Speaking of which, Hans seems to have entered that magnificent epic again "More bad news came, the Austrians had retaken most of Silesia, a small detachment led by Lieutenant General Hardik had broken into Berlin, and rumours were spread that the French and Swedish armies were moving closer to this place, and that if Berlin fell, our families, weapons and ammunition would fall into the hands of the enemy, His Majesty hastened to return to his capital.
On the way, His Majesty received new news that the French and Swedish armies showed no signs of moving, and that Hardik's Austrian cavalry was only the local garrison, and did not dare to resist, so they allowed the Austrians to extort heavy money and left.
Soon came another good news that, for some reason, the Russian troops occupying East Prussia retreated for no reason.
Now it was just a matter of dealing with the French and Imperial forces that were marching into Saxony.
At that time, it was undoubtedly a serious blow to the morale of the whole army.
His Majesty, distraught, changed the course of the march and led our army to the vicinity of Rossbach, west of Leipzig.
In this place, His Majesty had only 21,000 men left, and the exhausted army finally met face to face with 41,000 French and Imperial troops.
Although the coalition forces had the advantage, Subiz was well aware that his troops were disorganized, and the emperor was mostly Protestant, and he had no enthusiasm for Prussian warfare.
Therefore, a battle was not intended.
Subiz planned to use the most popular military art line tactics of the time to threaten His Majesty's rear lines of communication, forcing His Majesty to retreat without a fight, and finally surrendered by being squeezed into a small space and falling into the encirclement of the three-way army.
In the constant change of positions, there were problems with the coordination of the French army and the emperor, and the roundabout troops of Archcount Joseph of Kesen-Hildehausen were not well covered by the French army, and the operation was disjointed.
His Majesty, who was watching the battle from a roof of Rossbach, immediately seized the opportunity and ordered Seydeliz's men to attack, and immediately broke the right flank of the coalition army, and before the enemy army was reorganized, His Majesty ordered Prince Henry's seven infantry battalions to break into the French bell, and the battle of Rossbach was over, and the coalition army was lost, and only His Majesty ordered to treat the prisoners well, and invited the captured officers to dine with him, and His Majesty asked everyone to forgive him for not having enough dishes, because His Majesty's exact words were: Gentlemen, I did not expect you to come so quickly and so much.
England was equally pleased with His Majesty and built up confidence in us, and fireworks were set off in the streets of London to celebrate His Majesty, and some devout believers called His Majesty the only Savior.
After returning to England, William Pitt the Elder was a staunch supporter of His Majesty, and he condemned the armistice signed by the Duke of Cumberland, and he persuaded the Diet to allocate funds for the defense of Hanover and to help Frederick II.
Pitt the Elder, together with His Majesty the King, chose Prince Ferdinand, the brother of the Duke of Braunschweig and his sister-in-law, as the commander of the new army.
Ferdinand was 3 years old, a handsome, cultured and valiant man; His violin was also played very well, and Bernie once said, "He may have a good future on these terms," and Prince Ferdinand was then the second most important man in our army after His Majesty.
But His Majesty did not have much time to rejoice.
A French army under the command of the Duke of Richelieu still controlled most of Hanover.
On the same day as the Battle of Rossbach, the Austrians besieged Schwednitz, the Prussian supply center in Silesia; His Majesty had 41,000 men left there for defense, which had been reduced to 28,000 by the flight and death, and these troops were commanded by the Duke of Befern, who failed to lift the siege and surrender, and fell into the hands of the Austrians with 330,000 prisoners of war and enough supplies for 88,000 troops for two months.
When the victors joined forces with the forces of the Prince of Lorraine and Marshal Daun, they increased to 83,000 men and continued their advance to the capital of Silesia.
The 1 men routed the remnants of the Duke of Befern, Breslau fell, and most of Silesia was returned to the Habsburgs.
His Majesty felt that he had reason to feel that his victory in Rossbach was no longer worth the defeat.
However, that victory restored his courage and his army was rejuvenated.
The plundering of the French army in Saxony helped him a lot in raising morale.
His Majesty ordered his soldiers to march over the muddy terrain and the remnants of Silesia in 12 days.
The 43,000 men of the 1st Army, on land to Breslau, met the 72,000 Austrians, and on that afternoon His Majesty addressed his officers: Gentlemen, you will not be unaware that while we are busy holding back the armies of the French and the Holy Roman Empire, misfortune has fallen sharply here.
Schweitz fell; The Duke of Bourfern was defeated; Breslau is lost, and we are running out of food, grass and ammunition; Silesia also largely fell.
