; After Lafayette gave the battle plan, the whole of Leon seemed to come to life, and groups of soldiers appeared out of nowhere, and then hurried to a pre-planned line of defense led by their respective officers.
But what is strange is that many of these creatures called soldiers are dressed only better than beggars, and their faces are full of resentment, and it is only under the whipping of the officers that these people reluctantly take a step, and they do not even have a decent weapon in their hands, hoes, nail rakes and other things have become the only weapons in their hands.
If it weren't for the silk scarf tied on his right arm, he might have thought that this was a village where the villagers had collectively gone to work in the fields.
Just a few days ago, William and his Prussians had come to Frankfurt, as the king of Prussia, although the members of the Holy Roman Diet did not all go to the city gate to greet them due to etiquette, but the grand welcome ceremony still made people happy.
The Speaker of the Imperial Diet, Sizer, and the Mayor of Frankfurt, Dient, led a large number of nobles in the city to wait for Wilhelm at the gates of Frankfurt, and on the main streets of Frankfurt on the same day, colorful flags were hoisted, which was a treatment that only the Holy Roman Emperor could enjoy!
Obviously, the nobles in Frankfurt wanted to gain Wilhelm's favor in this way, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Prussia was now ready to make a big difference.
If the favor of this monarch is won at this time at some unworthy price, he must have received much more than he paid.
However, the 3,000 soldiers of the Royal Guard who accompanied William on this trip caused a headache for everyone in Frankfurt.
At the beginning, Prussia demanded.
In order to protect the safety of the Prussian king and nobles, all 3,000 soldiers were to enter Frankfurt and then take on the task of escorting them.
When the Frankfurt nobles learned of this proposal, they were so frightened that they could not even speak.
Although it seems that Prussia only has 3,000 soldiers entering Frankfurt this time, you must know that there are more than 20,000 city guards in Frankfurt at this moment, if you let 3,000 Prussian troops enter the city.
In case Prussia had a bad idea, a surprise attack was made on the Reichstag or the Frankfurt City Hall The combat effectiveness of the Prussian army was famous all over the world, and apparently the Frankfurt nobility did not believe it.
Once the Prussian army entered the city, the original city guards were able to protect their own safety.
And one more point, as soon as the Prussian army was allowed to enter Frankfurt, then when Joseph II arrived.
One way or another.
Austria's 5,000 troops are bound to enter Frankfurt, so the instability factor in Frankfurt is too high, if the two sides do not get along, or simply turn their faces, Frankfurt will be in ruins!
At this thought, no matter how much Prussian diplomats tried to speak, the nobles of Frankfurt did not agree to let the Prussian army into the city, and of course, in order not to force Prussia against themselves, the nobles agreed that Prussia could send 300 soldiers to accompany Wilhelm into Frankfurt.
After the nobles of Frankfurt retreated.
Seeing that this was already their bottom line, the Prussian diplomats agreed to this proposal.
But this is only on the surface, in the secret, Prussia has infiltrated 500 Jing Rui in Frankfurt, and the mission of these Jing Rui is to prevent accidents, after all, this is not Prussian territory.
Just two days after Wilhelm had settled down, the Speaker of the Imperial Diet, Sigel, came to Wilhelm's lodging and begged him to go with him to the gates of Frankfurt to meet Joseph II.
William was not surprised that Joseph II's time was so accurate, just as Joseph II already knew that William had arrived in Frankfurt, and William also knew where Joseph II's itinerary was going at all times, which was the credit of the intelligence officers of the two countries.
Even William knew that Joseph II and his party were closer to Frankfurt than he was at first, but when he learned of William's trip, Joseph II decisively ordered the convoy to slow down, and then re-accelerated the convoy after William entered the city.
Of course, this is not to say that Joseph II is bad, as the nominal co-lord of the Holy Roman Empire, at least Joseph II has not left the emperor's throne, so he can override all the princes within the empire, and this overriding only refers to etiquette.
So it is understandable that Joseph II did this.
Seeing that Sigel invited him, William instructed Buel to take care of the four little girls and followed Sigel to the Frankfurt City Gate, where William also met Frankfurt's mayor, Dient.
"Your Majesty, the Elector of Brandenburg, greetings!"
