The negotiations were still in a stalemate, and the gates of Munich were opened. At this time, Maximilian II was no longer allowed to decide.

Since the negotiations began, everyone knew that there was a change of owners here. Jonas had no obligation to help them keep it secret. Now everyone in the city knows that Maximilian II is preparing to exchange territory with Austria.

In this case, there is no pressure for everyone to defect to the new master. Changes in territory happen from time to time in European history, and it is not new.

But this time the situation is special. The Bavarian royal family is a bit down and lost all the chips in their hands. The only thing they can rely on is legal rationality.

Originally, most Bavarian people still had some obstacles in their hearts. After all, Maximilian II did not do anything that was angry and resentful. It seemed that he could not get over it just to abandon him.

However, as soon as the news of the replacement of the country came out, everyone's mental obstacles were gone. It was not that they wanted to betray the king, but that the king himself wanted to leave. It was nothing to them.

Everyone was at ease. As long as Austria did not treat the royal family unfairly, they thought they were worthy of Maximilian II.

...

Baden

As a good ally of Bavaria, the first thing I knew about what happened in my neighbor's country. The Baden government was confused and didn't wait to play like this. In the war with Bellah, the local government declared "neutral" and then the domestic army also followed.

The Regent Prince Friedrich asked: "What should I do now? The Bavarians did not resist at all. Austria just carried out an armed parade and arrived at the city of Munich.

According to the current situation, the Bavarians have given up their government and Munich will not be able to defend for long, and the Bavarian Kingdom cannot stand up to reinforcements."

If reinforcements arrive, the shadow of reinforcements cannot be seen anywhere. Prussia is convening German states to organize coalition forces, and Britain and France are also calling on everyone to send troops to intervene in this war.

But it all takes time. There are so many countries in Germany, no matter how fast it is, it will take one or two months to organize the coalition forces, right?

Who knew that the Kingdom of Bavaria was so cowardly, and it was the third largest state in the German region. Even if you couldn't beat the Austrians, you had to persist for a while, even if you insist on guerrilla warfare.

At this time, Prince Friedrich didn't know that the two sides had compromised, and Maximilian II was negotiating terms with the Austrians.

Foreign Minister Nikolaus analyzed: "Your Highness, Bavaria is favored by people, and no matter how hard the government works, it is useless.

It seems that we have underestimated the status of unification in the minds of the people, and the Bavarians regard this war as a war of national unification.

Rather than the Austrian army attacking Munich, the Bavarians invited him to Munich.

Now we are in great trouble. If the people in the country are like the Bavarians, then the risk of interfering in this war is too great."

Nikolaus was frightened, not only him, but many people were frightened. What if the people in Baden have the same attitude and they forcefully sent troops to intervene in this war, will the people rebel?

Even if they did not rebel, they would still be scholars that the Bavarians remained "neutral" in the war, and the Baden government would be ruined.

Prime Minister Walz added: "Your Highness, this situation is very likely to happen. Most domestic public opinion is opposed to sending troops, and no one is willing to send troops to rescue Bavaria."

Prince Friedrich was silent. He understood the truth that he had died, but the risk of sending troops to intervene now is too great, so he might have to take himself in.

After pausing for a while, he slowly said: "Forget it, let's stay neutral in this war!"

...

It is obviously not just the Grand Duchy of Baden that made this choice, but many German states were intimidated and chose neutrality.

It seems that at this moment, everyone has become supporters of public opinion, and Austria's political offensive has begun to exert force.

As countries declared neutrality, the unborn German coalition forces died early in the womb.

Berlin

Seeing more and more states declare neutrality, the pressure on the Prussian government is getting greater and greater. At least 500,000 Austrian troops have been gathered in the Pu'Australia border area, and this number is still increasing.

Whether these troops have combat effectiveness is still unknown, but the Prussian government dares not move. The number is there, so who dares to take it lightly?

What if they send troops to rescue Bavaria and the troops in the back foot enter their homeland? Even if these troops are all parallel, they can still kill Prussia by quantity.

The Kingdom of Prussia is limited in strength, and it is impossible to learn from the Austrian government to mobilize millions of troops.

Even if they were experiencing a blow, they could only deal with the Austrian army along the way, and there was nothing else to do with the other way.

Whether it is sending troops from the country or fighting from the Bavarian Kingdom, it is not a problem for Austria.

Entering the age of hot weapons, they can't do even if they want to take risks. As long as the logistics supply is cut off, no matter how strong the army is, it will be just a soft-legged shrimp.

In addition to military threats, the more troublesome thing is the political problem. The performance of the Bavarian people also scared the Prussian government.

Even if Frederick William IV had confidence in the domestic army and did not think that they would learn from the Bavarian army and became neutral after a single shot, he would have no confidence in the people.

The confidence of the army comes from Prussia's "army owns the country", and this kind of treatment is uncommon for other countries.

The people are different. Don’t look at how the Prussian Kingdom is praising in later generations. In fact, they are just trying to fight.

The economic situation in the Kingdom of Prussia is not good now. In order to maintain huge military expenditures, the government has to increase the burden on the people.

Coupled with the exploitation of the Junker nobles, ordinary people in Prussia did not have a good life in this era. In history, these hard days continued until after the French-Prussian War, they relied on France to surplus war reparations that they got rid of the predicament.

Frederick William IV suppressed his anger: "What should we do now? Those free markets have long declared neutrality. Now Baden is neutral, Hanover is neutral, Württemberg is neutral, and Felix is ​​about to visit Saxony. If nothing unexpected happens, Saxony will be neutral soon.

The remaining state strength is not worth mentioning. If we continue to organize the army of interference, we may have to go on our own."

There are many states in the German region, but few are powerful states. Except for these slightly powerful ones, the remaining states cannot gather 50,000 troops together.

