Chapter 178: Negotiations Immediately after destroying the Russian army outside Warsaw, August ordered his Polish army to march into the area under the de facto control of the Russians, and of course there was a very high-sounding excuse for this march, that is, in view of the recent ravages of the Polish rebels, His Majesty King August of Poland sent troops to help the Russian allies in the friendship between Poland and Russia.
As for the rebels in northern Poland and the Polish army under Kohenyol, August gave them the task of finding the remnants of Kulichkov at all costs, and doing everything in their power to eliminate them, so that they could not escape into Prussia.
But no sooner had this order been given than August received news that made him almost jump with excitement: the Russians had been defeated in East Prussia, and they had been defeated so badly that only a few hundred had escaped.
This news deeply stimulated August, and also made him full of confidence in his next actions.
The short duration of this battle was beyond August's expectations, and of course this also allowed August to see the strength of Prussia from the side, and it was not a simple matter to defeat Kutuzov in such a short time, originally Auguste expected the war to last at least a few months, but now the battle was resolved in only a month.
When the Prussian envoy contacted August before, although August was also very warmly received, he thought that with Kutuzov's attack, at least Prussia would not be able to pull out in a short time, but now, August regretted that he was less attentive when receiving the Prussian envoy.
Just when August was a little remorseful, Wilhelm, who was far away in Königsberg, had just finished writing a letter from William to Count Scottelle, the Prussian ambassador to Russia.
In contact with the Prussian ambassador, the Count Ovorov put all the responsibility for sending troops to East Prussia on Kutuzov, and claimed that the Russian attack was completely Kutuzov's unauthorized action, and the empress was also very dissatisfied with his behavior of destroying the friendship between Prussia and Russia, and if the conditions permitted, the empress was willing to apologize to Prussia for this matter and provide appropriate compensation, but hoped that Prussia could end the battle with Kutuzov as soon as possible.
This Ovorov's words made William laugh dumbly, such a big thing caused tens of thousands of casualties on both sides of the war was actually just a general's private behavior, and what was even more outrageous was that the empress had no sincerity to end the war at all.
If there is sincerity, it will not say at all that it is hoped that Prussia will end the battle with Kutuzov as soon as possible, but that this order should be given to Kutuzov, Prussia is not a vassal state of Russia, and Russia has no right to dictate any actions of Prussia!
Wilhelm immediately replied to the Prussian ambassador in St.
Petersburg, ordering the ambassador to convey his grievances to the Russians and inform them that Prussia had won the war, and offered that if Russia was serious about ending the war, then Prussia must be compensated for its losses on a large scale.
At the same time, William also sent back a letter to Potsdam, this letter was addressed to Locks, in his heart William expressed his gratitude to Locks for his efforts during this time, and asked Locks to temporarily slow down the progress of mobilization in various regions of Prussia, although the war still exists, but now that St.
Petersburg has shown a trace of peace talks, then William believes that the army that has been mobilized before is not counted, and the speed of mobilization from now on should be slowed down.
As a country in the cracks, Prussia can be said to live in a place of four wars, such a situation makes Wilhelm must be careful to use every cent of national strength, now around Königsberg and the steady stream of reinforcements from all over the country has recovered to more than 30,000 people, and many of the mobilized troops are still on the way to this place, so Wilhelm believes that it is necessary to temporarily slow down the progress of mobilization.
"Hello, Your Excellency Count Scottelle, I wonder if you have accepted my request last time," Ovorov asked the man sitting in front of him as he sat in the office of the Prussian embassy in St.
Petersburg.
Sitting in front of Ovorov was the Prussian ambassador to Russia, Count Scottelle, who looked at Ovorov with dissatisfaction and said: "Your Excellency Count Ovorov, you should understand that the conditions put forward by your country are really not in line with the actual situation, and the whole continent knows that Catherine II of your country is a very great monarch and a qualified empress, and now the war between you and us in East Prussia is actually said to be the private action of a general, which makes me really feel that my intelligence seems to have been fooled."
"Your Excellency Scottel, I can only say that all this is indeed a misunderstanding, our Empress has no intention of making enemies with your country at all, all this is the unauthorized action of the Polish General Kutuzov, and this matter also makes Her Majesty the Empress of our country very annoyed, and our Russian Empire really has no intention of going to war with Prussia.
