After William's victory over Marshal Raudon, he sent Marshal Dessau to lead cavalry into Prague.
His orders to Dessau were to lead an army around Prague and to detect whether Austria could send reinforcements to support him.
Dessau received William's order and marched to Prague early the next morning with his entire army of 14,000 cavalry, while William stayed behind with Prince Yokobayashi to deal with the prisoners of war and to search and rescue the scattered Prussian soldiers.
Marshal Raudon was in the cathedral in Prague, and the cathedral at this time was full of sad and miserable conversations, the ground was full of wounded soldiers, and the medical staff were busy with their feet not touching the ground.
Looking at these demoralized and scarred soldiers, Lao Dong felt infinitely self-reproaching in his heart.
Although no one thought that there was something wrong with Laudon's command, since they were about to achieve victory, and the reason for the defeat was only because it was not discovered that Prussia still had a large army in their rear, Laudon blamed himself.
Marshal Raudon, who had fought in the Seven Years' War and had achieved many major victories, had seen many wars that were more tragic than this one, but he was old after all, so he turned to Vienna for help.
If during the Seven Years' War, Lao Dong didn't know what it was to ask for help, and he would only despise the generals who kept asking for help.
Lao Dong's personal guard walked into Lao Dong's ear and said a sentence that made Lao Dong's heart beat violently, this sentence was: A large number of Prussian cavalry appeared outside the city.
Lao Dong hurriedly led the officers in Prague to catch up with the city wall, and when he stood on the city wall, Lao Dong saw that it was a sea of cavalry.
Even though there were still a few kilometers away, the neighing of the horses under the crotch of the Prussian cavalry still reached the ears of Laodong.
Looking at the cavalry that spread over the hills, Lao Dong knew that he had only one way, and that was to hold on to Prague, and he instructed the officers: "Order the soldiers to keep a close watch around the city gates, and report to the Prussians immediately if they find signs of siege, everyone must fight, Bohemia is the most brilliant pearl in the queen's crown, once Bohemia is lost, the queen's anger will annihilate all of us here, and send someone to Vienna for help, urging reinforcements to come as soon as possible" All the subordinates responded, and then went their own way according to Marshal Laodong's orders.
Looking at the unscrupulous Prussian cavalry outside the city, Laodong seemed to have returned to his youth, and how long had it been since he had fought such a vicious battle as today.
After William rested for two days, his army left 10,000 men to guard the prisoners of war, and then approached Prague with a large army led by Prince Henry.
At this time, Austrian reinforcements also came to Prague.
Looking at the Prague city walls that gradually appeared in the distance, Prince Henry was full of emotion.
Prussia finally came to Prague once again.
What was once left unfinished will be achieved today.
As usual, William took Prince Henry and a group of guards around Prague to watch the Austrians' defenses, and Dessau reported: "The garrison of Prague is tentatively estimated to be around 20,000 men, including the remnants of the Bohemian Legion and the garrison of Prague.
In addition, according to the secret agent, Austrian reinforcements from Vienna have departed, and it is estimated that they will appear here in another week, and this reinforcement is estimated to be about 40,000 men."
After listening to Marshal Dessau's introduction, William bowed his head and said: "Dessau, what you said is very good, now we have two choices, one is to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and the other is to capture Prague as soon as possible, which option do you think is better?"
Prince Henry and Dessau fell into deep thought after listening to William's words.
"Your Majesty, I think it's better to encircle the point and send reinforcements, now the Austrians have no superiority over us, and our immediate goal is to eliminate the living forces of the Austrians as soon as possible, so I think our army should leave some people to monitor the movements of the defenders in Prague, and the large army will go to destroy the reinforcements of the Austrians" Prince Henry thought for a while and offered his answer.
"Your Majesty, I don't think so, our army has just won a great victory, and it is time to attack Prague at this moment, when the morale of the army is high, and strive to complete the battle.
After taking Prague, I think the Austrian reinforcements will be retracted."
Faced with two very different answers from Prince Henry and Dessau, William was in a dilemma, each with its own advantages, but William thought only for a moment and then said to Henry: "I think that our army should attack Prague at once, Bohemia is the land of Frederick the Great's dreams, and I must take Prague and declare to all Prussia that I am the best heir of Prussia, and at the same time I must comfort Frederick the Great's soul in heaven.
The order is to go down and rest the whole army for a day, and from tomorrow the princes must march forward bravely, and must take Prague before the Austrian reinforcements arrive."
Although Henry was not very appreciative of the attack on Prague, he complied with William's orders.
The next day Marshal Laudon went up to the city, and just now a soldier told him that the Prussian army had been dispatched.
Raudon frowned as he looked at the dark clouds of Prussian soldiers that were getting closer and closer below the city.
The Prussian army came to a halt beyond the artillery at the head of Prague, and the Prussian artillery was pushed to the forefront, and the Prussian artillery roared under the command of the artillery commander.
The walls of Prague shook under the bombardment of artillery, and the artillery on the walls immediately counterattacked, and the artillery of both sides began to bombard.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long for the old walls of Prague to be bombarded by Prussian artillery, and they didn't last long, and the walls made a burst of roars, and finally one of the walls collapsed.
Field Marshal Laudong immediately ordered the Austrians, who were waiting under the city walls, to immediately go to seal the breach, carrying the stones that had been prepared under the city.
But the Prussian artillery was not limited to this wall, several more walls were destroyed by artillery, and the Prussian army, which had been ready for a long time, began to advance at the wave of Wilhelm's hand, and their target was those gaps.
Before Lao Dong could react, a cannonball landed not far from him, and although he was fed by many guards in front of him, the explosion of the cannonball affected him, and one of his arms was blown away.
The Austrians and the Prussian army in the city fought to the death in several gaps in the city wall, but how could these newly defeated Austrians withstand the attack of the high-morale Prussian army.
Raudon fell into a coma after his arm was blown off, and the Austrian army was left without a commander.
Without command, the Prussians were able to break into the gap, despite the desperate resistance of some of the veterans of the Austrian army.
William watched as the Prussian army had entered Prague through the gap in the wall, and he laughed heartily: "Prague, Bohemia are already in the palm of my hand" Although the Austrians were forced into the city and engaged in street fighting against the Prussians, the overwhelming superiority of the Prussian army made it impossible for the Austrians to recover.
In the evening, William, despite the persuasion of Prince Henry, galloped into Prague with a group of officers.
In Prague, Wilhelm could see the trembling Austrians in the houses through the windows, and Wilhelm ordered people to be sent to every house to announce that Prague had become a Prussian domain.
At night, the gunfire in Prague had stopped, and William sat in the city hall in Prague looking at Marshal Lao Dong, who was still unconscious on a stretcher, and he sighed: The years are urging people to grow old, and the unstoppable Lao Dong is also old.
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