But a veteran is a veteran. Ferdinand only recovered after being absent-minded for a while. He said to Blücher:
"Blücher, go and convey my order immediately. All personnel will be on alert immediately. At the same time, double the patrol team will be deployed outside the military camp tonight, and all officers will be summoned into the military tent immediately. I have something to do.
"discuss"
After hearing Ferdinand's words, Blücher quickly saluted and ran out quickly. After Blücher left, Ferdinand picked up a pen and started working on the map on the table.
The originally quiet military camp at night became agitated again with Ferdinand's order. All the officers rushed into the military tents of their respective units and pulled up the sleeping soldiers.
Of course, the soldiers must have been very dissatisfied when they were forcibly pulled out of their sleep by the officers, but facing the whip in the hands of the officers, the soldiers had no choice but to get up. In fact, these officers were also very confused. After all,
After a day of fighting, everyone was very tired, but there was nothing they could do. Who knew that Shangfeng had already given the order? Therefore, some unlucky soldiers became the punching bag for the officers to vent their grievances.
Soon, the chief officers of each army arrived at Ferdinand's military tent, but Ferdinand turned a blind eye to the officers entering the tent and continued to look at the map with dazzling eyes.
"Your Highness, I wonder if you have any reason to summon us so late?"
After seeing that everyone who was supposed to come had almost arrived, an officer who had a close personal relationship with Ferdinand asked boldly. But after he finished speaking, Ferdinand ignored him and stood up straight.
He stood up and counted the number of people in the military tent.
The officers looked at each other. They were extremely confused by Ferdinand's actions, but their many years of military service had allowed them to develop the habit of not asking questions when they shouldn't. They were just stunned for a moment and then said nothing further.
Ferdinand nodded after losing the number of people, and then said:
"It seems that everything that should come has come. Now I want to announce a news to everyone. I hope everyone will be mentally prepared after hearing the news."
Ferdinand's words caused a commotion in the tent. Although I didn't know what Ferdinand was going to say, looking at his actions, it seemed that it was not an ordinary thing.
"Quiet, let's see if you are cool. As an officer of the Kingdom of Prussia, how can you become so unstable because of a trivial matter?"
Ferdinand did not continue, but frowned and scolded. As soon as Ferdinand said the scolding words, the tent became silent again, and some officers who had been a little commotion lowered their heads and counted the ants on the ground.
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"The news I want to tell you is that our scouts just discovered an army with an unknown name appearing behind our army. This army came from the east."
Although Ferdinand said that the flag of the army was unknown, the additional sentence "Come from the East" made all the officers understand that the troops came with bad intentions.
The officers thought the same as Ferdinand. When they were dividing their troops, Henry led his troops to search for traces of the missing Cossack cavalry, while Ferdinand led the army to feel that Königsberg was attacking the rebels. Even if Henry ran away again,
It is impossible to suddenly run to the east, and the east of East Prussia is close to Poland and Lithuania. Those who can come from the east are either rebels or Russian troops.
"Your Highness, we want to know how many people there are in that unidentified army."
Under Ferdinand's fierce gaze, even though it was a question, the officers did not show panic, but the tent was also immersed in a strange atmosphere. In the end, the officer at the beginning relied on himself and
Ferdinand asked.
"According to our sentinel's estimate, this army has about five to six thousand people."
Ferdinand whispered the answer that everyone in the tent was eager to know. Sure enough, after hearing the answer, the officers in the tent breathed a sigh of relief. Although the war between the army and the rebels had suffered a lot in the past few days,
A lot of troops have been added, but now the entire army still has nearly 10,000 troops.
Judging from the statistics of peacetime results and the situation on the battlefield, the officers believed that the losses of the rebels were more severe than those of the counter-rebels. It was originally expected that there would be only more than 5,000 rebels in Königsberg. After several days,
After the great battle, the rebels still had nearly 2,000 soldiers at most, plus some wounded soldiers. Even if an enemy army of 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers arrived, the situation on the entire battlefield would still be more favorable than that of the rebels.
some.
But Ferdinand was not as optimistic as he expressed to the officers in the tent, and some strategically minded generals also saw that the unidentified army was not that simple.
The eastern region of East Prussia borders Lithuania. It was also the place where Kleiman met with the Russians. In fact, due to the wars between Prussia and Russia, it was a must-pass for the Russian army, so many residents were affected by the war.
After fleeing the area, although after more than ten years of governance, the eastern region has developed to a certain extent, there is absolutely no force there that can pull up five or six thousand troops, not even Morak, otherwise it would have been in Biya.
