Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

At this stage, the strength of the French army is almost comparable to the French army commanded by Napoleon during the Second Anti-French Coalition and the Third Anti-French Coalition in terms of quality but not quantity.

When it comes to the quality of the second and third anti-French alliances, among other things, the most famous battle of Austerlitz alone is enough to prove that the comprehensive strength of the French army at that time has occupied the peak of Western European countries.

Facing such a French army that could blow up all the troops in Europe at that time, what about Austria?

Austria now is a little weaker than Austria during the Napoleonic Wars at that time, even though its territory is much larger than that of Austria at that time.

That's right, the current Habsburg family is weaker than the Habsburgs in the parallel world.

There are many reasons why Austria in the parallel world became a pivotal hegemony in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.But to be honest, the rise of the Austrian Principality, which was originally a separatist force in the eastern corner of the Holy Roman Empire, dates back to the moment when the heir of the Austrian Principality married the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold.It is a tragedy of the fifteenth century that Charles the Bold was played to death by Louis XI, King of France, known as the Almighty Spider.But it was also his tragedy that made his daughter bring the rich Flanders to the remote mountainous Austria.It is precisely because of this area that the Habsburg family behind has the capital to continue to marry. Otherwise, why do you think that other people have nothing to do with marrying the daughter of the Habsburg family and letting your own daughter marry the Habsburg family?Those who married the Habsburg family were basically spying on Flanders, but they were a little bit less lucky, so that Habsburg united Spain and Austria through marriage in the sixteenth century. Merge into one super big empire.

Europe in the [-]th century was the era of the Habsburg family. Although there were wars everywhere, the Habsburg Empire, which had the funds of the New World and Flanders at that time, kicked the Ottomans eastward.Hit France in the West, Italy in the South, and Protestants in the North Town, and you can burn Protestants and heretics if you have nothing to do.However, Habsburg Emperor Charles V probably had the honor to read the first volume about the four Caesars and the two emperors system of the Roman Empire, but he was too busy fighting everywhere to read the second volume. The Habsburg empire was divided into two parts, resulting in the history of the decline of the Habsburg family from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries.It was just that the brilliant victories against the Ottoman Empire and the activeness of forming an anti-French alliance temporarily concealed the weakness of the Habsburg family, which reached the end of the Spanish War of the Crown.It was fully exposed when Britain withdrew. Prince Eugen, who was sitting on a hundred thousand elites, could never defeat France, which was left with one breath. When Prince Eugen died, even Prussia, a country weaker than Austria, could defeat Austria. Made incontinence, if it weren't for the UK to hang Austria in one breath.Austria was dragged to the corner by France and Prussia in the Austrian Succession War.

The rise of a hegemony has a process of accumulation, and so does its decline.Although Austria in this world dominated the Holy Roman Empire for a short period of time, it did not have the hardware that dominated Western Europe for 300 years like the parallel world.Who made this Austrian Habsburg family a German shit-stirring stick supported by Rome.Even if the Austrian Habsburg family was out of Roman control for a period of time.Prestige after a while.

In today's Austria, the army is barely over [-], and the cavalry is about [-]. In addition, the ally Bavaria has participated in this game with the strength of the whole country. The number of the Austrian and Bavarian alliance is not much worse than that of the French army. .But fighting is not just about numbers, in this era.Morale is very important, often the key to a victory or defeat lies in whether the front-line infantry can withstand a charge or a volley of guns.Moreover, the Austrian nobles are a blemish.

Not to mention anything else, just the messenger who just came here to deliver the message.The information conveyed is disturbing. At this time, the Austrians still want to preserve their strength and let the Prussians go to the front line to support the Prince of Baden.

Haven't they thought about the premise that Prussia cannot reach?

Anyway, Prussia has its own problems

But in order to be able to make sense of face, Prussia still carried out a forced march, showing to the Austrian allies who wanted to kill tens of thousands of Prussians that we are two hundred and five, and we will not deceive anyone.

As a result, Leopold III heard the news that the Prussians had walked the distance of the past eight days in three days, ran 130 kilometers, crossed Munich, arrived in Augsburg, and arrived in Uganda in just two days. Ulm, he sent someone to send four good person cards to Felicia one after another, and greeted Felicia about the situation in Prussia as if he had a disturbed conscience.

The situation in Prussia was fine, and Freiteria decided to stay in Augsburg for an extra day.

The official line is to allow tired soldiers to have good physical strength before entering the battlefield, but in fact, it is to wait for news from Prussia.

Then, unfortunately on the surface, but in fact it was premeditated, at noon the next day, several fast horses flew from the north and told the Prussians in a panic that their backyard was on fire.

The following is the scene where more than 6000 Prussian troops who just arrived in Augsburg yesterday and were about to enter the battlefield had a full meal with the taxpayer money of the Principality of Bavaria and then turned around and rushed to Prussia.

Regardless of whether the Bavarian Elector feels cheated or not, Leopold III should have, but for the Prussians, this approach is very reasonable. Even if there is a covenant, they cannot leave their family behind ?Who else but Lei Feng would behave like Lei Feng?Anyway, Felicia will not.And the Austrians can't say that the Prussians can't fulfill the covenant. Who made Prussia cooperate with the forced march a few days ago?

