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On the other hand, it has been almost a month since the war between Austria-Hungary and Prussia.

Prussia has invested nearly 1.2 million troops in the two wars between Fao and Austria, and it already feels a little weak in succession.

Not counting Austria, the population of the entire German region at this time was just over 40 million.

According to the technology and system of this era, unless they are willing to send light infantry with only one helmet and one rifle to the battlefield, even the Germanic Superman with abundant martial arts cannot send more people.

After the Austro-Hungarian Empire received the help of Hungary, it maintained an advantage of more than 200,000 troops in the Prussian battlefield.

The Austro-Hungarian army in this era was not as corrupt as later generations, and perhaps there was a gap with Prussia, but it was still above the European average.

200,000 people are enough to erase the gap in combat power and weapons in the middle.

Moreover, France has not been idle. In the past two weeks, they have launched several counterattacks against South Germany and Alsace via Strasbourg.

In the end, all were repelled, but still involved a lot of Prussian energy.

With the addition of several factors, the disadvantage of Austria-Hungary is gradually reversed.

On March 3, Austria-Hungary invaded Munich and recaptured all of Bohemia.

King Ludwig then returned to Bavaria and reorganized his power.

The original Nuremberg government was driven away, officials were sent back, and all Bavarian soldiers serving in the Prussian army were called back.

I have to say that Ludwig's hand made Prussia very embarrassed.

After all, their homes have already changed hands or are about to change hands, so how could the Bavarian soldiers still help them fight in peace?

Even if they didn't make trouble, Prussia would not dare to use it again.

But you can't put it back directly. Ludwig and Prussia are enemies. Isn't this an enemy?

After much deliberation, Bismarck could only temporarily set up a camp and put all these Bavarian soldiers in it.

The Prussian official has repeatedly stressed that this is not a prisoner of war camp. The wages, bonuses and pensions of the South German soldiers will be paid as usual, and will only be checked after the war is over.

This statement is obviously unconvincing. The comrade-in-arms who fought side by side with him yesterday was suddenly pulled and locked up for no reason. Who can feel better.

Not to mention the front-line soldiers, the German people were talking about it, and they felt that Prussia was suspected of taking revenge and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Fortunately, when Prussia recruited the Bavarians, it was a separate formation, otherwise the impact would be greater.

In addition to the lack of grace and lack of confidence, the detention of Bavarian soldiers also caused a serious consequence, that is, the strength of the front line was further tense.

Throughout South Germany, nearly 100,000 people served in the Prussian army, 80% of whom were Bavarian.

This time there are so many fewer people, and the gap between the troops on the Prussian and Austrian fronts has widened to 300,000, which is about the same as 1:2.

In modern warfare, such a huge disparity in numbers is impossible to overturn.

Seeing this, Mao Qi once again proposed to release the Bazin Corps.

Bismarck seriously considered the opinion of the chief of staff this time, and felt that Nasan's performance during this period was not bad, and even disregarding the turmoil in Paris, it should be trustworthy to sell his head to support the general public to support 50,000 troops to them.

So they agreed to this, and they were given Prussian standard equipment, which was packaged and sent to Paris.

The reason why they were not sent directly to the Pu-Austrian battlefield was because although Nasan had gained the trust of Prussia, the identity and position of the Bazin Legion was still to be determined.

We can only return them first and see if Nasan can restrain these guys.

If it doesn't work, Bonaparte will help them block if the corps explodes, and it will not directly endanger Prussia.

In return for sending 200,000 men to Nasan, Prussia had to leave the remaining 100,000 troops in Paris.

These armies are all Bonaparte's hardcore, and they were drawn over after being screened at various levels and promised great benefits. Loyalty is worth reassuring.

I have to say that Nasan was dumbfounded when he heard about Prussia's decision.

Originally suppressed by these 100,000 loyal troops, he believed that no matter how turbulent the situation was, he would not fall before Prussia fell.

But the other party suddenly gave him such a hand, and the prospect instantly became confusing.

He and Bazin had a good personal relationship, and the other party publicly supported his decision.

But who knows what the soldiers below are thinking.

By that time, the whole of Paris will be filled with Bazin Legion, and it will be up to them whether they will rebel or not!

Nasan was very panicked, very panicked.

However, this matter could not tolerate his refusal, the Prussian authorities have decided!

In the letter sent by Bismarck, it even said that they had suffered a big loss for 200,000 for 100,000, so they took three disciplines for a while, and selected 100,000 trustworthy ones and sent them back.

Boil!

No matter how broken Nasan's mood was at the moment, the situation in Prussia was indeed at stake.

Who would sell allies like this if they couldn't stand it anymore? This is no different from exhausting the pond and fishing.

Just at this time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire publicly mentioned the meeting. As long as Prussia withdraws from the four southern German states and dissolves the alliance with Saxony, Prussia and Austria will immediately be at peace.

No ceding land, no compensation! South Germany was only recently occupied, and Saxony was seized in 1866, so there is no loss in speaking.

Austro-Hungary is really not too much of a condition...

But this was only Bismarck's idea as chancellor, a proposal opposed by most of the remaining Junckers.

Junkers landowners are keen to expand their territory and find a market for their products, so giving up South Germany is not what they want to see.

And without South Germany, no one knows whether the North German Confederation can continue to exist.

The importance of North Germany to Prussia is self-evident. A pure Prussia will always be overwhelmed by France.

Bismarck himself is one of the Junkers, and naturally it is impossible to go against the will of the collective, and then he rejected the peace request of Austria-Hungary.

But Austria-Hungary was right about one thing, it was time to quit South Germany.

Munich has been lost, Strasbourg has been lost, and the battlefield of Bohemia has not prevailed. It may be surrounded by a big siege.

What's more, the Bavarian soldiers were locked up. For this war, it made no sense to continue to stay in South Germany.

Of course, Bismarck still understands the principle of cutting one city today and cutting ten cities tomorrow.

He turned to seek Russian help.

On March 26, Alexander received the Prussian envoy again.

This is the seventh batch in more than a month.

Unlike in the past, the tsar's ministers all changed their tune and supported Russia's sending troops.

The reason is naturally not the money received from Prussia, but the fact that both Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have been severely weakened, and Hungary has also sent a considerable number of troops to support Austria.

Now that Austria-Hungary's defense is empty, it is a good opportunity for Russia to take advantage of it.