Winning hearts was paramount; attacking cities came second.
Many understood this principle, but few could truly put it into practice. Julius had done an excellent job this time. Probably no one could connect him with the Butcher General anymore.
Freeing the serfs and dividing up the land were both powerful weapons for winning over the people. Even though the farmers still had to pay to redeem the land, Julius had nevertheless gained a wave of popular support.
Once the local populace learned that cooperating with the government forces to suppress the rebellion could earn them land for free, the farmers around Budapest voluntarily became volunteers.
The Kossuth Government had limited capacity for enforcement. With one side of the encirclement deliberately left open, they were unable to block the flow of information.
After news of the land distribution reached the city, many people's thoughts changed. The nobles ground their teeth in hatred, the capitalists trembled in fear, while the workers at the bottom saw new hope.
Since the Austrian government had already fulfilled its decree for the farmers, then its protective legislation for the working class might naturally be fulfilled as well.
Under such circumstances, Franz's intelligence organization also sprang into action. With the wreck that was the Hungarian Republic clearly about to sink, there were many who did not wish to be buried with it.
No matter how enraged the great nobles were by the Austrian government's actions, they now had no choice but to swallow it. Their estates and holdings were vast, and they were reluctant to risk their lives.
With the cooperation of these local snakes, the intelligence organization's work progressed extremely smoothly. The Kossuth Government, lacking any experience in governance, knew nothing about any of this.
Perhaps because they had suffered too much under the secret police,