Chapter 41: Rebellion Suppressed

Although Victoria is the second largest city in the Basque region, it is only a small city with a population of less than 100,000.

The Spanish army's artillery is a divine punishment for such a city. In addition, the location of the Basque rebels was known long ago, so this offensive war was easy to fight.

After being bombarded by the Spanish army, the Basque rebels quickly lost their morale.

Some Basque rebels still don't understand how they became rebels, when they were just ordinary workers in the factory not long ago.

"Where is Senator Enrique? The government troops have arrived in Victoria, why is there no news?" Mathis Anhatoer, the leader of the Basque rebels, was panicked in the face of the bombardment of the Spanish army and ordered people to find Senator Enrique.

It was originally agreed that Mathis Anhatoer would temporarily stay put, and Enrique would rely on his relationship in the Senate to find out the situation of the Spanish army, and then decide whether to surrender or continue fighting based on the situation in Zaragoza.

But now that the Spanish army has reached the doorstep, why is there no news from Senator Enrique?

About ten minutes later, a soldier came to report with panic: "General, Senator Enrique is missing!"

"What?" Matisse Anhatoer stood up instantly with seven points of shock and three points of panic in his eyes, not caring about the pain of his thigh hitting the table, and said in disbelief: "What did you say? Senator Enrique is missing?"

"Yes, General. We went to Senator Enrique's residence. Not only Senator Enrique is missing, but also his wife and children." The messenger answered after taking two breaths.

Bang!

Matisse Anhatoer sat back on the stool with seven points of despair and three points of resentment in his eyes: "Damn traitor, everything is over, he destroyed Basque and betrayed us!"

In this situation, Matisse Anhatoer could not see that Senator Enrique was actually prepared, and even the arrival of the Spanish army might be caused by Senator Enrique.

Facing the siege of the Spanish army, it was impossible for him to escape.

Because of the previous agreement with Enrique to keep the troops in place, there are more than 3,000 Basque soldiers in Victoria.

Once Victoria is occupied by the Spanish army, these more than 3,000 Basque rebels and himself will fall into the hands of the Spanish army.

"General, what should we do?" The subordinate looked at Matisse Anhatoer anxiously, and the panic in his eyes was already visible to the naked eye.

Matisse Anhatoer was also hesitating. Should he give it a try and fight the government army to the death, or surrender early to win Primo's forgiveness?

Although the current situation is obviously more suitable for direct surrender, will Primo forgive him?

When he thought of his fate after surrendering, Matisse Anhatoer began to be undecided, and his eyes were also confused and annoyed.

He regretted that he was blinded by interests and agreed to launch a rebellion with Enrique to threaten the government. He regretted that he easily believed Enrique and did not keep an eye on him, allowing Enrique and his family to escape from Victoria.

"General, the government army has entered the city!" Before Matisse Anhatoor could think clearly, a soldier suddenly rushed in and said breathlessly.

"What? Where are our troops?" Matisse Anhatoor stood up again, with only despair in his eyes.

"The government army seems to know the location of our army. The troops on the periphery surrendered after several rounds of bombardment. Now the government army is rushing towards us." The soldier continued.

"It's over, everything is over. Damn Enrique, you are a Basque sinner, you are going to hell!" Matisse Anrique said this sentence with resentment, and then his whole body seemed to lose strength, and said to the two soldiers in front of him: "Surrender, surrender! God is not on our side, God has abandoned us!"

After the two soldiers received the order to leave, Matisse Anrket's face became calm instead, and he looked outside the door with lifeless eyes, and then closed the door.

"Enrique, I wish you to go to hell soon! God, please punish the sinners who betrayed the Basques!"

Bang!

Dong!

The Basques surrendered, and Primo led his army to easily occupy Victoria and captured all the rebellious Basque soldiers.

After confirming that the leader of the Basque rebels, Matisse Anhatoor, had committed suicide, Primo left 5,000 soldiers to maintain order in Victoria and look for opportunities to recapture Bilbao in the north, while he led the remaining large forces eastward to Zaragoza.

Now that the Basques have been dealt with, it is time to fight a decisive battle with the Catalans.

Primo participated in the first Carlist War, and he knew that the existence of the Carlos faction was a scourge and an unstable factor for Spain today.

Therefore, Primo decided to simply solve the Carlos faction in this war and completely eliminate the troubles of civil unrest for Spain.

As the saying goes, you must first stabilize the country before you can resist foreign aggression. If even the small troubles within Spain cannot be solved, how can Spain achieve revival and return to the throne of European powers?

In Zaragoza, a not-so-intense offensive and defensive battle is underway.

The reason why it was not fierce was that the Catalan army did not have much desire to attack, as if they were just doing it perfunctorily after being married for a long time.

Of course, it was also because the artillery fire from the Spanish army was really fierce.

Faced with the enemy's intensive artillery bombardment, the morale of the Catalans had long since fallen from the peak when they just rebelled to the bottom.

Blocked in Zaragoza for such a long time, the Catalan army did not even approach Zaragoza.

Discussions about this war have never stopped within the Carlists.

After being blocked in Zaragoza, Carlos VII knew that things were not going well.

Originally, the alliance between Catalonia and the Basques could affect most of northern Spain.

But now the Catalan army was directly blocked in Zaragoza, and the Basques could not resist the government army at all.

Such a situation would never lead to victory, and the response strategies proposed by the army were even more unreliable.

For example, going south to Valencia, bypassing Zaragoza and going to Madrid.

Are the government troops fools? Even if they can get around Madrid, can they break through the capital of Spain in just a few days?

If they cannot break through Madrid in a short time, the Zaragoza army will definitely come back to help. At that time, facing the attack from the north and south of the Madrid defenders and the army from Zaragoza, the death will be even more miserable.

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