Chapter 849 British people, please look forward to it
The day after the surrender ceremony, the Duke of Brunswick brought 400 soldiers—including dozens of cavalry and two cannons. To demonstrate the "integrity of the system" - he returned to Prussia with gifts from the French army.
At the same time, Joseph left Dickish and returned to Paris.
The battle situation in the Rhineland no longer needs to be discussed.
It was only a matter of time before the Cologne Fortress was occupied by the French under heavy siege from Massena.
After controlling Cologne, the entire Rhineland region will completely cut off ties with Germany. Without coalition reinforcements, Gelden, Aachen, Clevo and other places had only one result in surrender.
What Joseph is considering now is how to end the war and then start to digest the results of the war.
From Clevo and Cologne to the north and Mannheim to the south, France's gains from this battle can be said to be a huge achievement.
Including the entire Rhineland, the west bank of the Rhine is already in the hands of France.
In other words, the "natural boundary" that the French dreamed of has been realized.
If it is well managed, France will be able to defend the Rhine in the future, and the country's strategic security guarantee will be increased exponentially.
This is a great achievement that can bring prosperity to the descendants of France!
In the future, a strong country will appear around France. If you want to attack France, you must first face the natural barrier of the Rhine.
France no longer has to work hard on the people and money to build a Maginot line of defense.
The enemy should not think of taking a detour from Belgium to attack France - Brussels is now French territory.
Of course, it is not easy to actually eat the west bank of the Rhine...
Joseph was looking out the window and was sitting opposite the carriage with a bandage on his forehead and said: "Your Highness, are you really going to release those Prussian soldiers?"
Lefeffer was injured in the siege of Rhodeshausen-the shells overturned his war horse, and he fell from his horse When he hit the stone, his head hit the stone - Joseph asked him to follow his convoy back to France for healing. After all, the comfort and speed of his "Gem XI" are much greater than that of the military's standard carriage.
Joseph nodded: "If the Duke of Brunswick can convince Prussia to withdraw from the anti-French alliance, it is completely acceptable.
"In fact, I was originally planning to have Mr. Talleyrand go to the forefront.
" Go to Potsdam to release the prisoners in exchange for Prussian neutrality.
Lefevre said carefully: "Your Highness, if Prussia breaks its promise, it will once again put these troops into war against our country..."
Joseph smiled: "You don't need to worry. For Prussia, for now France is just a distant and difficult opponent. "And Austria is a threat under their noses.
"If Prussia had only the last little available force, they would definitely use it against Austria.
"In fact, even if William II didn't want these 40,000 prisoners, I still had to force it. Send it back to him. ”
Lefeffer is good at fighting, but he is not very good at international politics. He immediately wondered, "Why is this?"
Joseph said, "Before we completely defeat the British, we must We must continue to maintain the balance between Prussia and Austria.
"Prussia lost more than half of its domestic troops in Luxembourg, and most of them were elite troops. "If Austria joins Saxony, Bavaria and other countries to launch a siege on Prussia, Prussia is likely to be in a slum. Then Austria will truly control the entire Germany."
Lefevre clenched his fist and said loudly: "Your Highness, why don't we attack Vienna directly? Let Austria lose its ability to unify Germany forever!"
Joseph smiled and shook his head: "Believe me, occupying Austria will not be of any benefit to France. Instead, it will create a powerful enemy for us."
He knew very well that Napoleon in history was as Lefeffre said Do that.
The French army swept across the German state, pacified Prussia in Peking and destroyed Austria in the east. It seemed to be powerful, and it did gain a large amount of war dividends in a short period of time.
But what the result?
In the 19th century when the nation was awakened, it was almost a dream to truly annex the vast German region. The Germans will surely share the same hatred of the enemy and drive France out of the German region.
In this process, the originally divided German states no longer distinguish whether you are Prussian or Bavarian. Everyone will fight against the French occupation forces under the banner of the German nation.
In the end, Germany went to great fusion and the powerful Germany was born.
Perhaps there will be a "iron-blooded prime minister" or a failed student from the Academy of Fine Arts to challenge France, causing a whole generation of young people in France to be disrupted on the battlefield.
Even if France is lucky enough to suppress the resistance of the German region again and again, a huge France extending from the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the Balkans will inevitably arouse Russia's vigilance.
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Russia would immediately let go of its grudges with the Ottomans and join forces to "help" the Germans restore the country.
So the international situation Napoleon faced was destined when he decided to sweep the German region.
Some people always say that Napoleon's attack on Russia was a strategic failure, which ultimately led to a loss. If he stopped when he was good, stabilized the occupied German territory and lived in peace with Russia, what would happen.
But in fact, that is impossible.
Even if Napoleon did not march into Moscow, when Russia recovered, it would definitely lead to German troops - the Russians would never sit idly by and watch a France that unified Western Europe and Central Europe appear.
So for France, the best strategy is to keep the fragmentation of the German region and increase the rift between states.
Amid their constant internal struggle, France uses "mediation" to gain benefits.
Then, focus all your energy on dealing with the UK's shit.
If Britain had not supported it outside the continent, France would no longer have any rivals in the continent. After a long period of steady operation, it might not have been possible for Rome to regain its glory!
When Joseph's convoy arrived at Verdun, the local postal officer sent him a letter from Versailles through the Sharp Signal Tower.
The letter was written by Archbishop Brian, and the core content is only one sentence - the preparations for the "Iberia-Apennines Summit" have been completed. It will be opened immediately after His Royal Highness returns to Paris.
A smile appeared on Joseph's face.
This summit was the "starting gun" he used to build his own camp.
Yes, it is even more hated than plundering a little wealth in the occupied land. This is the best way to obtain the dividends of war!
The British could rely on their own financial resources and control over maritime trade to pull out the anti-French alliance.
Then France can also use the victory of this war to build an anti-British alliance!
(This chapter ends)