After saying that, Hornder hurriedly left the palace. Although the Schwarzburgers did it quite seamlessly, Hornder felt that he could still find some clues on these weapons and the bodies.
Under the escort of two hundred Prussian royal guards, Anna joined the mission sent to Vienna to mourn. The original mission had 100 guards, and the two hundred royal guards who have joined now, this mission had an armed force of 300 people.
Originally, Louise would not rule out so many people to protect Anna, but the current situation is quite unfavorable to Anna. It is precisely because of this that Louise strengthened Anna's guarding power.
Before leaving, Louise personally summoned the head of the division, namely the Prussian Foreign Minister Elstner. If Anna had not gone to Vienna, the Prussian government would not have sent Elstner to lead the mission.
Although Leopold II was the emperor of the empire, it should be remembered that in the later period, the Prussians turned against each other and denied Leopold II's imperial emperor and also established Maximilian as the emperor of the empire. At best, Leopold II could be recognized by the Prussians as the Grand Duke of Austria.
The Austrian Grand Duke is certainly prominent, but after all, a grand duke is still incomparable to an emperor. It can even be said that Elstener personally led this mission because of Anna's joining. This can also be said to give Anna face, otherwise, at most, he would send a deputy foreign minister in the government.
Before Elstner led the mission, Locks secretly summoned Elstner. As the foreign minister of Prussia, although Elstner was very independent and he only needed to be responsible for William, Locks was the head of the government, and even Elstner's success was inseparable from Locks' support.
Not only Elstener, in the Prussian government cabinet, Deputy Prime Minister Kutrik, Justice Minister Lucas, Education Minister Jonas, and Finance Minister Julian, there are nine members of the government cabinet, five of which are Locks all the way up, plus Locks himself, which means that among the nine votes in the government cabinet, Locks alone holds six votes in his hand. And they are also key departments.
So it can be said that in Prussia, besides the military, Locks is an existence above ten thousand people in Prussia.
During this conversation, Locks expressed his attitude to Elstener, that is, to kill Anna if he can!
At first, when he heard Rox's explanation, Elstener was so scared that he couldn't even speak. You should know that Anna was the queen of Prussia, but now Rox is going to cheat Anna to death. To put it in the big picture, this is simply a coup!
But then when Elstner heard Dessau's name from Locks, he knew it. Although the Prussian army on the Bohemia line was weakened to a certain extent due to the Pu'ao armistice, Dessau still held the forces of four divisions. These four divisions were the 19th Prussian Division, the 20th Division, and the 9th and 10th Divisions.
Not to mention the 19th Division and the 20th Division, although these two divisions were reorganized and were trained in the P-Austrian War, Dessau's influence was not enough to cover up the sky in these two divisions, and it was impossible for these two divisions to attack Anna, who was protected by the royal guards. The Nichlau team of the Ninth Division was severely damaged in the Battle of Seedlice and has not yet recovered its ability to reach its heyday.
But don't forget that the 10th Division is on the front line of Bohemia and has a very strong control over this division. Dessau's division commander Mark is simply a disciple of Dessau.
According to Dessau's achievements, he would definitely be in charge of the Military Department or the General Staff after the war. The support of such a powerful figure gave Elstener some confidence in his mission.
Of course, Locks also ordered that there must be no mistakes before Anna arrives in Vienna. She will not attack Anna until Anna returns from Vienna!
After leaving Brandenburg, Louise and Locks personally sent the mission out of Brandenburg. Before Anna got on the carriage, Louise carefully reminded:
"Anna, you must pay attention to safety. This time the team is protecting Werner, who is absolutely trustworthy. If anything is wrong, then you immediately let Werner take you back to Brandenburg. I sent someone to secretly protect you along the way, but you must be careful!"
Louise's words moved Anna again and left tears. Then Anna, whose eyes were red, resisted the urge to cry and waved goodbye to Louise.
Because Elstener personally led the team and Anna in the mission, this mission was grandly welcomed by the local government every time he went to, but how could Anna, who was determined to arrive in Vienna, have the energy to perfunctory these local officials?
It is precisely because of this reason that government officials in various places disagree with Anna after seeing Anna's performance, and even some local officials were a little dissatisfied with Anna. After all, these local officials have prepared quite grand events to please Anna.
At Anna's urging, the delegation was moving very fast. It took a week to arrive at the Czech Republic Budjeevec. After Pu'O reached a second armistice agreement, the city, which was originally controlled by Austria, was also handed over to the hands of the Prussians.
At present, Dessau's command is located in Budjeevec, Czech Republic.
