"Carlo, let's go, it's time for us to welcome glory!"
William, who straightened his chest, said to Carlo beside him, and when he heard William's words, Carlo flicked the reins, and under the pull of the two war horses, the carriage headed for Rome.
"All march!"
After William's carriage was dispatched, at the sound of an order, military music also sounded in the phalanx of the Prussian army lined up outside Rome, and then the Prussian soldiers stepped on the drums in the military music and walked towards Rome.
William was led by sixty Prussian infantry, half of whom carried the banner of the Holy Roman Empire, while the other half carried the flag of the Kingdom of Prussia.
The soldiers stood in six platoons of ten, leading the whole army, and behind them were Wilhelm's carriage and the Prussian army.
Beside William was a group of royal guard cavalry, and these cavalrymen were guarding William's side, their eyes full of vigilance.
Although the city had been mobilized for today's triumphal ceremony, and Roman guards were maintaining order on the roads and on the heights along the streets, the cavalry were told to guard against William for his safety.
When William's carriage drove to the city gates of Rome, the Roman maidens, who had already been in place at the gates, scattered the petals in their baskets under the city.
Many of the petals that fell from the sky fell on William's body, but William did not remove these petals, on the contrary, at the moment when the petals were scattered, William raised his head and smiled and waved to the Roman maidens above the city gate.
Seeing William's movements, a scream suddenly sounded above the Roman city walls, for these Roman maidens.
William is undoubtedly Prince Charming, no, William is more than Prince Charming.
Young, handsome, prolific, and in control of the greatest power in Europe, these words became the most eye-catching sparkle in William, and for these Roman girls.
William is the most perfect man in all fairy tales.
Soon, the carriage passed through the opening of the city gate, and William saw a wide, straight street, and on both sides of the street was crowded with Roman residents who had come to see the bustle, and even the windows of the small buildings on both sides of the street were sticking out of the windows of countless heads.
When these Romans saw William.
Their exclamations and screams were louder, and it was no wonder that their emotions had become so agitated.
In fact, William's appearance at the moment is really good, the golden armor and the golden carriage render William like the mythical sun god Apollo, mysterious and great, handsome and fearless.
At this moment, William is the center of everyone's attention.
Wherever he waved his hand, he remembered a wave of sound that was higher than a wave.
Just when William was enjoying the glorious moment of worship of ten thousand people, there was a person behind William who was indignant, and this person was Carl.
The throne of the Holy Roman Emperor had been kept in the hands of the Habsburgs for hundreds of years, but now it has been taken by the Prussians.
In Karl's opinion, if not the Prussians, the protagonist of this scene in front of him should be himself.
But now he is just a spectator.
This entanglement of emotions made Carl feel ashamed and angry at the same time, and at the same time he was crazy with jealousy.
It's just that what Karl didn't expect was that if it wasn't for the Prussians, then how could the current Habsburg family be his turn to stand up and speak, if there were no exceptions, even if the people of the Habsburgs still came to Rome to be crowned, then that person should be Franz, not him, Karl!
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Under the coercion and inducement of Brankoff's envoys, and even the threat of Bagration's entire family, Bagration had to give in.
But Bagration also made a condition if Brankoff really wanted him to surrender.
Then the attack on Tongchuan must not be launched for three days.
The reason why he made this request to Blankov was that Bagration hoped that he would be able to buy three more days for St.
Petersburg, which could be regarded as his duty.
After that, in the face of this offer of Bagration, the envoy was not prepared to agree.
However, when his persuasion failed, the envoy gave up, and then returned to Brankoff's army, where Lieutenant General Bagration told Brankoff of his terms.
In addition to this condition, Bagration had one more requirement for Brankoff.
That is, after Bagration surrenders, Blankov must allow Bagration to retain his military power, Bagration will select an army of 10,000 people from his current command and lead this army to the Caucasus, and Blankov must also agree to set aside a territory from the Caucasus as Bagration's fief, and when Blankov overthrows St.
Petersburg, Brankoff must immediately order the restoration of the Kingdom of Georgia and recognize the Bagration family to re-enter Georgia.
Bagration's request to keep part of the army was no exception for Brankoff, since Brankoff's emissary was able to produce this letter, which meant that there was already a tacit understanding between Brankoff and the Caucasian governor.
In this case, if Blankov turns his face at the right time, won't Bagration have no room to fight back?
Bagration was not a fool, he knew the importance of military power in his hands, as long as there was an army, even if it was only 10,000 men, it was enough to make Brankoff a mouse.
