William had to rush back to Brandenburg after spending nearly two weeks in Paretz, and for Durry, she was very satisfied that William had been with her for so long, after all, William was not an ordinary person, and he had a huge kingdom to manage.
Immediately after Wilhelm returned to Brandenburg, he ordered Dessau's army to immediately begin to tighten martial law, while keeping a close eye on the situation in Austria.
For Wilhelm, he was not prepared to attack Austria at this time, after all, Prussia had just received a lot of benefits from the Austrians, and these benefits had not yet been thoroughly digested by Prussia, in this case, if they took advantage of the chaos to start a war against Austria.
While Prussia could win again over Austria, or even annex it completely, for Wilhelm he needed a solid territory.
In this regard, Alexander the Great is undoubtedly the best example of successive rulers.
Alexander the Great was the first monarch in the history of the world to be called the "conqueror of the world", but his rise and fall were also frequent.
Although Alexander conquered a large number of territories before him, but because the rule of these territories was not stable, it directly led to the death of Alexander the Great, his empire immediately fell apart, and no one would think of allegiance to Alexander's son.
Therefore, although Wilhelm had great ambitions in his heart, he cared more about the stability of rule within the Prussian territory.
Moreover, now that Prussia's focus was on the Main River valley and the newly occupied Bavaria, it would be a very short-sighted move to declare war on Austria again.
The reason why William ordered Dessau to remain vigilant was precisely to prevent the Austrian unrest from affecting the stability of the areas that Prussia had just occupied.
The current Prussia can be said to be a behemoth, and the current territory of the Kingdom of Prussia is equivalent to two-thirds of the territory of later Germany, which is already a very vast territory.
After the capture of Bavaria by Dafilia, the Prussian garrison in Bavaria reached 40,000 men, some of which were built up by Prussia by absorbing Bavarian prisoners of war.
In Munich, the capital of Bavaria, Dafilia had been canonized by Wilhelm and promoted to the rank of marshal.
His Excellency the new marshal was in an unusually happy mood, which also filled the Prussian Bavarian garrison with a pleasant atmosphere.
"Your Excellency Marshal, the order just delivered by the Military Department for us to immediately order the army to be put on alert and blockade the Rhine section!"
A staff officer walked up to Dafilia with the military order he had just received and said, Dafilia didn't seem surprised to hear the staff officer's words.
Bavaria is much closer to Vienna than Brandenburg.
And because there was a section of the Rhine valley in Bavaria, many Viennese civilians began to flee after the Vienna incident, and some of them fled to the Rhine region by sea.
Among them, there were many Austrians in Bavaria, and after investigating these Austrians, Dafilia also knew about the changes that happened in Vienna.
"Press.
Do as ordered by the Ministry of War!
By the way, send more people to comfort those Austrian refugees, and they can't let them cause chaos in Bavaria!
” "No!"
After the staff officer left, Dafilia stared at the map hanging on the wall.
On the map, because of the presence of the Rhine, it was undoubtedly a very quick way to attack Vienna by shipping, but judging from the military orders of the military department.
It is clear that this time Prussia was not ready to strike at Austria.
This made Dafilia feel a little regretful in his heart.
Although Dafilia was already a marshal and a count, he was slightly inferior to Dessau and Ferdinand the Younger in terms of seniority and achievements, but after hearing that Dessau was involved in the assassination of Anna and was later reprimanded by the royal family.
Dafilia had a desire for further in her heart.
Although Dafilia was the son-in-law of the old Marshal Saito, it is undeniable that after the death of the old Saito, although the Ziten family was still a wealthy family in the upper echelons of Prussia.
But it can't be compared to Ferdinand and the Dessau family at all.
Little Ferdinand came from the famous Braunschweig family, which was once the ruling family of the Duchy of Braunschweig, but during the time of Frederick the Great, the Duchy had completely lost its status, but the Braunschweig family was not dissatisfied, starting with Prince Ferdinand, the Braunschweig family began to gradually give up the actual control of Braunschweig.
It was handed over to the Kingdom of Prussia in turn.
As for Prince Ferdinand, who had the merit of sacrificing his land, William naturally doubled his role after he completely grasped the power, not only making him the chief officer of the General Staff, but also promoting his nephew Ferdinand Jr. to the Marshal of Prussia.
And through the performance in the Seven Years' War.
Prince Ferdinand has earned a reputation as a handsome man, and it can be said that after the death of Marshal Saito Sr., the influence of the Braunschweig family in Prussian military circles has surpassed that of the Ziten family.
Compared with the Braunschweig family, the Anhalt family in Dessau has never made much concessions, and even more influential than the Braunschweig family.
