"The Holy Crusaders' Mission of the Orthodox Church." Frederick II frowned and found that things were not as simple as he thought.
The relationship between Prussia and Tsarist Russia was not only incompatible with each other, but also incompatible with each other.
The two countries were originally long-term allies in history, but Tsarist Russia has been blocked inland since the third island chain was created by Long Yan.
Tsarist Russia has been trying to break through Longyan's blockade, so it expanded westward during this war.
Moreover, Tsarist Russia had already reached an alliance with Austria long ago.
Prussia also formed an alliance with Long Yan, and as a result, the relationship between the two countries quickly became rigid. Until now, it has become an incompatible relationship.
The establishment of the Orthodox Holy Crusade itself was the product of the collaboration between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
The purpose was to subvert and destroy Prussia.
Such an army actually sent a mission to negotiate. It is not difficult to make people doubt the story involved.
After Frederick II thought for a moment, he said: "Invite him to come in and see what the Orthodox Church wants to talk to us."
Soon, the envoy of the Holy Crusaders of the Orthodox Church came in.
Looking at the lofty Frederick II, he bowed deeply and said in a deep voice: "Dear Frederick the Great, the great Empress of Tsarist Russia and the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, ordered me to convey their will,"
Frederick II snorted, looked at him, and said lightly: "What do the people behind you want to talk to us about?"
"Your Majesty, please return our subjects in Prussia."
"They are civilians who do not deserve the pain of this war."
Frederick II sneered and stared at the messenger coldly: "Are you making me laugh?"
"You Orthodox Holy Crusaders are now running rampant in our Prussian land, but you want us Prussia to return your people of Tsarist Russia?"
"Since they have come to Prussia, it means that they are our Tsarist Russian subjects and have nothing to do with you anymore."
"Tell Elizabeth and your Patriarch to fight and stop talking so much nonsense."
"If you want to get my people, you have to conquer me!"
Frederick II responded firmly.
This is asking for someone from him, which is very rude to him.
The envoy had already anticipated Frederick II's reaction.
"Great Emperor, don't you want to exchange prisoners of war with our Tsarist Russia?"
"You said these Germans participated in the war because of you. Doesn't the Emperor need these people?"
Upon hearing these words, Frederick II's eyes were cold.
Since the beginning of the war, the Prussians and Tsarist Russia have had several battles, and both sides have their own prisoners of war.
These prisoners of war are now doing manual labor in concentration camps built by Prussia.
They are all soldiers of Tsarist Russia and it is difficult to convert them into supplementary troops for Prussia.
Now Prussia is most short of troops. If it can exchange prisoners of war at this time, the shortage of Prussian troops can be greatly alleviated.
Thinking of this, Frederick II began to think about how to exchange the Russian prisoners of war in his hands for the Prussian soldiers in their hands.
"It's okay to exchange prisoners of war, but it's absolutely not okay to exchange for our Prussian people."
The envoy smiled and said: "Okay, I will make a list of the prisoners we will exchange."
The messenger took out a list of prisoners of war from his arms, including thousands of people.
Obviously he came prepared.
"Dear Emperor, these are the list of people we want to exchange prisoners of war. Please take a look."
Frederick II glanced at it briefly without taking a closer look. After all, this matter was left to his subordinates: "This matter is left to the military department to resolve."
"How many prisoners of war do you want in exchange and to what extent do you want the exchange? Minister of the Military Department, please contact them."
The military minister said yes, and he took someone from the mission down to discuss it.
Frederick II stared at the envoy and said in a deep voice: "Your Orthodox Church and the Prussian Protestantism are irreconcilable."
"Although you Holy Crusaders were formed from the military of Tsarist Russia, you are also members of the Orthodox Church."
"For you, our Protestant religion is a heresy and must be eradicated."
"It's definitely not a small matter for your Orthodox Church to send a mission here. Exchanging tactics is not worth your trip. Tell me, what on earth do you have to come to my place?"
The envoy praised: "Your Majesty is wise."
"Besides that, we do have one more important matter. The great King Adolf of Sweden begged us to bring justice. He said that you kidnapped his grandson."
"Tsarist Russia and Sweden are allies, and we should help him get justice."
"Therefore, Her Majesty the Queen and the Patriarch sent me to negotiate with the Emperor to return Adolf's grandson."
Frederick II was stunned for a moment and then laughed out loud. He knew that this matter was not that simple.
He did send a letter to Sweden about little Peter.
The purpose is to get Sweden to withdraw its troops and leave the Orthodox Holy Crusaders in Prussia, so that they can gradually annihilate them.
This was originally a move that killed two birds with one stone. Unexpectedly, King Adolf of Sweden told Tsarist Russia about this matter, disrupting his plan.
"His grandson is indeed in my hands, but if you want justice, what kind of justice do you want?"
"Little Peter was captured by us on the battlefield, and he is also our German. He is already our Prussian subject."
"Why should we, Prussia, hand it over?"
The messenger smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, our Holy Crusaders are now in Prussia. It is not very difficult for us to attack Berlin."
"We don't care about little Peter's life or death. After Berlin is captured and we avenge him, I believe that for a country to bury his grandson with him, he will feel some comfort."
Frederick II sneered: "Are our soldiers afraid of you?"
"Then the Emperor is not worried that more Prussians will be involved in this war?"
"That's not a good thing for them, not for you."
"After all, the consequences of all this are because of a child, that's all."
Frederick II's face was ashen: "If you want to come, just come, we will never back down."
The negotiations have reached a stalemate at this point.
Neither side achieved their goals, and the mission was ushered away.
Frederick II began to think about the significance of this negotiation and what benefits their Prussia could gain from this negotiation.
Little Peter can't stay here any longer.
His identity is sensitive and special, and he must be sent away as soon as possible.
But it's not a good thing for little Peter to be carried away.
Frederick II fell into deep thought.
