We are not going south, and we will not go to Vienna. But in order to prevent the French from mobilizing troops from all over France more easily, we must confuse the French and make them think that we are going south.

To achieve this goal, two aspects of work must be carried out. First, continue to send invitations to other German princes, and asking them to come to the Principality of Hesse to share a piece of the pie is the best way to invite them. The next step is to propose to the besieged Principality of Hesse.

Armistice agreement. The content of the agreement is the conditions acceptable to the Principality of Hesse, and the news is communicated to the French through the mouth of the Principality of Hesse.

Well, even if the people of the Principality of Hesse don't reveal it to the French, then we have to accidentally reveal the news ourselves. It would be best if this move can allow France to send part of its troops. In this way, part of the French army will be used by us.

Containing it will make it easier for the Roman legions to defeat each other in the future. Another advantage is that the pressure on the Austrian side should be reduced a lot, and the French who emphasize the first defeat of Vienna will adopt a defensive strategy because of my record.

Then, without spending a single soldier, we suppressed the French army in the Principality of Hesse and strengthened our momentum. After a while, Prussia led its troops back to Saxony, while I led the coalition forces to stay in the northern part of the Principality of Hesse to resist

The French. Allied forces from other countries will not let Prussia

The issue of the soldiers leaving is not a problem. On the contrary, they will probably be happy for Prussia to leave. You must know that this is a time when whoever has a bigger fist can gain more benefits. Prussia's departure is more in their interests.

Who gave Prussia the biggest punch here?

Treating the Principality of Hesse as a cake and sending it out for free is to add prestige to Prussia in building a small German alliance. I can also serve as a flag figure to add some color to the future alliance. Through war, Hanover and Brunswick and

The other small German princes were tied to my chariot. It was a perfect plan no matter how you looked at it.

And this plan is also acceptable to the Prussians. They are fighting life and death so that they will not make wedding clothes for others in vain. How good it is now. They have annexed Meckln and besieged Saxony. If it works well,

Prussia doubled its territory by annexing Saxony!

By nearly doubling the territory of Prussia, wouldn't those Prussian nobles who had achieved military exploits follow suit?

The tide has risen for them, so wouldn't it be more prestigious for me to have doubled their territory for them?

After the meeting, everyone left, but Constans stayed.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just want to tell you something." Constans came over. He walked to my table and knocked on the table. "Nikkis, first of all, you have to understand who I am. Although I sometimes

I can see things more clearly. But I don’t have the corresponding level in how to deal with problems, so I often just talk and wait for you to give orders to Alexander..."

"We are friends and besties. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

"My intuition tells me that all your arrangements are not so much taking care of the Prussian people's ideas and morale as they are entirely for the interests of Prussia. For the sake of the overall situation, I don't mind Prussia gaining some benefits. But

You have to know that we in Rome can

You can't raise yourself a pet that will bite you at any time. Prussia is very suitable as a pet now, but coupled with Saxony and Mecklund, and a group of small German princes following suit, it seems a bit dangerous." Jun.

Stans' words seemed to mean something else.

As for how to explain that all my actions are biased towards Prussia, I have already thought: "My friend, are you reminding me not to be blinded by my own ambition? How could you have such an idea?"

Constans said: "I don't know how you turned the Prussian regent into a person who was willing to completely fall to your puppet. But even Alexander now has to do things behind Caesar and follow Caesar's orders, but you have already

Controlling a kingdom through the prestige of Rome, I'm just afraid that your ambition will be over-expanded."

"Then you started thinking about competing with Alexander for the throne?"

"Although I hate to say this, it is true, and I am also afraid that Caesar will think of this."

"Okay, only good friends would say such rude words, but it seems that your concerns are a little too much. The reason why I want to give the Prussians some sweetness and establish my authority is not to better control this country.

, using Prussia as a testing ground for the reforms that Caesar could not implement in the Roman Empire."

"Experimental field?"

I nodded: "Yes, from the reform of the economic system and social system, didn't Caesar always emphasize that a country's revenue and expenditure methods have an unprecedented impact on the national economy, so I want to try it in Prussia. You also

You know, the traditional aristocratic forces and big power in those plantations in the country

The forces of the manor owners have been obstructing Caesar's reforms. If we hadn't controlled the entire empire's army, Anatolia and Greece, and directly ruled the empire through the United Front, bypassing the imperial meeting, God knows those drunken bastards would have

How will this empire be governed?"

