For Louis XVI, although he did not believe that now was the best time to deal with Napoleon, he could not turn a blind eye to the cries of the Parisian leadership.
And what attracted Louis XVI's attention even more was the words of the court minister just now, and it is true that if he does not deal with Napoleon now, then it will not be a simple matter to deal with Napoleon after Napoleon has brought the whole of southern France under his control.
"Your Majesty, please make a decision early!
Napoleon has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and if the kingdom does not carry out the necessary measures, then after Napoleon completely cleanses the southern region, Napoleon will not only control the military power but also have local support, and will undoubtedly become the great enemy of the royal family!
” Before Louis XVI could speak, one of the ministers stood up and spoke.
And after this minister, the other ministers in the palace spoke to Louis XVI.
"Needless to say, I have made up my mind, and immediately order, ordering the Fourth Army of the Kingdom to begin its movement to the southern region centered on Toulouse, and at the same time issuing a secret order to the generals of Napoleon's army, ordering them to restrain their troops and kill all those who are ready to fight the kingdom to the end!"
The Fourth Legion that Louis XVI was referring to was the army led by the Prince of Condé, which had been crippled by the coalition forces, and although the Fourth Legion was crippled, Louis XVI, who knew the importance of military power in his hands, immediately began to rebuild the Fourth Legion in Paris.
During this time, a large part of the property that Napoleon ordered to send to Paris was invested in the reconstruction of the Fourth Army, and it was thanks to the support of these goods.
As a result, the Fourth Army completed most of its reorganization in a relatively short period of time.
At present, the Fourth Army stationed in Paris currently has about 30,000 troops.
After Louis XVI made up his mind, the whole of Paris was quickly mobilized.
The Fourth Army, stationed outside Paris, was also immediately ready to move.
However, despite Louis XVI's previous order to keep it secret, such a big movement in Paris was detected by Napoleon's hidden chess, and then the news was sent to Napoleon as quickly as possible. ...................................
William and his party left Rome, and both Giovanni and Felix tried their best to keep William's departure, but because of William's decisive attitude, the two had to give up.
According to William's plan.
After leaving Rome, he will head straight to Venice.
In Venice, Prussia had already initially assumed its own rule, and the local civil officials and the city defense forces were basically in place.
Of course, this is only preliminary.
According to William's plan, Venice would become an important center for Prussia to extend its influence to Italy, the Balkans, and Austria.
Running Venice well is of great importance to Prussia.
"Your Majesty, Karl has sent someone to communicate with me again, Karl hopes to be able to return to Vienna in advance and make arrangements to welcome our army into Austria!"
Horn rode over to William's carriage and said.
Hear Horn's words.
A smile appeared on the corner of William's mouth and said: "It seems that our freshly baked king of Austria can't hold back again.
But Horn, according to our previous discussion, there is still one word, that is, drag!
” After William finished speaking, he lowered the curtains in the carriage, and seeing William's actions, Horn had to turn his horse's head again to reply to Karl's messenger.
This was not the first time Karl had sent to Wilhelm to ask for a return to Vienna as soon as possible, but Wilhelm never agreed.
For William, he didn't know what Carl was thinking.
Especially after the events of the Duchy of Tuscany, Karl personally expressed to Wilhelm his hope that he would return to Vienna as soon as possible.
For Carl's worries.
Wilhelm could also guess that Karl was alone because of the deliberate obstruction of the Prussians, and it was worth it that the affairs of Austria were to some extent out of Karl's control.
What's more, because the problems in Tuscany are far beyond imagination, in this situation, Carl has to worry about Ferdinand, who is currently in Vienna Regent.
Of course, what Karl didn't know was that shortly after William arrived in Rome, an envoy from Vienna quietly approached William, of course, this Viennese envoy did not represent the Austrian government, he only represented Ferdinand.
According to this messenger, Ferdinand hoped that William would help him to hold Karl back to Vienna as much as possible, and of course in return, Ferdinand would give the Prussians some benefits appropriately.
William was noncommittal to Ferdinand's request, but he did not refuse.
From Wilhelm's point of view, he naturally hoped that Austria would be in constant turmoil, and at present Austria was second only to Prussia in the Holy Roman Empire in terms of territory and national strength.
In this case, it would be better for Austria to be torn apart and become a presence that Prussia could knead wantonly, and Wilhelm was satisfied.