Regardless of whether Anna's reason or not, she could not not meet Dessau after arriving in the Czech Republic. After all, Dessau can be said to be the biggest contributor to Prussia in this Prussia war! Even Dessau is not just one person. He represents the nearly 100,000 Prussian troops fighting on the front line of the Prussian-Austrian war in the Prussian-Austrian war, and also represents the nearly 20,000 Prussian soldiers who died on the battlefield for Prussia!
So no matter whether Anna wants it or not, the mission still stopped in the Czech Republic Budjeevec.
"See Your Highness!"
When Anna walked off the carriage, a man with the rank of marshal on his shoulder came to Anna. Although Dessau was well maintained, he was already sixty-one years old after all, and his face was obviously showing his oldness!
Thinking that it was this person who played a considerable role in the Prussian war, Anna's expression suddenly became complicated. If it weren't for Dessau's series of efforts in the war, then it would have been possible that Grand Duke Tuha would have led the Austrian army to break through the Bohemia line of the Prussian army. Even Alexander's mutiny might not have happened, and her father might not have died!
Anna was in a very complicated mood and was entangled. Facing Dessau's greeting, Anna pulled a smile on her face and said:
"Marson, please come and greet you in person. On behalf of the Hohenzollern Royal Family, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your performance in the war!"
"Your Highness, you don't need to do this. Fighting for the kingdom is the duty of the ministers! Furthermore, the reason why this war was able to be won is because of the huge changes in Austria, and on the other hand, it is because His Majesty the King personally supervised the battle and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy!"
When Anna heard Dessau's seemingly complimentary words, she couldn't express her pain in her heart, and the bitterness on the corner of Anna's mouth naturally did not hide from Dessau, who was about to become a human.
The friendship between Dessau and Locks can even be traced back to when the two fought together under Frederick the Great. In the late reign of Frederick the Great, Dessau, Locks, Henry, and Ferdinand were collectively known as the four important officials of the Kingdom! Among them, Marshal Dessau was the youngest.
Marshal Dessau had considerable influence in the Prussian army, not only because he was a marshal himself. Marshal Dessau's father was also the marshal of the Prussian Kingdom and Prince Anhalt, and his grandfather was also the prince and the marshal of the kingdom.
It can be said that Dessau's family was a noble family and a marshal family. His father was promoted by Frederick the Great, but he died of illness after the end of the Seventh Years War in 1760. Dessau was just twenty-eight years old that year. After his father's death, Frederick the Great was in the case of taking care of the Dessau family, and not only allowed Dessau to inherit the title of prince. He also promoted Dessau to become a general of the empire.
Military families like Dessau are common in Prussia and even throughout Europe. For example, after the death of Marshal Frederick, the first powerful general under the command of Emperor Qiteng, his three sons also developed in the Prussian military. However, due to his talent, except for Marshal Saito's youngest son who was promoted to General Prussian last year, the other two sons were Minmin among the crowd. However, Mr. Saito had a very outstanding son-in-law. That was Daphilia! If it weren't for Marshal Saito's son-in-law, how could he become the commander of the First Division of Prussia?
In 1749, Morril, the youngest son of Marshal Qiteng, was born. Morril, now forty-four years old, is currently the commander of the 22nd Division just formed in Prussia.
The forces behind such a military family are simply unfathomable. Even if William implements military reforms in the Prussian military, there must be factions in some places. No matter how to reform, these factions will be weakened at most, but will never be eliminated.
However, this kind of military aristocratic family in Prussia is currently beneficial and harmless, because compared with government officials, these military aristocratic families that live with the country and the Hohenzollern royal family can be said to be truly prosperous and prosperous.
Marriages between the royal family and these families are common. William's younger brother Ludwig has been engaged to Dessau's daughter Jessica. Just wait until Ludwig graduates from Brandenburg Military Academy, then the two can get married.
Although Locks developed in politics, he also had some influence in the military. Just relying on his comrades with Prince Henry and Marshal Dessau, the military personnel always wanted to give Locks three points of thin air.
Prince Ferdinand has entered the Secret Court. As the first big boss to enter after William established the Secret Court, Prince Ferdinand has deserved to be the director of the Secret Court. Henry just waited for the end of this war to enter the Secret Court. In this way, the position of chief officer of the Military Department and the General Staff was completely abandoned.
Currently, only Dessau, Ferdinand Jr., Dafilia and others are qualified to join the General Staff and Military Department. Marshal Dessau is undoubtedly the leader. It can be said that Dessau will definitely join one of the two parts.
"Marson Marshal, you are so humble! I am a little tired, so I ask Mr. Marshal to take me to a place to rest. I am very tired!"
After Anna finished speaking, Desau frowned.