"If you ask me, if you want to deal with those bastards, arrest them all, chop them all, and finish them off once and for all."

"You think it's quite beautiful."

Constans asked persistently: "But you haven't answered my question yet, how do you prevent Prussia from losing control?"

I said half-seriously: "With Sweden in the north and Russia in the east, Prussia will be very dependent on the Netherlands economically in the future. If it loses the support of our Roman Empire, Prussia, which occupies the vast territory of the Swedes, will not suffer.

To the Swedes' attack? Will the Netherlands cooperate with us in order to obtain Rome's assistance to France? There is a problem with Russia, but give me some time, and I will find a way to make Prussia and Russia become mortal enemies."

"You mean to use over-expansion to make Prussia a thorn in the eyes of other countries. Without the support of Rome, they will become the target of public criticism?"

"That's pretty much it."

It’s hard to do big things with small skills!

Constans's worries are not unnecessary. In fact, his worries are very necessary. You must know that things like gathering troops in military towns have been strictly guarded against after the military district system was abolished, especially for someone like me.

Because of the identity of the second son, the level of vigilance should be even more stringent. In addition, the French had done something like this before...

Do I want to put the plan that I already wanted to give up and not implement again on the agenda?

After thinking about it, I decided to take a look before talking, but I still sent an urgent letter to Sacks.

Some of the developments that followed were expected, and some were unexpected.

The Duke of Hesse received the olive branch extended by us. The crying Duke of Hesse probably thought that he had encountered a rare chance in a hundred years. He was so stingy that he even drank the blood of his soldiers. Naturally, he could not sign the treaty immediately.

We don’t want us to stay in the Principality of Hesse any longer, so let’s go back to where we came from. You know, if we stay in the Principality of Hesse for one more day, we will cause more economic damage to this country.

In contrast, the Duchy of Hesse actively admitted its mistake and apologized, intending to swallow its anger for a while and wait until the French took over Austria before changing its appearance. The two principalities of Hanover and Braunschweig gave up. They firmly opposed the conclusion of the treaty.

These two principalities were besieged by the Principality of Hesse after passing through the capital. They were also organized by the Principality of Hesse to organize a multi-day tour of Hanover and a seven-day free luxury tour of Braunschweig. Only then did they want to retaliate from Hesse.

Get it back here in the principality

Naturally, they want to stay for a few more days if they want to get another sum of money from their losses. Some German princes also waved flags and shouted beside the two countries. They all got in without seeing the situation clearly. After taking out the money, they were afraid that Hessen still had the strength.

The principality struck down those who took revenge.

Compared with the firm opposition of the two countries of Hanover and Brunswick, and there were also people on their side, those small princes who were half forced and half willing to join, and finally joined, felt that it was best to settle the matter in this way.

Why?

They don't have to blame anyone on both sides, and they haven't caused chaos in the Principality of Hesse. If the French counterattack in the future, they can take credit for this incident from the French.

In short, it is reasonable for the father to say that the father-in-law is right, and it is reasonable for the mother-in-law to say that the mother-in-law is right.

But after hearing an internal news that was accidentally spread, the voices of these people immediately became unified. Those who were originally going to fight against the Hessian Principality even wanted to fight against the Hessian Principality. Those who didn't want to fight before now also felt that

If you don’t beat Mr. Hessen until you don’t even recognize his mother, you are violating the most basic principles of being a human being!

The Principality of Hesse also immediately changed their attitude and resisted!

Resist resolutely, fight to the death to defend your homeland, and don’t give up even if you fight every soldier!

Well, the reason why these people changed their tune is because of the news I spread that if the Principality of Hesse wants to sign an agreement, then they will be used as forwards to fight the French. If the people of the Principality of Hesse agree, then they will

As soon as the front feet left the wolf's mouth, the back feet stepped into the tiger's den.

Similarly, those German princes who opposed the attack on the Principality of Hesse and supported the Principality of Hesse did not want to go south to fight the French. Therefore, they could only attack the soft persimmon of the Principality of Hesse. In order to increase their influence in our country

With the confidence to speak in front of us, these people added more people to the army. But in this way, our momentum became even greater.

On the French side, just as I imagined, just when the commotion on our side got out of hand, reinforcements from the French army were immediately mobilized. According to Assassin's report, there were a total of 7 infantry regiments and 3 infantry regiments.

Cavalry regiment, 50 cannons, more than 20,000 people in total.
Chapter completed!