"Your Majesty, Marshal, I think your country's difficulties are understandable. Of course, our country's Highness the Regent can also understand it. Since we have requested your country to mediate, then His Highness the Regent will naturally express his feelings. Our country's His Highness the Regent will also understand."
I am willing to honor His Majesty William of Prussia as Holy Roman Emperor, and Alexander is also willing to provide Prussia with a batch of military horses and supplies free of charge!"
Except for the fact that Alexander was willing to take the lead in declaring William as Holy Roman Emperor, Dessau looked down upon the rest of what this envoy said.
Does Prussia lack horses? The answer is obviously no. By occupying Holstein and Schleswig, plus the original horse farms in Prussia, the Prussian army has received a steady supply of horses every year. It can even be said that the Prussian army
The number of war horses it has is not much less than that of Russia, but it is much more than that of Britain and France.
The total strength of an integrated division in Prussia is about 13,000, of which 2,500 are regular cavalry. The proportion of cavalry is one-fifth, while in France this figure is one-sixth.
One, and one tenth in the UK.
Therefore, there is currently no shortage of war horses in Prussia, and as for supplies, it is even more nonsense. Unless Alexander enshrines the treasures in the Habsburg family's warehouse, otherwise it depends on Alexander, what good things can he come up with!
Don't forget, Alexander has now been driven out of Vienna, and there is only one Wagram under his actual control.
"Your Excellency Marshal, even if I don't tell you, you must know the current situation. No matter how many conditions you offer at this time, it is a bit deceptive. And my Lord Alexander is naturally a sincere gentleman and is not willing to deceive anyone.
people, so right now our army doesn’t have much to offer.
But His Royal Highness the Regent has made a decision. As long as your country mediates in time, and after the mediation is successful, His Royal Highness Alexander will definitely try his best to meet your country's needs!"
What this messenger said was a bit like a wolf with a blank slate. After all, Alexander couldn't get anything at the moment, but he still wanted the Prussians to help him. What else could this be if he wasn't a wolf with a blank slate?
However, for Dessau, he was not afraid that Alexander would not provide benefits, or that he was not afraid that Alexander would default on his debts.
Just kidding. Does Alexander dare to renege on his debt with Prussia? You must know that Prussia does not interfere in the current civil war in Austria because Prussia is currently busy consolidating its rule over the newly occupied areas. If Alexander dares to play tricks with Prussia, then Prussia does not even need to send troops.
As long as Prussia gives Karl some military assistance, it is guaranteed that Karl will send troops to destroy Alexander.
"Okay, but it is very simple for our country to mediate. That is, once the mediation is successful, Alexander must cede some small states of the Habsburg family in the Rhine River Basin to Prussia in the name of the Austrian Regent. At the same time, once our country
His Majesty the King inherits the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, then Alexander must go to the court in person!"
Dessau thought for a while and came up with two conditions.
At this time, Dessau was not afraid that the people below or Brandenburg would have any objections. After all, Alexander only asked Prussia for mediation and not to send troops. Moreover, as the commander-in-chief, Dessau still had the ability to improvise on this matter.
of rights.
After hearing what Dessau said, the envoy just thought for a moment and then agreed.
Later, after the envoy left, Dessau arranged for people to quickly send the news to Brandenburg, and on the other hand, he immediately sent people to Vienna to contact Karl.
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The Spanish peacemaking division arrived in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and in Lisbon, the envoys sent by the British government also arrived before the Spanish.
This time the Spaniards are quite aggrieved about the peace negotiation. It can be said that the Spanish government and opposition parties feel quite aggrieved, but what can Spain do now? France has been attacked by the coalition forces and has reached the city of Paris, and Spain is in turmoil. If peace negotiation is not carried out at this time,
After the French alliance to resist Spain in the north was over, how could Spain alone resist the coalition forces?
In Lisbon, the Portuguese government seemed to be aware of the dissatisfaction felt by everyone in the Spanish mission, so they did not hold a large welcome banquet.
Unlike the Spanish, everyone in the British mission to Lisbon was filled with happy smiles.
Although Spain did not engage in large-scale combat with Britain after retaking Gibraltar, the two sides continued to engage in sea battles. And with the Strait of Gibraltar being controlled by Spain, Britain's trade in the Mediterranean region suffered a devastating blow
.
Now that the Spaniards have requested peace and are still willing to sit at the negotiating table even after the British have offered conditions, this is undoubtedly great news for the British.
The British negotiating mission was led by Sir North. Sir North is the son of North, who once served as the British Prime Minister. His family is also considered a wealthy family in the British government.
This time, Little Pitt gave Sir North a very simple task, that is, to negotiate with the Spanish according to the preliminary conditions proposed by the British, and the concessions were only within the acceptable range. After all, the British were the victors, and the British
The profits that the people took from the Spanish would also be divided among Prussia and the Netherlands.
