"Pete, if we exchange other regions for Hanover, I wonder if the Prussians will accept it?"
George III thought for a moment and then said to Pete, but after he finished speaking, Pete was lost in thought.
It is true that the Prussians would not necessarily accept it if other regions were exchanged for Hanover, but the point is that Hanover was equally significant to Prussia.
Hanover is located in the west of Prussia, from Hanover to Brandenburg, it only takes three days to go on a fast horse, and for the current Prussia, Hanover is even more significant, because the other northern territories of the Holy Roman Empire have been captured by Prussia except for Hanover.
In this case, in fact, the surrounding area of Hanover is already Prussian territory, so the significance of Hanover to Prussia is not as simple as an ordinary city.
"Your Majesty, for us, in addition to being the birthplace of the dynasty, Hanover actually does not have much benefit to the British Empire, but it is not the same as that of the Prussians, and it is precisely because of the significance of Hanover to Prussia that the Prussians did not hesitate to send troops to France after we agreed to hand over Hanover!"
Pete Jr. paused for a moment before continuing: "If we were to replace Hanover with other regions, then I think the only thing the British Empire could take out was the overseas colonies, but for the Prussians, they would not necessarily accept those overseas colonies!"
Joke.
At present, Prussia and the British Empire are almost on the verge of turning their faces, and at this time, how could Prussia not be a fool to ask for overseas territory?
You know, don't look at the current Prussians as if they were threatening the British Empire.
But once Prussia really focused its interests overseas, then the British Empire, with the world's largest navy, would simply control Prussia's lifeblood.
And at present, Prussia's overseas colonies are only in North America, although the North American colonies also use a lot of Prussian interests, but William is not worried that this colony will be lost.
You must know that the Marquis of Brunecke has always been stationed in the North American colonies with two divisions, and the two divisions are up to 26,000 troops stationed in the North American colonies, which is enough to ensure that there will be no accidents in the North American colonies.
The British now have only 7,000 people stationed in their colonies in North America.
"Forget it.
Things have come to this point that the only thing we can do is wait and see what happens!
” With that, George III took the hat hanging on the side and walked out of the room with little Pete.
It's time to appease the people of London who have a chance outside the palace. ..................................
End of October 1793 Immediately after receiving the refusal of the British to hand over Hanover, Wilhelm ordered the 22nd and 23rd Divisions, which were already ready for mobilization in Brandenburg, to go to Hanover to receive Hanover by force!
And this time, in order to show the importance that Prussia attached to this, it was Prince Henry who commanded the two divisions to Hanover.
For this acceptance of Hanover's action, Prince Henry took the initiative to ask William.
There are few small soldiers in Hanover.
In fact, there was no need for the Prussian side to send two divisions of heavy troops.
And the reason why William sent two divisions.
Precisely in order to be able to take Hanover in the shortest possible time.
On the day of Prince Henry's expedition, William personally appeared at the Arc de Triomphe in Brandenburg to see off Henry, in the discussion between William and Henry, it is naturally best to be able to take Hanover without blood, but if the British do not know each other, it is inevitable that the bayonet will see blood.
After sending off Prince Henry, in order to prevent an accident to the French expeditionary force, Wilhelm also immediately sent people to České Budjevice.
Since Prussia had intervened to mediate, Brandenburg would certainly have to send someone to find out the situation.
In William's vision.
As soon as Prince Henry takes Hanover and the civil war in Austria ceases, he will immediately go to Frankfurt and be officially crowned Holy Roman Emperor!
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In the evening's deliberations, the officers under Nohad's command did not object to Nouhad's proposal, and even for these Austrians, it was much better to be on Karl's side than to stay under Alexander.
In addition, since these officers were able to be summoned by Nouhad to discuss such an important matter, at least Nuhad could ensure that these people would not leak out the secret discussion of the evening, although there were only a dozen of these officers he had gathered, and their descendants together were less than a thousand people.
But Nouhad believed that secrecy was more important than anything else, and that he would be a fool if he did gather all his officers for a meeting, because one would be too noisy, and the other would be unable to ensure that there was no one secretly arranged by Alexander.
Alexander, for his part, knew nothing about Nohad's schemes.
Over the next two days, the Karl army stationed under Wagram halted its assault on Wagram, which also relieved Alexander and regained Alexander's vitality.
Although for Alexander, the Prussians' request made him feel a little humiliated, after all, if William was crowned, Alexander, as the representative of the Habsburgs, would personally go to Frankfurt to congratulate William on his coronation, which also meant that the Habsburgs handed over the throne of the Holy Roman Empire to the Hohenzollerns.
