Chapter 531: Diplomatic Efforts The 50,000 Austrian troops led by Seydlice and Tuha had already arrived on the outskirts, but Tuha did not immediately order the army to launch a large-scale attack on Seydlice.
Under Ničrao's management, the whole of Seydlice had become a huge fortification, and outside the city, numerous intersecting trenches had reduced the entire land of Sedlice into countless pieces.
In addition to these trenches, there are also a large number of traps distributed on the Prussian positions on the outskirts, some of which are not enough to kill people, but will make people lose the ability to fight in a short time.
Many of the Austrian scouts were fooled in vain, either by falling dogs eating feces, or by being pricked by needles that came out of nowhere.
Of course, in Tuha's view, all these things arranged by the Prussians were as childish as a child's house, and only one Prussian division was guarding Seydlice, and the strength of one division was to resist the attack of 50,000 Austrian troops.
However, Tuha did not underestimate the Prussians, as an Austrian general who had been guarding the Austrian-Turkish border, although Tuha did not directly fight the Prussians, but over the years the Austrian army suffered losses under the Prussians has been repeated.
"Karl, I'll give you 10,000 men, you take these people around to the north of Seydlice, remember that without my orders, you only need to pull out the trap set by the Prussian army north of Seydlice!"
Tuha gave an order to Carl beside him, and when he heard Tuha's order, Karl immediately responded.
Tuha is not only a general of the Austrian military but also a close relative of the Habsburg family, so Karl has great respect for this coach, and for the task assigned by Tuha, Karl naturally accepted it unconditionally.
In Tuha's view, the Prussians, despite their efforts to run Seydlice like a fortress, had the strength of the city there.
It will be very difficult for a division to defend the Sedlice area of Notda.
After all, the Austrian army has a huge advantage in strength, and a part of the Austrian army led by Karl to the north of Seydlice is bound to contain a part of the Prussian army, so that Tuha can calmly complete the layout of Seydlice. ..............................
The more than 30,000 emperors** led by Sunigo had all gathered in the area of Frankfurt, and at the same time, after joining Scharnhorst and other three divisions, Dafilia stopped in the Bamberg area for another three days.
After the arrival of 10,000 Hanoverian troops led by Ernst, the Prussian-British army of 60,000 men began to march towards Frankfurt.
The Prussian and British coalition forces with a strength of 60,000 can be said to have put considerable pressure on the princes of the emperor, at least Sunigo was a little panicked after learning that the Prussian and British forces were advancing towards Frankfurt.
In the first two imperial formations, the princes of Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden, and Nassau can be said to have taken out most of their belongings, but the defeat of the two emperors has basically defeated the belongings of these princes, and now the army of more than 30,000 people led by Sunigo can be said to be the last strength that the entire Mains princes can come up with.
But even so, it was still more than 20,000 fewer than the Prussian army, which made Sunigo very uneasy.
In this army of more than 30,000 emperors, except for 15,000 elite Hessian soldiers, the other armies from various princes were basically composed of militia.
There is no way, the two emperors have already lost the front-line armed forces in the hands of many princes of the Main.
However, fortunately, Frankfurt's city defense facilities are complete enough, and Frankfurt's geographical location can be called easy to defend and difficult to attack, otherwise, Sunigo really can't guarantee that he will not lead his army away from the emperor before the arrival of the Prussian army.
On the other hand, Sigel and others intensified their efforts to woo the Rhine princes, you must know that some time ago, because of Maximilian's claim to be emperor and the appeal of Prussia in the Rhine dependencies, the Rhine princes did not respond to the call of the Reichstag on a large scale.
Now the Prussians were closing in on Frankfurt, and once Frankfurt was breached, the Prussian army would have to walk for a few more days to reach the edge of the Rhine.
Sigel believed that most of the Rhine princes would not turn a blind eye to the Prussian threat, but that there was a lack of a leader of great prestige among the Rhine princes to stand up and call for it.
Among the Rhine princes, only Württemberg, Nassau, and Hesse responded to the emperor's call before, and the disrespectful war also caused the three princes to suffer heavy losses, and with the power of example in front, the Rhine princes were naturally afraid that they would harm their own interests, so they adopted a silent attitude ().
In this respect, Sunigo behaved differently from most of the Rhine princes.
