"On behalf of the Kingdom of Prussia, congratulations to Russia on the imminent complete suppression of the rebellion and the return of the reign of the East!"
After Elstner finished speaking, Provedev didn't seem to understand the hidden meaning of Elsterner's words, and his face became even more proud, which made Elstner shake his head in his heart.
It seems that there is really no one in the Russian Empire, otherwise how could such a stupid person be sent to Vienna, you must know that Elstner has not dealt with Russian diplomats over the years, but obviously this is the worst diplomat Elstner has ever seen.
As the two spoke in a low voice, the funeral came to an end, and with the last prayer of Archbishop Shunborn, everyone involved in the funeral stood up to mourn, and when the mourning was over, the funeral was over, and the body of Leopold II was sent to the royal crypt in Vienna, where all the Habsburg rulers since 1632 were buried.
After the funeral, Elstner was about to leave, but just as he walked out of the church door, he saw that the somewhat annoying Provedev also chased after him.
"Your Excellency Elstner, wait a minute, I don't know if your Excellency is free tonight, I would like to invite Your Excellency to dinner!"
Hearing Provedev say this, Elstner smiled and said: "Your Excellency Provedev, I'm afraid I really don't have time tonight, the Swedish ambassador invited me to dinner tonight the day before yesterday, and I agreed, so I'm really sorry!"
Hearing Elstner mention the Swedes, Provedev was shocked.
It has already been said that the Kutuzov rebels were in an extremely disadvantageous position under the repeated offensives of Bagration, but after the participation of the Swedes, Kutuzov actually stabilized the front with the help of the Swedes.
And now the Russian Empire really does not have the energy and strength to open up a third battlefield, so for this Swede who is eyeing the sidelines.
The Russian Empire could only make compromises.
For ceremonies of such a nature as the funeral of Leopold II, envoys from all over the world gathered in Vienna, not only to pay tribute to the Habsburg monarch, but also to conduct foreign affairs, after all, it is very rare for everyone to gather together in such a situation.
At present, although Sweden is not explicitly involved in the Kutuzov rebels and is an enemy of the Russian Empire, a series of actions by the Swedes have already made the Russian Empire a little bitter, if the Swedes win over the Prussians.
Well, obviously, a very unfavorable situation for Russia is definitely a very unfavorable situation.
The main task of Provedev's visit to Vienna was to test the attitude of the European countries towards the civil strife in the Russian Empire, and if possible, he also undertook to negotiate with the countries to borrow national bonds or aid, after all, the large-scale civil strife in the Russian Empire had depleted the treasury and made the whole country ruined by the war, and the Romanov royal family wanted to continue to rule in the Russian Empire.
Then he must not turn a blind eye to the situation in various places.
Swedish Ambassador Siham and Provedev also knew him, and Provedev never had any good feelings for this Swede with a gloomy face all day long.
"Hello, Lord Elstner!
Hey, isn't this Master Proveydev?
” Just as Elstner and Provedev were greeting not far from the church door, they saw a figure quickly running from the church door to the two of them, and then calmed down a little and said to Elstner.
Hear the words of this person.
Both of them turned around, only to see that it was the Swedish envoy Siham who came to them.
At this moment, the expression on Provedev's face was the most exciting, his face quickly turned purple after a moment's pause, and he looked like he was going to eat Siham in his stomach.
"Haha, Your Excellency Siham, I just talked to His Excellency Provedev about you, but I didn't expect His Excellency Provedev to praise you, and he asked to invite the two of us to dinner!"
Elstner when he saw West Ham.
His face was quite calm, after all, he had no conflict of interest with West Ham, of course, the Swedes had gone too far in Eastern Lithuania recently, and had invaded Prussian territory several times, but this was not a big deal.
"Oh, then thank you for your kindness, but everything is ready.
So don't bother Your Excellency Provedev.
By the way, Lord Elstner, I will be waiting for you at our Swedish embassy at five o'clock this afternoon!
” After speaking.
Siham and Elstner greeted each other and left, while Provedev and Siham ignored him.
And Siham's cold reception of Provedev also made Proveydev's face full of resentment "What the hell, if it weren't for the civil strife in the Empire, even with little Sweden, would dare to compete with the Empire!
Someday the Swedes will be good-looking!
” An angry scolding from Provedev's mouth was naturally heard by Elstner, but Elstner only laughed at this.
