With the decision of Napoleon's reinforcements, the final Battle of Trapp became an unusually decisive battle between France and the coalition forces, with nearly 50,000 troops of the coalition army all invested in the battle, and at present, the French side only has the Fourth Army led by Prince Condé and the 20,000 troops sent by Paris, while Napoleon continues to sit in Paris, and he still has more than 10,000 mobile forces in his hands.
In this way, if the two sides are combined, it will be a battle involving a total of 100,000 people, which can be said to determine the next stage of the coalition army.
And just as the battle in Paris was in full swing, and the two sides were ushering in the Armageddon in advance because of a Fourth Army, Wilhelm was also receiving a special guest in Brandenburg, Prussia.
This guest was from Osman, who was the brother-in-law of Osman's current Sultan Selim III.
"Your Majesty, the King of Prussia, I have admired your prestige for a long time, and it is a great honor to have the honor to meet you today!"
Facing the respectful Ottoman envoy, William looked rather approachable and said: "Guests from the Ottomans, please do not be inhibited, since you are in Brandenburg, then you are our Prussian friend!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries, at William's suggestion, the man named Conakry immediately sat down beside William's hand in a sincere panic.
Originally, Conakry was also an envoy of the Ottoman Empire, not to mention that his brother-in-law was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and although the Ottoman can only be said to be a second-rate power in Europe, it can be regarded as a strong country anyway, and he Conakry will not be like this.
But there was a reason why Conakry was so respectful of William, and after William's accession to the throne, in order to co-opt the Ottoman Empire against Austria, Prussia strengthened its influence in the Ottoman Empire through a series of means, and this Conakry was a pro-Prussian minister.
In addition, Conakry's visit to Brandenburg was accompanied by an important mission from Selim III.
With the death of Hamid I and the accession of Selim III to the throne, the situation in the Ottoman Empire became even more complicated.
Selim III was undeniably a powerful emperor.
In the face of the murder of Hamid I, who was like his own father, by the Janisselli conspiratory, Selim III vowed to have the damned men to pieces.
After his accession to the throne, the Ottoman royal forces led by Selim III naturally launched an attack on the Yenisseri group, but the Yenisseri group has taken root in the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years and naturally has its way to survive.
And know that the Yenisiri group was deeply entrenched in the Ottomans and could even shake the position of the Sultan.
In this case, if you don't want to start a civil war in the Ottoman Empire completely, then you can only try slowly.
Under these circumstances, Selim III came up with the idea of developing a new army to contain the Yeniseri power, which in Ottoman countries had already begun to be established decades earlier.
However, because of the existence of the Yeniselli group, this new army, which imitated Europe, did not make great progress.
Even in the Russo-Turkish War, when the new army, which had been developed for decades, was only about 30,000 men, in order to strengthen his control over the Ottoman Empire and the need to contain the Yeniselli group, Selim III decided to continue or even surpass Hamid I's policy of developing a new army on a large scale.
At present, the total strength of the new army in Ottoman territory is less than 50,000.
On the other hand, the total strength of the Janisseri army, represented by the Yeniselli group, reached nearly 200,000.
If he wants to fight against the Janisseri, then it means that Selim III needs to train at least tens of thousands of troops.
In this way, Selim III's eyes were naturally aimed at Prussia.
You must know that Prussia's army is recognized as the first in Europe, even the Habsburg dynasty and the Bourbon dynasty that once enveloped Europe are now dying under the Prussian army, in this case, in order to be able to implement a new army in the Ottoman country, Selim III's eyes are naturally aimed at Prussia.
And this time Conakry came to Brandenburg precisely to apply for Prussian military aid.
According to the plan given by Selim III's staff, if he wants to overwhelm the Janisseri group within five years.
Then Selim needs at least four hundred Prussian officers to help him train a hundred thousand troops!
Obviously, Selim III would not have been able to recruit 400 officers in Prussia without the consent of the Prussian government, which is why Conakry's envoy was born.
Four hundred Prussian officers were a great fortune in any country, and if the Ottomans wanted to be supported by Prussia, they would have to pay a certain price.
It is important to know that it is not enough to train the new army with Prussian officers.
