In addition, there is even more sad news for the Free States, that is, the Orthodox Alliance has seized the St. Goda Pass, which means that Joseph Lowy's blockade plan has completely failed.

Ticeno was connected to the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Lombardy region of Austria, which meant that the two countries could directly send troops to intervene strongly.

However, the expected situation did not happen, and both Austria and Sardinia were very cautious, if not cold.

Austrian officials in Lombardy said they needed to file a complaint, while the Kingdom of Sardinia needed the Swiss to prove that they were Swiss.

In fact, Joseph Loy's rebellion had been very successful, and the rebellion in Ticeno was very traumatic to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Kingdom of Sardinia's aid to the Orthodox Alliance turned directly into a financial enemy, and this material was Carlo Alberto's biggest bargaining chip.

In fact, he knew very well that his country was completely incomparable to Austria and France, so Carlo Alberto had previously signed secret agreements with Constantine Sigwater, the Swiss state representative, and the French side.

That is, Carlo Alberto will fully support the Orthodox Alliance, and will send a batch of supplies and bribes to Constantin Sigwater before the war begins.

After the war, the Orthodox League promised to pay Ticeno in return, and the demands of the Kingdom of Sardinia were supported by France in exchange for Austrian overreach.

In fact, there is also the shadow of the British behind this, because in recent years, Austria has been making small moves, and the latter has faintly had a bit of a posture to dominate the European continent.

So Britain was uniting the nations against Austria's small expansion, but each country had its own thoughts, and on the whole it should be regarded as taking advantage of each other.

Both Sardinia and France wanted to expand, but they were afraid that their neighbors would be too strong, while the British hoped that the three would fight as fiercely as possible, so that he could win over and suppress them.

However, Constantin Sigwater did not receive the weapons and supplies at this time, let alone the bribes promised by Carlo Alberto, and the former expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the Kingdom of Sardinia did not directly attack Ticeno.

Constantine Sigwater, who had not received any actual benefits, would naturally not admit the previous deal, unless the Kingdom of Sardinia came up with another batch of goods and bribes of the same amount.

It's not that Carlo Alberto can't take it, but he feels that it is a loss, and of course it is also a loss to stop it, which puts him in a dilemma.

But the most loss-making thing was that he had asked the French general who had occupied Ticeno about the whereabouts of the weapons and funds.

The answer was not surprising, that is, I don't know. It's just that now, whether the other party knows it or not, I'm afraid that those supplies no longer belong to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

After suffering a loss, Carlo Alberto began to carefully consider the gains and losses of the war.

The French, on the other hand, acted much more directly, and Louis Philippe and his July dynasty could already feel the restlessness of the population at home.

Agriculture failed for years, industry stagnated, colonial uprisings continued, and only the financial sector maintained a false boom.

The acquisition of the right to develop Alaska has not satisfied the people, on the contrary, under the propaganda of the orthodox, the "king's freezer" has become the biggest joke in France.

In addition, the majestic palace and Louis Philippe's personal simple life did not move the people, and the folk banquet activities were repeatedly banned, and there was a great tendency to storm the storm.

At the same time, there were divisions within the Orleanists, with some liberals, led by Odilon Barrow, hoping to further align themselves with Britain and use representative power to weaken the king's power, so as to achieve the ideal of "unity without rule".

The other part of the people were conservatives represented by Guizot, who felt that the situation in France at this time was caused by the king, and Louis Philippe was not a qualified monarch, so it would be good to change the king.

Although the two factions have differences, their interests are the same in some respects. For example, Louis Philippe at this time, his presence has affected the interests of all parties.

This was again within the Orleanists, and outside the Orthodox, Bonapartistes, and the unrecognized Democrats and Republicans, whose views were much more radical.

Orthodoxy here refers to the faction that supported the Bourbons, hoping that Henry V, or the Count of Chambord, would be crowned King of France and re-establish the Orthodox dynasty.

Although the orthodox faction was liquidated to a certain extent, they still had considerable influence in the southwest of France, especially in the backward provinces, and were the main force that would support the Count of Chambord in the future.

The Bonapartist faction was chaotic, with some supporting Napoleon's brothers, others supporting his nephews, and even more so feeling that they were Napoleon's successors.

The vast majority of them had military backgrounds, so Louis Philippe didn't have a very good way to deal with them.

But these people were not of the same mind as the Orleans, and the Bonapartists were keen to see Louis Philippe's rule unstable and the Orleans dynasty collapse internally, so that their emperor would be more likely to come to power.

As for the republicans and liberals, who are outside the government, they are even more radical, and they are ready for another French Revolution.

However, regardless of the faction, it is almost unanimous to send the Yali King (Louis Philippe) to the "guillotine".

Louis Philippe naturally felt the crisis, in fact the French were much more direct than the Austrians, and in 1846 alone Louis Philippe was assassinated 18 times.

However, the most dangerous time came in the second week of 1847, when Louis Philippe's motorvoy passed through Avon Gardens, and several gunmen took the opportunity to attack.

The entourage was thrown into disarray, and if it had not been for the queen yelling to drive her guard back, Louis Philippe would have died.

Eventually, the guards repelled the attackers, but two bullets still hit the king's chariot directly.

One of the bullets landed five centimeters from Louis Philippe's forehead, but this time he did not look embarrassed, but instead went to the ball as usual.

The assassins came from a variety of sources, ranging from domestic factional assassinations to religious fanatics from Spain, to hired killers from Algeria and Morocco, to people who could not survive, businessmen who had failed in business, and even military veterans.

At this time, the turmoil in the French army was more serious, especially the senior officers, who could easily make the lives of the junior officers worse than death.

Among them was an officer named Pierre Lecomte, born in 1798, who enlisted in the Royal Guard in 1814 and fought in the Spanish campaign of 1823, where he was promoted to non-commissioned officer and awarded the French Legion of Honor for his outstanding service.

Pierre Lecomte worked his way up the ranks as a volunteer in the Greek War of Independence, starting as a second lieutenant to lieutenant to captain.

In 1829 he managed to enter the forest management of the Duke of Orleans as a commoner, where he held the position of forest ranger of Fontainebleau.

(End of chapter)