After Hornder finished speaking, William's face turned blue and white. It was obvious that Hornder's answer made him very dissatisfied.
But fortunately these days, William is no longer as irrational as before. Indeed, since someone dares to do such a cruel thing to Du Li, he must hate Du Li very much. It is impossible for such a person not to know Du Li's identity
.And knowing Du Li's identity, he still dared to use such extreme means. It is obvious that the enemy was fully prepared.
Therefore, William did not continue to blame Hornde.
Seeing William's frown, Hornder seemed to remember something, and then he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to William.
"Your Majesty, this is coming from Brandenburg on a fast horse!"
With that said, Hornde handed the letter to William, and William tore open the envelope and read it.
This letter was sent by Anna of Brandenburg. In the letter, Anna expressed shock at Du Li's assassination. After that, Anna wrote a lot to prove her innocence.
After reading this letter, which was not very nutritious, William said to Hornde:
"By the way, Hornde, have you sent someone to investigate whether Queen Anna had any contact with anyone suspicious before and after Du Li was assassinated?"
"Your Majesty, according to the schedule provided by Her Royal Highness the Queen's entourage, Her Royal Highness the Queen has not had contact with any unknown persons. To a certain extent, Her Royal Highness the Queen has no connection with this assassination!"
After hearing Hornde's words, William's face looked better.
Although William had doubted Anna at the beginning, the timing was such a coincidence after all. You must know that Du Li was assassinated after leaving Brandenburg, and it was Her Royal Highness the Queen who was most suspected. In this case
, no normal person would choose this time to start! What’s more, Anna is still a very smart person.
"Your Majesty, there is also an urgent message from Brandenburg. They hope that Your Majesty can rush back to Brandenburg as soon as possible. The government previously asked the British for Hanover according to your request. But from the British side, the situation is not
Optimistic! In addition, there have been some changes in Austria, and the Military Ministry is considering the possibility of sending troops to Austria again!"
After Hornde finished speaking, William was stunned for a moment and then asked with some confusion:
"What's going on? What's going on in Austria? I remember that when I came to Parets, there was nothing unusual in Austria!"
"Your Majesty, that's it. His Royal Highness Alexander of Austria just decided to execute Franz last week, but who knew that at the scene of Franz's execution, Franz was rescued, and after that, Vienna broke out
Chaos. With the support of the Kaunitz family, Franz declared Alexander a traitor, and the two sides started a fierce battle in Vienna!"
After Horne finished speaking, William was stunned.
The internal conflicts in Austria did not subside when Alexander became the regent of Austria. Franz and Alexander had previously fought a fierce battle for the throne, but Alexander was the winner afterwards.
But you must know that the reason why Alexander was able to become the regent was because of Alexander's rapid advance. If he had not taken advantage of the empty defenses of Vienna to attack the city, Alexander might not have won at all.
Although Vienna was captured by Alexander in less than ten days, after Alexander entered Vienna, he could still rely on the Hungarian army that originally followed him.
Although Alexander later appointed his brother Archduke Karl, who was close to him, as the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army, the situation was not fundamentally reversed.
Regarding the cause of Leopold II's death and the treatment of Franz, Alexander inevitably had a conflict with Karl.
Alexander had previously decided to place Franz under house arrest for life, and this did not cause any problems before the death of Leopold II. But after Franz attended the funeral of Leopold II, the former crown prince and Kaoru
The Nitz family colluded together and did some things that made Alexander very angry.
But originally, if it was just like this, Alexander would not decide to execute Franz. After all, Alexander also knew the consequences if Franz was executed.
But Alexander's thinking does not mean that others also think so. After the funeral of Leopold II, Franz openly took to the streets of Vienna to rally with some people who supported him, regardless of Alexander's ban. This made Alexander angry at Franz.
Somewhat unbearable.
"What's going on? I have arranged more than 200 soldiers around Franz. How can it be that so many soldiers can't even watch one person!"
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Alexander said angrily.
"Your Highness, although we sent people to monitor His Highness Franz, His Highness Franz was too cunning. He actually exchanged clothes with his attendants and left the residence. When our people discovered something was wrong, Fu
His Highness Lantz has appeared on the streets of Vienna!"
The leader of the guard responsible for guarding Franz spoke with difficulty to the angry Alexander.
At this time, Daniel also quickly came to the palace
"Your Highness, it's not good. Franz is instigating citizens' dissatisfaction with us in Vienna's City Hall Square. Even the soldiers we sent to arrest Franz were blocked outside the City Hall Square by those citizens! Even those citizens
And shouting "Long live Franz!"
Daniel's words immediately set Alexander on fire like adding fuel to the fire.