"Since Your Excellency has made arrangements for tonight, I don't know if you have time the night after tomorrow, and if you have time, please be able to enjoy your face!"
Provedev sent another invitation to Elstner, and the reason why it was scheduled for the evening after tomorrow was because the Habsburgs were going to organize a grand banquet in order to thank the foreign delegations for coming to Vienna to attend the funeral of Leopold II tomorrow afternoon, so Provedev would schedule it for the day after tomorrow.
Elstner thought for a moment, then said to Proveydev: "Since Your Excellency is so desperate to invite, then it is better to be respectful than to obey!"
Hearing Elstner's agreement, Provedev's face showed joy, and then he walked to another small circle not far away, where the British envoy Geon was located, and at this moment Geang's side could be said to be quite lively, and more than a dozen envoys from various countries gathered around him.
At present, due to factors such as the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russian Civil War, it can be said that most countries on the European continent have not been spared.
Of course, the ambassadors of France and Spain were not among the targets of these stalks.
In recent decades, every time the ambassadors of European countries meet, then Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
The envoys of these five continental powers were the center of the rest of the small countries and the objects of the alliance, but now with the civil strife in Russia and the successive defeats of the French army in the face of the coalition war, the Russian and French ambassadors have been given a cold reception.
In previous years, the French and Russian ambassadors were the focus of some effective diplomats, but today they have to condescend to engage with diplomats from smaller countries.
That evening, Elstner arrived at the Swedish embassy in Vienna, where he was greeted by a number of Swedish diplomats and several apparently well-groomed ladies in addition to Siham.
After dinner.
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The highlight of the night was when Siham ushered Elstner into a secret room in the Swedish embassy and closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
"Your Excellency Elstner, first of all, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden, I would like to congratulate your country on your victories on all fronts!"
"Your Excellency, I heard that the Kingdom of Sweden is making rapid progress in the Lithuanian region, and my country is full of praise for your country!"
Elstner finished speaking.
Both burst out laughing.
Although the two of them knew that all the words they said before were official clichés and referred to as "nonsense", sometimes they still had to say these words, because it had become an unspoken rule.
After laughing, Elstner's face stiffened first "Your Excellency Siham, although your country is moving Lithuania at a rapid pace, it has been since last year.
Your army will invade the territory controlled by our country, and we have made many solemn statements to you on this matter, but your country has been perfunctory to our country, and I would like to ask you to give me a reply!
” Hearing Elstner's words, Siham was stunned for a moment, and then his face immediately became solemn "Your Excellency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country has sent a note on this matter, and the reason for this is that it is on the territory of your country.
The reason is just that our soldiers are chasing down some fleeing bandits, and of course, we also deeply regret the inconvenience caused to your country!
” Siham's words made Elsterner's brow jump "Siham, you and I still have an alliance relationship, but now it seems that what your country has done has deviated from the original intention of signing the alliance agreement between your two countries!
In addition, what you are doing is not at all the pursuit of bandits as you said, as far as I know, all the soldiers of your country are just ordinary civilians.
Even when our ** team dissuaded your ** team from continuing to penetrate into our territory and stop the massacre of those civilians in the attitude of allies, your ** team actually launched an attack on our soldiers!
Is this the attitude of the Kingdom of Sweden towards its ally Prussia!
” said.
Elstner's tone became more and more stern, and his gaze was staring straight at Siham, and the look in his eyes made Siham a little afraid to face it.
That's right, the Kingdom of Sweden has indeed regained some strength.
With the occupation of Norway and Western Lithuania by the Kingdom of Sweden, there seemed to be an air of danger throughout the Kingdom of Sweden, which was becoming more and more powerful, and even attitudes towards Prussia had changed to some extent.
But some sober people know that the current Kingdom of Sweden is not capable of challenging Prussia, but this is not something that everyone can see, at least most of the Swedish military does not see this at all.
"There is some truth in what Your Excellency said, but His Majesty the King of our country has already admonished the country on this point, and I am sure that this will not happen again!"
Siham's low profile is still acceptable.
At least Elstner was quite satisfied with Siham's attitude.
After hours of deliberation that evening, Siham and Elstner agreed on behalf of Prussia and Sweden to re-sign an agreement on Prussia's alliance, known as the "Preh Re Agreement", later this day.
