In order to deal with the crisis in Berlin, Lieutenant General Württemberg deployed 6,000 Prussian soldiers from the northern battlefield to support Berlin.
At this time there was another Prussian general fighting on the Elbe River.
His troops suffered a defeat at the Elbe River, and the entire force was depleted.
Before he could even adjust his troops, he received an emergency mission to support Berlin.
Six thousand defeated soldiers who were urgently recruited marched towards Berlin in a mood of loss and depression.
On the other side, General Lacey lost his offensive target because of Frederick II's withdrawal.
Now that the battle to capture Berlin has begun, the focus of the operation will shift.
He also mobilized his troops to march on Berlin, but he had too many artillery and lacked cattle and horses.
As a result, they were severely slowed down while marching.
This greatly chagrined General Lacey.
He encountered the same predicament as Frederick II, but now it was the enemy's territory. Wrestling on Prussia's territory would not have any psychological burden on General Lane.
Wherever his troops passed, Prussian towns and villages were reduced to ruins.
Everything General Lacey can use will be taken away by him.
The killings caused by this made countless Prussians become dead souls under the iron cavalry.
But this was not enough. Although they obtained countless horses through plunder, the infantry and artillery were still moving slowly.
He made use of all the war horses he could use and turned them into tools for his march.
But even so, the heavy artillery, coupled with its huge infantry and artillery, made the marching speed still very slow.
War reports have come from the front, and Totler of the Russian Tsarist Army has led the cavalry to attack Berlin.
This information made him anxious. General Lacey was the Austrian general.
He absolutely did not want to watch Tsarist Russia, which called itself the Second Roman Empire, defeat Berlin.
He could not see the emperor of Tsarist Russia ascending the throne and becoming the king of their Holy Roman Empire.
We cannot see Frederick II admitting that Tsarist Russia is the orthodoxy of Rome, even if it is forced.
The orthodox position of the Holy Roman Empire can only be inherited by their Archduke Theresa of Austria!
He was so anxious that he finally gritted his teeth and made this decision.
General Lacey improvised forty-three squadrons of cavalry, abandoning all artillery and infantry.
Use them to march quickly and try to reach the battlefield in the shortest time.
In later generations, Clausewitz, who was the master of Prussian military theory, recorded this fierce and decisive opponent in his famous war book "On War".
"Lessie set out from Schwednitz and then passed through Lausitz to Berlin. He marched 300 kilometers in ten days, with an average march of 30 kilometers per day. A large army of 15,000 people can achieve this The speed of march was also very unusual.”
At this time, Totler's troops had already entered Berlin first.
According to his intimidating fighting style, as expected, the Prussian nobles in the city were killed.
A group of people who truly control the wealth and power of the city of Berlin.
Completely intimidated by Totler, they feared for their lives and property.
They were afraid that the Cossack troops, who were famous for their plunder, would enter the city and take away their property and lives.
Totler originally had connections with the wealthy and aristocratic people in Berlin.
Under such an intimidating attack, these Berlin aristocrats and wealthy people all chose to negotiate peace with Totler.
Hopefully Totler can let them go.
They found Totler in the name of hiring Tsarist Russian troops to defend the 'City of Berlin'.
"You know very well what I want." Totler pinched his fingers to make an obvious signal.
These nobles and wealthy people naturally knew this, and they just begged: "Understand, understand, we are willing to raise the 'city redemption fee' of 500,000 silver coins, and ask the general to give us a noble hand and let us go..."
Totler chuckled and said lightly: "Let's talk about these details."
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A week later, General Lacey's troops finally arrived on the battlefield, and Prussian reinforcements also arrived at the same time.
At this time, the Austrian troops had maintained a super high advantage, both in terms of strength and fighting spirit of the soldiers.
This is the end point of their battle. By conquering the city of Berlin, this long and torturous war can be ended.
General Lacey watched the dawn break, and the faint sunlight shone on the city of Berlin.
He looked there, victory seemed to be waiting for them!
Take Berlin and everything will be over!
"attack!"
"attack!"
"attack!"
The soldiers of the Russian and Austrian allied forces rushed to attack the city of Berlin with overwhelming momentum.
The officer guarding the heart of Prussia looked at the rushing Russian and Austrian forces and sighed.
"Let's go, the whole army retreats!"
"yes!"
Prussian troops have withdrawn overnight, since the nobles and wealthy people negotiated with Totler.
The Prussian officers decided that they could no longer afford to lose more than 10,000 soldiers.
With so many soldiers destroyed, they will never be able to turn defeat into victory.
They chose to retreat, retreating to Spandau.
Only a small number of soldiers were left behind.
At this time, the Russian and Austrian allied forces, who were full of expectations, entered the city of Berlin at this moment, with almost no obstacles.
General Lacey was puzzled for a while, although the overall quality of his troops was better than that of Prussia.
But the Prussian defenders could not be so vulnerable.
According to his intelligence, the defenders of Berlin City have been supported.
The city of Berlin is their royal capital, and General Lacey even now believes that the Prussian troops will never give up their royal capital.
But the fact is before them, the city of Berlin has long been deserted.
Nothing was left for them.
General Lacey's troops had experienced a long journey of more than 300 kilometers, and during such a long march, they had no supplies at all.
They didn't get any supplies here.
Now in the entire city of Berlin, the Prussian troops left nothing for them.
General Lacey's troops, who entered the city later, discovered an extremely terrifying reality after inspecting the granaries in the city.
"Everything is empty, nothing!"
"nothing left!"
"Not a grain of food!"
These soldiers were in despair, but among the teams that occupied Berlin, only Totler's Russian troops were doing well.
When Totler saw that these Austrian troops could only open empty granaries with hungry stomachs and fight for a grain of rice.
He laughed shamelessly, long before the Austrian troops advanced.
The wealthy nobles of Prussia had long given him the grain in these granaries.
How could these Austrian troops get even a tiny bit of food?
Thinking of the items worth half a million silver coins lying in his silver warehouse, Totler laughed heartlessly.
He generously distributed more than 60,000 silver coins to his soldiers.
But how much Totler left behind will forever remain a mystery.
