Chapter 881 Mr. Kossuth

"Mr. Kossuth!"

Petofi excitedly went forward to hug his idol.

"You are amazing! You actually convinced them!"

Kossuth was also very happy and patted Petofi on the shoulder.

"You are amazing, my friend, look! This is us Hungarians! The enthusiasm and vitality that makes the heavens jealous, no one can oppress us!

We are born free!"

Petofi shouted "Long live freedom!"

The crowd also shouted "Long live freedom!"

"Long live Hungary!"

"Long live Hungary!"

Night.

After three rounds of drinks, Petofi said.

"Mr. Kossuth, I don't think it is a wise choice to go to war. We should give the Austrians a chance for peace."

Kossuth was a little surprised.

"My friend, how can you say that? This is not like you! You are the pride of our nation! The son of our nation, the great Petofi."

"Mr. Kossuth, believe me, I hate Austria more than anyone else, but you have never been to Vienna.

The walls of Vienna are higher than the spires of our churches. Just one district is as big as Pest, and Vienna has more than 20 districts."

Kossuth was unmoved.

"My friend, what else can this show except that the Austrians are extravagant?

If the walls were really useful, Constantinople and Rome would not have fallen."

"Mr. Kossuth, do you know how much it costs to maintain such a huge city?

Austria's national strength is far superior to ours, and its military strength is five times ours. And I don't want to be God's whip and destroy such a city."

Hearing Petofi say this, Kossuth finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, my friend. If the Austrians can accept our conditions, I don't want to fight them, and I don't want to destroy those historical relics.

But if they want to continue to rule us with tyranny, I, Kossuth, will be the first to disagree!"

Kossuth won a round of applause as soon as he said this, but Petofi was a little confused.

"What conditions?"

This time it was Kossuth's turn to be puzzled.

"My friend! Didn't you draft that? The twelve articles of peace!"

"Oh my God! Mr. Kossuth, the Austrians will never agree to it!"

Petofi's drunkenness immediately sobered up. The twelve articles were indeed drafted by him, but they were all fantasies of various forces.

Everyone talked about it, and Petofi himself was in high spirits and didn't care so much.

But calm down a little and you will know that it is simply impossible. Austria is a great power. What is a great power? It represents absolute strength.

Austria was besieged during the Thirty Years' War and the War of the Austrian Succession, but it still stands today, while the once invincible Kingdom of Hungary was destroyed several times.

But Kossuth didn't care about that. He only knew that the whole of Hungary was unprecedentedly united at this time.

Petofi's twelve points were so wonderful that they united those who were originally opposed or did not look favorably on Kossuth.

"Friend, you should know that Austria's previous policy towards us was divide and rule. Now with your twelve points, we are finally united."

Kossuth's words rekindled Petofi's hope, because if the twelve points could be realized, then Hungary could indeed get rid of the shackles of Austria forever, and people would definitely live happily, right?

As an idealist, Petofi would naturally not refuse this bold proposal. After a brief consideration of the pros and cons, he decided to continue to support Kossuth.

"Mr. Kossuth, you are right! As long as we can make our great motherland independent, I have nothing to fear!

We are proud Hungarians! We are free eagles! Let us spread our wings and fly high!"

"This is my good brother!"

Cheers were heard again in the Pierwax Cafe.

In fact, the reason why Kossuth was so confident was not only because of Petofi, Baugani, and those supporters in the parliament.

Not long ago, in addition to Pius IX and Palacky's people who came to him, there was also a more important figure, the British envoy, who brought Kossuth a more explosive news.

Britain will support Pius IX in the war between Austria and the Papal States, and they also support all free behaviors and freedom-loving people.

The British envoy even promised Kossuth that if the Kingdom of Hungary becomes independent, he will support him as the president.

In addition, Britain will sign an equal trade agreement with the Kingdom of Hungary, and both sides can benefit from each other.

The equal trade referred to by the British is actually what they call free trade.

The British industrial strength completely crushes Hungary, and the lower the tariff, the more disadvantageous it is for them.

But Kossuth didn't understand these. He only knew that the Austrians developed through foreign trade and colonial plunder.

The British were obviously much more advanced than Austria's trading partners. Kossuth felt that he could use the British to develop himself and replace them.

Kossuth didn't expect that the British Mediterranean Fleet would be annihilated two weeks later. He felt that he should prove his value as an ally.

On February 23, 1848, the twelve-point peace agreement drafted by Petofi and approved by the Great Council of Pest was sent to Vienna.

At the same time, Kossuth found Baugani. He needed to do something earth-shattering.

"Attack Pressburg?"

Baojiani was almost shocked. He didn't expect Kossuth to have such a crazy idea.

You know, Pressburg is less than 50 kilometers away from Vienna, the capital of Austria, and it is an extremely strong fortress.

The Austrian Empire has spent countless manpower and material resources here for hundreds of years just for the peace of the place where it sleeps.

The most important thing is that this move is not just a threat, it is simply a direct declaration of war.

"Yes, I think we must prove to the Austrians the superiority of our Hungarian nation.

Only the strong city of Pressburg, a city that cannot fall in the eyes of the Austrians, is worthy of this action."

Baojiani swallowed his saliva and explained quickly.

"Mr. Kossuth! Excuse me, it is impossible to capture Pressburg with our current armaments.

I have been an intern in Pressburg. It is a well-polished fortress. Even if there is a siege of 100,000 troops, they can at least hold out for half a year.

And I have reliable intelligence. At the beginning of the year, Pressburg was sent five regiments of troops for some reason.

Now their total force is 15,000. We need at least ten times the force to capture this strong fortress."

Kossuth shook his head after hearing this.

"Without 150,000 people, I can only dispatch 8,000 to 10,000 regular troops and 3,000 local armed forces to you at most."

"Mr. Kossuth, this is simply suicide!"

"No, Mr. Baojiani, I think you can do this job. If there is anyone in the world who can help Hungary win this war, that person must be you."

Kossuth said it very sincerely, which made Baojiani feel very honored. Sometimes the power of idols is so terrible that it can make people make decisions that are completely against reason.