In fact, Wilhelm did not intend to let Karl leave for the time being, and in Wilhelm's vision, he could not let Karl go free until he left Austria and returned to Prussia.
Although William did not explain his attitude, Ferdinand's messenger understood some of William's methods.
After William refuses Carl's request, Karl, who has been reported by the messenger, appears a little worried.
The current situation in Vienna can be said to be quite bad, and Karl had previously instructed Vienna when he went to Frankfurt to accept Wilhelm's canonization, that is, Vienna must report to him every three days.
But after Karl was coerced by William to Rome, this order slowly turned into a week, and even now it has been half a month, and Karl has not yet received the latest report from Vienna.
This made Carl realize that something was wrong.
"What can I do?
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If this continues, perhaps by the time I return to Vienna, my good brother will have the entire Austrian government replaced by his own men.
Then even if I return to Vienna, I will be alone!
” Karl complained silently in his compartment to his henchman sitting opposite.
"Your Majesty, I don't think things will necessarily come to that point, even though His Highness Ferdinand may have bad intentions in his heart, but I believe that the people of Austria are on your side, you are the king of Austria, and even though things may not go well at the moment, I want to wait until you return to Vienna.
Everything will be settled!
” The henchman could only comfort Carl verbally.
Karl was right, at least in Vienna, where his fears were becoming a reality.
Where Carl left.
Although Ferdinand had some ideas in his heart, he could only bury them deep in his heart and did not put them into action, but when he learned that Karl was taken under house arrest by the Prussians and went to Rome, Ferdinand's ambition was irrepressible.
Before of course.
When Wilhelm and Karl and others entered the territory of Austria and headed for Italy.
Ferdinand behaved fairly normally, not only accompanying him throughout the whole process, but also showing due respect to Karl.
But as soon as Wilhelm and his army left the Austrian border, Ferdinand began to make arrangements, including the connection between Florence and Venice.
Later, Ferdinand let go of his strength in Vienna, not only began to replace the relevant officials of the Austrian government, but also put his trust in some key positions, and even replaced the generals in the army.
Over the course of more than a month, Ferdinand took some of the key positions in Austria into his own hands.
Even though protests and dissatisfaction with Ferdinand broke out in Vienna, Karl had appointed Ferdinand as regent of Austria when he left Vienna.
As a result, these protests and grievances were forcibly suppressed by Ferdinand in the name of regency.
Of course, Ferdinand also knew that his actions were taboo, and Karl would definitely not let him go easily after returning to Vienna, but for Ferdinand, he didn't care.
In Ferdinand's mind, as long as he can seize this opportunity to complete his own arrangement, then even if Karl returns to Vienna in the future and wants to counterattack himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to do enough, after all, at present, some key positions are all Ferdinand's men.
Moreover, in Ferdinand's opinion, he was more suitable than Karl to ascend to the throne of Austria.
Although Karl is also the son of the Habsburgs, don't forget that Karl was passed on to the Duke of Cechen many years ago, in other words, although Karl has the blood of the Habsburgs, but in the orthodox name, Karl is not a pure member of the Habsburg royal family.
In this case, after Franz's death, Ferdinand was not only the eldest son of the Habsburgs, but also the rightful son-in-law!
With Ferdinand, the eldest son, how could Karl directly become the king of Austria, just because he drove Alexander to Hungary?
So, for Ferdinand, what Alexander and Karl can do, he Ferdinand can do the same, and even in terms of name, he is more suitable than Alexander and Karl.
"Your Royal Highness Regent!
Several ministers in the prison are on hunger strike, do you see if it'....................."
Hearing his subordinate's report, Ferdinand's face showed a hint of fierceness.
The so-called ministers in the prisons were the officials who refused to surrender to Ferdinand, and these officials were harder than ducks, and they were not only indifferent to Ferdinand's solicitation, but also scolded Ferdinand for having no king and no father.
If it weren't for the fact that these die-hard old ministers still had some influence in Austria, I'm afraid Ferdinand would have executed them a long time ago.
"Leave them alone, but don't abuse them, so let their families bring food to visit them, and persuade them that if they don't eat, then we won't be blamed for starvation!"
There was no pity on Ferdinand's face, for Ferdinand.
When he decided to follow the path his three brothers had taken, mercy was nothing more than a relevant.
"Your Royal Highness Regent, there is one more thing here.
That is, General Dawoma, who is stationed on the northern border, still refuses to accept our orders, and continues to go his own way, and the generals we sent cannot enter the army at all!
