As a representative of Hanover, Duke Andrew's words are still quite weighty, after all, Duke Andrew's words not only represent the attitude of Hanover but also the attitude of the British Empire.
"I agree with Duke Andrew!
There is no doubt that Schwarzburg will have to pay for Fréed's ambitions!
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Eventually, at a show of hands, the proposal to dismantle Schwarzburg was accepted by most of the princes.
One-third of the Counts of Schwarzburg were to be included in the Emperor's direct domain, Maximilian, and in the other territories, in order to compensate Prussia for the losses, Prussia received a quarter of the Counts of Schwarzburg, and the rest of the territories were to be divided equally among the princes who participated in the assembly, although if the princes were too far away from the Counts of Schwarzburg to rule effectively, they could sell these territories to those who were willing to buy them at a certain price.
And after the first topic ended, Joel also stood up at the right time and said: "The first topic is over, and the second topic is the issue of the emperor's team.
His Majesty the King of Prussia proposes to create a standing army of five divisions within the Reich to cope with the current increasingly harsh situation on the European continent!
” Just after Joel threw out the second topic, all the princes in the council hall suddenly fell silent.
What is the concept of five divisions?
At the full strength of the five divisions, it would reach nearly 70,000 men, which is even more than the army under the command of most of the princes here.
It can even be said that except for a few big countries, the princes present here can only draw up about 100,000 troops together.
After Joel finished speaking, it was the Duke of Hesse who was the first to speak: "I don't think it's necessary.
With the decline of the French and Russian empires, the security of the empire can be said to be unprecedentedly secure, and in this case, I do not think there is any need for the empire to expand its army!
” After the Duke of Hesse finished speaking, the Duke of Nassau followed suit and said: "His Highness Sunigo is right, we have already formed two divisions before, and last month.
The 3rd Imperial Division was also formed in Cologne, and in this case, we believe that the Imperial ** Corps of the three divisions is fully equipped to deal with the needs of a complex situation.
It is completely unnecessary to expand two more divisions!
” The Duke of Nassau's words aroused the approval of many of the princes present.
You must know that the establishment of the previous three imperial divisions was completely formed by these small princes of the empire, such as Prussia, which only sent less than 2,000 people, and most of them were distributed to the heads of the Rhine princes, while as for Hanover, Austria and other big princes, they did not send a single soldier.
Wouldn't it be for these petty princes to form two divisions and regiments to make them dig out their own family funds?
And the Austrian Archduke Alexander, after the Duke of Nassau finished speaking, stood up and said with a cold expression: "I am against this proposal!
The current army of the empire is already enough.
I think that we are not expanding our army but reducing it, and the expansion of the army takes up a lot of resources in the princes' country, which is not conducive to the consolidation of the princes' rule, so I am against it!
” After Alexander's words, the Duke of Milan also immediately spoke in support of Alexander's opinion.
For the more remote princes of Alexandria and the Duke of Milan, the formation of the two new divisions was of no interest to them.
After all, even if two new divisions were to be formed, Austria and Milan would not be allowed to send troops, or in other words, even Austria and Milan would be sent troops.
I'm afraid that these two princes will not be willing to send a single soldier.
But things don't just look at what it shows, for all the princes present.
The two Imperial divisions that had been established before were a precedent, and these Imperial divisions, cobbled together with the armies of the princes within the Empire, were completely equivalent to the army of Prussia, and they were fighting for Prussia!
At this moment, Duke Andrew stood up again and said: "It is true that the current army of the Empire is sufficient to deal with some complicated situations, but I hope that the princes can see clearly that the current danger of the Empire has not completely disappeared.
We are still under the threat of France on the Western Front, and the territory of the Reich is not completely calm, just as the Count of Schwarzburg dared to assassinate His Majesty the King of Prussia and His Royal Highness the Imperial Princess!
We must muster great strength to deter those who are not willing to be lonely!
” "I'm against it!"
Before Andrew could finish speaking, another prince stood up and interrupted Duke Andrew's words and said: "What Duke Andrew said is simply ridiculous, who does not know the situation in France now, under the pressure of the coalition of Hanover, Prussia and the Netherlands, France is even in danger of extinction at the moment, let me ask you, for such France, what else is worthy of our threat?"
The rebuttal of the king of Sardinia made the faces of a considerable number of the princes become cautious.
The Kingdom of Sardinia, formerly known as the Duchy of Savoy, was annexed to Sardinia in the 18th century by Piedmont and Savoy, and the dukes of Savoy became kings of Sardinia.
In the original history, in 1792, the Kingdom of Sardinia was annexed by France, but now because France has no time to take care of itself, it is natural that it cannot take care of Sardinia in northern Italy.
The reason why the King of Sardinia would stand up against Duke Andrew's words is actually very simple, Sardinia is the main forward of France in the competition between Northern Italy and Austria, and most of the senior Sardinian leaders are close to France, so the pro-French King of Sardinia naturally wants to oppose Duke Andrew's opinion.
In fact, the reason why Duke Andrew was in favor of the issue of Prussia's army expansion was that William had hinted at Duke Andrew that the newly established Imperial Division could be sent to France to participate in the Allied Army's war against France, just like the previous two Imperial Divisions.
It is precisely because of William's attitude that Andrew will firmly support William.
For now.
Although the situation of the coalition forces in France was generally superior, the main force of the coalition led by Ferdinand the Younger was never able to approach Paris, on the one hand, because the Prussian 14th Division led by Yarman could not effectively contain the 5,000 French surprise troops led by Lucien.