But the situation forced Alexander to have no other way.
Subsequently, the Prussian envoys traveled between Karl and Alexander, and finally, with Karl's false consent, the two sides decided to formally sign an armistice on October 19 to end the Austrian Civil War.
It's the third day.
October 19, 1793 According to the Prussian mediation, at twelve o'clock on the same day, Karl and Alexander were to formally sign an armistice under the city of Wagram.
The clock was already pointing to the position of seven o'clock.
Karl stared at the pocket watch in his hand, his eyes became more and more solemn, although he had received the news from the city of Wagram, and Nuhad agreed to his request, but seeing that the time was getting closer and closer, Carl couldn't help but be nervous.
And at the moment, inside the city of Wagram.
Alexander and Daniel also began to freshen up, for them today is an important day to sign an armistice.
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It's impossible for them not to pay attention to it.
As a result of the mediation of the Prussians, the armistice between the two sides would be bounded by the line from Senica to Kopbourg, from which Alexander's sphere of rule to the east and Karl's sphere of rule to the west.
As for Northern Italy, the local city-states will choose to belong to each other.
This agreement is beneficial to Carl.
Because according to the armistice mediated by the Prussians, almost all of the territory west of Senica to Kopburg was the territory of the former Austria, including Slovenia and Croatia, which would become Karl's territory, and Alexander would basically get a Hungarian region plus some Austrian corners.
And the reason why Alexander would accept such conditions was precisely because of Daniel's advice.
Daniel persuaded Alexander that at present there was no other force in the hands of Alexander of Austria except these thousands of Hungarian soldiers, as if he had no roots, in this case.
Alexander had some roots in Hungary and was in Budapest and nearby areas.
Alexander's rule was fairly solid.
Therefore, instead of competing with Karl in Austria, it is better to retain the strength and return to Hungary, and wait until the power in the Hungarian region is integrated to see the situation and compete with Karl.
And Alexander took Daniel's advice.
For Alexander, in this incident, the snakes and rats of the Hungarian nobles made him extremely hateful, after all, in the face of Alexander's request for reinforcements, those Hungarian nobles actually took half a year to blame Alexander, which made Alexander have a great hatred for the Hungarian nobles.
Daniel was undoubtedly telling the truth, and Alexander understood that Daniel's proposal was realistic, so he did not object to the agreement.
As the clock ticked by, Karl could no longer sit still in the military tent, and he rode a horse and led a group of officers to the north gate of Wagram, and the troops under his command were all assembled and ready for battle under the orders of the officers.
An hour had passed, and it was already eight o'clock, and there was still no movement at the north gates.
"Carl, is there something wrong, why haven't your people released flares yet!"
Ferdinand asked as he approached Karl's side It is already eight o'clock, and twelve o'clock today is the time when the two sides formally sign the armistice, if Wagram cannot be taken within these four hours, then Karl has promised Prussia to sign the armistice at twelve o'clock, and if he attacks Alexander after the arrival time, it will undoubtedly be a violation of the dignity of the Prussian people.
"Wait, I trust someone, he won't let me down!"
In response to Ferdinand's inquiry, Karl spoke, but it was not clear whether he was comforting Ferdinand or himself.
At 8:13, just as all the Austrian officers were about to lose patience, a flare flashed from the walls of Wagram's North Gate, and at the same time, the North Gate was slowly pushed open from the inside.
"Quick, order the army to rush to the city gate immediately, and let the cavalry troops charge me immediately!"
After seeing the North Gate being slowly opened from the inside as previously agreed, Karl was stunned and then overjoyed, and after the joy, he knew that time was waiting for no one, so he immediately ordered the prepared army to rush towards the North Gate.
There are less than four hours left, and Alexander's army in Wagram must be completely eliminated within these four hours, otherwise it will be tantamount to losing all the previous achievements!
And after seeing the city gate open as Karl said before, all the Austrian generals were also excited, because as long as Alexander was defeated and captured, then Karl would become the only rightful leader in the whole of Austria, and then they would all be promoted to knighthood.
"Your Highness.
Oh no, Nouhad rebelled, he opened the northern gates.
More than 200 Hungarian soldiers who had been arranged at the North City Gate had been killed by Nuhad and others!
” At this time, Alexander was having breakfast with the messenger sent by Dessau, and just as the two were talking and laughing, suddenly one of them ran into the dining room at a rapid pace, and then told Alexander the news that could be said to be bad news.
When Alexander heard the squire's report, he was stunned at first, and then furious "Nuhad, what a Nuhad, I believe him so much!
