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Chapter 42 The Coup

When the news of the defeat on the front line came, in Vienna, the capital of Austria. **(..) Duke Teresa and her son Emperor Joseph were having dinner together. When the panicked courtier came over, shouting without caring about etiquette, Duke Teresa frowned and felt annoyed. However, when she was about to punish the courtier, what he said made the Duke's knife and fork fall to the ground all at once.

"The front line is defeated! General Carl is killed in battle! The Bavarians - ran away!".

With such news, it spread in Vienna. The nobles were panicked. The civilians also felt that they were in danger. Various riots and security issues followed. However, these were all calmed down by Duke Teresa's iron fist.

It's just a prelude.

“It’s time to act.”

"But, but-"

“As we agreed, it’s time to act.”

That's it. Danger often comes from within.

After the Habsburg army almost lost all in Prague, a coup began to be brewed in the court of Vienna, the capital of Austria. Now, it may be the only army that can fight, and about 7,000 Bavarian soldiers led by General Wallenstein did not even enter the Vienna gate for various reasons. They took a detour back to Bavaria. This increased the success rate of the coup a lot.

"Of course, if our nominal leaders could cheer up a little, maybe the results we got would be better." That night, in Joseph's bedroom, several Norman spies looked at the restless Holy Roman Emperor, and couldn't help but have such thoughts.

It is not like a monarch, but it is not afraid of him. Mencius's words are almost the best footnote to this "Holy Roman Emperor". Not to mention that before this, the Norman spies discussed things with him. The dignified Holy Roman emperor had no one to trust. The confidants seemed to have never appeared in front of Joseph. This made the Norman spies very distressed - after all, in this incident, they were going to play the role of the assistant. The real protagonist must be His Majesty the Emperor.

"Pure waste." At the end, a Norman spy finally couldn't help but curse like this in his heart. (1_1) This was used to relieve the pressure. Otherwise, he felt that he might be driven crazy by this idiot emperor.

"Then, it seems that there is a great possibility of carrying out the second plan." Later, several Norman spies on the mission gathered together and whispered in a low voice.

"That's right. This will probably be the case. Although the best results cannot be achieved, there will be some gains at least." Hearing his colleagues say this, several other Norman spies couldn't help but nodded and said yes.

"Then it's all right, just act separately. Number 4. Your mission is the most important. You must be optimistic about the bastard emperor. You must never let him make any mistakes. In addition, when necessary..."

"Don't worry." The man called No. 4 nodded: "I'm ready to be loyal to the Lord at any time."

After saying this, the crowd discussed the details again, and then took action separately.

In just half a day, there were rumors in Vienna. The news of the defeat on the front line changed and changed. There were all kinds of words. The rumors were more scary than the other. The Vienna citizens were like something. The Norman Empire was so famous that it was not many people with the idea of ​​being in case. At that time, many people packed up their bags and prepared to flee. As a result, when the group of people walked to the city gate, they found that the four gates of Vienna were blocked and were not allowed to enter and exit.

At the same time, the Vienna garrison also began to act - what they did was not a good deed of protecting the country and protecting the people. Instead, they implemented forced military control. All the Vienna citizens were organized to be cannon fodder. The Vienna citizens thought to themselves: The tens of thousands of troops on the front line were finished. We asked a group of ordinary people to go up and have no choice. The garrison was not vague. They killed everyone at that time...

That's it. The Norman spies didn't know whether to cry or laugh—the gap between the citizens of Vienna and the Habsburg royal family deepened. However, the chaos they wanted was forcibly suppressed by Duke Teresa...

"But it doesn't matter! In this case, the possibility of our second plan has increased in turn. It's almost a factor of gains and losses." The Norman spies passed messages to each other. Later, they came to such a conclusion.

"Tonight, the action will continue. Whether the second plan will be implemented depends on the results!"

