Of course, Ferdinand the Younger was not prepared to withdraw his troops from Paris just like this, for the Allied forces, the siege was certainly a disadvantage for the Allied forces, but when it came to field battles, then the French army, which consisted mostly of new recruits, was simply no match for them.
This can also be seen from the casualties of the French army in the city of Paris, although the French army defending Paris did everything possible to keep Paris, but at the same time, the defenders of Paris also suffered huge casualties, and even their losses were comparable to those of the coalition forces.
Regardless of the young men who assisted in the defense of Paris, the 40,000 French soldiers who were armed alone suffered 8,000 casualties in the siege of the city by the coalition forces in these days, of which more than 2,000 were killed, which still took advantage of the convenience of defending the city.
If you follow the law of defending and besieging a city, in fact, the performance of the coalition army cannot be said to be a failure.
However, even though the casualties of the French army were smaller than those of the coalition army, in terms of military morale, the French army was still heavily damaged, and they were not excited that their own casualties were less than those of the coalition army.
For the French soldiers, more than ninety percent of them had experienced such a large-scale war for the first time, and witnessing such tragic casualties naturally made the rest of the surviving soldiers even more apprehensive.
"When will our reinforcements arrive?"
Napoleon asked the clerk on the side, and upon hearing Napoleon's questioning, the clerk immediately replied: "Your Excellency Marshal, according to the news that the last time Prince Condé arrived in Paris, the reinforcements should be three days away from Paris!"
"What's the matter, I remember that the reinforcements didn't leave long ago, logically speaking, they should have arrived in Paris by now!"
Hearing Napoleon's rebuke, the clerk said with an embarrassed face: "Your Excellency Marshal, I think there may have been some accident on the road!"
This clerk was the clerk of the Bourbon royal family, specializing in managing the correspondence and information of the royal family, and Louis XVI placed this royal clerk at Napoleon's side in order to allow Napoleon to receive information about all parts of the kingdom at the first time.
Actually, in terms of distance.
The Prince of Condé should have arrived in Paris long ago, after all, when the coalition forces approached the city of Paris, the 20,000 reinforcements led by the Prince Condé were not too far from Paris at all.
However, after learning that Napoleon was guarding Paris, as the leader of the French royalists, Prince Condé was naturally doubly dissatisfied, although he had not yet seen death.
But in discontent, he reduced the pace of the march.
In the Prince of Condé, you Napoleon is not very good, then you should hold out in Paris for a few more days.
From a private point of view, perhaps this behavior of the Prince of Condé can be understood, but if it is from a business point of view.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Prince Condé deliberately delayed the warplane.
But at the moment Napoleon could not condemn the Prince of Condé for this behavior, because he was still counting on the arrival of reinforcements led by the Prince of Condé to launch a counteroffensive against the coalition forces.
Little Ferdinand looked at the map on the wall in the tent, his face a little worried.
"The enemy's reinforcements are 20,000, and our army has suffered losses, and there are less than 45,000 soldiers to fight at the moment, if the enemy's reinforcements are allowed to arrive calmly, then the enemy's strength will surpass ours.
Even encouraged by the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the French army was about to start a counteroffensive.
Although it is not desirable for the enemy to go out of the city and fight us in the field, if the enemy outnumbers us by too much, then there is no doubt that this battle will be very difficult to fight!
” At this moment, there were several people in the military tent of little Ferdinand, in addition to Duke Andrew, the representative of the British ** team, there were also the commanders of two divisions of the Holy Roman Empire and the division commanders of four Prussian divisions.
"Your Excellency, Marshal.
In this case, I think that our army should send our troops against this French reinforcement, and that the threat of the enemy and the defenders of Paris will be greatly increased as soon as the enemy and the defenders of Paris are gathered, and in this case it is necessary for us to weaken this possible danger to the greatest extent!
” Speaking was the commander of the 7th Prussian Division, Rumorin, who had been at the vanguard of the entire army during the previous assault on Paris.
Rumorin's 7th Division was the hardest hit of the coalition forces.
Correspondingly, the two Imperial Divisions were also heavily damaged, and even the division commander of the Imperial First Division was buried in the artillery fire on the battlefield, and the current commander of the Imperial First Division was a Bamberg.
The name is Trauns.
And just after Rumorin's words, His Excellency, the commander of the First Imperial Division, who had just taken office for a few days, said: "Your Excellency the Marshal, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is not that I am friendly to refute General Rumorim, but at present, at the present time, the strength of the garrison in the city of Paris is still there, and it is not a good choice for us to attack rashly.
