Kulichkov's strategy was so successful that the lords and nobles of Estonia, after seeing the example of Varga, not only resisted the orders of resistance issued by the Estonian governor's office, but even secretly cooperated with Kutuzov to march into Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, and what they asked for was Kutuzov's preferential territorial price.
There were even a few merchant lords in the southern regions of Estonia, which on the other hand stimulated the prosperity of Kutuzov's business.
And when Kutuzov conquered the southern Estonian town and marched to the northern barrier of Tallinn, Kosel, his army not only did not decrease or even expanded by nearly half, taking advantage of this policy, Kutuzov's army quickly swelled to the size of more than 30,000 people and supplies that could be consumed by 50,000 troops for a year, all at the cost of only half of Estonia.
Although Kutuzov was not very eye-catching for the soldiers who were exchanged by nobles from all over the world, but relatives, each of these soldiers had a weapon on their bodies, and this was enough for Kutuzov.
Of course, Kutuzov did not care much about the question of whether the nobles who bought the land would betray him, first of all, these nobles had completely ascended to the position of princes above 10,000 people through trading with Kutuzov, and they could do whatever they wanted in their respective territories, Kutuzov believed that even St.
Petersburg would not give them such a big right because of the defection of these nobles.
Secondly, Kulichkov had long been prepared for these nobles, and the armies provided by these nobles involved in the division of the territory must have family lineage, even if there is no male heir, women can do it, so that on the one hand, they can control their armies through the descendants of these respective families in case of rebellion, and on the other hand, it is equivalent to turning these descendants into bargaining chips in their own hands.
At the end of July 1790, Kutuzov's troops arrived at the city of Tallinn, which at this time had only 4,000 defenders. .............................................
When Kutuzov's strategy was delivered to Wilhelm through Prussia's secret intelligence network, Wilhelm was simply amazed at Kulichkov.
Kulichkov's strategy is certainly a recipe for trouble in the long run.
But in a short period of time, this strategy was definitely the most effective solution to Kutuzov's current predicament, and through the exchange of dominance, Kutuzov obtained the much-needed soldiers and supplies, and he lost nothing more than the territory that would have taken a lot of energy even if he occupied it.
Thinking about it, William thought of Warsaw.
As the capital of Poland, at the time of the partition of Poland by Prussia, Austria and Russia.
In order to show their civilization on the surface, the former Polish capital Warsaw** became a free city after consultation and agreement among the three countries, and the three countries did not have any jurisdiction over Warsaw.
Later, because of mutual suspicion and various concerns, the three countries seemed to have forgotten Warsaw, a sweet cake that everyone was once happy with.
But now William has re-hung the Warsaw Mark.
Leopold had a tendency to go back on the agreement he had reached, which made William extremely annoyed, although he frequently inspected the army and the arsenal, but he only wanted to use this means to bring Austria to its knees, because fighting a big country like Austria at the moment was not in line with William's strategy.
In Wilhelm's heart, he always believed in the policy of first small and then large, easy and then difficult, although William firmly believed that even if Prussia and Austria went to war at this moment, it would definitely be Austria who lost.
But even if Austria is defeated, Prussia will suffer a lot of losses, in this case it is better to pick the soft persimmon pinch first.
But looking at Austria's reaction now, it is clear that Leopold, who had ascended to the throne, was not frightened by a series of Prussian combinations, and the emperor suddenly became tougher, and even quietly mobilized his troops, which was clearly in response to the Prussian attitude.
Wanting to fight but not being able to fight has become the biggest problem in front of William.
After not knowing how many brain cells were killed.
William suddenly remembered a very crucial place, and that was Warsaw.
As early as when the Russians attacked Poland, William gave an order to let the spies lurking in Poland have a plan to buy the Polish nobles, and although Warsaw was breached, some nobles who had a certain prestige and loyalty in Poland and were loyal to the Polish king August at that time were quietly rescued by the Prussians.
After that, the Prussian government did not abandon the nobility that had been persecuted by the Russians and had great prestige in Poland.
Among these nobles, there was even one person that William did not expect, that is, Mirian, the deputy of the Polish hero Jevisky, who had relied on the isolated city of Kazakhburg to resist Potemkin's army in the Russo-Polish War.
Mirian's survival can be described as a complete miracle.
At that time, Kazakhstan Fort was breached by the Russians, and Yevisky also died honorably, but Mirian was seriously wounded in the battle and was on the verge of death, and it was at this time that Mirian was seriously wounded and was on the verge of death.
