MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 35 man's dream will never end
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Dutch army has been assembled and is about to go to the front line. The 80,000 army is almost the entire family property of the Netherlands. In order to take back Flemish, King Willem II of the Netherlands thought it was worth a try.
In fact, he was betting on the fate of the country and the character of the Habsburg family. Because there were less than 20,000 troops stationed in the Netherlands at this time, it was actually an empty shell.
If the Austrian Empire takes this opportunity to attack the Netherlands, William II will inevitably suffer the same fate as his ancestors in exile overseas.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon once named his younger brother King of the Netherlands, known as "Ludwig II" in history
In fact, William II was not a gambler at all, he just had a new lover who liked to always play two games. This lady's gambling skills are superb, and she can always make William II kill the Quartet at the gaming table.
Over time, he turned the timid king into a gambler. This time when William II was wavering, it was also the lover who took care of him.
The reason is:
"Although Britain is close, the reinforcements are far away, and although Austria is 840 kilometers away from the Netherlands, their troops have already reached Luxembourg.
The United Kingdom assured us that as long as we do our best, we will keep our territorial integrity, but who caused the incomplete territory of the Netherlands at this time?
Although Austria wants to transfer Limburg to Luxembourg, you are still the nominal monarch of Luxembourg. At the same time, Austria will return the Flemish region to you, and Austria is also willing to serve as a place of exile for local Catholics.
Are you going to let hundreds of thousands of Dutch soldiers sacrifice in vain to wait for the illusory reinforcements, or are you willing to take back the territory that really belongs to you at the cost of Limburg? "
At this time, William II got another new news. The Austrians had occupied Flemish and captured King Leopold I of Belgium. They had sent envoys to the palace to urge him to take over the place as soon as possible.
This surprised and pleased William II. The happy thing is that the Austrian side has kept its promise, and it has already captured Flemish without the Netherlands sending troops. The same is true for the surprised.
The Flemish region was the core area of Belgian rule, and Brussels itself was a city built on top of a fortress.
But the Austrians captured this strong city before their own army was assembled, not to mention the Walloon region, the only way to attack Flemish province.
It was a bit scary to conquer the whole of Belgium in less than a week.
This convinced him that the Austrians had mobilized and deployed before the war began. If he rejects Austria's proposal, he will now either be a prisoner like Leopold I, or face attacks from two directions.
"Let General Furren Gullit receive it." King William of the Netherlands ordered.
General Furren Gurlitt woke up from the shock. As an army general, he was far more shocked than others at this time.
"Is this the rebirth of Napoleon?" General Furren Gullit couldn't believe the speed of Austria's advance. On the other hand, he was also wondering who this Grand Duke Albrecht was?
Although Grand Duke Albrecht was well-known in the Austrian Empire, he was not well-known either in the European military circle or in the aristocratic circle.
One is because it is too low-key, or out of gregarious.
The second is because of the age issue. At that time, whether it was the military or the political circle, it was necessary to talk about seniority.
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"Exchange Limburg for Flemish."
In fact, for this transaction, the happiest person is the abdicated King William I of the Netherlands.
William I is known as the "merchant king", but he is not just belittled, but also praised for his outstanding achievements in economic development.
But William I was not satisfied with the title of merchant king. He wanted to completely unify the north and south, and the southern region refers to the Austrian Netherlands and other regions, so as to be the real king of the Netherlands.
It is a pity that William I's business methods had a negative effect on the people. At the same time, the malice from overseas did not want the Netherlands to be unified and strong. In the end, he could only sit back and watch his country split and abdicate secretly.
When the news of the Dutch army's recapture of Flemish came back to the country, William I shut himself in the room, took out the bottle of gin from the cabinet 13 years ago and downed it.
Thirteen years ago, France sent troops, Belgium became independent, and the scene of his abdication secretly seemed to happen yesterday.
Twelve months later, the 71-year-old former Dutch King William I boarded the merchant ship that he sailed across the world when he was young. Here he seemed to feel his heart full of blood, the sea that made his heart surge, and made him The world that fascinates him makes him never turn back to his motherland—Greater Netherlands.
"Man's dreams never end!"
On December 12, 1843, the former Dutch King Willem I died.
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The book returns to its original story.
On the French-Belgian border, 20,000 French vanguard troops marched across the French-Belgian border, preparing to take over the Walloon region in advance.
The reason why the French army violated the agreement with the German Confederation was because Louis-Philippe hoped to get a more favorable situation, and Quizo hoped to leave room for negotiation with the British.
Of course, this can only be done by cutting off the Austrians' retreat~www.novelbuddy.com~ According to their intelligence, the Austrian army of the First Army of the German Confederation is heading to the Flemish area at this time.
If the French army occupies Wallonia at this time, then whether it is negotiating terms with the British or the German Confederation, France will remain invincible.
The 20,000 French troops ignored the warnings of the volunteers of the German Confederation, forcibly broke through the French-Belgian border, and went straight to the important military town of Namur Fortress.
William Friedrich Ludwig, who got the news of the defeat of the Prussian vanguard, felt ashamed. The Austrians in front were about to return in victory, but he was broken through by the French 20,000 troops.
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig is the famous "Prince of Cannonball" in history, William I, the first emperor of the German Empire, a bad-tempered emperor.
At this time, his army staff officer was Old Mao Qi, a famous figure in military history.
Both felt that it was shameless to be defeated by a mere 20,000 French troops. Although these French troops were here to break the Austrian army's back, the entire German Confederation had hundreds of thousands of troops here, and Albrecht himself had nearly three It is not difficult for an army of 10,000 to defeat this French army of only 20,000.
In addition, the Dutch have sent 100,000 troops to support the German Confederation. If Namur is lost in this battle, let alone leading Germany in the future, they may be expelled from the German Confederation.
The troops of the German Confederation were not dispatched in a unified manner, and most of them went their separate ways and were vulnerable to the powerful French army.
This also gave the French general Jean Durde a kind of self-confidence that he shouldn't have. Coupled with the lack of intelligence, he thought that there were only a few thousand German Confederate troops in the Walloon region at most, and as long as he occupied Namur, he could completely reverse the situation of the war. , so that the true center blooms.
