After leaving Vienna, Anna and her party went north in the direction of Brandenburg without the slightest pause, and when Anna and her party arrived at the Austrian border, Werner, who was guarding Anna's carriage, said to Anna in a surprising voice: "Your Royal Highness, we are not far from the Prussian border, but according to Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, everything must be safe from the moment we enter the Prussian border, so I feel that our route might as well be changed!"
Anna, who was sitting in the carriage, was stunned when she heard Werner's words.
Werner was right, Louise was worried that Anna would be attacked by someone in Prussia, and that the remote areas of the Prussian border would undoubtedly be the best place to attack, since if anything happened to Anna in these border areas, the local officials could shift the blame elsewhere.
"If we don't take the main road, then where are we going?"
Anna asked Werner.
The Prussian top brass knew that in order to get rich, the road should be built first, and the first condition for a strong country was to build the road well, after all, a road that was accessible and smooth in all directions could not only strengthen trade between various places, but also facilitate the military movement of the army.
Of course, this was not only understood by the Prussians, but also by the Austrians, who had been at loggerheads for so many years, and who had built many roads between Brandenburg and Vienna, and which had been rebuilt by the Prussians after the Prussian conquest of Bohemia and the cession of part of Austria.
In this way, the road leads not only to Vienna but also to Brandenburg.
This road was named "Hope Road" by William himself, but of course it is unknown whether the hope in the name of this road has a different meaning.
However, many Austrians have always referred to this road as the "Road of Ambition", and in the eyes of the Austrians, Wilhelm's purpose in building this road was simple, that is, to provide a convenient and fast road for his future attack on Vienna.
Werner's request to change the itinerary was also due to the Road of Hope, which was valued by the Prussian upper echelons, and which could accommodate four carriages at the same time, and it can be said that such a road was absolutely unique in this era.
Of course, Prussia also paid a great price to build this road, and a large number of bones were buried under the road, of course, these bones were not Prussian civilians, mainly those prisoners of war captured in Prussia's previous wars!
There are two ways to redeem prisoners of war who have been captured by the enemy in war, one is for the state to redeem these prisoners of war, and the other is for private purchases.
Both of these approaches also depend on the severity of the war, if the enemy has too many prisoners of war or if the ransom is beyond his means.
Then these prisoners of war can only count on their families to pay a ransom to redeem themselves, but in this way, the family savings or nobles can be ransomed, but most of the commoners and some poor people have no choice.
The Prussians would never keep these prisoners of war for nothing, and the construction of roads would undoubtedly make these prisoners of war extremely useful.
If, of course, both sides have each other's captives in their hands.
It is also exchangeable.
However, because the early engineering of the two monarchs has done a lot, the price paid by William for this road is not very large, at least it is still within the acceptable range.
"Your Highness, we walked from here to Caplice, and from Kaplice to Prahatice.
After arriving in Prahatice, we took a detour to Plzeň via Voliné, where we headed straight to Dresden.
It's already the interior of Prussia, and I think I'll be sure of your safety!
” Hearing Werner say this, Anna thought for a while and agreed to the route Werner said, the most dangerous part of the whole route was the original Austrian territory occupied by Prussia, followed by Bohemia, after all, these areas were not ruled by Prussia for a long time, and the danger on the road was also expected.
Soon in the afternoon, Anna and her party arrived at the Prussian border, and when the Prussian soldiers at the border post saw the carriage with the Prussian royal flag passing by, the post lined up to greet Anna and her party, and at the same time quickly sent a herald to České Budjevice.
When Dessau learned that Anna and the others had entered the Prussian border, although he was already prepared, Dessau was still surprised by the speed of Anna and the others, knowing that the actions of Anna and the others were only a beat slower than the messengers sent by Elstner.
"Immediately send men and horses to secretly monitor the route of Her Highness the Queen's convoy!"
Dessau immediately sent someone to monitor Anna's whereabouts, and Dessau immediately met with the head of České Budějice sent by Locks.
"Blanton, Her Royal Highness's carriage has entered the border, I have already sent someone to monitor their whereabouts, this time I will only provide you with five hundred people, and the rest will be up to you!"
Hearing Dessau's words, Brandon, who was a close confidant of Locks, hurriedly said: "Thank you for your cooperation, please rest assured, this time, with the men and horses sent by His Excellency the Marshal, we will be able to mobilize more than a thousand people in total, and there will be absolutely no problem in dealing with the two hundred guards of Her Royal Highness!"
Listening to Blanton's words, Dessau was not relieved by Blanton's words of assurance, but frowned and said to Blanton: "Blanton, don't be careless, I believe that since Locks can send you here, then the shrewd Queen Mother must also send someone to protect the queen in secret, you have to know this, and if you fail, then I will send an army to destroy you all according to the agreement with Locks!"
As he spoke, Marshal Dessau's face turned sharply.
And seeing the look on Dessau's face, Blanton was also secretly frightened in his heart.
As Locks' henchman, he naturally knew the mission of his trip.
At the same time, he knew the danger of his trip, and now Dessau's words still echoed in his ears.
Apparently it was also reminding him that if he couldn't complete his mission, then he would definitely be dead!