This agreement inherited most of the provisions of the Prussia Alliance agreement, of course, some of the provisions of the agreement were also modified to a certain extent, and the most important one of them, "when a third country declares war on one of the allies, the other country has the responsibility and obligation to immediately declare war on the third country" was changed to "when a third country declares war on one of the allies, the other country declares war on the third country immediately after obtaining the unanimous consent of the other country!"
”。
It seems that this clause is not good for Sweden, considering that Sweden and the Russian Empire are on the verge of war at any time, in such a situation.
If a war breaks out between Sweden and Russia, and Prussia does not join the war, then there is no violation of the Covenant.
But in fact, the revision of this clause is the most reassuring thing for the Swedes.
Prussia's strength was already evident in Western and Central Europe, and in such a situation, if Prussia's eyes were to turn to the East, the benefits to the Swedes would be greatly reduced, and Sweden was now completely full of blind optimism about a war with Russia.
Even the King of Sweden was affected by this sentiment.
In addition, with the rise of Prussia in Europe, the British will certainly change their attitude towards the Prussians, as anyone with some foresight can see.
It's just that the biggest enemy standing in front of the British is France, but after defeating France, a strong Prussia is definitely not in the interests of Britain, and it is difficult to guarantee that the British will not give up the alliance with Prussia at that time.
The Anglo-Prussian pact has been going on for more than 20 years.
The imminent expiration of the Pact in 1795 meant that if the Coalition had defeated France before 1795 and Britain had not renewed its alliance with Prussia, it would have signaled a dramatic change in Anglo-Prussian relations.
It is important to know that the matter of the Anglo-Prussian Covenant has been raised many times in the British Parliament, and nearly a third of the MPs are no longer optimistic about the Prussian Covenant, which is also one of the factors that makes Sweden reluctant to change the terms. ...........................
Napoleon's actions were always vigorous, and the day after the appointment of Lucien as captain of the Odd Troop.
Five thousand French veterans, led by Lucien, marched north, and they were to march from Compiègne directly to Mondidyer, which was not very far from Rosiers as planned, but the distance between Rosiers and Mondière was enough for the coalition forces to be able to effectively control it.
After Lucien set out with 5,000 French troops, Compiègne had less than 3,000 men after a series of conscriptions, but these forces were enough for Napoleon.
He had poured all his hopes into the strange army led by Lucien, and even if Napoleon could hold out for a while in Compiègne, how much of a difference could he play in the whole battle?
The Odd Troopers were different, the rear of the riots and the harassed logistics line were enough to put the coalition forces in a position where they could not be forced.
It was the day after Joseph's departure.
Ferdinand, the younger, who had just led his army from Amian to Beauville, also received information from Rebecca.
This information attracted the attention of little Ferdinand, you must know that for the weak coalition forces in the rear, 5,000 elite French troops are enough to be in the rear of the coalition forces, after all, to a certain extent, the gap between the strength of the coalition forces stationed in the rear and the 5,000 elite French troops is too great.
The place where the coalition forces have the largest number of troops stationed in the rear is Amian, after all, Amian assumes the role of a transportation transit station, so there will be 5,000 coalition troops stationed there.
But other towns have either a few hundred or no people.
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Immediately after receiving the information, Ferdinand the Younger convened a military meeting among the coalition forces.
In the tent, the Duke of York, the commander of the British army, sat under Ferdinand the younger, and Ernst, who had led the Hanoverian army to the four directions, was sent back to England for treatment of his wounds.
And the current Duke of York, as the second in line to the British royal family, both in name and in strength.
Taking charge of the British army was a matter of great expectation.
The Duke of York, born in 1763, went to Brandenburg at the age of 16 to ask Frederick the Great for advice on the art of military warfare.
"This information was obtained by our country with great effort, and the reason for convening this military conference is because of this information!"
Little Ferdinand raised the paper in his hand and said to the coalition generals who had already arrived, and when they heard Ferdinand Jr.'
s words, everyone turned their attention to Ferdinand Jr.'
s hand holding the paper.
After successfully attracting everyone's attention, Ferdinand Jr. handed the paper containing the information to the Duke of York, who was not far away.
I saw that when the Duke of York opened the paper and watched, the more he looked at it, the more solemn the expression on his face became, and this solemnity also made many coalition generals in the military tent feel relieved.
When this information was circulated around and returned to Ferdinand the Younger, Ferdinand the Younger spoke: "Now that everyone knows, let's discuss what to do!"