After this battle, the Bohemian Legion led by Marshal Lao Dong was greatly damaged, and Dong escaped with his personal guards overnight, and later more than 10,000 people fled back one after another, but these people lost their armor and lost their combat effectiveness.
Lao Dong had no choice but to flee back to Prague with the remnants of the defeated army, and ordered the city gates to be closed.
Inside the council hall of the Imperial Palace in Vienna Joseph II took Marshal Lassy's battle report and said angrily: "Lassi, you waste, you have lost power and humiliated the country, my hundreds of thousands of troops are defeated in your hands, I will kill you alive" Queen Theresa, who was sitting next to Joseph II, saw Emperor Joseph II's scolding regardless of his majesty, she coughed heavily a few times, and Joseph II stopped scolding when he heard Queen Teresa's cough and turned to look at Queen Theresa.
Teresa's eyes swept over the ministers under the steps, and she slowly spoke: "The responsibility for the defeat of this battle is not Marshal Lassy, no one will know that the Prussian heart is so vicious, of course, Lassi is also responsible, he did not perceive the Prussian intention in advance, this is his dereliction of duty, His Majesty the Emperor does not need to be angry, give him another chance to make up for his mistakes" Joseph II saw that Queen Theresa said this, so he had to reluctantly answer yes.
When Queen Theresa heard Joseph II's promise, she asked Austrian Chancellor Wentzel Anton Firsternitz-Ritterberg: "Your Excellency Kaunitz, how many people have been trained by our levies?"
"Your Majesty, 30,000 people have been trained, but their training is not in place, their combat effectiveness is really limited, I am afraid that these troops will not pose much of a threat to the Prussians," Kautz said after thinking for a while As they spoke, they heard a quarrel outside the council chamber, and then the door of the council chamber was opened, and a royal guard trotted up to Queen Theresa with a letter in his hand.
The queen picked up the letter in front of her, opened it and looked red and white, and after reading it, handed it to Emperor Joseph II, who had been coveting for a long time.
His Majesty the Emperor couldn't wait to pick up the letter, but after reading it for a while, his face turned pale, and he shuddered and returned the letter to Queen Teresa.
The queen stood up, looked at the minister at the bottom of the steps, and with a pang of sorrow in the queen's heart, she spoke: "This is the battle report of Field Marshal Raudon on the Bohemian front, do you know what is said here, let me tell you, the Bohemian Legion was heavily damaged by Prussia, Raudon asked for reinforcements, otherwise he might not even be able to hold Prague.
Let's talk about it, what are we going to do next?"
The ministers at the foot of the stairs were noisily shouting for a long time, but still could not come up with any good solution, and Queen Theresa looked impatient and said: "Aren't they usually very thoughtful, why can't they remember when they get here?
Okay, don't make any noise, I'll tell you.
The conscripts were divided into two groups, one group of 40,000 men went to Prague to support Laodong, and sent someone to tell Laodong that if he lost Prague, he would not have to come back to see me.
Another group of 30,000 men went to support Marshal Lassy, asked Lassi to build a defensive line in place, and ordered him to defend it for me at all costs.
And Duke Green, go and tell me my will again, and raise an army of 100,000 men."
When Duke Green heard Queen Theresa's order, he hurriedly knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, if you recruit another 100,000 people, you won't be able to take out so much money in the treasury, Your Majesty will think twice."
When Queen Teresa heard that Duke Green was against her will, she was furious and said: "I don't care what method you use, in a month I must see 100,000 people in the barracks, and I will transfer a sum of money from the royal treasury to you, if you can't do it, what's the use of me keeping you" Grimm heard that Queen Theresa had made up her mind, so she stood up and answered yes.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea that can change the unfavorable situation we are in, and I don't know whether to say it," Kautz said hesitantly "If you have any ideas, just say it, Your Excellency Kaunitz, His Majesty and I will not blame you," Queen Teresa said decisively, and hearing Her Majesty say this, Kaunitz said what he thought: "Your Majesty, I ask that we ask for reinforcements from the various princes of the Empire, especially Charles of Bavaria.
Now that the news of the defeat of our army on two fronts must have been known to the various princes, I am sure that these people will not want Prussia to dominate the empire, and they will definitely make the right choice."
After listening to Kaunitz's words, Teresa asked with interest: "Kaunitz, how sure are you?"
"Your Majesty, the minister is seventy percent sure of convincing the princes within the empire," Kaunitz replied without thinking "Very well, this matter will be left to you, ministers, the empire has reached the most critical moment, we must defeat the Prussians, and the empire will leave it to you," Teresa said loudly to the ministers, who responded in return.
"Your Majesty, there is one more matter, the Prussians have sent envoys to us to offer us a ransom in exchange for prisoners of war," Kautz began "What do you think?"
Teresa asked the ministers But as soon as they heard the question of the prisoners of war, the ministers below smiled wryly one by one.
Because they thought that the Austrian army would win, they sent their proud sons to serve in the army, but now that most of them were defeated and captured, of course they wanted to redeem these children, but there was no money in the treasury to pay the ransom.
Teresa clenched her silver teeth, she thought of her son Leopold, how could she be worthy of her husband who loved her deeply if she did not redeem Leopold safely.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea, it is better for the family with nobles to be captured to pay the ransom themselves, so that the nobles can be ransomed back, and the pressure on the treasury can be relieved" Green looked at the silent nobles and said, Green can't help but be in a hurry, he alone has a son and two nephews who have been captured.
"This is a method, it is up to you to negotiate the prisoners of war with the Prussians, remember to keep the ransom to a minimum, we can't let the Prussians add a lot of money to the military expenses" Theresa had no choice but to agree to this method and sent Green to negotiate with the Prussians.
As the ministers left the chamber, Queen Theresa looked at her son and sighed, knowing that with the defeat of Lassie and Raudon, Austria might be in a more passive position than it had been during the Seven Years' War.
Because at the time of the Seven Years' War, Theresa had a large and battle-hardened army left by his father Charles VI and a large number of excellent generals.
But now Austria is weak.
But she could not fail, and if she did, the tigers and wolves around Austria who were kind on the surface would definitely show their fangs to Austria and the Habsburgs.
It hurts.,This chapter was originally typed and uploaded, but the network was wrong.,Uncle.,Hurt me to hit it again.,The complaint is over.。
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