"Your Excellency, Bagration is simply too deceitful!
In addition to retaining military power, he actually wants territory, and he doesn't see if he is worthy of negotiating terms with us!
” The rebel general Nikolavich stood beside Brankoff and said with a dissatisfied expression.
For these rebel generals, Bagration's request is excessive, after all, Bagration has never helped Brankoff, and now he is just surrendering, and he actually wants to retain military power and territory, which is simply a desperate offer to treat the rebels as a piece of fat.
But unlike Nikolavich.
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On Brankoff's face, His Excellency the marshal did not show the slightest dissatisfaction.
"Nikolavich, this Bagration is not a simple man, just imagine that he was able to pacify Estonia and Latvia with less than 20,000 troops under the double pressure of Kutuzov and the Swedes.
This is already fully visible in the capabilities of Bagration!
Our immediate priority now is to take St.
Petersburg, and only by taking St.
Petersburg as soon as possible, and then vindicating ourselves, that we will be able to effectively govern the whole country in the future, although Bagration's demands are a little too much.
But it's not unacceptable!
” As he spoke, Brankoff pondered for a moment and then said: "But there are more troops of 10,000 people, and the current Caucasian governor has no more than 10,000 troops in his hands, if Bagration is really allowed to lead 10,000 troops to the Caucasus, I am afraid that the Caucasian governor who has just approached us will immediately be unable to sit still."
And just as Blankov was thinking about how to respond to Bagration's request, suddenly an officer hurried up to Brankoff's side.
Then Brankoff whispered a few words in his ear.
After the officer finished speaking, the expression on Brankoff's face had changed drastically.
"It's all true" "It's true, Your Excellency Marshal, if we hadn't made arrangements a long time ago, I'm afraid we wouldn't have known this news at all!"
After the officer answered, Brankoff's breathing became a little heavy.
Then he immediately summoned the messenger he had sent to communicate with Bagration and said: "You immediately go to Tongchuan and tell Bagration that I can accept his conditions.
But he must get out of the way for me now, at once, or even if he returns to Georgia with 10,000 troops in the future, I have the means to finish him and his family!
Wait a minute, bring this to Bagration" As he spoke, he took a pen and wrote and drew on a piece of paper, which Brankoff put in an envelope and handed it to the messenger.
After receiving the envelope, the messenger hurriedly saluted Brankoff, and then immediately left the tent.
"Your Excellency Marshal, this??"
Nikolavich, who was standing in the tent, asked Brankovich with some puzzlement.
Hearing Nikolavich's question, Brankoff, whose expression had not yet returned to calm, said angrily: "Alexander, that kid really played us like monkeys.
We all fell for this kid, it turns out that the composure he showed in St.
Petersburg is all fake, according to intelligence, Alexander has begun to secretly transfer the property of the Romanovs and the assets in the treasury of St.
Petersburg in St.
Petersburg!
” After Brankoff's words were finished, Nikolavich was stunned for a moment, and then, like Brankoff, his expression immediately changed.
"Your Excellency, Marshal.
Alexander must not be allowed to run away with those possessions, which are the blood and sweat of the entire people of the Russian Empire!
” Brankoff is a man with big ambitions in his heart, there is no doubt about that.
The current Russian Empire, which has become impoverished and desolate because of protracted wars, is no better off than war zones even in those regions where there is no fighting.
Under these circumstances, Brankoff did not want the Russian Empire to be a country completely in ruins, especially after the war, whether it was to establish a national government or to spread his rule throughout the country, which required a lot of money.
And Blankov, although he made a windfall after the capture of Moscow, but this money is so far not much left, in this case, Brankoff's eyes are naturally aimed at St.
Petersburg.
Compared to Moscow, St.
Petersburg is undoubtedly richer.
This affluence is not only about the income of St.
Petersburg's residents and the construction of the city, but also about the wealth of the large number of nobles in St.
Petersburg, the treasury of the Russian Empire, and the century-old savings of the Romanovs.
Before, Blankov had been sending people to keep an eye on the movements in St.
Petersburg, and what he was afraid of was that Alexander would transfer his property in advance, after all, the property looted by the Romanov dynasty for a hundred years was not a small amount, and even this property could help Blankov realize his ambition faster.
Previously, Brankoff had learned that Alexander had not transferred his property, which made Blankov quite reassuring, but now the situation has changed.
If Alexander was allowed to transfer the wealth of St.