Without these state troops as cannon fodder, Prussia would not dare to fight against Austria. If they die one hundred and eighty thousand, they would be hurt.

The reason why the Kingdom of Prussia maintained a huge active force was to ensure the quality of soldiers, because they could not afford the quantity.

Prime Minister Joseph von Radovitz advised: "Your Majesty, the situation is unclear now, and we cannot stand up rashly. Although Austria is corrupt, their military strength has not declined.

Judging from the information we have collected, Austria has mobilized millions of reserve troops, plus their 500,000 active troops, and its number of troops has now jumped to the top in Europe.

With our strength, we no longer have the ability to interfere in this war. Why not wait and see the situation first and wait for the reactions of European countries!"

The plan did not change quickly. If Austria did not mobilize nationwide, then the Kingdom of Prussia, the German states organized a coalition forces, and the strength to interfere in the war.

The situation is obvious now. The states retreated either by public opinion or by the strength of Austria.

The coalition forces could not afford to organize and wanted to go up to fight Austria alone. With the 200,000 troops of the Kingdom of Prussia, Joseph von Radowitz had no expectations at all.

Even if the whole country mobilizes, the Kingdom of Prussia cannot afford to consume and will be done if it loses once. Perhaps Austria does not have the strength to annex Prussia, but it is very likely that the Kingdom of Prussia will be dismembered.

After all, the Kingdom of Prussia is not impeccable. In the three operations of dividing Poland, it obtained 141,100 square kilometers, occupying 47 of the Prussian territory.

This means that there are still a large number of Poles in Prussia. Although these people are almost assimilated and will be digested soon, it is based on the absence of external forces.

Once the Kingdom of Prussia is defeated and Austria forces Prussia to split, it will be difficult to merge again. The chances of victory are too low and the risk is too high, so Prime Minister Joseph von Radowitz does not want to take this risk.

Foreign Minister Andrea proposed: "Your Majesty, Metternik will visit Berlin soon. Let's hear how Austria will make a decision. If the conditions are right, it's okay to join forces with them."

It is a benefit when countries are worn out between countries. Prussia opposes Austria's annexation of Bavaria because of interests. If the interests are appropriate, it is not impossible to sell Bavaria.

Andrea was a supporter of the idea of ​​partitioning between North and South Germany, and he did not mind exchanging interests with Austria. Of course, this was not because he did not want Prussia to unify Germany.

The main reason is that the Prussian Kingdom has limited strength and everyone has ambitions to unify Germany, but they do not think it can be achieved.

Before Bismarck came to power, the Prussian government was not prepared to unify Germany.

Even after the three dynasty wars, everyone was skeptical about unifying Germany.

If Bismarck had not insisted strongly and had powerful political means, he had fooled many countries together and achieved nominal unification, the awesome German Empire in later generations would not have been born.

After hesitating for a moment, Frederick William IV was still sorry for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was not that he refused to help, but that his strength was really not allowed.

"Since that's the case, let's keep silent first. The domestic army cannot stop mobilizing, and we must also strictly prevent the Austrians from launching sneak attacks on us.

After Metternich arrives and understands the conditions for Austrian fertility, we will make a decision.

Before this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should try its best to stabilize the countries. Without them, they would be very passive in politics to us."

When gambling on national destiny, it depends on the situation. At least 30% to 40% bets before you can place a bet? Frederick William IV was not a gambler, and he was not so angry that he would not play blindly.

After the high-level meeting, Frederick William IV immediately summoned the ministers of Britain, France, Russia and the West, informed the four major European powers and asked the four countries to send troops to intervene.

There is no doubt that the Kingdom of Spain was already empty during this period, and being able to maintain the status of the great powers was due to the remaining powers of the ancestors. Now they are busy with internal struggles and are not keen on interfering in affairs in the German region.

The ones who really have the say are Britain, France and Russia, or France and Russia, or France and Russia are more accurate. Although Britain has a great influence, its army has limited strength and does not have the ability to send troops to intervene in the German region.

However, Britain, France and Russia were having a super friendly match at this time and could not stop for a while. Both sides had invested so much that whoever admits to their bad luck would be in trouble.

The Russians cannot let go of Constantinople. This is the will of the entire Russian people, and the Tsarist government cannot retreat at the last moment.

Britain and France were also unable to retreat, and the British made concessions. Regardless of the heavy losses of interests, Downing Street was about to replace people.

The French are even less needed. If Napoleon III dared to admit defeat, his throne would be unstable, or his throne would never be very stable. The war was launched to divert internal conflicts.

Except for the Spanish minister who explicitly refused to send troops, the ministers of the three countries did not give an answer and had to wait for domestic decisions.

London

George's cabinet once again held a cabinet meeting on issues of the will.

Foreign Minister Thomas said, "Everyone, the situation in Germany has changed. The Bavarian Kingdom fell without any resistance. In this war, the Bavarian people and the army chose to watch coldly.

The one who fought against Austria this time was probably the idiot Maximilian II, and his idiot cabinet.

Affected by this, most states in the German region chose neutrality because public opinion supported the unification of Germany, and these state governments did not dare to take risks.

Last night, I received news from the ambassador to Berlin, and the Prussian government also retreated.

We were originally planning to use the power of the German states to restrain the Austrians, but now we can no longer continue.

If we do not take strong measures, the unification of the German region will inevitably be inevitable. The Austrians are carrying out political offensives, and most German states will be forced to join the Shenluo Empire Zheng, which was visited by the Austrian king."

Everyone agrees with Thomas's despise of Maximilian II. It really requires strength to achieve this.

If the Bavarian Kingdom is a little more powerful, even if it only resists the Austrian army for ten and half a month, or even defeats the battle all the way, everyone can accept it.
To be continued...