18th century total war

Chapter 189 All problems are exposed in the war

"Besides, from a strategic point of view, as long as we hold Madrid, we will have reinforcements coming in from all over the Kingdom of Spain.

Our military strength will become stronger and stronger. On the other hand, Li Wei's rebel army is currently suffering from multiple attacks from the French Revolutionary Government's army, and its strength is stretched. It is impossible to send reinforcements to support this lone army that has penetrated into our territory.

Most of the rebellious Catalan army is militias and Catalan guerrillas who have just taken up arms. Although there are many people, their combat effectiveness is not to be feared.

Therefore, our Kingdom of Spain will become stronger and stronger in this battle of Madrid, while our enemy will become weaker and weaker. Even the more than 2 Li Wei rebels will not be able to stay on the territory of the Kingdom of Spain for a long time stay on.

The French revolutionary government was determined to destroy the rebel regime led by Li Wei, and it would not be long before Li Wei had to mobilize all the troops to protect himself.

Since time is on our side, why should we take the initiative?

Victory will belong to Spain, God be with us! "

After hearing Prime Minister Godoy's explanation, Carlos IV breathed a sigh of relief. The short-sighted Carlos IV had a simple idea. He was already satisfied if he could defeat the enemy and keep Madrid.

After seeing the fighting power of France, the current Carlos IV has regretted joining the anti-French alliance so early...

Of course, the decision to join the anti-French alliance was mainly promoted by Queen Luisa of Carlos IV and Prime Minister Godoy.

Queen Louisa is the daughter of the French princess Marie-Louise Elizabeth de Bourbon. Her relative, the king, had his head chopped off. Could she not be angry?

What's more, Carlos IV has a certain ancestry of the Bourbon family, so he should contribute to the Bourbon royal family.

Louis XVI went to the guillotine, why did the whole Europe shake?
It's because the Bourbon family has too many relatives, and many of them hold real power!

Although Queen Louisa was slightly dissatisfied with the fact that the country she controlled could only defend passively but could not take the initiative to attack, she also knew that what Prime Minister Godoy said was indeed reasonable.

However, Queen Louisa still added a sentence: "When the offensive of Li Wei's rebel army is blocked and they want to retreat, they must send out all the troops in Madrid to completely annihilate this French rebel army who dared to invade Spain!

We want to prove to other countries that not everyone can just step into the great Spain!
By the way, there are also independent Catalans. At that time, all Catalan nobles and senior officials who participated in the rebellion will be hanged!

Traitors are not eligible for the guillotine! "

"Follow the queen's will."

Prime Minister Godoy replied with a smile.

This Princess Palma is very strong, otherwise she would not have trained Carlos IV to be obedient.

Of course, it may also have something to do with Queen Luisa's excellent kung fu skills in bed, which is why Carlos IV was so addicted...

At this point, Prime Minister Godoy absolutely has a say!
In the great blueprint described by Prime Minister Godoy, most of the words are naturally comforting Carlos IV and his wife.

Prime Minister Godoy did not say that among the defenders, because of the lack of a large number of regular troops, the militia had to be temporarily recruited to fill up the number of people and go to the front line!
According to Prime Minister Godoy, the city defense team, which is not on the table, has a combat effectiveness among the so-called [-] defenders, which can be regarded as upper-middle class!
Most of the more than 3 main Spanish troops who had been defeated and fled back fled before they could withdraw to Madrid, and the rest became the backbone of the Madrid defenders.

As for the Spanish militia and even the armed citizens of Madrid, there is no fixed military salary at all, and they can only receive a so-called wartime allowance and part of the rations when they go to the battlefield.

It’s not about the step of defending the capital. The Madrid government is still digging and searching. There are a lot of appropriations above. In the hands of soldiers...

The Madrid cabinet government led by Prime Minister Godoy is not blind to the corruption problem in the army, but the greedy officers in the army are all the children of nobles with backgrounds, and it is easy to offend anyone who takes it!
What's more, Prime Minister Godoy is the biggest corrupt official, and his foundation is also not clean. What qualifications do he have to clean up other corrupt officials?

If the aristocratic officers' jobs were smashed, it wouldn't take long for Carlos IV to receive a large number of reports. Even if Prime Minister Godoy "relyed on bed politics", Queen Luisa might not be able to keep him.

The Kingdom of Spain at this time is not an absolute centralized country!

For the aristocratic bureaucrats of the Kingdom of Spain at that time, the state salary was just a cover, and other income was where they really made money.

In this regard, different nations and countries throughout the ages are actually pretty much the same...

So, don't complain that there are too many corrupt officials in China, there are just as many corrupt officials abroad, the world is as black as crows, big brother, don't laugh at second brother...

The so-called human relationship society, to put it bluntly, is not an intuitive phenomenon of the money society?
You have neither money nor power, and you have a fart relationship.

If you have money, you can open up relationships and buy contacts, and power status itself represents a circle of human relations. People with power only need to sit there, and there will be a steady stream of gifts from below!
This is the normal state of human society.

It's just that the degree of severity varies from country to country.

In today's Kingdom of Spain, the severity of corrupt officials has hurt the country. If there is no war, it may not be obvious. Once a war breaks out, all problems will come out!
Even Prime Minister Godoy didn't realize that the gap in the domestic standing army was so terrifying when Li Wei's rebel army went south. Those noble officers really dared to do anything!
In the end, I had no choice but to open the munitions warehouse and start recruiting strong men to fill the number. As long as you can shoot, you can immediately join the army. After the battle, you can go home and continue farming. There are not a few "temporary soldiers" in the Madrid defenders. !

Naturally, this large-scale recruitment of temporary soldiers could not hide the Catalan spies.

Even Catalan spies are very amateur.

The Catalans knew about it, and Major General Karl, the commander-in-chief of the Black Dragon Legion, naturally also knew about it.

Since the enemy is so weak, why hesitate?
When Carlos IV hugged his cousin queen to sit back and relax, the offensive and defensive battle in the province of Madrid started with the bombardment of the Black Dragon Corps!
In just one day, the outer defense line of the province filled with a large number of temporary soldiers and militiamen was broken through by the black dragon army. Karl's troops have already captured prisoners and caught them soft...

I don't know what the Madrid government thinks. Among the more than 4 defenders, they insist on arranging temporary soldiers and militias on the outer defense line to give Karl a record.

As a result, the 2 defenders suddenly lost [-] people, and the main force of the Spanish regular army defending around the capital of Madrid suddenly became panicked!

(End of this chapter)