Paris, France.

Baron Pasquière conveyed Metternich's words to Louis Philippe, much to the relief of the latter's staff.

After all, it is more credible for Austria to be the enemy, and France and Austria will only carry out limited expansion, and at the same time eliminate the pro-British forces within Switzerland, so that everyone will have a better face.

As for Henry V (referring to the Earl of Chambor), who had only one castle, let him go to hell, and he can only blame him for not even having a single soldier, and it is a fool's dream to claim the throne.

"British? Can they drive the battleship into the mountains? Limited expansion? I think they're trying to appease us and take Switzerland to themselves! The top of the Orthodox Union is the puppet of the Austrians!

And Archduke Karl is in Switzerland, maybe they're already starting to do it! ”

Louis Philippe's head was bruised and his face was so hideous that he didn't want to lose the opportunity to expand, let alone lose the French throne, and he wanted to throw the Count of Chambor to the ground that year.

"The British would not want Swiss territory, let alone fight in Switzerland, but they could take the opportunity to expand their overseas interests and weaken the power of France and Austria.

Moreover, the direct border with Austria not only easily causes border friction, but we also have to pay high border defense costs.

Switzerland's land and population do not bring us much benefit, and we may need to help them. ”

Baron Pasquière argued with reason, for Louis Philippe seemed to think that all this was a lie, and that he was even deceiving him.

However, the former did not know what the latter wanted, and the latter only wanted victory, and used it to dilute all doubts about him, to dilute all threats to his throne.

In fact, Louis Philippe's sudden extreme transformation had a lot to do with the assassination of his secret agent, who was an opponent on the surface, but in private he was a close friend of Louis Philippe, and he helped Louis Philippe collect a lot of important information.

But recently the body of the spy had been found and pieced together from several directions in Paris, and Louis Philippe felt anger and fear at the same time.

According to the intelligence gathered by the agents, the opponents were always fond of counting Louis Philippe's incompetence.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional, and Louis Philippe thinks that maybe his own merits are too little, so those people will oppose him, so on the other hand, is it that as long as he expands the territory, people will support him?

Louis Philippe has been sleepless these days, repeating his imaginary theories over and over again, and that's why he has become paranoid at this time.

"Are you afraid of the Austrians, or have you taken Metternich in Vienna? Two of the most shameless diplomats in European history were the lame Talleyrand and the capricious old fox, who was a slave of the three surnames. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, everyone understood that His Majesty had already made up his mind, and if there was any objection, it would be used to open the knife.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I'm not afraid of the Austrians, and I haven't taken their benefits, I just hope that you will be able to do it forever."

Baron Pasquière wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, he didn't expect Louis Philippe to have such a big reaction, it seems that the Congress of Vienna was in vain, and it will become a laughing stock like the London Conference of the British, and at the same time the relations between France and Austria are finished.

In fact, in addition to the death of a close friend, the media in Paris also contributed to it. French newspapers developed very early, so they are very powerful in public opinion.

Since the outbreak of the Swiss Civil War, the French public and the media have not shown much interest in their neighbor who lives next door in a ravine, and even the first edition has not appeared.

And from a certain day, the wind of public opinion suddenly turned, and the major French newspapers began to report it frantically.

The rhetoric was also consistent in promoting the Austrian threat and conspiracy theory that Austria was preparing to annex Switzerland for its own sake.

Normally, the supreme ruler of a country laughs at what is in the newspapers, and it is almost impossible to govern the country according to it.

However, Louis Philippe was not an ordinary ruler, he actually took what was in the newspaper seriously.

In fact, this is Palmerston's conspiracy, one of the usual tricks of the Anglo-Saxons - public opinion.

Of course, there is also the credit of the Napoleonic faction, and the soldiers want to improve their status to make themselves useful.

And there is nothing more in need of human protection than a country threatened by a powerful and evil neighbor, so the existence of Austria as an enemy is necessary.

Franz's intelligence officers in Paris also tried to counterattack, but failed in the face of two powerful enemies, and did not reverse the decline in public opinion.

Subsequently, the Austrian side received information that France refused to participate in the Vienna Conference.

As soon as the news came out, the British people were the happiest, John Russell said to the cabinet members.

"I didn't expect to wait until the Swiss Civil War was over, this war was not over, and another war was about to begin."

But what he didn't know was that another invisible war had already begun. Palmerston did not like John Russell, who he thought lacked talent.

The latter also disliked the former, as the latter felt that the former was too arrogant. So when Palmerston explained the reason to the cabinet members, he was sneered at by John Russell.

To put it simply, it is impossible for any head of state to do things according to the logic of the newspapers.

After the news reached Vienna, the heads of the German states were a little confused, and it seemed that the banquet had to end early.

Prussia saw it as a great diplomatic victory, and if Austria was deflated, its influence would be weakened regardless of the final outcome.

In the end, Prussia still retained the spark of the unification of Germany.

Hanover and Bavaria reacted similarly, and they both felt that the Vienna conference had become a joke.

However, the Austrian Imperial Government announced with the greatest speed that the Congress of Vienna would be held earlier.

Franz and Metternich both knew very well that this was the best way to sing even if it was a one-man show, after all, there were still so many audiences in the audience.

In fact, both Franz and Metternich had a Plan B, but that was much more radical than Plan A.

On the Swiss side, Dufour's siege strategy was too resource-intensive, and the guerrillas put a lot of pressure on the logistics of the Free Canton.

Joseph Loy couldn't hold it anymore, he had to replace Dufour, but he wouldn't use a warlord like Frey Holosey.

So Joseph Loy sought out a former Sardinian general, Aupheus Lanno, who was recuperating in Switzerland, who claimed to have followed Napoleon and Karl on the bus.

When the latter heard that the Free Canton had three times the military strength of the Orthodox League, he immediately chose to join the Free Alliance, and said that he would be able to take all of Switzerland within three months.