William strolled through the back garden of Sanssouci Palace, the flowers in full bloom in front of him kept shaking in front of him, but William did not glance at the flowers, all his attention had drifted to East Prussia, although he was annoyed that Ferdinand did not follow his orders, but all he could do was urge the officials to provide sufficient supplies for the army at the front.
Just as William was wandering aimlessly, Buel walked up to him.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Locks is waiting for you in the front chamber," Buel said with a salute to William.
William nodded when he heard Buel's words, then turned and walked towards the palace in front of him.
Locks was constantly circling in the conference hall at this time, with Morakot's army, the whole territory of the Kingdom of Prussia was filled with a restless mood, well-informed nobles were in close contact one by one, and now half of the kingdom's troops had been transferred to East Prussia, if there was a rebellion of a nobleman with great local prestige like Morakot, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Greetings to you, my majesty" Locks didn't wait long, just as his thoughts were spinning, William walked in, and when he saw William walk in, Locks saluted him and said.
"Duke Locks, where has the Bohemian army arrived?"
as soon as he entered the door, William and Locks quickly got to the point after a brief greeting.
"Your Majesty, according to the current schedule, it will take seven days for Bohemian reinforcements to reach West Prussia," Locks said with a thought in his mind.
Although Locks is not an official of the military department, as the prime minister of the kingdom and the first head of the intelligence agency, Locks can be said to know the movement of the army very well.
"It's too slow, Ferdinand's army has entered East Prussia and is now fighting alone, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, we must send reinforcements as soon as possible, and you can supervise it again," William replied after hearing Locks' report.
To be honest, for the speed of the march of the reinforcements, there would be a piece of information on William's desk every day, but the anxious mood made William like a year, and William wished that the reinforcements could grow wings and fly to East Prussia immediately.
"By the way, where is Prince Henry's army?"
asked William "Your Majesty, according to recent information, Prince Henry's army has reached the border of East Prussia, and according to the speed of its march, it will not be long before it will be able to reach Königsberg," said Locks, Henry's march was not slow, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, and the battle-hardened Henry's natural way is this truth.
For the 15,000 army led by Henry, William was full of confidence, you must know that these troops are stationed in Silesia all the year round, since Frederick captured Silesia, the region has been the focus of all wars, so for the combat effectiveness of the Silesian army, William is very trusted.
William's main concern now was the extent to which the Russians had become involved in this matter, and he had received information not long ago when Morakot's envoy marched into Poland with Cossack mercenaries.
The Cossacks are such a special nation, they are completely the eagle dogs of the Russians, if the Russians have no plan, they will not believe it if they kill William, and this time William was even more impressed.
Four thousand Cossack cavalry was not a small number, and it was not necessarily possible to reach this number with the entire strength of the many minor princes in the Holy Roman Empire at this time.
And the combat effectiveness of the Cossacks is also obvious to all, although William did not encounter the Cossacks on the frontal battlefield, but in the early part of the Seven Years' War and during the Russo-Turkish War, the performance of the Cossacks amazed the whole of Europe.
William did not know what the Russians were doing this, because in any case, unless the Russians decided to go to all-out war with Prussia, their inputs and benefits would be very mismatched.
Thinking about it, William thought of the Warsaw Pact, in which the three countries agreed to jointly test pressure on the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to force the Ottomans to withdraw from the Moldovan region, but this demand was rejected by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I.
William was not surprised that Hamid had rejected the Russians' demands, and it would have been a hell of a sight if Hamid had abandoned Moldova simply for fear of pressure from the three countries.
Moldova was conquered by the then Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I in the 16th century, and for more than 200 years, the Ottoman Empire regarded Moldova as its backyard, and anyone who intervened in Moldova would be considered a provocation to the Ottoman Empire.
Although the current Ottoman has declined, but in Africa and Asia, the Ottoman Empire still has a very strong strength, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, if the Ottoman Empire is really desperate, I really don't know who will kill the deer.
Russia turned its attention back to the Baltic Sea again without taking Moldova, but William believed that the Russians' unreasonable demands were like a nail in the heart of the Ottoman Sultan, who would have bitten the Russians hard if he had the chance.
So William sent special personnel to the Ottoman Empire in the hope of concluding some treaties with them, which, of course, were used against the Russians.
William's envoy was received by the Sultan, who was moved when he offered that Prussia could help the Ottomans build a modern army.
Some time ago, Hamid I tried to create a new type of army using modern weapons.
But all efforts were aborted by opposition from the corrupted Praetorian Guards and Sipahi.
For the first 4 years of his life, Hamid was imprisoned by his brother Mustafa III in accordance with imperial tradition, and when Mustafa III died, Hamid I was hastily pulled out of the prison by the officials.
And Hamid I, who ascended the throne in such a hurry, did not have a force of his own, and at the beginning of his reign, Hamid I experienced a crushing defeat in the Russo-Turkish War, which has always haunted Hamid I.
William believed that if he could provide proper help to the Ottomans, the ancient and vast empire would surely make the Russians suffer.
The emissaries sent by William were very fruitful in the Ottomans, and although Hamid I did not promise to threaten the Russians' borders, the Sultan generously agreed to a trade agreement with Prussia and a series of terms of mutual assistance between the two sides.
The enemy of the enemy is his friend, William firmly believes in this, and at the same time, in order to quell Morakot's rebellion, the Silesia and Bohemia regions are seriously under-armed, which also makes William feel worried, if he had known that this would be the case, he would have said that he would not send 20,000 troops to North America, thinking of this, William had some regrets
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