Outside Venice, the Prussian army had already begun to be stationed, and not long after Henry's tent was set up, another Venetian envoy came to his door, and this time Henry did not refuse to receive the Venetian envoy, as he had done on previous occasions.
"Your Royal Highness, the current actions of your army are really worrying our country, and please let your army know our intentions?"
As soon as he entered Henry's tent, the Venetian envoy spoke eagerly.
Hearing the words of the Venetian envoy, Henry said meaningfully: "Oh, don't you really know the purpose of our army?"
Hearing Henry's meaningful words, the Venetian envoy was stunned for a moment, and then his face flushed.
No one in the Venetians was unclear about the Prussian army's intentions, after all, the Prussians had just sent people to Venice to buy grain and grass, and the Venetian merchants added two percent to the price given by Prussia.
Later, the Prussians sent an envoy to communicate with Venice, but the Venetians did not budge in the slightest, and this incident angered the Prussians in Venice is an open secret.
"Your Royal Highness, His Majesty William of your country is going to Rome to receive the blessing of His Majesty the Pope, so I think it is better for us to value peace!"
"Harmony is precious, very good, this word is very appropriate!
My Majesty will become the co-lord of the Holy Roman Empire, and it will be a matter of celebration for everyone, so we do not want to make a big move!
If your country is willing to accept the price that our country has proposed to sell grain and grass, then perhaps this matter will take a turn for the better!
” After Henry finished speaking, he stared at the Venetian envoy with deep eyes, not only in this situation, but the Venetian did not intend to give in, only to hear the Venetian envoy's expression although he showed a struggle, but still said: "Your Royal Highness.
This matter is really not something that our parliament can influence, after all, the price of grain and grass purchased in your country is determined by the market, and our Republic of Venice has always been a country that advocates market freedom, and we are really a little powerless about it!
” Hearing the words of the Venetian envoy, Henry's face suddenly became a little ugly.
He didn't expect that in this situation, the Venetians did not intend to give in, and were ready to fight the Prussians to the end, did the Venetians really think that they could ignore the Prussians!
"Since you say so, then I don't think there's anything to say about the rest of the day, if it's before twelve o'clock tonight.
If your country does not seize the last chance offered by our country, then from tomorrow the Republic of Venice will become an enemy of Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire!
” After Henry finished speaking, he snorted coldly and motioned to the guards of the military tent to carry the Venetian envoy out.
At nine o'clock that evening, Venice was welcomed by two small detachments of cavalry, one from Florence and the other from Pisa.
After learning of the arrival of the emissaries of Florence and Pisa.
The Venetian Council immediately sent messengers from the two city-states to the council hall.
"Viscount Boltz, Baron Melency, I wonder if your country has sent reinforcements after receiving our country's request for help?"
As soon as the representatives of the two city-states entered the council hall, Venice Domingo couldn't wait to ask the two men.
In the Republic of Venice, it was the Great Council that decided the affairs of the state, and within the Great Council there was a Council of Ten Members, which evolved with the times.
The power of the Council of Ten gradually overtook the Great Council, and although after 1600 the power of the Council of Ten was weakened to varying degrees, it is undeniable that the Council of Ten was still the dominant force in the Great Council of Venice.
In the Council of Ten, Domingo of the House of Sevo was the dominant leader, and in this case, it was only fitting that Domingo should ask questions on behalf of the Council of Venice.
"Dear Count Domingo, we in Florence are absolutely supportive of the righteous deeds of the Republic of Venice.
The market should be fair and just, and even the Prussians should not interfere with it!
At this point, our Florentine attitude is beyond doubt!
As for the reinforcements you requested, they have not yet been prepared due to the rush of time.
However, the four thousand city defenders standing in Florence have been assembled and are ready to come to their aid!
” Boynz, the envoy of Florence, spoke immediately after hearing Domingo's question.
In addition to Venice and Milan, Florence had a profound influence among the city-states of northern Italy.
Although the current Duke of Florence came from the House of Habsburg, it is clear that the Habsburg Prince, who had been separated by Karl for three generations, did not favor the Prussians because of Karl.
Hearing Boltz's words, Domingo's heart was relieved.
What he was most worried about was that after the Republic of Venice was in trouble with Prussia according to the tacit understanding between the city-states at the beginning, these city-states immediately withdrew, after all, if they really withdrew, then the Republic of Venice, which faced Prussia alone, really couldn't withstand such tremendous pressure!
Domingo turned his head to look at the messenger of Pisa, Melency, but what made Domingo feel bad was that when he looked at Merency, the messenger representing Pisa was avoiding his gaze.
