When Elstner told the Hanoverians exactly what William had said, whether it was the Hanover officials or the British officials in Hanover, William's words were as lethal to the British as nuclear warheads.
It is almost impossible for the British to keep Hanover without the help of the Prussians.
As one of the richest places in the Holy Roman Empire, many princes in the empire had always eyed Hanover, and then because the Elector of Hanover entered the United Kingdom, considering the strength of Britain and the fact that Austria and other countries were allies of Britain at that time, Hanover remained peaceful.
And now, on the European continent, the British had only one ally, Prussia, and only Prussia, which was close to Hanover, had the strength to help Britain hold Hanover.
Don't look at the Hannover region has more than 20,000 troops, but these troops can only deter the princes of the Rhine region, you must know that Austria and the Netherlands are on the edge of Hanover, once the Austrian truce and Prussia get out of the way, then the Austrians will definitely not miss the fat of Hanover.
For this reason, Elstner and the British officials held several rounds of consultations, and finally the British agreed to the Prussians' request, don't forget that there were three Prussian integrated divisions in North America, which could help the British against the French and Spaniards, and could also turn their guns against the British.
The British agreed to send 10,000 men from Hanover to the Main battlefield, which was nearly half the 20,000 troops proposed by Prussia, but considering that there were still more than 10,000 Austrian troops in the Austrian Netherlands, not far from Hanover.
Therefore, Prussia also accepted the offer.
The command of the 10,000 British troops unexpectedly fell to Ernst.
The main reason why Ernst was the commander of the 10,000 British troops was because Ernst learned that Leopold II actually appointed Karl as the commander to lead more than 10,000 Austrian troops to the Main River.
Although the contradiction between Ernst and Karl was finally settled.
But both of them hated each other to the core, and Ernst thought that since Karl could go to war, then as a disciple of the English king, Ernst could also lead the army to fight on the battlefield.
Of course, Ernst's appointment caused an uproar in Hanover and in the British Parliament, and no one thought that Ernst would be able to lead the army to victory.
However, King George III directly ordered Ernst to be the commander of the 10,000 Hanoverian army.
Although the events in Brandenburg brought Ernst national infamy, he returned to Hanover.
Ernst's change was transmitted to the ears of George III by his chamberlain.
After returning to Hanover, Ernst changed his previous image of a gentleman, both in words and deeds.
George III was optimistic about this transformation.
The life of the royal grandson in the early years of George III was known to George III.
After a sudden change, people's personality is often greatly affected.
So George III chose to trust his son, of course, after all, Ernst was still young, so George III appointed the Hanover veteran Waldo as the deputy commander of the army.
Assist Ens to fight on the Main.
Of course, the British did not send troops unconditionally.
The British sent troops on the condition that the Prussians help the British enter the Rhine Valley.
After more than a month of stationing in the Bamberg area, the 3rd, 17th, and 18th Divisions were replenished to a certain extent, bringing the total strength of the three divisions to 24,000 men, and the strength of the 18th Division, which was disabled in Bamberg, was also replenished to 5,000 men.
At the same time, the Prussian army, led by Dafilia, launched several attacks on Munich, but Bavaria was also a great prince in the empire after all, and the hundred-legged insects did not freeze.
Therefore, after a large number of young people in Munich were recruited to participate in the defense of the city, the success rate of the Prussian army in conquering Munich became smaller and smaller.
At last.
When Dafilia learned that the Bavarian army attacking the Main had returned to Bavaria, Dafilia consulted with Frank of the 2nd Division and finally decided to withdraw his troops from Munich.
Of course, the withdrawal did not mean that the Prussian army would leave Bavaria in disgrace, but after the discussion between Dafilia and Franck, the two decided to join the two divisions with more than 20,000 troops to attack the Bavarian Expeditionary Force, which had just returned to Bavaria.
Originally, the nearly 8,000 Bavarian troops led by Victor were able to enter Bavaria half a month ago, but when the army led by Victor hurriedly retreated to Bavaria, a group of Austrian cavalry chased after him from behind.
The cavalry brought Victor the news that Ian had led the Austrian army to withdraw from the Bamberg area, and the cavalry told Victor that Ian asked Victor to lead the Bavarian army and other Ian troops for the sake of the two having worked together for a while.
Although Scharnhorst did not annihilate Ian's Austrian army at Bamberg, Ian's troops also suffered some losses, and Ian did not dare to conclude that the Prussian army that had suffered losses would not pursue him in a hurry.
Therefore, after Ian led his men to retreat, a team of cavalry was sent to chase the Bavarian army day and night, and on the Bavarian border, this cavalry finally caught up with the Bavarian army led by Victor.
And at this time, Victor also received the news that Munich was temporarily worry-free, and in this case, facing the Austrian cavalry with a pleading face and Gu Nian retreated without greeting the Bavarian army because he led him, which led to Bamberg's undefeated defeat, so Victor, who couldn't bear it, finally stopped and waited for Ian's department.
