After the whole army retreated to Bialysk to recuperate, Ferdinand did not give up reconnaissance operations in other areas, and the rangers of the army continued to move around Bialysk.
Just after Ferdinand's army arrived in Bialys, Morakot in Königsberg had already received information about the activities of Ferdinand's army, and Morakot decided to take the initiative after thinking about the movement of Ferdinand's army.
After Rzezaviv brought back 4,000 Cossack cavalry, Morakot's army reached more than 11,000 men, and Kleiman's contacts with the Russians yielded great results.
Although it may take some time for Kleiman's army to return to Königsberg, Morakot believed that Ferdinand would not be able to send reinforcements when he attacked Bialyske, as the royal army was still far away.
It was also true that the regular army of the whole of Prussia, excluding the royal guard, was only 100,000 men, while William sent 20,000 troops to North America, and the remaining 80,000 troops were stationed throughout Prussia.
There were 30,000 in Bohemia, 20,000 in Silesia, 15,000 in East Prussia, 5,000 in West Prussia, and more than 10,000 troops stationed throughout Prussia.
Now that the armies of East and West Prussia were concentrated in East Prussia, and there were nobles who opposed the crown in other regions, all the royal family could do was to draw troops from Bohemia and Silesia.
However, one of these two regions has just been occupied, and the rule of the royal family has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, while the other region has a relatively complex ethnic composition and is greatly influenced by foreign forces, so even if it is transferred, too many troops will not be withdrawn.
If you calculate in this way, the army that can be used to quell the rebellion in East Prussia will not exceed 30,000 people, of course, these are in the case of the royal family without large-scale conscription of soldiers, if the royal family is forced to rush, the royal family can still call up tens of thousands of conscripts.
But at the moment, when the whole country was busy cultivating crops, if soldiers were to be called up at this time, the harvest would be greatly affected this year, and Morakot was sure that the little king would not fail to see this.
Therefore, in such a situation, unless the little king disregarded the grievances of the people, he would never recruit soldiers, and as long as he could destroy Ferdinand's army, then the balance of power between the two sides in the next war would be in a relatively balanced state.
In fact, what Morakot thought was not wrong at all, William really did not have the idea of recruiting soldiers at this time, one reason is that as Morakot thought, large-scale conscription of soldiers is undoubtedly killing chickens and eggs, of course, it is not that Prussia cannot bear this loss, but doing so will make William's reputation in the country decline rapidly.
Sometimes it's hard to talk about prestige, Morakot relied on his prestige to pull out such a team, and William also used the prestige he gained in the Austro-Prussian War to reform the country in a big way.
But people are selfish, if you are good to a person a hundred times, he will only remember you once good, but if you are bad to a person once, then he will remember you forever bad, if William ignores the actual situation everywhere at this moment and makes people put down their hoes and pick up guns, William's prestige gained from the Austro-Prussian War will be completely consumed, when people no longer remember William's goodness, why should he let everyone support him in the subsequent reforms Therefore, in the case of conscription of soldiers, the power that Prussia can use to quell the rebellion is limited, and William must also leave some troops for defense on the front line, so the transfer plan that William negotiated with the ministers was to transfer 15,000 troops from Silesia to East Prussia, 10,000 troops from Bohemia to Silesia, and at the same time, the 3,000 garrisons stationed in Brandenburg would reach a total of 8,000 troops after joining the royal guard in Potsdam.
These 8,000 men will also rush to East Prussia to quell the rebellion.
This, combined with Ferdinand's initial army of 5,000, would have brought the number of regular troops to quell the rebellion of the Marquis de Morakot to 28,000 men, and William believed that 28,000 men should have no problem dealing with Morakot's rebellion.
However, Ferdinand's actions made this plan a great omission, in case Ferdinand's army was annihilated by Morakot before reinforcements arrived, then not only would Morakot's prestige increase, but the royal family's counterinsurgency forces would also be weakened to a dangerous state, and William would not think that 20,000 men would be able to destroy Morakot.
After Ferdinand's advance march into East Prussia, William thought all night and decided that the 10,000 men originally sent from Bohemia to Silesia would change the route, and the army of 10,000 men would go directly to East Prussia, so that even in the worst-case scenario, the royal family would have enough strength to pacify Morakot.
But this is undoubtedly a great risk, knowing that Silesia, which originally had a garrison of 20,000 men, has now been sent 15,000 men to East Prussia, and only 5,000 are still stationed there.
Although Silesia was ruled by the Hohenzollerns after the end of the Seven Years' War, Silesia was too important.
Silesia has fertile soils and is rich in minerals such as cereals, potatoes, hemp and beet copper.
At the same time, it also borders Austria and Poland, and in terms of ethnic composition, most of the residents of Silesia are Poles and Silesians, and the Mans can only be regarded as a minority in Silesia.
Moreover, because Silesia, like Bohemia, was seized by Prussia by means of war, the people there still resented Prussian rule, and Austria was haunted by the two regions lost in the two wars, although Prussia and Austria had reached a memorandum on the war, but Wilhelm believed that Joseph II would not hesitate to turn his face with him if he had the opportunity.
Therefore, Prussia had to send a mission to Vienna to test Austria's attitude, and if Austria could give Prussia a positive response, Wilhelm would not only free up a large number of forces but also force the Russians to make concessions internationally.
Are those Russians really a William who doesn't know that there is a Russian shadow behind Morakot's affairs?
So many Cossack troops really think William is a fool.
Of course, just in case, William still asked officials in various places to recruit a group of soldiers if the actual conditions permitted, and William's request to the officials was very simple, on the basis of not affecting this year's field harvest, as many soldiers as possible were recruited.
All the ways can be thought of, the next thing is to see how East Prussia plays, William thought worriedly.
It turned out that the efficiency of the military department was still good, after Henry ordered help from all over the country, the 15,000 garrisons on the Silesian front soon came from Silesia to West Prussia, and it was originally planned that these troops would be with Ferdinand's army and then Ferdinand would be the supreme commander, but now Ferdinand had taken the lead in East Prussia, in order not to affect the plan, Henry officially took over the army in West Prussia.
It was estimated that it would take some time for the 8,000 troops from Brandenburg to arrive, so after declaring himself the supreme commander of the whole army, Prince Henry marched with 15,000 troops to East Prussia.
Although Henry was very dissatisfied with Ferdinand's private actions, the current situation in East Prussia was in full swing, and Henry believed that with Ferdinand's 7,000 men, he could not help Morakot, Morakot himself could be regarded as a famous general, not to mention that Morakot belonged to this battle in East Prussia, and no one knew what hole cards he had.
In case Ferdinand suffered a loss at the hands of Morakot, it was not the interests of the kingdom that would be unlucky, so he had to lead the army to join Ferdinand as soon as possible, and after thinking about it, Henry made up his mind to march.
Why did Henry appear in West Prussia, in fact, it is very simple, Prince Henry, as the chief officer of the military department, how could he be indifferent to such a large-scale military operation, originally William was ready to be commanded by Ferdinand to counter the rebellion, but the overall situation must be within Henry's control.
In this way, it seems that there are two main generals, but in fact, Henry plays more of a role in assisting and monitoring, assisting Ferdinand's army in logistics baggage, monitoring Ferdinand for abnormalities, and so on
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