After forcing Alexander to agree to let Franz come out to attend the funeral of His Majesty the Emperor, Christopher and the others did not further persecute Alexander.
In the eyes of Christopher and others, it was a great victory to be able to get Alexander to release Franz, you must know that among the 10,000 Hungarian troops in Vienna, Alexander personally appointed his henchmen to lead 2,000 Hungarian soldiers to guard the prison in Vienna, so without Alexander's consent, then Franz would not have been able to come out at all.
Once Franz comes out, then Alexander will only strengthen the monitoring of Franz at most, and it is impossible for him to arrange for 2,000 people to watch Franz anytime and anywhere, so that people who have a heart can take advantage of this opportunity to make a big fuss.
After announcing that Franz would be allowed to attend the funeral of Leopold II, a somewhat flustered Alexander left the palace, and Daniel naturally walked out after Alexander. ......................................
Horn led more than 10,000 allied cavalry to gallop towards the west, but in addition to many French infantry who fell behind, Horn didn't even see a single French officer along the way, which made Horn anxious, and he divided more than 10,000 cavalry into four vertical lines and pushed westward.
But for three hours, how could Napoleon sit still and wait for his death, at Hagen's suggestion, Napoleon led his army to change the direction of their march, and if they went straight to the west, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the allied cavalry.
Therefore, Napoleon's men and horses were divided into two parts, one led by Hagen to the south with a large number of French infantry and cavalry, while Napoleon led a small number of cavalry and a part of the elite force to the north.
Wait until dawn.
A tired Horn ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and when he rushed back to the position of the 14th Division, he saw that William had already arrived here, and the commander of the 14th Division, Yarman, was half-kneeling in front of him.
"Your Majesty, the minister has failed to live up to your hopes!"
As he spoke, the ashamed Horn also knelt in front of William and heard Hornder's words.
William did not appear particularly disappointed, and after learning that Napoleon had led the French army to break through the defense line of the 14th Division, William knew that it was unlikely that Hoender would be able to capture Napoleon.
"Hornder.
Rise up, the responsibility for this battle is not on you!
” As he spoke, William's eyes flashed and he said angrily to Yarman: "Yarman, I see you're really dizzy!
I've told you countless times to hold your line.
But you see how you do it!
So many people actually only held out for more than two hours before the French broke through.
Good soldiers you bring!
” William's expression became more and more excited, and by the end, William had already put his finger on Yarman's head.
"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and the minister is ashamed of Prussia!"
In the face of William's accusations, Yarman could only say such things, and Yarman knew that if he dared to refute it, it would definitely not end well.
William is angry at the moment, and William is really angry.
It's not surprising to kill Yarman.
William closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, William's heart at this moment was simply full of mixed feelings, he didn't expect that such a mortal situation would be broken through by Napoleon.
"Your Majesty, this battle was not without gains, Napoleon's brother Joseph was killed by His Excellency Yarman's subordinates!"
"Oh!"
Little Ferdinand, who was standing beside William, saw that the atmosphere in the military tent was quite heavy now, so he boldly went out and said to William.
After all, Yarman has been working under Ferdinand Jr. for a short time, so Ferdinand Jr. also has feelings for Alman, in this case, Ferdinand Jr. naturally hopes that Yarman will be dealt with by William's military law, so he said that he hopes to reduce some of William's anger towards Yarman.
After Ferdinand Jr. finished speaking, Yarman, who was kneeling on the ground, cast a grateful glance at Ferdinand Jr.
"Yalman, are you telling the truth?"
William, who is familiar with history, naturally knows that Joseph is a more generous person than Napoleon, and it is precisely because of this character that Napoleon did not arrange Joseph to serve in the French army in the original history, and after Napoleon ascended the throne and became the emperor of France, Joseph was also divided into kings of Naples and Spain.
And such a very important figure in the Bonaparte family was killed in this battle, and William's anger was slightly lessened.
"Indeed, Your Majesty, we have kept Joseph's body, and we have identified the captured French soldiers, it is indeed Joseph!"
This time Ferdinand did not speak, it was Yarman who spoke.
After listening to Yarman's words, a smile appeared on William's face, but this smile was also fleeting.
To be honest, according to William's original meaning, the performance of Yarman and the 14th Division in this battle was simply extremely poor, and even if Yarman was dismissed on the spot, it would not be an exaggeration in William's opinion.
But after all, this battle was a victory for the coalition forces, and it was really inappropriate to deal with Yarman now, after all, the 14th Division itself had suffered a lot of casualties.