Later, in a hurry, Ian's troops rejoined Victor's army on the Bavarian border.
After the rendezvous, Ian did not blame Victor for his unauthorized retreat, and even Ian was extremely grateful that Victor could wait for him, and Ian's statement made Victor even a little embarrassed.
When the two armies met, the strength reached 14,000 men.
When I learned the news of the siege of Munich.
Ian was very willing to lead his army to help Victor relieve the siege of Munich.
After that, after two days of rest, 14,000 troops began to march on Munich.
When the army marched to Ingolstadt.
In front of us appeared the Prussian army, which was none other than the 1st and 2nd Prussian divisions.
Seeing the Prussian army blocking ahead, Victor was shocked.
You must know that since the withdrawal of the Bavarian army from Bamberg, the army has not received any supplies, and the consumption is only the supplies carried by the Bavarian army itself.
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Compared with the Bavarian army, Ian's troops were even more unbearable, and Austria's supplies were only enough for Ian's army to eat for half a month.
And weapons and ammunition are even more scarce, and perhaps not enough for a medium-sized battle.
In fact, the reason why Ian lowered his posture so low after seeing Victor was also related to the lack of supplies for the Austrian army.
Without the support of the Bavarians, Ian's supplies alone would not have been able to return to Austria.
After entering Bavaria, the situation improved slightly, but only the food and grass problems of the soldiers improved.
As for the most important weapons and ammunition in the army, they have not been replenished at all.
Just when Ian and Victor hadn't figured out how to deal with the Prussian army.
Dafilia, who had been prepared for a long time, ordered the Prussian army to launch an attack on the Austro-Pakistani coalition.
More than 10,000 Prussian infantry rushed towards the Prussian army in a neat formation, and the allied army, which had lost most of its heavy weapons, only had to rush towards the Prussian army.
You must know that now in the field, even if Victor and Ian want to hold on, but in the absence of any cover, they are just looking for death, don't forget that there are thousands of cavalry in the ranks of the Prussian army, and at this moment, there are only more than 1,000 cavalry troops in the Austro-Pakistan coalition army.
"It's a matter of life and death, and most of us can go home safely!
If you lose.
Then we will all die here, Austrian soldiers.
Crush the enemy before you, and we will go home!
” A call to go home moved the Austrian soldiers under Ian's command, and thinking of the relatives who were waiting for them in their hometown, all the Austrians under Ian's leadership let out a frenzied shout.
Under the influence of the Austrians, the Bavarian soldiers were also affected, and the red-eyed Bavarian soldiers also mustered up the courage in their hearts to join the battlefield.
However, with the development of the times, the number of troops is no longer the only factor affecting the victory or defeat of the war, and the proportion of artillery in success or failure is also increasing.
Without waiting for the Austrian army and the Prussian army to make contact, the Prussian artillery began to pour shells on the heads of the allied soldiers, and as the Prussian artillery assembled and fired, the coalition army's queue fell like a piece of wheat straw, but the allied soldiers who were stirred up to come no longer cared about the casualties of their comrades, one soldier fell, and the other soldier quickly filled the gap of the previous one.
And after a few rounds of Prussian artillery fire, the coalition and the Prussian army finally exchanged hands, and by the time the coalition army threw most of its forces into the front line to fight the Prussian army.
The Prussian cavalry dispatched, and nearly 5,000 cavalry swung like a sharp blade at the throat of the coalition army, that is, where Victor and Ian were located.
In the face of the 5,000 Prussian cavalry, Victor and Ian had to send the last mobile force of the coalition army, which was the more than 1,000 cavalry.
However, the task of the Prussian cavalry was not to defeat the coalition cavalry at all, but to be the command center of the coalition army, so the 5,000 cavalry continued to accelerate towards the position of Victor and Ian, except for a cavalry regiment to deal with the charge of the coalition cavalry.
The defeat of the coalition forces came so suddenly, when the flags picked by the coalition forces collapsed, the courage in the hearts of all the coalition soldiers suddenly faded like a tide, and the coalition forces began to rout.
Dafilia, of course, would not give up this excellent opportunity, and under Dafilia's orders, the Prussian soldiers did not become merciful because the enemy army fled, and the total annihilation of the coalition army became inevitable.
This battle came and went as fast as it came.
However, the impact of this battle was not diminished by the end of the battle, and when Itansi learned the news of the total annihilation of the coalition army from the mouth of a rout a few days later, Itansi felt as if he had lost his soul.
When the Prussian army withdrew from Munich before, many people understood that the Prussian retreat must have been to deal with the Bavarian expeditionary force.
And some ministers suggested to Itansi that they should lead the army in the city out of the city to hold off the Prussian army, and prevent the Prussian army from gathering the whole army to deal with the returning army.
But after some consideration.