"How dare he act so boldly, well...okay! Since he wants long live, then I will let him go to hell! Long live! Daniel immediately conveyed my order and sent out the army to arrest Franz. Anyone who dares to stop him will be
Arrest all Franz’s accomplices, and if anyone dares to resist, he will be dealt with as a counterinsurgency!"
Alexander's words are not unyielding. You must know that Franz is in the city hall of Vienna. Under this situation, Alexander still wants to arrest Franz forcefully. It is obvious that he is no longer prepared to tolerate Franz anymore.
He acted recklessly under his own nose.
As Alexander's chief think tank and most trusted minister, Daniel should have stood up and admonished Alexander at this time, but Daniel did not do so.
Even when Daniel bowed his head after receiving the order, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Then Daniel led three thousand Hungarian soldiers and rushed towards the Vienna City Hall! At this time, the Vienna City Hall was already a sea of people, and countless Viennese people surrounded the City Hall and nearby streets.
Seeing this situation, Daniel knew clearly that this operation was obviously planned by someone, and as the biggest supporter behind Franz, the planner of Franz's contact with the people of Vienna was obviously Kaunitz.
family.
"Everyone, get out of my way. On the order of His Highness the Regent, the traitor Franz is captured. Everyone get out of the way immediately! Otherwise, they will be regarded as a traitor!"
As Daniel spoke, he divided the army into two teams. One team began to clear the area outside, while the other team of soldiers held loaded rifles and aimed at the large number of Viennese civilians gathered in front of them.
"Why are you trying so hard to arrest His Highness Franz! His Highness is the emperor's heir! You have no right to arrest him!"
"We do not welcome Hungarian wolf cubs! Hungarians, go back to your steppes!"
"Alexander killed his father and usurped the throne, and everyone will kill him!"
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After Daniel finished speaking, there was a burst of noise among the Viennese crowd gathered in front. Seeing this, Daniel sneered on his face, and then only saw Daniel's right arm raised high.
stand up
"I'll count to three. Anyone who refuses to get out of the way will be guilty!"
However, the Viennese people blocking Daniel's front still made no move to disperse. Apparently they believed that with the tens of thousands of Viennese people gathered here, the Hungarian army led by Daniel would not dare to actually fire on them.
"One...two...three...fire!"
The word "fire" that came out of Daniel's mouth made everyone who heard the word think that they had heard it wrong, and then the guy really gave the order to fire.
After Daniel gave the order to fire, although the Hungarian soldiers were stunned for a moment, they soon remembered their mission. So these Hungarian soldiers opened fire on the Viennese people who had already targeted them!
"Bang...bang bang"
The sound of gunfire continued until the Hungarian soldiers opened fire, and those Viennese people suddenly realized that the crowd was instantly panicked, and countless people were running aimlessly. In contrast to these Viennese people, groups of Hungarian soldiers were standing under the officer's guard.
Under the command, they ignored the chaotic crowd and advanced directly to the City Hall Square.
Franz and several people around him on the Town Hall Square also immediately heard the huge noise and gunshots not far away.
Franz was shocked and said:
"Those Hungarian military really opened fire! How dare Alexander!"
But a man standing next to Franz said:
"There is nothing Alexander dares not to do, but Your Majesty. In this way, the situation is in our favor. Alexander dared to order the massacre of civilians in Vienna. This is simply God helping us! As long as you save the Viennese people as a savior, then not only will
These Viennese people will be grateful to you, and Alexander's reputation will be even more despised by the people!"
"Okay, Dominic. It's my turn to step up now!"
Standing next to Franz was Kaunitz's second son, Dominik Anton Andres von Kaunitz-Rittberg.
With that said, Franz left the center of the City Hall Square, escorted by several tough men dressed as civilians.
After a while, under everyone's gaze, Franz happened to be standing in front of the Hungarian soldiers led by Daniel. Seeing Franz's appearance, Daniel ordered the army to stop.
"Daniel, you are simply crazy. How dare you do such a cruel thing to the people of Austria! God is my witness, I will never forgive you!"
"Your Highness, if you want to forgive me, I'm afraid there is no hope in this life!"
Daniel said disdainfully to the questioning Franz.
At this moment, Franz turned to face the Viennese people behind him who were gradually calming down and said:
"People of Vienna, I'm sorry for everyone. It was because of my willfulness that everyone was so brutally massacred! Even God is crying for Vienna today. Look at the corpses and blood at our feet. I really can't bear it.
Say something else! If I can be exchanged for the salvation of the entire people of Vienna, then it is my duty to do so!"
After Franz finished speaking solemnly, he turned around and walked to Daniel's side. He watched coldly as Daniel directed several Hungarian soldiers to put ropes on his hands.
After fawning over the rope, Franz immediately raised his hands tied with the rope above his head and waved to the Viennese people who were watching all this, as if he had learned the Chinese face-changing.
