In the end, William and Vivian still failed to convince Maximilian, and the three had to break up unhappily, and after William and Vivien left the palace, Maximilian immediately called his cronies and ministers over, and instructed him to "protect" Vivian tightly and never allow Vivian to continue to have dealings with William.
The reason why Vivien and William were cut off was also the result of thinking about it in Maximilian's heart.
Although because of the Schwarzburg troubles, Maximilian did not complete the assassination of William at the founding ceremony of the Third Imperial Division as he wished, but this does not mean that Maximilian is willing to give up his plan against William, Maximilian understands very clearly, that is, as long as William exists for one day, then his position as emperor of the empire will be unstable for a day!
The reason why Maximilian can now do a solid job in the position of emperor is that on the one hand, Maximilian has the support of the Prussians when he ascends to the throne of emperor, and on the other hand, it is also because William is self-aware, and William knows that if he ascends to the position of emperor of the Holy Roman Empire prematurely, then it will inevitably set off a new round of anti-Prussian activities within the empire.
The crown of the Holy Roman Empire has been worn on the heads of the Habsburgs for hundreds of years, and although the Habsburg Empire is not so binding on the princes of the Empire, after all, the royal family of the Empire is nominally the Habsburgs.
Therefore, if William usurped the throne without the consent of most of the princes in the Holy Roman Empire, the imperial crown would not only not be an aid to him, but would even be an obstacle to him and Prussia.
Gaining the support of most of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire was also the ultimate goal of Wilhelm's conference of the princes of the Frankfurt Empire.
And for this, Maximilian undoubtedly saw it very clearly.
If Wilhelm had been able to get the support of most of the Imperial princes at the Imperial Princes' Assembly, there was no doubt that the Prussians would have hastened their move to raise the Imperial Crown.
And as the current emperor, Maximilian's interests will undoubtedly be greatly damaged, and even his life will be threatened.
It was in recognition of this fundamental problem that Maximilian would gather some of the princes who were dissatisfied with Prussia to plot the assassination of Wilhelm, despite the danger.
The relationship between Maximilian and William is almost irreconcilable, so in such a situation, let Vivien continue to maintain contact with William, or even promote the relationship between Vivian and William.
Although it can make Maximilian's family safe even if his actions fail, it is undoubtedly very unfair to Vivien, who does not want his daughter to be torn between himself and William.
And in this way.
It is very necessary to cut through the mess quickly and stop the communication between the two.
Although William's face was still calm after returning to his station, the corners of his eyes that looked a little hazy still made the servants who served him seem a little frightened, and as William's cronies.
Horn became a little apprehensive after seeing William's expression.
However, because there is a very urgent matter to report to William.
So Horn didn't care about touching his brows, but he walked up to William with a serious face and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has found out that the people behind the assassination of you some time ago are the people of Schwarzburg, and the Earl of Schwarzburg is one of the masterminds!"
Hearing Horn's report, William's face immediately turned hideous.
William had already been extremely annoyed by Maximilian's attitude today, but now Horn had told him that the murderer had been found.
This undoubtedly gave William a place to vent the anger in his heart.
Although William's health has improved a lot, it is still not very convenient to move.
When I met with Maximilian before, I relied on the support of the attendants to enter the palace, but because his and Maximilian words were not suitable for others to listen to, they drove the attendants out.
"Horn, now that you know who my killer is, what are you doing here!
Why don't you go and catch the murderer for me!
” Hearing William's roar, Horn hesitated for a moment and then said: "But, Your Majesty, the Count of Schwarzburg is also a nobleman of the Empire, and there is still the presence of the Schwarzburg army outside Cologne!
If we take action on it now, wouldn't it be a surprise?
” Seeing that Horn did not carry out his orders in the first place, and even Horn raised a different opinion, the anger on William's face increased.
"Hound, are you the royal governor of Prussia or the governor of the people of Schwarzburg!
The order I gave you, you have to give me to carry it out immediately, instead of talking nonsense with me here!
Besides, it's just a little Schwarzburg!
