Chapter 868 How Can the Poison Be Cured without Scraping the Bone?

Three days ago, Venice.

The rebels had been making trouble in the city for so many days, and with the recent battle, Venice finally calmed down.

The next day, Franz was almost shocked when he saw the post-war statistics. Venice, which originally had only 20,000 people stationed, had more than 10,000 people after a series of fierce battles.

Needless to say, these must be Alois Palffi's defeated soldiers. I didn't expect that this group of people ran away so fast. It seems that I have to pick up the remnants myself.

But soon, an ironic thing happened. It was not Franz who came to pick up the remnants, but General Alois Palffi, who had been missing for a long time.

What's more ironic is that the latter was very angry at this time, and the officers headed by him were furious.

"Damn bastards! Bastards of bitches! You guys who can only run away. Cowards! Do you think you can escape punishment by running here?"

Thousands of soldiers had to drag their tired bodies to stand under the scorching sun, and anyone who dared to move or look around would be whipped.

The soldiers had been exhausted after running around for several days. Coupled with the lectures that were almost like torture and the whips that fell from time to time, people in the queue fell from time to time.

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

As for those who dared to raise objections, they were hanged directly in the square. The charges were naturally treason and disobedience on the battlefield. Either of them was enough to make these big-headed soldiers die ten times.

General Alois Palffi's actions made Colonel Bordeaux and Colonel Monta very unhappy. They also sympathized with those low-level soldiers.

But Alois Palffi was a person who would become a general sooner or later. The Palffi family was a true aristocrat, and its inheritance was nearly a thousand years, even longer than the history of the Austrian Empire.

Alois Palffi was the only choice for the future head of the family. It was not much more difficult for him to kill these soldiers than to kill ants.

Although Bordeaux and Monta were both of noble origin, the difference between them was like the difference between a pheasant and a phoenix. Although they despised them in their hearts, they could only look up to them on the surface.

And even if they were willing to sacrifice their lives, give up their noble status, and even disregard their family safety and personal lives to fight to the end with this privileged class, the final result would mostly be nothing.

Just like General Li Qi before, even after countless defeats, he was still able to sit firmly in such an important position as the commander-in-chief of the Venice defense.

Even Count Latour, who always obeyed Franz's orders, deliberately ignored this matter. Prince Metternich was also willing to use his family honor as a guarantee to ensure that General Li Qi would not make mistakes.

However, the result is obvious. Even though General Li Qi received the advice of the two superiors, he was still one of the biggest sieves in the Venice area.

The reason why he dared to do his own thing was because he knew that he would not be punished. In history, General Li Qi was not sent to a military court after losing Venice, but was promoted to the Senate of the House of Nobles.

The same was true for Alois Palffi. He knew very well that he would not be punished, but the future head of the Palffi family did not want to lose face in front of Franz.

Usually, as the eldest sons of two large families and the two future heads of the family, Franz and Alois would each take a step back. The former would pretend not to see it, and the latter would restrain himself a little and put the blame on others.

Then the Palffi family continued to be loyal to the Habsburg family. Hello, I am good, and everyone is good.

However, Franz had been waiting for this day for more than ten years. Before that, he had to destroy the "peaceful and prosperous times" he created with his own hands.

Risking the risk of causing the Austrian Empire to regress or even disintegrate, Franz only had one sentence at this time: "You deserve to die."

Alois Palffi was a little confused at first, then a little surprised, and then began to find it funny at the sudden words of the young boy.

Although the latter did not say anything, his expression was full of disdain and fearlessness. He had experienced too many things in his life, and no matter what mistakes he made, he could get away with it in the end.

So Alois Palffi also came to an astonishing conclusion that he was God, and everything in the world except him was just his imagination.

However, Franz was one of the few people who could pull him back to reality from his imagination, but Alois Palffi still stared at the former with his eyes. He felt that the little brat in front of him was just acting on impulse.

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

Alois Palffi thought so, but Franz repeated it again.

"You deserve to die. You deserve to be hanged here."

Alois Palffi did not speak, but just sneered. But Franz's words scared the others in the square.

Alois's adjutant immediately stepped forward to stop Franz. Bordeaux subconsciously prepared to draw his gun, but Franz grabbed the adjutant's wrist, twisted it, bent it, and pressed it to disable his hand.

After the adjutant fell to the ground, he realized that his arm had been broken. 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 running away is not what you want. The fact that you can come all the way to Venice is enough to prove your loyalty.

The defeat of Venice should not be blamed on you, and you also know who the culprit is.

That is the highest military commander of the entire Venetian region. His desertion forced you to flee with him.

You are indeed guilty, but these officers are also guilty. I only want to say one thing today. The officers and nobles should be held responsible for this defeat.

Catch them all! Hang them! "

Franz's words were orders. Although the soldiers and officers present were uneasy at this time, the soldiers in the Royal Dragoon Regiment would not care about these.

To put it bluntly, they were the personal soldiers left by the old emperor to Franz, and events again and again proved that Franz would be a capable and ambitious emperor.

The soldiers supported the hero because they were more eager to make achievements than ordinary people.

At this time, Alois Palffi behaved very inappropriately, even somewhat insulting his noble status.

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

At this time, Alois Palffi was elbowed under the armpit. Bordeaux had long been unhappy with the high-ranking Duke.

"Of course they dare not, I will serve you. "

Alois Palffi had never suffered such humiliation in his life, but he had never been beaten either. He was in so much pain that he could not speak.

Seeing Bordeaux capture Alois Palffi, and seeing the Royal Cavalry acting like wolves and tigers, the fleeing soldiers in the square also became agitated.

In fact, they were the ones who were most unwilling. They became fleeing soldiers and deserters without even fighting a battle. No one would be willing to do so.