Ron's words went to the bottom of King Pu's heart.

King Pu couldn't help but sigh: "The marshal said it well!" It's a pity that the Moltke you recommended was deceived by the emperor of the Chinese Empire early. It's a pity. It would be nice if he really had the operational command talent you say, and the three of you worked together to form the Prussian Iron Triangle. ”

Bismarck said: "Your Majesty, why don't we wait for the end of this war to directly propose to the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and ask them to return General Moltke, as well as Krupp, Mauser and his sons, to our Prussia?" ”

King Pu sighed: "This is impossible! I thought about it, the emperor of the East valued them so much, and his discerning eyes invited them to the Chinese Empire, and he would definitely not let them go. And now that they are doing a very good job there, the value generated is also very important to the Chinese Empire, and it is even more impossible for the other party to release them. What's more, now that the other side is strong, we turn to the other side for help.

Moltke and Krupp must not have wanted to return, I heard that these people have joined the nationality of the Chinese Empire and sworn allegiance to the Emperor of the East.

It is still that I, Prussia, were ignorant at the beginning, and there were so many talents in vain, but I did not use them, and let them leave to work for other countries in vain.

In the future, we must pay close attention to discovering and promoting all kinds of talents. Pay special attention to those invited by the Chinese Empire.

Fortunately, we are now allies with the Chinese Empire, and they treat us well, half-selling and half-giving us a lot of Krupp artillery and Mauser rifles. It is true that these weapons are much more advanced than our Prussian weapons and are to be quickly copied.

This undoubtedly embarrassed us a little! It was the Eastern country that bought weapons from us in the first place. Now, within a few years, it's the other way around! What an irony!

It is also strange to say, why is it that the Chinese Empire, which is far away from Prussia, thousands of miles away, knows that they are so talented, such as Krupp and Moltke, especially Mauser, who do not have any outstanding appearance at all? It's weird. ”

Bismarck nodded, surprised. He didn't believe that many years ago, when the Chinese Empire had not even been established and the Eastern Emperor was still the head of the traitors, he could have such a powerful intelligence force to inquire about ordinary people in Prussia, who were not even counted among the European powers. There must be some secret in this that he doesn't know, but he doesn't bother to care about him.

King Prussian asked Marshal Ron: "Marshal, this war is related to the future of the Kingdom of Prussia, and I will hand it all over to you!" However, can you give us an overview of how the battle on the two fronts of the north and the south was arranged? ”

Marshal Ron replied simply: "Thank you for your trust, I will live up to your trust!" According to the envoy of the Chinese Empire, it would take them about half a year to send troops. Therefore, I was going to make a time difference, and in four months, I would directly send troops to attack Denmark, and strive to end the war against Denmark within two months. At the same time, before the Danish War was over, he directly sent troops to attack Austria by surprise!

The specific arrangement is as follows: the northern front of Denmark is divided into two routes, and the army is ready to send a total of 50,000 troops to the Fifth Army of the Kingdom, led by the crown prince Prince William himself, to send troops to Jutland, this is a war without suspense, therefore, led by the crown prince, it is the best to increase his military merits and personal prestige; On the naval side, Prussia's only naval fleet led by the old marshal Prince Albert attacked the Danish fleet.

On the Austrian side of the Southern Front, it was mainly composed of the Fourth Route Army.

Prince Frederick Charles' 1st Army (East Prussian Army) of 85,000 men was assembled between Senftenberg and Görlitz in eastern Saxony;

I personally led the 80,000 men of the Second Army Corps (Brandenburg Corps) to gather at Niels in Silesia, and commanded the four corps to attack in the center;

The 3rd Army Corps (Elbe Army), led by Field Marshal Karl Shiffaf von Biedfeld, was assembled at Torgau, Saxony;

The 60,000 men of the Fourth Army (Rhine Army) under General August Karl von Goeben crossed the Sudetenland directly from the border of Saxony and Silesia, and as a vanguard, captured the Bohemian town of Koenigretz, which was closest to the direct attack on Vienna across the Danube, and which, according to my plan, was to be fought in the area of central Moravia, with this town as the center.

And these four legions, a total of 265,000 people. If Crown Prince William's attack on Denmark is successful, he can withdraw his troops from Jutland and reach the southern Austrian front in half a month, and then he will be able to gather 315,000 troops.

Almost all the 340,000 standing troops of the entire Kingdom of Prussia were mobilized! Therefore, this battle is bound to be won, and there is absolutely no room for loss! ”

King Pu nodded with satisfaction: "Franz Joseph of the Habsburgs certainly could not have imagined that we would launch an Austrian offensive against him at the same time when we attacked Denmark, and he did not expect that our Prussian standing army had 340,000 troops, and we had more than 300,000 troops.

By the way, Prime Minister, these countries in Europe make sure that they don't meddle in their affairs, right? And the Italian side, how many troops will be sent to flank Austria? ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as the Chinese Empire makes a feint to attack and put on a posture, Russia and Britain will not act rashly. The rest of Europe don't care, the only thing they need to care about is France, whose emperor is a short-sighted and cheap fellow, fascinated by the small territory of Luxembourg that I have promised in vain.

As for Italy, because only their prime minister Cavour agrees, and he is afraid to tell too many people for fear of leaking the news, and the exact number of troops is unknown, but Cavour assured me that there will be no less than 50,000 elite soldiers. They are only slightly contained, and the real defeat of Austria is naturally by our Prussian army! Bismarck seemed confident in Marshal Ron's arrangement.

King Pu suddenly remembered something, and asked Bismarck and Ron: "Then what remains is the last obstacle, the obstruction within the kingdom: how to solve the hateful anti-war members of the House of Representatives?" ”

Ron and Bismarck knew what the king was talking about.

Long before Bismarck became prime minister, there was a fierce conflict between the king and the kingdom's Chamber of Deputies over military reform, mainly over the expansion of armaments, and the parliament rejected all appropriations for military reform from the king-led Kingdom of Prussia, resulting in the military reform that Marshal Ron was in full swing and could not be implemented without funds.

At this time, in desperation, the king adopted the proposal of Marshal Ron, dismissed the prime minister who was originally inclined to parliament, and appointed Bismarck as the new prime minister to solve the parliamentary problem.