After the entire army retreated to Białysk to rest, Ferdinand did not give up reconnaissance operations in other areas. Rangers in the army continued to carry out activities in the area near Białysk.
Just after Ferdinand's army arrived in Biavis, Morak of Königsberg had received intelligence about the activities of Ferdinand's army. After thinking about the movements of Ferdinand's army, Morak decided to take the initiative.
After Rzezaviv brought back 4,000 Cossack cavalry, Morak's army reached more than 11,000 men, and Kleiman's contacts with the Russians also achieved great results.
Although it may take some time for Kleiman's army to return to Königsberg, Morak believed that Ferdinand would not be willing to have reinforcements when he attacked Białysk, because the royal reinforcements were still far away.
This is indeed the case. The entire Prussian regular army, excluding the royal guards, only numbered 100,000, while William sent 20,000 troops to North America, and the remaining 80,000 troops were stationed throughout Prussia.
There are 30,000 people in Bohemia, 20,000 people in Silesia, 15,000 people in East Prussia, 5,000 people in West Prussia, and more than 10,000 troops stationed throughout Prussia.
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At present, the troops of East Prussia and West Prussia have been concentrated in the East Prussia region, and there are also nobles opposing the royal family in other areas. So all the royal family can do is to draw troops from Bohemia and Silesia.
However, one of these two areas has just been occupied, and the royal rule has not yet taken root in the hearts of the people, while the other area has a relatively complex ethnic composition and is greatly affected by foreign forces, so even if it is transferred, not too many troops will be transferred.
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Calculating this way, the number of troops that can be used to quell the rebellion in East Prussia will not exceed 30,000. Of course, these are when the royal family does not recruit soldiers on a large scale. If the royal family is pressed into a hurry, the royal family can still recruit tens of thousands of soldiers.
Tens of thousands of levies.
But now it is spring plowing time, and all parts of the country are busy cultivating crops. If soldiers are recruited at this time, this year's harvest will be greatly affected. Morak believes that the little king will not fail to see this.
Therefore, under such circumstances, unless the little king ignores the complaints of the people, he will never recruit soldiers. As long as he can destroy Ferdinand's army, then the balance of power between the two sides in the next war will be
will be in a more balanced state.
In fact, what Morak thought was correct at all. William really had no idea of recruiting soldiers at this time. One reason is that, as Morak thought, recruiting soldiers on a large scale was undoubtedly killing the goose that laid eggs. Of course, this did not mean that Prussia
He could not bear this kind of loss, but doing so would cause William's reputation in the country to drop rapidly.
Sometimes it's hard to say what reputation is. Morak relied on his reputation to pull out such a team. Similarly, William also relied on the reputation he gained in the Austro-Prussian War to carry out drastic reforms in the country.
But people are selfish. If you treat a person well a hundred times, he will only remember your kindness once. But if you treat someone bad once, then he will remember your badness forever. If
If William ignores the actual situation everywhere and asks people to put down their hoes and pick up guns at this moment, William's reputation gained from the Austro-Prussian War will be completely consumed. When people no longer remember William's good deeds, why should he?
Let everyone support him in the subsequent reforms!
Therefore, in the case of recruiting soldiers, Prussia's power that can be used to counter the rebellion is limited, and William must leave some troops on the front line for defense. Therefore, William's original plan to mobilize troops from Silesia was negotiated with the ministers.
An army of 15,000 troops was dispatched to East Prussia, an army of 10,000 troops was dispatched from Bohemia to Silesia, and the 3,000 troops stationed in Brandenburg at the same time joined the royal guards in Potsdam. The total strength will be
Reaching 8,000 people, these 8,000 people will also rush to East Prussia to suppress the rebellion.
In addition to Ferdinand's initial army of 5,000, the number of regular troops used to quell the rebellion of Marquis Morak would reach 28,000. William believed that 28,000 troops should have no problem dealing with Morak's rebellion.
However, Ferdinand's actions caused a huge omission in this plan. If Ferdinand's army was annihilated by Morak before reinforcements arrived, then it would not only be a matter of Morak's prestige rising, but also the royal family's counter-insurgency strength.
It will also be weakened to a dangerous state. William will not think that 20,000 people can destroy Morak.
After Ferdinand advanced into East Prussia in advance, William thought for a night and decided to change the route of the 10,000 troops originally sent from Bohemia to Silesia. These 10,000 troops would go directly to East Prussia, so that even if something happened
In the worst case scenario, the royal family has enough power to put down Morak.
But doing so undoubtedly takes a great risk. You must know that there were originally 20,000 troops stationed in Silesia, but now 15,000 troops have been transferred to East Prussia, leaving only 5,000 troops stationed there.
Although the Silesian region was ruled by the Hohenzollern family after the Seven Years' War in 1763, Silesia was simply too important.
Silesia has fertile soil and is rich in cereals, potatoes, hemp and sugar beets. It is rich in coal, iron, copper, lead, zinc and other mineral resources. At the same time, it borders Austria and Poland. In terms of ethnic composition, most of the residents of Silesia are
Poles, Silesians, and Germanic peoples can only be regarded as minorities in Silesia.
What's more, because Silesia, like Bohemia, was robbed by Prussia through war, the people there still resent Prussian rule, and Austria is still resentful of the two areas lost in the two wars.
, although Prussia and Austria have reached a memorandum on war, William believes that Joseph II will not hesitate to turn against him as long as there is a chance.
Therefore, Prussia must send a mission to Vienna to test Austria's attitude. If Austria can give Prussia a positive response, then William can not only liberate a large number of combat forces but also force the Russians to make concessions internationally.
Were those Russians really a William who didn’t know that there was a Russian influence behind Morak’s incident? So many Cossack troops really thought William was a fool.
Of course, just in case, William asked officials from various places to recruit a group of soldiers if actual conditions allowed. William's request to the officials was very simple: to recruit as many soldiers as possible without affecting this year's field harvest.
I have thought of all the ways I can think of, and now we have to see how East Prussia fares, William thought worriedly.
Facts have proved that the efficiency of the Military Department is quite good. After Henry ordered various places to provide help, the 15,000 troops stationed on the Silesian front quickly came to West Prussia from Silesia. It was originally planned that these troops would compete with Ferdinand's
The army was then served as the supreme commander by Ferdinand, but now Ferdinand had taken the lead to East Prussia. In order not to affect the plan, Henry officially took over the army in West Prussia.
It was estimated that it would take some time for the eight thousand troops coming from Brandenburg to arrive, so after declaring that he would serve as the supreme commander of the entire army, Prince Henry led 15,000 troops and marched towards East Prussia.
Although Henry was very dissatisfied with Ferdinand's private actions, the situation in East Prussia was already in full swing. Henry believed that Ferdinand's 7,000 men could not defeat Morak, and Morak himself was considered a
A famous general, not to mention that Morak was fighting in East Prussia, so no one knew what trump cards he had.
If Ferdinand suffered a loss at the hands of Morak, it would not be the interests of the kingdom that would be unlucky at that time! So he must lead his army to join Ferdinand as soon as possible. After thinking about this, Henry made up his mind to march.
Why did Henry appear in West Prussia? It's actually very simple. As the chief officer of the Military Department, how could Prince Henry be indifferent to such a large-scale military operation? Originally, William was planning to have Ferdinand command the counter-rebellion army for peace.
rebellion, but the overall situation must be within Henry's control.
It seems like there are two generals, but in fact, Henry's more important role is to assist and monitor, assisting Ferdinand's army with logistics, monitoring Ferdinand for any abnormalities, etc.