The war was far from going as smoothly as Lin Haoda expected, which is not to say that Lin Haoda underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Dutch, but because of the lack of foreign intelligence system, the Prussians and Austrians secretly played a trick.

On the third day of the Breda offensive and defensive battle, a large number of mercenaries from the German and various states of the Holy Roman Empire suddenly appeared in the Dutch position, these mercenaries came from almost all the German Confederation and the small states controlled by Austria, and they joined the Dutch defense line in groups and groups, which was also the reason why they were able to hide from Lin Haoda's scouts.

These German mercenaries and the mercenaries of the Holy Roman Empire were inconspicuous at first, because the number of reinforcements was far less than the Dutch's own army, but as time went on, Lin Haoda found that the Dutch reinforcements seemed to be endless, swarming from all directions!

In Lin Haoda's intelligence system, the main forces of the Prussians and Austrians did not leave the Polish region, and these people were mainly composed of free mercenaries and regular armies of the states and second-line troops, although the combat effectiveness was not strong, but the number could not be counted.

The anti-French alliance is not as simple as it seems, even if their main force has not turned the spearhead, but in private it has already promoted the strategy of dealing with Lin Haoda, and the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, which is in danger, is willing to pay a large amount of money to pay for this group of mercenaries, which greatly relieves the financial pressure of the European continental powers.

Lin Haoda's previous massacres and robberies, the consequences came suddenly, whether it was the Dutch or the Holy Roman Empire, all the states regarded Lin Haoda's army as mortal enemies, and the words that non-our race must be different became a propaganda slogan in almost all European countries except France, and Lin Haoda's foreign identity and violence began to spread widely through the state propaganda machine.

When the anti-French alliance was really established and appeared in front of the world, and began to exert its strength, even if there was an unexpected Polish uprising that interfered with the process, Lin Haoda still felt great pressure.

Lin Haoda's foundation is too thin after all!

The European powers obviously did not let Lin Haoda go, and they were completely a lion fighting rabbit with all their strength, using all the resources they could use, and declaring war on Lin Haoda!

When the menade was filled, the attacking Imperial Guard or the Young Guards would also put layers of Belgian young men in front of them, forcing them to walk in front with bayonets as real meat shields.

In this situation, the muskets of the Dutch and the mercenaries of various states could hardly effectively kill the attacking Young Guards, and the Belgian young men who were held with bayonets did not dare to act rashly, and the only thing that could kill and wound the Young Guards during the attack was some backward curved guns......

Of course, the Young Guards will also pay something for this, in order to prevent the Belgian young and strong from escaping, the Young Guards simply cannot list the dense infantry phalanx as before, but in the storm, the dense platoon of guns can only become the target of the opponent, and the main thing to rush forward is the ability of bayonet hand-to-hand combat and the courage of the soldiers.

These are exactly what the Young Guards are best at.

Therefore, in just a few days of offensive and defensive battles, the Dutch fought extremely hard, often more than a dozen battalion-sized units were broken down in one day, and then wantonly slaughtered by the Young Guards.

Fortunately, the defense line built by the Dutch troops was relatively deep and very strong, and under the fear of being completely copied by Lin Haoda in the Belgian area, the morale could barely fight with the Young Guards, plus the mercenary new forces of various states that would be replenished to the front line every day, the Dutch army in the Breda offensive and defensive battle was fighting with the Young Guards.

In the initial attack, Lin Haoda's Young Guards were in full swing, but as the occupied area expanded, in order to prevent being outflanked by the enemy with superior forces, a large area of the defense area had to be handed over to the Imperial Guard.

The Dutch, on the other hand, clearly felt the gap in combat effectiveness and combat courage between the Young Guards and the Imperial Guards during the battle, and used night attacks and local concentrations of several times superior forces to intersperse attacks on the defensive lines where the Imperial Guards were stationed.

As a result, the Young Guards became a busy firefighting team, running back and forth to share a large number of offensive troops, if it weren't for the Belgian young men as cannon fodder during the attack, the battle losses of the Young Guards were greatly reduced, I am afraid that Lin Haoda would have to spit out the defense line in his hands.

In this way, the Breda offensive and defensive war has reached a stalemate, and the Dutch have a steady stream of mercenaries from various states to replenish their blood, even if it is to exchange 5 people for the life of a Young Guard, it is not a loss that Lin Haoda can accept, after all, the Young Guards are gone, and his next strategic subordinates will undoubtedly enter a disadvantage, but now it seems to be a disadvantage for Lin Haoda......

Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire, the two continental powers, were able to exhaust Lin Haoda's army without sending the main force of the whole country, and when the three kingdoms had carved up Poland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Norway, and the behemoth of Russia joined the encirclement and suppression of him, Lin Haoda doubted whether he was capable of winning.

What's more, there is also the British tyrant-stirring stick on the sidelines!

Lin Haoda, who was blocked in the Breda defense line, fully realized how strong the combined power of the entire European continent was, and the most uncomfortable thing was that he was now riding a tiger, and it was not difficult to see from the news revealed from all sides that the anti-French alliance was much stronger than Lin Haoda expected.

In Europe, if Great Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Russia can reach a unified strategic direction and form a solid military alliance, other European countries will not be able to violate it at all, not to mention that the extermination of Lin Haoda, an outlier, is also a welcome thing for small and medium-sized countries in Europe.

Of course, this is not from the upper class of the French Republic with vested interests, and the French bourgeoisie cannot oppose Lin Haoda, which will only make itself cannon fodder in the competition between the great powers. 10