Chapter 731: Prepare to Debut

"Crazy! You and Landre Prome are crazy! Our city is connected to the Austrian Empire, and they will know what happened here in a few hours.

The Austrians can send troops to surround us within a day, and then it will be like 1241, our city and our homes will be destroyed!"

Several activists who recently joined the Polish Restoration Army did not listen to the nonsense of a group of old men, but were driven out of the city hall with sticks. They planned to use this place as the temporary palace of His Majesty Landre Prome I.

A young man stepped on a former councillor and said.

"The Austrians can't come! His Majesty Landre Prome I has sent people to blow up all the railways leading to Krakow!"

At this time, the faces of several old councillors became even uglier, because it was funded by the Free City of Krakow, and the railway is the city's financial road.

The railways around Krakow were bombed one after another, and of course the news of the bombing of the arsenal also spread from Krakow.

However, this news was not fatal to Landre Prome, because he had already purchased a large amount of materials from various places in the name of the Free City of Krakow in advance. In addition to being a commercial capital, Krakow is also a university city.

There are enough experts, scholars and craftsmen here to organize an arsenal. At this time, Landre Prome is most concerned about how many people can be mobilized to defend Krakow.

Although Landre Prome ordered people to blow up the railway, he had no way to deal with the pigeons.

So Vienna soon received the news of the rebellion in Krakow, which made Prince Metternich very excited. After all, it is completely different to be able to annex a wealthy traditional city and to be able to take charge of some poor ravines in the Balkans.

And in the eyes of Prince Metternich, some of Franz's actions are likely to anger the Russians and the British.

The Holy Alliance and the Vienna System are Metternich's masterpieces. He may not keep up with the times in some things, but he is very clear about the fundamental interests of Austria, the Russian-Austrian alliance.

Without Russia's goodwill, every step of Austria's action will become difficult.

Back to the present, the rebellion in Galicia, Metternich was ready to let Count Stadion suppress it immediately, and then send a group of troops to take over Krakow.

"Count Latour, do you have any suitable candidates?"

Before the Minister of War could speak, Franz jumped out first.

"Prime Minister, I want to go."

Franz's going to the royal family was naturally acquiesced. Archduke Franz Karl was easy to deal with. Although Archduke Louis had some minor conflicts with the former, he was extremely clear about his position, so he would not cause trouble.

Franz's going was difficult for Latour and Prince Metternich, because doing so would undoubtedly increase uncertainty.

Count Korolov thought Franz was right, after all, the entire Austrian Empire was looking forward to the birth of a wise monarch.

And the "momentum" had been built for so many years before, and now it was time for the main person to show his performance.

"Archduke Franz, this trip is very dangerous. I suggest sending 200,000 troops."

Although this number is exaggerated, Count Latour and Prince Metternich agree with it. After all, if Franz goes to this war to quell the rebellion, it will be a show.

Just like the 100,000 troops attacking Serbia, which has given up resistance, they can only win and not lose, and they must not only win, but also win beautifully.

What does it mean to send 200,000 troops? The Austrian Empire sent only 200,000 troops in the two frictions with France. With the 100,000 garrisons in Galicia, the total force will reach a terrifying 300,000.

This is definitely the largest military action of the Austrian Empire since the Napoleonic Wars, and it may even cause panic in neighboring Prussia, after all, the latter's standing army is only about 200,000.

Franz was a little speechless. The purpose of his going there was to quickly quell the rebellion, and it would take at least a few weeks for Austria to gather these 200,000 troops and transport them to Galicia.

Moreover, mobilizing so many troops and wasting money and manpower, the surrounding countries were either ready to move or became frightened birds, which was really not worth the loss.

"I think with 3,000 people, plus the cooperation of Count Stadion, we should be able to quickly suppress this uprising."

After all, in history, the uprising in Galicia was suppressed by the people before the Austrian Empire had time to send troops to suppress it.

Faced with the brutal serfs, the rebels even took the initiative to seek protection from the Austrian army.

"3,000 people?"

How could the old foxes not know what the 3,000 people meant? Franz's Dragon Knights had already arrived in Vienna in advance.

But 3,000 people were too few. In their eyes, they were full of rebels. If Franz doesn't go, 20,000 people need to be sent. If Franz goes, at least 200,000 people need to be sent.

"Archduke Franz, you have only seen war in books. Real war is very dirty and vulgar. In order to win, the enemy will spare no effort to use all kinds of despicable means, and the morale of the soldiers is usually positively correlated with the number of people.

If you only take a few thousand people, and see tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of rebels on the other side, some cowards may tie you up first."

Count Latour's words were very unpleasant, but he was telling the truth.

It's just that Franz is not going to fight the so-called rebels. He just wants to solve some problems once and for all and take more spoils by the way.

To be honest, Franz really didn't regard the Polish Restoration Army as an opponent.

But the old man's words had to be listened to. After a negotiation, the two sides decided that Albrecht would serve as Franz's adjutant and lead 60,000 people into the Bochnia Fortress in Galicia to wait for reinforcements.

After that, General Heinau would lead 100,000 follow-up troops to join Franz's troops and then march towards Krakow together.

The order received by Count Stadion was to expand the defense range, but not to take the initiative to attack.

This strange order puzzled Count Stadion. He even began to suspect that the Russians and Prussians were behind the scenes, so Vienna needed him to keep his troops in place.

Although the entire area originally belonging to Poland was in turmoil, there were not many real uprisings. In particular, the uprisings in Warsaw and Poznan did not succeed at all, and the members of the Polish Restoration Army were arrested while they were still in a meeting.

In fact, Count Stadion knew about the situation in Krakow, and he was also capable of sending people to destroy it before it became powerful, but he was helpless because of the orders from above that he could not act rashly.

A lot of strange orders had made Count Stadion very angry. He had finally waited for the rebellion to happen, and he had already gathered his troops to raze the city to the ground once and for all.

As a result, the order from Vienna came again. He really missed the era without telegraphs.

What Count Stadion did not know was that under the surface calmness of Galicia, bloody massacres were constantly taking place.