January 8, Frederick's Kingdom, Potsdam, Forgetful Palace, on the outskirts of Berlin.

It is an extremely luxurious palace and the palace where King William V of Frederick lived for a long time, and the mixture of Baroque and Rococo styles gives the building a very artistic decorative veil, and the new palace located in the garden of the Palace of Forgotten Worries is a masterpiece of Rococo style, beautiful, elegant and majestic.

A roar broke the silence.

"Your Majesty!"

A middle-aged man in a blue military uniform, with a high collar and a clover coat of arms on his chest, slammed the table and spat at the king sitting at the head of the long table, his carefully trimmed beard trembling with the fat on his face: "We must not wage war against the Romanov Kingdom!" The current kingdom of Frederick cannot support a two-front battle! Our immediate priority is to complete the unification of the empire, and not to constantly provoke other countries! ”

There were many people sitting in the chamber, and it was not difficult to tell from the badges and military ranks on their chests that they were the highest-ranking military generals of Frederick's kingdom, and they sat on the left side, and on the right sat the core members of the Ruling Church such as bishops, archbishops, and even the pope.

The two factions are bounded by the long table, and they are clearly distinguished.

In the face of the middle-aged man's refutation, Wilhelm V didn't have too many expressions, he was used to it, Otto von Bismarck was such a fiery character, the other party was already very restrained today, and in normal times, the cup on the table was probably shattered a long time ago.

"Calm down, Otto." William V said vigorously: "Control your emotions, we are not discussing whether to wage war against the Romanov kingdom, this matter has been decided, and it cannot be refuted. ”

Otto von Bismarck shouted: "It will not do us any good to go to war against the Romanov kingdom now!" If the Cult of the Adjudicator wants to eat the cake of the Romanov Kingdom, it should never resort to war! ”

"I don't understand what you're worried about." "We have formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Sardinia to the south, and the Kingdom of Carlos and Otto will block the reinforcements of the Kingdom of Popon and the Barbarossa Empire, and we can draw enough troops to attack the Kingdom of Romanov!" ”

"The Kingdom of Sardinia is a bunch of rubbish! Pinning your hopes on them is no different from looking for death! That's a bunch of idiots who eat noodles all day! ”

The crowd looked at each other and did not refute Bismarck's opinion of the Kingdom of Sardinia, because he was too right.

"But the Kingdom of Sardinia has enough war supplies to make up for our shortcomings." Davide disagreed: "We are not pinning our hopes on the Kingdom of Sardinia, what is really worth relying on is the magic of the Church, which will help us to be invincible and invincible." ”

Bismarck looked at Davide coldly, he was disappointed in the strategic vision of this noble child, not only Davide, but also many people in the conference hall, he spurned and despised him.

"You will destroy the hope of the rise of Frederick's kingdom."

Bismarck got up, left the table first, and left the conference hall without looking back.

"Alright, let's continue to discuss the march." William V pressed his hand and quieted the somewhat noisy crowd, "Which way shall we attack?" ”

Staff Officer Anderson stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the Ural Mountains and said: "At present, the armies of the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov are facing off near the Ural Mountains, this war will determine the direction of the international situation in the future, we can start from here and send troops to launch a sneak attack at the moment when their fighting is at its fiercest!" ”

"No, we shouldn't attack at the height of the fighting." Field Marshal Rönsted suddenly said: "We must wait until the war is about to be decided, and then we will crush the victors, and at the same time launch a pursuit of the losers, and take all the fruits of victory.... I have a second option. ”

After a pause, Lensted added: "We can divide our troops into two routes, one way to keep an eye on the area near the Ural Mountains, waiting for an opportunity, and the other cavalry to march in the direction of Tyumen City at night, if the Romanov Kingdom wins, we will surprise the Tyumen City and capture King Paul I, if the Romanov Kingdom is defeated, we will sneak attack the rear of the defeated army, outflank them from the rear, and annihilate their remnants in one fell swoop, so that the Kingdom of Frederick will be invincible!" ”

William V nodded, very satisfied with Rensted's plan, he didn't want to cause too many casualties, it was best to take the Romanov kingdom without much effort, of course, this is a bit fantastical, but people always have dreams...

In the end, under the clatter of Wilhelm V, Frederick's kingdom adopted Rensted's marching plan, and Rensted, as the field marshal, was also ordered to quickly assemble an army and march towards the Romanov kingdom on a certain day.

After the meeting....

Wilhelm V personally approached the chancellor Bismarck and asked the doubts in his heart: "I thought you would approve of the attack on the Romanov kingdom." ”

"Your Majesty, the Romanov Kingdom is indeed at the most critical moment now, but they are not without the strength to resist." Bismarck smoked his cigar and said with a blank face: "Have you ever thought about what kind of impact our attack plan will have on Frederick's kingdom once our attack plan fails?" ”

"It wasn't my intention to start this war." William V said: "It was the Pope's idea." ”

"You shouldn't have listened to him! He doesn't understand politics at all, he doesn't understand military! Some fruits we can pick, and some fat can only be watched! Bismarck was indignant, breathing heavily: "The kingdom of Frederick is located in the very center of the continent, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and if we want to develop, we must have a strong ally, and this ally can only be the Romanov kingdom!" If even they are hostile to us, Frederick's kingdom will be constrained at every turn! We need their resources! The consequences of losing this war are beyond our reach! ”

"We won't fail, Otto."

Wilhelm V called Bismarck by name with a very gentle and firm attitude: "This is our first step on the world stage, as long as we can bring the Romanov kingdom into our territory, we have nothing to fear.... You're right, the Romanov Kingdom is indeed our most important ally, but at the same time, he is also our most feared enemy! ”

"But Frederick's kingdom doesn't have enough strength to fight them right now! To our west are the kingdoms of Popon and Windsor! The Barbarossa Empire in the southeast has also coveted us for a long time! ”

"You've changed, Otto." William V said softly: "I remember you saying that the great problems of this age cannot be solved by speeches and resolutions, but only by iron and blood can conquer them... You have also said that our great Germanic people are not afraid of anyone but God. ”

"Yes, I said this, but I also said that there is a secret recipe for dealing with politics well, and that is to sign a friendly treaty with the Romanov Kingdom!"

Bismarck's excited beard trembled: "Have you forgotten Emperor Bonaparte, who swept through the countries decades ago, Your Majesty?" He also lost to the Romanov kingdom! This is real history that cannot be ignored, and we must learn from it! ”

"Bonaparte was defeated by the weather, not the Romanov kingdom."

"Your Majesty!

！ ”

Bismarck pursed his lips and said, "You can't think like this, the geographical factor is a weapon in the hands of the Romanov Kingdom, and their strategic depth is by no means something that one or two kingdoms can gnaw!" ”

"Let's talk about it today...."

Shaking his head, Wilhelm V had no idea of continuing the conversation, he and Bismarck had already had a very serious disagreement on the Romanov Kingdom incident, and it was useless to continue talking.

After the king was gone, Bismarck let out a long sigh, went to the window, gazed at the garden below, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, I also hope that you will be victorious, but you underestimate your opponent too much...."

At the moment when Bismarck was arguing with the king, a young man in distant Vienna, full of anticipation, received a notice from the Academy of Fine Arts....

His name was Adolf.