Dessau was still a little uneasy after Brandon's departure, and he went back and forth in his office.
Immediately after leaving the headquarters in Dessau, Blanton went to the meeting point of his people in the Czech city of Budjevice, where a total of 800 dead men from the families of the elites of the Locks party were gathered.
"There is a death order from above.
If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, I think you have also heard of our mission this time, but in order to prevent your family from being implicated, I can't tell you the goal of this operation openly, in short, everyone will obey my command when the time comes!
” Although these dead soldiers sent by the major magnates are trustworthy people, it is obvious that the nobles did not tell these dead soldiers who their target is, after all, the danger of this trip is too great.
There is no guarantee that none of these dead men will have different intentions.
Therefore, apart from telling them to obey Blanton in everything, the dead men from the rest of the family remained ignorant of the goal of their trip.
And after listening to Brandon's words, these people did not raise any objections.
These people know their identities, they are nothing more than captive killers in the major powerful families, and the meaning of their existence is to do something that is not easy to see for the powerful people they serve.
Dealing with life and death is even more commonplace.
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Seeing that these people did not object, Blanton's face was relieved and he continued: "This time we will have the support of another group of people.
Don't ask too much, just complete the task with peace of mind, the rewards of this mission are rich, I think everyone got the promise of their respective heads when they came, I won't say more!
” After speaking.
Brandon ended his meeting with the men. .............................
"Werner, I felt like someone was following us all the way!"
Although sitting in the middle of the carriage.
But Anna's heart is still very worried, and this psychology directly causes her to feel as if she is being watched all the time.
"Your Highness, it's true, we've noticed someone following us behind!
However, it is not our right to dispose of these tails at the moment, because our whereabouts are very obvious on this road, and if we do deal with them here, the enemy will definitely send people again, so we will deal with these tails when we arrive in Caprice!
” Hearing Werner say this, Anna, who was sitting in the carriage, nodded.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed, Anna and the others also arrived in Caplice, and Blanton also sneaked into the vicinity of Caplice with people in batches.
For Blanton, it is not a good choice to start in Caplice, because Kaplice is also a relatively prosperous city, and it will be quite conspicuous to start here.
So Blanton was waiting, waiting for Anna and the others to leave Caplice and continue on their way.
At the same time, after arriving in Caplice, Anna and his party also stayed for a day, and Werner did not waste any time in this day, and he and Louise secretly sent to protect Anna to connect with the line.
This went unnoticed, as the people sent by Louise were also very professional people in a way.
After Caplice hit the road again, Werner had quietly ordered everyone in his entourage to be vigilant.
After leaving the city of Caplice, they did not continue their original route to Vitžini, northwest.
By the time Anna and her party arrived in a small town between Caplice and Vitezny, Blanton had gathered all his 800 men, and the 500 men sent by Dessau had arrived not far from the town.
Werner quietly tightened his grip on his saber, the scouts he had sent out had sent back the news that behind them were a large number of armed men, all of whom were on war horses, and it was obviously impossible to get rid of them in terms of speed.
"Prepare for battle!"
Werner, who was on his horse, immediately shouted at the cavalry around him.
The cavalry then surrounded Anna's carriage in the center, and Werner himself led a hundred cavalry to the front of the carriage.
Soon, eight hundred disheveled cavalrymen appeared not far in front of Werner, and although they were not uniformly dressed, Werner still felt murderous and disciplined in these people.
It can be said that discipline is very rare in the body of the dead, after all, these dead soldiers rarely act collectively.
But don't forget, these dead soldiers are used by major families to protect their own families, and each of them has experienced the harshest training in the army.
Therefore, it is not unusual for these dead men to have discipline.
Werner's face was very solemn, and he looked at these enemies from afar, his lips tightly pursed.
"Attack!"
When he saw the royal guards in front of him, Blanton knew that these people had discovered the whereabouts of himself and others, but Blanton didn't care, these dead soldiers from major families under his command were all good hands, otherwise they would not have been sent here by various families.
So, after just regrouping his formation, Blanton swung his sword forward and shouted at the dead soldiers around him.
Hearing Blanton's order, except for a hundred dead soldiers from the Locks family who did not take any action, the rest of the people rode their horses and rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side.
The sound of horses' hooves was deafening on this small plain, and Werner's expression became more and more cautious, and when he saw that the enemy was less than three hundred meters away from him and others, Werner also shouted loudly: "The first team will attack with me, and the second team will protect His Highness's carriage!"
Hearing Werner's voice, the hundred royal guards cavalry who followed him hurriedly mobilized their horses under their crotches to launch a counter-charge against the attacking enemy, while the other group of royal guards guarding Anna's carriage had fifty people left their horses and stood on the ground and formed a gun formation, and the other fifty people were slightly back a little distance in order to break into the battle under the change of situation.
The collision of 100 cavalry and 700 cavalry can be said to be quite shocking, at least if you look at it from above, then everyone will feel worried about Werner's 100 centaurs.
In fact, Werner was not reckless, after connecting with the five hundred people sent by Louise, the five hundred people also quietly followed the team, as long as the battle here lasted for a long time, then Werner's reinforcements could definitely catch up!