While Leopold was grieving about Austria's next move, in Dresden, the capital of Saxony, the 6th Division of the Kingdom of Prussia was quietly making preparations.
William's order has reached the hands of Lugack, the commander of the 6th Division, this time William is ready to let Lugake command the operation of the Saxon side, as the best graduate of the Brandenburg Military Academy, Lugake climbed to the position of commander of a regular army division at the age of only thirty-two, which in addition to William's respect for a cadet like Lugack, Lugack's own ability is also enough to be praised.
Looking at William's royal seal stamped on the order, Lugake felt that things were not simple.
As the regular army of the kingdom, the 6th Division should generally give direct orders to the Prussian Military Department, and the orders should be stamped with the seal of Prince Henry, the Minister of Military Affairs.
This is also the difference between the regular army of the kingdom and the royal guard, and in the absence of a state of war in the kingdom, orders to the troops stationed in Prussia should come from the military department.
And only the royal guard, as William's personal army, can be directly decided by William, of course, this is not to say that William does not have the right to command the army in non-war times, as a monarch ** country, naturally everything is the monarch's greatest!
To Lugack's surprise, William did not give himself an order directly through the Ministry of War, and the content of the order was very simple, that is, to control the Grand Duke of Saxony, August, which made Lugake smell different.
It has already been said that at the age of thirty-two it is possible to climb to the position of division commander.
Lugake's head can be said to be quite bright, otherwise he would not have become the leader of the young Zhuang faction in the Prussian army.
In Saxony, Prussia deployed two divisions.
The 6th Division was stationed in Dresden, while the 7th Division was stationed in the southern part of Saxony near Bohemia.
Early the next morning, Lugack immediately ordered all the prepared Sixth Divisions to go straight to Dresden, while August, Elector of Saxony, was sleeping soundly in his palace.
Auguste slept very soundly, and even had a sweet dream in his deep sleep, which Auguste had never slept so soundly since Saxony had been effectively controlled by the Prussians.
But now he is very relieved.
Ever since Saxony was under Prussian control, August had been terrified, fearing that the Prussians would one day take his own life without him even knowing it.
This made August feel a little humiliated in addition to panicking.
A hundred years ago, the Duchy of Saxony was a hegemon of the Holy Roman Empire, and even the emperor had to give the Grand Duke of Saxony three points, and if you go back a few hundred years, the Duchy of Saxony is even more awesome.
What is France.
In the Middle Ages, France was still being crushed by Saxony.
But it is a constant truth since ancient times, and even the Mongols, who once built an empire unprecedented in the history of the world, did not end up at the hands of the untouchables they once regarded as slaves.
The only thing that makes August feel relieved is that the Prussians treat him quite well, at least August's daily activities are not restricted, and in addition to having no real power, the Prussians also show great respect for August on various occasions.
There was a while.
August felt that it was not bad to be someone's puppet like this, and Auguste's heart at that time was full of compromises about the world that could not be changed.
But Maximilian's call for a Council of Imperial Electors was definitely Auguste's turning point.
At that time, although August did not hold the rights of the state.
However, he was the Elector of the Empire, and he also had a crucial vote to elect the Emperor, so both Maximilian and Leopold sent people to Dresden to woo Auguste.
It was at that time that Auguste suddenly found that something that had been reduced to ashes in his heart seemed to be burning again, and although the envoys of Maximilian and Leopold did not say it explicitly, both sides gave Auguste a hint that after they had August's support to come to power, they would help Saxony regain its independence and help Auguste drive out the Prussians.
In the face of the co-optation of both sides, August did not rush to agree at first, you must know that he is not a child, no one knows the strength of the Prussians better than him, and the Prussian Sixth Division stationed outside Dresden alone is enough to make August tremble.
In Maximilian's view, Auguste's hesitation may be because Saxony is currently in the puppet position of Prussia, presumably August's attitude still depends on the Prussians, so Maximilian threw August aside and made contact with Prussia with all his might.
But the Austrians did not give up, and even in the absence of a clear answer from August, Leopold secretly provided Auguste with tens of thousands of gold in his private name, and the Austrians promised to help August buy off Saxon officials.
August was so moved by Austria's sincerity that on the eve of the Council of the Electors, he and Leopold reached an agreement that Austria would help Saxony gain independence, and that August would do his best to help Leopold against Prussia.
After the agreement between the two sides was reached, Leopold did not break his promise, he not only used some of the energy at the disposal of Austria to help August win over the officials of Saxony, but even provided August with more than 130,000 gold tales, and the Austrians' generosity even moved August.