Not only do I want to arrest the Count of Schwarzburg, but you will immediately give me an order to the troops stationed in the Main region to go and destroy Schwarzburg at once!
I'm going to wipe this vassal state off the map!
” William was undoubtedly frightened and majestic in his anger, and seeing this scene, Horn didn't dare to say anything anymore, only to see him immediately salute William and leave the room.
After leaving the room, Hound immediately rushed to the Prussian royal guard's station, and then after a while, he saw the Prussian royal guard pouring out, part of the royal guard rushed to the station of the Imperial Third Division outside Cologne and surrounded it, while the other part of the royal guard immediately blocked the main street of Cologne, and Hound took Carlo and Carlo's first royal guard to the station of the Count of Schwarzburg in Cologne.
When the boots of the Prussian soldiers sounded on the streets of Cologne, the whole Cologne was in chaos, and in this situation, even the troops in Cologne did not dare to come forward, after all, these Prussian troops who entered Cologne were completely armed, in this case.
Without the orders of the Cologne magnates, no one dared to touch the Prussians.
The Earl of Schwarzburg was in the room discussing his next move with Palaud, knowing that the previous assassination had not cost Wilhelm his life.
And according to inside information, the situation is increasingly unfavorable for Schwarzburg, and in such a situation, the Count of Schwarzburg must find a way back for himself.
And just when the two were discussing urgently, they saw one of them rushing into the room in a hurry.
Seeing this reckless squire, the young earl's forehead was already wrinkled, and Palaud immediately reprimanded angrily: "Who let you in!
Come.
Drag this lowly servant who doesn't know how to be polite and punish him severely!
” When the squire who rushed in heard Palaud's words, his already pale face turned even paler, but the squire had not forgotten the purpose of his haste to break in.
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"Your Highness, Earl.
Oh no, Lord Palaud, our sentinels report that the Prussian army has entered the city.
And our neighborhood was blocked by the Prussian army.
A Prussian army of more than a thousand people is now rushing here!
” As soon as the earl and Palaud, who already had ghosts in their hearts, heard the words of this attendant, even if the two of them were scheming, their faces couldn't help but change greatly at this moment.
Since the Prussians have blocked the entire street near here in a targeted manner, it is natural that there is no loss, and it is obvious that their assassination of Wilhelm has been exposed, and the actions of the Prussians are undoubtedly here to ask for guilt!
"Palaud, what should we do, it's better to break out!"
The Earl of Schwarzburg was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said to Palaud in a slight panic.
Truly.
The Count is also a hero, but in the case of absolute strength.
No matter how much the situation of the hero is, it is simply impossible to maintain his composure in this situation.
After listening to the words of the Count of Schwarzburg, Palaud immediately pondered, Palaud knew in his heart that this was the most critical time, and he must not panic, once he panicked, it would be all over for so long.
"Your Royal Highness, we have two hundred elite guards here, but the Prussians have more than 10,000 troops in Cologne, and even if we add the two thousand troops outside Cologne, our strength is only one-fifth of the Prussians, in this case, it is not a good way for us to break through!"
Hearing Palaud say this, the count's face was a little unhappy and he said: "So what do we do next?"
After thinking for a moment, Palaud immediately said to the squire: "Are the Prussians who came cavalry or infantry?"
"Your Excellency, it's an infantry!"
Hearing this answer, Palaud immediately said to the Count: "Your Highness, at this time, our rash breakthrough is undoubtedly an act of seeking death, even if we break out of the encirclement of the Prussian army on these streets, but I think that since the Prussians dare to come, then the gates of Cologne City must have been blocked, and in the current situation, only Maximilian and other princes in Cologne City can help us!"
Hearing Palaud say this, the count asked with some confusion on his face: "How can they help me?
I'm afraid they wish I had fallen into the hands of the Prussians, or even that the Prussians would kill me to get their wish!
” But after the Count had finished speaking, it seemed that something suddenly occurred to him, and a trace of astonishment appeared on his face and he said to Palaud: "You mean to let me threaten Maximilian and those guys?"