There are not tens of thousands of people under Wesker's castle.
Since it is neither a rebel force nor an army of the royal family, there is only the third answer, that is, that army is the Russian army.
Thinking of this, everyone who came up with this answer couldn't help but shudder. In their hearts, they angrily prayed to God that it must not be Russians, because if they were Russians, there must be more enemy troops behind that army.
.But soon an emergency report broke everyone’s illusions.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, our army has found out that the unidentified army is Russian, and now they have camped not far from our army."
This news caused everyone in the tent to panic. It was really the Russians. The Russians were coming. Of course, it was not that the Prussians were afraid of the Russian army, but people who knew the deployment of Prussian military forces knew that because this rebellion had already
Most of the Kingdom's standing army was involved. If the Russians declared war on Prussia at this time, Silesia and East Prussia would become prey to the Russians.
Ferdinand was startled when he heard the news. Although he had been prepared in his heart, the news was obviously still unacceptable. What did the Russians want to do? Is this an undeclared war?
"Immediately send someone to contact Prince Henry and tell him the news about us. At the same time, immediately send someone to Sanssouci Palace to report to His Majesty the military situation here and where the reinforcements from Bohemia have arrived. Blücher, please immediately
Let me figure it out. After you figure it out, tell them that they must rush to East Prussia within a month no matter what."
Blücher wrote down the three orders given by Ferdinand one by one, and then he ran out at a trot. Don't blame him for being anxious, this was an urgent matter.
Although the Russian army appears not far away from the counter-rebel army and there is no action at the moment, the counter-rebel army still cannot give up vigilance until the intentions of the Russian army are clear, and because the soldiers of the counter-rebel army have just experienced a fierce battle in World War I during the day
, taking the initiative to attack the Russian army at this time will not only give the Russians an excuse, but will also overwhelm the soldiers and cause unnecessary losses.
Therefore, after the sentinels reported several times that there was no unusual movement from the Russian army, Ferdinand ordered the army to rest in batches, with two-thirds of the troops resting first. This order made the already exhausted Prussian soldiers burst into cheers.
The strange thing is that the Russian army did not move at all since the march. They only started setting up camp and arranging sentinels to patrol around the camp. Moreover, when the Russian sentries encountered the Prussian sentries, the Russians did not
Instead of coming forward to fight, they loudly warned the Prussian sentries from a distance not to come forward. Since there was no order from their superiors, the Prussian sentries were very cooperative and wandered around for a while before leaving.
What was wrong? Ferdinand thought hard and couldn't figure it out. Since the Russians had already set foot on Prussian territory and marched not far from the Prussian army, they were undoubtedly at odds with Prussia. But why did the Russians
The army had no intention of attacking. Ferdinand kept scratching his head, as if this could provide him with some inspiration.
Just when Ferdinand was depressed and in pain, the commander of the Russian army not far away was also in pain. When he entered East Prussia, Kutuzov had given him instructions and asked him to attack the Prussian army when necessary.
, but then Kutuzov said that it would be best to use intimidation to scare Prussia away to avoid crossfire. How could these two completely opposite orders not cause headaches?
Although Kutuzov had previously ordered the Russian army to march into East Prussia, and also announced to the leading generals the order to fight at critical moments, this does not mean that Kutuzov is willing to allow the Russian army to immediately join this war.
Although these 6,000 Russian troops can nominally be named after the Volunteer Army, once the war begins, if a few prisoners are taken by the Prussians, then the inside story of the Volunteer Army will be revealed to the world.
Of course Kutuzov can deny that Prussian pressure is not a problem for him, but if it reaches the ears of the Queen, even if Kutuzov is a rising star, he will not escape death unless the Prussians annihilate him
These five to six thousand Russian troops.
If the Prussians really take the initiative to attack, Kutuzov will laugh to death, because Kutuzov believes that no matter how awesome the Prussians are, they will not be able to swallow the five or six thousand Russian army in one go.
Defeat, but in this way he will stand on the moral high ground and will not make Her Majesty the Queen dissatisfied. As for why the Russian army went to East Prussia, don't you know that there is something called getting lost in the world!
The Russian army got lost and came to East Prussia. They were suddenly attacked by the Prussians and suffered heavy losses. Then the Russian army requested Kutuzov's support in order to avenge the Russian soldiers who died in the surprise attack and to safeguard the Russian Empire.
Kutuzov angrily raised an army in honor of Kutuzov. This was the complete plan in Kutuzov's mind.