An Orthodox priest saw Mirian, and the priest thought that Mirian was very good to his eyes, so he took the seriously injured Mirian to his lodgings and treated him.
Coincidentally, this priest is the chaplain of Potemkin's army, because Mirian was seriously injured, so he has been living in the priest's tent, and those Russian soldiers know that the priest saved a Pole, but out of respect for the priest, and they don't know Mirian's true identity and think he is just an ordinary Pole, so they did not force the priest to hand over Mirian.
After that, in the priest's tent, Mirian spent two months in his tent, until the priest returned to Russia with Potemkin's army, and with the priest's consent, Mirian left alone.
Later, due to some coincidence, Mirian and some former Polish rebel leaders were found and protected by the Prussians.
And now, William felt that it was time to activate these pieces.
With the use of Mirian to stir up Warsaw and the Russian and Austrian Polish regions, and then the Prussians entered these areas in a messianic posture, and then vigorously promoted the happy life of the people of the Prussian Poland regions, as long as there was the cooperation of these chess pieces and the strong military power of Prussia, it was not impossible to completely annex Poland, of course, there was a first step in everything, and in the eyes of Wilhelm the first step was Warsaw.
Warsaw is located at the junction of Prussian, Austrian, and Russian Poland regions, and is also a buffer zone between the three countries, once one country takes Poland, it will be a huge threat to either of the other two countries, after all, although the kingdom of Poland and the capital of Warsaw have been divided for several years, but the Polish people have not forgotten this special city of Warsaw.
Thinking of it, William immediately summoned Henry.
Prince Henry has actually faded out of the highest echelons of power in Prussia over the years, although Prince Henry's health is still healthy, but as an old man who is already sixty-four years old, Henry has seen some things more openly.
Of course, for William, at present, Henry can not quit the Prussian high-level, since Henry served as the Minister of Military Affairs of Prussia, the daily affairs of the Ministry of Military Affairs do not need William to worry at all, Henry has a noble identity, brilliant achievements, and high prestige, these conditions make Henry very qualified for the position of Minister of War, at least among the current high-level generals, in addition to Ferdinand, William can not find another person comparable to Prince Henry, and Ferdinand is also in his sixties this year.
Although the Brandenburg Military Academy is constantly sending fresh blood to the Prussian army, the replacement of the old and the new has always been the biggest problem of a country and a regime, and the strong power of the military minister makes William not feel at ease in the hands of outsiders, but in the Hohenzollern family and the close relatives of the family, there is no such thing as Henry's military achievements and integrity, which makes William feel a headache for Henry's successor.
When Henry approached William's room, William immediately stood up from his chair and bowed very respectfully to Henry, and then both of them went to the sofa by the window in the room and sat down.
William explained his thoughts to Henry, and when Henry heard that William was going to target Warsaw, a distinct smile appeared on the old prince's face.
"Your Majesty, I very much agree with your idea, taking Warsaw, we can not only put Austria under pressure by taking action, forcing them to restrain their ambitions that have been expanding lately, but the next step will be of great benefit to our entire Eastern European layout, and if we add Warsaw with those we raised in Masovishe, then we will definitely be able to surprise us with the appeal we can play."
The smile on Henry's face was also contagious to William "That's right, I also have this idea, after taking Warsaw, if the Austrians don't know each other again, then we will use those people to surprise Leopold, didn't he think that we Prussia could not do anything with him!
Then we won't do it ourselves, let the Poles do it, I heard that in the Krakow region of Austrian Poland, the Poles there have always been not at peace!
Hahaha........"
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William both burst out laughing when Kravko mentioned it.
The Krakow region belongs to the region of Little Poland, located in Austrian Poland, and is exactly the fat that Austria carved up from Poland.
Although the meat was fatty but not tasty, and although Austria's policy towards the Poles was much better than that of the Russians, Austria did not treat these Poles as second-class citizens of its own country, as Prussia did, but as third-class citizens.
The first-class citizens were the nobles, the second-class citizens were commoners, and the third-class citizens were definitely the oppressed class, and like the Russians, the first thing the Austrians thought of after occupying the territory of Poland was not to build but to seize it, but the Austrians ate much better than the Russians.
In the entire territory of the former Kingdom of Poland, only Prussia did not have serfs, and the Habsburgs, who had always claimed to be the guardians of European civilization, did not change the system of Austrian Poland, they called it "one country (harmony) two systems"!