The current Marshal Dessau is in fact the son of Field Marshal Moritz of the House of Dessau, the spiritual leader of the Prussian army during the War of the Austrian Succession, who is respectfully known as the "Old Man of Dessau".
Speaking of the Dessau family, it is truly an absolutely awesome existence, and during the reign of Frederick the Great, the four marshals of a family are the best expression of this family's influence.
The father of the Prince of Dessau, Moritz, was the fourth son of the old man of Dessau, and the eldest and second sons of the old man of Dessau were also marshals, and because of this, after all the pillars of the Dessau family died of illness or war, Frederick the Great would desperately appoint the Prince of Dessau, who was less than thirty years old, to inherit the title and hang the rank of marshal.
After that, the Prince of Dessau did not live up to the prestige of his father, whether it was the Austro-Prussian War or the Danish War, Dessau's performance was excellent.
Originally, Dafilia did not want to compete with Dessau for the two highest positions in the Prussian military, but now with Dessau being reprimanded, Dafilia sees hope.
Although the Ziten family is a little declining, it is not much worse than the Braunschweig family, so Dafilia originally had the intention of competing with little Ferdinand.
Although Ferdinand the Younger is currently alone in France, the 100,000-strong coalition under his command is prominent.
But Dafilia did not think that Ferdinand Jr. would be able to overshadow him in his exploits, unless Ferdinand Jr. could destroy France.
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It is not that Dafilia is proud, you must know that under Daphelia, the Prussian army not only defeated the coalition of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, captured Frankfurt and opened the way to the Rhine Valley for Prussia, but also quickly defeated Bavaria and captured the whole of Bavaria.
This military exploit is enough to be called the merit of destroying the country.
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Dafilia's mouth.
Look at the order given by the Ministry of War, albeit to put them on alert.
And also to blockade the Rhine section, but there is no mention of sending troops.
Perhaps others thought it was nothing, but for Dafilia, it was clear that he understood the decision of the Prussian leadership not to prepare for war with Austria, otherwise the order of the military department would have been something else.
This made Dafilia feel regretful.
Originally, after learning about the changes in Austria, Dafilia hoped that the high-level would decide to go to war, because as long as the war resumed, then his Dafilia's position could not be ignored, after all, the convenience of the Rhine was placed here.
Originally, in the last Austro-Prussian War, with the defeat of Bavaria, Wilhelm had planned for Dafilia to lead his army directly down the Rhine to Vienna.
But then.
This decision was not implemented because of the opposition of Prince Henry.
At that time, Prince Henry believed that the Prussian army had just occupied Bavaria, and that there were still many remnants loyal to the Etans in Bavaria, and that if the army left, it would inevitably cause turmoil in Bavaria, which was absolutely not allowed.
So, this decision was not made after that. ...........................................................
"Your Highness, we have failed.
More than 2,000 brothers were all crushed!
” Wet all over his body, he finally escaped the attack of his life, and the commander of the British army on the Seine, Kutch, ran to Duke Andrew and said with a sad face.
"Kutch, I gave you three thousand soldiers, but look at how many are left!
Why don't you die!
” Looking at Kutch in front of him, Duke Andrew roared with anger on his face.
After the water gate on the Seine River was blown up by British boats, the British transport ships immediately rushed towards Paris with their soldiers, and it turned out that with the help of some British sailors, these British transport ships were not severely damaged by the French batteries on both sides of the Seine.
Even the British took advantage of the artillery on the merchant ships to teach some of the defenders of Paris a hard lesson.
All this seemed to give the British hope of victory, but the dikes erected by the French played a huge role just before the transports were ready to dock.
Napoleon, waiting until the British had lost some vigilance, immediately ordered the army to dig up the previously erected dikes.
Although the Seine, which is cut off by the dam, did not rise much due to time, it did accumulate a considerable amount of water.
After the dikes were blown open, with a rumbling explosion, the raging water rushed towards the British ships that were moving on the Seine.
The rushing of the river made huge waves, and in the face of this wave, the British ships seemed to be like ants and had no power to resist them.
The ships lost their ability to control their direction under the power of the river, and all but a few British ships were destroyed by the wave, except for a few British ships that were lucky enough not to suffer losses.
Even those few ships that were not in great danger were swept away by the river down the lower Seine, and even outside of Paris.
As for the unfortunate British ships, the soldiers on them were either drowned in the water or barely escaped with their lives, but then after the French squadron dispatched river gunboats in Paris, the British soldiers were either captured or killed by the French.
"Cry, do you know that I made a promise to His Excellency the Commander before, and now you have made my promise nonsense, how can you let me gain a foothold in the coalition in the future!"
