Although he was prepared in his heart, Alexander was still shocked by Leopold II's words. He did not expect that Leopold II's previous opinion on him seemed to be all pretending, and he thought he could rely on his outstanding performance.
How ridiculous it seems to be when it comes to competing with Franz for the best.
"But I didn't expect that you would start so quickly, and Franz would be so unbearable. It seems that this is really God's will!"
As he spoke, Leopold II sighed leisurely again, looking at Leopold II, who was obviously decadent, although Alexander felt that there seemed to be a flame burning violently in his chest, the flame was
But I can't vent any of it.
"Okay, Vienna is yours now, and you will become the next monarch of the Habsburg dynasty, but what I want to tell you is that Franz took my clan ring before leaving,
It will inevitably cause you trouble! But now I no longer have the energy to worry about this, so I will leave the empire to you!"
This sentence seemed to have exhausted Leopold II's energy, and then the old man stood up from the chair with difficulty and walked out tremblingly.
Seeing Leopold II appear at the door, Daniel quickly signaled several guards to follow Leopold II. After all, Vienna has just been conquered and the city is not peaceful. If Leopold II is now at this moment
If an accident occurs, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to Alexander's orthodoxy.
Then Daniel hurried to Alexander's side. When Daniel walked to Alexander's side, the new Vienna master had just broken free from the mess in his mind.
"Daniel, immediately send an order to the army, so that they must find Franz at any cost! By the way, we must find the whereabouts of the clan emblem ring!"
Alexander, who woke up, immediately ordered Daniel, and when he heard Alexander mention the clan emblem ring, Daniel was obviously stunned.
"Your Highness. Are you saying Franz took away the clan emblem ring?"
Daniel said carefully as he looked at Alexander's face, and after Daniel finished speaking, Alexander's face became obviously ferocious.
"Yes, that damn guy, he really dared to snatch the clan emblem ring. I will definitely not spare him. Go and order!"
Daniel shook his body and didn't bother to ask more questions. He hurriedly ran out. The importance of the clan emblem ring did not need Alexander to say, and Daniel also understood. As an important token of the nobles' rule of the family, Alexander had no clan emblem ring.
The prestige of ruling the empire will naturally be greatly reduced.
On February 5, 1793, Alexander led the Hungarian army to capture Vienna. Then on February 6, in the Vienna Palace, Leopold II announced the decree of the crown prince in front of all the nobles of Vienna, and made Alexander the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Austria.
and the Holy Roman Empire Crown Prince and Regent.
On February 8, in Graz, a major town in southern Austria, Franz held a meeting of nobles to announce that the decree of Leopold II was illegal. The reason was that the emperor deposed the crown prince because Alexander's heavy troops threatened the emperor.
It was a last resort.
Franz stood in front of Graz City Hall and raised his family's emblem ring and announced loudly that he was the only heir to the Habsburg dynasty. Alexander's troops were rebels.
Then in Graz, Franz officially announced his successor to the throne of Austria, and at the same time called on all nobles to gather troops to Graz immediately to combat Alexander's rebellion.
What is tit-for-tat is that while Franz announced that he had inherited the throne of Austria, Alexander declared Franz a rebel and officially announced to the empire that he would personally lead the army to fight the rebellion.
Because of the hostility of Franz and Alexander, the entire Austria quickly split into two parts, and under Franz, most of the nobles in southern Austria gathered. In addition to his own Hungarian army, Alexander's command was more than 30,000 Hungarian troops.
, and some northern Austrian nobles raised their troops to respond to Alexander's order to attack Franz.
After Alexander officially became the regent of the Empire, the first thing he did was to send people to the Bohemia front to hope to reach a peace agreement with Prussia.
Although Duke Tuha led his army to resist the Prussian army on the front line of Bohemia, Alexander was still quite worried. At present, Franz had gathered his troops with a clear stand to prepare to attack him. Under such circumstances, Alexander was unable to control the entire Austria.
Territory, and what would Alexander, who was unable to control the Austrian territory, use to support the nearly 100,000 troops under the command of Grand Duke Tuha on the front line. Alexander also hoped to transfer Tuha's army south to deal with Franz's army.
