Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

The year 1861 was not only a historical turning point for Lao America, but also the most important year for the Kingdom of Sardinia, an unknown small country on the Apennine Peninsula.

In the OTL world, the Kingdom of Italy was officially established in this year, but in this world line, the Kingdom of Sardinia is very honored to inherit the traditional virtues of the Italians.

As a result, it is still stuck with France and has not been touched at all. The unification of the Italian peninsula is even further out of reach.

In fact, as early as 1858, Sardinia and Lombardy colluded to declare war on the Austrian Empire.

Although the Austrian Empire is already in decline and does not have the power of the Habsburgs in the past, it is not easy to beat up a Lombard barbarian or a Sardinian barbarian who has eaten too much pasta.

During the first Italian War of Independence, Austria was pinned to the ground and rubbed against it. How could a small country with no organization stand a chance of winning against Austria, which was still considered a first-rate power?

The Crimean War has not yet broken out in this world, and Ottoman Turkey and Tsarist Russia are still staring at each other, but they are no different from powder keg.

But because of Augustus, Britain has indeed isolated Austria. France has also sided with Sardinia for Savoy and Nice. If you talk about Tsarist Russia, you Austria can use Tsarist Russia as an ally. Tomorrow France can join forces with Britain. Hand in hand.

It is obviously unlikely that Tsarist Russia will be able to come, and it is not that it does not want to come, but its troops must first pass through the Black Sea, right? So now that the relationship with the Ottomans is so tense and the Dardanelles Strait cannot be crossed, what can we do? Going to the Baltic Sea? so far away.

Moreover, Tsarist Russia and Austria will have to fight again over interests.

Tsarist Russia has been directly excluded. Now the puppet regimes supported by Austria, except for Sardinia and Lombardy, are in conflict with the pro-French Kingdom of Sardinia.

Austria and France are still on the sidelines. This war has been going on for almost two years. The two eldest brothers are really numb, let alone France and Austria. The British in the distance can't help but sigh when they see this situation. The Italians have lost Are you confident?

You may be wondering why Britain got involved in Italy's War of Independence, which was not of great benefit to it.

Even if it could weaken Austria's dominance, it was indeed a thankless task, but the British still chose to do so. They provided many weapons to the Kingdom of Sardinia, and even sent a volunteer army of [-] people to help the Kingdom of Sardinia.

But how to put it, if the limited war in the United States was like primary school children fighting, then the Italian War of Independence was like throwing mud at each other in kindergartens.

From tactics to strategy, if there is a mistake in any link, it cannot be so successful. Napoleon III saw that this situation was really difficult to deal with, so he might as well end it himself.

So in May, France joined the war in the name of helping the people of the Apennine Peninsula against the Austrian invaders.

Of course Napoleon III was confident of defeating the puppet states supported by Austria, but at this moment Austria also announced that it would end in person, which still surprised Napoleon III.

He originally thought that Austria would sit down and fight until the end, then sign a peace treaty and cease the war. It didn't mean that France couldn't defeat Austria, but if the two empires really fought, it would still be a bit painful.

Napoleon III successfully miscalculated the situation and kept the French army stationary. He had to negotiate with Austria first and find a way to control Austria.

But when it came to the ears of the Kingdom of Sardinia, it turned out that France wanted to abandon Sardinia and make peace with Austria. Although Cavour, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, wanted to attack alone, with his army, he might not be able to defeat Austria.

So is there a country that doesn't have much interest in Italy, but has a blood feud with Austria?

The standard answer is in the north, the Kingdom of Prussia. I heard that the Kingdom of Prussia has no conscience, but it defeated the Ming Empire. Based on this achievement, Cavour is like having a good exchange with August.

Since Napoleon III won’t fight, I’ll get rid of him.

Cavour's calculation was quite clear. One thing he might not have expected is that he seemed to have nothing to give to Prussia.

But he was still brave enough to send a telegram to the diplomatic office of the Kingdom of Prussia. He wanted to negotiate with August.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin was immediately confused after receiving this telegram from Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and then opened the map and found where Sardinia was.

After this telegram reached Tina, she almost laughed. Who did Cavour think he was? He would run off to work as soon as Prussia was invited.

But after all, it was sent by the Prime Minister of the other party, so August still had to take a look.

August looked at it and asked, "Tina, do you think we should get involved in this war?"

"In my opinion, there is no benefit in getting involved. It has no meaning other than stalemate relations with Austria."

Tina said calmly, it is true that Sardinia is no match for her from a national or geopolitical perspective, and the national sentiment is quite high, but in fact it doesn't matter.

"Tina, I think we can accept Cavour's request and send troops to the Apennine Peninsula."

"why?"

"Because France supports Sardinia, although Britain's position is very erratic, it clearly intends to target Austria, so we might as well join in and play a role. The most important thing is to make Austria hate us."

"Is there any point in doing this?"

"Tina, those who started the war are heinous. There will eventually be a war between us and Austria. Now it can be said that it is the part of accumulating hatred. Austria will not immediately declare war on us because of this, but if a war must be fought, why How can we seduce them into becoming evildoers who strike first?"

"I seem to understand your intention, I will ask the General Staff to make preparations.

Tina walked out of the regent's office, and August looked at the territory of Austria and smiled.

The Austrian Empire has lost this war from all aspects. First of all, its citizens are disgusted with this war, and it is at war with France. This reminds the Austrian people of the fear of being dominated by Napoleon the Great. .

And Auguste did not have any territorial claims, but what she wanted was not Italian territory, but Austrian territory, Slovenia.

Of course, if Prussia directly annexes it during the Austro-Prussian War, it will definitely cause a strong reaction from Italy. But if it helps this time, Prussia can claim this land later.

Italy is unwilling to kidnap it morally. How could it turn its back on Prussia when it took advantage of it?

It's cheap, but it's very useful. Moreover, Cavour, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, invited him to go there. It's not Prussia's intention to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

August also wanted to disgust Britain, just to let out a sigh of relief for no other reason.

Tina personally replied to Cavour, saying that Prussia supports the just war of the Sardinian people against Austria. Prussia stands on the side of the Italian people. We will always be your friends. Prussia has no territorial claims on Sardinia. Long live the Italian people!

The whole article highlights sincerity and deep brotherhood. Cavour smiled when he received this telegram in the middle of the night. He did not expect Prussia to really come.