The three herald cavalry galloped all the way towards Charlottenburg Palace in the north of Berlin!

As soon as he approached the palace gate, and before the horse could stop steadily, the leading cavalry turned over and jumped down, raised his banner and shouted: "I am the messenger of the German Fourth Army Corps! On the orders of Field Marshal Luger, I have come to convey urgent military information to His Majesty the Emperor! The military situation is urgent!

After confirming the flag, the captain of the royal guard guarding the gate knew that the matter was very important, and immediately ordered his subordinates to open the palace gate, welcomed the three of them in, and sent his men to fly all the way to inform His Majesty the Emperor. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info personally pressed the team and led the three of them towards the palace.

They were received by His Majesty William, who had just been woken up and dressed in pajamas and coats, in a large conference hall in the palace.

As soon as they saw His Majesty the Emperor, the three herald cavalrymen immediately knelt on one knee, and the leader of them could not wait to report: "Report to Your Majesty! The matter is urgent! Austria has suddenly changed dramatically! Our army is at war with the other side!"

"What big change, what fighting? you name it!" His Majesty William frowned and rebuked.

The herald seemed to calm down a little and began to make a detailed report: "Five days ago, our independent regiment stationed in Austria was attacked by an unknown army! Most of the regiment was killed and wounded! The regimental commander, General Loeb, was killed on the spot! Only a small number of people escaped and returned to Munich! Three days ago, Austria declared its independence, and Marie Louisa, the daughter of their former archduke, succeeded to the throne of the archduke! According to the investigation, our officials were purged overnight, and the garrisons of the cities were also swept away in just a few days! The matter was urgent, and Marshal Luger personally led his army to quell the rebellion before he had time to report, but the advance of the corps was routed by an unknown army in one fell swoop! and intercepted our army! Now our army is facing off with the other side on the banks of the Rhine!"

After speaking, he took out a carefully kept letter from his bosom and raised it respectfully with both hands: "This is a handwritten letter from Marshal Luger, please look at it!"

Kaiser Wilhelm waved his hand, and immediately an attendant stepped up, took the letter, and after checking the fire paint on the seal, he quickly cut open the letter, took out the letter and handed it to him.

There are not many letters, only a few thin ones, but the news on them is more and more surprising! Seeing the end, His Majesty William's face has turned pale, and even the hand holding the letter paper has become trembling because it is too hard!

"These thieves! These thieves! How dare they!" His Majesty the Emperor of the German Empire slapped the letter on the table with all his might, shaking the whole table a little!

After a violent gasp, he trembled and gave an order with an angry face: "Hurry up and call someone for me! The cabinet, the military department, the prime minister, the important minister, and the general and marshal have all called me! I will personally lead the army! I will personally destroy this gang of thieves!"

Several heralds were taken to the side hall to await summons, while the other attendants began to tell the royal guards to go out and call for help.

Fortunately, most of the ministers and officials lived in the aristocratic quarter, which was next to the imperial palace, and after a while, many people came to the large conference hall. It's just that, looking at His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on the throne with an iron face, everyone was puzzled, but no one spoke first.

Seeing that the door of the conference hall had just been closed, His Majesty the Emperor blushed and looked around and said, "The Fourth Army Corps stationed in the south has just arrived! An urgent military situation has been transmitted! Just three days ago, Austria declared its independence!"

Hearing the news, there was an uproar in the conference room:

"What? Austria declared its independence? How is it possible? We have garrisons there!"

"Who announced it? their wandering Grand Duke in exile?"

"Why are they independent? Haven't they long since lost their army?"

"There's no reason, Marshal Luger is not a mediocre talent, although the Fourth Army is small, there are nearly 80,000 people, how can they let them mess around?"

"Could it be that some of the bad minds of the party have rebelled in Austria?"

"It was announced three days ago? ”

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His Majesty the Emperor did not respond to them, but waved his hand, and his attendants handed over the copy of the letter that he was about to copy.

Looking at the letters that were delivered, the noise in the large conference hall suddenly subsided, and the atmosphere slowly became solemn, some people began to think about it, some people were short of breath and touched their chins, and some people gasped and looked around......

The conference room fell silent for a moment, and every important minister and commander fell into deep thought.

There was silence for a long time, and finally, the new chancellor, Adenauer, spoke: "Your Majesty, since Field Marshal Luger has come to ask for help, then the strength of the other side must not be below the Fourth Army Corps! The first thing we must determine is who the enemy is! If we can sweep the entire territory of Austria in a few days, wipe out most of the Independent Army, and defeat the advance of the Fourth Army in one fell swoop, the strength of the other side will be extremely strong!" Moreover, since Austria was incorporated into our country 10 years ago, Austria has been under our close surveillance, and there are garrisons in various places, and there are independent regiments of nearly 10,000 people to guard them.

Field Marshal Lister, who was sitting opposite him, also agreed: "Yes, I think so too, those scattered second-line garrisons are better to say, the Austrian Independent Regiment and the Fourth Army of the Reich are the main forces of our country! Marshal Lugar is also an old marshal who has been in battle for a long time, and he will not make any low-level mistakes when he goes to quell the chaos." If we can easily defeat them, the enemy's strength must be very strong! There are not many people on the entire continent who have such military strength! We must find out the mastermind behind this time!"

The defense minister on one side also spoke: "Yes, that Ferdinand is just a wandering duke, who has been on the run on the mainland for more than ten years, and may have some money, but he is absolutely unable to organize an army that is enough to restore the country! He must have persuaded some ambitious big country to send troops to help him! Presumably he also promised countless empty promises, maybe he promised all his daughters! These former royal families are very easy to deal with, but the greedy beast behind them is not so easy to deal with. ”

Hearing everyone's analysis, His Majesty the Emperor nodded and ordered: "Okay, I understand, we must first find out who is behind this scene! Grace, leave this matter to you! There are not many countries with the strength and courage to confront us, you quickly find them out!"

"Okay!, I'll go and search for information right away. The Empire's Minister of Intelligence responded.

"Your Majesty, since Marshal Luger's letter is a letter asking for help, he must not be sure of victory in the face of this opponent, so in order to prevent things from getting worse, let's organize support as soon as possible. Chancellor Adenauer made another suggestion.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Marshal Lister, only to see Marshal Lister think for a moment before he said: "Since our children are fighting with Bavaria, there are not many troops that can be mobilized now, and the First Army must defend Berlin, so ......"

"Forget it, forget it, the Bavarian gang will stop, stop the war inside, negotiate with them, no matter what, Austria can't lose it! Transfer both the Second and Third Army Corps!" His Majesty the Emperor interrupted him, and said with a calm face: "We must take Austria back!

Hearing the will of His Majesty the Emperor, Marshal Lister had no choice but to say: "Okay, Your Majesty, we ......"

But he was interrupted by a panicked royal guard, who reported: "Report to Your Majesty! News from the city guards! Berlin's West Gate has been attacked by unknown persons! There are thousands!" )