Chapter 81: The Battle of Aragon Ends
Seeing that Diego didn't care about them at all, the forces of all parties acted even more arrogantly.
However, seeing that the Catalans on the other side stopped attacking, some smart people also muttered in their hearts: "That guy Diego won't be with us!" ”
As it turns out, it's really a gang!
Diego found the side that was ready to join Catalonia and showed them that they wanted to do it, that everyone was their own people, so there was no need to divide into two teams.
As soon as the news of the Supreme Commander's defection to the enemy spread, the republicans put themselves in danger, fearing a blow from the Catalan side.
They can't beat Diego alone, let alone the Catalan army.
But they thought too much, Diego already had a psychological shadow about the war, even if he could destroy them, he didn't want to move, he just wanted to leave things to Catalonia.
As for Catalonia, Ruben was sent back to organize the team.
Soon, nearly 10,000 republican soldiers gathered on a flat ground, and Reuben, who had rushed back, was elected temporary leader.
His rank is too low, his background is not high, and there are many people who disobey him, but as long as ordinary soldiers think that he is a hero, his leadership position cannot be shaken.
"We'd better hurry up, Lieutenant Reuben, you may not know that Diego has already taken refuge in Bourbon!" One of the battalion commanders proposed: "Let's go west, away from Catalonia!" ”
Reuben looked at him with a smirk, his task this time was to bring together the supporters of the republic and find an opportunity to hand everyone over to Catalonia.
When the time comes, the exile of those who should be exiled, the imprisonment of those who should be imprisoned, and the co-optation of those who should be co-opted, then it is not his business.
In order to achieve this goal, it is better not to go too far, it is impossible to go to the west, it is better to go to the north to find the Kalos faction to unite, and then strike back, so that they will not scurry around in the mountains and disturb the people.
"Nope." Ruben shook his head: "There are only a few thousand of us, and we lack everything, and there are too many variables to cross half of Spain." ”
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the north and fight guerrilla with Carlos." "It's too far to the south and too far to the west, and it could collide with the remnants of the Liberal Government," he explained.
Go to the north, there are many mountains, suitable for the survival of weak forces, even if Catalonia fights, it will deal with the liberal government and the Carlos faction first. ”
The battalion commander of the "......" was a little unconvinced, if you want to talk about mountains, where in Spain are there not many mountains? But he couldn't come up with a good solution for a while.
Not to mention that there is no time to argue now, in his point of view, Catalonia could crush them at any moment.
Seeing that no one spoke, Reuben assumed that everyone acquiesced, and immediately ordered the army to set off to the north.
As soon as they walked on their front foot, the Catalan army marched into the city of Teruel.
In addition to the more than 60,000 troops waiting to be recruited, nearly 10,000 troops hope to return to Prim's command.
In addition, the republicans ran away with 7 or 8,000 people, and the government troops who were unwilling to surrender ran with more than 10,000 people.
Catalonia has already sent troops to chase them, and the government forces are really chasing, and they can't run far.
Garcia triumphantly walked into the city of Teruel, and after enjoying the cheers of the victors, his officers ran up to him and reported to him the thoughts of the supporters of the near 10,000 primes.
"Uh-huh." Garcia nodded repeatedly: "That means they are willing to fight in our sequence, but they must be formed into a separate division, and they will be handed over to Prim after they reach Madrid, right?" ”
After receiving an affirmative reply from the officer, he smiled casually: "What's not to do?" Anyway, give it to Prim, and he will return it back.
But don't form divisions, these armies will have to be retrained, and unqualified personnel will be eliminated according to Catalan standards, and if there is not enough to make up a division, it will be organized into a brigade. ”
Garcia felt that it was very indifferent to this formality, and these soldiers and officers were not necessarily very loyal to Prim, but only wanted to obtain a special status that was different from other armies and obtain more benefits.
After saying that, he went to prepare for the surrender ceremony, and he asked Alfonso if he wanted to come, but Alfonso felt that it would be no glory to win this kind of civil war, and let him deal with it himself.
The surrender ceremony was in full swing on one side, and the Green Legion was still fighting with the French on the other side.
The Italians are not superior in all aspects except for numbers, but they are still a long way from really deciding the winner.
After waiting for a long time, the Green Legion finally waited for the emissary of the government army, and as soon as he was full of anticrative desire to ask if there were any reinforcements, the emissary took the first step to tell them that their home was gone, and everyone had surrendered to Catalonia, and advised them to surrender with Lilly.
The Italians were stunned.
Even if the messenger showed Diego's letter and his saber, they did not want to believe that it was true.
There are so many people on the front, and they voted after only a few days, and the helpers haven't surrendered yet!
The Green Legion sent a number of cavalry to confirm the news, nervously awaiting the final result.
But seeing that the French on the opposite side stopped attacking, they all had a bad premonition in their hearts.
Sure enough, the premonition came true, and the cavalry returned to tell them that it was true, and they all surrendered!
A rootless duckweed exotic army, what else can they do? It was only possible to obediently lay down his arms, get out of the bunkers and batteries, and surrender to the French on the opposite side.
The hearts of the Italian soldiers were full of humiliation, but many were relieved, and the next thing was to wait for the motherland to redeem them, although they had lost their dignity, so that they did not have to continue to fight against the devilish French.
At this point, the Battle of Aragon came to an end.