Chapter 106: End of the Rebellion

  Chapter 106: The End of the Rebellion

Conservative nobleman Howell angrily questioned: “Kosut, your explanation is not convincing, similar things have happened not one or two, you commanded the national self-defense forces, why not restrain?

Count Istvan and you were political enemies, and he was also against Hungarian independence, but we can’t deny his greatness just because of that, and you should even less brutally kill him just because of personal grudges.”

Bem immediately retorted, “No, you are talking nonsense, how could Mr. Kosut be a murderer!”

Shemir sneered, “General Behm, now that Mr. Kosut is the head of the government and also the supreme commander of the National Self-Defense Forces, he has repeatedly obstructed the Ministry of War’s efforts to clean up the military discipline, and now that this kind of thing has happened, shouldn’t he give us a reasonable explanation?”

The National Self-Defense Army has developed to the present time, it has been completely degenerated, committing adultery occurs from time to time, the internal management is chaotic, and Kosut, the supreme leader, can hardly be blamed for it.

As for hindering the War Ministry from cleaning up the military discipline, that was a power struggle, and the Revolutionary Party didn’t want to see the War Ministry take the opportunity to deepen its hand into the National Self-Defense Army.

But now, this became the best excuse to attack them, whether Count Istvan’s death had anything to do with Kosut or not, he had to be responsible for it.

Pedro thought for a moment and said, “The most important thing right now is to catch the murderer, that missing company commander is the key person in this incident, it’s irresponsible to characterize this incident without catching him!”

As he said this, his eyes contained a strong concern within them. There was no way around it, Kosut’s modesty was really questionable, who knew if this incident had anything to do with him?

Army Minister Golgai sneered, “But at the first moment of the crime, the National Self-Defense Army prevented the police from apprehending the murderer.

Mr. Kosut must be held responsible for this matter, conniving at the National Guard’s recklessness, allowing them to be independent of justice, not bound by the law, and being able to act on their own, all of these are the main factors contributing to this tragedy.

Before finding out the truth of the matter, it is necessary for the parties involved to avoid suspicion, I propose to suspend Kosut, Bem …… and others from their positions in the National Self Defense Army!”

Golgai this is poor figure dagger, directly put the charge of letting the murderer go on the head of the National Self-Defense Forces, using the opportunity to bring the National Self-Defense Forces into the command of the Ministry of War.

This hurt Kosut’s supporters, and they couldn’t find a reason to refute it. They couldn’t say that they were all gentlemen and wouldn’t obstruct the investigation, could they?

Cornered, Kosut said helplessly, “Fine, I resign!”

This was a choice that could not be helped, the opposition within the government was all out in force, even his own minions, at this time, chose to remain silent, he was already a traitor to his own people.

……

In a stunning coincidence of history, under internal and external pressure, Kosut was still ousted, only this time it was even more wretched than in history.

After the opposition led by Shemir took power, the first thing he did was not to investigate the case, but to immediately organize a breakout.

Their approach did not cause anyone to suspect, after all, Budapest is sitting in the city of sadness, continue to defend is waiting for death, rushed out to have a chance of survival.

Outside the city, the Austrian army command.

“Commander, this is the news from inside the city, the enemy is preparing to break out, this is their battle plan!” The combat staff said in a low voice

Receiving the intelligence, Lieutenant General Julius revealed a smile, the Hungarian republican government actually had a change of power at this time, the surrender faction took control of the regime in a dignified manner.

Selling teammates is also skillful, directly announcing the surrender definitely won’t work, there is no way the revolutionaries who already have no way to retreat will agree.

However, the national self-defense forces are a bunch of rabble, defending the city there are still a few points of combat power, active attack is to give away the head.

In the name of breaking out, let them go to their deaths, the same can achieve the purpose.

……

On June 12, 1848, the Hungarian National Guard in Budapest launched a breakout, but was scattered by the Austrian army, which had been prepared for it.

After the failure of the breakout, the Austrian army followed them all the way into the city, and the Hungarian Republican Government under the leadership of Szemir surrendered to the Austrian army.

The revolutionaries, who were not willing to lose, resisted in the south of the city under the command of General Behm, and after two days of resistance, they were all wiped out.

By June 15, the Hungarian rebellion, which had lasted for more than two months, came to an end in Budapest.

The war was over, but the aftermath of the war had just begun. Budapest was devastated by the rebellion, with one-third of the city’s buildings in ruins, and the economic losses were incalculable.

After the recovery of Budapest, Lt. General Julius had not yet had time to celebrate, and then had a headache.

Looking at the huge number of prisoners in his hands he was very hurt, slaughter is impossible. Including their families, this is 150,000 people, how to kill?

Let go? Then even more do not have to consider, in order to Hungary’s long-term security, these hidden dangers must also be eliminated.

“Commander, why don’t we give them …… in the name of the plague,” suggested a young officer who hated the revolution

Julius shook his head and said, “No, there are so many media watching right now, and the fact that we took out the top of the Revolutionary Party for the people to judge has already raised a lot of questions.

If we fabricate a plague, it will be easy to wear out. We can’t really create a plague, right? That stuff isn’t controllable, if it spreads, we won’t even have time to cry!”

Governor Josip Jelacic proposed, “Actually, there’s no need to cut down the entire population. Just clean out the stubborn ones, and sentence the rest to ten or twenty years of hard labor to atone for their sins.

It is said that the Vienna Rebellion was done that way, so we can follow suit, and the threat posed by these people is manageable as long as they are not released!”

Lieutenant General Julius hovered for a moment before finally ordering, “Execute all officers, government officials, members who have joined the Revolutionary Party, and intellectuals on a pretext.

If you can’t find an excuse, create a crime and let the court sentence them to death. If you can’t, let the angry refugees kill them with their hands, or let them die of illness or commit suicide by fear of crime, and the rest of them will be sentenced to hard labor.”

Hearing Lt. General Julius’ order, the faces of the people changed drastically, which meant that tens of thousands of people would have to land on their heads in the near future.

But no one objected, and this was the intention of the Vienna government. Except for the smart people who had fallen to the Austrian government in time, the rest belonged to the cleansed.

The leading figures of the Revolutionary Party, who had been killed “for their resistance”, including the Führer Kossuth, met their deaths in the war.

In order to gather the people’s attention, Julius held a funeral for Count Istvan, and gave the final verdict: Count Istvan was the leader of the Hungarian royalists, who was brutally killed by Kossuth because of his refusal to be in the same boat as the revolutionaries.

There was no way around it, his heroes and my enemies.

Count Istvan was the leader of the Hungarian Establishment, and although a member of the royalist party, he was also a staunch Hungarianist.

He laid the foundation for the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including the promotion of the Hungarian language and writing, the development of Hungarian culture, and so on. The fact that Hungary was able to reunite again after it was split up in history is inseparable from his efforts.

This kind of political philosophy, which was contrary to the Austrian government, was obviously not allowed to exist, and many of Hungary’s great figures, including Count Istvan, met God together.

(End of chapter)