So William, after thinking for a while, said to Yarman: "It is too much to be broken through the line by Napoleon, and it is merit to kill Joseph and a large number of French soldiers, but in the sum of things, too much is greater than merit, so Yarman, your rank will be reduced from lieutenant general to major general, but you are still in wartime, leave you guilty and meritorious, and continue to lead the 14th Division to serve the kingdom!"
The words that came out of William's mouth made Yarman very happy, although his rank was downgraded by one level, but at least his position as the commander of the 14th Division was retained, so Yarman immediately said gratefully: "After all, the minister is loyal to His Majesty the King, and to the Kingdom of Prussia!"
Hearing Yarman's words, William nodded, then waved his hand again and said to the people in the military tent: "After a day and a night, everyone was tired.
Let's all go down and rest!
And let the soldiers rest and rest, but the detention of those prisoners is not relaxed!
Let's all go down!
” Hearing William's words, the generals in the military tent received orders one after another: "Yes!"
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Wait until everyone is gone.
William, whose eyes were red, couldn't rest, his eyes looked straight at the top of the military tent, thinking in his heart.
Now that Napoleon has been defeated, and 30,000 Spanish reinforcements have been wiped out by the coalition forces, the northern part of France has become a no-man's land for the coalition forces!
But for Prussia, the task of this battle has been achieved, after all, after this battle.
Napoleon, who had been battered, had little strength left, and there was no threat to Prussia.
It would be of little interest for Prussia to remain and fight there, even if the Coalition conquered the entire northern frontier of France.
None of it was of much benefit to Prussia, which was far from here after all.
And in the deepest part of William's heart, he still maintained a jealousy of the British, if the coalition continued to fight against France, who would get the most benefit.
Then there is no doubt that the British.
After all, Britain and France are separated by the sea, and the British have the strength and ambition to digest the northern territories of France.
But in this way, it is clearly not in the interests of Prussia.
It is true that Prussia needs a strong ally, but when this ally is strong enough to threaten Prussia at any time, there is no natural ally.
Once France is completely defeated, Britain will undoubtedly become the world's number one power, and if the British occupy the northern territory of France and digest it, it will mean that the British have a bridgehead on the European continent.
This was not only something that Prussia did not want to see, but even the whole of Europe.
After thinking about it for a while, it was still a mess.
William shook his head and forced himself to push these things out of his mind, and after a while, William felt exhaustion welling up in his heart, and after a while, a slight snoring sound could be heard from inside the military tent.
In May 1793, the coalition won a decisive victory over the French and Spanish armies in the Austrian Netherlands, and Napoleon's army was left with less than 4,000 men after the war.
And after William woke up, he commanded the coalition forces to besiege Brussels.
Besieged by the Allied Legion, Brussels saw that there was no hope of defending the city, and the defenders in the city opened the city gates and surrendered to the Allied army, so that the entire Austrian Netherlands could be called pacified, even if there were still some small French troops in the Austrian Netherlands, but these people could no longer form an effective threat to the Allied forces.
After the occupation of Brussels, William was busy calming the situation in Brussels, and at the same time he also sent an envoy to the British government to discuss the next plan of the coalition forces, and before receiving a reply from the British, William only ordered the coalition forces to wipe out all the forces that did not obey the coalition forces in the Austrian Netherlands, and did not take the next step.
Soon after the coalition army won an overwhelming victory over Napoleon's army, London received the news, which made countless people who were worried about the British ** team boil instantly, and the whole London was filled with a carnival atmosphere, and the entire British government was celebrated one after another.
In the royal palace in London, little Pete, who received William's letter, hurriedly found George III "Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
” Having learned of the Allied victory, George III was trying on a sumptuous gown in front of an overcoat mirror in the service of several attendants, apparently choosing outfits for the evening's celebrations.
Hearing little Pete's shout, George III's brow furrowed, but then he stretched out again, and he laughed at little Pete: "My Prime Minister, what good news have you brought me?
Come and see how about my dress!
” As he spoke, George III took a turn in front of the mirror.
"Your Majesty, the minister is in a hurry, please immediately withdraw from the others!"
Little Pete's words made George III stunned, but he also knew that since Little Pete said so, then there must be something important, so he waved his hand and drove everyone else in the room away.
"Now that there's no one, just say something!"
When George III and Pete were left in the room, George III slowly walked down to the sofa in the room and said to Pete Jr.
"Your Majesty, a letter has come from His Majesty Wilhelm of Prussia.
He believed that the coalition had now won a decisive victory over France, and that the threat to western Europe had been cut in half, so he wanted to lead the Prussian army back to his homeland!
” The news that came out of Pitt's mouth made George III stunned.
Then I saw George III say: "Our army has just won, but we have not yet completely defeated France, so why should the Prussians be in a hurry to return home?"
