Three days ago, Venice.

After so many days of rebellion in the city, and the battle just now, the city of Venice finally stopped.

The next day, Franz almost dropped his jaw when he saw the post-war statistics, and the city of Venice, which was originally garrisoned by only 20,000 people, had more than 10,000 people after a series of fierce battles.

Needless to say, this is certainly the rout of Alois Palfe. I didn't expect these people to run so fast, and it seems that they have to clean up the remnants of the army by themselves.

But soon the irony happened, and it was not Franz who came to pick up the remnants, but General Alois Palfe, who had been missing for a long time.

What is even more ironic is that at this time the latter is angry, and the officers led by him are going berserk.

"Damn the crumbs! Son of a bitch! You guys who only run away. Coward! Do you think you will escape punishment by escaping here? ”

Thousands of soldiers had to drag their tired bodies to stand in the scorching sun, and anyone who dared to move around would be severely beaten with a leather whip.

The soldiers were exhausted by days of travel, and with the almost torture-like reprimands and the occasional whip, the ranks were broken from time to time.

But those who fell will not receive sympathy, let alone treatment, they will only be beaten more violently.

As for those who dared to raise objections, they were directly hanged in the square, and the charges were naturally collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and disobedience on the battlefield, no matter which one was enough to make these big-headed soldiers die ten times.

General Alois Parffey's actions upset Colonels Bordeaux and Monta, who were sympathetic to the low-level soldiers.

But Alois Parffy was the one who would sooner or later become a general, and the Parffy family was a true aristocracy, with a history of nearly a thousand years and even longer than the Austrian Empire.

Alois Palfe was the perfect choice for the future head of the family, and it was not much harder for him to kill these soldiers than it was for ants.

Although Bordeaux and Monta are also from aristocratic backgrounds, they are like the gap between a pheasant and a phoenix in comparison, although they spit in their hearts, they can only look up on the surface.

And even if they are willing to sacrifice their lives, give up their aristocratic status, or even fight to the end with this privileged class regardless of family safety and personal life, most of the final results are just nothing.

Just like the previous General Li Qi, even after suffering countless defeats, he can still sit firmly in such an important position as the commander-in-chief of the Venice city defense.

Even the Count of Latour, who had always been obedient to Franz, deliberately ignored the matter, and the Prince of Metternich was willing to use his family honor as a guarantee that General Richie would not make a mistake.

However, the result is obvious, even if General Li Qi received the orders of the two superiors, he is still one of the largest colanders in the Venice area.

The reason why he dared to do this was because he knew that he would not be punished, and that General Richie had been promoted to the Senate of the House of Lords instead of being court-martialed after the loss of Venice.

The same goes for Alois Palfe, who knows full well that he will not be punished, but in front of Franz, the future head of the Palfe family does not want to lose face.

Generally speaking, as the eldest son of two large families, the two future heads of the family, Franz and Alois will each take a step back, the former will not see it, and the latter will be a little more restrained and put the blame on the heads of others.

Then the Parffy family remained loyal to the Habsburgs, hello, me, everyone.

However, Franz had been waiting for this day for more than ten years, and before that he had to destroy the "peaceful and prosperous world" he had created.

At the risk of setting back the Austrian Empire, or even disintegrating, Franz had only one sentence at this point: "Damn it." ”

Alois Palfe was at first a little puzzled, then a little surprised, and then a little amused at what the hairy boy said coldly.

Although the latter didn't say anything, the expression on his face was full of disdain and fearlessness, he had experienced too many things in his life, and no matter what he did wrong, he could end up in danger.

Alois Palfe came to the astonishing conclusion that he was God, and that everything in this world was nothing but his imagination.

Franz was one of the few who could pull him back from his imagination, but Alois Palfe was still staring at the former, and he felt that the little kid in front of him was just a presumption.

"Sooner or later, he will be like himself... He will understand who is his own person"

Alois Palfe thought so, but Franz repeated.

"You're damned. You deserve to be hanged here. ”

Alois Palfe didn't speak, just sneered. But Franz's words frightened the rest of the square.

Alois's adjutant immediately stepped forward to stop Franz, and Bordeaux subconsciously prepared to pull out his gun, but Franz grabbed the adjutant's outstretched wrist, twisted, folded, and pressed his hand away.

When the adjutant fell to the ground, he was shocked to realize that his arm had been broken, and he immediately screamed, but what frightened him even more was that Franz took out a sack full of noose.

"Warriors of the Austrian Empire, I know that escaping is not what you want. The fact that you have traveled all the way to Venice is a testament to your loyalty.

You are not to blame for the defeat in Venexia, and you know who is to blame.

That's the supreme military governor of all of Venexia, and his imminent escape has forced you to flee with him.

You are indeed guilty, but these officers are also guilty. I just want to say one thing today, the officers and nobles are more responsible for this rout.

Arrest them all! Hanged! ”

Franz's words were orders, and although the soldiers and officers present were apprehensive, the soldiers of the Royal Dragoon Regiment did not care about this.

They said that it was the old emperor's personal soldiers left by Franz, and the incidents again and again proved that Franz would be a capable and ambitious emperor.

Soldiers support heroes because they are more eager to make a career than the average person.

At this time, Alois Parffy behaved very out of shape, and even insulted his aristocratic status.

"Do you know who I am? How dare you."

At this moment Alois Parffy received an elbow under his armpit, and Bordeaux had long been unhappy with the high duke.

"Of course they don't dare, I'm here to serve you."

Alois Palfe had never suffered such humiliation in his life, but he had never been beaten, and he was so painful that he could not speak.

Seeing Bordeaux capture Alois Parffy, coupled with the wolf-like royal cavalry, the routs in the square also became agitated.

They are actually the most unwilling people, who have become routs and deserters without even fighting, and no one will be so willing.

(End of chapter)