” Davoma was the general of the Austrian army deployed in the north, and he had 20,000 Austrian elites under his command, and this elite was also used to guard against the Prussians.
Dawoma had a very good relationship with Karl, otherwise Karl would not have attached one of the few elite Austrian troops to his command.
In this case.
Although Dawoma did not know what Ferdinand was going to do, he could only thank Ferdinand for the order to remove his generals.
Of course, Dawoma's excuse for this is that.
Although Ferdinand was the regent of Austria, the generals of the border army were of great importance and had to be decided by His Majesty the King, so they did not receive a personal order from Karl.
Dawoma would not accept an order from Vienna to change generals.
Dawoma's ignorance made Ferdinand's heart burn for a while.
For now.
After Alexander's rebellion, the total strength of Austria was reduced, and the current total strength is between 80,000 and 90,000.
Among them, the 20,000 Austrian border guards stationed on the southern border with the Ottoman border were not supporters of Karl, and certainly not supporters of Ferdinand, and even during Alexander's reign, they also expressed their obedience to the Austrian government, and these 20,000 troops can be regarded as neutrals.
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The 20,000 troops under Dawoma's command were outright Karls.
And Dawoma himself formed a deep friendship with Karl during the Austro-Prussian War.
In addition to these 40,000 men, 25,000 men remained in Vienna.
This army was Karl's direct army, and after Karl left for Rome, it was the main target of Ferdinand's military infiltration.
The remaining 20,000 troops were stationed on the border with Hungary, because Karl had appointed Ferdinand as governor of Hungary, so half of this army was ready to follow Ferdinand to Hungary to pacify Alexander, while the other half of the army also fell to Ferdinand under Ferdinand's co-optation.
It can be said that in the military's power comparison, Ferdinand is not superior at the moment.
In contrast to the military, Ferdinand's arrangements for various parts of Austria were blocked, but Ferdinand carried out his will.
This undoubtedly made Ferdinand pay more attention to the development of the military.
"How's the lobbying for Dawoma's family?"
"Your Royal Highness Regent, Dawoma's family is just as stubborn as himself, and they actually rejected His Royal Highness's kindness completely, not only that, but Dawoma's father also declared that His Royal Highness Regent's will is all illegal without the consent of His Majesty the King!"
"I don't know what to do!"
Ferdinand could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and roared angrily.
However, after that, Ferdinand quickly calmed down, and the current situation is not very optimistic for him, at least in the army, he is not able to completely implement his will.
"If Dawoma can't do it, then buy his generals and tell them that if they can destroy Dawoma and swear allegiance to me, then not only will Dawoma be replaced, but I will also be able to give them more glory and wealth than they can imagine!"
Don't be stingy with money, I just need to see the results!
” Immediately after giving orders to his cronies, Ferdinand left the palace.
While arranging in Austria, Ferdinand did not forget Alexander of Hungary, after all, Ferdinand was not only the regent of Austria but also the Grand Duke of Hungary.
Ferdinand never wanted to overthrow Karl's rule immediately, after all, it was not long before Austria had stabilized, and another civil strife in the Habsburgs would not only make Austria's state worse, but also further weaken the prestige of the Habsburgs, which would not be beneficial to Ferdinand.
Therefore, in Ferdinand's vision, after Karl returned to China, he would go to Hungary to take up his post, and then remotely command the forces in Austria in Budapest, and wait until the time was ripe to take Karl, which had achieved the effect of stabilizing excessively.
And getting Hungary has another advantage for Ferdinand, that is, as long as Ferdinand can eliminate Alexander's control of Hungary, then at least in terms of troops, he will not only not fall behind, but will even leapfrog Karl.
Don't forget that the Hungarian cavalry has always been famous in Europe, and the fierceness of the Magyars is in their blood, and Alexander was able to capture Vienna in one fell swoop with more than 20,000 Hungarian troops.
Of course, Alexander is not good at the moment, and he still has an army of nearly 10,000 people in his hands.
However, Ferdinand also had some arrangements for this, and the lobbyists sent by Vienna to various Hungarian nobles never stopped, and judging from the replies received so far, at least the effect is still good.
A considerable number of the Hungarian nobility said that they could help Ferdinand eliminate Alexander, as long as Austria could not hold the Hungarians to their position on Alexander's side and at the same time maintain their power.