Since receiving the news from the Prussian government, the top leaders of the Austrian government have felt bad in an instant.

Can the British do this? No one doubts at all that John Bull has only such high moral integrity.

At the last Frankfurt conference, the British proposed to split the German Federation. Now, in order to implement this plan, they put diplomatic pressure on the Kingdom of Prussia, which is completely normal.

Franz was also shocked. It was because the British had a complete motivation to do this. This was determined by their national policy - the European balance strategy.

According to this plan, the German Federation became a big country and two middle-class countries. It had certain strength to prevent France and Russia from continuing to expand into China and Europe, but it was not possible to threaten their status.

The most stable European pattern in theory is theoretically the most stable. No matter which country France and Russia expands into Europe, it will be boycotted by at least two of them. With the support of the British, it is definitely true.

Anyone who wants to unify the German region must be prepared to fight against major European powers alone. Even if Austria has received the support of the Russians, there is no possibility of success.

It’s not that Franz underestimated himself, the scattered German states are a mess, but once they merge into a country, even if they are useless, they can still pull out 300,000 to 400,000 troops.

In addition to the combination of Britain and France, unless Austria pulls the Kingdom of Prussia to divide the new country together, it will be Russia and Austria vs Britain, France, and the small states of Britain, France, and the United Kingdom, France, and other European countries may even have armies.

Franz has no doubt about the British's methods of attracting allies. It is estimated that Belgium and the Netherlands will join in to prevent the unification of the German region, and perhaps Switzerland will stab Austria in the knife.

Where is the chance of winning? Franz didn't find it anyway. Unless the battlefield is placed in Russia, you might be able to freeze the enemy to death in winter.

Of course, no matter how afraid it is, the Austrian government is still not afraid.

After all, the Russian Empire is also the overlord of the continent. In everyone's mind, the Russians will have no problem fighting against Britain and France on land. Austria can also settle Prussia and German states.

In their opinion, the only troublesome geographical location is that I am afraid that Britain and France will not fight the Russians, so I will catch Austria and beat them to death, and that will be over.

It is always good to have confidence, at least it proves that the Austrian Empire has not yet fallen and the arrogance of a great power is still there. If the government is scared when he hears this news, then Franz will really not be able to lead him.

Metternier said angrily: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, we need to be a good match for the Kingdom of La Prussia. As long as they persevere, the sinister intentions of the British will not be realized."

Although he had opposed the expansion to the German region before, that was before. Since the signing of the Russian-Austrian secret contract, Metternich has slowly changed his position.

He knew that Austria could no longer turn back and had no choice but to expand its power to the outside world and to strengthen its own strength as much as possible. The westward advance to the German region is an indispensable part of this strategy.

Without the population of Southern Germany, Austria wants to expand abroad, it is estimated that it will take twenty or thirty years to digest it just by implementing the Balkan strategy.

After such a long time, the strength of various countries has increased to a point. In this era of the strong prey on the weak, once you fall off, it means that danger is coming.

Prime Minister Felix thought about it and said, "This news was released by the Prussian government, and I'm afraid they don't want to compromise either.

Mr. Metternich, based on your understanding of the Kingdom of Prussia, if we now propose to join forces to divide the German region, what is the chance of his agreement?"

Metternier analyzed: "It depends on how to divide it, but I guess it will be difficult to reach an agreement.

The Prussian military's radicals were hit by the failure of the Prussian war, but they still had a great influence on the government.

According to the original plan, we will annex the South German region. The North German region can eat as much as we can. Even if we make concessions now, we will give up the North German region at most.

These interests may not necessarily feed the radicals of the Prussian military, but many people in the Prussian government should be satisfied, and not everyone is so ambitious.

If the British put a lot of pressure on them, maybe someone in the Prussian government would force Frederick William IV to compromise with us."

Now the relationship between Pu and Austria will be settled. Everyone secretly attacked each other, but they have not yet broken up on the surface, and they are still working together on many issues.

According to the British plan, the Kingdom of Prussia could hardly get a single hair, and was driven out of the German Federation by others.

If we join forces with the Austrian government to divide the German region, we can also obtain the wealthy North Germany region and increase the Prussian Kingdom by half.

These gains can also make the Prussian Kingdom go further and gain a foothold among the great powers. It is not as embarrassing as it is now.

Franz thought for a while and said, "Then let's have a secret contact with the Prussian government first. They are not clear about the secret agreement between Russia and Austria.

Even if the news of the division of the German region is leaked, as long as we never admit it, Britain and France will not do anything to us."

Grand Duke Louis proposed: "Your Majesty, will it be more beneficial to us if we do something now and use the British to kick the Kingdom of Prussia out?"

You can eat alone, why should you take it out and divide it up?

If Britain and France join forces to force Austria, plus Bavaria, the second-five-year-old, the Prussian Kingdom might really not be able to withstand the pressure.

The Russians will definitely not support Prussia this time. There is no other reason. His Majesty the Great Tsar holds revenge.

With the Russian bureaucrats' flattery, they would probably do the things first and then repay Nicholas I for his success.

For specific situations, you can refer to the last Christmas gift, when the Russian representative forced the Prussian government to withdraw its troops before Christmas.

It is natural to eat alone, but you must be prepared to be stabbed in the back by the Kingdom of Prussia. If you can suppress Prussia, of course you can do it.

