New Shun 1730

The gentlemen of the East India Company certainly didn't know the saying "If you want to accuse someone, there's no excuse for it".

But they must understand the same truth. Machiavelli said that a prince always has legitimate reasons to whitewash his betrayal. The whitewashing after betrayal is the "word of sin."

However, just like a chicken will enter a state of suspended animation after being caught, or a bison will remain motionless and give up resistance when being bitten by a lion.

When the danger they face cannot be solved, people will always tend to deceive themselves, implying that things like treaties are useful, implying that as long as the sheep do not provoke the lions, the lions will not eat the sheep.

This is the situation today.

The East India Company could only choose tolerance and non-resistance to hypnotize itself that Dashun would not start a war, and did not even dare to think about this possibility.

Because, what can you do if you think about it?

East of Malacca, there was no chance of victory. West of the Cape of Good Hope, Dashun had no chance of winning, but there were no colonies. Moreover, what happened to the Kanto India Company west of the Cape of Good Hope?

When the gentlemen of the East India Company were forced to agree to sign a trade agreement, the last rope that stood in front of Liu Yu was untied.

When the United Provincial Council informed Liu Yu a few days later that it hoped to continue negotiations on trade issues, and that the negotiating party was not the East India Company but the United Provincial Council, Liu Yu knew that the matter had been completed.

What we have to wait for now is for Frederick II to win a battle and force Austria to conclude a separate peace treaty with Prussia and accept British mediation in exchange for Prussia withdrawing from the anti-Austria alliance. This will make these Dutch politicians feel that the time has come. In order to express the passion and patriotic sentiments of declaring war on France.

Only when Prussia withdraws from the war can the oligarchs and the Orangemen begin their show of "love for the motherland". Otherwise, they dare not love.

After seeing off the envoys sent by the United Provincial Council and agreeing to resume negotiations the day after tomorrow, Liu Yu called three promising staff officers, equipped with translators, and sent them to Bohemia to meet with Frederick II. World.

The trade volume between Prussia and Dashun is not large. Some small ships of about 200 tons were sent before, but they were quickly squeezed by Denmark, Sweden, Britain, France and other countries and could not get the goods. Liu Yu and Frederick II did not know each other.

However, where there are people, there is a circle.

Through some circles, it is easy to get online.

The Marquis of Lachetardi, who had collaborated with the coup in Petersburg, started his career as a diplomat in Berlin, and was an old acquaintance of Frederick II's father. When Frederick II was a prince, he also praised the Marquis of Lachetadie as a lovely man.

Moreover, the Marquis of Lachetardi is a standard French aristocrat, proud and arrogant. He likes compliments from others and will be happy with a few compliments. When he was in Petersburg, he mentioned that he wanted to visit Berlin and easily won the prize. Letter of recommendation from the Marquis of Shetardi.

Dashun was not prepared to engage in diplomacy with Prussia because it was meaningless and there were no official contacts. Liu Yu also did not intend to have official contacts because official contacts were cumbersome and involved a lot of indispensable red tape. Therefore, this method of introduction from aristocratic circles was adopted.

After the three staff officers were called, Liu Yu roughly arranged the tasks.

"After you go, you just want to see how they fight, and write a report when you come back. You are considered a military observation group. Although I don't recognize Frederick II, he is probably quite arrogant about commanding operations. I will definitely ask you a few words from time to time, like in the story of the Three Kingdoms, such as, "Do you know this formation?"

"You should bring out the skills you have learned. Don't let the Prussians look down upon you. You can also show off the military power and military skills of the Celestial Empire."

"Besides this matter, the most important thing is that once a decisive battle breaks out between Prussia and Austria, you must send the news to me as soon as possible at an accelerated speed of 800 miles."

"War horses and military horses can be borrowed or bought. In short, the result of the decisive battle must be transmitted back as quickly as possible at any cost."

"The summary of the battle can be written and given later. What I want is information related to the overall situation, such as casualties on both sides, whether there is still the ability to continue fighting, whether it is a defeat or a battle of annihilation. Do you understand?"

The three staff officers are all veterans for many years, so they understand the difference between tactics and strategy.

"Don't worry, Marquis Whale, we understand the priorities."

"Okay, then go ahead. Remember, you must send back the news of the battle as soon as possible. I will arrange for people to pick up along the way. This is the place to pick up the message along the way. You must have the attitude of changing horses without stopping. , send the news back, this matter is related to whether the Chinese Empire can go out of Nanyang, there must be no mistake. "

After accepting the order, taking the recommendation letter from the Marquis of Lachetadie and a letter written by Liu Yu, the three set out from Amsterdam to Bohemia.

Liu Yu, on the other hand, with an extremely relaxed attitude, once again began to engage in meaningless trade negotiations with the Dutch Provincial Parliament.

Make the final preparations for the second coup.

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May 16, 1742 AD. evening.

Czech countryside.

Frederick II, who was thirty years old and in his prime, was complaining about the abominations of the Hungarian light cavalry with the staff officer of Dashun's military observation group.

Far away from the camp, Prussian soldiers, under the command of a Dashun staff officer, were putting away the hot-air balloon that had been launched for observation.

