When the Austrians retreated, the Austrian soldiers who were still in the trap could only look at the sky in despair. Leopold looked at the waves of soldiers passing by him, and he felt a sense of sadness. These soldiers had already
Without the courage to fight, they were now meat on the Prussian chopping block.
Not long after, Leopold felt that he had only slept for a short while before he was woken up by someone next to him. The man was obviously a Prussian soldier, and the soldier laughed happily when he saw Leopold's costume.
.He called a few more Prussian soldiers to come over and get rid of the horse that was pressing on Leopold, and then stepped forward to pull Leopold up and grinned at Leopold. This soldier had a thick
He had a beard and golden teeth, and he also smelled of inferior tobacco.
The soldier picked up Leopold and pushed him away.
Not long after they reached a mound, the two of them climbed up on hands and feet. Leopold looked at the Austrian prisoners of war along the way. They were sitting dejectedly, and some of the prisoners were still crying. Leopold
I just felt that my heart felt dull and uncomfortable.
Before Leopold could finish suffering, he was pushed into a large tent by the soldiers on the side.
The tent was full of Austrian officers, and when they saw Leopold, they all cast surprised glances at him.
Before the Austrian officers could get too far away from the tent, William appeared in front of them with Ferdinand.
Looking at the little king in front of him, Leopold was full of emotions. Who would have known that at the most unfavorable time of the war, this little king was about to enter the shooting range of the Austrians. But this kid was as calm as an adult.
"Those who deal with things calmly will achieve great things," Leopold said silently in his mind.
"Your Excellencies, good afternoon, I am King William of Prussia. Today's war will cause great harm to both sides. Although you have been captured, I will ensure your safety and treatment." William said with a pretentious tone.
Then he became a profiteer again
"But you also know that due to the war between Prussia and Austria, most of the young and middle-aged people in the country have been transferred. It is autumn now, the season of harvesting food. There may be some situations where the food cannot keep up. Please forgive me.
"
After hearing what William said, there was an uproar in the tent. Seeing the commotion among the Austrian officers, Leopold had no choice but to stand up and say to William:
"As an Austrian officer and a nobleman, we hope that Prussia can give us full respect and retain the dignity of the nobles."
"Let's do this. We will do our best to ensure that you all have a comfortable life, but these expenses must be borne by you. What do you think?" William said as if he was a little shy.
This condition was acceptable to the Austrians present. They had to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation at home, not to mention that they were captured now.
But what the Austrians don't know is that an extremely bleak prospect awaits them.
When William saw Austria present and agreed to pay for himself, William said happily:
"Regarding your expenses here, our Marshal Dessau will be responsible for it. You can tell him the specific situation. Sorry, I'll excuse you now."
After William entrusted these matters to Dessau, he quickly walked out of the tent. He was afraid of what he would do if he got cramps from laughing in the tent.
But when he returned to his tent, he was not so particular. William lay on the bed holding his stomach and laughed:
"Slaughter you Austrian pigs, haha,"
Ferdinand was leading his men to clean the battlefield, but suddenly a subordinate shouted an urgent military order and ran to him. After listening to his subordinate's report, Ferdinand's expression changed, and he hurriedly ran towards William's tent.
Before William could finish laughing while lying on the bed, Ferdinand hurried in.
"Your Majesty, the situation is not good," Ferdinand said to William with a gloomy face.
"What's wrong, my marshal, we just won the victory?" William looked at Ferdinand doubtfully.
"Someone upstream reported that many unidentified people have appeared recently. I suspect these people are Austrian spies. They may already know our plans below," Ferdinand replied cautiously.
"This is a problem. Send an order to closely monitor the movements of the Austrians on the other side." William ordered Ferdinand.
The Austrian camp was gloomy and gloomy at the moment. Marshal Lacy was staring at the map on the table without moving.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, our spies have discovered some special circumstances in the upper reaches of the Elbe River. They hope to see you and report." Marshal Lacy's chief of guard opened the tent and walked in and said to Lacy.
"Let them come in" Lacy raised his head and said to his guard captain
After a while, two middle-aged men with ordinary faces walked in. One of them saluted Lacy and said:
"Your Excellency, Marshal, I am the person in charge of the Austrian Liaison Station in Prussia. My name is Hanks. My people have discovered some situations in the upper reaches of the Elbe River. I hope I can help you."
"You go ahead and I'll listen." Lacy waved her hand to signal Hanks to continue.
"Our people found on the dams in the upper reaches of the Elbe River that the Prussians were raising the dams there, and the water level in the Elbe River tributaries has dropped a lot," Hanks said truthfully.
"Oh, what else?" Laci asked with a frown.
"There are some Prussian troops stationed at each dike upstream. Our people found that these troops have a large amount of gunpowder. We doubt that the Prussians are willing to blow up these dikes." Hanks raised his head slightly and looked at Lacy's face.
"Dike, gunpowder, water level" Marshal Lacy muttered these words silently. Suddenly he seemed to have thought of something. He walked a few steps quickly and stood in front of Hanks and said:
“How is the water volume of the Elbe this year?”
"Since this summer, due to a lot of rainfall, there is a lot of water in the upper reaches of the Elbe River, so the water level of the Elbe River is also very high," Hanks thought for a while and said
"Haha, okay, I finally know what those Prussians are going to do. The Prussians are so cruel." Marshal Lacy looked at the map and cursed.
Hanks boldly asked Lacy:
"Is there something wrong with your Excellency, Marshal?"
"Hanks, these Prussians want to flood us." Then he motioned Hanks to the edge of the map. Lacy pointed at the map and said:
"The battlefield on our side is at a relatively low position. The Prussians intercepted the river water above, and when a good opportunity came, they blew up the dike and let the water wash down. Our side is the Elbe River.
Downstream. By then, no one can escape."
Hanks became even more confused after hearing what Lacy said, and he asked:
"How did the Prussians bring all this water here?"
"Needless to say, of course we need to dig a ditch to bring the river water here," Marshal Lacy said with hatred for iron.
After saying that, Lacy asked his captain of the bodyguard to take Hanks and others down.
Marshal Lacy thought of the corruption of the war situation and the unknown Archduke Leopold, and his head ached so much that he felt like he was about to die.
"I hope nothing happens to Archduke Leopold, and I hope Her Majesty the Queen will not blame me. Damn the Prussians, I will definitely make you pay for today."