Chapter 82: The Civil War Ends

Although the republicans, Carlos, and remnants of the government army still exist on Spanish soil, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the restoration of Bourbon is unstoppable.

This result was greatly unexpected by all parties, and it was expected that it would take several months, but under the internal turmoil and Diego's backlash, the government army could not hold out for even a week.

Nasan sent a congratulatory telegram, and since the civil war had not really ended, there was no mention of the return of the Blue Army, which greatly enriched Catalonia's troops.

The military ministry is already considering whether to lift the mobilization order.

But the dismissal will have to wait until Madrid, so Catalonia still maintains an army of 80,000 troops, and these 80,000 troops rushed straight to Madrid, which frightened Francisco.

He hastened to write a letter begging Alfonso to spare him, and that he was willing to hand over peacefully to the territory under the control of the Free Government, and at the end of the letter he did not forget to remind Andalusia that there were still 30,000 men under his orders, and that the Free Government still had all the Spanish navy in its hands.

"Your Majesty, Francisco's offer is not excessive...... He only wants to keep part of his property out of the country and make us publicly promise to pardon him. Campos said he was clearly more inclined to accept the other side's terms.

The tens of thousands of government troops are insignificant, but if Francisco jumps over the wall and sinks the ship, it will be a big problem, and Spain is a colonial empire that cannot do without a navy.

Alfonso understood what Campos meant, and he smiled contemptuously: "Did Francisco personally blow up the ship with bombs?"

It is estimated that even the police dogs of the free government want to resign, let alone let the navy blow up their own jobs, relax, and it will be fine.

Francisco must not let go, there must always be a culprit in this war, and Prim has defected to us, so we can only attack him. ”

"Uh. But ......" Campos hesitated, but said, "As long as he wants to go, it will be difficult for us to catch him, and both Italy and the United States may provide asylum." ”

"It's okay, just put your attitude out, as long as there is no negotiation, Francisco will not dare to defend the city." Alfonso was sure.

What happened later was as expected, seeing Catalonia's tough attitude, Francisco ran directly, and if he didn't run again, he risked being fenced and caught.

The prime minister ran away, and the others naturally had no reason to fight, and Catalonia easily took the capital, with a total casualties of no more than 20 people.

Then it came to the point of transmission, and the government troops in the south were still loyal, but the dragons were leaderless and could only be forced to lay down their arms and surrender.

Not to mention the government forces in the north and Fernand's ministry, a letter to the past directly ordered troops to come to Madrid to report.

The only ones who still resisted were the Carlos and the Republicans, who, despite the great conflict of ideas, were forced to merge and now fight together in the mountains and forests of the north.

Ruben temporarily served as Carlos's deputy, and the two sides agreed to divide the northeastern region as a republican autonomous region after conquering Spain, and let the republicans manage it themselves.

Unfortunately, their blueprint is doomed to be useless, 40,000 Catalan troops and 20,000 French troops are already rushing over there, and with Ruben joining forces, it will not take long to defeat them.

On 15 November, in the presence of nearly 100,000 troops and envoys, Alfonso declared the successful end of the Francisco rebellion, which had lasted for more than a year, and ended in an orthodox Bourbon victory.

Of course, there are still Carlos bandits in the north, but that's another rebellion, yard by yard.

It is worth mentioning that Francisco fell out with Italy and ran away to the United States by boat through Portugal, but Alfonso rejected Adolf's offer to send someone to assassinate him, but silently kept it in his heart.

On the 16th, the capital of the Kingdom of Spain was moved from Barcelona back to Madrid, and the lengthy post-war reconstruction work began.

The first step is naturally to disband the army, counting the surrendered army, even if some are decommissioned, the current Spanish army has reached as many as 200,000, which is really a bit huge for Spain, which has no land enemies.

Of course, it is still necessary to keep a considerable part, and according to the plan of the military department, first of all, tens of thousands of people are needed on the French border.

And then there are the colonies, needless to say a few small colonies in the Moroccan region, just put a few thousand people, the Kingdom of Morocco is quite divided internally, the defense is okay, the attack cannot be organized at all, not to mention that they dare not touch the Spanish tiger whiskers.

Spain's two important colonies, Cuba and the Philippines, of which there were no large rebellions in the Philippines, and small rebellions continued, requiring 1-20,000 men.

In Cuba, another colony, the current situation is very bad.

The struggle for independence, which began last year as a result of the Prim rebellion, has already won a number of battles this year, and the Republic of Cuba was established seven months ago.

It is not the main thing to lose some territory for the time being, if the national consciousness spreads into the wind, or if too many people die and Cuba hates Spain, it will be very detrimental to the future rule and must be extinguished with a thunderbolt! To achieve this, the military department plans to send 50,000 troops!

You must know that the total population of Cuba is only 1.5 million, and 50,000 is a very rich number.

In addition, there are troops stationed in various regions of Spain to maintain stability, which will cost tens of thousands of men.

As for the Roman garrison, the two sides have not yet negotiated, and it is estimated that the war of Carlos should be over by then, and the northern army should be transferred directly.

All in all, it is estimated that 170,000 troops will need to be retained, a figure that is just enough to lift the mobilization order and allow the Catalan reserves to go home.

However, at Alfonso's request, the military department had no choice but to reduce the number of troops stationed in various places and the troops stationed on the Spanish-French border, not counting the 20,000 French volunteers, and the total number of troops was set at 140,000.

For no other reason, Spain has no money!

By the time the war was fought, the money for the seizure of the family and Queen Isabella had long since run out, and Catalonia had even issued some additional war bonds, and now it was time to repay them.