For nearly a week, William followed Dessau's army to the front, and Dessau was impressed by His Majesty along the way.
A normal child is in the formative period at the age of nine and cannot settle down to do anything.
Moreover, except for children from poor families, it is impossible for other children to endure hardships and stand hard work at the age of nine.
But William was different, William was riding on a warm-blooded horse, and although the little pony looked a little funny, no one in the whole army could laugh.
Although it is only a week, it is not pleasant to ride on a horse, maybe it may be better to ride it for a while, but everyone who rides a horse knows that despite having a saddle, the constant friction of the inner thigh of a person after riding a horse for a long time can cause injury.
Marshal Dessau persuaded William to sit in the carriage, but William refused his advice.
Every day William would patrol the march in front and back on horseback, and blood had been worn out from his legs, but William still rode on his horse without saying a word.
Only when the team stopped to rest, William would take out the cotton pad in his pants and change it.
The soldiers looked at William as he rode back and forth, and saw the shadow of Frederick the Great in William's body, and Frederick the Great also boosted morale when he marched.
William sometimes addressed the marching procession: "My soldiers, you are about to embark on the road of fighting for Prussia, think about your families, think about your children.
Will you tolerate those lowly Austrians riding on us to do their bidding, soldiers, perhaps some of you will die in the war, but remember that your sacrifice is for the future of Prussia, for the sake of your family, your king will be with you, and the men of Prussia will die standing and never live on their knees."
When, a week later, William arrived at Prince Ferdinand's camp, he was no longer able to get off his horse, so he simply asked everyone except Ferdinand and Dessau to avoid him, and then asked Dessau to help him get off his horse.
"Your Majesty, you have worked hard," Ferdinand said in a trembling voice as he looked at William's pale face and his legs that kept swinging "It's not hard, Your Royal Highness, we're all for Prussia," said William after Dessau helped William dismount "Your Majesty, your ministers will surely sweep Austria away for Prussia and for Your Majesty," said Ferdinand and Dessau in a loud voice "Dessau's advance to the Great Tent, Prince Ferdinand, please report to me about the situation of the Austrians on the other side," Dessau helped William into Ferdinand's marching tent.
"Your Majesty, please see, our army has been confronting the Austrians here for a month, and the Austrian army on the opposite side is led by our old adversary, Field Marshal Lassi, with a total strength of 100,000 men.
The Austrians have been cutting down trees and digging in the earth all this time, and I reckon they are about to start attacking us," Ferdinand said, pointing to the map on the table in the tent, to William, who motioned for him to continue "Our army now has 110,000 men, and we have a slight advantage for the time being, but there are only two hundred kilometers between the Austrian Leopold corps and Marshal Lassy, and if the situation is not right, Leopold can be reinforced in only two days.
All of our troops had only two options, one was to quickly crush Marshal Lassy, and the other was to fight a war of attrition with the Austrians.
Personally, I think we should wage a war of attrition with the Austrians, Your Majesty," said Ferdinand, and asked William "We can't fight with the Austrians, we can't fight with the wealth of the Habsburgs for hundreds of years, but now is really not a good time for a decisive battle, Leopold's army has 50,000 people, and the Austrians will have more and more troops over time, which is indeed a headache" William rubbed his forehead and frowned "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand, I have an idea, and I don't know whether to say it or not," Dessau said hesitantly "If you have any ideas, just say them," said William "It is better for us to reveal to Marshal Lassi that His Majesty is in our army at this time, and to tell him where His Majesty is, and to lure him to attack, and then take advantage of the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Austrians," said Dessau "Marshal Dessau, you have gone too far, how can you use Your Majesty as bait" Without waiting for William to speak, Ferdinand preemptively reprimanded Your Highness Dinan, I think it's a good idea, use myself as bait, yes, Dessau, you think very well," William said appreciatively "Your Majesty, the minister is afraid," Dessau hurriedly pleaded with William "However, you have to choose this location carefully," William said, looking at the map When Field Marshal Lassi of Austria learned that Wilhelm had come to the front, he frowned and said to his officers: "What is that kid doing on the front line of King Road, does he think it's a tourist?"
The Austrian officer burst out laughing.
"But that's fine, as long as we catch this little fellow, Prussia will be defeated, and someone will come to order to find out the position of the Prussian king, and I will capture him alive," Lassi said happily after thinking for a while William took Ferdinand and Dessau to the forefront of the confrontation between the Prussian and Austrian armies, and saw that the Austrians on the opposite side were building wooden shields out of wood, and piles of sand and gravel were piled up outside the Austrians' tents.
"How far is it from the Elbe" "A hundred kilometers away, Your Majesty," Ferdinand replied "What is the water level in the Elbe?"
asked Wilhelm again "There has been a lot of rain this year, and there is a lot of water in the Elbe, but fortunately His Majesty has built a lot of dikes upstream before so that the river does not flood," Ferdinand said respectfully "Is our location here?"
asked Ferdinand, William "This area is lowland, and only fifty miles away is slightly higher," William laughed happily after hearing Ferdinand's reply, and he commanded: "Dessau, take some men to the levee upstream and wait for my orders.
Ferdinand, send some troops to dig a ditch at night, from the Elbe River all the way to this area, and remember to dig at night so that the Austrians don't find out."
"Your Majesty, do you want to bring the Elbe River here?"
Ferdinand asked, surprised In addition, my tent was set up on a small hill over there, "Wilhelm a small hill only three miles from the Prussian front.
Without waiting for Ferdinand and Dessau to persuade him, William had ordered the royal chamberlain to plant his flag on the hill.
Ferdinand and Dessau had no choice but to obey William's orders.
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