In this way, at night, there was chaos in Vienna again - but the gangs and gangsters under the Norman intelligence system began to cause trouble. Some of the bribed Vienna garrisons participated. These people formed a rebel, burned, killed, looted, and also approached the direction of the Vienna Palace. The intention was already very obvious.

"Sure enough, after the news came out, this group of flies, bedbugs and other things started to take action... Humph." Seeing the fire in the city, Duke Teresa's smile was cold. As an excellent ruler, she naturally knew the dangers of Norman spies, so she was prepared in advance. At this moment, the rioting rebels had been hit hard. Everything was developing as she imagined.

only……

It was so smooth. It made Theresa feel a little unrealistic. She still had several backhands that were not used. The opponent's attack seemed to be about to be repelled. This was really hard to understand.

In this way, suddenly, the entire palace suddenly became an uproar! The explosions and fires of distance did not come from the streets, or elsewhere, but from the Vienna Palace! After hearing such explosions, Teresa realized that her precious son had not appeared since the beginning of the riot!

"No--according to Joseph's timid and fearful character, he would not...but..." Duke Teresa thought for a long time, and finally came to an extremely surprising conclusion. But at this moment, the only remaining emotion slightly suppressed reason. She didn't want to believe that her son had the courage to betray her.

But that's the truth. Emperor Joseph, who had been suppressed by Teresa for a long time, finally took action. He led some of the bribed guards, plus a few soldiers who obeyed his call, and a group of elite Norman Assassins launched an attack. He used the pre-set ** trap to deal with hundreds of troops guarding the palace and loyal to the Duke of Teresa. Then he rushed towards the direction where Teresa was.

"In this way, I can get rid of the shadow of that woman and become a real emperor! After that, the Normans will die! I am the real ruler of the Holy Roman Empire!" At this moment, seeing all the plans go very smoothly. Joseph's ambition and self-confidence swelled sharply. A false feeling of "I can control everything" made his excited face completely distorted.

However, this was completely a delusion. Teresa certainly attached great importance to her palace and her own safety. Soon, several other groups of guards lurking began to take action. At the door of Teresa's palace, they fought fiercely with the rioting rebels.

"It's indeed... that child." At this time, Teresa had already seen the person standing in front, screaming loudly with a ferocious face, shouting at the commander. It was indeed Joseph, indeed her son. After confirming this, the anger, shame and the fierce emotions of betrayal almost fainted. In an instant, she almost wanted to order her army to kill the unfilial son.

"No, no, it's OK - you must never do this at this time. After all, he is also the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. If he kills him, he will lose his morality. The flag that rebels against the Norman Empire will be gone..."

In just a short while, Teresa returned to normal. She completely deducted family affection and thought about this matter completely with reason. She came to the conclusion that she could not kill that guy. At least she could not kill him now. She put him under house arrest. Just wait until the war with the Norman Empire is over and then deal with this matter slowly.

After Teresa made the decision, she completely returned to her indifferent appearance. She spoke gently and said to his guards: "The emperor was taken hostage by those rebels. Order the soldiers to be careful not to hurt the emperor. I want him to live, remember, live!"

After receiving the order, the guards were indeed a little careful. But soon, they found that such caution was meaningless. Because the so-called "hijacked by the rebels" emperor was a slag with only five combat power. He would not pose any threat to them at all. As long as he was careful, he could indeed be captured alive.

In this way, the battle continued until the early morning of the next day. At this moment, the rebellion in the city was basically wiped out. A large number of Austrian troops went to the Vienna Palace and joined the battle as reinforcements. The rebels were in a desperate situation and surrendered one after another. Emperor Joseph yelled helplessly and unwillingly. Then he collapsed under the siege of hundreds or thousands of troops. It seemed that this matter could be solved immediately...

That's weird.

When the discouraged Emperor Joseph was about to surrender and the Austrian soldiers began to relax, a blowing arrow suddenly shot out of the crowd and shot directly into the middle of the eyebrows!!! (To be continued...)
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