Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

This was the first time a large army of the continental Europe fought a battle other than Napoleon the First. Although the battle only lasted for more than 7 hours, the intensity of this battle was hard to imagine.

Because Prussia's own soldiers were highly qualified, and because the new rifles allowed soldiers to load with concealed means, such as lying and kneeling, the casualty rate was greatly reduced. Only 10,000 people had died in the battle.

As for the Austria, due to the backwardness of their individual weapons and the short period of disorder during the retreat, the casualty rate was much higher than that of Prussia. After the war, the death toll was 50 thousand.

Sixty thousand people died in seven hours. Countless people were wounded. Such a battle could be described as unprecedented in Europe at that time.

First of all, this was not the total casualties of the entire Poo War, this was only the number of deaths in the short span of seven hours. Before the First World War, such a fierce battle was extremely rare.

Furthermore, this was not a civil war like the one between the Great Qing Dynasty and the State of Balance. During the years of war in the King Yi, the enemy and my side had done a lot to expel the citizens and send them to their deaths.

The war of the Middle Age was like this, it was always the command of a group of loyal elites, and then these elites would be used as the final line of defense.

On one hand, these elites had to fight in the most intense and intense battles, and on the other hand, they were the main sources of power for the basic officer.

The one hundred thousand soldiers recorded in the history books were probably the last ten thousand elite soldiers. If you had a million soldiers, then you wouldn't have more than one hundred thousand elite soldiers.

If you really have a hundred thousand loyal Veterans of the Hundred Wars, that would be good. A very practical example would be the Qing Dynasty. How many people were there under the eight flags? This was actually a top secret within the entire Manchu clan. After studying it for a long time, the later Historian finally came to the conclusion that there were two hundred thousand Manchu in the Dingding Cauldron Central Plains.

But, we must not forget, at that time the Manchu's army was not just made up of eight banner soldiers, a portion of them were to fight, some of them were to be captured by the Koreans, some were Han, and some were soldiers that surrendered from the Ming dynasty, so a large portion of them were to fight.

Calculating this, the actual net strength of the Manchu s was not even a hundred thousand.

When they thought back to the battle that had just ended at the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the tactics that Hong Xiuquan and the others used were just like how they used a solid wall and a clear field. After the army passed away, the entire city would be swept away and a wooden stick would be given to these 'Death Soldiers' to pounce on the city.

The only purpose of these 'Death Soldiers' was to drain the enemy's energy before the commander could invest his or her energy into them. It didn't matter if the enemy would win or not, he or she could not afford to lose his or her core troops.

In the past, when Xiao Letian watched movies and TV, he could often see that in the most tragic war, a group of generals begged their commanders to withdraw their troops.

"Master, please leave us some seeds!"

Look, that's the way of it. What is the seed of an army? Of course it couldn't be those 'Death Soldiers' with wooden sticks. Only in Veterans of the Hundred Wars, only the most loyal of elite could be considered seeds.

To put it simply, as long as the ten thousand elite soldiers were not lost, it would take less than half a year for the huge army of a hundred thousand to gather all of them. Three-legged toads were hard to find, and two-legged humans were way too many.

From Xiao Letian to Shi Dakai and the others, their impression of the Sardova battle was tragic to the point that they could not bear to look at it directly.

In just seven hours, fifty thousand elites had perished in battle. This was no ordinary civilian. These were all veterans who had served in military service for at least ten years. This was the vitality of an imperial army!

Even if the fifty thousand veterans could only be promoted to class monitor in the future, they would still be an army of over five hundred thousand people.

But now, instead of resting and licking their wounds, William I and Prince Karl were trying to increase the success of their battle. They wanted to become a fatty in one bite and even the Austria wanted to take them down.

Forget about Bismark and Lao Maoqi, even this foreign guest Xiao Letian didn't agree to it! It was so easy for me to be tied up with your German chariot. Didn't you just drive for a few years and want to overturn the car now? Wasn't this a scam?

Xiao Letian turned his head to look at the battle statistics report on the Military Maps. The ink on it had not completely dried up yet.

Since Xiao Letian was able to participate in this high-level meeting, then he had the right to look at this top secret data. He took a glance at the report and knew that this battle was not too different from the casualty rate that he remembered.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness! I think you've seen the damage report, and you should be able to read the meaning behind these numbers after so many years of fighting. "Yes, I admit that Prussia has been trained as a military nation for a hundred years. Their citizens' military qualities are already among the best in Europe …"

"I also know that behind Sada's army of 200,000 soldiers, the kingdom can gather 600,000 or even a million or even two million reserve soldiers. Prussia's military might has yet to be fully unearthed, so Prussia must be the victor!"

