Teruel was already close at hand.

However, the Catalan army has encountered relatively stubborn resistance here, and this city is an important weight for Diego to negotiate conditions, and it cannot be thrown away casually.

"I'm about to win...... Diego couldn't sit still. Garcia laughed heartily, and when he heard of the arrival of Diego's emissary, he immediately told him to stop the attack.

The supreme commanders on the opposite side have all defected, and there is no need to continue to shed blood.

"Let that guard in." He said.

After the guards came in, they first saluted, and then directly issued Diego's conditions: "To help him overturn the case, it must be stated in the newspapers and in the official voice that it is not his responsibility to fail."

In addition, it is stated that he surrendered for the lives of innocent soldiers, and his heart was for the orthodox king, and not for other reasons.

And not to hold him, his family, or a few of his colleagues accountable.

Finally, in the future, Spain will give preferential treatment to his family's estate. ”

After the guard finished speaking in one breath, Garcia was a little stunned.

It's almost all honorable stuff and has no cost at all to the Catalan government.

With tens of thousands of troops and the great city of Teruel, Diego is the only one who asks for this? He didn't feel real.

Seeing this, Adolf next to him reminded: "He should want to quit the political and military circles, and it is good to be an ordinary powerless nobleman in the future and make money." ”

Garcia nodded, it makes sense when he thinks about it, even if he forcibly asks for an important position, the future Spanish government will definitely be excluded.

As a nobleman, Diego doesn't rely on this job to eat, if it's not good, it shouldn't be, the only thing he cares about is family honor and family property, and it is understandable to offer such conditions.

Garcia originally wanted to negotiate, but now there is no need to negotiate, and he immediately responded: "Yes, let him restrain the army and make a peaceful handover in three hours." ”

On the other hand, Diego breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news of Catalonia's agreement.

Although he felt that the other party had no reason to refuse this condition, what if Garcia was brainless, the stakes were high, and no one would not be nervous.

At this time, several familiar generals ran in and reported to him that they were no longer able to restrain the army, and asked him to think of a way.

Diego no longer had his previous worries, and said with a smile: "They gather them, we just have to listen to our soldiers, and it will not be my turn to worry about these things in the future." ”

After saying that, he seemed to let go of a heavy burden, and these bombs that could explode at any time in the barracks in the past made him sleep hard day and night.

The generals are not stupid, as soon as they heard this, they knew that he had also defected to the enemy.

In a sense, the defection of the Supreme Commander should be called the surrender of the General Commander, but they still have the strength to resist.

One of the generals hesitated and asked, "What about the army at the front?" Is it still holding the line of defense? ”

"No, you don't." Diego shook his head: "Not surprisingly, now the Catalan army has ceased fire.

Gather them together, so that they don't run away with the others, and pack them up and give them to Catalonia in three hours. ”