Petersburg, Brankov would get a big discount, and even after Blancow's previous assumption, after the capture of St.
Petersburg, the rebels' bounties and salaries would have to be looted from St.
Petersburg.
If Alexander had transferred his possessions.
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Then it means that Brankoff's dream is in vain, not only that, but before sending troops, Brankoff promised a lot of benefits to his soldiers, and the loss of St.
Petersburg's income was enough to bankrupt Brankoff!
"Don't camp anymore.
The army immediately assembles me in Tongchuan, and if Bagration does not agree to surrender, then attack Tongchuan immediately!
” Brankoff, who was in the military tent, gave the order.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the rebels, who had already begun to camp outside Tongchuan, began to assemble in the southern part of Tongchuan again.
Upon hearing the information about the rebels' build-up, Bagration's heart was immediately raised, believing that the rebels had acted because Brankoff was unable to accede to his demands.
Therefore, it is required to use the strong one directly.
"Immediately order the army to be ready for battle, and immediately have the generals come to my room for a meeting!"
Bagration hurriedly began to gather the generals of the army to discuss, and at this moment, Bagration only heard the report of the attendant, and the messenger who had just left had returned.
"Your Excellency General, I beg your pardon for not being able to salute, the order of the marshal of my family.
We can agree to your terms, but we hope that you will surrender immediately and get out of the way, Marshal Brankoff has agreed to make your hometown of Kizliar and five nearby cities your fiefdom!
” With that, the messenger arrived at a document written by Brankoff himself.
In the document, Blankov, as governor of Moscow, gave Bagration Kizlyar and the five surrounding cities, and Blankov allowed Bagration to take 10,000 troops from Tongchuan, and if anyone resisted or stopped Bagration's march, the letter was Brankoff's token.
Governor of Moscow was a title that Brankoff added to himself after the capture of Moscow, after all, if he was not right, he would not be right, even though Brankoff was a rebel.
But he also wanted to justify his rule over Moscow in name.
Of course, in exchange, Bagration must immediately lead his army to retreat from Tongchuan and surrender, which is Blankov's bottom line without concessions, and Blankov also clearly told Bagration that if he insists on not surrendering.
Then the rebels will immediately attack the city!
Brankoff embodied his resolute will in this letter.
After reading the letter, Bagration gritted his teeth.
Previously, the reason why the rebels were suspended for three days was that Bagration wanted to do his last part for St.
Petersburg, after all, in the face of the choice of country and home, most people would choose home, and Bagration was no exception.
If the current tsar is Paul I, maybe Bagration will really stick to the end, even if Blankov uses his family as a threat, he will not back down, after all, it is Paul I's other vision that has allowed Bagration to achieve his current achievements.
But as Blankov said, Paul I was killed by Alexander, which Bagration knew very well, which also made Bagration's loyalty to Alexander not high, after all, a person who could even kill his own father could not do it!
"General, the officers have arrived in the conference room!"
Just when Bagration hesitated, the words of one of the attendants brought Bagration back to his senses.
"Well, I accept Marshal Brankoff's request!
But go back at once and tell Your Excellency the Marshal that I need an hour to deal with the affairs of Tongchuan, and in an hour, the gates of Tongchuan will be open for him!"
” With that, Bagration hurried out of the room.
At half past five in the afternoon of May 30, 1794 The gates of Tongchuan were opened from the inside, and the rebels, who had already prepared outside Tongchuan City, immediately rushed towards Tongchuan City.
Bagration and a group of generals stood at the gate of Tongchuan to welcome Brankoff's army into the city, but there were obviously many fewer generals behind Bagration.
The few generals were all close to Alexander's army, and after the discussion with the rebel envoys, Bagration, who came to the conference room, immediately launched a purge of the generals who had their hearts set on St.
Petersburg.
"Bagration, you have done a good job, now I allow you to lead the army out of Tongchuan, and I also believe that there will be more opportunities for cooperation between us in the future!"
Seeing Bagration, who was standing at the city gate to greet him, Brankoff smiled at Bagration and said with a smile.
Blankov did not greet Bagration or recuperate in Tongchuan, but immediately led his army to St.
Petersburg after leaving 5,000 rebels to supervise the original defenders of Tongchuan.
Before Blankov led his army to leave Tongchuan, Bagration also led his close generals and a selected army of 10,000 and began to march towards the Caucasus.
A war was thus extinguished, and for Brankoff and Bagration they took what they wanted, but for St.
Petersburg they now did not see even the last hope.