The Ottomans also needed systematic training and weaponry from the Prussians, and these things needed to be approved by the Supreme Ruler of Prussia.
"Your Majesty the King, His Majesty the Sultan of our country has sent me to Brandenburg precisely for the possibility of further cooperation between the two countries!
Your Majesty is full of sincerity for the cooperation between your two countries.
Moreover, His Majesty the Sultan of our country has seen your country's help to our country over the years, so if your country has any requirements, my country can still try to meet them!
” In order to show his sincerity, Conakry actually went against the official rhetoric of all diplomats and said to William with sincerity.
Hearing Conakry's words full of sincerity, William was stunned, knowing that Conakry's words not only showed his sincerity, but also seemed to mean that Prussia could prescribe arbitrary conditions, and such a contrary thing naturally made William doubly puzzled.
"Your Excellency Conakry, you should also know that if in normal times, your two countries have been friendly for generations, then it is not a problem to send officers to support your country, but at present, our country is still fighting with France in Europe, in this case, if a large-scale deployment of officers to support your country, it will undoubtedly greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of our ** team, this ...................."
After speaking, William groaned a little, but at this time Conakry said: "Your Majesty the King, His Majesty's ambition to reform the army cannot be shaken at all, and in this case, our country is willing to pay some price, of course, in exchange, your country needs to provide our country with the best quality officer corps!"
With that, Conakry spread out a piece of paper and pushed it in front of William.
William looked at it and saw that the paper was written on the terms that the Ottoman Empire was willing to offer Prussia an officer.
The Ottoman Empire was rich in gold, silver, jewelry, and amber, and in this case, the Ottomans naturally offered Prussia in exchange for this.
As long as Prussia is willing to send a large-scale army of officers to the Ottomans to help the Ottomans train the army, then the Ottoman government is willing to provide Prussia with up to 3 million gold marks of gold, silver and jewelry, and at the same time, these Prussian officers will be paid by the Ottoman Empire during the period when they help train the Ottoman army!
The terms offered by the Ottomans were not unfavourable, and three million Prussian gold marks were definitely a huge fortune, and even William couldn't help but be moved when he faced this wealth.
But a qualified officer, though not uncommon in the Prussian army, the Ottomans wanted not one or two, but four hundred!
What is the concept of 400?
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The concept of 400 good officers was to draw out the officers of the Prussian army of ten divisions!
Many people may think that this is an exaggeration, but it is not.
According to the Prussian military system, only platoon commanders and those with the rank of platoon commander and above can be called officers, and how many officers can there be among the more than 10,000 people in a Prussian division, not to mention, the Ottomans still need the best among them.
It was in this situation, faced with such a huge sum of money offered by the Ottomans, that William hesitated As if to see the hesitant look on William's face, Conakry immediately said: "Of course, His Majesty the Sultan of our country is also aware of the current situation in your country, and His Majesty the King of our country can understand it, so in this case, His Majesty the Sultan of our country has appropriately relaxed the conditions, that is, your country only needs to provide our country with four hundred excellent officers in the next three years!
I think it should not be difficult for your country to send more than 100 outstanding officers to our country every year, after all, your country's Brandenburg Military Academy sends hundreds of outstanding military talents to your country's army every year!
” Hearing Conakry's words, William was really moved.
Indeed, if four hundred officers were to be supplied to the Ottoman Empire in three years, it would not be difficult for Prussia, after all, as Conakry said, the Brandenburg Military Academy sent hundreds of officers to the Prussian army every year.
But it was precisely because the conditions of the Ottoman Empire were so generous that William felt inappropriate in his heart.
You must know that there is never a free lunch in the world, and the Ottomans paid such a big price, obviously it will not be more than this, after all, if it is for Prussia to provide more than 100 officers to the Ottoman Empire every year, then the Ottoman Empire does not have to pay three million gold marks at all, such generous conditions!
It seemed that seeing the puzzled look on William's face, Conakry smiled and said: "Of course, it is not easy for our country's current military situation to come up with three million gold marks, so His Majesty the King of our country also has a condition, that is, these officers must serve in our army for three years!"