Hearing Horn's words, it was obvious as if the regimental commander had been insulted, only to see him his military hat and fall to the ground "I don't care who you are, but you don't talk like that to the soldiers who were born and died on the front lines for Prussia!
What don't you dare, isn't it just death!
Lao Tzu has lived until now, and it is God forbid that he has not died in Silesia!
” As he spoke, the regimental commander took off the short gun at his waist and turned to Stride towards Horn.
Looking at the background of this regimental commander, Horn secretly gave a thumbs up, and then after returning to the assembly place of his army, this regimental commander saw that he had nearly 100 of his men escorted by the soldiers of the royal guard, and these soldiers were the first to be defeated in the previous battle.
"Give me my soldiers!
Shame can only be washed away by blood!
” The royal guard, who had been instructed by Horn, happily exchanged the nearly 100 soldiers to the regimental commander, and looking at these dejected soldiers, the regimental commander said with a heavy voice: "I think you all already know that it was the Prussian royal guards who were holding you just now!
What does this army represent?
They represent the eyes of His Majesty the King!
It may not be long before our defeat tonight reaches the ears of His Majesty!
There is no shame in failure, but there is shame in losing faith!
The French are just two hands of one body, what can they rely on a few hundred people to repel the attack of many of us!
Just now, the Earl of the Royal Guard has already told me that if we can't conquer the enemy's position.
Then we will all be forcibly decommissioned, and even held accountable!
Do you know what that means?
This means that when our parents, wives and children are counting on us to join the army and make a career.
We had to go back to our hometown and tell them that we were a bad seed!
We can't beat the French!
We were kicked out of the army!
Now, all the men came out with me, and even if they died, they would die on the way to the charge, and tell the French that the prestige of the Prussian army was forged by blood!
” After speaking, I saw that the soldiers all followed behind the regiment commander with shameful faces "Commander, let's go with you!"
"What are you fighting for, we're going to be kicked out of the army, it's a big deal!"
"Yes.
It's a big deal to die with the French!
” Under the excitement of the crowd, the head of the regiment was full of pride "Okay, brethren, let's go!"
After speaking, without waiting for others to speak, the regimental commander led nearly a hundred people around him to attack the garrison line of Mana's army again, and this regimental commander took the lead.
The entire 55th Infantry Regiment also attacked after him.
The Prussian army was desperate, this is what Mana said when he saw that the Prussian army did not care about casualties at all, but launched a desperate attack on the French army.
As far as you can hear, this wave of Prussian army is attacking completely different from the previous wave, and the Prussian army, which has regained strength, is extremely powerful.
"Hold on, we don't hold on to any more points, and our comrades-in-arms have more hope of returning home.
Everyone is going to die, but we are fighting for France, and behind us, the people and martyrs of France are watching us, and it is only a matter of being called by God!
” The battle began with an attack by the 55th Prussian Infantry Regiment.
After that, the rest of the 14th Division followed suit.
Behind the 14th Division, Horn also led more than 10,000 coalition cavalry to personally supervise the battle.
An hour later, the battlefield was in shambles, and the blood even pooled into a stream, but neither the French nor the Prussians gave up, and one by one the soldiers fell on the battlefield, but the other soldiers seemed to be completely gone, and continued to fight with the enemy.
"Hooray!"
The attacking Prussian army suddenly resounded with the sound of shouting long live, only to see that the Prussian army finally broke through the French defense line after paying great casualties, and several times the Prussian army poured into this defense line with an area of only a few thousand square meters.
"Let the men of the 14th Division get out of the way, and the rest of the people leave these French troops in front of them and continue to march west!"
After waiting for more than an hour, finally waiting for the French defense line to be opened, Horn looked a little impatient, knowing that it had been more than three hours since Napoleon fled from this place, and if Napoleon had fled without the French soldiers leading his own guards, then it would have been impossible to catch up.
It is precisely because of this that Horn's heart is so anxious. ..................................
After sentencing Franz to life imprisonment on charges of treason, Alexander finally entered Vienna with peace of mind.
Externally, despite the peace between Austria and Prussia, it was foreseeable that Prussia would remain hostile to Austria, and internally, a considerable group of people in Austria were dissatisfied with Alexander's usurpation, even though Alexander had carried out a purge of Franz-loyal forces in the country when he eliminated Franz's party.
