Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 40 People’s hearts are unpredictable
When Primo heard his subordinates' report, he just nodded slightly without saying anything.

He looked at the man with a playful look until he felt uneasy because of Primo's stare.

"Prime Minister Primo, Senator Enrique asked me to come and report important information to you." After swallowing and calming himself down a little, the man spoke slowly.

"Oh? What important information?" How could Primo hide these guys' thoughts? There must be someone with ulterior motives inside the Basque rebels who wanted to distance themselves from them before the Basque rebels were wiped out.

“Senator Enrique apologizes for the situation in the Basque Country. But please believe that Senator Enrique has absolutely no intention of betraying Spain.

It was the leader of the rebels, Matisse Anhatol, who used force to threaten the congressman to support him, which led to the Basque rebellion.

But Senator Enrique remains loyal to His Majesty and Spain. He is willing to provide you, Prime Minister, with all the intelligence on the Basque army and is waiting for the arrival of the government's troops to suppress the rebellion.

This is a letter written by the congressman himself, please have a look. "

Primo looked at the man with a smile, then took the letter and glanced at it briefly.

"Oh, Senator Enrique is really loyal to the kingdom!" Prime Minister Primo chuckled, as if he had forgiven the traitor who betrayed the country: "

Go back and tell Councillor Enrique that His Majesty had already ordered before I came that ordinary people involved in the Basque and Catalan rebellions should not be punished.

Councillor Enrique can take the initiative to report the enemy's situation, and His Majesty will definitely not pursue it."

Carlo did say something about pardoning the Basque and Catalan civilians who were part of the rebellion, after all most of the civilians were brainwashed and forced into the rebel ranks.

And Primo was not wrong. What does Carlo's pardon have to do with Primo?

Although Primo is also a Catalan, what Primo wants is the strength of the whole of Spain.

The best way to deal with rebels like Anrique who are threatening the unification of Spain is to send them to see God.

Primo, who comes from a military background, will not show the slightest mercy. Since the traitors have the courage to launch a rebellion, they must be prepared for the reckoning after the rebellion is suppressed.

"Thank God, Prime Minister, I will convey your words to the congressman. I wish you can resolve the rebellion in Catalonia as soon as possible." After receiving Primo's reply that he was willing to pardon, Congressman Enrique's subordinates were visibly relieved.

There was fear and gratitude in his eyes when he looked at Primo, as if he was celebrating that he could continue to show off his power with the distinguished senator.

After sending away the troublesome guy, Primo smiled again, called a few generals, and said in a good mood: "Let's go, generals.

The Basques are divided, and it is time to send all these rebels to hell."

The letter that Enrique sent to Primo contained not only the specific location and size of the Victoria-Gasteiz rebels, but also a seemingly detailed list of the rebel leaders.

In order to clear himself of suspicion, Enrique took great pains.

Of course, this list is not so pure.

There are indeed many high-ranking rebels in it, but there are also Enrique's opponents in the competition for Basque Senator and some guys he doesn't like.

Enrique's plan was simple, which was to provide this list to get rid of the charges and take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. It was impossible to judge a list that was 80% true and 20% false, unless Primo interrogated everyone on the list and summarized all the information.

But as the Prime Minister of Spain, does Primo really have time to screen the list?

Even if Primo eventually discovered something wrong with the list, Enrique would have enough reasons to exonerate himself.

After all, he was forced to join the Basque rebels. The rebels were wary of him, so it was reasonable to deliberately let him think that more people were among the rebels, right?
Unfortunately, Enrique would never have thought that Primo had never chosen to forgive him from the beginning. For a politician who was an officer, he had already been able to remain cold-blooded towards everyone.

Primo breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Basque population is small, the importance of the two cities in the north and south of the Basque country is still very high.

Vitoria in the south is the core of the Basque region. If the attack results in a large number of Basque casualties, it will undoubtedly accelerate the alienation between the Basques and Spain.

Bilbao in the north is one of the few industrial cities in Spain, and its steel industry is quite important.

Destroying the Bilbao factories would be catastrophic to Spain's already fragile industry.

Now that Enrique had proactively provided him with information about the deployment and size of the Basque rebels, Primo could also deal with the remaining Basque rebels with ease and protect the civilians in the cities of Vitoria and Bilbao from the impact of the war as much as possible.

As for whether the information about the Basque rebels provided by Enrique was true, Primo was still willing to believe it.

After all, Enrique really needed a letter of allegiance to redeem himself from his crime. If even the situation of the Basque rebels was false, wouldn't it mean that Enrique would be in a situation where he couldn't please anyone?

The leader of the Basque rebels, Matisse Anhatol, did not know at this time that after experiencing the betrayal of the Catalans, he would also experience the betrayal of Enrique.

After all, the two of them planned the rebellion together. Mattis Anhatol felt that he and Senator Enrique would rise and fall together.

If the rebellion fails, neither of them will end up well, and Enrique should have no reason to betray him.

All we can say is that Mattis Anhathor underestimated human nature, and even more so the bottom line of congressmen like Enrique when it comes to their own life safety and interests.

Within a few days, the Spanish army arrived at the small mountains south of Victoria in a mighty force.

This place is not far from Victoria, so it is a good opportunity to take a short rest and prepare to build artillery positions.

Primo's plan was to create chaos in Vitoria before the Basques could react, and then force the army into Vitoria to take control of the situation.

Because the specific location of the rebels was already known, as long as the Spanish army successfully entered the city of Victoria, these rebels would have nowhere to escape.

Things were simple after that. The military took control of Victoria City, arrested the top leaders of the rebels, and announced an amnesty for all Basque civilians.

As long as we ensure that the Basque civilians do not start riots again, those rebel leaders who are already on the list will not be able to cause any trouble.

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