Since last night, Louis XVI has been sitting in his study in the royal palace in Paris, waiting for the outcome of the battle. When a messenger hurriedly came to the palace and handed the battle report to Louis XVI,
The French emperor didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
For Louis XVI, France lost this battle as a whole. France lost the Fourth Army. From now on, Paris can only count on the remaining 30,000-strong army.
Although Napoleon won the battle, he had to make compromises due to the arrival of enemy reinforcements. This did not arouse the dissatisfaction of His Majesty the King in Louis XVI's view.
For Louis XVI, Napoleon had done very well. After all, not everyone could achieve the same results as Napoleon in the battle with the coalition forces. Prince Condé was an example.
But after seeing Napoleon mention that the enemy's reinforcements were not far from Paris, Louis XVI lamented again in his heart. This time he was lamenting for his country and his dynasty.
Until now, although Louis XVI had passionately wanted to defend Paris and defend the final glory of the Bourbon dynasty, after reading Napoleon's battle report, his heart also changed.
The war has reached this point. It is no longer helpful to continue to be trapped in Paris. Moreover, there is news from Spain that the Spanish have sent a mission to negotiate peace with the enemy. Under this situation, the original Three Kings Alliance now only has France.
The family is still holding on.
"Forget it, wait until Napoleon comes back and send people to try to negotiate peace with the coalition forces!"
Louis XVI shook his head and made the decision to make peace.
Looking at Rumyantsev lying on the hospital bed, Brankov felt a little complicated in his heart. It was this old man who almost single-handedly changed the situation of the war. After he captured Moscow, the situation was chaotic.
Great, but it was this Rumyantsev who led the counter-rebellion forces that made it impossible for his army to develop on a large scale as previously envisioned.
Under the surprise attack of the rebels led by Brankov himself, the general trusted by Rumyantsev was still unable to defend the city, and even Rumyantsev, who was still comatose in the hospital bed, became a
Prisoners of war in Brankov's hands.
"Don't let those doctors leave, and everyone who originally took care of Rumyantsev should stay with me, and at the same time convey my order, and all conditions for the treatment of Marshal Rumyantsev will be met!"
When leaving the room, Brankov said to the attendant beside him.
At present, the base camp of the counter-rebel forces is already under Brankov's control. This means that those counter-rebel forces who do not know that the base camp has been captured have been cut off. In this case, Brankov decided
Send envoys to see if they can persuade the soldiers who suppressed the rebels to surrender.
In Brandenburg Castle, William looked at the documents on the desk that were delivered by someone from Dessau, and his forehead wrinkled slightly.
To be honest, William was actually unwilling to get involved in the war in Austria.
The civil war in Austria is now a battle between the brothers Alexander and Karl for family dominance and Austrian rule. Although Alexander has the title of regent of Austria, he is undoubtedly at a disadvantage at the moment.
But William did not expect that Alexander would actually ask Prussia to intervene in mediation. Although there was no big benefit to Prussia in intervening in the Austrian civil war, after all, the continued chaos in Austria would do more good than harm to Prussia. There is no point in this.
doubt.
What William frowned upon was Alexander's announcement that he would be the first to invite William to ascend the throne as Holy Roman Emperor.
When William thought of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he naturally thought of Maximilian, and when he thought of Maximilian, Vivian in Cologne naturally became a thorn in William's heart.
William liked Vivian, and even after he fell out with Maximilian, William did not attack Maximilian because of Vivian.
But now, it is obvious that Vivian has changed her previous attitude towards William because of Maximilian. Even the gifts sent by William were thrown away by Vivian.
However, William is an ambitious man after all. If his hands and feet are bound by the love of his children, then wouldn’t he have let down the great and upright group of the Travelers?
Therefore, William planned to wait until the war situation in France was settled and immediately go to Cologne to make Maximilian abdicated.
But just after William had a plan in mind, Anna came to the door.
"William, what's going on? Why did I hear that there was a civil war in Austria? Alexander and Karl fought against each other?"
Because William could hide it, Anna didn't hear the news in Austria until now. The reason why he didn't let Anna know was that William naturally wanted to avoid causing more trouble.
After appointing Eric as the Crown Prince of Prussia, Anna's mother valued her son, and at least Prussia no longer dared to have any contempt for the Queen. It was precisely for this reason that even if William issued a strict order,
But as time went by, Anna still heard the news.
After hearing what Anna said, William said:
"Well, I just received the news that Alexander and Karl are at war in Austria. Now Alexander has sent someone to ask us to intervene in mediation!"
Originally, Anna hurriedly came over to investigate after learning the news. After all, Anna could not accept it psychologically that William could conceal this matter about her.
The relationship between William and Anna was never a perfect match, as is common in all political marriages.
Of course, there are exceptions to some political marriages, but basically there is at most one pair out of ten couples.
And when Anna heard that William was so calm, Anna suddenly became speechless.
Regarding Alexander and Karl, Anna's heart is actually free of bias. For Anna, Alexander and Karl are both her brothers, and both of them are her relatives.
"Then did you agree?"
"Dessau has sent people to mediate. I think Alexander and Karl will stop the war soon!"