But in this way, Ferretlia has completely become a ridiculous and generous idiot, leading an army of nearly 4 people under him like a headless chicken, a very typical negative teaching material.

Facing this behavior of running away from battle and his IQ, which can turn popularity into a flaw, Leopold III later asked his Lord Seal to send a very stern letter to the Prussian army, ordering Felicity Ya immediately turned around, but when the keeper of the seal came, the Prussian army arrived in Nuremberg again.

Facing the questioning of the Austrian Minister of the Seal, the Prussian nobles immediately fired.If it hadn't been for Austria's insistence, and if Austria hadn't asked Prussia to fulfill its covenant, Prussia would not have encountered a fire in the backyard, and the situation was worse than a fire in the backyard. The whole Prussian army went back to rescue, but there were no doors.However, the pro-Austrian faction once again mentioned their covenant with Austria in black and white. They emphasized the seriousness of breaking the covenant, and they also dragged Jesus into the water, saying that if they broke the covenant.Not only is there a tragedy while alive, but it will be even more tragic after death.

The instigator, Freetelia, naturally became the target of complaints.The Austrians almost didn't poke her on the forehead directly to ask her if she had a problem with IQ.If you are playing a stand-alone game now, it is estimated that all the ministers around Feretria will show a reminder that their loyalty will be reduced by 20, and Feretria himself will directly get a negative attribute.A fool in the eyes of others, prestige -3.

It's not bad to make outsiders laugh at it.The most serious thing is that the Prussian nobles underestimated the sister paper.You must know that prestige is the foundation for a ruler to maintain his rule.

Thinking of the ultimate goal of Felicia's act of lowering her prestige is to make the Prussian nobles willingly accept me, a Roman who is more wise and powerful than her, as the king of Prussia.I am very sorry. It can be said that in addition to taking the Kingdom of Prussia, Feretlia also gambled her reputation, and willingly became a fool who was ridiculed.

Anyway, the plan goes so far.It's my turn to play.

That night I appeared at the Prussian council of war.

This moment is the perfect moment for me to shake the loyalty of the Prussian nobles.

That's right, the more difficult it is, the more I can reflect my ability. The reason why the high-level decision-makers of the entire army is overwhelmed and at a loss.In addition to the reason of concern and chaos, it is also because although they know that Prussia is being attacked, they do not know who is the attacking force, how many people are there, and where they are, and the Austrian Covenant is what hinders them.

The current situation of the Prussians is similar to whether the chicken or the egg came first.

If you don't know the enemy's layout, you can't crack it in a targeted manner. But for Prussia, time is everything. Once you delay the time to wait for the collection of intelligence, it will lead to greater losses for Prussia.But acting recklessly may lead to even greater tragedies. The entire Prussian military aristocracy is divided into two factions. One advocates returning to the army immediately and rushing back to Prussia. Collect information and make plans.

These two factions have their own reasons, but in short they cannot convince each other, and their dissatisfaction with the current situation is becoming louder and louder.

Faced with my coming, they kindled hope and longed for me to bring them out of their current predicament.

Looking at these Prussians who were very dissatisfied with Feretria because of my arrival, I couldn't help but speak for Feretria in the barracks Tellia cleans up.

"I think many of you are slandering that it is your prince who brought you into such a dilemma, surrounded by difficulties, and even thought that he is not worthy of being a qualified ruler, and perhaps some people scorn him as a fool in their hearts And idiots, sad that such an incompetent person in Prussia stands confused about the future fate. Then as an outsider, I can stand here and tell you that it is the prince you slandered that brought you away from the doom of death !"

Seeing Fretteria's shocked look and the thoughtful expressions of the Prussian nobles present, I continued: "The rebellion of the Junkers and the French declaration of war on Germany are similar to those of Mecklenburg and Saxony. The German princes took advantage of the fire, and Austria used the covenant to restrain us, so that we could not get out of the matter, and today's situation has long been expected by us."

"Since it is expected, that means we still have a strategy to deal with it?"

I heard a voice next to me, and I turned my head to see that it was the Prince of Dessau speaking.It was also his speech that ignited everyone's hope for Felicia, and they all looked towards Felicia who was sitting silently next to him.

These old Prussian ministers were indeed very loyal, but they thought it was a good time to raise the prestige of Frederick, and they gave Frederick the right to speak the whole topic as soon as they opened their mouths.

Felicia froze for a moment, and looked towards me with a lot of meaning in her eyes. Anyway, I only knew that her eyes were red.

"Yes."

Hearing that she seemed at a loss as if she was going to continue with these words, even though I knew that this would not have the effect of improving my prestige among the Prussian nobles, I relaxed instead.

Sure enough, I'm still sorry. (to be continued..)

ps: Thank you Lost Life Path for supporting this book so much, and other friends who have given rewards many times. For your support, I also want to code a few more chapters to repay you, but recently I am preparing for the final exam. I can only say, I Try to repay the society with a few more chapters after the exam on May 5.