Chapter 191: The Lithuanian Garrison But what should come will always come, and no matter what you do, you have to think of the worst possible outcome.
Thinking of this, August cleaned up his mood, no matter how panicked he was now, it would not help the development of things, and only by facing it calmly could he get that glimmer of life.
Just when August understood this truth, Yevisky also understood this truth, although it was a little late to understand, but as long as he could understand it, it would be good.
————————I'm the dividing line———————— Wilhelm of Königsberg received a letter from Scottyr, in which Scottel first reported to Wilhelm on the progress of the negotiations between the Russians during this period, and then Scottel attached the terms of the Russians, and Scottel also stated that these four were already Russian bottom lines.
William briefly flipped through it, and he had no opinion on the division of Lithuania between Prussia and Russia.
And the establishment of a military buffer zone, although only a little in northern Poland, is sufficient.
The compensation of three million silver marks was also within William's range, but when William saw the last one, the Russians did not agree to the abolition of the alliance treaty with Denmark.
Although the Russians say that the Russian-Danish alliance is only to better maintain peace in the Baltic region, who in the world does not know who this alliance is aimed at.
Of course, in addition to Prussia, Sweden was also within the threat of this Russo-Danish alliance, so the Prussian alliance was formed, and there is no doubt that the situation in the Baltic Sea has become somewhat tense because of the opposition between the two alliances.
After all, he had been mentally prepared before, so since the Russians did not agree, Wilhelm was not prepared to delve into this issue, after all, so many Prussian troops were a frightening amount of money every day at Königsberg alone.
So William decided to accept the Russians' terms, and of course before that, it was necessary for him to talk to Henry and other high-ranking Prussian army leaders on these issues.
If he wanted to do it, William immediately sent someone to summon Henry and other high-ranking officials of the Prussian army to a meeting in the city residence.
When everyone was gathered, William glanced to the left and right, and after drawing everyone's eyes to himself, William did not hurry to speak, but handed Stockelle's letter to Henry, who was sitting on his left.
After Henry had read it, he did not speak, but passed the letter down like William.
There were dozens of high-ranking Prussian soldiers in the room, and by the time the last person respectfully handed the letter to Buel, more than an hour had passed.
And in this more than an hour, William was closing his eyes except for the beginning of the time, of course, seeing William make this gesture, the generals who originally wanted to speak also firmly closed their mouths.
When Buel walked up to William's side with the letter and said "Your Majesty" softly, William slowly opened his eyes.
"The messenger you have just read was delivered by His Excellency Scotter, our ambassador to Russia, who I had ordered to contact the Russians, and now that Scottel has given me an answer, I have summoned you here to see your opinions."
William's straightforwardness made people seem a little caught off guard, and from William's unwavering face, no one could see what William's mood was, how did you let the generals present speak, and it wasn't the roundworm in your William's stomach, who could know what you thought.
"Why, no one is talking, but you are talking about the conditions of the Russians, whether we accept it or not" Seeing that no one spoke, William spoke, and when he finished speaking, he saw everyone looking at each other.
"Your Majesty, I believe that our country should accept Russian conditions, although not very reasonable, but out of sympathy for the Russian people, and for the fact that we Prussians have always been peace-loving, the minister believes that in humanitarianism we should accept Russian conditions."
As the voice spoke, a general about forty years old stood up and spoke, and his words were undoubtedly somewhat in line with William's taste.
William looked at the speaker and then gestured to Henry, it was clear that William was not very familiar with the Prussian general.
"Your Majesty, this is His Excellency Kraunz, commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in Brandenburg" Henry whispered a whisper to William, and his introduction added a smile to William's face.
"There is some truth in what Kraunz said, and does anyone else want to express his opinion?"
William's jaw to Kraunz made Kraunz happy.
Sitting here are not stupid, William had already waited for the Russians to compromise last time, and now that the conditions offered by the Russians have been put on the table by William, it means that William has the intention of agreeing in his heart.