Later in Lisbon, the British and Spanish diplomatic missions began to arrange their troops on a battlefield without smoke. Although Spain was essentially suing for peace as a defeated country, no Spaniard would think so.
Although the British have currently blocked the connection between the Spanish mainland and overseas colonies, this does not mean that the Spanish army has been defeated. You must know that in addition to the defeat of the 20,000 troops sent to support France in the Austrian Netherlands, the Spanish army
There were not many casualties at all.
The thousands of casualties suffered by the occupation of Gibraltar were not a traumatic event for the Spaniards.
Focusing on the issue of whether Spain was a defeated country, the two sides were going back and forth and arguing. At the negotiation table, the political elites of their respective countries also ignored their usual elegance and demeanor, and once caused a scene in the negotiations.
The Portuguese people doing the notarization on the spot couldn’t stand it anymore.
It was in this atmosphere that the negotiations in Lisbon lasted for more than a week.
"Sir North, those Spaniards are still insisting on the excuse that Spain is not a defeated country. It's really annoying!"
Standing next to North, a member of the British mission said with an indignant expression.
"Haha. It's nothing. In fact, we have been talking for more than a week. The reason why we have not made decisive progress is not in Paris. If our army conquers Paris now, I am afraid the Spaniards will make concessions immediately.
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We are all just waiting now, so don’t be anxious. But remember not to relax, your attitude must be strict, and you can’t let the Spaniards take chances!”
Hearing Sir North's words, the British man quickly responded loudly.
The battle in Paris, which Sir North is paying attention to, has now reached its most critical moment.
After Rummelin defeated the French camp outside Trapp City, he immediately led the army to reinforce Jarman, but did not wait for Rummelin's reinforcements to arrive. Jarmain's 14th Division was
Suddenly he fell into an extremely dangerous situation.
Several charges by more than 2,000 French cavalry directly caused the Prussian 56th Infantry Regiment to be broken through by the French cavalry except for a few main lines.
After breaking through the interception, these French cavalry immediately rushed towards the Prussian army that was besieging Prince Condé.
Fortunately, due to road and distance restrictions, these cavalry were not able to exert their maximum combat effectiveness. Otherwise, Arman would have had a huge headache.
At this moment, Arman also lived up to his previous composure.
Originally, he thought that with Prince Condé and the command center of the French Fourth Army being surrounded, the rest of the French troops would definitely be unable to make effective judgments and would be at a loss.
But now, the development of the war situation has obviously subverted Jarman's original idea. Although there was some slight chaos in the French army in the early days, as the Prussian army did not completely overwhelm Prince Condé at the first time, it directly caused
All the French troops who reacted began to move towards the position of Prince Condé for reinforcements.
This also doubled the pressure on the main force of the 14th Division that besieged Prince Kong Dai for a time.
"General, the 56th Infantry Regiment has collapsed. The enemy's cavalry has rushed towards the back of our army. Our army must defend itself!"
At this moment, a staff officer beside Jarman said anxiously to Jarman. The news just came that the 56th Infantry Regiment has been broken through by the French cavalry at the last few fronts.
The Sixteenth Infantry Regiment collapsed, and two thousand French cavalry also rushed towards the back of the Prussian army in a rewinding trend.
"Calm down, don't panic, order the 27th Cavalry Regiment to attack, the target is the French cavalry! Tell them. I don't have any reserves on hand, so don't count on my reinforcements!"
Arman said coldly.
When the Fifty-sixth Cavalry Regiment asked him for reinforcements, although Arman replied that there was no reserve force, in fact Arman still held the last organic army in his hands. That was the 27th Cavalry Regiment.
But Jarman would never send out the 27th Cavalry Regiment before. On the one hand, this unit is his only reserve force. He must use this cavalry regiment at critical times. On the other hand, if it is attacked,
Due to space limitations, even sending the 27th Cavalry Regiment to reinforce the 56th Infantry Regiment would not change the situation at all. After all, space limitations restricted the development of the cavalry.
Now, although the French cavalry has broken through the obstruction of the 56th Infantry Regiment, Jarman believes that after more than an hour of fighting, the strength of these French cavalry has been almost exerted, even if they still have some momentum.
It's just the end of the strong oar. At this time, sending a new force like the 27th Cavalry Regiment can be effective.
As for the Fifty-sixth Infantry Regiment? God bless, although Arman is not a hard-hearted person, the current situation does not allow him to have any soft-heartedness. Everything can only be for victory.
After issuing the military order, Arman continued to watch the battle taking place in the middle of the road, where the key to the battle was decided.