August was not short of money, and even Auguste's own property was far more than the 130,000 gold tales, but like the Saxon treasury, most of Auguste's own property was under the control of the Prussians, and it was obviously impossible for August to take out a large amount of property from his warehouse to buy people's hearts without the collective consent of the Prussian government officials in Saxony.
The help of the Austrians acted as a matchmaker and catalyst.
August received the allegiance of dozens of Saxon nobles and bought off a number of officers in the native Saxon army and the Prussian army in Saxony.
There is no shortage of betrayal in the world, and even everyone has the gene of betrayal in their body, and the so-called loyalty happens when no one can afford to pay the price of betrayal.
That is, in such a situation.
August and his comrades had planned a mutiny around Christmas, and every night he always slept well at the thought that he would soon be able to regain power in Saxony.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the Prussian 6th Division had already arrived at Dresden, and by this time the guards of the Dresden garrison command had just opened the gates.
The guards were startled at the sight of the heavily armed Prussian army outside the city.
You must know that although the Prussian troops outside the city would enter the city in the past, there had never been such a large-scale and heavily armed entry as now, which made the guards a little apprehensive.
Just when the guards did not know whether to close the gates or ignore the Prussian troops outside the city.
A group of Prussian light horsemen had already reached the city gate, their weapons raised, and the guards were their target "Everyone raise their hands and crouch down against the wall!"
Thankfully.
It's still early in the morning.
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There was no large floating population at the city gates, and if it was noon, the actions of these Prussian light horsemen would probably cause great panic.
Seeing that the Prussian soldiers didn't seem to be joking, and that the weapons in their hands were all real guys, the guards immediately walked to the corner and squatted down as these Prussian soldiers said.
In less than ten minutes, the two cavalry regiments of the 6th Division, which were the vanguard, rushed to the city gate, and when they saw that the gate was controlled by their own people, Lugake nodded.
"Don't stop.
Send someone to urge the four infantry regiments behind to speed up, and the 11th Cavalry Regiment will at once occupy all the gates of Dresden.
The 12th Cavalry Regiment followed me to the palace in Saxony!
” After the order was given, Lugak rushed to the Grand Duke's palace south of Dresden.
On the streets of Dresden, people looked at these Prussian cavalry with hideous eyes in horror, knowing that since Saxony was occupied by the Prussians, there had never been such a large number of Prussian cavalry in the streets of Dresden in all these years. ..............................................
William sat on the chair with a worried brow, and the colonial minister Tegler, who sat opposite him, sat on the chair opposite William.
The Colonial Chancellor was a minister of government established by William after he conquered the North American colonies, and the colonial Chancellor was not included in the Prussian cabinet at that time, but in recent years, as the importance of the North American colonies in the Prussian political map has become prominent, the call for the colonial minister to join the cabinet has become higher and higher.
"Tegler, do you mean that North American trade has been greatly affected this year, and that the colonies' tax revenues will also drop significantly?"
Secretly lifting himself, Teegler said: "Your Majesty, I think so, in the past few years, because of the expansion of the colonies on the North American continent, our finances have also benefited greatly, but this year our trade in North America has encountered a major impact.
There are many reasons for this, but the most important problem is the black slave problem!
The kingdom did not have colonies in Africa, so the plantations in the North American colonies had to buy a considerable number of black slaves from the British every year, and as the colonies expanded, the demand for black slaves increased more and more, resulting in the price of black slaves now rising.
Moreover, the continental parliament of North America was not completely exterminated, and the rebels were still hiding in the depths of the continent, but in recent years, they have frequently sent people to propagate the slogan of abolishing black slaves in various places, and have been supported by a large number of black slaves.
According to statistics, last year, in the second half of the year and in the first half of this year alone, more than 17 plantations and two factories were destroyed, causing more than 50 casualties and more than 900 black slaves fleeing with direct economic losses amounting to 3.7 million silver marks.
In addition, now that the ties between the kingdom itself and North America have strengthened, and although Britain is our ally, our merchant ships must pay a considerable tax to the British in order to be sheltered by the British navy in the Atlantic, and this year the British have increased the tax on passing merchant ships by nearly five percent compared to last year."
Hearing Tegler mention the slogan of the Continental Congress on the emancipation of black slaves, William suddenly cried and laughed, it is only 1790, liberate your uncle's black slaves, that Lincoln still doesn't know where to make soy sauce, who is so idle and boring!
According to statistics, on the eve of the North American War, the total number of black slaves in the North American colonies exceeded 500,000, and according to last year's report, there were more than 150,000 black slaves in the Prussian colonies alone, and the number of black slaves is still growing rapidly.
In today's North American colonies, black slaves account for one-sixth of the population.