In fact, the reason why it is impossible to find out the number of rebels is not that there is too little information, but that there is so much information that it is impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

When Franz's troops reached the foot of Venice, a sense of foreboding hung over him, the gates of the great city of Venice were closed, but there was not a single soldier on the walls.

Colonel Monta sent for the door, but there was no answer after several calls.

"Blow the gates open!"

Franz was adamant.

"But Your Excellency, if we blow up the city gate, how will we defend it?"

Colonel Monta was in a dilemma at this point, because they had to take not only Venice, but also defend it with an unknown number of rebels.

Although the gates of Venice were heavy and reinforced with steel bars, Colonel Monta had a way of opening them.

Since Franz had developed nitroglycerin very early, the Arms Development Bureau had developed a corresponding weapon, but it was not very successful.

This early detonator, while powerful, was very dangerous, and those carrying it had to stay away from the group.

The detonator made of nitroglycerin is extremely unstable and can be used as a weapon, so it is more than capable of destroying an entire convoy.

Its actual power is even greater than that of TNT, which is later known, and one kilogram of nitroglycerin can produce 715L of gaseous matter when it explodes, and the heat emitted when it explodes.

According to the data of different researchers, it is 6.082×103~6.178kJ (when the water is gaseous), and the explosion temperature is up to about 3980 °C, and the pressure is about 9000×105Pa.

This is more than 30 times more powerful than black powder, and even reinforced concrete cannot withstand the explosion of five kilograms of detonators, let alone the gate of the wooden structure in front of him.

"My men can climb up and open the gates inside"

Colonel Monta suggested, but Franz didn't want to hear it.

"Execute the order, we don't have time to spend it here."

"Yes!"

Colonel Monta saw that Franz had made up his mind and immediately ordered the city gate to be blown up, and with a loud bang, the city gate, which could withstand the direct fire of the 18-pounder gun, was directly blown away, and the debris and sawdust directly smashed the people behind the gate to pieces.

Franz didn't know who they were, but he still pretended to be dead after Franz and his party identified themselves, hiding behind the door with a weapon in his hand, thinking that he was innocent of death.

The two cavalrymen at the forefront, carrying the Austrian flag and the Habsburg flag, rushed to the town hall.

Franz's order was:

"Anyone who tries to stop him will be killed."

However, the whole street was surprisingly empty, and there was no fighting.

At this point, the scout reported catching a sneaky man, who shook his head like a rattle before Franz could speak.

"I don't know anything."

Franz pulled out his pistol and shot the man in the left leg.

"Oh! My God! The man clutched his leg and cried out in pain, and Franz pointed his gun at his other leg with a blank expression.

"My name is Marcello, I serve Mr. Ma Ning, and now Mr. Ma Ning is forcing General Li Qi to surrender his military power.

The two sides had already agreed, but General Richie demanded that dinner be followed before the city was handed over to the Civic Council."

Marcello immediately poured beans into a bamboo tube and told everything he knew, and Colonel Monta and Bordeaux were beaming, but Franz remained expressionless.

"Take him down, treat him, and we'll rush to the town hall right now."

When Monta and Bordeaux heard that General Richie was going to hand over the city after dinner, they were relieved, for it was still two hours before sunset.

Venice still has 20,000 troops in the city, and they have brought enough troops to suppress the rebellion in the city.

Venice City not only has a large number of artillery pieces in the high pools and deep pools, but also has a port and a fleet most importantly, even if it can't defeat the retreat, it will not be a problem.

But Franz felt that Monta and Bordeaux were too optimistic, and that General Richie, although incompetent, was it too hasty to hand over the city directly, and whether it was possible that most of the 20,000 troops were Italians.

In fact, the reason why the rebellion was difficult to suppress was precisely because many of the rebels were originally Austrian soldiers, and they were very familiar with the tactics of the Austrian army, so they were able to win many surprises.

Venice, City Hall.

Danielle Manin was a very good orator, and he succeeded in convincing Richie and his army that the Venetian rebels numbered 100,000 men, that Milan had fallen, that Radetzky was finished, and that the army of the Papal States had crossed the Po River and were coming straight to Venice.

But Danielle Manin was not lying, Alois Parffey and his army were indeed scattered.

Danielle Manin had persuaded nearly half of Richie's troops to join his Citizen Guard, and would give them the rank of Civic Council.

The reason why General Fernando Rizzi did not hand over the city to Danielle Manin at this time was not because the former had to have dinner.

Rather, it is the credit of Al Pacino Corleone and his dock brotherhood, as well as the Venetian navy.

Although Archduke Friedrich had already moved the naval headquarters to Trieste at Franz's suggestion, there was still a naval branch and a naval sanatorium in the Venetian area.

It has to be said that these gangsters and hooligan-like sailors were still very righteous at this time, they held the harbor area, and the attack of the rebels with the blessing of the heavy naval artillery is a joke.

Danielle Manin had to convince Fernando Richzi, the supreme commander of the city of Venice, to hand over all the Venetian batteries to the rebels.

Because once Fernando Riczi died, Rear Admiral Admira of the Navy became the supreme commander of the entire city.

If Major General Ademira had held these batteries, no matter how many rebels Danielle Manin had sent, it would have been of no avail.

The only thing that could sink the warships in the harbor was the shore defense guns, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded as the sun set in the west.

"Archduke Franz is here! The armies of the Austrian Empire have arrived! We've won! ”

A group of loud cavalrymen shouted all the way to the point of obedience and bilingual Germanism, which made both the rebels and those who were preparing to surrender to the rebels a little confused.

The soldiers, who did not want to surrender, were ecstatic, and the cavalry passed through the crowd, half joyful and half confused.

Fernando Riczi also heard the shouts outside, and he opened the window with a look of hesitation that swept away and shouted excitedly.

"Long live the Austrian Empire!"

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the commander of the Venetian city defense fell forward in disbelief, falling out of the window and hitting the ground hard.

"Listen! They lie! Kill all the Austrians! Shut the gates! The armies of the Papal States will arrive tomorrow! ”

Danielle Manin roared angrily, this was the only way he could think of to redeem the defeat at this time, he didn't want to be a prisoner anymore.

I'm sorry to be late.,I haven't eaten yet.。。