However, this purge did not achieve the desired effect of Alexander, and even caused the southern part of Austria, which was already loyal to Alexander, to become more and more alienated from Alexander.
And just as Alexander was busy suppressing the domestic discontent and resuming production, a rather dissatisfied, even angry, news came from Cologne.
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Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian is coming to Vienna!
This news caused an uproar in Vienna, knowing that although Alexander had taken control of Vienna, he had only placed Leopold II under house arrest, and he had not announced the abolition of Leopold II as emperor.
Previously, the Prussians had only made Alexander recognize Maximilian as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but there was no explicit provision that Leopold II had to renounce the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, which somewhat maintained the fact that the Holy Roman Empire had two emperors.
But now Maximilian came to Vienna undoubtedly a provocation. even slapped Leopold II and Alexander in the face, after all, Maximilian was forced by Leopold II to flee to Cologne.
After learning the news.
Alexander hurried to the Imperial Palace in Vienna to see Leopold II.
After Alexander entered Vienna, he did not choose to live in the Vienna Imperial Palace, because he knew that as long as he lived in the Vienna Imperial Palace, then he would become a usurper in the eyes of all Austrians, both in name and in fact, and I was afraid that more people would rise up against him.
Alexander relied on the Hungarian army to enter Vienna, and the hatred between the Austrians and the Hungarians could not be washed away in history.
Even in the later Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austrians and Hungarians continued to tear down the empire, and even led to the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
At present, not to mention the rest of Austria, but the Austrian inhabitants of Vienna are angry with the Hungarians who enter Vienna, and even since Alexander entered Vienna, there have been daily fights between Austrians and Hungarians.
And those Hungarian soldiers who did not attack lightly or heavily also caused a lot of things that made Alexander anxious.
In the palace, Leopold II summoned Alexander in his study.
When Alexander saw Leopold II, he couldn't believe that the man in front of him was actually his wise and martial father, Leopold II at this moment was emaciated because of the torture of illness and the fratricidal fratricide between Franz and Alexander.
"Father, you are ......"
Without waiting for Alexander to finish.
Leopold II interrupted with a wave of his hand: "Alexander, since you tried Franz, we have ceased to be father and son, and I have no son who has been able to sentence my own brother to life imprisonment!"
Hearing Leopold II's words, Alexander's face turned red.
But he still held back the Russian dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "Father, a letter from Cologne.
Maximilian wants to come to Vienna!
” After Alexander finished speaking, Leopold II was stunned, and after a moment he smiled miserably: "Maximilian is here to force the palace, he was forced to stay away from Vienna back then, but today he wants to come back to show off his might to me!"
After saying this, Leopold II's expression changed like an angry lion and roared at Alexander: "Alexander, it's all because of you!
Look at Vienna now, look at Austria now!
You have driven us Habsburgs into a dead end, you don't understand!
” Hearing Leopold II say this, Alexander could no longer hold back his anger and said: "What am I doing all this for!
If you have decided to let Franz inherit the throne, why do you have to reward me so many times, why do you still show me the hope of succession, if you send me as far away as Ferdinand's brother to northern Italy, then I am the one who is now in prison!
” Alexander's-for-tat words made Leopold's hands and feet cold, and his finger pointed at Alexander, but his lips trembled and he couldn't speak.
"Father, have you ever thought about it, Franz, how is he going to bypass me?
Is it in your heart that you want me to die a tragic death at the hands of Franz!
” Leopold II's expression became more and more wrong, and the attendants who followed Leopold II had no choice but to rush behind Leopold II and keep helping Leopold II with their hands.
After a while, Leopold II relented, and with the support of his attendants, Leopold II sat down on the sofa and said with a slightly decadent expression: "The empire is now on the verge of extinction, Alexander, I have no other hope for you, if you can use the throne to keep your power temporarily, then you can do it!
But no matter how unkind you may be, you are always my son, and you have Habsburg blood in your veins, and I hope you will remember that!
” Alexander nodded and walked out of the room, there was no conversation between father and son, and it was chilling.
Although Alexander did not make clear his intentions, Leopold II learned the reason for Alexander's coming, and he knew what he was coming for.
At the same time, he made the same choice as Alexander.
"Go get my crown!"
Leopold II said to his attendants with a slight shudder, and heard Leopold II's words.
The attendant didn't dare to ask too much and hurriedly walked out.
