Chapter 759

What this person is most afraid of is floating around. Take Artur as an example. If he hadn't been floating, would he feel that he is really a hero and Kossuth is nothing? If he could calm down and think about it, he would find that the previous victory was not worth mentioning at all!

Because the situation in Hungary has not fundamentally improved, the Russian army in the north is still pressing hard, and although the main force of the Austrian army in the west has been hit hard, it has not completely lost its attack power. Once the situation is opened, once the new and more elite Austrian army arrives on the battlefield, what will Hungary do?

After all, Hungary's losses in this battle were not light! Kossuth's 50,000 defenders were basically half disabled. Although Altur's troops reaped the fruits of victory, they paid a high price when they wiped out the last 10,000 Austrian troops. To put it bluntly, they urgently needed to be replenished.

As for Bem, who has been fighting with Paskovich in the north, although he has a lot of soldiers in his hand, he can't draw a single one out. Let's put it this way, after this battle, the Hungarian hinterland has actually been emptied. Without new munitions, Kossuth can no longer recruit more recruits, so what do they have to do with the Austrian army? decisive battle?

There is one thing to say, at this time Hungary is actually running out of oil lamps. If it can find a way to negotiate and reach an agreement with Austria, then there is still a glimmer of life. But if the negotiation fails to continue the war, then there is really only a dead end.

It is a pity that with the support of Budapest's brilliant victory, not only Artur drifted away, but the Hungarians also drifted away. After a hasty contact with the Austrian side and more conditions that Austria could not accept, the negotiations broke down. .

Then what? Kossuth and Artur began to fight for power and profit again within the National Defense Committee, which was called a miasma.

Time was wasted in this way, and time is actually the most precious asset of the Hungarians, because every minute that is delayed, the situation is more unfavorable to them.

At the end of March, just as Vishniak and Boris finally settled all their business and were ready to receive their final payment, something big happened!

Bem, who had supported for more than half a year, finally failed to withstand the joint onslaught of Paskovich and Duke Mikhail. The Transylvanian defense line collapsed, and the front line of the Balka Thousand Mountains also opened up. 500,000 Russians The army rushed over in darkness from the north and east!

This news dealt a huge blow to Kossuth. Originally, his reputation fell to the bottom in the first World War in Budapest. This time, Bem, whom he believed in, suffered another disastrous defeat. This directly led to the parliament launching a motion of no confidence in him.

Kossuth resigned before the parliamentary vote, probably because he also realized that the general situation was over. After resigning from the chairman of the National Defense Committee, he left Budapest immediately. He first joined the defeated Bem, and then began to contact Turkey and France, making preparations for exile abroad.

Kossuth's resignation,

Naturally, it meant that Altur came to power, and being able to become the chairman of the National Defense Committee made Altur overjoyed. He felt that he finally had the opportunity to give full play to himself, and finally he could show his talents.

It's just that there is really nothing to do in this situation. You see, there are only 100,000 soldiers left in Hungary, but the Russian army alone has 500,000 soldiers, plus the Austrian army in the west. Unless the Hungarians can count as ten, there is no chance of winning at all. At all!

However, Altur felt that his motherland could still be rescued. On the one hand, he was actively expanding his army and preparing for war. On the other hand, he also sent a signal of goodwill to Austria through conservatives such as Baujani, hoping to solve the problem through peace talks.

But the situation really has no room for peace talks. With Schwarzenberg humiliatingly bowing to Nicholas I, agreeing to pay one-third of the military expenditure and borrowing from Russia, Russia and Austria have reached a high level Unanimous, which means that Schwarzenberg must have an account for Nicholas I.

What kind of explanation? That is zero tolerance for revolution and revolutionary parties. So it was impossible to talk about anything, or even to continue the negotiation. The goodwill expressed by Baugiani and others to Austria from various channels was completely ignored. On the one hand, the Austrian army was actively recovering blood to prepare for the final decisive battle, and on the other hand, it was also waiting for Count Radeski to solve the Italian problem as soon as possible.

But Artur didn't know this, this person actually knew little about politics, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to disobey Kossuth's order and make such a mess. He feels that things are not so bad, and he still has illusions about the future.

And under the domination of such fantasy, some of his actions are very questionable. For example, the arms trade issue. Before that, Vishniak had repeatedly urged the National Defense Committee to pay the final payment as soon as possible, but Kossuth has been delaying it for the simple reason of lack of money.

Now that Kossuth has stepped down, Vishniak can only ask the trusted chairman Altur for money. Of course, it is impossible for Artur to conjure money, but he is a little different from Kossuth, that is, he is more rogue.

"The final payment? Of course we will pay the final payment, but I think we should renew our cooperation method and conduct transactions in a more fair and reasonable way!"

Facing Vishniak, who was asking for the account, Altur said shamelessly: "We should only pay the final payment of the previous transaction after completing the new transaction... These payments are not deliberately withheld by us, but As a quality guarantee, because quite a few of the weapons you sold to us have quality problems, our fighters have responded many times, and we can only pay the balance if you promise to replace or repair those damaged weapons or parts. !"

Vishniak is not stupid. He knew that Artur was playing hooligans. The agreement they reached with Kossuth was clearly written in black and white. Weapons and ammunition were bought and left, and once the transaction was inspected, they were regarded as Hungarian The weapons and ammunition received by default are all qualified, so there is no quality problem.

That is to say, as long as the Hungarian side signed the receipt of the goods, they would have to consider themselves unlucky if they received even a pair of scrap iron, and there was no such thing as a balance payment as a quality assurance deposit.

"Then I don't care!" Altur is shameless enough to play a hooligan, he waved his hand and said: "I am the chairman of the National Defense Commission, and I must be responsible for the quality of weapons and equipment... I don't agree with the practices of the Kossuth era. , either you start a new transaction and we pay the final payment, or the final payment is seized as a quality assurance deposit, it's up to you!"