It was for this reason that the 1st Division of Dafilia was left uninhabited in Bavaria, and the Bavarian army was basically defeated in a battle along the way.
However, when he marched under Munich, Dafilia's heart became a little hesitant.
At the beginning, the march into Bavaria was in the consideration of supporting the Main battlefield from the side, and the first division had not been in Bavaria for a short time, and the Bavarian army that got the news was also on the way back to the division.
Just as Dafilia was considering whether to attack Munich, an urgent order from Brandenburg made Dafilia determined.
In this order, not only did he announce the appointment of the commander of the four major theaters of the front, but William also personally gave the order to Dafilia to attack Munich through the military department.
Of course, it would be a bit of a fool's dream to rely on one division of Dafilia to conquer the capital of Bavaria for hundreds of years, so Wilhelm told Dafilia in the letter that Wilhelm had ordered the second division that had originally gone to Bohemia, ordering the second division to go to Bavaria as soon as possible, as long as Dafilia could hold out for another week, then the second division would be able to break through into Bavaria, and then gather the combat strength of the two Prussian main battle divisions, Even if he can't capture Munich, he will definitely be able to make Itansi take off a layer of skin.
And just when Bavaria was panicking because of the breakthrough of Dafilia's 1st Division on the mainland, Leopold II, who was far away in Vienna, also had a headache because of the situation in Bavaria.
In the case of Bohemia already occupied by the Prussians.
If Austria wanted to connect with the Main, the Rhine, and the Austrian Netherlands, it would have to go through Bavaria, and if Bavaria was conquered by Prussia, it would be extremely disadvantageous for Austria in every way.
In mind, of course.
Leopold II was a little annoyed by the situation in Bavaria and a little annoyed with Itansi, a dignified Duchy of Bavaria could not stop a small Prussian division, although the regular army of Bavaria was transferred 10,000 people, but Bavaria, with a population of millions, could not recruit hundreds of thousands of troops!
The Prussians are the most typical example of this in the whole of Europe.
Before Frederick the Great conquered Silesia, Prussia had a population of less than a million, but it was a million.
Frederick the Great was stunned and pulled up an army of nearly 200,000 men.
And now a Bavaria with a population of nearly three million could not even pull up an army of 100,000, which naturally made Leopold II angry.
In fact, with 100,000 troops, Itansi can pull it up.
But wars are not won by numbers.
Bavaria must not be compared with a militaristic country like Prussia, because Prussians are inherently warmongers, and the fighting gene is already ingrained in the blood of all Prussians.
Besides, there was a reason for the Prussians' belligerence.
Prussia's geographical position of being enemies on all sides doomed the Prussians to fight with the sky, the earth, and people from birth.
Otherwise, how could the infertile land of the Brandenburg region be able to support the Kingdom of Prussia.
In Bavaria, with its dense water network and beautiful environment, it can be called the land of fish and rice, in this case, the Bavarians have less ambition than the Prussians, and Bavaria has been peaceful for a long time, and not many Bavarian families are willing to send their children to the army.
But, one way or another, Bavaria was, after all, an ally of the Austrians.
Once Bavaria surrendered to Prussia, then Austria was really bad.
So I thought about it for a long time.
In the end, Leopold II decided to send troops to Bavaria, but a safe passage from Austria to the Main River had to be built, otherwise the Austrian soldiers on the Main River would not have a place to die.
After consulting with the Austrian cabinet and important military officials, Leopold II decided to send more than 10,000 troops stationed in the Vienna area to Bavaria.
In Leopold II's mind, with this 10,000 Austrian troops, even the Bavarians were incompetent, they would definitely be able to contain the Prussian army, after all, Dafilia had only one division under his command.
But to Leopold II's surprise, when he learned that Leopold II was going to send more than 10,000 troops to Bavaria, his son Karl actually came to the door.
Karl sought out Leopold II for nothing other than the post of commander of an army of more than 10,000 men.
When Leopold II learned of his request from Karl, who was kneeling in front of him, the emperor was a little stunned.
Leopold II knew that since his son broke down in Brandenburg, after returning to Vienna, there was a great change in his mood, although Karl was serious in the past, but he was also full of all kinds of problems of young people of his age, playful, arrogant, etc., but these were not a big deal in Leopold II's opinion, after all, most of the noble children had such and such problems when they were young.
