The Sun Never Sets In Spain

When the train arrived in Vienna, the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Count Boist had already been waiting here with a platoon of royal guards.

The ancestors of this man can be traced back to the distant Saxon family, and successively served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Saxony and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He is one of the most important politicians in the German region.

The trains in the 19th century were often late, so that he could wait here in person. Habsburg really gave a lot of face.

Seeing the train arrived, Boist breathed a sigh of relief. Although he spends most of the time in the warm waiting room, he is an old man in his 60s. Even if he is only exposed to wind and snow for a short time, he is quite overwhelmed.

So after a simple greeting, they quickly greeted them and got into the carriage.

In the carriage, only Rudolph was talking, and the other two were observing each other, and they remained silent in a tacit understanding.

At this time, Alfonso was feeling strange. Boist had just said that he was the prime minister of the Habsburg dynasty.

During this period of time, Harburg had a lot of things, no matter from which point of view, sending the prime minister to pick up people was too much.

"Your Majesty, are you wondering why I came here in person?" Boist suddenly said, accepting Rudolph's words.

Alfonso nodded. Although the heads of government and the kings are still divided into subordinates and subordinates, they are gradually equal in personality, so he doesn't think there is any problem with the other party's questioning.

Because it is unreasonable in fact, I have only heard of the king personally picking up people, but I have never heard of the prime minister rushing to pick up people alone.

"Because I have to come and tell you something, Metz Fortress has an accident." Boist said with a heavy tone: "Just 36 hours ago, the French Republican government's offensive had just begun, and Marshal Bazin was carrying all the defenders. Prussia surrendered."

... So that's it, counting the time, Alfonso was still on the ship.

But Bazin's surrender did not surprise Alfonso. What surprised him was Boist's attitude, how a little bit heartbroken.

"In what capacity did you surrender?"

"A supporter of Napoleon III."

"Ha." Rudolph interjected suddenly: "I knew that the French were unreliable. When they refused to form an alliance, they should have thought of this day."

He was very happy in his words, and it seemed that he was still worried about his rejection by France.

"This is not a good thing for Austria-Hungary." Boist shook his head and gave a wry smile.

"Why? France's surrender is a big deal and we don't care about it." Rudolph said he couldn't understand it.

"His Royal Highness, this has nothing to do with our hatred with France-can you really sit back and watch the Austro-Hungarian Empire be squeezed out of Germany forever?" Boist sighed.

Now Alfonso can understand that the prime minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is obviously a major warrior. The situation in France suddenly became urgent, so he came to discuss with him.

Sure enough, Boist immediately said: "Your Majesty, Marshal Primm has stated that he will not further interfere in the internal affairs of France, and he is currently stationed in the Saone River area.

I hope you can order to continue the attack, at least to win Strasbourg-this will not cost too many casualties. Winners will not be stingy in rewards. "

Alfonso didn't care about the useless promise. Instead, he frowned and asked, "You are going to fight Prussia after playing Italy?"

"...We just think that it is necessary to acquire strategic initiative at all times." Boyst said vaguely.

Seeing this, Alfonso did not continue to ask, the other side's attitude was quite obvious.

It's just how to do it is one thing, and it's another thing to really say it.

The Prussian Lien and the successive victory, the deterrence force is full, it is estimated that the Austrian-Hungarian psychology is also a bit vacant.

Alfonso carefully recalled the map of France. Strasbourg was on the inner border of Alsace Lorraine, almost the easternmost part of France.

Moreover, this place is also an important railway hub. If it can be successfully won, it will be possible to project power further east.

The most amazing thing is that there is not much Prussian garrison here, because the surrounding area is under the control of Prussia. From the current situation, it doesn't make much sense to win here.

"You want to cut the North and South battlefields?" Alfonso asked nonchalantly.

Boyster didn't reply, so he acquiesced.

"Heh." Alfonso smiled, it seems that Emperor Franz has regained his confidence by hitting Italy.

If someone takes out the current map of Europe and examines it carefully, they will find that Strasbourg continues to extend eastward just on the Main River.

It is meaningless to win Strasbourg alone, but if Austria-Hungary can start from Tyrol and Bohemia, it can form a triangle with Strasbourg covering the entire South Germany.

As long as the Austro-Hungarian Empire can advance a little bit inwardly, if Prussia does not want the army in Bavaria to fall into an oversized pocket, it must consider retreating northward.

At present, most of the Prussian army is preparing to fight the French. This strategic concept is very promising.

Emperor Franz was the main combatant, and he has been unconvinced with being pushed out of Germany, as everyone knows.

But no one thought that he would be so radical. He wanted to turn around and fight Prussia immediately before signing the Italian peace treaty.

Prussia was caught off guard, and it was really possible that they would succeed in a sneak attack.

At that time, it will be South France + South Germany + Austria-Hungary VS Paris + Prussia. In any case, the former will win more.

What's more, if Nasan sees changes in the situation, he will never go all-out with Prussia. Isn't the peace treaty just a piece of paper.

But this is obviously not in the interests of Alfonso. The three countries of Facio dominated Europe seem to be very good, but Spain and Prussia do not border, it is difficult to get too many benefits from the defeat of Prussia.

Moreover, Austria-Hungary relies on its strong national power to live up to its strength, but Spain is easily reduced to the echo bug of France...

Alfonso finally understood the difficulty of the British balancing policy. It is not so easy to make countries willingly consume each other.

Many thoughts flashed in his mind for a moment, but his face remained calm. Alfonso did not agree or refuse, but said indifferently: "I need to discuss with Marshal Prim."

Boyster nodded. Certainly this kind of thing cannot be concluded on the spot, but he also reminded: "It's best to act within a week."

Rudolph listened to the whole scene and vaguely guessed that the motherland wanted to do something against Prussia.

He is a centrist himself. Although he is not as eager as his father and the prime minister, he has no opinion on revenge.

It's just that Austro-Hungary wanted to fight two battles in a row, Rudolf was still a little worried, but he opened his mouth and finally said nothing.

In silence, the Hofburg Palace arrived.