Until the Battle of Sadova has been fought, there are only two key figures who have been talked about by Moltke and Bismarck, one is Xiao Lotian who guards the Stone Bridge Heights, and the other is Prince Karl, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army.

At the beginning of the war, neither Prussia nor Austria could have imagined that the two battalions led by Xiao Letian would play such an important role on the battlefield. During the preparation for the war, the Prussian top brass always thought that Xiao Letian just hoped that his officer corps could watch the battle at close range and learn from the experience of the war in actual combat.

Including the 600 Hamburg recruits that Bismarck gave Xiao Letian later, his purpose was not to let Xiao Letian participate in the war, he just felt that when the Chinese officer corps blocked the French army, there were some novel tactics that were very interesting, and he wanted to exchange tactics and learn them.

Not only the Prussians thought so, but even the Austrian intelligence agencies did not treat Xiao Lotian as a dish. According to Benedek's previous statement, although these Chinese fought an amazing blocking war with France, it was a last resort to save their prime minister.

When it came to the Austro-Prussian battlefield, these Chinese could only be a group of passers-by, on the one hand, they had no motive to fight with Austria, and on the other hand, Bismarck would not tolerate any accidents with these guests.

Regardless of military, political, and diplomatic considerations, there is no need for these Chinese to participate in the war. Even British and French intelligence officers did not believe that Xiao Lotian would enter the war.

But everyone's analysis was wrong, at the most critical moment of the battle, in the face of the huge disadvantage of the enemy and our outnumber, Xiao Letian actually really went up, and his heart was nailed to the high ground like iron, creating a stone bridge miracle that amazed later generations of military history experts.

Of course, the so-called miracle is just a whitewash of the predecessors by later generations, and those who have experienced this miracle themselves may not have been able to realize it at the time. It's like Bismarck, Moltke Sr., Benedek...... Even the kings of the two countries, of course, including Prince Karl, who has always had a grudge against Xiao Letian.

When the cavalry company led by Luo Huo handed over the information to the prince at the cost of more than ninety percent of the casualties, the 120,000-strong army immediately moved, and when the prince finished the military discussion, the vanguard troops were ready to start exploring the way for the army.

Prince Karl began to march under the strict protection of the Praetorian Division, while behind his team, Luo Huo and his party were surrounded by dozens of cavalry, and followed the army with an indignant face.

It may be that Prince Karl saw that the Praetorian Cavalry did not bind them or collect their weapons, but they were tightly wrapped in the ranks by the cavalry, and it was impossible to be free by the flow of people.

The prince rode his tall horse, surrounded by the officers of staff, and gave orders as he marched, and although the headquarters was transferred to horseback, it continued to function as usual.

Luo Huo looked at Carl coldly from behind, although he was holding back a belly of anger in his heart, but he had to admit that Carl did have the bearing of a king, and his gestures were full of confidence, and the surrounding officers also accepted and carried out his orders with sincerity, and it seemed that the prestige of the prince of a hundred battles was really not blown.

Luo Huo looked at Prince Karl, and then thought about the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and then recalled some secret lessons that Xiao Letian had taken in his mind, and he not only sighed and secretly admired.

"Those corrupt Confucians in China still have the face to scold other Europeans as Xiyi? They are still ashamed to say that they are barbarians, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has become a kingdom? Look at the emperors of Europe, which one did not come out of the battlefield? Which one did not ascend the throne after having rich experience in governance?"

"Let's look back at our own kings of the past, nine out of ten are raised by women in the deep palace, even if there are a few men around them, they are all eunuchs with weak yang energy, and the men raised like this want to lead a nation to prosperity and strength...... It's all a bunch of minced waste..."

Maybe it was Luo Huo's eyes that burned the prince's back, and when Carl signed the last military order in his hand, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Luo Huo, and Luo Huo was not to be outdone, and his eyes collided with the spark, and he slipped in midair.

The prince deliberately pulled the reins closer to slow down the speed of the war horse, and soon he was marching parallel to Luo Huo and his party on the main road.

"I see a look of resistance in your eyes, and you are still not convinced? I really don't know how you Chinese can be so stubborn, and you don't appreciate my kindness at all, if your people are like you, I am really worried about the future of your people......

Xiao Letian's new army officers have received German training for half a year now, and they have also studied English in the past year or so, and the prince is very slow to speak in order to take care of him, so this sentence can be understood without being translated backward.

The twisting energy in Luo Huo's heart has not passed, he sneered and said, "Don't worry about you, China's civilization has lasted for thousands of years since the Qin and Han dynasties, and we naturally have our reason for survival." You Europe has just taken a little upward trend in the last hundred years, and you can't imagine how deep the thousands are......"

Karwan never thought that Luo Huo's temper was so big, he had already put down his body and took the initiative to speak, why didn't he give up?