"This, Your Highness Domingo, the Pisan people absolutely support the Republic of Venice in defending the free market, but after all, our Pisa cannot be compared with your country and Florence, our country only has a city defense army of 2,000 people, such a force is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for your country!
In addition, as you know, the Spaniards who occupy Milan have been eyeing Pisa all along, and if we in Pisa send all our armed forces to support the Republic of Venice at this time, there is no guarantee that Spain will not attack Pisa.
Therefore, our attitude towards the Republic of Venice is absolutely supportive, but I beg your pardon for not being able to send troops!
” Hearing Melency say this, Domingo almost wanted to scold her mother in her heart.
At the beginning, when they instigated several city-states to fight against the Prussians, the attitude of the Pisians was extremely strong, but now that they are about to take it seriously, the Pisians are about to act as a turtle with a shrunken head, which naturally makes Domingo feel extremely annoyed.
However, Melency's attitude is very firm.
Even though Domingo's face was ugly, it was not easy to make trouble, so he could only snort coldly and said: "Well, but I can understand your country's actions, but I hope that your country will be able to confess to the Pope the Pope about this evil march of the Prussians, as we have reached before!"
According to the agreement reached between the Republic of Venice and several northern Italian city-states.
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After embarrassing the Prussians, they also considered the consequences of this, so in addition to deciding to unite to force the Prussians to submit, they also agreed that if the Prussians did do it, they would make a joint statement to the Pope.
It would have been best if the Prussians had been reprimanded as infidels, but if not, it would have been clear that the coordination of the Pope would have helped Venice through the crisis.
After all, they all believe.
It was impossible for the Prussians, who were about to leave Rome to receive the papal blessing, turn a blind eye to the pope's orders.
After Henry's departure, William received a message from London.
Despite the opposition of the Tories led by Pitt Jr., with the full support and instigation of the Whigs, George III passed the Anti-Sanctions Act against Prussia, and at the same time announced that in addition to the plan to train 50,000 British troops in three years, the British Navy would also receive a large amount of money for military expansion.
For such actions of the British.
Prussia naturally knew that these actions of the British were completely aimed at Prussia.
What was even more unacceptable to William was that the end of the information mentioned that the British Parliament was considering raising taxes on merchant ships sailing in the Atlantic to offset the British Navy's military expenses for clearing the pirates in the Atlantic.
It is not news that the British Navy taxed merchant ships of various countries in the Atlantic, as early as after the British Navy replaced Spain as the world's maritime hegemon, in order to rapidly increase its national strength, the British Navy began to collect taxes on merchant ships of various countries in the Atlantic.
At each of the British colonial ports, merchant ships that paid taxes were given a flag.
This flag represents the merchant ship's payment of taxes to Britain and acceptance of the protection of the British Navy.
Merchant ships that did not pay taxes to Britain naturally did not have this flag, and in this case they were not protected by the British navy.
Under these circumstances, many merchant ships that did not pay taxes to the British would miraculously encounter a large number of pirates, and then the ships would be wrecked.
Although there is no evidence, it has to be said that these pirates were definitely deliberately made by the British, and even some of the pirates were played by the British Royal Navy itself.
After all, Britain is a country that has historically created a strange system of "armed raid permits".
The North American colonies of Prussia itself would inevitably pass through the Atlantic, having previously benefited from an agreement with the Anglo-Prussian Alliance.
Prussian merchant ships could get a preferential tax policy of 50%, but now, although the Anglo-Prussian alliance agreement has not been torn up by both sides, everyone knows that this agreement is in name only, in this case.
It is self-evident who Britain is aiming at raising the protection tax on merchant ships in the Atlantic. ...............................................
The weather in Russia has begun to gradually warm up, and feeling the temperature rising day by day, there are ripples in Brankov's heart, which Moscow has long been unbearable.
"Brekov, immediately order the army to intensify its drills, and in a few days wait until the beginning of April to immediately send troops, our target this time is St.
Petersburg!
By the way, did the Moscow aristocracy have any objections to our previous slogans?
” "Your Excellency, the nobles of Moscow are very well-behaved, our army is now in full swing, how dare those timid nobles jump out and oppose us!"
Brekov's words reveal disdain for the Moscow aristocracy.
In fact, it is no wonder that Brekov's words are full of disdain, after all, most of the nobles are virtuous, don't say, everyone knows in their hearts, and it is not an exaggeration to say that these nobles are grass on the wall.
Before, when Rumyantsev's army was still there, although these nobles were nominally obedient to Brankoff, they did a lot of small actions in private.