Xiao Letian will first praise the King and Crown Prince, the higher he praises the King, the more miserable he will fall! As expected, when William I and the Prince of Karl heard Xiao Letian's praise, their expressions softened.

However, Xiao Letian immediately changed the topic, "However, I have to remind the two of you that the reserve troops are always the reserve troops, and the soldiers who are able to participate in this national war are all elites amongst elites, every soldier here is a priceless treasure, maybe a soldier buried here will become the battalion commander and the captain of the imperial army in the future, that's not impossible!"

"Ten thousand deaths in battle with countless casualties. Isn't such a casualty rate worthy of His Majesty's vigilance?" Didn't Prussia carefully save this essence, was it not worth cherishing? Do not forget that the real enemy of Prussia is not in the southeast, but in the southwest. "

"Don't you think about leaving some vitality behind for a large-scale national war in the future?"

Anyone who could stand in this room was an intelligent person. They never thought that Xiao Letian would say such a thing, how did he know about the most secret plan of war in Prussia? How did he know that Prussia already had a detailed war plan for France?

William I and Karl subconsciously straightened their backs, their eyes filled with disbelief. Looking at the king and the crown prince's surprised expressions, Xiao Letian knew that he had to forge while the iron was hot, so he could only take them down in one go.

"You want to defeat Bei Naideke? Do you want the Vienna to become the King's territory? Do you want Habsburg's baton to be handed over to His Majesty? Hehehe … I believe in Prussia, and I know that you will succeed, but have you thought about what you will lose? "

"Bei Naideke still has one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers with him, and the army facing off against Italy in the south is also one hundred thousand. If we force these people into mourning, how much do we need to pay to be victorious?"

"The Ouroboros. Yue Sefu was not someone who relied on conspiracy to succeed the throne like Napoleon III, he was the proper successor of the Habsburg family, the right to inherit the throne was extremely clean. Within Austria, from the aristocrats to the commoners, there was no one who doubted him … "

"As you can imagine, the closer we get to the Vienna, the greater the pressure we will have to face. There will always be a critical point that will make the people of Austria angry, and if we were to personally ignite the flames of nationalism in the Austria, I'm afraid that we will be the first ones to be burned!"

Xiao Letian frowned, his voice becoming more and more low, that look of pain on his face causing everyone in the room to feel extremely depressed.

"Do you think this is the end? Impossible, Franz. Who was Yue Sefu's Queen? It's the Princess Cissie! This was the most beautiful woman in Europe! She had the title of Hungary Queen on his head! The people of Hungary cherish her as though she was their own eyes! "

"If we were to point straight at Vienna, would Princess Cissie just sit back and do nothing? Would she watch her husband become a prisoner of war? At that time, the Hungary will definitely send out all of his troops to support the Austria, don't forget, the Princess Cissie has always pushed the Austria and the Hungary to become one empire! "

After saying that, Xiao Letian took a few deep breaths, and then reorganized his words.

"Prussia is facing more difficulties than that! "Prussia is at the heart of Europe and has always been surrounded. There are Denmark to the north, Finland, Norway, France to the south, Austria to the east, Poland and Russia to the northeast and to the west.

"This geographical environment without any support is very unfavorable for Prussia. When we focus our forces in one direction, we have to worry about enemies attacking us from behind. Fighting on two fronts or even fighting on three fronts is not a nightmare but a cruel reality!"

"Gentlemen, there are no outsiders here. We can speak openly through the skylight, and when we fight the French in the future, who will cover us from the rear and flank? They relied on allies, not on a strong defense line! If you want to wash off this shame and teach Napoleon a ruthless lesson, then from now on you have to make friends with all over, and you definitely cannot covet a small advantage in a short period of time! "

"Alright, this is what I want to say, the reason is already on the table, if you have a choice, then let His Majesty the King decide!"

Xiao Letian's words made William I break out in a cold sweat. He could not sit still any longer, so he stood up from his chair and started to walk around the room like a trapped beast.

At this time, Bismark finally escaped from his killing machine and made his last cut.

"Highness, if you insist on doing as you please, please accept my resignation!"