Itans did not take this advice.
The situation in Munich, Itans knew better than anyone else, and after a period of attrition, the regular Bavarian army in the city was less than 8,000 men, while the young men who were temporarily conscripted had nearly 20,000.
On the other hand, although the battle for Munich also caused the Prussian army to suffer a lot of losses, the Prussian army still had vitality.
In addition, the full strength of the 1st and 2nd Divisions was 13,000 men, and the loss of more than 4,000 men under Munich did not hurt the vitality of the two divisions.
Fewer troops out of the city were to deliver food to the Prussians, and more.
In the unlikely event that the Prussian army killed a horse pistol, it would not be able to run away with the army of young men who had been temporarily conscripted.
But now, Itans regretted it.
He deeply regretted it.
Perhaps there was no need for the army to go out of the city to fight the Prussian army at all.
Perhaps just letting some small troops out of the city can drag down part of the Prussians' forces, perhaps.........
There are too many possibilities in war, but no one is the god of war, and no one knows what the final outcome of war will be.
After defeating the reinforcements, Dafilia led his army all the way to the Main region, and the battle for Munich during this time taught him that Munich was not as easy to conquer as he thought, and that it was better to lead the army to the Main region than to continue to fight the Bavarians under the city of Munich.
After all, the situation there is not promising. ................................
In Frankfurt, because of the defeat of the second emperor.
Sigel was already completely exhausted.
In order to fight the Prussians, Sigel not only painstakingly organized two emperors, but also hired a large number of mercenaries from Switzerland and asked Austria and Hesse for reinforcements.
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But now, although the Prussian army suffered heavy losses, the Prussians were victorious after all.
Even if there were only 10,000 Prussians left, for Frankfurt, who had already drawn most of its forces, the 10,000 Prussian army was very deadly.
However, perhaps Sigel did not expect that it was precisely because of the defeat of the two emperors and the successive defeats of the Hessian army and the Austrian army that the Prussian army was mighty, and at the same time, it also made the princes everywhere more jealous of the Prussians.
The defeat of the 5,000 Hessian army made the Duke of Hesse furious, especially since the Prussians actually annihilated the Hessian army, which made the Duke of Hesse Sunigo feel that his majesty had been insulted.
Of course, Sunigo probably did not think that it was he himself who did not care that Prussia was his nephew's country and thus became an enemy of it.
In short, Sunigo later announced in Hesse that he would personally lead 13,000 Hessian troops to Frankfurt to help the princes who did not want to be oppressed by Prussia against the Prussian army.
In addition to Hesse, the princes of the West Main region, who were worried about their vital interests, once again contributed generously, and soon a total of 30,000 emperors were formed again in Frankfurt.
This army can be said to be the property of all the princes around the entire Main River valley, especially Mainz and Frankfurt are all the net worth, in addition, the Duchy of Hesse is also betting most of the net worth on it.
Because of Prussia's entry into the war, the Hessian mercenaries who had historically traveled to North America did not make the trip, thus retaining the strength of the German princes in Hesse and the surrounding areas.
In the original history, the British hired more than 30,000 troops from Hesse and the surrounding German states to join the North American war.
At present, these armies, which should have been consumed in North America, are being assembled against the Prussians, which has to be said to be a real historical drama.
The commander of this newly formed imperial ** is personally served by Sunigo, Duke of Hesse, and in addition, the speaker of the Imperial Parliament, Sigel, also personally serves as the deputy commander of this army, after all, the Imperial Diet has not been abolished now, and the speaker of the Imperial Diet as the deputy marshal of the army can also tell all the soldiers of the imperial ** that they are fighting for the empire!
This time, Sunigo did not go to the Bamberg area like the previous two emperors, and the best decisive place in Sunigo's heart was under the city of Frankfurt.
Frankfurt's status within the Holy Roman Empire was sacred, and the coronation of every emperor had to take place in Frankfurt, which also cast a fabulous veil over Frankfurt.
And the decisive battle in Frankfurt can be chosen to raise the emperor's soldiers on the one hand, so that each of them knows that behind them is the coronation place of the emperor and the seat of the imperial parliament, and they are defending the empire!
Another aspect is the excellent location around Frankfurt.
The Main River, which flows through Frankfurt, is a natural moat for Frankfurt, and the Prussian army from Bamberg can only storm the southeastern walls of Frankfurt without crossing the Main.
On the Main, Frankfurt had a large number of river gunboats, which were used on the one hand to collect taxes from merchant ships passing through Frankfurt, and on the other hand to defend against any threat to Frankfurt from the river.
In addition to these, there is another place in Frankfurt that no one can match, and that is the richness of Frankfurt.
The logistics materials required by the emperor with a strength of up to 30,000 people are massive, and if the army chooses to fight elsewhere, not to mention the consumption of these materials on the road, the transportation and safety of these materials alone will be very problematic
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