When they learned of the loss of Prague, the Austrian ministers did not have much hope for the prospect of war, but they could not tolerate Prussia's domination of the Holy Roman Empire, and they expressed their determination to support Joseph II to the end.
Only Plzeň was now in Austrian possession of Bohemia, and they had to send more troops to fend off the Prussians.
Although the target of 100,000 men who had just been drafted had now only been completed by 50,000, and the conscripted army had not yet been systematically trained, Joseph II could not care so much, and he had to send troops to support Plzeň.
At the same time, Kaunitz received the good news that Charles of Bavaria had agreed to help Austria against the Prussians, and Joseph II was overjoyed to hear the news, and he ordered Kaunitz to divert from Bavaria directly to France to ask Louis XVI to support Austria against Prussia.
When William's army marched to the city of Plzeň, he saw a picture of the city being closed and heavily guarded.
He had to stop and send scouts and spies to find out the Austrians.
On the Western Front, Marshal Lassi understood that Charles of Bavaria had ordered martial law after sending off the Austrian delegation, and Charles was no longer willing to be lonely.
November passed quickly, except for the capture of Prague by the Prussian army in the first half of the month, the Prussian and Austrian sides were accumulating strength throughout the month, and it was foreseeable that the next battle would be even more brutal.
In December, after initially clearing the opposition in the country, Charles could not wait to ask Prussia for the ownership of Saxony, which Wilhelm of course opposed.
Charles used this as an excuse to declare war on Prussia, and he sent a Bavarian army of 30,000 under the command of his younger brother, Count Yintansi, to support Field Marshal Lassi of Austria.
At the same time, Wilhelm also sent Hans the Elder to apply for assistance from Catherine II of Russia, and Wilhelm made a condition to Catherine II that once Russia entered the war, Prussia would completely give Poland to Russia, including the part of Poland that Prussia now occupies.
Just earlier this year, Russia had already defeated the Ottoman Catherine II Empress eyes more on Central Europe, after learning that Prussia had eliminated most of Austria, resolutely accepted Prussia's conditions, but her order to the Russian generals was to annihilate the enemy army in Austrian Poland, and the rest was left alone, and the Russian army should take the preservation of strength as the first priority.
Louis XVI of France had declared war on Great Britain after receiving Austrian Prime Minister Kautz, although he was very willing to support Austria.
Even Louis XVI sent part of his army across the ocean to North America to help the colonies there rebel against the British rulers.
His Chancellor of the Exchequer told Louis XVI that if France helped the Austrians, the French treasury would not even have the money to give Louis XVI to continue working on his locks, which was bad news for Louis XVI, so Louis XVI had to give up the idea of helping the Austrians.
Britain also rejected Prussia's request for assistance, the North American colonies had already gained some advantages with the help of the French, Britain could not tolerate the rebellious criminals in North America, and Britain even asked Prussia to send reinforcements to North America to help Britain suppress the rebellion there.
To be honest, William really lacks a good impression of the United States in the future, if it weren't for the current war with Austria, maybe he would really send troops to cooperate with the British to suppress those colonies, but for now it is better to throw all of it to the Austrians.
After Russia declared war on Austria, Austrian Poland did not have many garrisons on the earth, and after the Russians launched an attack with an army of more than 60,000 people, the Russians soon seized the area of Austrian Poland.
Joseph II, horrified by the news of the Russians' entry into the war, ordered Marshal Lassi on the Western Front to organize an effective offensive to defeat the Prussian army on the opposite side, so that he could collect the army against the enemy on the Eastern Front.
After receiving reinforcements from Vienna and Bavaria, Field Marshal Lassi had a total strength of 120,000 men, compared to 60,000 for Ferdinand on the opposite side, and Austria had an overwhelming advantage.
Having received an order from Joseph II, Marshal Lassi did not dare to slack off, and he organized a small offensive to test the Prussians.
Prince Ferdinand was very cautious, he did not show much strength, although the domestic reinforcements of 25,000 had already arrived at the front, Ferdinand was prepared to confuse the Austrians, these troops were to be used by surprise.
And after Wilhelm learned that the Russians had sent troops to Poland, he understood that although the Russians were nominally coming to the aid of the Prussians, those old hairy people would definitely pounce on them and bite them as long as they had interests.
There are not many good men like Peter III in this day and age, William lamented.
After exclamation, William had to recognize the reality in front of him, which was that Plzen was not easy to fight.
After Marshal Laudong came to his senses, William tried to recruit the famous general, but Laudong resolutely opposed the surrender, and said to William: "Even though now I have been captured, I will always be an Austrian, and I will never be able to betray Austria" Prince Ferdinand on the Western Front is struggling to support, Ferdinand knows that the two sides are now competing for speed, once William's Eastern Front has made progress, then the stalemate in front of him can be broken, but before that he must support the defense of the Western Front.
Wilhelm ordered his army to attack Plzeň, and a few days after the attack began, despite the Prussian army's valiant fighting, Plzeň made no progress.
Henry said to William: "We can't fight like this, if we lose too much under Plzeň, even if we win, we won't have an advantage over Austria."
William decided to divide his troops, and he decided to take his army to surround Plzeň without fighting, and let Henry lead part of his 20,000 men south to attack České Buěęjevice.
Because České Budjevice had hoarded a large amount of Austrian troops in the city, and České Budjevice was not far from Vienna, the capture of České Budjevice could effectively deter the Austrians.
The defenders of Plzeň saw a part of the Prussian army moving around the city to the south, but he had no strength to stop the Prussians, and although there were 40,000 troops in the city, these troops were newly drafted and trained.
There was no problem defending the city, and once out of the city to fight the Prussians, the defending generals did not think that they could take advantage of the Prussians.
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