Chapter 1066 The Dawn of Peace

The reason why Turin was so vulnerable was inseparable from what Bellevue did on weekdays and the arrogance of the French army.

Moreover, the speed of the Austrian army was too much beyond the imagination of the French army. Before the latter had time to organize defense, the former was already preparing to attack the city.

The firepower of the Austrian main force was also unimaginable to the French army. Tens of thousands of rockets bombed the French army so that they could not raise their heads at all.

They finally raised their heads and saw the ferocious beasts flying in the sky and the neatly moving squares below. This was a fatal blow to the morale of the French army.

However, what was even more deadly was the uprising of the former Sardinian Kingdom Army and the people in Turin. They had long been unable to tolerate the oppression of the French. Before, they were just intimidated by the powerful strength of the French army.

The Austrians were also an invincible existence in the minds of the Sardinians. The arrival of the Austrian army at this time was the best time for the Sardinians to take revenge.

The fact was indeed as they thought. The French army fighting the Austrian army was too busy to withdraw troops in time to suppress the rebellion.

The rebels rushed to the Turin Palace and the shops along the street, and they frantically robbed anything they could see.

In addition, everyone had a more important goal, which was the instigator of everything - French Marshal Bellevue.

In addition to revenge, he could also offer his body or body to the Austrians outside the city, which must be a great achievement.

For a time, the rebels were everywhere. The French soldiers in the palace guards looked at the dark crowd, the flames rising in the distance, and the ferocious beasts in it and gave up resistance instantly. They either chose to surrender or choose to escape.

The remaining Sardinians naturally chose to join the rebels and rush to the palace together. Of course, there were also a few of Bellevue's diehards, but they were soon drowned in the crowd.

However, when people rushed into the palace, Bellevue's figure disappeared. The angry people vented all their anger on this gorgeous palace.

At this time, Bellevue had left from the secret passage. He looked at the flames rising in Turin behind him and couldn't help but be stunned.

Fame, wealth, beauties, and thousands of troops all vanished in an instant.

Before Belvi could sigh, he heard a burst of gunfire, and dozens of his confidants were all shot to death.

Belvi himself was shot twice and collapsed to the ground. At this moment, he realized that the people who attacked him were a group of monks.

They were finishing off the corpses, one shot to the heart, one shot to the head, and they seemed to be chanting the "Requiem".

"Lord, please grant them eternal rest and let the eternal light shine on them.

May they rest in peace.

Amen."

Seeing this group of people approaching him, Belvi shouted.

"Who are you? Don't come over! I can give you whatever you want"

Before Belvi finished speaking, his palm was pierced by a flying knife with a chain, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground.

The one who threw the flying knife was a nun in a black robe. She slowly approached Bellevue and wrapped a chain around his neck. The latter immediately struggled and spoke with difficulty.

"Who are you?"

"Want to know?"

The nun asked with a smile.

"I won't tell you!"

Then the nun hanged Bellevue on a tree nearby, and then another monk shot Bellevue in the forehead and chest.

The news of Bellevue's death soon spread back to France, and Cavaignac could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Belevue committed suicide out of fear of crime. It's time for the peace-loving French people to take action!"

Under Cavaignac's manipulation, major newspapers in Paris and private taverns, cafes, and restaurants began to denounce Bellevue, the culprit who started the war.

Soon, anti-war people took to the streets, and Cavaignac took the opportunity to walk in the forefront to put pressure on the parliament.

At this time, the members of the National Assembly of Paris realized that Cavaignac wanted to get rid of all the blame on himself, but the general situation was a foregone conclusion and the members could only be forced to accept peace.

Of course, there were also mavericks who refused to vote in favor. They were either beaten to death outside the gate of the parliament by angry people or eliminated by Cavaignac.

No one cared about the reasons and purposes of their actions, nor did anyone care about the twists and turns in the middle. Everyone only knew that they opposed peace and were enemies of France.

The French, who had suffered from the war, gladly accepted the peace, and Franz finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without the French's containment on land, the British strategy could no longer be realized. Except for the Hungarians themselves, no one would think that they were more powerful and more reliable than the French.

There was another important reason behind Franz's decision to fight this war, which was to give the conservative forces in the German Confederation a chance to breathe.

After all, Franz fought this battle under the banner of saving his compatriots in the German Confederation, so there was no reason for the nationalists not to participate, and their participation in the war would definitely weaken their power in their own country.

King William II of the Netherlands took the opportunity to strike back and exiled all the nationalist parliaments in the country to the German Confederation's shared colonies in southern Africa.

Not only the German nationalists in the Netherlands were exiled, but also the Dutch nationalists. William II did not let them go.

1848 was a heavy blow to the Dutch royal family. Not only was William II driven out of power, but also many members of the Dutch royal family died, including his favorite second son, Prince Alexander.

All this was closely related to the struggle between nationalists. At the same time, William II also understood that both sides only regarded him as a pawn, and no one cared about his feelings.

However, William II was a man who lacked courage and decisiveness. He only imposed collective exile.

What happened in the Netherlands was actually a microcosm of the states in 1848. Almost all states chose to raise high and then put down gently.

Franz knew the logic of these cowards and idiots very well, so he did not have high expectations for them from the beginning.

The war in the Kingdom of Sardinia was basically over, so Carlo Alberto asked the Austrian army to leave Sardinia at the first time.

Franz would naturally not do as he wished. After all, it was a trouble for the Kingdom of Sardinia to jump back and forth between France and Austria.

Of course, he would not really think about dividing the land of the Kingdom of Sardinia like the idiot Bellevue, but it was still necessary to let him understand his situation and status.

The temporary prisoner-of-war camp built by the Austrian army on the banks of the Ticino River was filled with French prisoners of war. It was because of these prisoners that Carlo Alberto felt that the crisis had been resolved and it was time to rebuild his rule.

But he was stunned when he saw the ruins of Turin. Before, the Austrian army did not cause any damage wherever it passed, but now it was a mess.

Carlo Alberto could not help but ask loudly and angrily.

"What did your army do? Why is it so cruel? Why is it so tyrannical?"

The officers of the Italian Corps of the Austrian Empire were very angry, and Marshal Radetzky waved his hand to stop the angry crowd.

"We liberated the Kingdom of Sardinia and restored your rule. As for the devastation, you should ask the French, not your benefactor."