This time, because the mission to Vienna happened to pass through the Czech Republic Budjeevec, the government also brought condolences to the frontline soldiers. The Military Department also used the mission's ride-sharing to issue a series of promotion orders to the soldiers on the frontline.
In Dessau's vision, if Anna could attend such an event and deliver a speech, it would undoubtedly be an encouragement to the morale of the frontline soldiers, but now Anna's actions undoubtedly poured cold water on Dessau.
"Take Your Highness down and rest!"
Dessau called a servant and said in a slightly cold tone. After Anna left with the servant, Elstener quietly came to Dessau's side and saluted and said;
"Marty Marshal Dessau, Prime Minister Locks has brought me his greetings to you!"
Hearing Elstener's words, Dessau also owed a little back gift and said:
"Thank you for your greetings from Brandenburg for your Prime Minister. In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to the government for helping the frontline soldiers during the war!"
Elstener immediately smiled:
"We are all Prussians. Although we do different jobs, we are all for Prussia. Therefore, it is also the responsibility of the government to do our best to help the soldiers on the front line! By the way, Marshal Dessau, I have a letter from Prime Minister Rox to me to bring you!"
As he said that, Elstener took out an envelope from his pocket of his shirt and handed it to Desau. After taking the envelope, Destener smiled at Elstener and then put it in his arms. There were so many people around him, Destener had no intention of reading the letter in public.
The commendation meeting originally scheduled to be held that night was finally held as scheduled, but because Anna did not attend, some soldiers were disappointed. After all, Anna was the queen of the kingdom. If Anna could attend such a commendation meeting and speak, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance the loyalty of the soldiers in the army to the Hohenzollern royal family.
That night, after the commendation meeting, Dessau returned to his room and opened Locks' letter.
In this letter, Locks hinted that he was going to take action against Anna, and hoped that Dessau would support his actions. Locks also wrote, "Prussia is Prussia, and the Kingdom of Prussia will never be ruled by the Austrians!"
After the Pu'O's armistice, especially when Locks learned about Karina's thoughts, Locks never gave up his actions. On the one hand, Locks suppressed the public opinion in Prussia's demand to support Anna's son as the crown prince through his power. On the other hand, Locks kept drawing on government officials and nobles under his command, and at the same time, Locks also strengthened his contacts with those Prussian military nobles who had a friendship with him.
Among them, Locks in particular strengthened the connection with Buel and Dessau.
Because of his health, Buel retired early and joined the Secret House. But don’t forget that Buel was the previous Prussian royal chief, and even the current Prussian royal chief Horned was recommended by Buel.
And even more importantly, although Buelle has retreated to the second line, he still has a great influence in the royal intelligence agencies. If Buelle does not have Buelle's default, how could Locks' series of actions not be reported to William and Louise by the royal intelligence agencies?
It can be said that although Buel did not express his support for Locks, he also had no good feelings for Anna. Therefore, his attitude towards Locks' series of actions was neither support nor objection. If William did not express his attitude, then Buel would never stand opposite Locks.
This was also hinted in the letter from Locks to Dessau. Dessau knew that Locks opposed Anna, but Dessau did not expect Locks to be so big. He obviously did not plan to let Anna go back to Brandenburg again. Just as Elster had heard Locks' orders for the first time before, Dessau was shocked.
If Anna had an accident in Dessau's defense zone, then Dessau would definitely be inseparable from responsibility. After all, Anna's wife is William's queen, the queen of Prussia.
But in other words, if Anna dies, then there are only three people who can ascend to the position of queen, and Karina has the greatest chance of winning, because the power behind Karina is the strongest. Even if Desau is responsible for Anna's death today, when Karina or Du Li comes to power, Desau is definitely the object of their gratitude.
However, there is also a huge problem. Dessau is already 61 years old. The age limit makes Dessau must take over the two most important departments of the military as soon as possible, otherwise, Dessau's military career will end.
But if something happened to Anna at this moment, even if Dessau bears joint and several liability, he will definitely not be promoted.
Although the family power behind Dessau is strong enough, the Dessau family is not unique among the Prussian military. The Ferdinand and the Chitten family are all powers that can be compared with the Dessau family.
After this battle, there will definitely be a situation where three soldiers compete for two peaches. After all, Blüchel has a lower qualification. Although Blüneck has expanded territory for the kingdom in North America, North America cannot do without Blüneck for the time being. Moreover, in this war that decided to reshuffle Europe, Blüneck did not achieve military achievements.
Therefore, only Dessau, Ferdinand Jr. and Dafilia are the only ones who can truly compete for the position of chief officers of the Military Department and the General Staff!