Your Excellency the Marshal has already said that our army has only 45,000 men, and the enemy has more than 20,000 reinforcements alone, and if we want to defeat this support army as soon as possible, even if the war goes well, we will need to send an army of 30,000 men, so that we will only have more than 10,000 troops left outside Paris.
In the event of a surprise attack by the enemy in Paris, then how can an army of more than 10,000 men withstand the attack of tens of thousands of enemy troops, or whether our army can hold its position before the army returns!
” Traurns' point is quite pertinent, and this is the key to the fact that little Ferdinand has not been able to make up his mind for a long time!
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"Your Majesty, we've found it!"
An excited Horn rushed into William's office, and seeing the look on Horn's face that was a little excited, William frowned and asked: "What did you find?"
"Your Majesty, we have found the murderer of His Royal Highness Du Li!"
"Oh, tell me who the murderer is!"
When William stood up excitedly and asked, Horn's face gradually calmed down, and then walked into William's ear and whispered.
"It could be him!
I really didn't expect him to be bolder!
” When it came to William's family affairs, Horn stood aside and didn't dare to say anything.
On the other hand, William became more and more excited the more he thought about it.
"I've been kind enough to him, I didn't expect him to have unrealistic thoughts, didn't he think about how much anger he would cause me!"
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William's roar echoed throughout the office.
The reason why it is said that this matter is William's family matter is because of the name that Horn just said in William's ear.
The mastermind behind the assassination of Du Li is none other than Ludwig, who has been banished to Saxony!
In fact, at a deep level, Ludwig sent someone to assassinate Du Li is no exception, and now William only has one child, Eric, so Ludwig is still the second heir of the kingdom.
However, Wilhelm had a quarrel in the palace for various reasons, because Wilhelm was ready to grant him and Dory's illegitimate son the right to inherit the throne, and Ludwig angered Wilhelm and exiled him to Saxony.
Ludwig, who was later banished to Saxony, became angrier the more he thought about it.
For Ludwig, although he is only the second heir to the throne, he can still have some hope in his heart.
But if Du Li and Karina also give birth to a child for William, then how will he Ludwig deal with himself.
Wouldn't it be his turn to inherit the throne of Prussia at all?
Ludwig was not a man who was willing to be plain, and even a few princes in the entire European royal family were willing to be plain.
Don't look at history.
There doesn't seem to be any large-scale upheaval in the European royal family, but in fact, the European royal family is far from being as harmonious as it seems.
I don't blame these princes at all, after all, for the current society where the mainstream is still the monarch, there is no one who does not want to ascend to that supreme position, and power and women are always the constant pursuit of men.
Therefore, in order to take revenge on William, or to rebel against William, Ludwig hired someone to quietly hire a killer in Switzerland.
Then it was up to this killer to carry out the assassination mission, and as for the commission, it was tens of thousands of gold marks that Ludwig had accumulated over the years.
The reason why Ludwig was able to accumulate so much money was due to Louise's care, after all, Louise could be said to love his young son, so he often gave Ludwig some rewards in private.
"Send at once to Saxony to reprimand Ludwig, and tell him that what he has done this time has completely angered me.
However, in order to prevent the family scandal within the royal family from making a boil, I gave him a chance to immediately go to Paretz to apologize to Du Li, if not, his Prince of Saxony would not have to be a place to retire for me!
” William struggled for a long time, but finally made a decision.
William said it in front of Du Li before.
He will make the murderer pay.
But now the mastermind behind the scenes is actually his own brother, which makes William embarrassed.
William also thought about punishing Ludwig severely, but Ludwig was also his only brother.
If Ludwig were to be punished severely, regardless of whether Louise would feel about it, the influence generated by this alone would have made William anxious, after all, public opinion to severely punish the children of the royal family for the sake of a mistress and illegitimate child would push William to the forefront.
"Your Majesty, as your governor, I will immediately follow your orders, but you don't think about it anymore, after all, His Highness Ludwig ........................."
Horn tactfully admonished William, but for his words, William said a little indifferently: "It's good that you know your duty, Horn, but at the same time you should know that the order I have given at this moment is not at all objectionable, so you should send my order to Saxony at once, if it is too late, it will not be something you can bear!"
Under Williamson's cold gaze, Horn had to leave immediately to send someone to deliver William's order to Saxony.
Although Wilhelm did not order Ludwig to be severely punished, it was in itself a punishment for Ludwig to have one of Ludwig's dignified princes go to Parettz to apologize to Durie, the mistress of such a king.
Even though Du Liming's identity is a countess, but so what, don't forget that Ludwig is Wilhelm's younger brother and His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. ..................................
