Following behind Buel, Britney secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand as he walked.
You must know that it is also quite courageous for Branney to be able to say this, otherwise, why when William was talking to Dessau, the rest of the people in the tent did not dare to speak, only Branney took the risk and decided to take a chance, if it was good, it would be very dangerous.
After Buel had taken Britney away, William waved his hand to tell everyone else in the room to step back, and then said to Dessau: "What did you think of Britney's opinion just now?"
"Your Majesty, although the minister is unwilling, but I have to say that what Branit said does have some truth, at the moment because of the war, the empire's financial resources and military strength have been used to the limit, according to Braney's thinking, even if we defeat Austria, but after the domination of the newly occupied land and the relationship between the surrounding princes and countries will become our biggest problem, and at present it can be said that our relations between Prussia and the surrounding countries are not friendly, so not only will the war not stop because of our victory over Austria, There is even a danger of further expansion!
” After Dessau, William nodded, and Dessau's idea of this kind shows that he is a handsome person who really looks at the overall situation, of course, this view has been verified countless times before.
William walked back and forth a few steps, and if the whole of Prussia was dragged down for the sake of war, William was naturally unwilling.
But for now, even if Wilhelm conquered Vienna, there would be only a limit to what he could gain.
Prussia did have a lot of successes before, but until now.
None of the occupied areas had yet to be digested by Prussia, and continuing to fight this war for an unknown length of time would only bring down the whole of Prussia.
"Let's make peace!
Tell Alexander's messenger of our request, and ask him to go back and ask Alexander at once.
As long as Alexander agrees, then we Prussia are willing to sign a three-year armistice with Austria!
Of course, we give Alexander ten days as a buffer, and if we do not get a response from Vienna within a week, then we will take it as Alexander's decision to fight this war to the end and continue the war."
Alexander's envoy was overjoyed when he learned of William's intentions, and hurried back to Vienna.
Hearing the Prussian request, Alexander's face revealed a look of hesitation, knowing that Prussia was asking for all the land north of Reitz.
The northern front, which runs north of Reitz to Tuha, is half the size of Bohemia.
Not only Alexander hesitated, but the entire Viennese court hesitated.
Of course, Vienna was not just reluctant to give up a territory the size of half Bohemia, they were concerned about the city of Reitz.
Although the Prussians did not make a claim to sovereignty over Reitz.
But from the northern outskirts of Reitz to Vienna, it took less than two days for a fast horse, and even the infantry could reach the outskirts of Vienna in five days, which was no less than pressing a time bomb on the edge of Vienna.
Of course, this is also the reason why William demanded territory north of Reitz.
Just when Vienna was in a dilemma.
Or Daniel spoke: "Your Royal Highness the Regent.
Although the territory is important, but now our greatest enemy is Franz, who has now rallied as many as 30,000 rebels led by Graz, and not only that, but also from the southern part of Austria and Slovenia, there is a large number of nobles who have responded to Franz's call to the north.
On the other hand, although there are nobles who responded to our crusade against Franz, the combined number of soldiers and horses of these nobles is less than 10,000, and we can only rely on the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses brought from Hungary.
If there was no truce with the Prussians, then the army of the Grand Duke of Tuha would not be able to be withdrawn.
And without the assistance of the Grand Duke of Tuha, then even a long civil war between you and Franz would have turned into a catastrophe for Austria!
Furthermore, you should not have noticed that the Prussians are talking about giving up the title of Holy Roman Emperor, but now you are only the crown prince, and the Prussians are not asking you to give up the title of crown prince, not to mention that you also retain the title of regent of the empire, you are the first heir of the empire in every way, and although the Prussians supported Maximilian as emperor, his emperor was not crowned by the pope at all, which means that he is a false emperor, which is undoubtedly also beneficial to you.
Now we are in a weaker position than the Prussians, but as long as we exterminate Franz and reunite Austria, and then subdue the city-states of Northern Italy, as well as Slovenia and Croatia, and then Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Northern Italy are in hand, who dares to say that you have no possibility of defeating Prussia!
” Hearing Daniel's persuasion, Alexander finally made up his mind.
On February 17, 1793, after negotiations between Prussia and Austria, the two sides signed the Second Armistice of Prussia and Austria at Bratna.
The agreement stated that, from the date of its signing, Prussia and Austria would cease all acts of war between each other, that Austrian troops would withdraw by 30 February from Retz to the north of the line from Český Krumlov, and that all territories in the area would be transferred to the Prussian government.
