King Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig of Prussia, after learning of the news of Prince Wilhelm's assassination and serious wounds, rushed back to Prague from the front line in Moldavia on the same day, and all the Prussian troops were handed over to the command of Field Marshal Ron, Minister of War.

He suspected that the peace talks were an excuse for the Austrian Empire, and that the purpose was naturally to delay time and organize troops to resist the Prussian army. And from the very beginning, the Austrian side did not think of really wanting peace talks, and the so-called conditions were all temporary and perfunctory. And the death of the grumpy Archduke Ludwig may also be a conspiracy of the Austrian emperor. If so, the Austrian emperor was too ruthless and turned his own brother into a pawn and abandoned it like this. And the French Emperor and the British Foreign Secretary must have also been the helpers invited by Austria to help them stall for time and put the Prussian army in a difficult situation.

Therefore, King Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig, before rushing to Prague, ordered Ron to immediately send troops and storm the central city of Brno, the center of Moldavia. The capture of Brno would be equivalent to the capture of all of Moldavia, and then Vienna, which was close at hand, would be exposed to the Prussian army.

Ron was also very resolute, the Prussian king had not yet arrived in Prague, and he had already led the Prussian army 1st and 2nd armies to occupy Brno. The Austrian army had significantly reduced its forces and concentrated on Vienna in the southeast, and it seemed that they were ready for another decisive battle to defend Vienna. When the king learned of this information, he was even more determined in his judgment, believing that he had fallen for Austria's delaying tactics, and urged Ron to attack Vienna with even greater urgency.

In this way, the Prussian and Austrian armies engaged in an encounter on the field dozens of kilometers from Vienna, and the Prussian army was superior in numbers and morale, so it was natural that the attack was fierce. But at this moment, the Austrian army is not as unbearable as it was in Bohemia and Moldavia, after all, the core of the Austrian army at this moment is Austrian soldiers, and it has been attacked by Prussia to get closer and closer to Vienna, and if they do not resist to the death, I am afraid that even their most sacred Vienna will be occupied by the Prussian army like Prague, and they will never allow such a situation. Therefore, the Austrian army also fought fiercely and defended well, after all, they had no way to retreat.

In addition, at this time, the commander of the Austrian army had been replaced by the Archduke Albrecht, who was good at attacking, he first set up many strong fortifications on this field, and erected artillery in them, and the defense was tight, although the attack of the Prussian army was fierce, and almost broke through the Austrian defense several times, but was blocked by the Austrian army, and the two sides were in a stalemate dozens of kilometers on the northern periphery of Vienna. And in this way, it gradually became unfavorable for the Prussian army.

Of course, that's a week later. We turned our gaze to Prague a week earlier, when King Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig arrived at Prague Castle and saw his son Prince Wilhelm wearing a bandage and covered in blood, but talking and laughing with the Chinese staff officer.

Where did his son look badly wounded?

"What's going on?" King Pu was overjoyed and asked Prince William suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, let me tell you!" Bismarck was very well informed, and as soon as the king arrived at Prague Castle, he immediately appeared in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Your Highness is for the sake of our Kingdom of Prussia, so he pretended to be assassinated and wounded!" ”

"Pretend to be assassinated!?" King Pu couldn't help but be furious, turned to William and scolded: "You are such a big person, maybe you will take over my throne in a short time, why are you still so immature!?" You think this is a theater, and you make your own decisions...... Well, it really didn't hurt at all? ”

Prince William put his face together, and his voice was like a mosquito crying: "I'm really not injured, father, the blood stains all over my body are also the blood of a goat, but I didn't dare to move after lying for two days and pretending to be seriously injured, which is a little uncomfortable." ”

"Enough! William, you, you, I really don't know what to say about you! King Pu said hatefully: "Don't stay in Prague, don't think about leading the army, follow me back to Berlin, and let me watch honestly, otherwise I'm afraid you will go to the sky again!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Bismarck: "You too, you can't stand Your Highness, let William mess around?" ”

Bismarck pulled his face into a long bitter melon, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I really didn't know that His Highness would come to this trick." If I had known that His Highness had been attacked and wounded in a pretense of being wounded, I would not have had the confidence to go to war again with the Austrian Empire. It was because of his anger that His Highness was attacked and wounded, and suspected that it was Austria's revenge, that he was full of anger and tore up the original preliminary agreement with Austria and resumed the war. Unexpectedly, it was a scene made by His Royal Highness!

However, your Majesty, the situation was very unfavorable to us at that time, and if it were not for this bitter plan of His Highness, I am afraid that Austria, with the support of France and England, would have forced us to revise the agreement that had been negotiated, and even the results of this dispatch would have come to naught. And His Highness's move, although it is a bit reckless, may bring greater benefits to the Kingdom of Prussia. We do not seek to capture Vienna, as long as we can pose a threat to Austria and completely frighten them, and after some time, the Austrian emperor will no longer pursue his brother's affairs, and then it will be time for us to reap. At that point, those conditions will be put forward. And, incidentally, to capture both Bohemia and Moldavia. ”

King Pu nodded and said, "Now it's only like this!" ”

At this time, a telegram from Hanover was sent to the king and Bismarck by the guards: when a small number of Prussian local reserves were stationed in Hanover, because the persecution of the Hanoverians was too tight, many of the Hanoverian soldiers and people who had been defeated and disbanded rose up to resist, and serious riots broke out. However, most of Prussia's regular army was already out on the march, and the domestic situation was tense, and troops had to be immediately transferred back to defense.

In desperation, the idea of transferring the Fifth Army to attack Vienna had to be abandoned, and it happened that Prince William was going back to Berlin to "heal", so King Pu, together with Prince William, personally led the 40,000 troops of the Fifth Army to rush back urgently to Hanover, which had just been annexed, where riots had occurred.