It’s no wonder that Henry felt this way. With the 9,000 Russian troops entering the East Prussian area, plus Mikhailev’s troops who had arrived earlier, the total number of Russian troops sent to East Prussia reached more than 13,000 people.
It can no longer be described as a conflict. This is completely a war deliberately launched by the Russians.
Thinking of this, Henry hurried to the Prussian military camp outside the city. He needed to inform Ferdinand of the news. At the same time, the two of them needed to discuss a countermeasure as soon as possible, and the news needed to be notified to Sanssouci Palace as soon as possible.
After Henry arrived at the military camp in a hurry, he ignored the greetings of the surrounding officers and rushed into Ferdinand's tent. After Ferdinand heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, he asked Blücher unhappily.
See who it is. If it is riding a horse in the military camp without any reason, capture it immediately.
But before Blücher could carry out this order, he heard the guard at the door shouting:
"His Royal Highness Prince Henry arrives"
Hearing this voice, Ferdinand, who had his head buried in the map on the table, raised his head in surprise. He did not remember when he invited Henry over.
Henry, who hurriedly walked into the big tent, ignored Blücher who was saluting at the side and wanted to speak, but Henry swallowed it down as soon as the words reached his mouth. He said to Blücher and others in the tent.
:
"Marshal Ferdinand and I have something to say. You all should go out."
After Henry finished speaking, Blücher cast an inquiring look at Ferdinand. At Ferdinand's slight nod, Blücher and some other people in the tent walked out one after another.
"I said, my old man, what's wrong with you? You look like you're on the verge of breaking out." Ferdinand said jokingly after seeing Henry's body covered with dust and looking a little disfigured due to the rush.
Henry walked to a chair next to Ferdinand and sat down, and then said to Ferdinand:
"Now I have some bad news to tell you. First of all, let me make it clear that I am not kidding."
Ferdinand was slightly surprised by Henry's serious appearance, but Ferdinand still nodded and responded:
"Tell me, let me see what makes you come here in such a hurry."
Looking into Ferdinand's eyes, Henry said word by word:
"The Russians have sent out their troops."
As soon as he finished speaking these six characters, Ferdinand felt a chill coming from his teeth, and he quickly asked:
"Where did you get the news? Is the news accurate?"
"You can rest assured that the authenticity of the news is absolutely guaranteed. In addition, the number of Russians dispatched this time is not a small number. They dispatched 5,000 Russian troops and 4,000 Polish troops."
After Henry finished speaking, he picked up the kettle on the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it in big gulps.
"The Russians are crazy. They have transferred the troops stationed in Poland. Aren't they afraid that the Poles will rebel against them?" Ferdinand said loudly after Henry drank the water.
"Who says it's not the case? The current situation is no longer something we can decide. We need to report the situation here to Sanssouci Palace as soon as possible. The Russians who have dispatched so many troops must have a big plan. We need to report it as soon as possible.
Make preparations." After Ferdinand finished speaking, Henry continued.
But while Henry was speaking, Ferdinand interrupted for no reason:
"What do you think we should take advantage of the fact that the Russian reinforcements haven't arrived yet and wipe out the Russian army over there?"
Ferdinand's words stunned Henry for a moment, and then Henry struggled and said:
"Right now, our army has just captured Königsberg, and the army still needs to be reorganized. And if we take the initiative to attack the Russians now, it will definitely trigger a full-scale war between us and the Russians. Who knows how prepared the Russians are, but
We are completely unprepared for war with the Russians."
"Damn it, can we let those Russians go for such a reason? If the Russian reinforcements arrive, we will have to pay a higher price if we want to eliminate them. Don't you know?" Seeing Henry so entangled
, Ferdinand shouted angrily.
Facing Ferdinand's question, Henry did not give a positive answer because Henry really could not find a good answer to Ferdinand.
Just when the two of them were silent in the tent and the atmosphere was a little stiff, Blücher's voice came from outside the tent:
"Your Excellency, Marshal, great news, Your Excellency, Marshal"
When Blücher opened the tent, the two people in the tent looked at him somewhat viciously, as if they could eat people. Upon seeing this, Blücher's voice dropped.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, Brandenburg's 8,000 reinforcements and Bohemia's 5,000 reinforcements are not far from us. It is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow evening."
Upon hearing the news, Henry and Ferdinand looked at each other, but then a hearty laugh broke out between them.
"Okay, okay, these reinforcements came at the right time. Henry, now we can wipe out those Russians before the nine thousand Russian troops arrive. Do you have the guts to do something big with me?" Ferdinand
He said to Henry with a smile.
But Henry was not as happy as Ferdinand. Henry thought to himself, could it be that the Prussian-Russian war was coming, but Prussia was not ready to fight the Russians at all. Although after joining the reinforcements, Henry was completely
The army will reach more than 32,000 people, but these more than 30,000 people are already all the troops Prussia can muster without recruiting soldiers.
The remaining Prussian troops scattered in various places still have their own missions. For example, it is absolutely impossible to redeploy the 5,000 troops in Silesia. If they are redeployed, what awaits Prussia is that Silesia, which has finally stabilized, will be in chaos.
The same is true in Bohemia and some other areas.
But the Russians are different. If the Russians are prepared, then their troops stationed in Ukraine and Livonia will press on Prussia like a dark cloud. And it is worth mentioning that this time
At that time, the Russian naval fleet was rampaging in the Baltic Sea. The Prussian army might have won the battle in the early stage, but in the later stage, Henry could not help but be careless in the face of this Russian behemoth.
Furthermore, Russia would really spend such a large amount of money on a meager Kleiman. What on earth was the Russian Empress, who had always been shrewd and capable, thinking?
Henry never thought that all this was not the intention of Catherine II, but Kutuzov's private behavior. If Henry knew the whole story, he would not hesitate to attack not far away.
The Russian army camp, because even if this causes more casualties to Russia, it will be the Russians who asked for it.
But Henry didn't know clearly at the moment, so he was unwilling to act rashly. If the Prussian army suffered some unnecessary casualties due to attacking the Russian camp, then Prussia would not have so much strength to deal with the Russians in the next war.
Until now, Henry still hopes to use diplomatic channels to get the Russians to give up the idea of launching troops, but Ferdinand is different. He wants to perform well in front of William and finally seizes such an opportunity to show his face. How can he be willing to do so?
Let it go so easily.
The two had different opinions, and this time Ferdinand was not ready to give up so easily, so the two started countless rounds of arguments, but until the evening, neither of them could convince the other to break up on bad terms.
Walking out of Ferdinand's military tent, Henry had a smile on his face. Just now it seemed that the two had different opinions and no one could convince the other. But it was precisely because of this that Henry smiled, because the two coaches did not reach a unified opinion.
Under these circumstances, it was impossible for the army to attack the Russian military camp.
Some people may say that Ferdinand could have led his own troops to attack the Russian military camp, but how could Ferdinand, who only wanted to show off in front of William, risk splitting the army to do this? So in summary
, Henry still had the upper hand. As long as the two of them did not agree on the same opinion, it would be impossible for the army to launch an attack.