Leopold left the Emperor's palace in tears, and outside the palace, a debate about the Emperor's edict quickly swept through Vienna, and the ministers who had left the palace returned home to urgently gather their family members to discuss countermeasures.
Of course, today Maximilian has become the most lost person in the whole of Vienna, not only did he not succeed in forcing the palace, but he received an order from Joseph II not to return to Vienna without an edict.
This made Maximilian's heart feel as if it had been devoured by a poisonous snake in addition to being lost.
In Maximilian's view, the reason why Leopold was able to become the heir of the Habsburg family was nothing more than because he was born a few years earlier, but in terms of the quality of the monarch, Maximilian thinks that he is definitely stronger than Leopold.
No!
Maximilian was not reconciled!
Looking at the uncertain look on the face of Maximilian who was walking in front, how could Kanitz behind him not understand what he was thinking.
The reason for Kaunitz's appearance here is that Joseph II gave the order to leave Vienna for Maximilian at that time, and the emperor used the word immediately!
The task of overseeing Maximilian's departure from Vienna fell to Kautz.
To be honest, Kaunitz was not willing to accept such a task, the old leader was not interested in the struggle for power within the Habsburgs, he cared about the future of the Kingdom of Austria and all the Habsburg territories, which would be a bit confusing, but in Kaunitz's opinion everything was very clear.
The future of the Habsburgs and the internal struggle for power were completely different things, and Kaunitz was confident that he had the ability to prevent the internal struggle of the Habsburg family from affecting the entire country.
Maximilian had wooed Kaunitz several times, and even promised Kaunitz that if he ascended to that throne, Kaunitz would become regent of the entire Holy Roman Empire!
But Kautz was not impressed by all this.
Regent!
What a great and glorious name, but even without it, Kaunitz still held the country, and even Joseph II could not shake Kaunitz's foundations.
"Your Excellency Kaunitz, are you indifferent to watching Leopold poison His Majesty the Emperor?"
Walking and walking.
Suddenly Maximilian stopped, he stood in front of Kaunitz, and asked loudly with excitement, and in the face of his questioning, Kanitz kept his demeanor very well "Your Highness the Elector, I want to say that His Highness Leopold did not poison His Majesty the Emperor at all.
It's all too much for you!
” "How is it possible, some time ago, when I saw His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty's body was still very healthy, I think Leopold must have put His Majesty the Emperor under house arrest and then poured some ** medicine into His Majesty, otherwise how could His Majesty give such an order..........."
Didn't wait for Maximilian to finish complaining.
Kaunitz had already interrupted him "Elector of Cologne, this is the Imperial Palace, I hope you can be cautious in your words and deeds, and today I will immediately arrange for someone to send you to Cologne, and please cooperate!"
After saying that, Kaunitz said to a group of attendants behind him: "Immediately send the Elector of Cologne to the south gate of the palace, where the carriage has already been arranged.
After getting into the carriage, I kept rushing to Cologne, and if I was a step too late, I would only ask you!
” "No!"
Hearing the answer, Kaunitz nodded and turned to leave.
As soon as he saw that Kaunitz seemed to be leaving, Maximilian was suddenly startled, and he also saw the emperor's face just now, which was very bad.
At this time, if he leaves Vienna, then he will not think about anything in the future, and then talk about the throne above ten thousand people.
I'm afraid it will immediately turn into a situation of mermaid meat.
"Your Highness Kaunitz, I still have a lot of things at home, can you let me go home and clean up!"
While speaking, Maximilian secretly gritted his teeth, as a royal family born with a golden key.
He had never had a day when he pulled down his face and begged for help like this.
"Elector of Cologne, didn't you hear the order of His Majesty the Emperor just now?
Although I am not prepared to get involved in the internal struggle of the royal family, I ask the Elector to remember that if someone jumps out and wants to make waves when the overall situation is decided, then that person will definitely be my enemy!
” After saying that, Kaunitz walked into the distance without looking back.
Hearing Kaunitz's words, Maximilian's face turned blue and white, but he did not have a seizure.
At the moment, Kaunitz's disagreement is the best situation, and if he provokes Kaunitz and forces Kanitz to Leopold's side at that time, won't he be self-inflicted!
