Chapter 1465: A Dilemma

Prussia.

The moment Frederick II received the battle report, his hands trembled, and he read the report carefully several times.

Looking at every single word on the battle report.

This Great Emperor of Prussia, Frederick II, had flickering eyes, and he kept muttering to himself: "They have attacked, the Longyan Army has attacked!"

Frederick II could not hide his excitement, and he looked at the Prime Minister: "Prime Minister, our hard days are over."

The Prime Minister nodded heavily.

The content recorded in the battle report was very extensive, but there were only two points that Frederick II focused on.

One was the progress of the Longyan Army in Austria; a Longyan Army of nearly two hundred thousand set out from an Austrian port, capturing cities and seizing strongholds all the way, piercing through Austria, and striking into a former border city of Prussia, and this army had even threatened the safety of the Austrian capital, Vienna.

The army led by Ling Chen had already advanced to a border town of Prussia and was stationing troops there.

It is said that it took less than an hour to occupy this city.

Now, this one Longyan Army alone could pin down the Austrian Army.

The only pity was that Prussia had lost most of its territory, and this former Prussian city was no longer a border town, nor was it currently adjacent to Prussia.

However, Frederick II could now see the dawn of victory, and at the other end of the European battlefield.

Poland!

Poland had now been partitioned; Tsarist Russia occupied the main territory of Poland, and now the Austrian Army was also colluding with the Polish government-in-exile in Poland.

The two of them were Frederick II's main enemies in Poland.

But now, Tsarist Russia was already being held back by the Ottoman and Longyan forces.

According to the latest news in the battle report, the joint forces of the Ottoman and Longyan had broken through the walls of an important city of Tsarist Russia in Poland in just one day, causing irreparable losses to the opponent.

This heavy blow to Tsarist Russia could be considered as suppressing them, and now Prussia was the only opponent left in Poland.

The Franco-Austrian Allied Army, the French troops, were currently suppressed by Britain at sea and had not yet participated in the war.

After Frederick II saw the military report, the smile on his face did not fade.

This was undoubtedly the best news for him.

Since both Austria and Tsarist Russia were being held back, Prussia's greatest difficulty could be considered temporarily resolved.

"Now that our greatest crisis has been resolved, I think Prussia should gradually take back our lost land and recuperate," Frederick II judged and said in a deep voice.

But his words received no response, and Frederick II frowned slightly as he looked at the Prussian Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister was looking at other news in the military report, his expression uncertain.

Frederick II frowned and said indifferently: "Prime Minister, our current crisis has been resolved, what else is there to worry about?"

The Prime Minister put down the military report in his hand, looked at Frederick II, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I believe the crisis has only just begun."

Hearing this, Frederick II showed a very displeased expression and said: "What crisis could there possibly be now that can threaten us?"

"The Longyan Army is about to arrive in our city, and they will bring us support."

The Prime Minister shook his head and pointed his finger at a short piece of news above in the military report.

Frederick II looked over impatiently, and when he saw this extremely short text clearly, his mind went completely blank.

His whole person became sluggish, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

He took the military report and looked at the content on it himself, completely unable to believe it.

"How is this possible!"

"That hateful Catholic Pope, is he crazy!"

"The Protestantism we believe in and the Catholicism they believe in worship the same Lord and follow the same Bible!"

"Just because our philosophies are different,"

"they want to launch a Holy War against us! Crazy, simply crazy!"

Frederick II's eyes were bloodshot, and he spat out foul language.

All sorts of vulgar words poured out of the mouth of this man who usually paid attention to his image.

"Fake Pope!"

The Prime Minister waited quietly on the side for Frederick II to finish venting his emotions before saying: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is to face what is about to happen."

"Now Catholicism has formed the Holy Cross Army and is about to launch a war of encirclement and suppression against us."

"Moreover, Austria has suddenly withdrawn all its troops, leaving only the forces protecting their supply lines; our country's vast territory needs someone to recover it."

"We cannot lose the hearts of the people any further."

"But now, Prussia does not have enough troops to recover the territory; what should be done?"

Frederick II let out a long breath; although recovering lost territory was a good thing for Prussia now, it would allow him to add a stroke to history.

But it was also a very terrible thing; recovering lost territory now meant that the troops in his hands would have to be dispersed, and quite a few of them at that.

In this case, once Prussia encountered an attack from other countries, it would no longer have the ability to resist.

A dilemma!

"Prime Minister, do you have any good Method?" Frederick II sighed and said.

The Prime Minister shook his head; this move by Austria was very ruthless, and their country could no longer withstand any disturbance.

"It is truly an eventful time; the Holy Cross Army from the Catholic Pope will definitely be harder to deal with than the Franco-Austrian Allied Army."

The Franco-Austrian Allied Army was an alliance between countries.

But the Holy Cross Army consisted of believers called upon by the Pope; the difference was that any believer who followed Catholicism could potentially become a traitor to the country.

Although Prussia revered Protestantism as the state religion, it did not hinder the spread of Catholicism.

There were several Catholic churches within Prussia, and there were quite a few Catholic believers.

This was a difficult problem.

Prussia was not a church; it was impossible to arrest people just because they believed in Catholicism. This would be religious terror, and it did not conform to the Protestantism that Frederick II believed in.

After thinking it over, Frederick II hesitated for a long time before saying, "There is no rush to annex the territories, but we must establish contact and let the Protestants build a certain level of order."

"Winter is about to set in, and we must prepare enough food to survive the winter; other matters must be set aside for now."

The Prime Minister pondered for a moment and reached the same decision.

Letting the Protestants maintain order in the Prussian territories first would mean Prussia would not gain the strength from these lands for the time being, and there was even a risk of division.

However, it also eliminated the crisis of Prussia having to divide its forces, and the territories in the hands of the Protestants could still be taken back in the future.

As for the Holy Cross Army, although this was tricky, there was nothing that could be done about it.

Winter is about to set in, so the matter of the Holy Cross Army can only be put aside for now.

Since the Holy Cross Army has not made any major moves yet, there is no need to worry about them; the Holy Cross Army is targeting the heretics.

Although Prussia has the most heretics, the only country that currently dares to stand up and support Protestantism is Longyan.

In the end, the greatest pressure will still fall upon Longyan.