Chapter 801 Louis Philippe Disaster

Chapter 801 Louis Philippe's Great Disaster

In addition, there is even more tragic news for the Free State, that is, the Legitimacy Alliance has seized the St. Geda Pass, which means that Joseph Roy's blockade plan has completely failed.

Ticino connects the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Lombardy region of Austria, which means that the two countries can directly send troops to intervene forcefully.

However, the expected situation did not happen. Both Austria and Sardinia were very cautious, even indifferent.

Austrian officials in the Lombardy region said that they needed to report and ask for instructions, while the Kingdom of Sardinia needed the Swiss to prove that they were Swiss.

In fact, Joseph Roy's previous work of subversion was very successful, and the rebellion of Ticino hurt the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Kingdom of Sardinia's assistance to the Legitimacy Alliance directly turned into aid to the enemy, and this material was Carlo Alberto's biggest bargaining chip.

In fact, he knew very well that his country could not be compared with Austria and France, so Carlo Alberto had signed secret agreements with the Swiss State Representative Constantine Sigwart and the French side.

That is, Carlo Alberto will fully support the Orthodox Alliance, and will send a batch of supplies and bribes to Constantine Sigwart before the war.

After the victory of the war, the Orthodox Alliance promised to use the Ticino State as a reward, and the request of the Kingdom of Sardinia will also be supported by France, at the cost of opposing Austria's excessive expansion.

In fact, there is also the shadow of the British behind this, because Austria has been making small moves in recent years, and the latter has already had a bit of a posture to dominate the European continent.

So Britain is uniting various countries to oppose Austria's small-scale expansion, but each country has its own little thoughts, and generally speaking, it should be regarded as mutual use.

Sardinia and France both want to expand, but they are afraid that their neighbors are too strong. The British hope that the three countries will fight as fiercely as possible, so that he can easily win over and suppress them.

But Constantine Sigwart did not receive the weapons and supplies at this time, nor did he receive the bribe promised by Carlo Alberto, and the former was dissatisfied with the Kingdom of Sardinia for not directly attacking Ticino.

Constantine Sigwart, who did not receive any actual benefits, would naturally not recognize the previous transaction unless the Kingdom of Sardinia took out another batch of supplies and bribes of the same amount.

Carlo Alberto was not unable to take it out, but he felt it was a loss, and of course it was also a loss to stop at this point, which put him in a dilemma.

But the biggest loss was that he once asked the French general who occupied Ticino about the whereabouts of the weapons and funds.

The answer was not unexpected, that is, I don’t know. But now, no matter whether the other party knows it or not, I am afraid that the supplies no longer belong to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

After a silent loss, Carlo Alberto began to carefully consider the gains and losses of this war.

On the other hand, the actions of the French were much more direct. Louis Philippe and his July Dynasty could already feel the restless mood of the people at home.

Agriculture has been poor for years, industry has stagnated, and colonial uprisings have continued. Only the financial industry has maintained a false prosperity.

The acquisition of the right to develop Alaska did not satisfy the people. On the contrary, under the propaganda of the orthodox party, the "King's freezer" has become the biggest joke in France.

In addition, the majestic palace and Louis Philippe's simple life did not move the people. The folk banquets were repeatedly banned and there was a great storm coming.

At the same time, there were differences within the Orleans faction. One part was the liberals headed by Odilon Barrot who hoped to further align with the United Kingdom and use the representative system to weaken the king's power, so as to achieve the ideal state of "ruling but not governing".

The other part was the conservatives represented by Guizot. They felt that the situation in France at this time was caused by the king, and Louis Philippe was not a qualified monarch, so they just needed to change the king.

Although the two factions had differences, their interests were consistent in some aspects. For example, Louis Philippe at this time, his existence had affected the interests of all parties.

This is still within the Orleans faction. The orthodox faction, Bonaparte faction, and unrecognized democrats and republicans outside are much more radical.

The orthodox here refers to the faction that supports the Bourbon dynasty. They hope that Henry V or Count Chambord can be crowned as the King of France and rebuild the orthodox dynasty.

Although the orthodox faction has been liquidated to a certain extent, they still have considerable influence in the southwest of France, especially in those backward provinces, and are also the main force supporting Count Chambord in the future.

The Bonaparte faction is relatively chaotic. Some people support Napoleon's brothers, some support his nephew, and some even think that they are Napoleon's successor.

Most of them have military backgrounds, so Louis Philippe has no good way to deal with them.

But these people are not in the same mind as the Orleans dynasty. The Bonaparte faction is willing to see Louis Philippe's rule unstable and the Orleans dynasty collapse internally, so that their emperor will be easier to come to power.

As for the republicans and liberals outside the government, they were even more radical. They were ready for another French Revolution.

However, regardless of the faction, it was almost a consensus to send the King of Pressure (Louis Philippe) to the "guillotine".

Louis Philippe naturally felt the crisis. In fact, the French were more direct than the Austrians. In 1846 alone, Louis Philippe suffered 18 assassination attempts.

However, the most dangerous one was in the second week of 1847, when Louis Philippe's motorcade passed through the Aven Gardens, and several gunmen took the opportunity to launch an attack.

The accompanying team fell into chaos. If the queen had not yelled to drive her guards back, Louis Philippe would probably have died.

In the end, the guards repelled the attackers, but two bullets still hit the king's carriage directly.

One of the bullets fell five centimeters away from Louis Philippe's forehead, but he did not look embarrassed this time. On the contrary, he attended the ball as usual as if nothing had happened.

The sources of the assassins were varied, including assassinations by domestic factions, religious fanatics from Spain, assassins hired by Algeria and Morocco, some people who could not survive, businessmen who failed in business, and even retired officers.

At this time, the French army was in serious conflict, especially senior officers could easily make junior officers live a life worse than death.

Among them was an officer named Pierre Leconte, who was born in 1798. He joined the Royal Guard in 1814 and participated in the Spanish Campaign in 1823. He was later promoted to non-commissioned officer and was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his outstanding performance.

Pierre Leconte was promoted all the way when he was a volunteer in the Greek War of Independence, from a second lieutenant to a lieutenant and then a captain.

In 1829, he successfully joined the Duke of Orleans' forest management team as a civilian with his merits, where he worked until he became the chief forest ranger of Fontainebleau.