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Ushakov stood on the flagship "St.
Peter", looking at the coastline in the distance, a layer of sweat unnaturally appeared in his hands, and his heart had reached the most critical moment, and he never wanted to drop the chain at this time.
It was already two o'clock in the morning, and at this time it should have been the sweetest time for people to sleep, but none of the officers and men of the Baltic Fleet had slept, and everyone's spirits were as tight as a hyun.
Suddenly, a signal was erected on the flagpole of the flagship, which meant that they were not far from the port of Riga "Immediately order everyone to immediately enter their respective combat positions, all the artillery immediately begin to adjust Zhu Yuan, immediately raise the flag to let the troops on the transport ships behind adjust their state, and before I give my order, all ships will still maintain their current formation and speed and move forward!"
Ushakov gave several orders in a row, and the whole fleet immediately followed his orders, but because Ushakov had not yet given the order to prepare for the attack, the noise above the fleet was not particularly loud.
If you were standing directly in front of Ushakov's fleet, you would think it was just a ship, but if you were standing on the side of the fleet, you would find that the mighty fleet was like a carp crossing the river and was directed at Riga, but so far the defenders of Riga still had no idea about it.
On the left front of Ushakov, the forward army led by Pelenovich was sailing fast, because after Ushakov gave the order to reduce the speed of the ship in order to reduce the noise, although the previous advance of Pelenovich was delayed by Kutuzov's tax team for a while, but soon they overtook the main force of the fleet, which was not much faster than the turtle speed, and Pelenovich's troops would also become the first wave of warships to launch artillery bombardment on Riga.
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Soon, the strikers led by Bilenovic entered the range of the lighthouse in the Gulf of Riga, and outside the port of Riga, there was a large lighthouse that was as dazzling as the bright moon, and once within the range of the lighthouse, it meant that it was not far from the port of Riga.
Ten battleships caught the attention of all the lighthouses in the Gulf of Riga, but they did not give any unusual signals, as the ships led by Pilenovich looked more like merchant ships, although they looked somewhat like battleships.
It should be mentioned here that the ten battleships led by Perenovich were converted from merchant ships in the Baltic Fleet.
Surprisingly, however, the ten ships stopped within the range of the lighthouse, which was on the edge of the range of the naval fire cannons in the port of Riga.
"Why stop?
Keep me going!
” "But, General, one step further we are within range of the enemy's shore defense artillery!"
"Don't worry, do as I say!"
Although Kutuzov is very concerned with the coastal defense of the Gulf of Riga, because of the existence of Saremaa Island, it is not necessary to place a large number of artillery on the port of Riga, because these deployed artillery will cause a waste of resources, and Kutuzov agrees with this view.
You must know that Kutuzov's entire army of 60,000 only has about 330 artillery pieces in total, and in addition to the 50 guns deployed on Saaremaa Island, some of these artillery pieces are also deployed in various important cities for defense and deterrence.
In this case, there are less than a hundred artillery pieces that can be used in field battles, and under such circumstances, how can Kutuzov deploy a large number of artillery pieces on the port of Riga like Saaremaa.
And Kutuzov's actual artillery on the port of Riga is only fifteen, which is undoubtedly inferior to a battleship with dozens of guns on board.
"Fight again when you get closer, the location of those artillery, all on this map, tell those gunners, I have a reward for hitting accurately, if you can't hit accurately and waste bullets, Lao Tzu wants him to look good in the future!"
As soon as Perenovich gave the order, the ten warships in the vanguard were immediately ready for battle, only to see that one cannon after another was turned out from under the food and clothing and pushed onto the gun emplacements in the cabin, and boxes of shells were quickly placed on the side of the guns.
When everything was ready, Perenovich looked at the sky, it was still so dark, and he said: "Send a signal to the fleet behind, just say that our department has entered the combat position, ask for orders!"
When Ushakov received Pelenovich's application, he immediately shouted: "Tell Perenovich that I want him to paralyze Riga's coastal defense system in the first round of attacks, and to quickly clear a landing place for me, and I want those troops to go ashore quickly!"
To be continued.
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