Chapter 1896: Personally Taking the Field

At this time, Europe.

Prussia.

Frederick II personally received Prince Ferdinand, who was his younger brother.

"How is it? Did the Longyan agree to provide us with aid?"

Prince Ferdinand sighed and said to Frederick II in a deep voice: "They proposed a condition that I cannot accept..."

Upon hearing this, Frederick II's body trembled slightly, as if he had suffered some kind of blow; he staggered backward, retreated to his chair, and collapsed into it.

He took a deep breath.

Without the aid of the Longyan, they would have to face the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces alone, and this was not even the earliest situation.

Their western front was guarded by the Longyan army.

If the Longyan army were to withdraw at this time, Prussia would once again face the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces, as well as the troops of France and the Holy Cross Army.

Prussia would return to the state of being besieged by the various nations of Europe.

"Very well, I understand," Frederick II sighed.

Without needing to ask, he knew that the Longyan must have proposed conditions that Prince Ferdinand could not agree to; otherwise, he would not have disagreed with the Longyan's terms.

He had given Prince Ferdinand great authority.

Prince Ferdinand stood up, bowed slightly, remained silent, and turned to leave.

Only Frederick II was left in the empty Great Hall, but he now seemed much older; he stood up and looked at the map hanging in the Great Hall.

This was a map of Germany during its most powerful period.

And now, Germany had been torn apart, and the exiled German people were scattered across Europe.

Frederick II looked at the map in silence for a long time; he took off the crown that symbolized power and put on a helmet that symbolized war.

He would lead the Puluosi Budui into battle himself!

Frederick II, clad in battle armor, summoned his ministers; everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they saw the armor he was wearing.

"Your Majesty, what are you trying to do?"

"Gentlemen, I have called you here today to tell you that I will personally intercept the Russian-Austrian troops; logistics work can only be left to you."

The group was stunned, and all said: "Your Majesty, you must not."

"The Russian-Austrian troops have now seized the Oder River basin, and our troops will find it difficult to stop them."

"Prussia needs you to stabilize the situation."

Frederick II gave a cold laugh: "I am here to inform you all, I hope you understand!"

Frederick II set out on the path of war with firm determination.

At this moment, the Tsarist Russia troops occupied Krosen, and the 25,000-strong Austrian army led by the Austrian generals Laoxi and General Hadikesi also joined up with the Tsarist Russia troops.

The Russian-Austrian Allied Forces officially completed their rendezvous.

After the rendezvous, the strength of the Russian-Austrian troops reached an astonishing 60,000.

Originally, Prussia had exhausted everything to scrape together a force of 24,000 to intercept the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces, but unfortunately, the Prussian troops had originally had a chance.

It was a pity they encountered a foolish Warrior.

Naleishi made a decision immediately after joining up with the Austrian army.

"Split into two routes to jointly resist the enemy; the Longyan are a threat."

Hadikesi nodded: "I agree with Marshal Naleishi's view. The Longyan have already built military fortifications in Saxony, and no one here wants to face the main force of the Longyan army directly."

"I think the plan most likely to succeed now is for us to attack the west bank of the Oder River located in Xilixi and launch an attack from there."

Naleishi looked at the two Austrian generals and said coldly: "This will isolate our Tsarist Russia troops. If Prussia finds reinforcements, we will be very passive."

Hadikesi smiled and said: "No, Prussia will not find any other reinforcements."

"Britain has already broken its relationship with Prussia; what they want are colonies on the sea, which is much easier than fighting over land in Europe."

"As for the Longyan, what they want is to open the gateway to Europe. To them, Prussia is just their blood bag. According to the latest news, the Longyan are already preparing to withdraw their troops; this is reliable information."

Naleishi glanced at Hadikesi. For many years, Tsarist Russia had been blocked by the Longyan, and information about Europe had become stagnant; he had not expected that he would only learn of such important news now.

"Fine, since that is the case, you go to Xilixi, and we will attack Frankfurt; we will rendezvous there."

Hadikesi agreed to this battle plan.

However, the Austrian general Laoxi did not agree with Hadikesi's battle plan.

"Hadikesi, since we have already joined forces, we cannot split up our troops. Xilixi is not far from Saxony; how do you know the Longyan army isn't waiting for our troops in Xilixi?"

Hadikesi looked at Laoxi with an unkind gaze.

Although both were currently Austrian generals, Hadikesi belonged to the Hungarian Noble, while Laoxi was an orthodox Austrian general.

The two had fundamental differences.

Teresa was the Queen of Hungary, and she was only able to become the Grand Duke of Austria through a merger with Austria; otherwise, Hungary and Austria would still be divided.

But even now that the interior had merged, the two interest groups found each other very unpleasant to look at.

Hadikesi said: "Since you do not agree, then fine, I will lead 12,000 men to attack Xilixi, and your troops and the Tsarist Russia troops will go to Frankfurt together."

Having dropped these words, Hadikesi did not wait for Laoxi's agreement and turned to mount his horse.

He gave Laoxi no chance to refuse and set off with his troops.

Laoxi glanced at Naleishi and also set off alone with the Austrian troops in another direction.

Naleishi shook his head, not expecting the Austrian generals to be in such a state.

Their troops left shortly after, and at this time, the troops personally led by Frederick II received news from scouts sent ahead.

"Report, Your Majesty, the tracks of the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces have been discovered, but they have split into three routes; the Austrian troops have divided into two groups and set off in two completely different directions."

Hearing this, Frederick II's heart stirred.

The Austria troops have actually split up; this is a good opportunity to defeat them one by one.

"Continue searching for the tracks of the Austria troops."

"Yes..."

The scout went down to continue searching for the tracks of the Austria troops.

After Frederick II accepted command of the entire army, he left a portion of his forces in the west to guard against the France troops they would face after Ling Chen withdrew his army.

This decision was accurate.

At the same time, Frederick II gathered the remnants of Wedel; this was a routed force with low morale.

Frederick II isolated this force of nearly twenty thousand men to boost their morale again.

Under the reforms of two generations of the Frederick Family, the Prussia troops possessed superior mobility and uniformity.

Every Prussia soldier could walk a distance of one hundred meters in exactly seventy-five steps, never taking one step more or one step less.

Such soldiers were undoubtedly the easiest to command and possessed powerful combat capabilities, but such soldiers were soulless.

The troops led by Wedel were a force that Prussia had struggled to scrape together, and they did not possess this kind of uniformity at all.