London, United Kingdom.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Viscount of Melbourne, is planning the enthronement of Queen Victoria, who will be crowned at Westminster Abbey a year later.

The queen had just ascended the throne, and the whole country was in chaos.

Palmerston took a letter, opened it, and after two glances, he slammed it on the ground.

"These damn bastards should exile all the French emperors to St. Helena!"

The Viscount of Melbourne glanced at Palmerston and smiled.

"Mr. Palmerston, be happy that Her Majesty has just ascended the throne, and don't let the Queen see it and think that we don't welcome her. The British Empire is not afraid of any challenge, and what is there is to let go beforehand. ”

Palmerston angrily handed the letter to the Viscount of Melbourne, who opened the letter and immediately saw his blood pressure soar, eager to tear the letter to shreds immediately.

"Don't tear it, Her Majesty hasn't seen it yet." Palmerston reminded.

The Viscount of Melbourne had to withdraw his hand stupidly, but he really did not expect that the Spaniard would marry the French, and the marriage was still with the young Majesty the Queen.

"We must not accept the appearance of such a behemoth in Europe, it is not in the interests of the British Empire!" Said the Viscount of Melbourne.

"That's nature, we don't have a choice." Palmerston replied.

"What about the reaction of the Russians?" The Viscount of Melbourne asked.

Tsar Nicholas I was at first furious, because it reminded him of the Napoleonic Empire, which had burned Moscow. However, his advisers reminded him that the combination of France and Spain would give us no time to look east, so that the Russian Empire would be able to monopolize the Ottoman legacy. ”

The "Eastern Question", over the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, became the subject of European diplomacy in the nineteenth century. Turkey, with its encompassing Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and North Africa, is strategically important as the continent's gateway to the Middle East, the Middle East, and Asia.

The Balkans and the Mediterranean region are rich in coal, iron, cotton and other resources, and are a favorable sales market and raw material production area. Britain saw the Ottoman Empire as the object of its expansion into the Middle East and the focal point of contention with the Tsar.

The other two areas of contention between Britain and Russia were Afghanistan and the Qing Dynasty.

And the representative of the Russian threat theory is this Lord Palmerston, who naturally will not let go of this opportunity to discredit Russia, because he still has to implement his anti-Russian plan around the world.

"Damn the Russians." The Viscount of Melbourne did not comment much on the tsarist government, as he himself did not want war with the tsar.

"And what about Austria's attitude?"

"Austria? You know, their emperor, a bit of that, our ambassador doesn't think highly of him. As for that regency council, they don't care about international affairs at all, they only care about themselves. Palmerston replied.

"It's not like there's no reply." Palmerston spoke in a slightly squirming tone.

"What did they say!"

"Archduke Franz Karl, who said he was going to the wedding of Isabella II and Prince Antoine."

"Really! Idiot! One is six years old, the other is twelve, he has no common sense? Viscount Melbourne said.

Palmerston and the Viscount of Melbourne were silent for a moment...

"Then they will sit back and watch, the monster of France and Spain will be born?!" The Viscount of Melbourne asked.

"At least for now, there has been no movement. Prime Minister, why don't you ask Prussia? ”

"Their opinion doesn't matter."

"All right, Prime Minister. In fact, King William IV of Prussia protested to France and Spain. Palmerston shrugged, "But no one cares." ”

"Where's Carlos?" The Viscount of Melbourne asked.

"Still hiding in the Pyrenees in northern Spain, after the death of General Sulama, the army of the Carlos faction was scattered. At its peak, the Carlos faction had 70,000 troops, but now it is probably less than 20,000. Palmerston replied.

"So, you send someone to contact Carlos and tell him that we are willing to support him. But Spain had to remain neutral and not ally with France. ”

Spain, Pyrenees.

"Damn! Damn it! I never asked Louis Philippe to marry my heir to the princess of the House of Orleans. Why don't you believe me, this is a conspiracy of the false queens, they are slandering me and trying to destroy my reputation. ”

Carlos roared hysterically, but Carlos's generals and staff fell silent.

Some people can't help but wonder in their hearts, "Is the throne of France not as important as your reputation?" We'd rather it be true, now that Queen Regent Cristina and France have joined forces, is there any hope for the Carlospies? ”

"Damn, the Puppet is in alliance with Louis Philippe, they are writing this letter to humiliate us! You say yes, right? Maroto. ”

The pseudo-queen refers to Queen Regent Christina.

Rafael Maroto was Carlos' most trusted general, but he never stopped contacting the Queen Regent. It's just that he did it very secretively, so that Carlos considered his staunchest supporter.

Historically, it was this Rafael Maroto who killed the main general of the Carlos faction and cut off Carlos' hopes with his own hands.

"Your Majesty, I know you've worked hard. There is no need for you to hide this fact, I think that all necessary means can be taken for the sake of your throne ...

"Shut up! Maroto! I'm telling you! I have never asked the Orleans family to marry, and I will never let my son marry a woman from the Orleans! They will only pollute my family's bloodline! ”

The generals of the Carlos faction had to look at each other, but most of them hoped that Carlos would marry his eldest son to Louis Philippe's daughter, so that at least there would be any hope of neutrality for the French.

But Carlos denied it as if he were enchanted, much to the disappointment of his generals.

Maroto, in particular, had long had plans to abandon Carlos' surrender to Queen Regent Cristina.

It's only now that Carlos's supporters are still in the majority in the army, and he has to endure it.

One of the generals said, "Your Majesty, the French have closed their borders and refused to sell us food and medicine, and if this continues, it won't be long before our supplies are exhausted, and then we will really be finished." ”

"There is also news that the French are already gathering troops, and they are ready to cooperate with the puppet army to completely trap us in the mountains." Another general said.

In the four years since he started the army, Carlos has never shown any military talent, and this time was no exception, he just sat down in a chair with a slump.

At this time, the Spanish government army had gathered 50,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry, ready to cooperate with the French to completely destroy the remnants of the Carlos faction entrenched in the Pyrenees.

In fact, the total strength of the Spanish government army has reached 250,000, but due to the tyranny and natural disasters over the years, there have been continuous uprisings in various parts of Spain, and enough troops must be left in the local area to suppress the uprisings that occur from time to time.

This time, Queen Regent Christiana sent her most trusted general and the most powerful corps, hoping to cooperate with the French to completely eliminate the threat of Carlos.

However, the French commander in charge of the operation, Lieutenant General Pierre, was ordered to fight with the Spaniards.