The next day there was still no agreement between Henry and Ferdinand, but today there was no bitter argument between them, for by evening a reinforcement of thirteen thousand men from Brandenburg and Bohemia had arrived outside Königsberg.
That night, Henry and Ferdinand held a grand welcome ceremony for the arriving reinforcements, at which Henry did not inform the incoming reinforcements that the Russian army had been dispatched, but only comforted the reinforcements on behalf of the Prussian royal family.
After the welcoming ceremony that night, a dispute broke out between Henry and Ferdinand again, because they needed to determine the command of this army, although the nominal supreme commander of all Prussian troops in East Prussia was Prince Henry, but because of Ferdinand's special status, Ferdinand had the command of most of the army, and now Ferdinand asked Henry to divide all the troops under his command, of course, Henry did not agree to Ferdinand.
At this stage, Ferdinand's opinion was completely contrary to Henry's, and Henry believed that if most of the command of the army was handed over to Ferdinand now, then Ferdinand would definitely do something that he did not expect, so Henry did not agree to hand over the command of the army to Ferdinand.
Of course, after several failed attempts, Ferdinand had no choice but to accept his fate, because at least nominally, Henry was still Ferdinand's superior, and it was just a matter of arguing in private, and if the contradiction was put on the table, then Ferdinand would be the first to be unlucky.
After arguing to no avail, Ferdinand left the tent in a huff, but Henry, who was standing in the tent, did not feel happy, and discord between generals was a taboo in war.
The day after the arrival of reinforcements, Ferdinand appeared in the big tent of the army as promised, although he and Henry had broken up on this occasion, but on this occasion, Ferdinand had to take into account some repercussions.
After seeing Ferdinand's arrival, Henry nodded secretly, Henry still appreciates Ferdinand's knowledge in general, but appreciation is appreciation, and it is impossible for Henry to give up his bottom line.
At the meeting, Henry discussed the current situation with all the officers present, because of the arrival of reinforcements, the Prussian army already had an overwhelming advantage over the Russian army not far away, in this case, Henry seemed to remember the Cossack mercenaries some time ago, so Henry said: "At present, our Prussia has formed an overwhelming advantage over the Russian ** team not far away in terms of strength, in this case, I think it is necessary to clear our rear, there is a total force of three thousand Cossack cavalry in Bialystok, this cavalry was hired by Morakot, but for some reason, outside the city of Bialysk, these Cossack cavalry betrayed their employer, but in any case, these Cossacks have already posed a threat to the next move of our army, So I decided to send troops to destroy this Cossack mercenary army" As soon as Henry's words were finished, a huge controversy broke out inside the tent, indeed, if this Cossack mercenary army was allowed to exist in the rear of the Prussian army, it might cause incalculable losses.
But then Henry changed his mind and asked the officers in the tent: "Who wants to lead an army to exterminate the Cossacks who fought for the tiger" As soon as Henry's words were finished, the tent fell silent for a moment, and the people looked at each other, obviously not very willing to accept this task.
You must know that looking at the current situation, there must be a battle between Prussia and the Russians, at this time, no one wants to be transferred to the rear to encircle and suppress a Cossack cavalry, and those Cossack cavalry still come and go like the wind, although because of the arrival of reinforcements, the cavalry strength in the Prussian army has also been greatly enhanced, but anyone who thinks about it knows that at the critical moment when he is about to start a war with the Russians, Henry will not draw so many cavalry forces to exterminate the Cossacks.
If there were no cavalry, the infantry alone would not have been able to completely annihilate the Cossack cavalry led by Plivsky, in this case, it is better to stay in the camp in a proper manner, and wait until the battle with the Russians to reap the merits.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent was cold, Henry's brows frowned unconsciously, and Henry didn't know what those officers thought, originally Henry planned to appoint this task directly to a certain general, but in Henry's unintentional temptation, he found that the officers had a natural sense of resistance to leading the army to exterminate those mercenaries.
Almost everyone thinks that it is better to stay here honestly than to work hard to eliminate those mercenaries, and no matter how much the credit for the war with the Russians can be compared to the mercenary eradication.
"Of course, I will send a cavalry of 1,000 men to the command of a general who is willing to lead the army to exterminate those mercenaries, and the infantry of 3,000 men in the rear will also be under his jurisdiction."
