"We are not fighting for the Prussians for the purpose of using the country of Prussia to suppress Russia and balance the forces of the three northeastern European countries, but to conquer Prussia for the Austrians, and then obtain a port in Prussia and obtain a garrison?" ”

"Springboard?"

Alexander didn't seem to understand what I meant.

"It's a transit point, Prussia is not our territory, but we maintain a garrison there, if a war breaks out between Rome and France, who would have thought that the Roman legions in Prussia would land in French ports from northern France by sea ship!?"

Alexander was stunned before saying, "There should be." ”

"But can you believe that the Roman army, which is less than 10,000 men in Prussia, would cross the sea?" "I have already proved that the French did not think that anyone would lead such a sparse army over the Ardennes to attack France, and in the same way, even if the French realized that the Empire had a garrison in Prussia, who would be afraid of a garrison of less than 5,000 men in name?

After I finished talking to myself, I suddenly understood the whole thing!

Cheap Daddy only let me lead half of the Roman legion at first, and then added another half of the legion to me, so it is very likely that he did not want to clamp me down. Rather, the French were made to relax their vigilance against the Empire's garrison in Prussia, so that in the future it would be convenient for the Empire to secretly transport troops to Prussia through Austria and then launch an attack on northern France by boat!

If that's the case. Then I finally understand why the empire will hook up with the Netherlands, and the cheap daddy is so desperately trying to put Orange William on the throne!

"Our empire and the Dutch alliance not only used the hatred of the French and the Dutch to keep the Dutch at bay, but also used them for the purpose of transportation in the English Channel and the Jutland Sea, so that the Dutch could help the empire transport troops from Prussia into France, right?"

Cheap Daddy nodded in acquiescence.

"Since the Empire is going to make the Italian peninsula its main battlefield, which army will the Empire use to sneak up on the French?" asked Alexander, anxiously, in a hurry. "Is it on the Austrian border, or is it the army in the Ukrainian region?"

I was also anxiously waiting.

Daddy Cheap shook his head: "The army on the Austrian border wants to avoid the eyes and ears of the French to reach Prussia, which is not possible. It is also not possible to transfer troops from Ukraine to Prussia, which is very far from our territory and sends troops there from afar. The momentum is huge, the heavy supplies will be consumed a lot, and it is impossible to keep it secret, plus the Russians have leaked the news. And took advantage of the absence of the garrison. There is a possibility of conspiracy against our empire. "Cheap Daddy vetoed at once the troops that Alexander and I could think of at the same time, so what could be the troops that were sent to the French again to carry out a sneak attack?

"The army under the command of Duke Bringas. ”

What the?

I thought I had auditory hallucinations, Duke Bringas's army?

Daddy said very slowly: "The army under the command of the Duke of Bringas, who is strategically defending in Germany, will go to the northern ports at the right time to take a ship to France." ”

"This won't work!" I subconsciously shouted.

Of course not, if the Duke of Bringas's army withdraws, Prussia will not be able to support itself and if the French react wrongly, God knows what the Prussian army will be destroyed by the French!

Assuming that we were really on the strategic defensive in Germany, it was quite possible that the French, who took on an aggressive offensive posture, would mislead many small German states into joining them. At that time, even if France withdraws. Prussia also had to deal with the allied forces of the German princes, and with the Duke of Vendôme's approach, I think it is very likely that the main forces will be withdrawn. The partial divisions arranged in the back, plus the combined forces of the German princes, were enough for the Prussian army to eat, and they could not eat and walked away! When the time comes, I will be left with a Prussia that has been eaten by locusts!

Am I going to be like Frederick the Great, who farmed honestly for more than twenty years after the Seven Years' War?

"For what?" the cheap dad clasped his hands together and looked at him with an inexplicable brilliance in his eyes.

For what?

Where do I have anything for!

You can't say that you're going to spoil my toys in the future, right?

"What will happen to our ally Prussia if our army withdraws? At that time, Prussia will face not only the French, but also many German states that blindly obey the French army! Are we going to put Prussia to death?"

"Caesar, I don't think it's appropriate for me to do that. Alexander said.

"Since when did my two sons care so much about the survival of a little Prussia. Cheap Daddy chuckled.

I stiffened my neck and was about to quibble when Alexander stopped me, who looked at me and motioned for me not to speak, and said, "Our empire does not only have Prussia as an ally, and to abandon Prussia rashly will make other powers, those who want to join forces with our empire, think otherwise. ”

"My sons, you are wrong to think so. Allies, this kind of thing often doesn't appear when you need it most, and even if it does, it's the least reliable, when you don't need it the most, it's also when you're the strongest, but it's also the time when allies are the most and most reliable. You think that if we abandon Prussia and leave Prussia to fend for itself, it will make other forces think badly of us in Rome, and this is indeed possible. But the premise is that we in Rome are not strong enough, not so strong that everyone trembles under our power! As long as we are unmatched, no matter what happens to Prussia, no one dares to oppose us!"

"Caesar, you're not right!" I cried.

"Isn't that right? The essence of the alliance is not what I can do to others, but what kind of benefits I can bring to others, as long as we grasp this, and we have a strong military, the empire will never have fewer allies. What's more, Prussia is not our ally, but a weak parasite that depends on us for a long time!" Cheap Daddy slowed down his tone, "My two sons, remember this well, friends are friends, countries are countries, and dynasties are dynasties!"

"Alright, let's end this conversation, I have some things for you to do later, but before I do that, let me explain what we're going to do in the future. "The queen of Russia will arrive in Constantinople next month to marry you, and after you marry that Rus' woman, I will send you south to fight the infidels..."

His face began to show a slightly hideous look: "I ask you, continue to win more victories." Let the soldiers and the people love you and worship you, understand, I trust you, and I will spare no effort to support you. As the future Emperor of the Empire, you won't let me down, will you?"

"Yes, Caesar! I am more than happy to serve you and the Empire!

"On what terms?"

"Can I leave on the night of my wedding?"

"Yes. ”

"You, Nikis, my son, you're doing a great job, great. You appeared at a time when our empire needed a god of war the most! you now have more adoration and more affection in the army than Alexander."

"Caesar, I can only be regarded as a good military general, and I don't match the descriptions of outstanding and god of war..."

"But the army doesn't know what to do! They only know that you have defeated almost all the famous French generals! They only know that if you were not assassinated, you would have been able to enter Versailles! They only blindly see what they want to see! It's just that I need you to sacrifice more than to win more victories on the battlefield. Daddy Cheap's expression was very serious, "I need you to be seriously injured!" (to be continued......)