Seriously, if it weren't for the infinite trust in you and your qualities, which you, as warriors and sons of the Fatherland, have shown many times, my current embarrassing situation would be difficult for me to deal with.
There is hardly any of you who have not been illustrious.
I know everything you have done for the motherland and for me, and I will never forget it.
Therefore, I also believe in this campaign.
The Motherland has the right to expect courage from you, and you will not lack courage.
The decisive moment has come.
If the Austrians were allowed to continue to cross Silesia, I would have achieved nothing.
I would like to tell you: Prince Charles, though twice as strong as I am, will break through the shackles of the art of war, and attack wherever I find the enemy.
The problem is not the number of enemy troops, or the fact that they occupy an advantageous position.
We rely on courage and careful planning to succeed.
I had to take a risk, or it would all go down the drain.
We must defeat the enemy, or we will die for our country under enemy fire.
That's how I see this campaign, and that's how I'm going to act.
Let me convey my determination to all officers and men.
Prepare them for the test that is coming.
Tell them that I ask them to carry out the order to the letter.
As for you, I think that you are Prussians, do I think that you will live up to this title?
If any of you are afraid to share all this risk with me, he can be discharged tonight without any reprimand!
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I know that none of you will turn your back on me.
Then I will count on your help and believe that I will win.
In this campaign, as soon as an order is given to attack, if the cavalry does not rush to the enemy line with all their might, I will tell him to dismount immediately after the battle and let him serve as the remaining force; If the infantryman shows the slightest hesitation, timidity or inability to hold a saber in battle, I will cut off the floral ornaments from his uniform!
Good night, gentlemen!
It won't be long before we either have defeated the enemy or we'll never see each other again.
By this time, the Austrians had followed a Fabian tactic of not fighting His Majesty's army head-on, but now, encouraged by the outnumbers and recent victories, the Prince of Lorraine decided to ignore the advice of Marshal Daun and was determined to make a name for himself on the battlefield.
The soldiers of two rival dynasties faced each other and entered each other's sword formations and fire nets.
His Majesty saw on the high ground that the Austrians were approaching in two long horizontal columns, and our troops were approaching in columns, perpendicular to the Austrian line, and His Majesty sent his avant-garde troops to spread out in front of the Austrian army, in order to conceal the movement of his troops to the right, towards a certain point at the extension point of the right flank of the Austrian line, and here His Majesty's column was converted into a horizontal line and approached, and penetrated to the extension of the enemy's line, just like the famous Theban general Ibaminonda, forming a typical oblique tactic, and crushing the enemy's large forces before they could react at all; The Austrians had 20,000 captured in the chaos, which was unprecedented, and our troops paid only the price of casualties.
As soon as the war was over, His Majesty took advantage of the opportunity to pursue the victory, and the next day our troops surrounded Breslau, and the commander of the Austrian army defending the city posted a proclamation in the city, stating that if anyone mentioned the word surrender, he would be killed immediately.
But half a month later, he himself surrendered with 17,000 men.
Not long after, almost all of Silesia, except for a small fortress, returned to us.
At this time, Berni and several other French leaders unanimously persuaded Louis XV to negotiate with Prussia.
But Madame de Pompadour refused, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bishop Bern, was removed and replaced by the Duke of Choiseul.
But the majority of the French population could not help but suspect that they were fighting for Austria at the expense of their colonies, and were so discouraged by the prospect of war.
France's Richelieu did the same in Hanover, so he was replaced on the first of January.
In his place was the Count of Korebus, a clergyman.
The French army finally withdrew from Hanover under the firm pressure of Prince Ferdinand Renswick; They give up Minden; Soon after abandoning Bavaria, Prince Ferdinand continued to advance westward, defeating with half of his forces the main force placed by the Duke of Klemont at Krefeld on the Rhine, and Clement gave up his rights to Prince Subiz, who had returned from Rossbach, in order to stop Ferdinand's advance.
Speaking of which, the day was over, and old Hans stood up and asked little William "What do you understand?"
"I learned that perseverance, boldness, innovation and victory always belong to those who persevere to the end," William replied earnestly.
Old Hans nodded after hearing this "It's good to know this at your age, you have to remember that there is the same blood flowing in your body as His Majesty the King, whose name is Hohenzollern, so let's go and eat" After saying that, he turned around, as if he had entered the years of the Golden Iron Horse again.
"Teacher, what happened after that," William asked suspiciously "Tomorrow afternoon, I will continue to tell you, now you go first," said old Hans again.
William shook his head, turned and walked out.