Chapter 47 The Great Mission (1) Expeditionary Force
Not long ago.
Mihau Krasinsky, the lord of Ukrainian city in Western Ukraine, secretly came to Truchen.
Qitade asked him: "In the past two years, our country has given you enough military aid to form a strengthened cavalry brigade. What's the point?"
Mihawu nodded: "I am about to explain this to the great Bogda Khan. Now Prussia, Russia, and Austria are in a group in the area centered on Berlin. You know, our king and Saxony Elector"
"He usually lives in Dresden, Saxony, and almost no matter what happens in Poland, he handed over everything to Heinrich, the former Polish Governor appointed by Saxony, to take charge of it."
"Because our king adopted a policy of hostility to Prussia and goodwill to Russia and Austria, the Russians entered our country like locusts. They plundered heavily in the countryside and fed food on the spot to meet the needs of the army"
"The dissatisfaction of our people has reached its peak, but because the entire Saxony has been occupied by Prussia, the king returned to Warsaw, and under his pressure, he returned all the dissatisfaction"
"When the war is about to burn the whole of Poland, I beg the great Bogdahan to give us some more weapons"
Qitade did not comment, but asked: "Ben Khan is a little strange. In theory, the war only affected northern Poland. Why are you so anxious?"
Mihau hesitated and said, "At present, Austria is from the southwest, Russia is from the east, France is from the west, Sweden is from the north, all attacking Prussia, and the country is about to collapse."
"Because the Saxons performed poorly in this war, the prestige of our king also plummeted, we...we..."
"You want to elect a new king? How is that possible? Nowadays, the affairs of the whole Europe are decided by several powerful countries. Any king's succession may trigger a new war. Do you Polish aristocrats have the ability to elect a new king?"
"Khan, I was about to say this. We did not want to recommend a new king, but wanted to separate Western Ukraine!"
Qitad did not express his opinion, but asked: "What do you think about this war that has affected the entire Europe?"
"We want to assist the Austrian side so that we can get the support of the Austrian Grand Duke in future independence"
Qitad shook his head: "Not good, Prussia looks weak at present, but its combat power is quite strong. It cannot be defeated in a short while, otherwise Frederick would not have been sought after by the whole of Europe."
"What's more, Silesia controlled by Prussia is next to Poland. If Prussia wins, it will be possible to ask you for guilt. Can you stop it?"
Mihau was also a little anxious, "No, I mean the Khan..."
"Since Prussia is currently weak, it is better to help them. According to my opinion, Prussia is very likely to stick to it in the end, and his situation will be out of control after that, but his next goal is mostly to other German electorate states"
"Since the war is going on in the north and has nothing to do with you, why should I provoke him?"
"Khan, if we assist Prussia, we will inevitably offend Austria. After all, we are next to Austria"
"Then you need to make an agreement through a treaty"
"As far as I know, Austria has no interest in your territory, but wants to preserve the complete Kingdom of Poland in order to block the Russians from their territory. At present, they are just making peace for the time being."
"According to the news I have received, Austria has suffered a lot of losses in this war and has no ability to attack you anymore"
"What's more, even if they want to attack you, they have to consider the attitude of the Ottomans near them. In addition, our country has a good relationship with the Ottomans nowadays. Once you are in danger, our country can also support you through their territory"
Mihau had never thought about such a thing and couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.
Qitad continued to induce: "The current war is going on near Berlin, the Prussians occupied Saxony and Silesia are empty. You might as well as gather a force to stand by near Krakow. The city lord and bishop of Krakow, and the commander of the Polish army are all your people. This should be done."
Seeing that Mihau was still hesitating, he continued, "I can also send an army to assist you. Of course, they all dress up as European troops and act with you. Then you can act according to the opportunity."
"The general principle is to help whoever has the advantage..."
"This..."
This sentence stunned Mihawu again.
"Khan, isn't it helping anyone who has the upper hand? Then our army will suffer less losses once it is put into combat"
"No, since they have the upper hand, you will not have much effect, and there will be little say after the war. You are still in a position of being ignored. If you want to be independent, dream about it"
"But if you help those who are at a disadvantage, you will definitely be grateful after getting out of the predicament. According to the current situation, Prussia must be at a disadvantage. They are allies of Britain, and they are the Elector of Brandenburg, and the King of England also serves as the Elector of Hannover"
"If we defeat Austria by then, the Russian coalition forces, by the way, we can only deal with Austria, and the Russians will let Frederick deal with it themselves"
"If you sign an armistice agreement from now on, you will have great hope of independence"
Mihau could not decide for himself, so he asked someone to return to Poland first.
