The development of the war to this point, combined with the defeat of the first two battles, dealt a serious blow to the morale of the Austrian army up and down.
Although the morale of the Austrian army was improved to a certain extent after receiving reinforcements from Hungary and Vienna, it still did not return to the impressive state it was in before the war.
In such a situation, the Austrians need a victory to boost their morale, and now that Christmas is approaching, the homesickness of the soldiers is about to reach its peak, and if the morale of the army is not boosted before then, then there is no guarantee that the army will change.
Of course, in addition to these thoughts, Tuha did not have the idea of retaliating without a tooth for a tooth, knowing that it was during the Christmas period of 1790 that it was the Prussian attack on the Main that kicked off the Austro-Prussian War.
For this planned Christmas offensive, Tuha specially withdrew most of the Magyars that had been scattered some time ago, and not only that, but Tuha also drew 7,000 cavalry from the Austrian army in the entire Bohemian front line, plus those Magyars, gathered a total of 20,000 elite cavalry.
As mentioned earlier, in the western part of Bratna it is a region of lakes and hills, and if there is no war, this area is definitely a good place for a holiday, with mountains and rivers and picturesque scenery.
But now that we have entered the period of war, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it has lost its meaning.
Earlier, Tuha led his army to the east of Bratna and encountered a trap set by the Prussians, and the Austrian army suffered heavy losses in a fierce battle.
Regardless of whether the Austrians were not without gains, at least they knew that the Prussian traps were deployed in the east.
And not the West before.
And with the passage of time, despite the current battlefield, the two sides are constantly fighting.
But no large-scale battles took place, as if both sides had temporarily entered a dormant period.
Previously, Tuha ordered the various departments of the Austrian army to strengthen the local offensive against Prussia, which can also be seen to a certain extent as Tuha was covering for this carefully planned plan.
In Tuha's plan, Karl would lead 20,000 elite Austrian cavalry from Seydlicice to the west into the Zaboge region, and after Zaborg, the 20,000 Austrian troops would change direction from there and head north to the hilly terrain west of Bratna.
As far as this plan is concerned, the most important thing is to work in concealment, with 20,000 cavalry acting together.
It was not something that could be easily concealed, and once it could not be concealed, the Prussians were given information.
Then the Austrians lost the opportunity.
In Tuha's considerations, the reason why he chose to divert to Zabaizh is precisely because of the seclusion of the Zabaizh area.
This is despite repeated battles between the Prussian-Austrian sides between Bratna and Seydlice.
However, although Zabaizh, which is far from the main point, has also received some attention, because its terrain is not suitable for large-scale military operations and battles, it has not been taken seriously by both sides, except for the scouts of the Prussian and Austrian sides.
Very little attention has been paid to this area.
And despite the fact that Prussia won the Second Battle of Bratna.
However, the Prussian army was not able to regain the Sedlice area in one fell swoop, which gave the Austrian army a respite and kept Zaberge under the control of the Austrian army.
The entire route from Zaboge to the west of Bratner was covered with hills and lakes, and the Austrian army had a rough idea of the Prussian army's disposition during this time.
In the western part of Bratna, only two regiments of the Prussian army were deployed in the Praniche area, and the rest of the army was deployed all around Bratna and in the eastern area.
Tuha had to prepare for this operation for a month, after the Austrian scouts had forcibly recruited a dozen guides from Zaberge.
And these guides were all hunters and fishermen who lived all year round on the line from Zabbo to the eastern part of Bratna.
Of course, in order not to make these guides have any bad thoughts, Tuha can be called a good reward.
With the cooperation of these guides.
The entire line from Zab to the east of Bratna was marked on the map as unsuitable and dangerous for marching, and not only that, but even some Prussian army posts were marked by these hunters.
The cooperation of these guides undoubtedly gave Tuha and Karl greater hope in their hearts about the probability of success of these operations.
On December 20, 1791, a few days before Christmas, 20,000 Austrian cavalry under the command of Karl marched towards the Zaberge area, and of course in order to cover up the traces of these cavalry, these 20,000 cavalry were quietly dispatched at night under the cover of night.
However, just before these cavalry movements, the top brass of the Prussian army, led by Dessau, also noticed that something was wrong.
