At the end of May, the Duke of Richelieu of France led an army of up to 80,000 men to attack Hanover in England again. By the end of June, it had occupied all but the coast, and was ready to enter the Westphalian region of Prussia after a break.

"The last time you said about landing from Sweden's former Pomerania, how are you going to convince Sweden to allow our troops to land?"

That evening, only Empress Elizabeth and Peter sat in the Queen's private dining room for dinner.

"What do you think I'll do?"

Peter looked down and cut the veal steak and replied casually.

"Hmph, what else can I do, it's nothing more than coaxing the Swedes"

"If you know so well, why do you ask?"

Peter holds a fork and puts a small piece of beef in his mouth, raising his eyes to look directly at his aunt.

"I wonder what you're going to do if you succeed in coaxing the Swedes?"

Empress Elizabeth stared back at him unceremoniously, and in a moment Peter was looked at and lowered his head to continue cutting meat.

"You're having a problem right now, but you don't have to ask me to solve it, do you? I'm just your nephew, not an important confidant."

"You don't want to get an inch! I'm calling you to dinner this time to see if you've been working hard lately! Be self-aware, okay? ”

"Okay, okay, I know Auntie, you're all thinking about me"

Peter put a small piece of beef in his mouth again, then raised his glass and took a sip.

"Then I... Then I'll be blunt, that rotten piece of land in East Prussia is not worth the effort, and if it were me, I would have sent it directly to Sweden in exchange for the right of call for the navy."

"What? You don't even want the largest and richest amber mine in Europe, so what's the use of me fighting East Prussia? It's still Swedish! ”

Amber has always been a precious material similar to oriental jade in ancient Europe, and the famous Amber Palace is made of more than 100,000 amber stones, which is priceless.

The Empress retorted angrily.

"Hehe, who said Sweden could get East Prussia?"

What do you mean by that? Why, you really want to pay off, do you? ”

"I didn't say I wanted to pay the bill!"

Peter replied with a grin.

"But if Sweden had been forced to sign an armistice with Prussia, wouldn't it have a chance?"

"Oh - you're trying to get rid of the Swedish army by the hands of the Prussians... But why should the Swedes believe that you won't sell them? Don't forget, your Uncle King of Sweden is just an ornament, and it's the Noble Council that really rules Sweden! ”

"As long as the interests are big enough, are you still afraid that those Swedish nobles will not take the bait? It's a big deal that we land with the Swedes, and then we help them fight post-Pomerania and let the Swedes attack Berlin. Of course, if it were me, I would say that if we were to capture it, the whole of Brandenburg would be Swedish, and we would just want to open an overland road with East Prussia."

Peter leisurely stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth.

"And by the time you reach East Prussia, Frederick's army has already returned to Berlin to help, so that the Swedes will have to retreat?"

"yes, it's that simple"

"And what do you get out of it? Did you come back after going around the territory of Prussia? ”

"If Frederick the Great had returned to Berlin, wouldn't the siege of Vienna be lifted?"

"How do you know Frederick won't come back after the capture of Vienna?"

"With the support of the Russian army on the southern front, if Vienna can still be captured, then this battle will simply admit defeat"

"Humph! You think it's beautiful, how can you get what you want! ”

The Empress kicked hard at first, and then gave him a blank look, much to Peter's embarrassment.

"But there are not so many troops on the northern front that can be drawn out to attack the sea and land."

"Just divide 30,000 people and transfer them over, and it will only be wasted in the hands of Marshal Apleksin Jr."

"You mean, just surround Königsberg and not fight down?"

"Of course, such a strong fortress, how many people have to die to take it down, and that broken place is worthless, there is no need to waste manpower at all!"

Peter took another sip of red wine.

"But if... What about the Prussian troops stationed in Silesia for the defense, instead of the troops attacking Vienna? ”

"That's why I said at the beginning that the army on the southern front should first hold off the Prussian army in Silesia."

“... Well, let's test the Swedes' minds first."