The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1282 If you don’t sell it, there are plenty of people who will!
The reason why the Austrian Empire's attack was so successful was of course closely related to the actions of the Spanish government.

First, Varna, the backbone of the Catalan region, was executed.

Secondly, after executing Varna, Mario Álvarez Casar did not stay in Solt, but chose to return to Madrid to ask for credit from Isabella II.

After Mario Alvarez Casal left, the entire Catalonia region was completely leaderless.

Third, the people that Mario Álvarez Casal appointed to take over Catalonia were incompetent and, instead of taking control of the situation, were trying to make a fortune before it collapsed.

The result is naturally to further intensify the conflicts in the region.
Fourth, the military strength of the two sides has been fundamentally reversed, and the Spanish government forces are simply unable to resist.

As the news of the fall of Catalonia spread throughout the southeastern coast of Spain, Andalusia, Murcia and Valencia also fell one after another.

The governor of Valencia even chose to surrender directly, and Franz fulfilled his promise, gave him a large sum of money, and sent his entire family to Mexico.

After completely occupying the southeastern coastal areas of Spain, the Austrian Empire has firmly established its foothold in Spain.

However, Franz had no intention of giving Isabella II a chance to catch her breath. He had to quickly end this meaningless tug-of-war.

The Carlists were also a minor trouble, so he taught them a lesson using the Spanish government forces.

In fact, the Carlos party's attack route was given to the Spaniards by spies from the Austrian Empire. The composition of the Carlos party was too complicated, and some of them were overly eager for power.

So much so that Francis had to get rid of them. After all, these people's ruling style was similar to that of Isabella II, and their reputation was even worse.

If Franz leaves the rear to these people, there will be endless troubles.

The image and model that the Austrian Empire had worked so hard to establish must not be destroyed by this bunch of trash.

In some cases, the results are much more important than the means.

Franz felt that no measure was too drastic to deal with these scum.

But some things, will always come.

Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

The Carlos envoy Leonto had been waiting in Vienna for half a month. In fact, when he had just left Spain, the progress of the Austrian Empire was not so rapid.

However, Leonto's goal remained unchanged. He hoped that the Carlos faction would take over the area occupied by the Austrian Empire at that time.

Franz naturally knew Leonto's purpose, and he had been delaying for so long that it was time to meet the ambassador.

When Leonto saw Franz, he didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, on behalf of the legitimate King Carlos VI of Spain, I hereby demand the return of our country's legitimate territory.

According to the previous agreement between our two countries, after liberating Spain, your country will receive all of our overseas territories as a reward.

But that does not include Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia, and Catalonia. Please keep your promise, otherwise we will not guarantee the safety of the lives of the Austrian soldiers in Spain. "

"Mr. Leonto, I don't like being threatened. But we are allies now, you are lucky."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. We Spaniards don't like to threaten others, so please consider our request."

Leonto was neither humble nor arrogant, and Franz did not want to embarrass others. "Please tell Carlos that the Austrian Empire has not yet liberated Spain. The Austrian Empire's army needs to advance gradually.
Unless he wanted to terminate the deal, he would have to issue a statement recognizing Spain’s overseas colonies as belonging to the Austrian Empire.”

Franz recounted the situation facing the Austrian Empire, the most important of which was Spain's own problems: complex terrain, difficult supplies, rebels everywhere, and an unstable rear.

In fact, these are all old questions. As a Spaniard, Leonto naturally knew that what Franz said was true.

Given the situation in Spain, the Austrian Empire would be crazy if it dared to advance alone. It was true that supply was difficult, and it was also true that rebels and bandits were everywhere.

But Leonto didn't want to care about these. His mission was to regain control of the southeast coast and solve the supply problem for the Carlists trapped in Cantabria.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that you are imposing taxes on my people. I think there is only one person in the world who can demand taxes from the Spaniards, and that is our King.

Should you return the taxes you have taken from our land to its rightful owners?"

"But do you know where the money in your people's hands comes from? What is the basis for our tax collection?"

Franz asked back.

"what?"

Leonto was a little confused.

"We are collecting the expected banknotes issued in Spain, and the currency held by your people at this time is also the currency of our Austrian Empire.

We, the Austrian Empire, collect our own money. Is that not causing any trouble to your country?"

After some explanation from his entourage, Leonto finally understood what the expected banknotes were. Now the reason for taxation seemed to be invalid, after all, the Austrians were transferring money from one hand to the other.

"But why can't you hand over our land to us and let us guarantee your country's logistics? Isn't our country worthy of your trust?"

Franz laughed, his voice full of disdain and mockery. He didn't like this kind of despicable rhetoric at all.

If it was in the previous life, some people occupied the moral high ground, and Franz could only accept it. But this time he was the emperor, and he had to fight back.

"If you really have this ability, would you still come to our Austrian Empire to ask for troops? You are questioning your allies again and again like this, do you believe it?

You can now ask Carlos to come to Vienna, and as long as he publicly recognizes the gift of all Spanish overseas colonies to the Austrian Empire, we will immediately withdraw from Spain."

This time Leonto really didn't know what to say. The Carlos faction was not strong in the southeastern coastal area, and its connection with Carlos was not strong either.

At this time, the Carlists on the southeast coast suffered heavy losses from the Spanish government forces, and many of their main leaders were either dead or missing.

However, even if the organizational structure was complete, it might not be able to take on such a large plate. In less than a month, the area controlled by the Austrian Empire exceeded that of the Carlists' efforts in more than a decade.

Moreover, given the strength of the Carlos faction, it is impossible for them to really break off their alliance with the Austrian Empire. After all, they cannot defeat Isabella II on their own.

Leonto suddenly realized a problem. Carlos VI could cede land in exchange for aid, so couldn't Isabel II do the same?

There is no doubt that Isabella II will not only do it, but will do it even more without any bottom line.

Thinking of this, Leonto couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.