Chapter 45, A Dilemma

Inside the Mexican French Command Headquarters, General Skiddel was staring blankly at a map. Lately, the rebel army had become as if energized by a stimulant, suddenly becoming active again.

Over the past month, the more than 20,000 French troops stationed in Mexico had suppressed over a dozen rebellions. However, it was to no avail; after quelling a rebellion in one area, another would spring up elsewhere.

It was like cutting weeds: after one harvest, another would grow. Without uprooting them completely, they would always recover. As the rebel army in Mexico could not be completely eradicated, General Skiddel was considering the reasons.

Eventually, he attributed the root causes to two things: The reforms of Maximilian I and foreign intervention.

Deep down, he cursed the predecessor who had signed the treaty with Maximilian I to no end.