I didn't expect it!
Your Excellency the Messenger.
I wonder if the Prussian government will intervene in this?
” Immediately after gritting his teeth at Nohad, Alexander asked the emissary who represented Prussia.
Hearing Alexander's words, the messenger's face also looked a little embarrassed and said: "Your Highness Alexander, you also know that the armistice agreement agreed upon by you and His Highness Karl was signed at twelve o'clock at noon.
And before the time of the signing of the armistice.
Both of you are fighting legally.
This also means that if you can't make it to after 12 o'clock, then I can't help you!
” Although the Prussian emissary was eager to help Alexander, he also knew that according to the current European convention, the two sides were not allowed to engage in any confrontation until an armistice had been signed, but not before.
As long as it is not after the time specified in the armistice agreement has been signed and specified, then the two sides can still exchange fire.
And the reason why Alexander asked this messenger for questions.
In fact, he wanted to test the attitude of the Prussians, but after seeing that the Prussians were not willing to come forward to adapt, Alexander had no choice but to quickly get up and leave the restaurant to command the army to fight.
When Alexander arrived at the headquarters, Daniel had already arrived before him, and after learning that Nuhad had opened the northern gates to meet Karl's army into Wagram, Daniel immediately began to send troops to stop Nuhad and Karl's movements.
However, the main forces of the Hungarian army, which could be trusted by Alexander and Daniel, were scattered at various gates and key positions, and the only mobile force that Daniel could mobilize at this moment was the 3,000 Hungarian troops deployed near the headquarters.
After seeing Alexander hurriedly walk into the command, Daniel immediately said to Alexander: "Your Highness, I have ordered the troops originally placed in several other positions to support the North Gate, but I estimate that we will not be able to take back the City Gate at the moment, and the best result is that we can rely on the streets of the North City to block the enemy and achieve the effect of delaying time.
In addition, I will personally lead 3,000 troops to rush over, and in the meantime, I ask Your Highness to sit in command and not leave!
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” Hearing Daniel say this, Alexander's eyes were full of emotion, and after that, Daniel didn't care to say anything more to Alexander, so he rushed towards the outside of the headquarters, where the three thousand Hungarian troops had already been assembled.
"Brothers, I won't say anything more, as you all know, the armistice we agreed with the enemy was twelve o'clock at noon, and now it is only three hours before twelve o'clock, as long as you can hold on to these three hours, then we will all be able to go home safely!
But if we don't hold on for more than three hours, then all of us will be prisoners of war, and whether or not we will be able to return home depends entirely on God's will.
Therefore, we are no longer fighting for anyone, we are fighting for ourselves, so that we can go home as soon as possible!
My relatives at home are already looking forward to it, and the soldiers are all rushing after me!
” As the saying goes, saving a life is like fighting a fire, so after a brief speech, Daniel immediately rode his horse and led the 3,000 soldiers to rush towards the northern city.
At this moment, under the raid of Nuhad, the defeated Hungarian soldiers who were originally guarding the north gate have been killed, although there are still some Hungarian soldiers on the city wall, but the immediate priority is to open the city gate as soon as possible to welcome Karl to lead the army into the city, so after cleaning the inside of the door, Nuhad immediately ordered someone to open the city gate.
In fact, Nuhad was lucky to be able to kill more than 100 Hungarian soldiers guarding the city gate, otherwise, how could he take down these more than 100 Hungarian soldiers in such a short period of time with these recruits under his command.
The Hungarian soldiers who can follow Alexander to the present are not vegetarians, after all, Alexander has experienced many big battles and vicious battles along the way, in this case, as long as he does not die, then even if he was just a recruit before, then now he can be said to be an elite veteran.
There were a total of 1,500 Hungarian soldiers guarding the north gate of Wagram, second only to the 2,000 Hungarian soldiers guarding the west gate, and after Nuhad led people to raid the Hungarian defenders in the gate cave, the Hungarian officers in charge of the defense of the northern city urgently asked Daniel for help on the one hand, and on the other hand, they immediately brought people to kill the more than 1,000 soldiers led by Nuhad.
The sound of horses' hooves on the ground was particularly eye-catching, but at this time, the Hungarian officer did not care so much, he knew that if the Austrian cavalry was allowed to rush into the city gates, the Austrians with superior forces would definitely make them unable to eat and walk.
From the position where the Austrian cavalry charged to the north gate of Wagram, it took twenty minutes for the fast horse, but at this time, Karl held the telescope tightly in his hand, and his heart was also constantly praying.