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Chapter 50 The Great Mission (3) Berlin

 Four days later, under the city of Berlin.

At this time, in Berlin City, apart from the hasty militia gathered together, and Frederick II stayed in the city, his most elite Wang family hunters with rifled spears, had no more guardian power.

And the Russian army, the "Austrian army" have more than 10,000 cavalry!

More than 10,000 cavalrymen were running on both sides of the Spree River, and the momentum was quite amazing.

But Paul knew it very well.

The Russian army led by Tetholben were all light cavalry, and only he, the three thousand Truchen Hussars, carried light artillery, but they were only thirty pounds of mortars. Such artillery sat on a tall horse with the cavalry.

In this way, the cavalry's figure obviously had to be selected for the thin ones, so a small figure appeared on a tall horse, and over time they had the title of "child soldier".

However, since he became a Hussar, equestrian and cavalry tactics, it is also quite good. Moreover, although the Truchen cavalry is known as a cavalry, they do not often draw out their sabers as a decisive weapon. Most of the time, they use rotary pistols to solve the battle.

Since you win with your firearms and use your rifle proficiently, the pistol has become the focus of training, and the training of the tactic of slashing immediately has retreated to second place.

After learning that he was coming to Europe to fight, Qitad also asked them to practice methods to deal with breastplate cavalry.

At this time, there were still some tall cavalrymen in the army of Russia, Austria, Prussia and France. They were similar to heavy armored cavalry, but they were still mainly sabers and muskets.

However, because the cavalry and horses are very tall, when they sprint together, they are extremely sharp troops whether they are dealing with the short horses or the infantry and military formations.

There are also grenade cavalry, whose name is grenade, but it is the second only to the chest plaque cavalry. Except that they do not wear breast plaque, they are no different from breast plaque cavalry.

However, this time, the long-range attack on Berlin was still the vanguard. Naturally, the Russians did not send these two units over. However, Zavusky used all European light cavalry, grenade cavalry, breastplate cavalry, and light cavalry on the basis of the Truchen Cavalry Brigade.

As Paul expected, the Europeans at this time were similar to those in later generations. When facing an enemy with an absolute dominance, the first thing that came to mind was not to stick to it, but to negotiate peace and surrender.

The Prussians were still a very disciplined country in Europe at this time, let alone other countries.

People came out of the city immediately and wanted to negotiate with the cavalry outside the city.

Not only Paul expected it, but also Tetholben, who was a German, also expected it.

A bishop in the city came over tremblingly.

"We are willing to pay the ransom"

When facing difficulties, the bishops who believe in Protestantism think of not God at first, but negotiations and transactions. It is ridiculous to think about the fact that they fought for religious disputes for thirty years in the last century.

In the original history, Tetholben negotiated with the other party that Prussia had given out 500,000 Prussian silver coins and ensured the safety of civilians in the city, and reached an agreement not to allow Cossacks from the Russian army to enter the city.

Now that Paul is too much, this is not the case.

"No", 500,000 silver coins are not missing. Although Tetholben is now fighting for the Russians, he is essentially a mercenary. He has not only been loyal to the Tsar, but also served as a mercenary in Prussia, the Netherlands, and Bavaria. However, he was a German, and he couldn't bear to see the devastation of Berlin.

This is also an important reason why he is rushing to be a pioneer.

Of course, in addition to these 500,000 silver coins, the bishop must have given him at least 100,000 silver coins. Tetoleben's son is the quartermaster of the Russian cavalry. Tetoleben had reached a private agreement with the bishop before he asked Paul to participate in the negotiations.

Even the place where he placed his 100,000 silver coins was negotiated.

The word "no" was naturally spoken by Zavuski. After hearing this, Tetoleben smiled and said, "What do you think is reasonable"

Zavuski said: "I am not like you. The purpose of coming is money. We have nearly 30,000 troops behind us. These 500,000 silver coins are not enough to divide them."

"Then how much do you say is appropriate?"

"At least two million!"

After hearing Zavuski's words, the bishop's face changed significantly.

He was about to refuse, Zavuski said: "Berlin City is naturally very solid, but the nearby Charlotte Palace and Wuyou Palace are not solid. As far as I know, the wealth in these two palaces is more than two million!"

"Also, our army is about to arrive, and thousands of kilograms of heavy artillery have arrived. By then, under the fire, not only will the civilians not be able to escape, but the entire Berlin City will be destroyed!"

Finally, the bishop agreed to Zavuski's request and hurried back and prepare.

The next day, a message came.

"General Lasi thought the artillery and infantry were too slow, and he had already brought six thousand Austrian cavalry one step ahead. If nothing unexpected happens, he will arrive in Berlin City in four days!"

After the news came, Tetoleben didn't care. Early this morning, his son received 100,000 silver coins at a secret place on the outskirts of Berlin. He was not registered and all of them were put into the military warehouse as Tetoleben's private property.

