When the Austrians withdrew, the Austrian soldiers who were still in the trap could only look at the sky in despair.
Leopold looked at the waves of soldiers that passed by him, and he felt a sense of sadness.
These soldiers no longer have the courage to fight, they are now pieces of meat on the Prussian chopping block.
It wasn't long before Leopold felt like he had only slept for a short time before he was woken up by someone nearby.
The man was clearly a Prussian soldier, and the soldier laughed happily at Leopold's outfit.
He summoned a few more Prussian soldiers to come and take away the horse that was pressing on Leopold, and then stepped forward to pull Leopold up and grin at him.
The soldier had a bushy beard and golden teeth, and a choking smell of low-quality tobacco.
The soldier picked up Leopold and pushed him towards him.
Not long after walking to the edge of a mound of dirt, the two of them climbed up with their hands and feet.
Leopold looked at the Austrian prisoners of war along the way, who sat dejectedly, some of them still crying.
Leopold felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Before Leopold could finish his discomfort, he was pushed into a large tent by the soldiers next to him.
The tent was filled with Austrian officers, who saw Leopold staring at him in amazement.
Before the Austrian officers could get up from the tent, William appeared before them with Ferdinand.
Looking at the little king in front of him, Leopold was full of emotion, who could have known that at the most unfavorable time of the war, this little king was about to enter the Austrians.
But this kid is as calm as an adult, "Those who are calm in everything will achieve great things," Leopold said silently in his heart.
"Excellencies, good afternoon, I am King William of Prussia, and today's war is a great disservice to both sides, and although you have been captured, I will guarantee your safety and treatment," William said with a pretending of majesty, but then again "But as you know, due to the war between the two countries, most of the young and middle-aged people in the country have been transferred, and now is the autumn season, the harvest season, there may be some food that cannot keep up, please forgive me."
After listening to William's words, there was an uproar in the tent, and looking at the Austrian officers, Leopold had no choice but to stand up and say to William: "As an officer in Austria, and even more so an aristocrat, we hope that the Prussian side will give us full respect and retain the dignity of the nobility."
"Well, we will do our best to ensure that you live comfortably, but these expenses must be borne by you, what do you think," William said as if he was a little shy This condition is still acceptable to the Austrians present, and it costs money to have food, clothing, housing and transportation at home, not to mention that they are now captured.
But what is not clear to the Austrians is that an extremely bleak prospect awaits them.
When William saw that Austria, who was present, agreed to pay for himself, William said happily: "As for your expenses here, our Marshal Dessau will be responsible, and you can tell him about the specific situation, sorry, I missed the company first" When William had entrusted Dessau with these things, he walked out of the tent at a brisk pace, fearing what he would do if he laughed and cramped in the tent.
But when he returned to his tent, William lay on the bed with his stomach in his hands and laughed: "Slaughter you Austrian pigs, haha," Ferdinand was leading people to clean up the battlefield, but suddenly a subordinate shouted an urgent military order and ran in front of him, after listening to the report of his subordinates, Ferdinand's face changed, and he hurriedly ran to William's tent location.
Before William could laugh enough on the bed, he saw Ferdinand hurrying in.
"Your Majesty, the situation is a little bad," Ferdinand said to William with a blushing face "What's the matter, my marshal, we've just won" William looked at Ferdinand suspiciously "There have been reports from the upper reaches that a number of unknown people have appeared in recent times, and I suspect that these are Austrian spies, and they may already know about our plans," Ferdinand replied cautiously "This is a trouble, and the order is to keep a close watch on the movements of the Austrians on the other side," William commanded Ferdinand The Austrian camp was gloomy at the moment, and Marshal Lassi kept his eyes fixed on the map on the table, and his body did not move.
"Your Excellency, our spies have discovered something special in the upper Elbe, and they would like to be able to report to you," said Marshal Lassy's chief of guard, opening his tent and entering Lassy "Let them in," Lassi said, looking up at the captain of his guard After a while, two middle-aged men with ordinary faces walked in, and one of them saluted Lassi and said: "Your Excellency, I am the head of the Austrian liaison post in Prussia, my name is Hanks, and my men have found something in the upper reaches of the Elbe, and I hope it will help you" "You say, I'll listen," Lassi waved his hand for Hanks to continue "Our people found in the of the upper Elbe, the Prussians were raising the dikes there, and the water level of the tributaries of the Elbe had dropped a lot," Hanks said truthfully What's there," Lassi asked, frowning "There are some Prussian troops stationed at every upstream, and our men have found that these armies have a lot of gunpowder, and we doubt that the Prussians will be able to blow them up," Hanks said as he looked up slightly at Lassy's face "Embankment, gunpowder, water level," Marshal Lassi silently recited these words, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and he walked a few steps quickly and stood in front of Hanks and said: "How much water is in the Elbe this year" "Since the summer, there has been a lot of rain and a lot of water in the upper reaches of the Elbe, so the water level in the Elbe is also very high," Hanks said after a moment's thought "Haha, well, I finally know what those Prussians are going to do, the Prussians are so ruthless," Marshal Lassi cursed as he looked at the map Hanks boldly asked Lassy: "Is there something wrong with Your Excellency Marshal?"
"Hanks, these Prussians are trying to flood us," he said, and motioned for Hanks to walk to the edge of the map, and Lassi pointed to the map and said: "The battlefield on our side was in a relatively low position, and the Prussians intercepted the river above, and when the time came, they blew up the dikes and let the water wash down, and on our side was the lower reaches of the Elbe.
At that point, no one will be able to run away."
Hanks was even more puzzled after hearing Lassy's words, and he asked: "How did the Prussians bring this water over?"
"Needless to say, of course, digging a ditch and bringing the water of the river over," said Marshal Lassi, who hated iron and steel After saying that, Lassi asked his chief guard to take Hanks and the others down.
Marshal Lassi thought of the erosion of the war situation and the Archduke Leopold, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, and his head hurt a Y "I hope nothing happens to Archduke Leopold, and I hope Her Majesty won't blame me, damn Prussians, I will definitely make you pay for today"