At the same time, Austria recognized Maximilian as Holy Roman Emperor, provided that Maximilian himself went to Rome to be crowned by the Pope.
In addition, Prussia was not allowed to declare war on Austria for three years from the date of the signing of the treaty, and Prussia recognized Alexander as Archduke of Austria and regent of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Hungary.
Alexander recognized Prussia's dominion over the Main and Austrian Netherlands, and Austria supported Prussia's annexation of Bavaria.
In some respects, the Austro-Prussian armistice was an outright traitor, as it recognized for the first time a non-Viennese ruler as Holy Roman Emperor, and Austria's territory was further reduced after the agreement.
Even Bavaria, Austria's ally in the war, was betrayed by the Austrians, but at the moment Alexander could not care so much.
To some extent.
The signing of this agreement was beneficial for both Alexander and William.
On the one hand, after the war against Prussia was stopped, Alexander could send nearly 100,000 troops under Tuha back to participate in the conquest of Franz, and on the other hand.
The agreement also had a positive effect on Alexander's consolidation of his rule.
For William, the agreement would allow Prussia to take a break from the war and strengthen its grip on the newly occupied areas, while it would also allow William to repatriate troops from the southern front to defend against the French threat on the western front.
The armistice in Austria made the eyes of European countries widen in disbelief, and the changes in Austria were even more stunned, and even for this, Wilhelm was nicknamed "William of God's favor" in the upper echelons of various countries.
If it were not for God's favor, according to the current situation.
The ratio of wins and losses between Austria and Prussia is still 55, how can Austria admit defeat so easily.
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And because of the feud between Franz and Alexander, it is foreseeable that there will be a new round of turmoil in Austria.
Prussia was perfectly positioned to withdraw from the southern front to deal with the threat on the western front.
At the same time that the armistice between Prussia and Austria was signed, Napoleon also suffered the greatest crisis of his life.
It was already evening when he arrived at the Palace of Versailles, but Napoleon, who was in the dust, immediately asked to see Queen Marie, who agreed to Napoleon's request from her hospital bed.
When Napoleon was seen.
Mary's heart was really a little unbearable.
You must know that it was a complete trap for her to recruit Napoleon back this time, and she also knew that she had pulled Napoleon into a killing game, but seeing Napoleon's haggard expression due to the hurry, Mary's heart became soft again.
Throwing himself on the side of Mary's bed, Napoleon's eyes looked directly at Queen Mary lying on the bed, and his sickly face made Napoleon almost hold back the tears in his eyes.
Mary's hand gently rested on Napoleon's head, and then Queen Mary, who was lying on the hospital bed, spoke softly: "Napoleon, you're finally back....."
"Yes.
I'm back, Your Highness the Queen.
I am back....
Woowoo woo ....."
Saying that, Napoleon could not hold back any longer, and large tears welled up from his eyes.
"Don't cry, Napoleon, you're a general, you're a man who stands up to the sky, nothing can break your hard heart, you know, Napoleon?"
"No, sister, I don't want to be a general, I just pray that you can be healthy!"
What Napoleon didn't know was that his sister voice made Queen Mary's heart even more terrifying, looking at Napoleon kneeling beside him, Mary couldn't bear to tell him what kind of future she had arranged for him.
"Napoleon, if my sister is gone, will you still obey His Majesty's orders?"
Although Mary's voice was quite soft, this sentence was undoubtedly equivalent to a thunderclap in Napoleon's ears, and Napoleon's eyes suddenly became a little uncertain.
Seeing Napoleon's changing expression, Mary swallowed bitterly and said: "Napoleon, can I trust you to take care of my little Charlie?"
Napoleon did not hesitate as much as before, Napoleon nodded fiercely and said; "I swear to God that I will be loyal to you and His Highness Charles for the rest of my life!"
Lying on the hospital bed, Mary smiled with relief, and the last thing Mary could not let go of was her son Charlie, and then said to Napoleon: "You go down first, I'll rest for a while!"
With that, Marie waved her hand for Napoleon to go down.
When Napoleon walked out of Marie's bedchamber, he noticed that something was wrong, and the guards who had been following him were now gone.
While Napoleon was standing there without frowning, a man in a gray robe walked up to Napoleon and said: "Your Excellency Marshal, please come with me, you will rest here tonight!"
As he spoke, he ignored Napoleon and continued on his way.