Our two countries have a long-standing friendship, in the most difficult time of the Seven Years' War, the former Emperor Peter III once selflessly provided assistance to your country, since then your two countries have been friendly countries, and now because of the personal ** of some of the following people to destroy the friendship between your two countries, I really regret it in the next place" As if sensing that it was indeed his fault, Ovorov's posture was very low, knowing that in Russia there would never be more than two hands to make Ovorov so respectful.
"Your Excellency Ovorov, as far as this matter is concerned, I really can't give you an answer right now, when I complained to you before, you didn't pay any attention to us, and we have repeatedly discussed it with your country at this time, but it has not attracted the attention of your country."
Seeing that Ovorov was about to open his mouth to defend himself, Scottel interrupted Ovorov's attempt to speak with a wave of his hand.
"Now that the matter has reached an extremely serious level, I hope that you will seriously consider your position with us, and at the same time, in good faith, I believe that you must unconditionally withdraw your troops from our territory and give us substantial compensation" Scottair said what he wanted to say with a serious face, looking at the tangled Ovorov in front of him, his heart was a burst of relief, when he protested to Russia on behalf of Prussia before, Scottyr received countless white eyes from St.
Petersburg, this anger has always existed in Scottal's heart, and now someone finally came to give him his anger, how could he let go of this opportunity.
Just as they both fell silent, an embassy attendant handed a letter to Scotter, who nodded slightly to the waiter and politely retreated.
Scottel picked up the letter, tore open the seal and read it, and the more he read, the more Scottyr's face grew, and finally Scottel felt that he could no longer control his heartbeat.
Ovorov, who was sitting opposite Scottyr, couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw the drastic change in Scottyr's expression, and when even Ovorov heard Skottelle's violent heartbeat, his interest in the letter became stronger and stronger, of course, the aristocratic reserve made him still sit in his chair and look at Stockel as if he didn't notice anything.
After putting down the letter, Scottair really couldn't calm down for a while, looking at Ovorov opposite, Scottair changed his previous serious expression.
"Hehe, Your Excellency Ovorov, I have good news and bad news for you, which one do you want to hear first" Looking at Scottal's smiling face, Ovorov really wanted to punch him, and he actually made such a joke with himself on such a serious occasion, but on his face Ovorov still smiled reservedly and said: "Whether it's good news or bad news, I think I'm very interested."
"Well, let's hear the good news first, the good news is that the fighting in East Prussia is over, and now we are at peace again."
"Thank you for your understanding, please rest assured, when Kutuzov returns, I will ask Her Majesty to punish this outlaw who acted without authorization and destroyed the friendship between your two wings."
Without waiting for Ovorov to thank him for playing, Scottel interrupted: "Your Excellency, don't be too busy thanking you, I have bad news for you, and of course this news is very bad news for you."
Ignoring the tangled expression on Ovorov's face, Scottel continued: "Your General Kutuzov fought a series of great battles with His Majesty the King in East Prussia, until the recent defeat of your army, and all your troops have been left in East Prussia, and of course Your Excellency General Kutuzov is missing for the time being."
Scottal's words made Ovorov completely lose the reserve of the nobles who had been in control of it before, and Ovorov suddenly jumped up.
"What do you say, Kutuzov is defeated, the army is all finished" "Yes, Your Excellency, if I am not mistaken, it should be that the army of your country that invaded our country has been completely annihilated by the heroic king."
Sgodal's calm words poured on Ovorov from top to bottom like a basin of cold water, and Ovorov, whose face was disgraced, shouted: "In the name of Her Majesty the Empress, I have already discussed peace talks with your country, and it is simply too deceitful for your country to treat our country in this way."
"Your Excellency Ovorov, the whole continent knows who is the one who is bullying people too much, your country's behavior is already a complete provocation to our country, any act of provoking our country will be retaliated, and from the root cause, this war is an invasion of our country by your country, and His Majesty the King of our country has entrusted me to ask for an explanation from your country, otherwise His Majesty the King of our country will give your Empress an explanation"