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Octopus bait policy Just as Ludwig was thinking, he heard the voice of Banzai begin to echo in the hall, and hearing this huge wave of voice, although the young man's heart was a little unwilling, he had to start chanting with the crowd.
Hearing the cheers of the crowd at the bottom of the stairs, Anna's face showed a happy smile, and it can even be said that today is the happiest day since she married into Brandenburg.
That evening, as the royal family began to return to their respective homes, news of Queen Anna's pregnancy spread.
The news made the night in Brandenburg different from what it used to be, and the night market, which had been a bit sluggish because of the war, was boiling again.
The Prussian government officials, led by Locks, had to leave their homes that night to gather at the Brandenburg Palace, and Wilhelm had no choice but to feast in the palace again.
The news of Anna's pregnancy is like a heavyweight bomb, adding to the already complex situation in Europe.
The British began to get nervous, knowing that Anna was the imperial daughter of the Habsburg family, and now the news of Anna's pregnancy undoubtedly made her status in Prussia skyrocket, which also means that Anna's influence in Prussia's high-level has increased, even if everyone does not consider that she is the queen of Prussia, but also consider that Anna's belly is likely to give birth to the next ruler of Prussia.
But fortunately, Locks was ordered by William to contact the British ambassador, and William affirmed that the alliance between Britain and Prussia would never be affected because of Anna's pregnancy, and even Anna's pregnancy was an opportunity for Britain and Prussia to strengthen their alliance again, and Prussia hoped that the British government could increase its assistance to Prussia, so that Prussia could help Britain achieve the goal of counterbalancing the French.
When the news of Anna's pregnancy reached Vienna, Leopold II's face was half joyful and the other half was in a very tangled state.
At present, Austro-Prussia has entered a state of war, and Anna's pregnancy is impossible to lift this state, even if the Prussians want to negotiate peace, Leopold II will never agree, but Anna is his daughter after all, Anna is the blood of the Habsburg family, and Anna's pregnancy means that the child in Anna's belly also flows with Habsburg blood, in other words, Anna's child is also his Leopold II's relatives.
However, entanglement is always entanglement, and for a man like Leopold II, feelings can never be left behind in the face of interests.
Moreover, after learning that Anna was pregnant, Leopold II ordered the Austrian troops deployed at the front to launch a new offensive against the Prussian army.
In Bohemia, although Dessau's forces had completely routed Karl's forces, the subsequent arrival of 40,000 Austrian elites changed the Prussians' carefully planned and hard-won advantage.
Archduke Tuha personally led 40,000 men to join the Bohemian war, and Leopold II also issued an order to appoint Archduke Tuha as the supreme commander of the Austrian army in Bohemia, which meant that from now on, Tuha would lead an Austrian army of up to 80,000 men to compete with Dessau's troops.
Karl, despite his defeat in the battle of Bratner, did not complain about Karl's defeat afterwards.
On the contrary, the elder commander openly praised Karl for living up to the Habsburg name in front of all the officers and men of the Austrian army, and Karl's defeat was blamed on the fact that the Prussian army was strong and bullied.
This declaration restored to a certain extent the adverse effects of the defeat of Karl's army, and even because of the arrival of reinforcements and the generosity shown by Tuha, the morale of the Austrian army was greatly increased, and all the Austrian generals were clamoring for revenge on the Prussian army opposite.
On the one hand, Tuha showed an approachable posture towards his subordinates, and on the other hand, Tuha's staff officers began to plan the Prussian army's offensive plan in full swing.
On the opposite side of Tuha, Dessau's headquarters was also urgently arranged.
To a certain extent, the Austrian army of up to 80,000 was already a problem for Prussia, you must know that the Bohemian theater gathered five Prussian divisions, and at the moment Prussia was fighting with the Austrian army on all fronts, and the domestic army was either just being formed or shouldering important tasks.
To a certain extent, if the Bohemian theater is defeated, then Prussia's defeat rate in this war will be as high as 80%.
Therefore, Dessau's goal is to succeed and never fail.
In addition to the Bohemian front, in Silesia, Ferdinand the Younger, after taking command, immediately launched a new offensive against the Austrian army while the 20,000 reinforcements from Silesia had not yet arrived.
The Prussian army of three divisions clenched into a fist and hit the Austrians fiercely, but Austria also gathered an army of 30,000 men, although the Prussian army took the initiative on the battlefield for a while, but in the face of the Austrian army, which had shrunk into a ball like a hedgehog, little Ferdinand felt a little speechless.
But time is running out, and if Ferdinand Jr. can't inflict a heavy blow on the Austrian army in front of him before the arrival of Austrian reinforcements, then Ferdinand Jr. will face the same situation as Dessau.
Compared to other theaters, the Polish theater of war, under Blucher's command, was undoubtedly much better, with most of Austria's troops engaged in Bohemia and Silesia, while Austrian Poland could only rely on the local governor to maintain the defensive line, and Blucher was now leading his army to attack Krakow.
Once Blucher was able to conquer Krakow, then it would mean that Austrian rule in Lesser Poland was about to end, and without the barrier of Poland, Blucher could march into Moravia to join Ferdinand's Silesian army in the Younger, and then the strength of the two theaters would definitely defeat the Austrians in Moravia, even if the Austrians' 20,000 reinforcements could arrive, it would not change the situation.
This plan was exactly what the Prussian Military Department and the General Staff requested of Blucher's department, and for this reason Blucher's primary purpose was to capture Krakow.
