Chapter 1305: The Mad Dog of Europe

What brings joy is that the powerful Tsarist Russia has fallen into decline.

But what brings worry is that, lacking Tsarist Russia as a powerful assistant, their Habsburg Family might find it difficult to stand alone.

Plus the resurgence of the Ottoman...

This gives Teresa a bit of a headache.

Frederick II of Prussia is definitely going to stir up trouble again.

She cannot sit and wait for death.

To Teresa, and even to the whole of Eastern Europe and Europe, he is a malignant tumor. The key is that this malignant tumor is also terrifyingly good at fighting. In this sense, rather than calling him a malignant tumor, it is better to say that Frederick II is a hungry wolf. This fellow, whose surname has deep origins with the Habsburgs, is also devastating to the Habsburg Family.

But regardless of the strength of the French, the support of Britain, or the help from Tsarist Russia, she simply has no better Method for dealing with Frederick II.

This upheaval in Eastern Europe.

She feels that Frederick is definitely going to stir up trouble.

But, with whom will he stir it up?

With whom will he stir it up?

When Liu Zheng's plan to march into Europe was brought out, the entire council was in an uproar.

Europe?

These people in the council now are no longer the kind of people from before who did not open their eyes to look at the world. They certainly know that on this planet, besides Longyan, there is a more fascinating place, and that is Europe. The level of fascination in this place is no worse than Longyan. And with the confirmation of Britain's hegemonic status, these people in the council are still quite interested in Europe.

"Frederick?"

A Councilor stood up and questioned: "Chief Councilor, why Frederick, and not Britain, France? Or the Ottoman?"

Others nodded one after another.

Regarding Prussia, no one knows much.

But although the situation in Europe is confusing, the traditional power France, as well as Britain, are both there.

Why bother finding a Frederick?

Liu Zheng chuckled: "It's very simple, Frederick needs us the most. And we also need a pretext to get involved in other people's affairs."

The crowd looked at each other in dismay.

Other people's affairs?

Come to think of it, these messy affairs in Europe have always been their own business. They have always considered themselves traditionally noble, just like the emperors of the Habsburg Family back in the day; they could trace their bloodline back to Caesar. This is their capital, and also a kind of legitimacy of status.

Many countries do not support Teresa's ruling status precisely because she is a woman, the daughter of Charles VI; there are plenty of people more qualified than her to be king. That is why they pushed out a puppet like Charles VI.

Liu Zheng wants to enter Europe, which means dealing with people who share the same bloodline and genealogy.

Therefore, he will always be an outsider.

Although Genghis Khan reached Europe back then, he could never occupy it for long, precisely because he was always an outsider.

The invasion of an outsider will surely cause a divided Europe to unite; if they come together to deal with Liu Zheng, that would be hard to handle.

Liu Zheng continued to chuckle: "Gentlemen, if we want to enter Europe, then the position of Prussia is quite important. You may take a detailed look at the map of Europe."

As he spoke, Liu Zheng took out the map he had prepared long ago.

If one wants to study Europe, one can temporarily ignore Britain and France. Because the direction of Longyan is from the side of Asia. The first place to come into contact is Eastern Europe. At this time, the Great Britain Kingdom and the French Empire are both in Western Europe, so the hatred between them is the deepest and the influence is the greatest. However, one must pay attention to a problem: why the support Britain gives to Austria can only be in the form of loans is because their Infantry is truly not up to the task. It is unrealistic for the British army to pass through Central Europe, from the Rhine Alliance, or Prussia, or

the Ottoman to provide support.

Eastern Europe is Eastern Europe's business; Eastern Europe is Eastern Europe's fascination.

Britain and France are somewhat beyond their reach.

Liu Zheng continued to chuckle: "Moreover, colleagues, what we in Longyan want this time is not an evenly matched partner!"

"But someone who likes to stir up trouble!"

"This person is none other than Frederick II!"

These words were categorical, making everyone's eyes light up, and they began to look at each other and discuss it heatedly.

Yes.

If they cooperated with Britain or France, the process might be very smooth. However, this would not achieve their strategic goals. They want a puppet, an existence that can be discarded at any time after they achieve success.

And Prussia has such characteristics.

Because Prussia's territory is all plains, lacking strategic depth. The surrounding great powers, however, have always been eyeing it covetously, which increased the necessity for Prussia to build a Standing Army. Taking the Thirty Years' War as an example, the population of Berlin in Prussia plummeted from fourteen thousand to about six thousand. Hundreds of villages were razed to the ground, and Wolf Pack roamed and ravaged everywhere.

Prussia often became a battlefield for the hegemony of great powers. Thus, the harsh geopolitical environment forced Prussia to build a powerful Standing Army.

Consequently, during the Prussian election, Frederick I built an army loyal to himself and defeated the then-European hegemon, Sweden. Therefore, Prussia became famous, and the whole of Europe was shaken by it.

From then on, Prussia proved their existence with one war after another.

And they have always prevented others from encroaching on this country.

Therefore.

To others, Frederick is a mad dog.

But to Liu Zheng, he is an enlightened monarch.

He prevented his own country from being nibbled away, and is merely biting others crazily.

At that time, the density of soldiers in Prussia was very high. For every 32 people, there was one soldier. It could completely be called a nation in arms. To use the words of a European politician, "Other Western countries have an army, but the Prussian Army has a country."

Every man for himself, or heaven and earth will destroy him.

He did nothing wrong at all.

He likes people with this kind of personality.

Therefore, under his suggestion, the Longyan council passed the first alliance with Prussia.

But Liu Zheng absolutely did not expect.

The degree of this Frederick's madness completely exceeded his imagination.

Liu Zheng intended to approach this matter step by step.

Because he wanted the various Feudatory Kings of Longyan to dispatch troops, he believed that as long as he settled the details of dividing the cake with them, they would not refuse. No one would refuse to encroach upon a place like Europe.

However.

On Liu Zheng's side, he had not yet begun his maneuvers.

After receiving the letter from Liu Zheng agreeing to an alliance, Frederick II simply could not hold back anymore.

And so.

The Seven Years' War broke out just like that.

When Liu Zheng received this news, he was completely stunned.

This must be what people call a mad dog, right?