The Kingdom of Prussia was attacked by the French army as a surprise to Bismarck. Although Bismarck had always been wary of France's act of tearing up the agreement, and had already prepared several armies to defend it on the east bank of the Rhine and Frankfurt, he still did not expect that France would completely ignore the promises and personal face of Emperor Napoleon III and launch a large-scale attack.

By this time, Bismarck had also woken up to the fact that personal face was far less important than the interests of the state. Once Prussia occupies part of the territory of Tsarist Russia, even if it is only the land around St. Petersburg, it will definitely increase its national strength, get rid of Prussia's current state, and truly become a European power, and France, which has always wanted to become the hegemon of the European continent, will definitely not let Prussia succeed.

What's more, another incident happened. The Kingdom of Spain, which had always been close to France, suddenly broke out into a rebellion, Queen Isabella II of Spain and the government close to France were overthrown, and the temporarily formed government was ready to recruit new kings abroad, and their eyes fell on Prince Leop, a distant relative of the Prussian royal family.

At this time, Napoleon III, who had received the news one step earlier, directly sent troops to attack Prussia. First, he was very unwilling to see the collapse of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and France did not reap any benefits, and the decline of Tsarist Russia, there is no other country on the European continent that can compete with France, at this time Prussia is ready to rise, must be suppressed, by the way to seize some land. Second, the Prussian army attacked Tsarist Russia and could not return in the short term, and Prussia did not have enough troops in the country, so it was the best time to start a war.

Moreover, the tsar had already asked him for help and offered conditions that made him very excited, compared to these, the conditions of the early stage of the Kingdom of Prussia were simply not worth mentioning, and the most important thing was, of course, not to make Prussia strong and become a competitor of France.

Therefore, Napoleon III brazenly sent troops and declared that the new Spanish kings must be approved by France, but secretly prepared to send his Bonapartist blood, Alexander Charles, the eldest son of the Minister of State, Duke Alexander Wallewski, to Spain as king.

At the same time, there was a reaction from the Americas.

I don't know whether it was because the British ambassador to the United States said that he moved, or because the French persuaded him that the American Federation was also ready to participate in this war to repartition Europe, but the Confederate States of America were unmoved and were ready to remain neutral and watch from the sidelines. In fact, the American Federation has always implemented the Monroe Doctrine policy of neutrality in the disputes between European countries, but in the process of the civil war between the north and the south, it was forcibly intervened by the Chinese Empire, and more than half of the country was divided, and the remaining half was also divided into two parts, the north and the south.

But it is a pity that the American Federation does not dare to offend the Chinese Empire too much, and must always be on guard, after all, France and Prussia have only signed a friendship agreement not long ago, which will be torn up at once, therefore, the American Federation does not dare to directly send many troops to the war, but only supports Britain with weapons and materials that are half sold and half sent, and seeks benefits.

Seeing this, Feng Yunshan can also understand, after all, the entire American Federation is influenced by big capital bankers and factory owners, and these classes, many of which come from Britain, naturally have to cooperate with the actions and interests of London.

After reading the information, Feng Yunshan said to Zuo Zongtang: "Zuo Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Zuo Zongtang replied: "Your Majesty, our Chinese Empire cannot completely stay out of the civil strife and strife in Europe, after all, now our interests in Europe are not small, and the Western Expeditionary Army of King Yi has also expanded the territory of the empire to the Black Sea coast, and Siberia and Kazakhstan are all under their own control. The most important thing is that the partition of Tsarist Russia by Prussia, Austria and the Ottoman Empire is more conducive to weakening Tsarist Russia and turning it from a powerful country across the Eurasian continent into a landlocked weak country, which is no longer capable of confronting our Chinese Empire and will not pose a threat to us.

Now the Ottomans were persuaded not to attack Tsarist Russia and turn to the British, and the two great powers of Britain and France joined forces to help Tsarist Russia regain lost territory, which would make Tsarist Russia regain its strength. Once Tsarist Russia recovers, the Siberia and Caspian Sea regions that we have taken advantage of the chaos will be under great threat again, and it is very likely that they will be reoccupied by Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, further weakening Tsarist Russia is more conducive to the interests of our Chinese Empire! ”

Feng Yunshan nodded, Tsarist Russia has always appeared in modern history as a polar bear, powerful and barbaric. Feng Yunshan's disgust and hostility to this vast country full of fighting peoples, bordering the Chinese Empire, and occupying and dividing millions of square kilometers of Chinese territory in modern history, far exceeded that of Britain and France.

"Not bad! Tsarist Russia must be suppressed, and it must not be allowed to recover and become a threat to us again by foreign powers! Feng Yunshan pondered: "The Ottoman Empire is a timid and treacherous loach, so he agreed to cooperate with me and deal with Tsarist Russia together. However, such countries have little combat power, so they don't need to be bothered.

Prussia's ambition was too great, and it wanted to annex most of the European territory of Tsarist Russia, which caused France's vigilance and panic, so it joined hands with Britain to help Tsarist Russia and weaken Prussia, but Britain has now been hit twice by our Chinese Empire, and is no longer able to fight, just send some navy to wave the flag and shout, in fact, there will not be much army, mainly relying on the French army. Prussia was also shrewd, knowing that no matter how big its appetite was, it would not be able to eat Tsarist Russia, so it co-opted Austria, which was the same clan, to eat together.

Today, the whole of Europe is divided into two factions. France, Great Britain, the Kingdom of Italy, Denmark, and the Ottoman Empire helped Tsarist Russia on one side, and the Kingdom of Prussia and Austria on the other.

Zuo Aiqing, in your opinion, which of these two factions has a greater chance of winning? ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor of the Austrian Empire, Franz Joseph, according to Weichen, is not only stupid and selfish, but also very greedy. But his ability is not good, and it can be seen from the recent Austro-Prussian War that Austria's combat strength is no longer good, and it was only with the support of Britain and France that it was able to resist Prussia in the previous time. Once France sent elite infantry to the Austrian border, the Austrian Empire was likely to fight back like the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the Crimean War, the Austrian emperor did this, which led to the crushing defeat of Tsarist Russia. Now Wechen is worried that Prussia will go back to the old way.

Moreover, the French Army was the most powerful army in all of Europe, and its combat experience was so well equipped that even if the Austrian Empire did not fight back, Prussia and Austria would not be able to support it. What's more, with the support of Britain, countries such as Italy and Denmark can also provide a lot of help, and the final victory must be on the side of Britain and France! ”