When she heard that Dessau had sent someone to mediate, Anna's heart was also very complicated. Anna was a smart woman, and a smart woman would naturally understand what Prussia's intervention in the mediation meant to Austria.
Now that Alexander and Karl have met each other, there is no need to explain the reasons that led them to start the war, and even an idiot can see the purpose of the war.
In this case, Prussia sent people to intervene, which was actually not good news for Austria.
Anna didn't want to see her two brothers fighting to the death, but she also didn't want to see the whole of Austria suffer another disaster because of the protracted war.
It was this complex psychology that directly made Anna sit on the sofa in Leer William's room and became speechless.
Seeing the sad look on Anna's face, William sighed in his heart.
If you think about it carefully, in fact, if it were not for the friction between the two people's personalities, Anna is actually a good woman. She is smart, cheerful, and courageous. If she is married to someone who likes to pamper her,
If they are men, then their lives will definitely be happy.
However, some accidents between Anna and William led to their current situation.
After giving birth to Eric, although William went to Anna's palace more often, most of them were to visit his son.
As a person with a strong personality, William likes a woman who can be submissive in front of him, not a woman like Anna who has to show her tough side even in front of her husband. After all, William himself is a very tough person.
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But unlike Anna, whether it is Du Li or Karina, no matter what they look like outside, they are absolutely submissive in front of William. It is precisely because of this that they can get William's favor.
Some people may think that it is all William's fault. After all, as a husband, can't William be more accommodating to his wife?
No joke, William is the king of Prussia. He has to deal with a mountain of things every day. Although he has the help of cabinet officials, these officials cannot make the decision after all. The only one who can make the decision in Prussia is William.
In addition, although William is not considered diligent, for the ambition in his heart, although he cannot be said to be doing everything personally, he is definitely trying his best.
In this way, when facing his own woman, William naturally does not want to have to face a woman who will only upset him.
William personally picked up the teapot and poured a cup of black tea for Anna, then brought it to her and said:
"Don't worry about things you shouldn't worry about. You don't have that much energy! And go back early. Eric will definitely make trouble if he can't see you."
Although what William said was not flattering, William's actions still made Anna feel a warm current in her heart. Since William and Anna got married, William has poured Anna only a handful of teas.
After Anna left the room, William walked to the window on the side and looked at the woods where the leaves had begun to fall. After a while, he frowned and then told Hornde to prepare the carriage. He was going to find Rocks.
When William arrived at the Prussian cabinet, Locks was immersed in a large pile of documents. After all, Locks was already older, and his eyes were almost glued to these documents. His big glasses
The film was placed on the bridge of the nose.
In order not to disturb the Prime Minister, William deliberately prevented the attendants from knocking on the door so as not to disturb Rocks.
It wasn't until a while later that when Locks raised his head from the documents and stretched his waist, he saw William sitting not far away opposite. Locks quickly stood up and saluted William, but William said with a smile:
"No, no, my Prime Minister is so diligent, I should be the one to thank you!"
"His Majesty the King is joking, we are all your subjects, and we shall serve you and the Kingdom of Prussia with all our might!"
William smiled and said:
"Okay, I came here this time to inquire about Hanover. It has been six days. Hasn't the British replied yet?"
"Your Majesty, the government has not received a reply from the British side yet!"
After Rocks finished speaking, a trace of anger appeared on William's face.
Last time, when news of Charlotte's arson attack reached Brandenburg, William immediately ordered the Prussian government to ask the British to cede Hanover without objection, and asked the Duke of York and Charlotte to divorce.
Although William also knew that this matter would definitely cause controversy in the UK when it arrived in London, and even the fastest channel could only allow the news to go back and forth between London and Brandenburg in six days,
But it still aroused William's dissatisfaction.
You must know that regarding Charlotte and Hanover, Prussia had already urged the British side before, and the deadline he gave Fox before was ten days, but now six days have passed, and it seems that the British side still has not
reply.
"Let's do this, you immediately prepare the government to take over Hanover. I will go to the Ministry of War to discuss it with Prince Henry. Ten days is my ultimatum to the British side. After ten days, Hanover must be included in Prussia.
territory, and I must also get the news of Charlotte’s return to Brandenburg!”
William's attitude was very firm, and Rocks was also very dissatisfied with the British attitude, so Rocks didn't say much.
Afterwards, William came to the Military Ministry. When William arrived at the Military Ministry, Henry happened to be in the Military Ministry, because William and Henry began to discuss.
In London, the Prussian government's ultimatum had been delivered, and it was this ultimatum that caused the British Parliament to burst into excitement.
Hanover was the condition that Britain used to induce Prussia to work in France, and this condition was not discussed by the British Parliament. Because of this, Prussia's request for Hanover has never been met in parliament.
But now Prussia has issued an ultimatum. If the British betray their faith and do not intend to cede Hanover, Prussia's threat to immediately withdraw its troops from France and seize Hanover by force is extremely dazzling in the eyes of these British senior officials.
Little Peter had not slept well for two days because of this Prussian ultimatum, but facing the ambiguous attitude of George III, he did not know what the King was thinking.
As for the Prussian demands for a divorce between the Duke of York and Princess Charlotte and compensation for Charlotte, it is a trivial matter compared to Hanover.