"Soldier, please remember, arrogance requires strength, do you really think that your prime minister is omnipotent? First of all, I am very skeptical of what you said about the defense of the stone bridge heights, not to mention that they will not retreat, two battalions of troops against one division, do you think I can believe it? This is war, not some fantasy..."

It may be that the memory of being kidnapped by the Chinese in the Hamburg barracks is still vivid, anyway, Prince Karl is easily angry when he sees these Chinese, and the crown prince, who was as calm as a mountain in the past, always feels that he has become an aggressive rooster when facing these Chinese officers.

In fact, not only Prince Karl didn't believe Luo Huo's words, but also the senior officers and staff officers in the headquarters of the Second Army Corps didn't believe this kind of nonsense.

Even if the reputation of the Thorn Flower Master is not very good, it is also a well-equipped heavy division of more than 12,000 people, you Xiao Lotian has a total of 600 Hamburg recruits, plus your own more than 150 Chinese officers, there are only more than 700 people, this kind of disparity is not enough even if you summon the ancient god of war.

"You sue me, more than 700 people against 12,000 people, how should you sue me? You sue me, where is your belief in victory?"

Unexpectedly, the prince's gunpowder-filled attack ended up hitting the foam, and Luo Huo, who had just been grim-faced, actually snorted and laughed, venting the tense atmosphere.

"You ask me, I ask who is going... Anyway, I just believe in the Prime Minister of our family, and I trust him unconditionally..."Luo Huo gave Prince Karl a blank look, "Why do you have to ask this kind of question? Just as you Prussians firmly believe that your nation will be revived, just as the British firmly believe that they are the king of the sea, what other reason is there for this kind of confidence?"

"If you really want to know why, then go to the Ryukyu Kingdom and ask about the deeds of my prime minister who fought alone against 100,000 Japanese thugs... When you understand the reason for our victory, it's not too late to rap again..."

After saying that, Luo Huo's neck stalked, and he turned his head to look at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, and he didn't care about Prince Karl.

"You—" The prince angrily pinched his horsewhip and wanted to do it, but looking at the countless soldiers around him, he knew that this was among the armies, in public, and that any rude behavior would be spread throughout Europe.

"Okay, I'm going to see if there's Xiao Lotian in Shiqiao Heights today. Hehehe, maybe I'll see him in the Austrian prisoner's camp, maybe he's now a prisoner, and then I'll see how hard you ......"

The prince's whip snapped on the horse, and he heard a neighing sound, and the bowl-sized horse's hooves trampled the dirt and led the prince forward.

Looking at the distant prince, Luo Huo put away the disdain on his face, looked at the east with melancholy eyes, and muttered his hometown dialect in his mouth.

"My lord, I can't retreat, I can't retreat... Don't you know how much this Karl despises people in his heart, such a prince will come to the throne in the future, and the agreement you reached with Prime Minister Bismarck will not have to be overturned... You can't admit defeat, you can't admit defeat......"

Xiao Lotian would not have thought that he had become the eye of a normal battle now, and he did not have time to think nonsense, he was now a little shaken by the three-inch tongue of Count Tarburis.

"Mr. Xiao, I know why you want Alan to be a hostage, because you are afraid of our shelling, and even more afraid of our heroic grenadiers, so you can only choose this very unseemly way...... Rest assured, I don't mean to belittle you in the slightest, I can just feel your distress......"

"But that's not how wars are fought, this is Europe, not the far East, I know that in the history of your East, there have been countless peasant uprisings that finally pulled the emperor down from the throne and slaughtered the nobles, but that was the East, not Europe......"

"In the history of modern Europe, kings can only be killed by kings, and the mob at the time of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI, do you know how Europe took revenge on the thugs in the end......?

"And England also had a beheaded king, Charles I, and that incident shocked all of Europe, and finally when the king's son Charles II came to the throne, do you know how he retaliated? He ordered Cromwell to be dug up from his grave, and then beheaded, and Cromwell's head was nailed to Westminster Abbey for 25 years......"

The old earl said with trepidation, "Of course, Viscount Alain cannot be compared with the king, and the reason I have expounded is to tell you that in Europe, nobles are very respected, and even if two armies fight on the battlefield, nobles are not allowed to die, let alone be insulted like this......"

"Your Excellency, please think twice, if you provoke the wrath of the European aristocracy, you will be subject to a lifetime of retribution. To take a simple example, the British and French navies will blockade the North Sea, and any arms and supplies that Prussia sells you will not be able to be shipped, and even your return to China will become a difficult ......"

"And all the agreements you have with Prussia, I think the nobles of all Europe will spare no effort to destroy them, and no matter what, as long as they get involved with you, they will not succeed. This is not alarmism, this is an ironclad fact..."

Speaking of this, the old earl looked at Xiao Letian, whose eyes were no longer very determined, and said loudly: "Let's put an end to this tragedy, let us politely send you out of here, and return to the rear with the honor you have received, no matter what Austria and Prussia win or lose, you will always be the victor..."

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