As long as the Austrian Empire is so powerful that it is one or two points, the Russian Empire will not really fall into depravity, so Franz doesn't mind eating alone.

Franz shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. At such a critical moment, it's better to have one friend than to have one enemy."

After Austria annexed the Southern German region, our strategic goal was achieved, and the northern German states gave up, and they gave up.

Too greed is easy to choke. Our trump card is the secret agreement between Russia and Austria, but the Russians may not be that reliable.

If they do not work hard and do not suppress the Kingdom of Prussia, we will fight on both sides."

Under normal circumstances, the Prussian government will not agree to Austria's allocation plan, but once the news of the secret agreement between Russia and Austria is revealed, the Prussian government will definitely compromise.

This is reality. No matter how many promises Britain and France make, it will have no effect.

Who made the Kingdom of Prussia get too close to Russia and Austria? If you dare to get involved with Britain and France, you probably won’t be able to wait for reinforcements from Britain and France, and they will end early.

The three Nordic court alliance was actually decided by geopoliticality. Austria and Russia joined forces. The Kingdom of Prussia did not want to fall into danger and could only join this alliance.

Otherwise, after the conclusion of the Russian-Austrian secret treaty, Nicholas I's first reaction would not be the alliance of the Kingdom of La Prussia. This is not that everyone has a good relationship, but that the Kingdom of Prussia is likely to join.

Because of the Prussian War, the Tsarist government had to temporarily give up this tempting plan, and the Russians were still worried that the Prussian government would leak the news.

If you can't catch yourself off guard by Britain and France, it will be difficult for the Russians to succeed. If there is blood transfusion between Britain and France, the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman Empire can explode should not be underestimated.

This is also the key to the success of the Austrian government's strategy of advancing west. After all, they followed the Russians and only then did Austria take action when the British and French teamed up to go to PK with the Russians.

Benefiting from the Vienna system, the French's military strength was greatly weakened. Now their army is quite large, but the mobilization mechanism has been broken.

In order to avoid suppression from European countries, Emperor Philip did not release many troops on his homeland, let alone reserved a large number of reserves.

The French army had only more than 300,000 active-duty army. Once they sent out more than 100,000 to fight against the Russians, there would not be many troops they could interfere with.

Mass production caused qualitative changes. As long as Austria prepares enough and mobilizes enough troops, if the French intervene, they can just beat them back.

The French will be almost done once. At that time, Napoleon III will not have time to put out the fire in China, so how can he care about Austria?

As for the Kingdom of Prussia, Franz prepared to start his operation, first deploying 500,000 troops on the Pu'Australia border, then using strategic materials to tempt the Russians, and concentrating the troops on the Eastern Front on the Pu'Australia border.

If Austria had eaten alone, the Prussian Kingdom might have a military adventure and made a journey. But now Franz has left them with a benefit, and the Prussian government can only compromise.

Everyone has a family and a career. The person who is in charge of the Prussian government is not a middle-aged teenager. How could he take risks blindly?

Even the radicals would probably choose to eat North Germany first. As long as the bait was eaten, the Kingdom of Prussia would have to stop and digest the results.

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There was a Prussian government that was intended to unite with Austria, so naturally it would not reject the olive branch sent by the Austrian government.

Facts have proved that the Austrian government’s judgment of the Kingdom of Prussia was wrong. After the failure of the Prussian War, many people within the Prussian government lost confidence in the strategy of unifying Germany.

This is the sadness of a small country, and you can't bear failure. After the failure, everyone's confidence will be gone.

You should know that as soon as the armistice treaty between the two countries of Prussia was signed, internal conflicts broke out in the Kingdom of Prussia, and the revolutionaries launched an uprising again, but the uprising was quickly suppressed by the army.

Against this background, Frederick William IV had no time to consolidate the regime, and their strategic plan to unify the German region had long been thrown away by them.

Historically, after the plan of the Kingdom of Prussia was set, it also fell into a low point. It was not until the Iron-blooded Prime Minister came to power that he won the Second Danish War through a series of alliances and alliances, and he regained morale.

With Bismarck's efforts, the Prussians mustered up the courage to challenge Austria. Only after winning the Prussian war did the Prussian army complete its transformation.

Many experts and scholars believe that after Prussia won the war, the Prussian government letting Austria go was a diplomatic arrangement to avoid Austria stabbing in the future Franco-Prussian War.

And Bismarck was worried that after annexation of Austria, the increase in Catholics in the new German Empire would lead to a rise in religious conflicts in the country.

But Franz doesn't think so. Even if he can't annex Austria, wouldn't he be able to cede land and pay compensation?

You should know that in the history of the Pudong-Austria war, Austria lost the war, and the main loss was reflected in politics, and the actual price paid was not high.

Only in this era did Franz know how bad the financial situation of the Prussian Kingdom was. Combined with the situation at that time, Austria was not without the power of a war.

After the defeat of the decisive battle, the mobilization of reserves in Austria was almost completed. If the Kingdom of Prussia is not good, it will end, and it will turn into a protracted war.

After looking at the shriveled wallet, Bismarck naturally decided to stop when he saw the opportunity.

The interests are all achieved through strength. Since Austria still has strength, the price to be paid is naturally not high.
Chapter completed!