Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 41: Rebellion

Although Vitoria is the second largest city in the Basque Country, it is ultimately just a small city with a population of less than 100,000.

The Spanish army's artillery was a divine punishment for such a city, and since they had already known the location of the Basque rebels, this offensive was easy to launch.

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

Some Basque rebels still don’t understand how they became rebels, considering that they were just ordinary factory workers not long ago.

"Where is Congressman Enrique? The government troops have arrived in Victoria, why is there no news?" The leader of the Basque rebels, Mathis Anhatol, looked panicked in the face of the Spanish army's bombardment and ordered people to look for Congressman Enrique.

It was originally agreed that Mathis Anhatol would keep his troops on hold for the time being, and Enrique would use his connections in the Senate to find out the situation of the Spanish army, and then decide whether to surrender or continue fighting based on the battle situation in Zaragoza.

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

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

"What?" Mathis Anhathor's eyes were filled with shock and panic. He stood up instantly, not caring about the pain from his thigh hitting the table. He said in disbelief, "What did you say? Senator Enrique is missing?"

"Yes, General. We went to Senator Enrique's residence, and not only was Senator Enrique missing, but his wife and children were also missing." The soldier who delivered the message answered after taking two breaths.

boom!
Matisse Anhartoul sat back on the stool, his eyes filled with seven parts of despair and three parts of resentment: "Damned traitor, everything is over, he destroyed the Basque country and betrayed us!"

Under the current circumstances, it was clear to Matisse Anhatol that Senator Enrique was well prepared, and even the arrival of the Spanish army might be the result of Senator Enrique's conspiracy.

Now facing the siege of the Spanish army, it is impossible for him to escape.

Also because of the previous agreement with Enrique to keep the troops in place, there were more than 3000 Basque soldiers in the city of Victoria.

Once Victoria was occupied by the Spanish army, these more than 3000 Basque rebels and himself would fall into the hands of the Spanish army.

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

Matisse Anhartoul was also hesitant. Should he fight the government army to the death, or surrender early and try to win Primo's forgiveness?
Although the current situation is clearly more suitable for direct surrender, will Primo forgive him?

When he thought about what would happen if he surrendered, Matthias Anhatol began to become undecided, with confusion and regret in his eyes.

He regretted being blinded by the interests and agreeing to launch a rebellion with Enrique to threaten the government. He regretted even more that he trusted Enrique so easily and did not keep an eye on him, allowing Enrique and his family to escape from Victoria.

"General, government troops have entered the city!" Before Mattis Anhatol could figure out what was going on, a soldier suddenly rushed in and said breathlessly.

"What? Where are our troops?" Mattis Anhatol stood up suddenly again, with only despair in his eyes.

"The government forces seem to know the location of our army. The troops on the periphery surrendered after several rounds of artillery fire. Now the government forces are 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 Anhatol said this with resentment, and then his whole body seemed to have lost all strength, and he 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 Anhatol's face became calm instead. He looked outside the door with lifeless eyes, and then closed the door.

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

boom!
Boom!
The Basques surrendered, and Primo led his army to easily capture Vitoria and captured all the rebellious Basque soldiers.

After confirming that the leader of the Basque rebels, Matís Anhator, had committed suicide, Primo left 5000 soldiers to maintain order in Vitoria and look for opportunities to recapture Bilbao in the north, while he led the remaining large force eastward to Zaragoza.

Now that the Basques have been dealt with, it’s time for a showdown with the Catalans.

Primo participated in the First Carlist War. He knew that the existence of the Carlists was a scourge and an unstable factor for Spain today.

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

As the saying goes, one must first stabilize domestic turmoil before fighting foreign enemies. If Spain cannot even resolve its minor internal troubles, how can it achieve revival and return to the throne of a European power?
On the Zaragoza side, a not-so-intense offensive and defensive battle was going on.

The reason why it was not intense 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 Spanish army’s artillery fire was so fierce.

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

Being blocked in Zaragoza for such a long time, the Catalan army did not even get close to Zaragoza.

Discussions about this war have never stopped within the Carlists.

After being blocked in Zaragoza, Carlos VII knew that things were going to get bad.

Originally, the union of Catalonia and Basque would be able to influence most of northern Spain.

But now the Catalan army was blocked in Zaragoza, and the Basques were completely unable to resist the government forces.

There will be no chance of victory if the situation continues to develop like this, and the response strategies proposed by the military are becoming more and more unreliable.

For example, go south to Valencia, bypass Zaragoza and go directly to Madrid.

Are the government troops fools? Even if they can get around Madrid, can they capture the Spanish capital in just a few days?
If they fail to capture Madrid in a short period of time, the army of Zaragoza will definitely come back to support them. At that time, facing the attack from the north and south of the Madrid defenders and the army of Zaragoza, they will die even more miserably.

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