Under the city of Krakow, the Prussian army has been attacking for five days, and during these five days, the Prussian army has also made some progress.
Several fortifications on the periphery of Krakow have been breached by the Prussian army, the main reason is that in addition to the bravery of the Prussian army, more because most of the defenders of these fortifications are Polish young men forcibly recruited by the governor of Austrian Poland.
As for these prisoners of war, Blucher ordered that the whole army must not mistreat them, and Blucher knew that these young men would be the basis for Prussia's future rule over Poland.
Although the pressure on the logistics and materials of the Prussian army has doubled because of the addition of these young people, compared to the benefits that will be obtained in the future, Blucher believes that the current effort is completely worth it.
And when most of the fortifications outside Krakow were conquered by the Prussian army, Blucher also began to think about a general attack on Krakow.
But the difference between these outposts was that the Austrian army was guarding all parts of Krakow, and although there were many places guarded by the Poles, none of them were of much use to the war effort.
For this reason, Blucher also made special contact with some resistance groups in the city.
However, there was no good news for Blucher from these groups, which meant that unless the Prussian army was able to conquer a few key points in front of Krakow, or the Polish revolt in the city could carry out a major uprising, the current resistance group would not be able to facilitate the Prussian army for the time being.
This made Blucher a little angry, considering that the resistance groups had sworn to him frankly that they could definitely control the situation in Krakow, but now they had changed their tone ().
Fortunately, Blucher's mind was still reasonable, so he did not embarrass the envoys of the Resistance.
After conquering the outlying fortifications, Blucher lined up all the artillery in the army not far from Krakow, and at the same time, the Prussian cavalry also attacked in all directions, and the towns around Krakow and the Austrian material transfer station were all destroyed by the Prussian army, and Krakow became an isolated city.
Under these circumstances, at the end of June, Blucher led his army in a general offensive against Krakow.
Previously, the Prussian artillery had been bombarding Krakow for several days, and the consumption of shells was staggering, and the results were achieved in comparison.
However, due to the problem of range, these shells did not cause devastating damage to the walls of Krakow, but in Blucher's opinion, perhaps with a few more efforts, the walls of Krakow could no longer be a hindrance to the Prussian army. ..............................
The city of Krakow is a scene of the end of the world, because the Austrians evacuated all the inhabitants of the suburbs of Krakow to Krakow, so that Krakow is now overcrowded.
Sometimes it is a very good strategy to clear the wall, because it can reduce the enemy's plundering of your own inhabitants and ensure the safety of your own inhabitants to the greatest extent, and at the same time, it can also make it difficult for the enemy to move an inch on their own land, after all, even the well water and river water are polluted, the Prussian army will definitely divide a part of the forces to solve these problems ().
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But at the same time, it is also a kind of harm to one's own side, and even if there is not enough food in the city, it is simply a kind of suicide to carry out the fortified wall, which has been seen many times in history.
At present, Krakow is facing such a dilemma, those Poles who were driven into the city have no valuable belongings, and even if there are, they have been taken away by the Austrians, and the influx of so many people for no reason has caused the price of food in Krakow to change three times a day, and even the military rations of the Austrian army have begun to become a little tight.
A few days ago, Krakow was able to allocate some food to help these refugees, but with the Prussian army completely isolating Krakow, everyone in the city is trying their best to get food, in this case, how can the Austrians be willing to use food to help these victims.
Of course, not all Austrian officials were black-hearted, at least Fernando, the Austrian magistrate in Krakow, was recognized by everyone as a good man, and Fernando also had a certain reputation among the Poles.
Seeing that the refugees in the city had no more money to eat and die, Fernando proposed to the governor of Austrian Poland that he would let the refugees out of the city, although the Prussians would not necessarily help the refugees, but it was better than letting the refugees die in Krakow.
But the governor was very dismissive of Fernando's remarks, in the governor's opinion, holding Krakow was more important than anything else, these refugees were a card in his hand, and at the critical time, he could drive these refugees to the city to fight the Prussians, and even the price he had to pay was only a few slices of black bread.
In fact, the governor was aware of the shortage of food in the city, and even such a situation was handled by the governor ().
Although in nature, human beings are the masters of all things, animal instincts can still be seen in human beings, and trying to live by all means is the most instinctive idea in the human heart.
As the capital of the Austrian Polish region, how could Krakow be short of food.
You must know that every year the grain collected from Poland is concentrated in Krakow, and then part of it is transferred from Krakow to Vienna, while the other part is kept as reserve food in the Governor's District, and the grain in the granary in the city can even make all the people in the city eat for three months with their stomachs open!
But to give to the refugees would be a foolish act in the Governor's eyes.
If the food is compared to bait, then in the governor's opinion, these refugees in the city are all fish, if the bait is fed more, the fish will not be hooked at all, and if the bait is fed less, then the next time the bait is fed, even if all the fish know that the price of eating the bait may be death, but they still can't help but bite the bait.
The Doge's remarks left Fernando speechless, though Fernando's conscience told him that he should argue with the Doge, since there were more than 100,000 inhabitants and refugees in the city.
But as an Austrian, Fernando also knows exactly what Krakow means to Austria as a whole.
And the Governor's approach, although to a certain extent, can be said to be inhumane, but it can indeed achieve unexpected results, if the acquaintance at the price of a loaf of bread to let those who have been hungry for a few days go to fight the Prussians, on the premise of survival, even if they know that the road ahead is death, those who are hungry will definitely go to desperate.