Hearing that Fered understood what he meant, Palaud's face was overjoyed "That's right, Your Highness the Count, although our previous assassination of the King of Prussia was only an act of our family, but let's not forget that we know which princes and how Maximilian planned another assassination of the King of Prussia, and this is an important bargaining chip in our hands!"
Palaud's words opened Fei Lid's thoughts, and he saw that his face was happy after listening to Palaud's words "Yes, we can rush out and rush to Maximilian and threaten him, and if he doesn't help us, then we will hand over the evidence in our hands to the Prussians!"
When Maximilian and the other six princes planned the assassination of William, in order to prevent traitors from appearing among the seven families, all seven of them signed a document in which each of the seven wrote a sentence of great disrespect to William and the Hohenzollern family.
A copy of this document was kept in each of the seven people's hands.
You must know that their assassination of William is a life-threatening matter, so naturally everyone is very cautious, so this document has a considerable weight.
But if Fréd easily brought the documents to the Royal Palace of Cologne.
If he threatens Maximilian with the document, Maximilian will not take the risk to kill Fred, so Fred must put the document in the hands of a trusted and capable cronie.
Thinking of this, Fei Li De looked at Palaud, and Pa Luo Li immediately understood the meaning in Fei Lide's eyes, Pa Luo De is a smart person, after understanding Fei Lide's meaning.
Palaud immediately said to Fred: "If His Highness believed His Majesty's words, then immediately after highlighting the Prussian blockade of the streets, His Majesty went incognito with documents.
If Maximilian is not good for His Highness, His Majesty will immediately hand over this document to the Prussians!
” Hearing Palaud say this, even the medical officer, who was a little hard-hearted, couldn't help but be a little moved at this moment.
Know that adversity sees the truth.
This road in Palaud is undoubtedly very dangerous.
You must know that once Maximilian knows that the document is not on his own, then Palaud, as his chief confidant, must be the key object of suspicion, so that not only the Prussians will search for Palaud, but Maximilian and other princes will also search for Palaud and disadvantage him.
His eyes were a little moist and he laboriously said to Palaud: "Good..
Good..
Good!
Palaud, you are a loyal servant of Schwarzburg!
If I can get out of danger safely this time, half of Schwarzburg's territory will be up to you!
” At this point, Freed couldn't care about anything else.
In this case, only the inducement of Palaud can be made.
After all, as long as it is a person, it is impossible to go to the trouble of another person without benefit.
After the two had made up their minds, Feld immediately took out the document of the oath of the seven princes that he had hidden in the secret room in the study and handed it to Palaud for personal keeping, and then the two immediately gathered all the guards of the earl's residence.
Fortunately, Schwarzburg's eyeliner is still very reliable, and it is precisely because of this reliability that the Schwarzburgers bought time, and before Honder led the Prussian royal guards, the two hundred guards of the earl's garrison had been fully armed.
And when he was armed, Fred's eyes scanned over the faces of the guards around him "My loyal guards, the Prussians are coming here in vain to drive us to the end of the day, and the reason is simply that the weapon used in the last assassination of the Prussian king is suspected to be the standard weapon of our army in Schwarzburg!
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The Prussians were simply mad!
For the sake of a few weapons, they are going to kill all the people of Schwarzburg, as your lord, the Count of Schwarzburg in the glory of God, I will never let those Prussians slaughter us like chickens and sheep!
So, soldiers, follow me and rush out!
Break through the blockade of those Prussians, and we rush back to Schwarzburg!
From then on, we, the Schwarzburgers and Prussians, were cut off!
” The hastily assembled guards were stunned when they heard Fred's words, and then the scene seemed a little out of control, although they had long been dissatisfied with Prussia, after all, the Prussian capture of the Main region had in a sense even cut off Schwarzburg's hope of expanding outward, but this did not mean that these guards wanted to meet the Prussians.
Not to mention anything else, are there still fewer enemies who have been trampled under the feet of the Prussians over the years?
And these people were undoubtedly the role models of the Schwarzburgers, which also made a considerable part of the Schwarzburgers unable to resist the Prussians, because they knew that the Prussians were too powerful.
