After dividing his troops, William urgently ordered the Prussian logistics officer to transport all the artillery ammunition hoarded in Prague, and if he could not capture Plzeň, he would bombard the city to the ground.
In the days that followed, Plzeň seemed to have been hit by an earthquake, and because Vienna was in a hurry to send reinforcements to Prague, he did not have much artillery for the army.
Now Pilsen can only be beaten passively, and the few cannons have long been destroyed by the Prussian shells.
A few days after the bombardment, Wilhelm ordered the surrender of the Austrian defenders in the city, in fact, the shelling in the past few days had consumed a large number of Prussian shells, and if it were not for the capture of the baggage of the Bohemian Legion, perhaps not so many shells would not have been fired in these days.
The Austrian defenders in the city were not prepared to surrender, but looking at the almost crushed walls and the heavy casualties of the army, they knew that the Austrian army in the city had completely lost the strength to resist, and the morale of the army was already unbearable.
The delay in the arrival of reinforcements from Vienna tilted the scales of victory in Wilhelm's favor a little.
The next day, the army in Plzeň marched out of the city in a line, while several Austrian generals marched to the Prussian barracks with white flags.
"Please rest assured that Prussia guarantees your personal safety, and we will unconditionally release you to your home after the war is over."
Hearing William say this, the originally lifeless Austrian army finally got some anger.
It's a blessing to survive the war.
In fact, those Pilsen troops did not know that the reinforcements from Vienna were only three days away from them, and if it were not for the fact that Henry found this army on the way and delayed the Austrians' march, perhaps the Austrian reinforcements would have arrived the day after tomorrow.
Looking at the undefended city in front of him, William shouted in his heart that if these people did not surrender, they would hold on until reinforcements arrived, and Prussia could only temporarily withdraw its troops to find another time.
But with the surrender of Pilsen, William's mind has drifted to the Western Front, where is the most important battlefield.
William muttered a word of God bless in his heart, and then he arranged for a small group to enter Plzeň to take over the city's defenses, while the large army remained in place and waited for orders.
While William was making progress, Prince Ferdinand was struggling to hold on, and Ferdinand knew that there must be no major situation on the Western Front, otherwise the best situation in Prussia in a hundred years would become necessary.
Field Marshal Lassi was worthy of being a famous Austrian general, and under Marshal Lassy's all-out attack, Prince Ferdinand could only take a passive defense, and some positions on the front line were almost occupied by the Austrians.
Both sides often pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the ownership of a single trench.
In order to deal with the Prussian trenches, Marshal Lassi decided to adopt the tactics of advancing step by step, that is, the Austrians also dug trenches, digging very deep, digging as far as possible in front of the Prussian trenches, and then the Austrian army rushed out of the trenches and engaged the Prussians in hand-to-hand combat.
Often, on the first day, the Prussian forward army reported that nothing unusual had happened, but in the early morning of the next day, the front line was full of shouts of killing.
Prince Ferdinand had no good way to deal with Marshal Lassy's tactics, Austria could afford to consume, but Prussia could not afford it.
Just when Ferdinand was at a loss, he learned that William had captured Plzeň, Ferdinand knew that the current situation would not last long, and if he held on for another month or a month, the Prussian army would be able to approach Vienna, and then Lassi on the opposite side would have to leave if he didn't want to, but the immediate priority was to hold Lassy's dying throes.
When the 50,000 reinforcements in Vienna learned of the loss of Pilsen, the generals who led the army were terrified.
He knew that now he could only withdraw his troops to České Budějevice, and if he could not hold České Budějevice, then Vienna would be exposed to the eyes of the Prussian army.
And at this moment the Russian army has advanced to Gliwice, and the leading generals of the Russian army are very proud, because there is no effective resistance at all on the route of the Russian army, all the way is smooth, and the losses of the Russian army are minimal, and the commander of this Russian army is none other than the famous Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov in history.
There is also a famous Russian player in this Russian team who later defeated Napoleon, that is, Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishev Kutuzov.
But now this famous general is only the major general of the Bug Chasseur Army.
When he received the list of generals of the Russian army in this battle, William was severely shocked.
At this time, the Russian ** team can be described as a bright star, and a large number of generals who grew up in the Russian-Turkish war later became the pillars of optimus in Russia, and the Russian ** team has experienced many wars and achieved brilliant victories, which is fierce.
But after hearing that the Russian army had set up camp on the spot after capturing Gliwice, William understood the mind of Empress Catherine II, and she had the intention of fighting with each other and profiting from the fisherman.
William had moved south immediately after arranging for the prisoners of war to be escorted to Prague and leaving part of the army in Plzeň, and both he and Henry thought of it.
The Austrian army must not be allowed to retreat back to České Budjevice, and must be exterminated in the field.
As the Austrian army retreated, Prince Henry stuck to the Austrian army like kraft candy.
Henry sent cavalry to harass the Austrian army at night, and also sent men to destroy bridges and burn houses and weeds along the Austrian marching route.
The Austrian army was highly stressed and exhausted all day long.
After Wilhelm went south, Prince Henry went even further, he disturbed the Austrian army day and night, sometimes just sending some cavalry to throw a few torches into the Austrian barracks, although the Austrians were furious, but they were helpless against Prince Henry, and their goal now was to return to České Budjevice.
At last, Wilhelm's army was not far from the Austrian army.
After receiving the news that Pilsen had also been lost, Joseph II apparently could not bear such a blow, and he fell ill with honor.
Now all the military affairs in Austria are handled by Queen Teresa, but Teresa is only barely trying to support it.
Everyone knows that Her Majesty has not been in good health due to excessive grief after the death of her husband, coupled with the bad news on the front line since the beginning of the war, it is rumored that Her Majesty has vomited blood several times.
Teresa stood in the palace and looked at the portrait of Franz Stephen on the wall, her tears falling like pearls with broken threads, and she muttered to herself: "Why did you leave so early, leaving me alone to bear the mess, but you yourself went to heaven to enjoy the blessings, Franz, I miss you, why don't you wait for me" After speaking, she picked up a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, and then said: "When I give the empire to our children, I'll go to heaven to see you, Franz, wait for me, and if I see foxes with you, I'll sweep them all into the dustbin."
After saying that, Queen Teresa smiled as if she had thought of something, then turned around firmly, looked resolutely ahead, and walked out of the room step by step.
The portrait on the wall was smiling like a god, as if encouraging her.