You must know that the Austrian side had scattered a large number of Magyar cavalry to the front line, and these Magyar cavalry also caused some trouble to the Prussians, but now since a few days ago, the Magyar cavalry that gave the Prussian generals a headache has actually disappeared from the front line.
The movements of these cavalry attracted the attention of the Prussian high-level, and you must know that these Magyar cavalry had a force of 15,000 people, and to a certain extent, the combat effectiveness that these 15,000 people could exert was absolutely staggering.
But Dessau was not after all, and the Prussian intelligence agencies, although they were relatively good, could not become roundworms in the stomach of the Grand Duke of Tuha, so Dessau could only order the Prussian troops on all fronts to be on high alert in case of a surprise attack by the Austrian army.
Bratner not only became the headquarters of the Prussian army command in the Bohemian theater, but also became the seat of William's palace after his arrival at the front, although this palace was relatively simple, but William did not care about it.
"Your Majesty, there is no large-scale fighting on the front line at the moment, and today is a rare good weather, I heard that the western suburbs of Bratna are a rare safari ground, why don't we accompany Your Majesty to take a break?"
These days on the front line, although William has handed over the military and political power of the front line to Dessau for processing, but William is the king of Prussia after all, many things must be signed by William, and although William handed over all the state affairs to Locks after leaving Brandenburg, but some major events Brandenburg still had to rush to ask William for instructions.
As a result, Wilhelm was very busy during this time, even more so than he was in Brandenburg and Sanssouci Palace.
Looking at the rare good weather outside the window, William stretched his lazy waist, turned back and said to Bouel: "Buel, today's weather is really good, so let's arrange it, you don't need too many people, it's enough to bring a company of cavalry!"
Receiving William's answer, Buel nodded with a smile and walked down to make arrangements.
A company of cavalry was quickly assembled, and then, after informing Dessau, William set out with his attendants and the cavalry of this company toward the western outskirts of Bratna, surrounded by a large number of cavalry. .......................
When the results of the Battle of Newenburg reached Vienna, it caused a shock throughout Vienna, and when Leopold II learned the news, the emperor's expression was very complicated, some surprised, some stunned, and of course more angry.
The emperor suppressed his anger and said to his attendants; "Gather the important ministers at once, and send an envoy to France immediately, I need the French to fulfill the promise made to me before!"
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The importance of Bavaria to Austria is self-evident, considering that Bavaria is not only close to Austria, but also through the Rhine River, the Prussian army can sail from Munich by sea to achieve the strategic goal of landing under Vienna in two days.
Moreover, the capture of Bavaria by Prussia also meant that Austria was cut off, which Leopold II absolutely did not want to see.
Of course, although the Battle of Newenburg ended in the defeat of Bavaria, this does not mean that Prussia has included Bavaria, which not only Leopold II understood, but also Dafilia, as a general of the Prussian army.
But at least after the victory at the Battle of Newenburg, there was no force in Bavaria that could completely threaten the Prussians, which meant that as long as the Prussians did nothing unconscionable in Bavaria, Bavaria would at least not be so stubborn as to the Prussians.
Bavaria was the most important link between Austria and Western Europe, and even Austria depended on Bavaria for its connection with the princes of Central Europe, and now that the Prussians had won the Battle of Newenburg, it was foreseeable that Austria and Western Europe would be cut off.
Even the significance of Bavaria is not only that, Bavaria is a vassal state firmly on the side of Austria, and the current defeat of Bavaria can be interpreted as the defeat of the Austrian camp, which is simply a great embarrassment for Austria.
The reason why they sent people to France was precisely because at the beginning of the war, France and Austria and Spain had signed a treaty of alliance, and one of the articles was specially requested by Austria.
The content of this article was that it was the duty of France to send troops to attack Prussia itself as soon as Prussia posed a direct threat to Vienna.
Now that Prussia had won the victory at Newenburg, it was foreseeable that this had become a reality, so Leopold II sent people to France to urge the French to send troops to Prussia as soon as possible.
Of course, Leopold II also knew that in fact, the French army had already been sent, but in Antwerp it was the main force of the British expeditionary force, and the victory or defeat of the two sides had not yet reached Vienna.