"Your Majesty, although there is some truth in what Your Highness said, now is the best time for us to defeat Austria! If you miss this opportunity, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to defeat Austria in the future! General August Karl von Goeben directly persuaded.

Marshal Bidfer also said: "Indeed, Your Majesty, this time the Austrian army has been defeated, and our Prussian army has pursued it all the way, and we will certainly be able to take advantage of the victory to capture the hinterland of Austria and the political center of Europe, Vienna." From then on, Prussia's territory could be expanded to the city of Vienna! ”

King Pu looked at Ron, and seeing that he had no objection, he also nodded, and said, "In this case, we will continue to attack Vienna!" In addition, according to the advice of Field Marshal Ron, a corps was sent to attack Prague and occupy all Bohemia and Moldavia. Wilhelm, since you are against the attack on Vienna, you don't have to go, and lead your Fifth Army to capture Prague. ”

William was anxious, and said eagerly: "Father, marshals and generals, you can't directly attack Austria, after all, our Prussia and Austria are not much stronger, but the military strength is superior, although they can defeat the other side, but it is not easy to completely occupy Austria." Moreover, the French side will certainly not sit idly by and watch us become too powerful, and will even interfere with us, causing a twist and turn in the great cause of our unification of the German Confederation. The rest of Europe will not let us easily occupy Austria and capture Vienna, and will even let Europe turn all its hostile eyes on us, which is not conducive to the strength of our Prussia! ”

Ron also began to hesitate, looked at King Pu, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness's words also make sense. ”

Before he could speak, the king came on fast horses, but he came from Dresden, the capital of Saxony. The king of Prussia knew that there was urgent information, and hurriedly asked for a report, but it was the prime minister Bismarck who specially sent him from Berlin, and rushed by train and rode horses overnight, that is, after learning the news of the victory of the Prussian army, he specially sent people to dissuade the army from attacking Vienna, but suggested that the army occupy Bohemia and other places while detouring through Vienna, and instead make a posture of attacking Hungary, forcing the Austrian Empire to surrender, and signing a treaty to seek the greatest interests for the Kingdom of Prussia.

At the same time, Bismarck also brought news from Berlin: the French Emperor Napoleon III, at the request of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph, decided to mediate between Austria and Prussia and Italy, and now it has been officially proposed to ask the three countries to conclude an armistice, otherwise, France will not rule out military action against the other.

After reading the news, King Pu sighed: "I believe Bismarck, since he said not to attack Vienna, listen to him." Hate this French boy, who does he think he is, and he came out to mediate, what does it have to do with him France? ”

Having said that, the king had obviously accepted the mediation of the French emperor, and he was just a little unwilling in his heart, and he was about to capture Vienna, but it was a pity!

.......

Inside the Palais Sainte-Cloud of the Second French Empire.

Only Napoleon III, Duke Alexander Valewski, Minister of State, and Baron Haussmann, Minister of Foreign Affairs, were present.

Emperor Louis said to the Foreign Minister, Baron Haussmann, "I have granted the request of that fool of Franz Joseph to help him intervene in the war between Austria and Prussia, and let them both sit down and negotiate a peaceful settlement of the dispute." Osman, you are the Foreign Minister of the Reich, can you gather intelligence and analyze the purpose of Prussia? ”

Baron Osmans replied: "Your Majesty, we only know that Prussia wants to unify the entire North German Confederation and establish a strong Prussian kingdom. The purpose of their attack on Denmark was only to attract the attention of Europe, and by the way to occupy Jutland, the main purpose was to surprise Austria. The purpose of attacking Austria was not to occupy Austrian territory, but to prove that it was stronger than Austria, so that all the German states would recognize Prussia as the leading state of Germany, and to defeat Austria was to prepare to exclude Austria from the German Confederation and make Austria unable to compete with it for German dominance. Of course, according to the greed of Prussia, they should want to take advantage of the situation to occupy Bohemia and other places, after all, the Prague plain is too fertile, densely populated and agriculturally developed, and can support a large number of people. ”

Louis turned to Duke Valewski and said, "Duke, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, I think about the same as Baron Ottoman." Valewski nodded in agreement: "According to King Pin and his adviser, a fellow named Bismarck, who is a very skilled diplomat and politician, according to his shrewdness, he will certainly not be stupid to fight to the death with Austria." Rather, put on a gesture to make Franz Joseph, a fool scared and fooled, and agreed to their harsh conditions.

In fact, even if Franz Joseph had not begged His Majesty to send troops to mediate, then Prussia would probably have taken it as soon as it was good, they had already transferred all the field troops in the country, and they had reached the limit, and if they had sent troops for too long, once there was a change in the country, they would be finished. Moreover, if you really attack Vienna, even if you barely occupy it, it will be difficult to hold it for a long time. Because of the importance of Vienna in the hearts of the Austrians, they would surely snatch it back, and Prussia would lose more than they would lose.

Therefore, as soon as His Majesty came forward, Prussia would definitely obediently withdraw its troops. ”

Louis chuckled, and Duke Valewski's words made him very useful. Today, Britain is in decline, Tsarist Russia is in turmoil, even the Tsar has been assassinated, and the most powerful country in the whole of Europe is its own French Empire. And as the emperor of the most powerful empire, Louis has the capital to be proud of. However, when he thought of the empire in the East, he frowned.

"Then, what do you think Prussia will propose?" Louis thought for a moment and asked again: "There are also the conditions that the other party promised us, and now we have to fulfill them!" ”

Duke Valewski said: "Your Majesty, Prussia should take the opportunity to propose all the conditions that are favorable to their unification of Germany!" Such as the annexation of Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, Nassau, and even Saxony and Bohemia. Austria will also be asked to dissolve the German Confederation headed by him and form the North German Confederation headed by Prussia, so as to exclude Austria from Germany and establish Prussia as the chieftain. Others, it is possible that Austria will be required to pay part of the war reparations.

As for Prussia's promise to cede to the French Empire the Rheinsaar region and part of Luxembourg near Lorraine, I really don't believe it too much. ”

Baron Ottoman was silent, as if thinking.

Louis was a little upset, and said to Baron Ottoman, "So, Baron, what do you mean?" ”

Baron Osman glanced at the emperor, hesitated slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with the duke. That Bismarck is a sinister and cunning fox, and His Majesty can only believe in a third of his promises at most. What's more, the Rhinesar region is the most important coal and iron ore region in the whole of Prussia, and I believe that they ceded Silesia, and I don't believe that they would be willing to cede the Rhinesar region. ”