Winter gave way to spring, and lted snow made the roads muddy. An army was struggling to move forward. Yes, it was the Vienna City Defense Army, doing their field training.
The noble officers could not stand this kind of suffering, so Albrecht considerately approved them to make camp. Unconsciously, the command power of the army changed.
"Stop moving forward and make camp here!"
Albrecht's order sounded. As the Vienna City Defense Army, they could not stray far from the city, and the field training was only a hundred and eighty kiloters.
"Franz, we can't go any further than this. Otherwise, if there is an accident in Vienna, we can't respond in ti!"
Franz nodded. Let the revolution break out in Vienna, but that didn't an letting the Vienna revolution succeed!
The main force of the City Defense Army had been brought out. Although there were more than five thousand troops left behind, in fact, their combat effectiveness was pretty low.
If soone wanted to start a revolution, it would be impossible for him to let go of this opportunity. After all, this kind of opportunity did not present itself often.
"Well, the news should have spread by now. How is the situation of the troops?"
Albrecht shook his head and said, "Not good! We pulled them out for training in these conditions, and I believe that they are all cursing us behind our backs."
This was inevitable. Whoever encountered this kind of thing would react the sa way. Franz thought of a solution, though not a good one: "Then let them take a day off and go hunting to supplent their rations."
This was a bad idea. If this was an army of nine hundred, instead of nine thousand, maybe they could really improve their food supply by hunting.
In the real situation, it was not possible that there was enough prey for so many people in the mountains. However, it was still a good way to let everyone relax, so Albrecht did not object.
Ti passed quickly. The Labor Protection Act, originally scheduled to be implented by the Vienna governnt on March 1, 1848, had been put on hold indefinitely. What's worse, the governnt hadn't even given a clear explanation.
The inaction of the Vienna governnt was very disappointing to the working class, which gave the capitalists an idea.
As a strategy, the cost of spreading rumors was the lowest. Under the manipulation of the revolutionaries, the working class ca to think that the capitalists had already bribed the governnt and that their interests were betrayed.
The situation in Vienna was very unfavorable to the governnt. By March 4, 1848, news of the success of the French February Revolution had spread across Vienna.
Under the manipulation of the capitalists, citizens, workers, and students in Vienna took to the streets to demonstrate on March 5.
Under the banner of anti-hunger, anti-economic crisis, anti-dictatorship, and anti-corruption, the march representative submitted a petition to Ferdinand I, demanding the removal of tternich's cabinet, the implentation of constitutionalism, and the abolition of serfdom...
What was very interesting was that the Labor Protection Act was not proposed. Obviously, the representative responsible for drafting the petition at that ti had already betrayed the working class.
None of these requests were acceptable to Pri Minister tternich, and the petition was absolutely impossible to get approved.
As for the emperor's responses to all this, of course, the Regent Committee made the decisions and dealt with all the issues on behalf of the emperor. Many of them really wanted to let Pri Minister tternich go, but on the other hand, the rest of the conditions from the working class were not acceptable to them at all.
For their own benefit, everyone had to stand together for the ti being.
Until then no one, except for the radicals, had thought of revolution.
Even the capitalists just wanted to obtain benefits from the nobles and survive the crisis; they were not ready for a revolution yet.
...
A carriage passed through the narrow, streets, on both sides of which were short earthen houses. There was a pungent sll.
The carriage stopped in front of a small house. A well-dressed young man stepped down from the carriage and felt softness when he stepped on sothing. He looked down and found what he stepping on was animal droppings.
"Shit!"
With a curse and a disgusted expression, the young man knocked on the door. The carriage had already left after he got out.
There were not many options for him but to face a situation like this: the secret police in Vienna were not fools doing an easy job, but agents doing a highly risky one, which ant this young man had to be careful.
At that ti, the slum was the safest place: it was a chaotic environnt with lots of crisscrossing alleys, and most important of all, it was where the police force was weakest.
The door of the courtyard opened, and a barely-dressed man ca out. He looked around and made sure that no one had followed this young man, then welcod him in.
"Jack, you have finally arrived! Everyone has been waiting for you for a long ti!"
The young man nad Jack frowned, and disgust flashed in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Sorry, Cole, the enemy is too clever. To get rid of them, I have to be very careful!"
Cole was closing the door and didn't notice Jack's expression. He continued, "Never mind. We can't be too careful at a ti like this. Let's get started now that you're here!"
"Gentlen, the ti for revolution has co. It is impossible for the reactionary governnt to agree to our request.
The tternich governnt has deceived us again. At this ti, there is no need to continue to endure.
The Paris revolution has won. It's our turn now. Now is our best chance.
The City Defense Army is training in the countryside. If they want to return, it will take two days at the least ..."
A man in gray clothes said with concern, "Jack, I am afraid that the ti is not yet ripe to launch an uprising. Although the City Defense Army is practicing in the country, there are still five thousand troops left behind. We will never ..."
Jack frowned. He didn't like to be refuted, especially by those he despised.
If the capitalists behind the scenes hadn't needed them to launch an uprising right away to put pressure on the governnt, he would not have co here to et with the workers' representatives.
In his mind, it was best that the revolution was commanded by those decent people, and what these lower folks needed to do was just to listen to their commands.
However, this was sothing that the working class had to be willing to die for, and they had no prestige among the working class. As a result, they had to rely on the leaders of these workers' movents.
Jack explained impatiently, "Mr. Powell, don't worry. We have secretly bought a batch of weapons. If we've got weapons in our hands, will you still be afraid of those noble soldiers?
Besides, the army is not really our enemy. Apart from noble officers, most of them are the sa toiling masses as you. We can ..."
Obviously, they were all revolutionaries nominally; however, in fact, they were not on the sa side at all. The capitalists and the workers were inherently antagonistic.
It was only that, in this era, the workers' revolutionary organization had not yet been established, so they mainly depended on the existence of the capitalists' revolutionary party.
Everyone seed to be convinced by him, or more realistically, a large number of unemployed people were waiting for food to feed their families.
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