You must know that even with the addition of those cavalry from afar, the total number of cavalry in the entire Prussian army did not exceed four thousand, and now Henry decided to send a thousand cavalry, which is already a quarter of the entire Prussian cavalry force.
Therefore, Henry's conditions are already very generous, although Henry can forcibly hand over the task to a general, but this will inevitably make those generals unwilling, and as the commander of an army, if he fights with such a mentality, then it is irresponsible to the whole army, so Henry tries to offer good conditions, so that the generals can do their best willingly.
Some people will ask, why did so many Prussian troops only have such a small number of cavalry, most of the Prussian cavalry at this time were deployed in Bohemia, Silesia, of course, Potsdam also had some, these areas correspond to Prussia are the most important, so at the beginning, William did not send those cavalry units with particularly considerable combat effectiveness to suppress Morakot's rebellion.
Henry offered what he thought was a good deal, but it still didn't impress the officers.
The officers thought that the pay and the income were not proportional at all, you must know that it was nearly three thousand Cossacks, even if those mercenaries were undisciplined, but they were also cavalry, and in the era of waiting to be shot, the power of cavalry was still invincible.
And the other side is a Cossack, no one thinks that with this strength alone can completely annihilate nearly 3,000 Cossacks, and the Cossack cavalry is known as the strongest in Europe.
It was during the Russo-Russian War in 1905 that the Cossack cavalry really fell into the clouds, when the famous cavalry general Akiyama Yoshiko broke the assault of the Cossack cavalry, which was three times his own and claimed to be the strongest in the world, in the Battle of Mukden, which completely broke the prestige of the Cossack cavalry.
Of course, it is said that Akiyama used machine guns against the Cossack cavalry at that time, but now 1781 is an era when there are no machine guns, so the Cossacks are still invincible in Europe.
There was silence in the tent, everyone present seemed to be staring at their toes, no one took the initiative to ask for help, Ferdinand looked at Henry, his eyes revealed helplessness.
Ferdinand must not be allowed to go, as one of the few big men in the Prussian army, wouldn't it be a knife to let Ferdinand personally deal with those Cossacks!
And seeing that the war with the Russians was about to break out, Ferdinand was even more indispensable at the moment.
Henry's face was as black as if he could seep water, and at this moment, a figure who had been sitting behind Ferdinand stood up, and when he heard the noise, everyone in the tent turned their eyes to Ferdinand.
"Your Royal Highness, I am willing to lead the troops to exterminate the godless Cossacks," Henry looked intently, and saw that it was Ferdinand's adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Blucher who took the initiative to ask for help.
"Lieutenant Colonel, this task is not so easy to complete, you have to be mentally prepared" Seeing that someone was willing to relieve him, Henry was overjoyed, and the more he looked at Blücher, the more pleasing it became, and he kindly reminded him.
Henry was happy, but Ferdinand, who was sitting in his chair, was not, and Ferdinand cried out to Blucher: "Do you know what you're doing, military affairs, and you, a little lieutenant, can talk about it!
And you have never had experience in leading a leader, how can an army of four thousand people be put under your command" Ferdinand's reprimand and Henry's kind reminder did not make Blucher change his opinion, and Blucher looked at Henry and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness, I believe that I can accomplish this task, please trust me and all the Excellencies here."
As he spoke, Blücher bowed to Henry, Ferdinand saw Blücher ignoring his words, his face suddenly turned red, but at this moment, he couldn't say anything, at the moment, there was finally someone willing to take on this task, presumably everyone in the tent was afraid that it would be their turn, so they would definitely push the boat with the water, and Henry was the same, finally someone gave him a step, and at this time, it was not time to wait.
So after Blucher bowed, Henry said: "Well, in that case, I will entrust you with this glorious and difficult task, but you must remember that if you fail, then military law is ruthless, you can figure it out" "Your Highness, if you can't complete the task to exterminate those Cossacks, you are willing to be dealt with by military law."
Henry's words did not shake Blucher, and he replied categorically.
Henry became more and more satisfied with Blucher's performance, but said sternly on the surface: "Well, then, tomorrow I will transfer the cavalry to you, and after meeting your men, you can set off, remember that this battle must only be successful, not lost, and must completely exterminate those damned Cossacks" "Yes," Brusil replied loudly, and then sat back in his seat with a slurp.
Later, on various matters of the army, the generals in the tent discussed again, and then decisively dismissed the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, Ferdinand didn't even glance at Blucher behind him, seeing this, Blucher had to smile helplessly.