Hearing George III say this, little Pete became even more anxious "My Majesty, this is not the way it is to be seen.
Whatever the reasons for the Prussians, we cannot let the Prussian army return to our homeland in these circumstances.
As soon as the Prussians withdrew, then our army, plus the Dutch, would be less than 30,000 men, and it was obviously unrealistic to expect 30,000 men to completely defeat the French.
Therefore we need the Prussians to stay here!
” In fact, George III also understood the seriousness of the matter, although the offensive of the coalition forces along the way can be described as crushing, but this mainly relied on the large and elite army sent by the Prussians.
The coalition suffered considerable losses in several battles, and the Dutch consul William V became almost the commander of the light pole.
There were also less than five thousand Dutch troops left in the coalition forces.
And the British army was no better.
Even with the addition of the Hanoverian army, the British had only more than 20,000 troops in the coalition army, and even the handsome commander Ernst was severely damaged, and there is no news of recovery until now.
This meant that if the Prussian army did return home, the Allied efforts would be in vain, and even if Louis XVI had gritted his teeth and ordered the army to fight back, the Prussian army would have been lost.
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There were less than 30,000 coalition soldiers left, and they didn't know if they would be able to stop Louis XVI's counterattack.
"Believe to me!"
Hearing George III say this, little Pete hurriedly handed William's letter to George III.
In the letter.
William claimed that the Prussian army had been fighting continuously for almost two years, and that the soldiers were generally exhausted and even homesick in the army, and that now, after cutting off the threat from the west, the Prussian army's mission on the Western Front had been largely completed, and it was time for the soldiers to rest.
At the same time, Wilhelm also said that Prussia in Brandenburg had given birth to a baby boy for himself, and that he had to rush back to the child's baptism as soon as possible.
One of William's letters was written in a tone that George III couldn't find any reason even if he read it.
After reading the letter, George III had a little embarrassment on his face, you must know that the Prussians have the majority of the coalition forces at the moment, if the Prussians insist on returning home, then whether the British agree or not, the Prussians will return home, even if the British do not agree, it will not help at all, after all, the Prussian army is not a British servant army.
"My Prime Minister, what do you think" "Your Majesty, the Prussian army will definitely not be completely withdrawn, but we can agree with the Prussians to withdraw part of the army, and at the same time, I think we must give the Prussians some sweetness appropriately, otherwise I am afraid that the Prussians will be in vain with us in the next war!"
George III frowned, thought for a while, and said: "So what kind of benefit do you think we should give to the Prussians?"
"Your Majesty, it is better for us to make Hanover a condition, as long as the Prussians can help us defeat France, then it is better to cede Hanover to Prussia!"
What little Pete did not expect was that immediately after he spoke, George III was furious: "I think you're crazy!
Hanover is my family fiefdom, how could I agree to cede Hanover to the Prussians, once Hanover is lost, then the Hannover dynasty will not exist in name only!
” George III's anger was expected by Pitt Jr., after all, George III, the monarch of the United Kingdom, was only brought into control by blood from Hanover after the extinction of the Stuart dynasty in England, and the Hanoverian dynasty's rule over Britain began in 1714, only 80 years ago.
The first two monarchs of the Hanover dynasty, George I and George II, had a deeper affection for Hanover than for England, and even George I came to England when he was crowned King of England, and he ruled Hanover remotely after his coronation.
Although George III was a native of England, it does not mean that George III has a weak affection for Hanover, in other words, the Hanover region is the foundation of Hanover's rule and the land of Longxing.
Facing George III, who stood up angrily, little Pete had to bite the bullet and say; "Your Majesty, this is a rare opportunity for our country, the Prussians have come on an expedition, but because of the distance, it is impossible for the Prussians to take root in France and Western Europe, but we are different, if we can let those Prussians stay and use them to defeat France once and for all, we can completely occupy the whole territory of France, which is a great cause that the Hundred Years War has not achieved!
Compared to the French of Nuoda, it is worth the price we pay for a Hanover!
” Little Pitt is not wrong to think, how can a Hanover be compared with the territory of France, not to mention that just one Austrian Netherlands is worth the territory of Hanover, and even if it cannot occupy all the French territory, even if it only occupies the northern part of France, it is definitely worth the money for Britain!
Moreover, because of the existence of Hanover, Britain has always had a grudge against Hanover, and with the Hanover dynasty entering the United Kingdom, many Hanover nobles were also brought to England, and the struggle between these Hanover nouveau riche and the British native aristocracy has never stopped, and even now, the two sides have clashed from time to time for their own interests.
Without Hanover, the Hannover dynasty could only take root in England, which was beneficial and harmless for Britain!