Although I know this, but no one has spoken before, no one is sure, the people sitting in the room except for William are basically the youngest are in their thirties, these people have not only trained a good courage on the battlefield, at least some of the truths in the past few years of officer career, everyone understands.
Maybe the first speech can be appreciated by your superiors, but if you mean the opposite of what your superiors mean, then what future do you have?
Of course, the possibility of the second one is very low, but as an official, you must know how to avoid risks, if it is not absolutely necessary, no one wants to be the first bird.
Krautz was also in the psychology of seeking wealth and danger, so he was the first to stand up and take a stand.
Thirty-nine-year-old Krautz was born in a small merchant family, and joined the Prussian army when he was young out of the psychology of reducing the burden on his family.
Even though the Prussian army was known for its eclectic talent reduction, less than 7 percent of the middle and high-ranking generals were from ordinary families.
But what is helpless is that just when Kraunz was ready to confidently attack a higher position with the support of his superiors, his Bole died of illness, so that Kraunz, who was born in an ordinary place, was driven out of the front-line field troops of Prussia like a rootless Ping, of course, because Kraunz himself was indeed outstanding, so the high-ranking position of commander of the Second Infantry Regiment in Brandenburg fell to his head.
In Brandenburg, a place where powerful people gather, not to mention a regimental commander, even a division commander has to clamp his tail and be a man, so Kraunz's fate can be imagined.
From the age of thirty-one to the age of thirty-nine, a full eight years, Kraunz went from the original ambition to depression, but from the moment William spoke, Kraunz knew that his opportunity had come.
To William's surprise, Prince Ferdinand, who had always been the main battle, was uncharacteristically silent today.
"Prince Ferdinand, do you have any comments?"
"Your Majesty, the minister has no opinion, the minister thinks that what His Excellency Kraunz said is very reasonable" Well, there must be demons when things go wrong, but now that Ferdinand has agreed, there is no need to say anything more.
"Since everyone agrees with this opinion, then agree to the conditions of the Russians in this way" As soon as William's words were finished, everyone in the room suddenly rejoiced, because this meant that the war between Prussia and Russia had ended, and of course there were a few more belligerent generals who felt lost, but there was no way to do it, after all, a country cannot be at war all the time.
"By the way, since the region of Western Lithuania has been assigned to us in Prussia, then it is necessary for us to declare our sovereignty, and I don't know which one is willing to lead the army to take over the region of Western Lithuania."
William's words are like a small earthquake, and everyone knows what it means to go to receive the Lithuanian region.
Western Lithuania, as the first line of the future border with Russia, is bound to maintain heavy troops there, so that the post of garrison commander looks like a piece of fat no matter how you look at it.
In such a situation, many people are already stupid in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in the future, the West Lithuania region will be directly bordered by the Russians, so the minister thinks that it is necessary to arrange a team of strong generals in the West Lithuania region, and the soldiers in our Prussian army should be the battle-hardened Bohemian Front, so the minister thinks that it is better to arrange the Bohemian reinforcements to the West Lithuania region."
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The one who spoke was the general of the reinforcements who had come from Bohemia, named Harryste.
"General Harist, I think your words are very problematic, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in our Prussian army, if it is our Silesian front, since the first king captured the Silesian region, my Silesian army has repeatedly rushed to the front line, such an army should be the first in our Prussian army "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that General Burkestein's words are too much to gild, and the minister thinks 、、、" "Your Majesty, the minister thinks 、、、" Although there was a lot of noise below, none of the bigwigs sitting in the front of the table spoke, such as Henry and others.
Seeing that the people below were about to quarrel into a pot of porridge, William, who was sitting at the top, yelled and was quiet!
The power of this roar was still huge, and the room that was originally as noisy as a vegetable market instantly fell silent.
"Regarding the matter of the garrison in Western Lithuania, I will meet with Henry and Prince Ferdinand later, this time I plan to station two divisions in Western Lithuania, as for which two divisions are kept secret for the time being, you all should retreat now" William told Henry and Ferdinand to follow him, while the others could only watch as the backs of the three of them faded away.