War is in the service of politics, and no matter how old Moltke wants to quickly solve Nande, he can only obediently inform the army now and slow down the march.

However, their good intentions were not respected by the enemy, and Bavaria soon found that Prussia was trying to avoid the populace, which undoubtedly gave them a respite.

Under the fierce sword of Prussia, the Munich government no longer cared about the tactics of its own methods, and not only increased the frequency of public defense, but also the people who would have been evacuated.

Even if the government tries to conceal it, many people still find out that the government is taking them hostage.

Dissatisfaction is accumulating, but at the moment of the great enemy, the people have not yet risen to the idea of joining the enemy.

King Ludwig, who gave this order, dreamed of being pushed to the execution ground by his people every night, and the first thing he did when he woke up every day was to send a telegram to Paris.

The current de facto ruler of France is the regent Eugénie, who was supportive of her husband's idea of an attack and informed Ludwig II of their plans to attack on 22 August.

Eugenie's original intention was to let the Bavarian army feint and cooperate, and also had the idea of asking the other party to stop bothering her.

The original intention was good, but unfortunately the news leaked out somehow, and the Prussian army was fully prepared to wait patiently for the French army to collide.

The offensive was planned as scheduled, and the French troops crossed the border and fired the first shots of the Franco-Prussian War.

In Saarbrücken, skirmishes began with outposts of the French and Prussian armies.

But the disadvantages of the French hastily responding to the war soon became apparent, and they were completely unable to organize a large-scale attack without a clear battle plan.

Not to mention the attack, they could not even find where the enemy was, but were repeatedly ambushed by the Prussian army.

In these skirmishes, it has to be said that the French did a good job, obviously the side with inferior supplies and vision, but they were always able to give a beautiful return fire with the Chasebo rifles in their hands.

After several battles, Prussia's losses were even greater.

However, no matter how good the exchange ratio, these skirmishes are painless for both sides and cannot have much impact on the strategic posture.

As France gradually moved deeper into the German border, more and more Prussian troops gathered at the front, but on the French side, the number of troops did not increase after reaching 260,000.

The French still had more than 200,000 troops in North Africa, French Indochina, and other overseas territories, but they were unable to support the Franco-Prussian War to sustain the vast Second French Empire.

France, like a giant who had lost a hand, could only rely on the native army and the equally strong Prussia to fight each other.

Nasan was not yet aware of the danger, but he was pleased with the performance of the French army, and the recent clashes confirmed his assertion that "conscripts are all chickens and dogs."

At this time, he was urging the French army to continue to advance, and since the Prussian army was afraid of him, he left them alone and took Frankfurt directly.

The turning point came on August 28, when Prussia's strength had swelled to 400,000 men, and due to the current situation, they mobilized more than they did in history, losing South Germany but mobilizing more soldiers.

In South Germany, Prussia also maintained a large force of 120,000 men, assisted by a newly recruited Bavarian servant army of more than 10,000 men.

It can be said that Prussia guaranteed its absolute superiority on both fronts.

The time for a counteroffensive had come, and the Battle of Heidelberg broke out immediately.

The low-intensity fighting in the past few days had made the French army relax its vigilance, and in the face of the tide of the enemy, there was a faint tendency to retreat in panic.

The French soldiers were excellent marksmen, but they were not excellent soldiers, and the long service years of professional soldiers had trained the former French youth into veteran oils, and they did not dare to fight with the Prussian army in brutal close-quarters and large corps.

On the other hand, even if Prussia was the attacker in international morality, the Prussian army basically received compulsory education, and in their hearts they believed that the war of reunification was the most just war in the world, and France was the hateful invader, and their morale was extremely high.

In addition, the performance of the Krupp steel cannon was also far superior to that of the Napoleonic bronze cannon, and for this battle, each side sent thousands of guns, but with the same number, the French army could not even organize an effective counterattack.

In general, the defeat of France was already foregone when there was a total disadvantage in terms of supplies, armaments, morale, numbers, etc.

The Battle of Heidelberg lasted less than 1 day, and the French army began to retreat in the direction they came, and Nasan was of course furious about this, but he also knew that if he forcibly maintained the front, he would only lose more men if it really collapsed.

Under the orders of Moltke the Elder, the Prussian army did not pursue, and the battle was won too quickly, and the Prussian front was not fully developed, and it did not have the ability to chase people for the time being.

And, now that the reinforcements have been pushed back, it's time to deal with the trapped beasts of Bavaria.

During the time when the French army retreated to the national border for repair, Prussia transferred 80,000 men from the border army to the battlefield in South Germany, maintaining a nearly four-fold superiority in troops.

With such a large gap, no matter how despicable Bavaria resorted, it could not stop Prussia's rapid advance.

And this time, no matter how hard Ludwig II's telegram was filmed, Paris did not give him any promises, and it was obvious that it had given up on South Germany.

Knowing that there were no more reinforcements, South Germany became weaker and weaker, and on September 2, Prussia occupied all of Bavaria, and on the same day, the rest of South Germany ceased to resist, and the king and the Grand Dukes went into exile in France or Austria-Hungary.

It was also on this day that Eugenie sent a telegram to Alfonso asking for his assistance.

Historically, France has only tried to attack at the beginning, and since retreating to the border, it has been a complete strategic defense, waiting for the slow mobilization of the rear and the return of the colonial army, but it has not yet been waved.

At that time, they could not find reinforcements, so they had to use inferior forces against the enemy, but now they have a potential ally, so they naturally have to make good use of it.

Alfonso didn't know if they had asked Italy for help, but they certainly wouldn't have dealt with them until Rome was recovered......

"Your Majesty, have you refused again?" Campos asked incredulously, adding to the previous conditions that France had added in favor of Spain's acquisition of Morocco.

France was much more forceful than Prussia when he said this, and in Campos's opinion it was enough to send troops to Spain.

"I didn't refuse." Alfonso shook his head: "Just said it will take time to gather troops. ”

Seeing that Campos was still incomprehensible, he patiently explained: "Even after suffering such a big defeat at the front, there is still a lot of resistance in France to mobilize soldiers.

If we send troops now, even if we count our army, West France will add up to less than 400,000 people, and it will not be able to stop Prussia's nearly 600,000 troops, and even if it can be stopped, the losses will be quite heavy.

France must be made to feel the pain in the skin in order to awaken its military power. ”