"Everyone must be surprised now. Like everyone, I was also surprised when I first heard the news. Who would have thought that a noble noble like Morak, with such high morals and respect, would rebel brazenly regardless of the kindness of the royal family. He really knows his people well.
Unknowingly, Morak's behavior is simply the scum of the nobility and the scum of the Prussians. The whole of Prussia will remember Morak's rebellious name."
The cadence of Ferdinand's words stirred up the atmosphere in the entire military tent. The officers all echoed Ferdinand and cursed Morak for betraying the country's favor.
After seeing the turbulent mood in the military tent, Ferdinand nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Siffel also said just now that according to what the two prisoners of war said, Morak had just captured the garrison of Königsberg. There are still troops loyal to the royal family in other areas of East Prussia. I believe that as long as we march into East Prussia,
Prussia joined these armies. After joining these armies, they came to Königsberg before Morak could react. I think Morak would be caught off guard."
As soon as Ferdinand's words fell, there was a sudden silence in the military tent, but then the cry for war seemed to overturn the military tent. Just when Ferdinand was looking at this scene with satisfaction, Xiffel walked up to him
The person next to me whispered:
"Your Highness, is it too hasty to send troops now? Although we defeated Lan Luo's rebels yesterday, we still suffered hundreds of casualties. Since the situation is unknown, should we wait and see?"
"Your Excellency Schiffel, Morak has not yet obtained the support of all the East Prussian people and the army. He has only obtained the military power of the Königsberg garrison, so he will not have much strength in his hands, and you also know that according to prisoners of war,
Confessed, Morak also divided the troops in his hands into two sides. Besides, as I said just now, our dispatch of troops this time is not to confront Morak head-on. We are to open a channel with other East Prussian garrisons. Once this is opened,
By following this path, our strength will be greatly increased, so that we can be sure to fight Morak."
After listening to Ferdinand's words, Xiffel always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it, so he had to swallow his doubts back in his stomach.
After unifying the opinions of the army, Ferdinand rested in the military camp for two days. Two days later, Ferdinand led the army and set off in a mighty manner.
Ferdinand's move was against orders. Initially, William ordered him to stay where he was and wait until subsequent reinforcements met up with him before marching to East Prussia. However, after understanding the situation, Ferdinand believed that now was the best opportunity to march to East Prussia.
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Although Morak's reputation in East Prussia is extremely high, it is obviously unrealistic to say that he will attract countless people to defect to him as soon as he rebels. Most of the Prussian people and nobles must still be waiting and watching. If they can
March into East Prussia in time, let the people of East Prussia see the military might of the royal family, and it is best to choose the opportunity to annihilate one or two of Morak's squads. This will not only weaken Morak's strength, but also weaken Morak's reputation.
blow.
In fact, Ferdinand had another small idea in his mind, which was the staff department that William intended to set up. After the conversation with Henry, Ferdinand had always hoped to use a feat to prove his excellence to William, so that he could seek for something.
The position of chief officer of the staff department.
In fact, in terms of seniority, Ferdinand didn't need to worry at all, but their little king was a master who didn't act according to common sense. Ferdinand compared himself with Dessau, Hans and others, Ferdinand in his mind.
Nan found that in terms of military merit, he was almost the same as Dessau, and Dessau was slightly younger than him. In terms of closeness, Hans was undoubtedly far ahead. There were also some from the time of Frederick the Great in the Military Department.
The remaining old people are enough to pose a threat to Ferdinand's status.
If you don’t compare, you don’t know. Once you compare, Ferdinand will have a sense of crisis in his heart, and now when Morak’s rebellion is still in its infancy, it is a good opportunity for him. If he can make a great contribution at this time, then the chief officer of the General Staff
The position is almost certain, Ferdinand thought.
Ferdinand sent a messenger to Sanssouci to report the news of his march into East Prussia. At the same time, he believed that Morak was still in its infancy and it was the best time to annihilate it without letting Morak's harm spread.
But what Ferdinand didn't know was that William was furious after receiving his letter. Although William also knew that the war situation on the front line was changing rapidly, and Ferdinand also told himself the reason for marching at this time, but
William was extremely disgusted with Ferdinand's violation of his original orders.
Even the most stupid people in later generations will know that in an autocratic society, the people who can be reused by the monarch are often the slaves who have the right to control them. Why are these slaves reused? Because they never disobey the monarch's orders.
Who knows if there will be a second or third violation of the monarch's order once? How can a superior monarch reuse such a person?
So although there is nothing too wrong with Ferdinand's move, it does put a thorn in William's heart. Some people may say that William's mind is too small. No, William's mind is not small. But what?
It’s called autocracy. One country, one leader, and one voice is called autocracy. The existence of people with different voices is democracy at best, but it undermines national unity and questions the prestige of the royal family at worst.
But now the deal is done. Now that Ferdinand has set off with his army, what else can he do? William can only smile bitterly and urge the reinforcements still on the road to speed up their march and meet up with Ferdinand as soon as possible.
Ferdinand didn't know that his actions made the little king extremely disgusted. Instead, he was complacent about his actions. He was able to calm Morak. Thinking of the good things, Ferdinand on the horse laughed.
Not long after Ferdinand led his army to East Prussia, Morak of Königsberg already had the movement of Ferdinand's army. When he learned the news of Lanro's failure, Morak immediately drew his saber and chopped the vase in front of him.
It became two plates, and at the same time he shouted: trash.
But Morak was worthy of being a veteran, and Morak soon calmed down. The first thing he did after calming down was to order Clayman to speed up his advance and make sure to open up the channel with Russia to gain support.
At the same time, Morak also summoned the major East Prussian nobles who supported him after one night in Königsberg, and threatened and lured them. Under Morak's pressure, the East Prussian nobles raised 1.5 million silver coins for him in military expenses and
About three thousand soldiers.
These soldiers were private soldiers that the East Prussian nobles had maintained for many years. Logically speaking, they were unwilling to hand them over, but they had no choice but to put Morak's knife on their necks. This made them think that Morak was just a soldier.
This amiable old nobleman and others were shocked, but these people also thought that Morak was amiable. Even though Morak was old now, when he was young, Morak was very murderous.
As the old saying goes: It is easy to change a country but hard to change its nature.