After a commotion, the guards quieted down as they saw that Fred's eyes were clouding over the guards.
"I know that many people wonder about my decision, but it is true that the Prussians are so strong that we do not even see any hope of victory!
But we are never fighting alone, those who worship freedom excessively and those who are unyielding in the empire always stand with us, we are not without allies, we are not fighting alone!
Behind us are not only hundreds of thousands of Schwarzburgers, but also tens of millions of people of the Holy Roman Empire supporting us in the battle!
” After saying that, Fered did not wait for the next reaction of these guards.
Instead, with a wave of his hand, he ordered the guards to open the gate of the garrison, and then Freed led his horse and rushed out, and the 100 cavalry and 100 infantry of Schwarzburg, who were acting as guards behind him, also quickly rushed out.
And just as these Schwarzburgers left their station and rushed into the street.
They happened to encounter the First Legion of the Royal Guard, led by Horn and Carlo.
"Quick, stop them!"
Seeing these Schwarzburgers sweeping out, Horn immediately ordered the royal guards soldiers beside him.
Hearing Hornder's order, the two flanks of the Prussian army, which had been in the marching formation, quickly spread, and soon a standard infantry battle formation was placed on the street.
Seeing the Prussian troops changing formations, Fred's brains did not rush towards these Prussian troops, knowing that there were two ends of the street.
There were Prussians on this side, so Freed naturally did not hesitate to order the guards around him to rush to the other end of the street.
Watching the actions of the Schwarzburgers, Horn immediately felt bad.
In order to be able to dare to complete the deployment of the Schwarzburgers before they were ready.
Except for the one end where Hound led most of the troops, Hound arranged for only a hundred Prussian soldiers to guard there at the other end of the street, after all, the distance from the other end of the street to the Cologne gate was even farther.
"Quick, catch up with me.
Those Schwarzburgers must not be allowed to leave here!
” Horn shouted.
The Prussian army, which had been in formation, immediately pursued the tail of the Schwarzburgers on the orders of officers of all ranks.
But the streets were so wide, and the Schwarzburgers had a hundred infantry in addition to a hundred cavalry, and the infantry who followed behind the cavalry retreated slowly while firing at the Prussian army that was chasing behind them, under the Count's orders.
Limited by the width of the streets, although the Prussians had several times the strength of the Swarzburgers, the advantage of the forces was completely unleashed, so Hound immediately said to Carlo beside him: "Carlo, you take a few hundred people with you at once.
Bypass from another street and leave as many Schwarzburgers as you can!
” Carlo, who had been staying by Horn's side until now, immediately gave a military salute to Horn after hearing Horn's order.
Then he returned to the street with the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Guards in the rear.
It can be said that the task given to Carlo this time is completely the first time that Carlo has been in charge of the first time since he became the head of the First Step, after all, he was commanded by Horn before, but Carlo, who is the real head of the First Step, seems to have nothing to do.
Carlo's heart was full of fighting spirit, he knew that this was his first appearance in the Prussian military field, and if he could successfully complete the mission, then he would undoubtedly have handed in a perfect answer for his first battle.
But if Carlo can't complete the task satisfactorily, although Horn and William won't say anything about him, his impression in the minds of the Prussian top will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and this discount can even affect how much Carlo can achieve in the future.
The 100 Prussian soldiers assigned to the other end of the line were also part of the 1st Infantry Corps, and although they arrived on the street twenty minutes earlier than the main army, twenty minutes was not enough time for them to corclose the entire street, and even the antlers against the cavalry were only three.
And when Freed first saw the antlers erected on the street in front of him, he panicked, because if the Prussians could put three layers of antlers on the street, then even if Freed had a hundred cavalry under his command, he would not be able to break through in a short time, after all, antlers are a kind of restraint for cavalry.
But then he was relieved to see that Prussia had only three antlers on the streets, and although there were Prussian soldiers on the sides and behind the antlers, Freed believed that it was impossible to resist the charge of the 100 elite cavalry under his command with such strength.