After a while, the crown inlaid with countless jewels and diamonds was held in front of Leopold II by the attendant, Leopold II's eyes looked directly at the crown, and although his hand trembled a little, he still firmly held the crown from the tray in front of the attendant into his arms.
Leopold II's hand kept caressing the palace, his eyes were a little blank, and after a moment he could only hear him murmuring: "Father, mother, brother, I'm sorry for you!
I am a sinner of the Habsburgs!
I'm ashamed of the ancestors of the family!
” Leopold II seemed to exert all his strength, and then put the crown he had worn countless times on his head again.
Then he ordered his attendants to carry the mirror to him, looking at the old man in the mirror.
Leopold II laughed miserably.
The smile froze on Leopold II's face, and he stared straight at the old man in the mirror, the former emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Not long after Alexander returned to his residence, he saw a royal attendant rush to Alexander's office in a panic.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty....
Your Majesty has been summoned by God!
” There was a thud, only a crisp sound was heard, and the teacup that Alexander was holding in his hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces.
It seemed that the hot tea woke up Alexander, who had lost his mind at once, and at this moment Alexander could no longer care about his reddened palms that were burned by the tea, and rushed to this attendant and shouted: "What do you say!
Say it again!
” "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Emperor, he has just passed away!"
Now he heard it clearly, but Alexander was like a lightning strike, and the expression on his face instantly froze.
He did not expect that his parting with Leopold II had become an eternal farewell, and that his father, the Emperor, had given up his own crown and his own life at the same time.
After a while, large tears flowed from Alexander's eyes.
"Father, father!!"
A grief-stricken Alexander roared, and now he began to regret himself immensely.
Leopold II was not a good emperor.
During his reign as Emperor, Austria completely lost its hegemony within the Holy Roman Empire.
At the same time, during his reign as Emperor, Austria was dragged into a disastrous war with Prussia, and the Austrian army at the front did not retake Bohemia as previously assumed, and even Austrian Poland was taken away.
And his own son Alexander led the Hungarian army to betray Austria, and his country was taken from his own son.
However, Leopold II could not be said to be an incompetent emperor, and during his tenure, Austria began to gradually learn from Prussia for military reform, and at the same time, the government increased its economic and trade relations with foreign countries, and the truce with the Ottomans brought peace to the Balkans that had not been obtained for a long time.
Internally, Leopold II changed the law, lowered taxes to give people time to recuperate, increased investment in schools, made education gradually popularized in Austria, and the people got a better chance to learn about the world.
It was the emperor who tried his best to change the decline of Austria that died in his palace in silence, his death was undoubtedly the end of an era, and for the people of Austria, the death of Leopold II represented much more........
The news of Leopold II's death spread throughout Vienna as soon as the news of his death spread, and countless Austrian ministers rushed into the palace from their homes, and more Viennese residents even walked up to the Vienna Imperial Palace, and even many of them had tears on their faces, because for them, they had lost more than just an emperor.
Leopold II's body remained the same as it had been before his death, the crown had never been removed from his head, and the emperor was dressed in the same fine clothes he had worn when he was crowned in person, and although his eyes were blindfolded, he still had the same miserable smile on his lips as he had before his death.
It's just that in Alexander's view, the smile on the corner of Leopold II's mouth was not a miserable laugh but a mockery, mocking Austria's decline, mocking Alexander's fratricide, and at the same time mocking the complete loss of hegemony of the Habsburgs.
"Daniel, do you think I really did something wrong, if I didn't attack Vienna, but really led the army north, then it was entirely possible for us to win, and it was not a dream for the Habsburgs to regain hegemony, but now we have lost everything" Alexander said to Daniel, who was standing beside him, in a depressed mood, and after hearing Alexander's words, Daniel said calmly: "Your Highness, if you had not attacked Vienna, it would have been a blessing for the Habsburgs and Austria, for the war against Prussia would have been won with a high degree of probability, and thus Austria would have regained its hegemony over the Holy Roman Empire.
But it will be a disaster for you personally, and you will forever lose the opportunity to dominate the fate of Austria and yourself, and thus become the meat of someone else's knife and fork!
” As if thinking of the terrible consequences of Daniel's words, Alexander's body shuddered, but after only a moment, his mood fell again.
"I got what I wanted, but I lost more ........."