Xinshun 1730

Chapter 648 You Are Just a Pawn ([-])

The gentlemen of the East India Company, of course, do not know the saying "there is no excuse for the crime".

But the same reason, they must understand.Machiavelli said that a monarch always has legitimate reasons to smear his treachery, and the smearing after treachery is the "word of crime".

It's just like a chicken will enter a state of suspended animation after being caught, and a bison will remain motionless and give up resistance when it is not bitten by a lion.

When the dangers they face cannot be resolved, people always tend to deceive themselves, implying that things like treaties are useful, implying that as long as the sheep do not provoke the lions, the lions will not eat the sheep.

This is the case today.

The East India Company could only choose to tolerate and not resist, to hypnotize themselves that Dashun would not go to war, and did not even dare to think about this possibility.

Because, what can I do if I think about it?

East of Malacca, there was no chance of winning.To the west of the Cape of Good Hope, Dashun has no chance of winning, but it has no colonies.Moreover, west of the Cape of Good Hope, what about the Kanto India Company?
When the gentleman group of the East India Company was also forced to agree to sign a joint trade agreement, the last rope blocking Liu Yu was also untied.

A few days later, the Inter-Provincial Council notified Liu Yu that they hoped to continue negotiations on trade issues, and when the negotiating party was not the East India Company but the Inter-Provincial Council, Liu Yu knew that the matter had been completed.

What we have to wait now is for Frederick II to win a battle, force Austria to conclude a separate peace treaty with Prussia, and accept British mediation in exchange for Prussia's withdrawal from the anti-Austrian alliance, so that these politicians in the Netherlands feel that the time has come, Thus struggling to express the passion, fanaticism and patriotism of declaring war on France.

Only Prussia withdraws from the war, the oligarchs and the Orangemen, can start their "love of the fatherland" show.Otherwise, they dare not love.

After sending away the envoys sent by the federal provincial council, and agreeing to resume negotiations the day after tomorrow, Liu Yu called three promising staff officers, accompanied by an interpreter, and sent them to Bohemia to meet Frederick II. World.

The trade volume between Prussia and Dashun is not large. Some small ships with a weight of about 200 tons were sent before, but they were quickly squeezed by Denmark, Sweden, Britain, France and other countries and could not get the goods.Liu Yu and Frederick II did not know each other.

However, where there are people, there are circles.

Through some circles, it is still easy to get online.

The Marquis of La Schettadi, who worked together in the coup in Petersburg, was a diplomat in Berlin when he debuted, and he was also an old acquaintance with Frederick II's father.When Frederick II was a prince, he also praised the Marquis of La Schettadi as a lovely person.

Moreover, the Marquis of La Chettadi is a standard French nobleman, proud and arrogant, he likes other people's compliments, and he is very happy when he flatters a few words. When he was in Petersburg, he mentioned that he wanted to visit Berlin, and he easily won the prize. A letter of recommendation from the Marquis of Shetardi.

Dashun did not plan to conduct diplomacy with Prussia, because it was meaningless and there was no official level of communication, and Liu Yu did not intend to engage in official level of communication, and because official communication was very cumbersome, there were many indispensable red tapes.Therefore, this method of referral by the noble circle was adopted.

After the three staff officers were called, Liu Yu roughly arranged the tasks.

"After you go, that is to see how they fight, and write a report when you come back. You are a military observation group. Although I don't know Frederick II, he is probably quite arrogant about commanding operations. It will definitely be like in the story of the Three Kingdoms, and I will ask you a few words from time to time, such as 'you can recognize this formation'."

"Take out the skills you have learned, don't let this Prussian underestimate, and show the military might and art of war of the Celestial Dynasty."

"Besides this matter, the most important thing is that once a decisive battle breaks out between Prussia and Austria, you must send the news to me as soon as possible at a speed of [-] miles."

"War horses and military horses can be borrowed or bought. In short, we must send back the results of the decisive battle as quickly as possible at any cost."

"The summary of the battle can be written and given later. What I want is the casualties of both sides, whether they still have the ability to continue fighting, whether it is a battle of defeat or annihilation, which is related to the overall situation. Do you understand?"

The three staff officers are all old subordinates for many years, so they naturally understand the difference between tactics and strategy.

"Don't worry, Marquis Whale, we understand the priorities."

"Okay, then you guys go now. Remember, you must send back the news of the battle as soon as possible. I will arrange people to meet along the way. This is the place to meet and send messages along the way. You must use the attitude of changing horses and people without stopping. , Send the news back, this matter is related to whether the Celestial Dynasty can get out of Nanyang, there must be no mistakes."

After receiving orders and taking the letter of recommendation from the Marquis of La Schettadi and a letter written by Liu Yu, the three of them set off from Amsterdam to Bohemia.

And Liu Yu, with an incomparably relaxed mind, once again started meaningless trade negotiations with the Dutch federal parliament.

Make the final foreshadowing for the second coup.

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May 1742, 5 in the Western calendar.evening.

Czech countryside.

Thirty years old and in his prime, Frederick II was the staff officer of He Dashun's military observation group, complaining about the abhorrentness of the Hungarian light cavalry.

In the distance of the camp, the Prussian soldiers, under the command of a Dashun staff officer, put away the hot air balloon that was launched for observation.