In the middle of the road, Prince Condé no longer cared about the protection of any guards. The old prince took out the gorgeous saber from his waist and fought with the Prussian army.
As expected of being the head of the Condé family, even though this old prince is already getting older, he is still very agile. Even when facing a small square formation composed of three Prussian soldiers, Prince Condé can still appear to be able to do it with ease.
"Don't be here to protect me. Go and protect my commander's flag and my regiment's flag. Don't let the flag fall down!"
While fighting a Prussian soldier in front of him, Prince Condé was still shouting.
Although he was in the middle of a battle, his eyes were still fixed on the huge flags on the carriage. Those flags were the soul of an army, so Prince Condé would never allow any accidents to happen to these flags.
But at this time, Kong Dai was actually struggling to hold on. Although he didn't notice much at the beginning, but now that the battle has been going on for a long time, Prince Kong Dai found that he was gradually losing his strength.
"I'm getting old, I'm getting old. I was still so high-spirited after a night of fierce fighting, but I didn't expect that I can hardly lift the blade now!"
Prince Kong Dai felt a little self-deprecating in his heart.
And when Prince Condé was distracted, he saw a Prussian soldier opposite him suddenly raising a black muzzle behind him. He saw a rifle aimed at Prince Condé and fired.
"boom!"
A gunshot, so crisp and indifferent......................
Prince Condé, who was shot in the chest, had a smile on his face, but he didn't give up at this time. The old prince found strength from nowhere and actually jumped up to the Prussian soldier in front of him.
, and then neatly took away the bayonet in the soldier's hand, and directly inserted his own saber into the chest of the Prussian soldier.
The number of Prussian soldiers is five times that of the French army. Coupled with the suddenness of the Prussian attack, it has been able to sustain it until now. It has to be said that although Prince Condé is not an outstanding general, he is a qualified commander.
But there is no doubt about it.
But after he stabbed the Prussian soldier, the violent movement caused Prince Condé to bleed immediately from the area where he had just been shot.
And the strength from Prince Kong Dai's body was constantly flowing out like blood.
Prince Kong Dai staggered and fell to the ground. Seeing Prince Kong Dai like this. The soldiers behind him rushed towards Prince Kong Dai, but saw that Prince Kong Dai, the big boss of the French army, was knocked to the ground.
, how could the surrounding Prussian soldiers let the French rescue them?
The Prussian soldiers swarmed forward and launched a fierce attack on the French soldiers while shouting slogans.
When Prince Condé lay on the ground, the battle was actually over, because the news of Prince Condé's death continued to spread from the mouths of the Prussian soldiers to the surrounding battlefield, which directly caused all French troops to start
The morale of the military was shaken.
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"Retreat! Retreat toward Paris!"
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, many French generals began to order their troops to retreat. Prince Condé had been killed. Continuing to fight here would not help at all. After all, after annihilating Prince Condé, the Prussian army
He soon regained control.
As for these retreating French troops, Jarman only ordered the army to pursue them appropriately. After all, although the French army was defeated, their grassroots troops were still there. If the Prussian army pursued too fiercely at this time, it would be difficult to protect these troops.
The French soldiers will not fight to the death, and the rabbit will fight if they are anxious, not to mention that these are French elites with a lot of combat experience.
When the battlefield gradually calmed down, the army led by Lumolin also arrived here. Arman did not complain about the fact that Lumolin appeared late.
Although the 14th Division suffered a lot of casualties, this battle was already won after all.
After seeing the body of Prince Kong Dai, Lu Molin was quite shocked, and then he was ecstatic
"Arman, you are really great. You and your 14th Division are great contributors to the kingdom!"
After a moment of joy, Rummelin immediately commanded the army to join forces with Arman and begin to march toward Paris.
In contrast to the victories of Rummelin and Armen, little Ferdinand's current situation is really not good.
Previously, Ferdinand the Younger believed that the troops under his command were all elite, and since field warfare was the strength of the Prussian army, there was no possibility of failure.
However, it was Napoleon who commanded the battle on the French side. Under Napoleon's command, the French army gave full play to their strength in mobility. They took advantage of Prussia's shortcomings in needing to stick to the front and began to make continuous detours.
It also directly led to loopholes in Ferdinand's army.
"Very well, now is the time for the decisive battle. Tell all the soldiers that our army will win this battle! God bless France!"
After Napoleon issued the military order, the French army pressed forward with all the troops, and the slight loophole on the Prussian left wing was continuously weakened intentionally or unintentionally due to Napoleon's deliberate actions.
But because of the fierce battle before, little Ferdinand actually ignored this fatal flaw.
Napoleon used all his strength to press on the left wing of the coalition forces, but the Imperial Second Division there was already somewhat overwhelmed.