"Crazy! You and Randre Promi are crazy! Our city is connected to the Austrian Empire, and what happened here will be known in a few hours.

In one day the Austrians will be able to send an army to surround us, and then our cities, our homes, will be destroyed just like in 1241! ”

A few activists who had recently joined the Polish Restoration Army did not listen to the nonsense of a group of old men, but were driven out of the town hall with sticks, which they were going to use as the temporary palace of His Majesty Landre Promius I.

A young man stepped on a former parliamentarian and said.

"The Austrians can't come! His Majesty Landrey Promy I has sent someone to blow up all the railways to Krakow! ”

At this time, the faces of several old councillors became even more ugly, because it was built at the expense of the Free City of Krakow, and the railway was the city's financial route.

Bombs were carried out on the railways around Krakow, and of course news of the bombing of the arsenal spread from Krakow.

However, this news was not fatal to Landre Promi, as he had already purchased a large amount of supplies in advance in the name of the Free City of Krakow, which was not only a commercial capital, but also a university town.

There were enough experts, scholars, and craftsmen to organize an arsenal, and Landre Promi's main concern was how many men he could mobilize to defend Krakow.

Although Landre Promi ordered someone to blow up the railroad, he couldn't do anything about the pigeon.

So Vienna soon received news of the Krakow rebellion, which made Prince Metternich very excited, after all, it was not at all a concept to annex a rich traditional city and manage some poor mountain ravines in the Balkans.

And in the eyes of Prince Metternich, some of Franz's actions were very likely to anger the Russians and the British.

The Holy Alliance and the Vienna system were Metternich's triumph, and he may have been a little out of step with the times in some things, but he was very clear on the point of the Russo-Austrian Alliance, the fundamental interests of Austria.

Without the goodwill of Russia, every move of Austria would have been difficult.

Returning to the Galician rebellion, Metternich was ready to immediately let the Count of Stadion suppress it, and then send a group of troops to take over Krakow.

"Count Latour, do you have any suitable candidates?"

Before the Minister of War could speak, Franz jumped out first.

"Prime Minister, I want to go."

Franz was naturally acquiescing to going to the royal family, Archduke Franz Karl was very easy to solve, and although Archduke Louis had some minor contradictions with the former, he was very clear about his position, so he would not look for trouble.

Franz's decision to go would be a disupstation for Latour and Prince Metternich, because doing so would undoubtedly increase the uncertainty.

Count Korolav felt that Franz had done the right thing, after all, the entire Austrian Empire was looking forward to the birth of a great monarch.

And the "momentum" that has been created for so many years before, now it's time for the main actor to perform.

"Grand Duke Franz, this trip is very dangerous, I suggest sending 200,000 troops."

Although this figure is exaggerated, the Count of Latour and the Prince of Metternich approve of it, after all, if Franz goes to this battle to calm the chaos, it will be an exhibition match.

Just like when the 100,000-strong army attacked Serbia, which had given up resistance, it could only win but not lose, and not only win, but also win beautifully.

What is the concept of sending 200,000 troops? After two frictions with France, the Austrian Empire sent only 200,000 troops, plus the original 100,000 garrisons in Galicia, the total strength would reach a terrifying 300,000.

This was definitely the largest military operation of the Austrian Empire since the Napoleonic Wars, and it might even cause panic in neighboring Prussia, whose standing army was about to be 200,000.

Franz was a little speechless, the purpose of his trip was to quickly put down the rebellion, and it would take at least a few weeks for Austria to gather the 200,000 troops and transport them to Galicia.

Moreover, not to mention the people and money, the surrounding countries are either ready to move, or they have become frightened birds, which is really a bit more than worth the loss.

"I think that three thousand men, with the cooperation of the Count of Stadion, should be able to quickly suppress this uprising."

After all, in history, before the Austrian Empire could send troops to suppress it, the Galician uprising was suppressed by the people themselves.

Faced with the murderous serfs, the rebels even had to take the initiative to seek the protection of the Austrian army.

"Three thousand?"

How could a few old foxes not know what those three thousand people were referring to, Franz's dragon knights had already arrived in Vienna in advance.

It's just that 3,000 people is too few, and in their eyes it's a rebel army all over the ground. If Franz doesn't go, he needs to send 20,000 men, and if Franz goes, he has to send at least 200,000.

"Grand Duke Franz, you have only seen war in books, and real war is very dirty and obscene. In order to win the enemy, they will go to great lengths to use all kinds of underhanded means, and the morale of the soldiers is usually positively correlated with the number of soldiers.

If you only bring a few thousand people and see tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of rebels on the other side, maybe some cowards will tie you up first. ”

The words of the Count of Latour were very ugly, but he was telling the truth.

It's just that Franz is not going to harden the so-called rebels, he just wants to solve some problems once and for all, and take some more loot by the way.

To be honest, Franz really didn't see the Polish Restoration Army as an opponent.

But the old man still couldn't ignore his words, and in the end, after a consultation between the two sides, it was decided that Albrecht would be Franz's aide-de-camp, and that he would lead 60,000 men into the Bohenian fortress in Galicia to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

General Heynau would then lead 100,000 follow-up troops to join Franz's forces and march together towards Krakow.

The Count of Stadion was ordered to expand the defenses, but not to attack.

This strange order puzzled Count Stadion, and he even began to wonder if the Russians and Prussians were behind it, so Vienna needed him to stand still.

Although the whole region of Poland was in turmoil, there were not many real uprisings. In particular, the uprisings in Warsaw and Poznan were not successful at all, and the Polish Restoration Army was arrested while still in a meeting.

In fact, the Count of Stadion also knew the situation in Krakow, and he was also capable of sending someone to snuff it out before it became a powerful force, but the orders from above made him not act rashly.

A large number of strange orders had already made the Count of Stadion angry, and by the time the rebellion had occurred, he had already rallied his men and horses to raze the city to the ground once and for all.

As a result, the Viennese order came again, and he really missed the time when there was no telegraph.

Unbeknownst to the Count of Stadion, beneath the apparent calm of Galicia, bloody massacres were unfolding.

(End of chapter)