On the Rhine Valley, there were also several powerful princes, not to mention the three princes of Württemberg before, as well as the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Duchy of Allenberg and a number of princes.
But it is a pity that there are still two princely states on the Rhine that belong to the Hohenzollern family, and it is precisely because of the existence of these two princely states and the electorate of Cologne that the princes of the Rhine are a little jealous.
The two princely states of Cologne and the Hohenzollern family are located in the lower reaches of the Rhine, that is, in the north, and although these three states do not have the ability to send troops to threaten the emperor, no one can ignore the existence of these three states.
After all, if the Rhine princes really sent troops to help Frankfurt, then they would have to consider facing the threat of the two princely states of Cologne and Hohenzollern.
These days, Szedel visited the envoys of the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Grand Duchy of Berg in Frankfurt, and not only sent a large amount of money to the envoys of the two countries, but also lobbied in the Imperial Diet for the members of the Grand Duchy who had better relations with the Grand Duchy of the two countries.
However, the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Grand Duchy of Berg have never agreed, in fact, it does not mean that these two Grand Dukes are short-sighted and can't see the harm after the Prussian army defeats the emperor, but that the two Grand Dukes are powerless.
In terms of military strength, don't look at Baden and Berg are both Grand Duchy level, but their military strength is not even comparable to Hesse, which was only a country before.
Of course, on the one hand, the Hessian system is more perverted, and on the other hand, it is not that the national strength of the two Grand Duchyes is overwhelmed.
In exchange for Sunigo's troops, Sigel even directly promoted Hesse from the original county to a principality on behalf of the Imperial Council, of course, all this was also with the consent of Leopold II, otherwise the Imperial Council would not be directly qualified to promote the country to a principality.
Sunigo's troops can be said to be for the sake of profit, but Baden and Berg are different, both states are already grand dukes, and it is clear that Leopold II would never allow another kingdom to appear in the Holy Roman Empire, or that Prussia would not be willing to facilitate Opold II's will.
In addition to the name, all that Xi Jieer can give is profit, but Frankfurt really can't come up with a lot of money, and he has formed the emperor three times before and after, of which most of the military spending comes from Frankfurt.
What's more serious is that more than 30,000 emperors are stationed in Frankfurt at the moment, and just feeding these more than 30,000 masters has made Frankfurt a little overwhelmed.
Therefore, in addition to bribing the ambassadors of the two Grand Duchyes and sending people to lobby, there is actually no other way.
However, as the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, and Sigel will send envoys to the two Grand Duchyes almost every day, and in this kind of carpet fatigue bombardment, the rulers of the two Grand Duchies are obviously a little overwhelmed, and some of the tone is naturally revealed.
Finally, when Sigel could not bear to go to Baden and Berg in person, the two Grand Duchyes finally agreed to Sigel's request, but the two Grand Dukes also had the condition that the troops from Baden and Berg could not be sent to the front to die, and at the same time, Frankfurt had to pay the soldiers of the two duchies double the salary ().
Gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, Sigel finally agreed, of course, Frankfurt could not bear this huge burden alone, so the princes of the Main River had to heed again under the coercion and temptation of Sijieer, and some nobles even lost a single thaler in the end.
When Dafilia's Prussian-British forces arrived thirty miles from Frankfurt, Baden and Berg each sent 10,000 troops to reinforce Frankfurt.
When the Prussian and British forces entered the thirty-mile range from Frankfurt, they were blocked by the emperor, and the Main became the emperor's best helper.
The Main River not only runs through the city of Frankfurt, but also creates numerous tributaries for the Frankfurt region, which in turn share the Main.
In this way, the soldiers of the emperor can sail on the tributaries in small boats, and as long as the Prussian army is not prepared, these soldiers will rush ashore to carry out a sneak attack on the Prussian army.
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Although such a sneak attack did not cause major losses to the Prussian-British coalition army, after all, flies are annoying, not to mention that these flies are not only annoying but can even kill people!
Dafilia had the idea of sealing off all these tributaries, but the idea eventually broke.
You must know that once these tributaries are blocked, then it means that the Prussian army will lose a source of drinking water, and it is common knowledge to know that stagnant water cannot be drunk.
However, in order to deal with these annoying flies, Dafilia still came up with a solution, which was to cut down trees at the mouth of the river to block the invasion of the emperor's boat.