Chapter 1968: Disagreements Arise

At this time, a rift appeared within the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces.

The conflict between the two Austrian generals finally erupted, ultimately leading the Austrian troops to completely abandon their continued offensive toward Berlin.

This made Marshal Naleishi very angry; being a man of relatively good temper, he bluntly cursed, "The Austrian people are just a bunch of cowards!"

For the Tsarist Russia troops, this might now be the best opportunity to attack Berlin.

As long as they continued to cooperate with the Austrian troops, they could strike while the troops of Frederick II had not yet shaken off the shadow of their defeat.

A single decisive blow would have a high chance of further expanding the results of this war.

However, the Austrian abandonment forced the Tsarist Russia troops to face the Puluosi Budui alone, and Naleishi knew well that their current situation in Tsarist Russia made it impossible to bear the upcoming great battle on their own.

But considering the inconvenience of traveling to the Vistula River to replenish supplies every time, Naleishi made a decision to leave this place and attack Xilixi.

It would be best to capture some strategic points before winter arrived, making it convenient to establish a foundation there.

According to news coming from Tsarist Russia, it is said that the attitude of Tsarist Russia has changed, and they are willing and also want to cooperate with Longyan to seek survival.

Naleishi thought of the kind of thrown bombs used by the Puluosi Budui in this battle; this thing had caused their troops no small amount of trouble.

It was obviously too late to research and manufacture them now, so the best Method was to consult a country with superior scientific technology to theirs—to see if Longyan had such weapons.

They would request that Longyan allow them to purchase them.

Naleishi transmitted this news back to Tsarist Russia.

At this time, Frederick II also keenly sensed the subsequent movements of the Tsarist Russia troops.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Tsarist Russia troops are heading alone in the direction of Xilixi, with no Austrian troops following."

Upon receiving this news, Frederick II made a prompt decision to dispatch a powerful force of 24,000 men to tail them, in order to annex the Tsarist Russia troops.

The Puluosi Budui finally caught up with the Tsarist Russia troops at the Baona Highlands, but this time they were quickly discovered by the Tsarist Russia troops.

Naleishi, who had originally intended to attack the fortress, abandoned the attack and turned to advance eastward.

He went to rendezvous with General Laoxi of Austria.

And at this time, in Hanover.

Although the French battlefield was focused on Australia, they had not yet given up on the struggle for the European continent.

After their vanguard and the United Army of the Italian state were routed by the Longyan army in the previous battle.

This did not make them give up the offensive.

Their troops landed from Hamburg once again, attempting a comeback.

But Ling Chen had already sensed the movements of the French United Army this time.

He prepared to launch another ambush against the French United Army.

But this time, Diana said something that made him abandon this thought: "General, you rely too much on information now."

"How do you know that this information is true? And even if it is true, could the French troops have not sensed anything at all? Perhaps they have other information that you do not know about."

"To fight another ambush, I always feel it is very dangerous."

These words reminded Ling Chen that while their Longyan Information Department was indeed very powerful, it had not reached the point where they knew every detail and plan of the opponent's actions.

If their Longyan had really achieved that, there would be no need to fight a war; the enemy countries would have long been under their control.

After thinking of this, Ling Chen completely canceled the idea of fighting an ambush.

For them, holding Hanover was enough.

It was not necessary to cripple the United Army of the French Empire and the Italian state.

He cautiously began to study the operational plan against this French United Army.

On the other side, the news of the defeat of the Puluosi Budui and the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces did not spread across Europe at the first moment.

But it reached Longyan, far away in the east.

Liu Zheng looked at this news and burned the letter.

To him, it was simply ridiculous that a battle between these two sides with no more than 100,000 troops combined had turned out like this.

However, after this defeat, Frederick II actually did not come to him for help, which made Liu Zheng quite surprised.

But it was just as well; he had more important things to do now.

Today was the big day for his son, little Liu Xiang, to be formally recognized by the clan!

At the ancestral temple, under the direction of the clan patriarch.

Although Li Xuanya was little Liu Xiang's biological mother, she had no way to participate in this ceremony of formal recognition.

Everything was being presided over by the Liu Family.

Little Liu Xiang's status was special, and there was no particularly good way for him to become Liu Zheng's son; such matters required legitimacy.

Therefore, according to the patriarch's opinion,

Little Liu Xiang became the godson of Xie Chan, and a record was added at the Liu Family's ancestral hall.

But Liu Zheng was very dissatisfied with this result.

Li Xuanya was his woman, after all, even if little Liu was now under Xie Chan's name.

It counted as having a status, but Liu Zheng was extremely dissatisfied with this result.

He stood out and personally announced: "Little Liu Xiang is the son of me and another woman. Now that he is to be formally recognized by the clan, Patriarch, please remember to write it clearly when the time comes!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone stared blankly at Liu Zheng. His admission was undoubtedly a direct statement that he had an illegitimate child.

If he were an ordinary person, this might be nothing, but Liu Zheng was the current Chief Minister; such a matter spreading would inevitably affect his reputation!

"Zheng, this..." Liu Dahao came out to persuade him.

Liu Zheng looked at his father and said, "Father, it is nothing. I once loved Xuanya, otherwise there would be no little Liu Xiang."

"Xuanya's status is special, and it is inconvenient for her to appear here, but her son is her son; even if he is placed under Xie Chan's name, that will not do."

"But what about your reputation?" Liu Dahao pointed out the most critical point.

"After all, you are now the Chief Minister of Longyan, the most powerful person here. If this matter spreads, those pure-stream officials will likely want to curse you to death! Do you not care about any of this?"

Liu Zheng laughed and said indifferently: "My merits and faults shall be left for future generations to judge."

"These current pure-stream officials are not yet qualified; let them be, I will send them across the Naihe Bridge."

Liu Dahao understood: "Fine, as long as you have thought it through."

The Clan Leader looked at Liu Dahao and asked: "Dahao, this matter will just..."

Liu Dahao looked at the Clan Leader and said in a deep voice: "Just do as Zheng said, sorry for the trouble, Uncle."

The Clan Leader nodded and glanced at Liu Zheng; he still admired his courage to act and take responsibility, but in his current position, doing this was destined to make those pure-stream officials point at his spine and curse him!

He shook his head and wrote on the clan genealogy: "Liu Xiang, son of Liu Zheng, his mother..."

Seeing this result, Liu Zheng was finally satisfied.

Little Liu Xiang had returned to his ancestors and clan, and Li Xuanya, watching from outside the ancestral hall, finally felt at ease.

At this moment, Liu Zheng walked out and looked at Li Xuanya.

"Xuanya, actually, you could have stayed."

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