Chapter 2039: Compromise

The Longyan people hanging a French general at Versailles—such a sensational event did not stir up a huge uproar within France.

Even a few days later, the French seemed to have forgotten about this matter.

No one mentioned it anymore.

However, the Longyan troops that had been stockpiled on the French border had already withdrawn.

Before the withdrawal, some people had seen many Longyan people leaving France together.

Among them were many Longyan scientists and engineers.

It is hard not to associate this with the recent events.

Louis XV, the Emperor of France, had ultimately bowed his head to Longyan.

Bonaparte recorded this matter in his diary; he knew that in the history of France, these things would never be recorded.

Most of the French public would not know, and even some of the nobles involved would not be aware.

That he was able to know was because, during this recent period, the unit he was in had been transferred back due to meritorious service in suppressing a rebellion.

It just so happened that the information available within the unit was enough for Bonaparte to understand.

He looked at what he had recorded and fell into deep thought.

With matters having developed to this point, the truth was no longer important; he could not understand why, after Longyan had so humiliated France and stripped away France's face,

the royal family would choose compromise instead of battle.

Was it merely because of Longyan's strength?

Their France had the support of numerous overseas colonies and was not much inferior to Longyan.

If they really were to go to war, they should not be too afraid.

Or was there some other reason... Bonaparte could not figure it out and could only write at the very end: I do not understand why the royal family would be so cowardly.

At this time, on the European battlefield.

After shaking off the pursuing troops of General Laixi, the Puluosi Budui led by Frederick II was now heading toward the battlefield in Xilixi.

This Xilixi, which was originally extremely rich, had now turned into a scorched earth.

The Puluosi Budui and the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces were fighting for every inch of ground, causing this battle to fall into a stalemate.

And Frederick II not only had to deal with the crisis from Xilixi.

He also had to face the threat from the Germany state to his north, Sweden.

Sweden had already occupied Pomerania Bay, directly threatening Prussia from the north.

Originally, Sweden had no intention of fighting for other territories of Prussia, but now Prussia was on the verge of falling apart.

Adolf had always held a grudge against Frederick II for abducting Little Peter.

So he also wanted to take this opportunity to give Prussia a heavy blow, tear it apart completely, and make Frederick II his prisoner!

For this reason, the Puluosi Budui had to divert troops to guard against the Swedish forces.

But such defensive measures resulted in the forces in Berlin being extremely empty.

From the previous standing force of thirty thousand, it had now become fewer than three thousand.

And it was precisely at this time that Naleishi and Boerniefu, together with General Laoxi, personally led a surprise attack force, secretly marching from Xilixi to Berlin, waiting for the right moment to launch a surprise attack!

They assembled eighteen thousand Tsarist Russia soldiers and fifteen thousand Austrian Army troops.

This was several times the strength of the Puluosi Budui in the city of Berlin.

Boerniefu, who had suffered great losses at the hands of the Puluosi Budui and the Longyan Unit, had long wanted to get rid of Berlin!

With the tacit approval of Naleishi, he mobilized a powerful force to launch an attack on Berlin.

At this moment, Frederick II also received the news that Berlin was under attack; he was extremely anxious and felt deep regret for the orders he had once issued.

At that time, in order to resist the troops of General Laixi, Frederick II had withdrawn a large number of soldiers from Berlin.

He wanted to rely on the method of encirclement and interception to fight General Laixi.

But the troops of General Laixi moved very quickly and instead pinned down the troops he had mobilized.

Berlin had no troops to mobilize, and the remaining soldiers did not even have the means to mobilize the defensive works they had built to a level sufficient for resistance.

Considering that at the time, Berlin was safe on all sides, and every route to attack here had been blocked by his own troops,

there was almost no army that could threaten Berlin, so Frederick II made the decision to designate Berlin as one of the few undefended cities.

This decision now appeared to be incomparably wrong.

Who could have anticipated that the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces would choose to take a detour from Xilixi to attack Berlin?

He could only pray now that he could return to Berlin before the city was breached.

But this hope was slim.

And at this time, the Cavalry commander under Boerniefu, Tottle, led six thousand Cavalry to advance first to the outskirts of Berlin.

Regarding Tottle's march, the general of the Austrian Army said to Boerniefu: "He is a base gentleman who started from nothing, with no honor to speak of!"

"Why do you use such a person as a commander of a Cavalry unit?"

Boerniefu looked at the comrade who raised the question, General Laoxi.

He knew he was an upright general who could not stand people with 'corrupt morals'.

Boerniefu indeed said: "Tottle was once a Major General in Prussia, served in many countries and units, and even now still has deep connections within the business circles of Berlin."

"He even has the bad habits of eating empty pay and stealing, with that foul reputation of his!"

"But, General, you perhaps do not know that his son serves as an officer in the Puluosi Budui."

"Such a person knows Berlin and the Puluosi Budui better than anyone."

"He will be our best vanguard."

Hearing these words, General Laoxi could not agree with Boerniefu; he always believed that a general with character problems like Tottle could not be trusted at all.

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At this moment on the battlefield, the Tsarist Russia Cavalry led by Tottle had already launched an attack on the city of Berlin.

Inside the city of Berlin at this time, there were only troops composed of new recruits, the wounded, and Militia; even counting the cooks, there were not two thousand people capable of fighting.

Yet such a force had to resist over six thousand elite Tsarist Russia Cavalry, and this was merely the enemy's vanguard.

If the enemy were to force a siege, the city of Berlin would inevitably suffer a devastating blow.

However, Tottle, who had already seized the outskirts of Berlin, was in no hurry to attack the city.

"General, when shall we launch the attack? As long as we take the city of Berlin, we shall have the greatest merit!"

"You will also receive a reward."

Tottle looked at the city of Berlin standing on the flat ground; it appeared magnificent, but one only needed to notice the cracks on the city walls to know it was strong in appearance but weak in reality, and could collapse at any moment.

A smile curled at the corners of Tottle's mouth as he looked at the sun about to set in the sky and said indifferently: "Attack, but do not breach the city; let the Prussia soldiers feel a despair they cannot overcome."

"Just like a cat playing with a mouse."

The adjutant, who had followed Tottle for a long time, instantly understood his meaning and nodded: "As you command."

Tottle narrowed his eyes and looked at the city of Berlin once more; for him, breaching and occupying the city would not bring him much wealth.

Only by making the Merchant Households inside Berlin, who were overflowing with riches, feel alarmed could he earn more.