Regarding Alexander's request, the Prussian side did not comment. In William's Dessau's view, the Austrian civil war has begun, and the soldiers under the front line, Tuha's troops will definitely have no intention of fighting because of the civil war. This is simply for Prussia
It's a huge opportunity.
At present, Bavaria has been occupied by the Prussians in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Main River Basin is all under the hands of Prussia. As long as it defeats Austria, the entire Holy Roman Empire will crawl to William's feet.
William will become one of the few powerful monarchs in the history of the Holy Roman Empire.
However, just when William and Dessau decided not to negotiate peace with Alexander, a small staff officer raised an objection. The small staff officer believed that once Prussia really decided to fight Austria to the end, although Prussia would achieve unparalleled achievements, but
At the same time, a large number of enemies will be ambushed for yourself.
You should know that the entire territory of the Holy Roman Empire includes the entire German region, Austria, northern and central Italy, Bohemia, eastern France, the entire Low Countries and Switzerland.
Now Prussia only controls half of the German region and the entire Bohemia. Other regions are either in the hands of major princes or occupied by other countries. For example, the eastern region of France has been recovered by the French, while the Swiss region has always been
With its own independent government, the Low Countries are divided into two regions: the Netherlands and the Austrian Netherlands. As for the northern and central Italy, not only are the French interests and the rulers of various city-states, but they are definitely not ordinary.
In this case, once Prussia defeats Austria, it is not ruled out that all the princes and countries who feel the threat of Prussia will unite to deal with Prussia.
The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was not so well-known. In addition to suppressing the princes in the empire, he also wanted to gain recognition from the Holy See. The key issue is that the relationship between Prussia and the Holy See was not very good.
Generally speaking, even the Holy See is hostile to Prussia, after all, the Holy See is Catholic, while Prussia is a Protestant country.
In this case, even if Prussia defeats Austria, the Holy See may not necessarily crown William. At that time, William will either crown himself, but crowning himself will violate the usual style of the empire. Even if the Holy See is angry and embarrassed, the Holy See will be angry.
It is not impossible to collude with countries around Prussia to form a new century crusade to attack Prussia.
This view made William see a different scenery again. He asked with a little respect, regardless of the guy who spoke, just a little adviser:
"What do you think we should do?"
"Agree with Alexander's request, but we ask Austria to ced all the land north of Retz. At the same time, Alexander can only be called Austria's Grand Duke. Only Maximilian of Cologne can be crowned. Of course, as a concession, Alexander is allowed to become a
The Empire Regent!”
"But if this happens, won't we lose a lot?"
Hearing William's words, the adviser smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, you should know that we have occupied the Main River, Bavaria and Austrian Poland. It can be said that our territory has expanded by nearly half. In this case, if these places are settled, it is the most urgent thing now.
It is very unfavorable for us to cause hostility throughout the continent early!”
After this staff officer finished speaking, William hesitated a little. To William, hesitating, taking your life while you are sick, it seems to be the supreme truth in William's opinion, but after the staff officer's analysis, it seems very reasonable. Habsburg ruled in Austria after all.
After hundreds of years, his foundation has been firmly built on Austrian land, and the war with Prussia over the past year has also caused considerable losses across Austria. These Austrians must have hated Prussia quite a lot. Even though
If Prussia occupied Austria, then endless rebellions would definitely occur.
In addition, as this staff officer said, once Prussia defeats Austria, then all major forces in the Holy Roman Empire will definitely panic, and even European countries including France and Britain will definitely re-examine Prussia. After all, they are defeating
After taking Austria, Prussia never had a competent opponent in the empire. In this way, Prussia, which dominated the country, will inevitably gradually unify the Holy Roman Empire, which is simply unacceptable to other countries on the European continent. History has
It proves that no European country would want to see a powerful empire erected in Central Europe, which can be seen from the battle paths of emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
"May I have your name"
"My Majesty, my name is Branny!"
"Very good, Branny, from today on you will be in my Guards. Buel, arrange Branny to the Third Infantry Regiment of the Guards to serve as the regiment commander!"
William's last sentence was said to Buel, and after William finished speaking, Buel agreed. As for how the commander of the original Third Infantry Regiment arranged this, William naturally didn't need to care about this. Buel would