But after returning this time, Carl's life has basically become a three-point line, either in the barracks or in the library, or in his own residence, and the rest of the places are no longer gone.
But after that stimulus, Carl returned to Vienna and completely forgot about his old hobbies, and now Carl is self-disciplined to the point where it is terrifying.
Ludovica and Leopold II talked many times about the changes that had happened to Karl, but in the emperor's opinion, the changes that had happened to Karl were gratifying, although it was not good to be too disciplined, but it was always a good change.
But when Karl actually asked Leopold II to lead the army into battle, the emperor was still taken aback.
"Carl.
Are you sure you're not kidding me?
” Looking at his son kneeling in front of him, Leopold II asked with some surprise, who knew that after listening to the emperor's question.
Karl just shook his head and said firmly: "Your Majesty, as a son of the Habsburgs, I have been deeply aware of the responsibility I have borne since I returned from Brandenburg, and although I dare not compare with His Majesty the King of Prussia, I am twenty-one years old, and how can a fledgling that has not soared in the sky grow into an eagle, and staying in Vienna can only kill my youth.
Therefore, I beg you to give me a chance to fight on my own, and I will fight valiantly as the son of the Habsburgs, and I will not be disgraced by the banner of the family!
-” Karl's statement touched Leopold II a little.
Inside the son of Leopold II.
Karl's talent can be said to be one of the best, and even Leopold II's eldest son Franz may not be comparable to Karl, but limited by the primogeniture, no matter how good Karl is.
It was also impossible for Leopold II to pass the throne to Karl beyond his eldest son.
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So inside the Habsburgs.
Leopold II's hope for Karl was that he would grow up to be the defender of the Habsburgs.
Seeing Leopold II's hesitant face, Karl added: "Your Majesty, I did not do it on the spur of the moment, but after returning to Vienna, I devoted myself to the study of the resumes of the Prussian generals, and among them, as the main force defending Brandenburg, the officers of the 1st Prussian Division were naturally the focus of my research.
In my study of Dafilia, I found that the current situation of this Prussian general was very delicate.
Among the generals of the Prussian divisional level, Dafilia was not the oldest, although he was not the oldest.
But compared to Scharnhorst of the 3rd Division, the Dafilia general was nearly twenty years older than the latter.
Most of the generals in the Prussian army were between thirty and fifty years old, and very few were over fifty years old and served as commanders in the front-line troops, and I think that in such a situation, the general Dafilia must have had a strong sense of crisis.
One of the most important military reforms carried out by His Majesty the King of Prussia was that officers over the age of fifty-five below the rank of general must retire from the front-line combat units, and officers over the age of sixty under the rank of marshal must retire, and Dafilia, who is now in her fifties, is only a lieutenant general.
In Prussia there are two major military institutions, one is the military department and the other is the general staff, and we all know that Prince Henry, who is in charge of the military department, is in his sixties, and Prince Ferdinand, who is in charge of the staff, is even seventy years old.
In this way, some officers who are about to arrive at the station and are unwilling to retire like this will certainly set their sights on the positions of chief officers of the military department and the general staff.
Although Dafilia, as the commander of the 1st Prussian Division, his qualifications are also relatively high, but there are many veterans with higher qualifications than him in the Prussian army, but he is still in the front-line troops.
Therefore, if Dafilia wanted to go one step further, or even ascend to a high position above the 10,000 men under the Prussian army, he would have to win a few victories, and only in this way could he broaden his future path.
Having mastered this, then I am confident that even though I may not be as good as Daphilia's old spicy, I believe that I can hold him back, and if there is no accident, the Main expeditionary force that will be transferred back to our country, and then say that it is not a fool's dream to move the Bavarians and inflict heavy damage on Daphia's department!
” Karl looked at Leopold II with a wistful look, and Leopold II bit his lip and then gave him an order that even seemed a little strange to him.
"Appoint Karl, Duke of Ceschen, as the Imperial General, gather the royal forbidden army and levies in Vienna, and select 13,000 people by Archduke Karl to form the Bavarian Expeditionary Force, with Archduke Karl as the commander of the expeditionary force, all the logistics, baggage and other materials required by the expeditionary force must be supplied in place in the shortest possible time, otherwise Duke Karl has full authority to dispose of it, and the army must be formed within two weeks, and then he will swear to leave!"