On the other hand, it was also because Napoleon, after regaining the understanding of Paris, caused a lot of problems for the Allied forces around the occupied areas.
Not only that, according to the intelligence of the coalition forces, the royalist forces currently entrenched in the Vendée in western France have once again rekindled a glimmer of hope because the coalition forces have not been able to reach the city of Paris for a long time, and under the orders of the Prince of Condé, an army of 20,000 people has set off from the Vendée to Paris.
Louis XVI was certainly desperate about the situation in Paris, but the raids organized by Napoleon had a great effect in the rear of the Allied forces, which slowed down the march of the Allied forces to a certain extent.
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And after the coalition forces conquered Bowei.
In such a situation, the Allied forces had to stop to deal with the frustrated French Surprise Army, and the hopeful Louis XVI not only gave Napoleon an order that allowed him to use all the forces at his disposal to hold the Allied forces out.
Louis XVI, as the ruler of the Bourbon dynasty and the king of the French dynasty, also called on all the French people to carry out the "national war of resistance!"
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Under these circumstances, although the coalition forces did not suffer any setbacks in France, it was very difficult to go further.
In this way, the British, who were eager for an early victory, naturally hoped that more vital forces would join the coalition forces.
And the new formation of the empire that William hinted at to Duke Andrew was undoubtedly a very good bait. ........................................
Just when the Assembly of Imperial Princes began to debate fiercely over whether to expand the Imperial Division.
Anna's party also rushed to Plassey, and Anna's escort force numbered 600 people.
What's more, the 600 people and 300 of them are clearly heavily armed Imperial cavalry, which makes pedestrians who encounter Anna's convoy avoidance along the way.
However, for Brandon, such a conspicuous target is obviously very conducive to his tracking.
This time, Brandon received the greatest support from Dessau, and a whole regiment of the 10th Division was deployed in Plassey, and Dessau clearly told Brandon that if this operation was not successful, then Brandon would definitely evaporate from the world.
Dessau's threat not only frightened Blanton, but also made up his mind to fight to the death.
This time it was the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Division that was placed in Plassey.
When he learned that Anna and her party were about to arrive in Plassey, Dessau issued an order for the whole city of Plassey to be under martial law by order of the Supreme Commander.
Of course, Dessau's reason for announcing martial law throughout the city was for Anna's safety.
After all, Anna had already been assassinated before, and it was this reason that justified the martial law in the whole city of Plassey.
All Placy residents were restricted from entering and leaving Placy, and at the same time, the streets of Placy were restricted long before Anna's arrival.
The unprecedented movement made all the residents of Placy panic.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we have joined forces with the militia of Plassey to start martial law on the streets, but is this really good?"
The chief of staff of the 30th Infantry Regiment hurriedly walked to the side of the regiment commander Murton and spoke, and when he said the second half of the sentence, the chief of staff's face was obviously very complicated.
"Your Excellency, my Chief of Staff, you should know that this matter is not something I can do, this is the arrangement of Marshal Dessau, do you think we can disobey the orders of His Excellency Marshal Dessau?
And this time, I said from the marshal that this matter is not only involving us, but all the big men of Brandenburg are also involved in this matter, and we have no other way to go now!
” Hearing Murton say this, the chief of staff's face suddenly became a little gloomy.
"Alright, Adenauer, this is beyond our reach.
At the moment, all we can do is to do according to the marshal's orders, even if we want to change our position, you don't want to think, those big people can't deal with the queen, can't they deal with you and me?
” Adenauer did not speak, but gave a military salute to Murton and left.
And just after Adenauer's departure, there was a clamor throughout the city, and patrols of soldiers and militiamen put under martial law in the streets of Plassie, and these patrols rang gongs while making all the inhabitants of Plassie rush home immediately, and after half an hour there were still people in the streets to be punished as treason.
After clearing the streets, Murton and Adenauer led the entire 30th Infantry Regiment to concentrate south of Placy, in the direction from which Anna had come.
After a while, a scout quickly rushed to Murton and Adenauer and said: "Report to the Commander of the Regiment and Your Excellency the Chief of Staff!
Six miles south of the city, a convoy flying the royal flag was spotted!
” Hearing the scout's report, Adenauer and Murton glanced at each other, Adenauer held his hand tightly and then whispered to Murton with a somewhat uneasy face: "Commander, you can think about it, this time the matter is too big, once we act, there is really no turning back!"
Adenauer's words provoked a roll of Murton's eyes, and Murton glared at Adenauer and said: "From the moment we received the order to come to Plassey, there was no turning back!"
After Murton had finished speaking to Adenauer, he was only seen shouting to the officers of the 30th Infantry Regiment lined up under the city gate of Prasan City: "Attention all!
This time, we received an order from our superiors in Plasse, and the traitor who had assassinated Her Royal Highness before fled towards Plassey after being defeated by Her Highness's escort!
In order to prevent these traitors from going unpunished and disturbing the peace, the higher authorities ordered that the 30th Infantry Regiment must completely annihilate this rebel army that intends to assassinate Her Royal Highness, leaving no one alive!
” After Murton finished shouting, he looked at the soldiers in front of him, and under Murton's gaze, the soldiers of the 30th Infantry Regiment raised their heads one after another.
For these soldiers, they don't need to know if Muirton's words are lying, they just need to know that their regimental commander has given the order, and they need to carry it out!
"Let's go!"
At Murton's order, the soldiers of the 30th Infantry Regiment immediately lined up in a neat line and marched south of Plassey, aiming at a lake south of Plassy, where Anna's convoy must pass.