However, the people in the city obviously also received the news. In the afternoon of the same day, two million Prussian silver coins were transported to the camp of Torpeng.

Even the greedy Tetoleben dared not take it alone. He said to Zavuski: "How to distribute these silver coins, it is better to wait until the two generals of Chernesov and Lasi arrive"

At this time, the six thousand horsemen of Tetholben set up camp on the north bank of the Spree River, while the Zavuski camp was stationed on the south bank, one south and one north with the city of Berlin.

On the fourth day, the Prussian reinforcements who received the news arrived first, and drove into Berlin City from the six thousand Prussian troops confronting the Swedes in West Latin America (near the Baltic region in northern Germany).

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In the afternoon of the same day, the Russian cavalry camp on the north bank of the Spree River.

As an agreement was reached with the Prussians, the Russian cavalry camp was peaceful. Tetholben lived in a manor on the north shore, and all the ransoms received were placed there. The cavalry arranged around the manor. They piled together in different sequences without even setting up the fence.

The only thing that showed that they had camped was to lay down horse tying stakes on the flat fields.

Tetholben himself was surrounded by mercenary cavalry from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. According to the Russian army, they belonged to the grenade cavalry battalion, and half of the 100,000 silver coins were distributed to them.

Outside there are a large number of Cossack cavalry, guards and dracos, and Tatar light cavalry.

They also had yearning for the two million silver coins, and they unpreparedly put horses and drank horses in the farmland. Some even snatched pigs and sheep from nearby farmers and slaughtered them on the spot. It seemed that they were not here to fight, and they were not facing powerful enemies like Prussia, but to travel.

The Sila Meponian Legion entered the city in the morning, and at noon, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared near the Russian cavalry!

Although Zavusky was a little nervous, in order to establish an independent country in Southern Poland, he followed Paul's advice and secretly crossed the river from the upper reaches of the Spree River and sneaked to the vicinity of the Russian cavalry camp.

At this time, it was the lunch time of the Russian cavalry, and Zavuski led three thousand Polish cavalry to kill him!

At this time, they only allowed a few people to continue carrying their usual spears, and most of them restored their true colors - the tactics of short guns and sabers trained by the Truqins.

Because the Russian army was unprepared, even when they met the Poles, they still regarded them as friendly forces. Although they were a little surprised, they did not do much.

The battle situation was naturally overturned. The Polish cavalry was famous. Later Napoleon's army specially organized Polish lancers. The defenseless Russian cavalry collapsed in an instant.

At this moment, Paul on the south bank sent people to sneak into the castle and contact the Prussian general Wurttemberg who had just entered the city.

"General, I am your friend, and I am here to help you get out of your predicament"

Württemberg was originally placed in Rostock, which was near the Baltic Sea to fight against the Swedes. Since the brave and warlike Karl XII died, the Swedes have been in a slump and have completely lost the capital to fight against Russia.

This time, in response to the coalition forces' dealing with Prussia, it was just a good example. In the landing of West Pomerania near Sweden, Frederick II arranged a small number of troops in that direction, and the two sides did not engage in a major war, but just confronted each other across the Penne River.

Therefore, after learning about the danger in Berlin, Württemberg was able to come back as fast as possible.

After receiving the letter written by Paul in Latin, Württemberg was skeptical, but after seeing the Poles expelled the Russian army outside the city, he felt relieved.

He personally opened the south gate and came to Paul's camp.

"Truchen?!"

When Württemberg learned that the army in front of him turned out to be Truchen's army, he was shocked.

Nowadays, Europe is not unfamiliar with Truchen. Their rear-mounted firearms, exquisite stainless steel tableware and extremely durable cotton cloth have also been passed here.

What's more, Frederick II himself yearned for Eastern culture and built a Chinese-style building in his Worry Palace.

Therefore, the Prussians were not opposed to the Truchens.

Paul didn't want to talk nonsense to him and said straight to the point: "General, the Russian-Austrian coalition forces are expected to arrive tomorrow. They have as many as 30,000 people, all of them are elite, and they carry heavy artillery, you will definitely not be able to resist it."

"My king is sandwiched between Russia, Persia and the Ottomans, and his situation is very similar to that of your country. Therefore, after learning from the Poles, he felt extremely sympathetic and pretended to join the Austrian army, and was actually here to help you"

"What I want to tell you is that the cavalry of General Lasi, Austria, who may arrive here tomorrow, will be the cavalry of General Lasi, you don't have to worry about it, I will deal with him"

"But in another day or two, the subsequent army will arrive one after another. I only have 3,000 people. It is impossible for me to deal with them with this little person. You will need to come forward by then"

"If I guess it's good, the Tetoleben Cavalry Legion in the north is about to be destroyed. I heard that there are more than a thousand cavalry in your army. Come out of the city and cooperate with each other!"
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