The veins on Duke Andrew's forehead jumped violently.
For Duke Andrew, he had high hopes for attacking Paris along the Seine this time, after all, if he succeeded, then if he could conquer Paris, he Duke Andrew would undoubtedly be the biggest hero.
But now, everything is over, and not only the fantasy of being a hero in the heart of Duke Andrew has not come true.
Even the British ** team was heavily damaged, you must know that among the allied forces under the city of Paris, the British army dispatched only a little more than 15,000 troops.
After yelling at Kutch, Duke Andrew looked at the wailing British soldiers around him, and finally could only sigh helplessly, and then went to the coalition camp not far from Paris.
Now.
On the frontal battlefield outside Paris, the coalition forces never stopped attacking, except for the British army to Duke Andrew, the rest of the 10,000 British troops were placed by Ferdinand Jr. on the frontal battlefield under the city of Paris and the Prussians to attack Paris together.
The coalition forces under the city of Paris have not stopped attacking Paris since dawn, and although the time is only about three o'clock in the afternoon, the coalition forces are already exhausted.
The continued offensive did not yield any results, despite the heavy artillery fire from the coalition forces.
But for a while, they were helpless against the walls of Paris, but the French army was different, and the French artillery on the walls could directly threaten the lives of the allied soldiers.
When Duke Andrew arrived at the headquarters of the coalition forces, all he saw were wounded soldiers all over the ground, and these days, the coalition soldiers suffered a heavy price, with nearly 10,000 casualties, of which more than 4,000 were killed in battle alone.
In the middle of the command.
Marshal Ferdinand Jr. was firmly in the middle of the military tent, and although it seemed that His Excellency the Marshal was not affected by the disadvantage of the war and the huge casualties, the faintly beating corners of Ferdinand's eyes still revealed that His Excellency the Marshal's heart was far from being as calm as it seemed on the outside.
"Duke Andrew, how did you get here!"
Seeing Duke Andrew enter the tent of the two, little Ferdinand's face became a little ugly.
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Previously, Ferdinand Jr. and Duke Andrew agreed that as long as the British opened a gap in the Seine, then Duke Andrew only needed to send fast horses to apply for support.
And little Ferdinand believed it too.
If the British had succeeded in entering Paris, I am afraid that the Duke of Andrew, whether for the sake of merit or for something else, would have immediately entered Paris with his army, instead of appearing in his tent as he is now.
"Your Excellency, Commander.
I am ashamed of your trust, the attack failed!
” Hearing Duke Andrew's words, little Ferdinand's eyes suddenly became a little distracted, several days of attack, the coalition army paid a total of nearly 10,000 casualties, and all this was to cover Duke Andrew's attack, but now Duke Andrew told him that the attack failed?
Soon, little Ferdinand came to his senses, and he rushed to Andrew, and then pulled the duke's collar, and said with an angry look on his face: "What the hell is the reason, I need your explanation!"
Although it was a little rude for little Ferdinand to hold a British prince like this, but now little Ferdinand didn't care about being polite or impolite.
Under Ferdinand's actions, Duke Andrew was surprisingly not dissatisfied or resistant.
"Your Excellency, this is really not our problem, who would have thought that the French would build a in the city of Paris, and when our ships entered Paris along the Seine, the French blew up the and defeated us with the help of the current!
The soldiers are also powerless!
” When he spoke, Duke Andrew's face also looked a little flustered and gloomy.
For Duke Andrew, the British ** team suffered such heavy casualties, and as a commander, his responsibility was inevitable.
You must know that the main reason why Duke Andrew became the commander of the British army in the coalition is that his good brother Ernst was seriously injured on the battlefield and had to rush back to England for treatment.
Originally, Duke Andrew wanted to make a contribution to the war to gain everyone's approval, but now it is a bit hanging.
"Immediately order to stop the attack!
Order the army to immediately return to the camp to rest!
” Ferdinand Jr. let go of his hands that were grasping Duke Andrew's collar, and then shouted at the officers in the tent.
Previously, the reason why Ferdinand the Younger was able to tolerate nearly 10,000 casualties in the coalition army was because he pinned a lot of hope on the British, and these casualties were paid in order to maintain considerable pressure on Paris, so that the French would not dare to rush to withdraw soldiers.
But now that Duke Andrew had failed, any further attack would result in greater casualties, which Ferdinand the Younger did not want to see in any case.
Because of the distance, although Brandenburg also sent reinforcements to Ferdinand Jr., this support army is still on the way to help, and it will take a long time depending on the distance.
If you continue to consume the strength of the coalition forces under the city of Paris, you will be committing a crime against the coalition soldiers!