A month later, Polish commander Gervusky, who actually presided over the affairs of Western Ukraine, Krakow lord Soutik, Kamenets Adam, and Kiev lord Zavusky agreed to Qitad's plan.
While waiting for the reply from Gervuski and others, Qitad quickly contacted Ottoman Odessa Pashasa Ladin, saying that he wanted to participate in the European war and keep him confidential.
For Saladin and the Ottoman nobles, any action that could weaken Europe would be supported by them, not to mention that they were eager to participate in the attack on Austria.
Furthermore, according to Qitad, they would only send a small army of 5,000 people, and even if there was any trouble, they would not cause any big waves.
So, in May 1760, Qitad temporarily formed five thousand soldiers with Caucasian faces in the territory and established an expedition reinforcement brigade, with Paul as the brigade commander and Jain's second son Ashale as the deputy brigade commander, and set off from Yesk by boat.
After arriving at Mecklef (Nicoliev), he went straight north, crossed the buffer zone and entered Western Ukraine.
They were accompanied by Deng Ce, Ah Hai, Qiqige, Petronov and the French spy Dion who was cast by Qitad.
Qiqige is the female soldier who once worked with a female doctor to rescue herdsman's mother on a winter night. She just turned 20 this year. In the past five years, Qitade has transferred many female soldiers to the Intelligence Department. Qiqige is one of them and has followed Deng Ce to travel around Poland.
Petronov is over 60 years old and he took the initiative to come because he heard that he might really go to Russia this time. Although he cannot return to his hometown of Perm, it is still very attractive to him to be able to set foot on Russian territory in his lifetime.
What's more, he had read books at this time, St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, and was no stranger to it.
After arriving in Mihau's territory, Mihau came to pick him up in person.
When I saw Truchen's army, I was shocked.
The army in front of them looks like Europeans, both in appearance and uniform. If you don't observe carefully, you will not be able to tell it.
Paul's mother was a European who married into Armenia, which made him look almost European. Asarai was a little worse, but he was a mixed race between Turks and Mongols. In addition, he had been a Russian officer. Although he was not as close to Europeans as Paul in terms of appearance, his temperament was still quite similar.
Mihau was even more surprised that there were two women in the army.
Deng Ce quickly introduced, "This is the adopted daughter of the Khan. The Khan's children are currently very young. Wobaxi went to Yedikule's tribe again, so he had to..."
Mihawu nodded, "It seems that the Khan is preparing to let his adopted daughter contact the countries on behalf of the Khanate. Although she is waiting for the opportunity in Krakow, whether it is attacking Prussia or Austria, it is necessary to obtain contact with the other high-ranking officials in advance."
There was nothing to say all the way, and they finally arrived in Krakow around the beginning of June.
For the people of Western Ukraine, they thought they were troops under several city lords and did not care.
At this time, the 5,000 Polish strengthening brigades led by Zavuski, equipped with Truchen weapons, were also assembled, and all 10,000 troops were stationed in Auschwitz west of Krakow.
Auschwitz is located at the intersection of the Sora River and the Vistula River, next to Silesia. Although neither the Prussians, Russians, nor the Austrians take the Poles seriously, it is another matter to actively attack the Polish army.
Therefore, most of their wars were carried out in Prussia, Saxony, and Silesia.
Auschwitz was still a small town at this time, spanning both sides of the Sora River. The two sides of the Sora River in June were so beautiful, but Paul and others were not in the mood to watch these.
Five thousand people, deep in the distant foreign land, there are two women and a French spy, and it is a bit inexplicable no matter how you look at it.
A few days later, news came.
"Brig Commander"
The news came from the Khanate's consulate in Warsaw.
"The Russian army is currently near the Oder River and has contacted the Polish king. His Royal Highness can take a boat in Krakow and arrive in Warsaw along the Vistu River. When there is another arrangement in our country's consulate"
Ah Hai, Qiqige, Deng Ce, Petronov and others left.
For Zavuski, although he was nominally the commander of the Polish army, he was actually only concerned with the defense of Western Ukraine. He was also the lord of Lviv, a real Pole, and had little contact with the king from Saxony.
After seeing Ah Hai and others leave, he breathed a sigh of relief.
More than a month has passed, and it is August, and there is another news.
This time it was from Zavuski's spy in Silesia.
"Your Excellency, the Prussians defeated the Austrian army in Lignitz, Silesia, and Frederick II has entered Breslau"
(Breslau, later Polish city of Wroclaw)
"At present, the Russian army is near Poznan, Prussia, and the main force of the Austrian army is in Saxony, and it still has the advantage"
Chapter completed!