This little gift was greatly praised by Frederick, who called it "the science that can determine the situation on the battlefield. If those people at the Berlin Academy of Sciences don't focus on empty mathematics, but on these battlefield weapons How good it should be in terms of research."

In fact, if this battle is about to break out, if Austria has a hot air balloon that can be launched into the sky for reconnaissance, and if the ambush hidden by Frederick II on the flank is discovered in time, the pattern of the entire Europe and the future world may also be rewritten. .

Therefore, Dashun's military observation team came to Prussia and sent a hot air balloon as a gift to the King of Prussia instead of Austria.Because Dashun hoped that Prussia would win, so that Prussia and Austria could accept the mediation of the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands would feel that there was a big advantage to be taken and declared war on France in a high-profile manner.

The staff officers around Frederick II were about the same age as Frederick, and they were all veteran officers who had participated in the Dashun Western Expedition and the war against Japan.

And the military reform presided over by Liu Yu, the tactical system is definitely higher than the current popular line array. After the meeting and exchange, Frederick II praised and was very interested in the military observation team on Dashun's side.

At this point, a big battle is about to begin.

The members of the military observation group on Dashun's side are also quietly waiting for the result of the battle, and want to report the result of the battle back to the Netherlands as soon as possible.

Listening to Frederick II's complaints about the Hungarian hussars full of envy and hatred, the staff officer thought to himself, this is what Dashun's soldiers do, such as sneak attacks, investigations, robbing food, and harassment. The Prussian army is seriously short of horses and cavalry , It is not easy to win this battle.

Moreover, after several months of exchanges, Dashun's staff members discovered a huge problem in the Prussian army, that is, too much demand for overall rhythm, too much emphasis on turning from column to horizontal, and super-fast reloading.

However, in terms of hollow formation changes and battalion-level formation changes, the gap with Dashun Qingzhou Army is not small, and it can even be said to be huge.

The tactical ideas of the two sides are not the same.

Moreover, from the perspective of a staff officer from the Qingzhou Army, there is a big problem with Prussia's camp tonight.

The distance between several legions is too far apart.For example, the main force of Frederick II's main force was separated from the army of Prince Dessau under him by a huge distance.

If you have light cavalry and scouting advantages, this is not too much of an issue.

However, the Prussian cavalry and the Hungarian light cavalry were far behind, and the detection was insufficient. They dared to leave such a large distance gap when the Austrian army was approaching. Isn't this a chance for Austria to defeat them?
The gap between legions, if marching with infantry, would take at least three hours.With such a large gap and no cavalry advantage, Dashun's staff members naturally felt that Prussia was really trying to die.

According to their curriculum in the military academy, when the enemy has been found, and the cavalry of one's own side is insufficient, and the battlefield investigation cannot be controlled, they must form a group without disconnection and gaps, so as to avoid being broken one by one.

When Wu Han, one of the 28 generals in Yuntai, attacked Shu, he divided his forces, separated by a distance of more than ten miles, and was almost defeated one by one.

Such battles abound on ancient battlefields, and I don’t know how many times they have been told in Weihai.

It can be seen that the 30-year-old King of Prussia in front of him is still a little green in command on the battlefield.According to the observation of this staff officer, this person is good at training soldiers, but he still lacks the experience of fighting with a large army, and has not yet grown up. It only depends on whether Austria can seize the opportunity.

However, the staff officers still abided by Liu Yu's instructions to be a "Military Observer Group" instead of a Prussian "Military Advisory Group".

Adviser and observation are very different terms.

If Frederick II asked, they said; if he didn't ask, they didn't talk too much.

At this time, Frederick II was still complaining about the Hungarian light cavalry, lamenting that Prussia lacked such excellent light cavalry and lacked enough horses.

His own army went deep into the Czech Republic, and these flea-like Hungarian light cavalry were elusive, constantly attacking and harassing him in the rear, making him miserable.

The battlefield reconnaissance was completely covered by the Hungarian light cavalry on the opposite side. The regular cavalry of one's own side could drive them away, but it was far from counter-reconnaissance and reconnaissance.

While complaining, I had dinner.However, before dawn, the staff officers were awakened by the loud sound of military drums, and the Prussian soldiers outside were getting up from their tents cursing.

The Prussian officer in charge of contact told Dashun's staff officers a piece of news that was quite unfavorable to Prussia.

Those Prussian regular cavalry who had driven off the Hungarian hussars spotted the main body of the Austrian legion in pursuit.

Sure enough, relying on the advantages of powerful light cavalry and battlefield reconnaissance, the Austrians discovered the problem of the Prussian army's bivouac. The main force of Austria was rushing towards the army of Prince Dessau who had left the bivouac.

First eat the Prince of Dessau's army, which is at least two hours away from Frederick II's main camp, and then turn around and eat Frederick's main force.

After Frederick II heard the news, he woke up and announced the news that the whole army had dinner at four o'clock and set off at five o'clock.

After hearing the news, Dashun's staff thought that it was not too late to make amends.The Austrians have the cavalry advantage. As long as part of the cavalry is spared, the main force of Prussia's support is held back, and the Prince of Dessau's army, which is alone, is eaten first. Will this battle be a fart?
(End of this chapter)