Seeing Franz as a martyr who looked forward to death, Daniel felt very disgusted. Of course, he did not order anyone to send anyone to stop Franz from continuing his show.
However, Daniel's time was also limited, so when the crowd began to cry and pray one after another, Daniel ordered Franz to be escorted towards the palace.
And just when Daniel was escorting Franz back to the palace, Archduke Karl, who was originally stationed outside the city, led his army to block Daniel's path.
"Daniel, you are so brave. You dare to order the massacre of the people of Vienna! Are you crazy?"
Karl's face was ashen as he scolded Daniel from a distance.
After Karl finished scolding, Daniel said calmly:
"Everything I did was to carry out the mission of His Royal Highness the Regent. Your Highness the Grand Duke, do you think I did something wrong?"
After what Daniel said, Archduke Karl was obviously angry. He pointed his finger at Daniel and cursed loudly;
"I believe that the order to massacre must not have been issued by Alexander. Well, Daniel, do you know that everything you do today will make the people think of Alexander and how they think of our Habsburg family! Fortunately, you are still Alexander's
Loyal dog, don’t you even understand this kind of thing?”
"Your Highness, everything I did was just to capture Franz, whether it was right or wrong. I won't argue with you here. I have to rush to the palace as soon as possible. His Highness Alexander is waiting for me, so please get out of the way immediately.
!”
After hearing what Daniel said about capturing Franz, Karl was surprised:
"What's going on? Why do you want to arrest Franz?"
Just when Karl asked in surprise, Franz, who had been stuffed into the carriage by Daniel before, also showed his face and said to Karl:
"Karl, my good brother! Look. Just when I came out, Alexander killed hundreds of people in Vienna. Could it be that this is the kind of ruler you want to support! Not long after his father died, Alexander dared to create
Such a tragedy, can't this awaken you?"
"Someone, stop Franz's mouth. I don't want to hear his nonsense anymore!"
"Who dares!"
The latter sentence was yelled by Karl. Although it seemed from Franz's face that Franz was not hurt, when Franz stretched his tied hands out of the car, even Karl was shocked.
Later, in the palace in Vienna, Karl and Alexander had an argument. Although Alexander was a little shocked when he learned that Daniel had ordered the killing of hundreds of civilians in order to capture Franz, after all, he had previously captured Franz at all costs.
Lentz's order was given by himself.
While Alexander and Karl were arguing, Franz, who had been let go, was fanning the flames. Enraged by Franz's attitude, Alexander decided to execute Franz, despite Karl's desperate persuasion afterwards.
But Alexander, who was obviously irritated by Franz, wouldn't listen at all.
Later that evening, Franz was escorted by a group of Hungarian soldiers to a wasteland on the outskirts of Vienna.
The news that Franz was about to be executed soon spread throughout Vienna. It was obviously impossible to say that there were no intentional people causing trouble inside. Led by some people with ulterior motives, a large number of Viennese people and officials came.
Outside Franz's execution site.
Faced with the sudden appearance of so many people, Alexander felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. On the one hand, he mobilized 10,000 Hungarian troops outside Vienna to maintain order. On the other hand, he asked Karl to lead the army to wait outside.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened. Just when Franz was being led to the guillotine and preparing to be executed, several of the executioners who executed Franz suddenly rebelled. They unexpectedly untied the ropes from Franz's body.
, and some armed men also suddenly appeared on the execution ground to rescue Franz.
Seeing this situation, Alexander immediately ordered the army to dispatch to kill Franz and his accomplices without mercy. But who knew that at the moment Alexander's order was issued, countless Viennese people with weapons also appeared on the execution ground as a new force to help Franz.
Lantz.
That night, outside the city of Vienna, a conflict broke out between the Hungarian army under Alexander and the Viennese people's armed forces. Less than two hours after the conflict, the Austrian army led by Karl unexpectedly defected and was unable to face the enemy.
Alexander was completely stunned by the control situation.
Looking at the panicked Alexander, Daniel, who had been standing beside Alexander, sneered in his heart.
The reason why the Viennese people were able to suddenly block the Hungarian army was because Daniel played a big role in it. As an officer commanding the Hungarian army, he specially deployed troops to defend the country under martial law. The reason was precisely for this chaotic situation.
The reason why Daniel did this is very simple, that is, to plunge Austria into a situation that is beyond redemption.
In fact, Daniel is a Prussian. No one knows this, except of course the senior Prussian officials. For Daniel, he has been in Austria for eight years. During these eight years, Daniel has worked hard to obtain
Alexander's trust was intended to create chaos in Austria.
Daniel's biggest wish is to wait until Austria is completely destroyed and return to his beautiful hometown of Pomerania.