This small gift was highly praised by Frederick, who called it "a science that can determine the battlefield situation. It would be great if those people in the Berlin Academy of Sciences did not focus on empty mathematics, but on the research of these battlefield weapons."

In fact, if there was a hot air balloon that could fly up to conduct reconnaissance in the upcoming battle, and Frederick II's hidden ambush on the flank was discovered in time, perhaps the entire Europe and even the future world would be rewritten.

Therefore, the Dashun military observation group came to Prussia and gave the Prussian king a hot air balloon as a gift, not to Austria. Because Dashun hoped that Prussia would win, so that Prussia and Austria would accept Britain's mediation, and the Netherlands would feel that there was a big advantage to be gained and declare war on France in a high-profile manner.

The staff officers around Frederick II were about the same age as Frederick, and they were all old officers who had participated in Dashun's Western Expedition and the war against Japan.

The military reform presided over by Liu Yu, the tactical system is absolutely higher than the current popular line formation. After the meeting, Frederick II was very appreciative and interested in the military observation group on the Dashun side.

At this time, a big war is about to begin.

The members of the military observation group on the Dashun side are also quietly waiting for the result of the battle, and they must report the results of the battle back to the Netherlands as soon as possible.

Listening to Frederick II's complaints full of envy and jealousy about the Hungarian hussars, the staff officer thought that the Dashun's soldiers were doing this, sneak attacks, reconnaissance, food robbery, harassment, the Prussian army was seriously lacking in war horses and cavalry, and it was not easy to win this battle.

Moreover, after several months of communication, the staff of Dashun discovered a huge problem of the Prussian army, that is, too much demand for overall rhythm, too much emphasis on the transition from column to column, and super-fast reloading.

However, in the hollow formation change and the formation conversion at the battalion level, the gap with the Dashun Qingzhou Army is not small, and it can even be said to be huge.

The tactical ideas of the two sides are not the same.

Moreover, from the perspective of a staff officer from the Qingzhou Army, there are big problems with Prussia's camping tonight.

The distance between several corps is too far. For example, the main force of Frederick II's main camp is very far away from the corps of Prince Dessau.

If the party has light cavalry and reconnaissance advantages, this is not a big problem.

But the Prussian cavalry is far behind the Hungarian light cavalry, and the reconnaissance is insufficient. They dare to leave such a large gap when the Austrian army is approaching. Isn't this giving Austria an opportunity to defeat them one by one?

The gap between the corps takes at least three hours if the infantry marches. With such a large gap and no cavalry advantage, the staff officers of Dashun naturally think that Prussia is really courting death.

According to their courses in the military academy, when the enemy's traces have been discovered, and their own cavalry is insufficient and they cannot control the battlefield reconnaissance, they must stick together, and there must be no disconnection and gaps, so as not to be defeated one by one.

When Wu Han, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, attacked Shu, he divided his troops and separated them by more than ten miles, and was almost defeated one by one.

Such battle examples are everywhere on the ancient battlefield. I don’t know how many times I have talked about it in Weihai.

It can be seen that the Prussian king in front of him, who is only 30 years old, is still a little green in battlefield command. According to the observation of this staff officer, this person is good at training troops, but he still lacks experience in large-scale military operations and has not yet grown up. It depends on whether Austria can seize the opportunity.

However, the staff officers still abide by Liu Yu’s instructions to be a "military observation group" instead of a "military advisory group" for Prussia.

The difference between advisors and observations is a thousand different words.

If Frederick II asked, they would say; if not, they would not say much.

At this time, Frederick II was still complaining about the Hungarian light cavalry, lamenting that Prussia lacked such excellent light cavalry and sufficient horses.

As his army advanced deep into Czech, these flea-like Hungarian light cavalry appeared and disappeared, constantly attacking and harassing him from the rear, making him miserable.

The battlefield reconnaissance was completely obscured by the Hungarian light cavalry on the opposite side. The regular cavalry on his side could drive them away, but they were far behind in counter-reconnaissance and reconnaissance.

He had dinner while complaining. However, before dawn, the staff was awakened by the noisy sound of military drums, and the Prussian soldiers outside were getting up from the tents cursing.

The Prussian officer in charge of contact told the staff of Dashun a piece of news that was quite unfavorable to Prussia.

Those Prussian regular cavalry who drove away the Hungarian light cavalry discovered the main force of the Austrian Corps during the pursuit.

The Austrians really relied on their powerful light cavalry and battlefield reconnaissance advantages to discover the problem of the Prussian army's camping. The main force of Austria was rushing towards the corps of Prince Dessau, which had left the main camp, with obvious intentions, ready to defeat them one by one.

First, they would eat up the Prince of Dessau Corps, which was at least two hours away from Frederick II's main camp, and then turn around to eat up Frederick's main force.

When Frederick II heard the news, he woke up and ordered the whole army to eat at four o'clock and set out at five o'clock. He wanted to join the Prince of Dessau Corps with a quick march and not give the Austrians a chance to defeat them one by one.

After hearing this news, the staff of Dashun thought that it was not too late to make up for the loss. The Austrians had the advantage of cavalry. As long as they were willing to sacrifice some cavalry to delay the main force of Prussian support and eat up the lone Dessau Prince Corps first, there would be no point in fighting this battle.