Because William came to greet Joseph II as the Elector of Brandenburg at the moment, Dean did not address Wilhelm with the title of King of Prussia, and after seeing Dean bowing down, Wilhelm nodded and said: "Your Excellency the Mayor, you can take time out of your busy schedule to come to greet His Majesty the Emperor, and you are really brave and loyal!"
Hearing William's words, Deant's face became a little unnatural, apparently William's displeasure with Deent's calling him the Elector of Brandenburg.
You must know that these monarchs in Europe now have many titles on their heads, take William as an example, he is the king of Prussia, the king of Denmark, the elector of Brandenburg, and some marquis and earls that even Wilhelm himself can't remember.
Although it was not wrong for Deent to call Wilhelm the Elector of Brandenburg, because Wilhelm did have the title, and he was not prepared to give it up to the idea.
But in public, it was the King of Prussia that William wanted people to call him the most!
It's like Joseph II, you can call him His Majesty the Holy Roman Emperor, but likewise you call him His Excellency the Archduke of Austria, and if in diplomacy you openly call the latter, obviously it would be a provocation to Joseph II.
When you have a more noble title, you will often choose to call the most noble title in order to show respect, but if you choose a lower title to call, then although you will accept it, you will definitely leave dissatisfaction in your heart.
Now, it is clear that Dean had made such a mistake, and of course it is not clear whether he did it on purpose.
Along the way, the nobles still called Wilhelm the King of Prussia as they had the day before yesterday, and only a small number of nobles called Wilhelm the Elector, which was obviously an Austrian die-hard or old-fashioned.
It was exactly nine o'clock in the morning when William came to the Frankfurt City Gate, and then he walked to a chair placed in the middle of the city wall and sat down, after seeing William take his seat, the nobles sat down according to the ranking of their family strength, and the difference was that this time because William was sitting in the middle of the city, so on his left hand side were the Prussian officials, and on the right hand side were the Imperial Diet and the Frankfurt parliamentarians, nobles.
After sitting down, Wilhelm surveyed the walls of Frankfurt as he greeted the nobles who had come to greet him.
As the seat of the Imperial Parliament, Frankfurt does have its capital, its commerce is very developed, as the economic ziyou city of the empire, Frankfurt's commercial development is not slower than any city, and because of the intricacies of various forces in Frankfurt, almost all the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire have industries in this city, which has led to Frankfurt has become the economic center and commercial center of the Middle Rhine.
With the development of the economy, Frankfurt did not forget the need for garrison, as the saying goes, the more money, the less courage, Frankfurt not only supported the Reichstag but also trained 20,000 troops with the power of a city.
Of course, compared to Hamburg, Frankfurt's troops are somewhat smaller, but the weapons and equipment of the Frankfurt City Guard are definitely far superior to the previous Hamburg army.
Aside from its lack of combat experience, this army is almost not far behind the main forces of the leading European powers, and even this lack of combat experience has improved a lot as Frankfurt hires a large number of Swiss mercenaries to come as instructors.
The Frankfurt city wall at Wilhelm's feet is more than seven meters high and four meters wide, although it is not as large as a first-class military town, but the scale of the wall can withstand the current artillery for a while.
And just a few dozen meters in William's sight, he saw five artillery pieces, and one of them was a seven-pounder howitzer, which touched William's heart very much.
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This seven-pounder howitzer was first born in Austria, because after the War of the Austrian Succession, the Austrian army began to reform in 1753 by Prince Joseph Liechtenstein in view of the strong deterrence of Emperor Philippet, and the seven-pounder gun was the most important part of it.
At that time, the large-caliber artillery of the Austrian army generally had a smaller wind correction difference, more accurate, far-reaching, and strong penetration.
Therefore, after the creation of the Liechtenstein system, the Austrian artillery system was introduced by European countries, and the current French Gribois system itself is an "upgrade" of the Liechtenstein system.
Although the appearance of the artillery is still as beautiful as new, it is obvious from the muzzle that the artillery has aged a lot, but the army in Frankfurt can still take good care of these guns, and Wilhelm has to be impressed.
Only an army that loves weapons can give full play to the maximum combat effectiveness of weapons!