And Blankov has been tolerating the small actions of these nobles, after all, for Blankov, it is always necessary for these nobles to establish their own rule, although these nobles cannot help much.
But at least it can create an atmosphere in the country that Blankov is expected to be.
Therefore, apart from killing two chickens to make an example of the monkeys, Brankoff did not make any big moves.
"Brekov, don't underestimate these nobles, all aristocratic families that can stand for a hundred years.
They all have their rules of survival, don't look at them to help us at the moment, but if they all stand on our side, then even if we have the whole of Russia, there is still a danger of collapse!
” With that, Brankoff gave Brekov another instruction and let Brekov leave.
Just when the vigorous military training in Moscow was preparing for a big battle after the beginning of spring.
Emperor Alexander of Russia also immediately led his army to begin a retreat.
The news from St.
Petersburg had reached Alexander, and Bagration's troops, who were regarded by Alexander as a lifesaver, now had only 15,000 troops left, which made Alexander feel dissatisfied with Bagration and a chill at the same time.
As it stands, the Brankoff rebels, after the victory over Rumyantsev, subdued the surrounding areas of Moscow with a large victory, and after that.
Brankoff began to recruit soldiers from these areas, and during the winter, Brankoff recruited tens of thousands of soldiers from these areas.
If we add the rebels before us, then the total strength of the rebel army now entrenched in Moscow has reached more than 60,000 people.
On Alexander's side, in addition to the more than 10,000 men under his command, the total strength of St.
Petersburg was 30,000 even if Bagration's army was added.
Compared to Brankoff's rebels, Alexander's side was twice as small.
This made Alexander very worried, and he was even more angry that with Brankoff's power, all the princes in the empire had become wall-ridden, and even those who had been staunch royalists did not dare to support St.
Petersburg on a large scale in the present situation.
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According to the agreement between Alexander and his staff, he would lead his army back to St.
Petersburg, and then fight a decisive battle against the Brankoff rebels with St.
Petersburg's backing.
Only in this way can he have a nearly 50% chance of victory, after all, once the decisive battle in St.
Petersburg is launched, Alexander's side still has the support of naval forces. .......................................
The Continental Army, led by Washington, did not stop at the capture of Polis, after the capture of Polis.
In addition to a few small forces scattered to occupy the rest of Indiana's towns, the main force of 16,000 men marched towards Ohio under the leadership of Washington.
Previously, the Continental Congress did not expect that the capture of Polis would be so smooth, or that the Continental Congress did not expect that in Indiana, the size of the Continental Army would be directly doubled, so it directly led to the current problems with the weapons and equipment of the Continental Army.
Although the Continental Congress contacted and requisitioned various materials, it was still unable to fill this huge gap, which directly led to the fact that 5,000 of the 16,000 troops under Washington's command did not even have a unified military uniform and could only wear civilian clothes, and the weapons they used were full of weapons from various eras, making people look like they were holding an arms expo.
However, despite this, the morale of the Continental Army was not affected by this, and even because the war in Indiana was going well, the entire Continental Army was very optimistic.
In the eyes of those ordinary Continental Army soldiers, the current strength of their own side is equivalent to the British ** team in the entire North American region, and the British ** team is scattered everywhere, but they are able to gather most of the troops together, and the advantage in strength makes everyone optimistic.
But there is only one person, and that person is Washington.
In Washington's eyes, the Continental Army's operation was so smooth that he couldn't believe it.
Although the British were inferior to the Continental Army and had to defend various towns, it was not difficult for the British to gather an army of 3,000 men in a short period of time, and 3,000 well-armed and experienced British soldiers had the strength to defeat Washington's Continental Army.
After all, there are more soldiers in the Continental Army who are really worthy of World War I, and the original nearly 3,000 veterans of the Continental Congress are all trained by Washington himself, while the other soldiers, including the 4,000 people assisted by the French, cannot be called soldiers in Washington's eyes, let alone elite.
What made Washington even more unhappy was that his proposal to stop at Polis for a period of time so that the army could be adjusted to improve its combat effectiveness was rejected by the Continental Congress.
In the eyes of most of the Continental Congress, the beginning of the war could simply be described as overwhelming, and in such a situation, it was natural to intensify the offensive and expel the British from North America once and for all.
As long as the British are driven out of North America, then there will only be one Prussia left, and it will naturally not be able to have a subversive impact on the overall situation.
Under this trend of thought, the Continental Congress naturally rejected Washington's proposal, not only that, but many members of the Continental Congress are even beginning to prepare to move their families, after all, although Missouri is good, it is the territory of the French, and at present, although Indiana has not been completely pacified, but in any case, Indiana belongs to the glorious Continental Congress!