In Austria, with Ferdinand falling in favor of Karl, those who knew the situation knew that Alexander was completely at a disadvantage in the current balance of power.
Cannibalism is not the preserve of a single family, or that there is a competition for power among high-ranking families all over the world.
At Wagram, Alexander was either ordered or forcibly conscripted before Karl arrived with his army.
In short, Alexander recruited another 5,000 men in Wagram and the surrounding areas, bringing Alexander's army to nearly 16,000 men.
However, in addition to the original 10,000-strong Hungarian army under Alexander, the rest of the Austrian soldiers who were forcibly recruited were generally demoralized, and their combat effectiveness was naturally doubly questionable.
But now Alexander didn't care so much.
If Vagram is closer to Hungary, then it is possible for Alexander to return to Hungary.
After all, he already had a certain basis for ruling there, but this was Wagram, not far from Vienna.
If he retreated from Wagram to Hungary, it would take more than half a month, and even if Alexander did return to Hungary, even if he did not mention the long distance.
Then he should not want to go back to Austria or Vienna for the rest of his life.
After all, the Prime Minister, the forced Austrian soldiers under his command will definitely flee immediately.
In the city of Wagram, Alexander can be said to have lived like a year, for Alexander, all he can do now is to wait for the arrival of Hungarian reinforcements, the only way to strengthen Wagram's defenses.
After Ferdinand led the return to Vienna, for his second brother.
Karl gave a warm welcome.
"Second brother, thank you for supporting me, I will keep this friendship in my heart!"
"Karl, now that you have occupied Vienna, it is inevitable to support you, and it is true that Alexander's execution of Franz is a bit of a disregard for brotherhood, but I hope you, if Alexander had not died in battle.
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I hope you can give him a way to live, after all, he is our brother!
” Ferdinand said sincerely to Karl.
Karl's second brother is actually a very good person, but fortunately, Ferdinand is really a person with no ambitions, although he decisively led the army to support Alexander, but it was more because of Ferdinand's dissatisfaction with Franz.
For Karl, Ferdinand was a very good brother.
At least Ferdinand had some sympathy with him, such as being feared by Franz early on and being driven out of Vienna.
"Second brother, I know, don't worry.
I also have a lot of affection for Alexander, I would never have been like this today, but who would have thought that things would often turn out like this!
” As he spoke, the corners of Carl's mouth showed a self-deprecating smile.
But the smile seemed a little grim to Ferdinand's eyes.
Although Karl announced that Franz died at the hands of the killers sent by Alexander, in Ferdinand's view, the truth was far from that simple.
Judging from the situation at the time, if the killer was really sent by Alexander, then Alexander would not have fled to Wagram like a lost dog.
According to the words of witnesses at the time, Ferdinand was able to conclude through analysis that Franz's death was absolutely inextricably related to Karl.
After all, it would be said that the killer only assassinated Franz, but the key is that Franz, Dominic, and the people who protected them were more than 200 people, and more than 200 people died at gunpoint.
Apparently this was done by an organized army, and at the time, only Karl was able to do this.
With the same point, how can Ferdinand not feel frightened.
At the beginning, Alexander hated Franz so much, but he never took the step of executing Franz, and even said that if Alexander had executed Franz earlier, then where could the next thing happen!
However, in contrast to Alexander, Karl killed Franz without hesitation, and although Ferdinand had no evidence, he believed that it must be as he imagined.
No matter how bad this brother is, how can a person who can kill his brother not make people feel a little frightened.
After Karl took over Vienna, he immediately surrounded all the estates of the Rietberg family, which even alarmed Kaunitz, who was living in the estate.
Kaunitz repeatedly asked to see Karl, but Karl never agreed, and now, as Ferdinand drew closer, Karl felt that it was time to meet the legendary Prime Minister of Austria.
Karl did not take Ferdinand to see Kaunitz, after all, now that Ferdinand has just come closer, Karl has not completely figured out Ferdinand's true heart, in this case, it is always not wrong for Karl to always be on guard.
At the Rietberg family's estate, Karl met Kaunitz and Kaunitz's eldest son, Christopher, who is now the de facto head of the Rietberg family.
"Hello Prime Minister, I'm sorry to disturb you now!"
When he saw Kaenitz, Karl was the first to say to Kaunitz as respectfully as ever.
Although Karl's attitude was no different from before, Kaunitz's gaze at Karl at this moment was far less innocent than before.
After handing over the reins of the family to Christopher, Kaunitz was in a state of retirement, but this did not mean that he was no longer interested in the world.
And Christopher also has a lot of respect for his old father, after all, having such an old man in any family is simply priceless.