The sudden outbreak in Prussia caught everyone off guard, and the 200,000 people trapped in Metz were about to end.

No one expected that France would lose so quickly, retreating from the border to Paris in just four days, and it can only be said that the previous superficial balance of power concealment was indeed very good, not only from domestic politicians, but also from the melon-eating masses abroad.

The British were still secretly frightened, the French were able to fight back and forth with less than half of their troops, this combat power was too terrifying, if they passed the conscription bill, would they have to do it?

A few days ago, some people in the House of Commons even offered to give Prussia some support, so as not to quickly defeat the North-South Alliance.

Now it seems that supporting the French is about the same, and the unification of Prussia with German domination of the European continent is also not what Britain wants.

The influence of the siege of Metz continued to ferment, and the proposal to aid the French artillery was only a draft, but the change in British attitude was immediate.

The most obvious change was that the British were no longer so focused on Italian interests, and the tone of affairs about Sicily was somewhat relaxed.

According to Edward, they intended to make peace in Spain and Italy, and then go to the Franco-Prussian battlefield as soon as possible.

Although Spain's army combined is not as large as the Metz fortress, and no one can say exactly how much it can play, but it is better to be able to participate in the battle immediately.

As long as it can be delayed, the forces that France can mobilize are quite large, and in history, in the absence of organization and relying on patriotic enthusiasm, France has quickly armed millions of soldiers.

Not to mention that this time the three emperors have not been captured, and the legitimate government has not yet fallen.

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In addition to Prussia, the happiest must be Italy, the good brothers so fierce finally let them see the hope of victory, in a trance as if back to the Itone-Austrian war of 1866, they just need to lie down and win.

But in fact, this war was very different from the previous one, after the victory in France, Italy proposed to declare war on France in exchange for Prussia's declaration of war on Austria, but Prussia ruthlessly refused.

For a long time to come, they were left on their own.

It's not going to be easy in Italy at the moment, and the time is almost November, and most of the factories in Italy have been shut down, in addition to the collapse of orders, the shortage of raw materials and coal is also an important reason.

The front line can be stable for a while, but the people in the country cannot endure this kind of life for a long time.

On October 22, two uprisings broke out in southern Italy.

The reason is that a few old nobles of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, who are not recognized by the current government, are unwilling to be lonely, and secretly fund and arm more than 50 militias to storm the city hall building in Naples.

An attempt was made to control the army in the Campania region by controlling government officials.

If all goes well, it is still possible to turn Campania into an autonomous region of Campania, taking advantage of the tense fighting ahead, and not talking about dreams such as fighting for independence.

When the time comes, these low-level nobles who have been canceled because of too many nobles in southern Italy, will also be able to regain their identities, or even go further.

They almost succeeded.

With the security paid in advance, they quickly seized the government building, and the officials cooperated and smoothly handed over control of the city's police.

It's a pity that something went wrong in the process of mobilizing the army.

The first thing the old nobles did when they got the right was to restore their titles, and after gathering a battalion of more than 600 people into the city, they demanded allegiance from the army directly in front of everyone, to Francesco II in Rome.

However, they did not expect that the officers were not puppeteers, but had their own ideas, and the appeal of the old king of the Two Sicilies was not as strong as they thought.

The deputy battalion commander killed one of the nobles on the spot.

This incident was like a signal, and the dozens of people brought by the nobles were quickly all captured.

Seeing that the matter was over, the high-ranking government leaders who had been controlled regrouped and, after giving a few verbal praises, wanted to see where the army had come from.

Perhaps because they saw the servile appearance of the officials before, and then thought of the recent arrears of wages and deducted food due to the shortage of materials, the soldiers were angry and directly put the officials under house arrest for the second time, and declared the Republic of Naples in the name of Garibaldi.

It is said that the citizens of Naples were very supportive of the idea of a republic, and some even spontaneously built fortifications to cope with the impending counterinsurgency.

The Italian government reacted unpleasantly, and soon gathered a counterinsurgency force of 3,000 men from the surrounding areas.

However, rebellions with popular support are not so easy to resolve, especially since this uprising has made a good start for the rest of Italy, and there will certainly be no shortage of such rebellions in the future.

In addition to the use of force, the government also approached Garibaldi, who declared a republic in his name, and as long as he could condemn it, the legitimacy of this republican government would be shattered.

However, Garibaldi's attitude towards this matter was very ambiguous, not only refusing the kingdom's request, but also the grapevine that he had drawn several officers from the Italian Volunteer Army to help.

It had been two days since the news reached Spain, and the time lag between them was that the Italian government was trying to conceal it, and it was impossible to hide the rebellion.

The news gave the impression that Italy was about to disintegrate.

But that's a good thing for Alfonso.

In recent days, Spain has been negotiating with Britain as they prepare to "fully fulfill their obligations as allies," and this change will make their actions easier.

And Alfonso only wants Sardinia and Sicily, and is not interested in the Kingdom of Naples, if Italy can be dispersed into several pieces, or even just local autonomy, it will allow Spain to project influence better......

The plan to fulfill the obligation would be to send 30,000 men to seize Sardinia and Sicily at the same time, and to make the occupation a given, and the British would no longer be so stubborn about Sicily.

Since Italy had given up resistance, it was impossible for the landing plan to fail, and Alfonso was more concerned about the situation on the Franco-Prussian battlefield than with that.

Ever since Nasan had retreated to Paris, Eugenie had sent him a telegram one day, urging him to hurry up and send his troops.

Eugenie's words Alfonso can still be ignored, but if he takes four, he can't, after all, he is one of his few friends.

After following his father to the battlefield, Nasi was much more mature than before, and the letter he sent to Alfonso was also sincere, hoping that he would save France.

To be honest, Alfonso is quite sad, but it is more in the interests of Spain to give way to personal feelings for the interests of the country, and to lose both the law.

If you really go to help France stabilize the front now, then the next plot is a million French supermen storming Berlin.