Vol 3 Chapter 615 A good time to slaughter France

Kingdom of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.

Today, Prussia, with the help of the Principality of Luxembourg of the Dutch royal family, has won successive battles in France. This makes all countries very shocked by the role of the Netherlands. Not to mention foreign countries, even the Netherlands has completed it in a daze. stand in line.

There is tension everywhere in the Netherlands these days. Especially with the news brought back by the Dutch who did business on the French border and Brussels, Belgium—France even sent more than 50,000 troops on the Dutch-French border, seemingly intending to retaliate against the Netherlands for helping Prussia invade France.

All kinds of rumours spread.

Today, the national alert in the Netherlands has entered the highest level, with more than 180,000 regular troops and 300,000 temporary volunteer troops on standby.

There are 60,000 regular troops and 60,000 temporary troops deployed in the south of the Netherlands, of which 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts are deployed in Maldem, the capital of West Flanders; 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts are deployed in the former Belgian East, which has just returned to the Netherlands. Ghent, capital of the province of Flanders.

Habilt, the capital of Limburg province, also has 5,000 regular troops and 10,000 conscripts.

Southern Headquarters The provincial capital of Antwerp serves as the headquarters of the Southern Netherlands Army, deploying the remaining 45,000 regular troops and 30,000 volunteers.

A total of 90,000 soldiers, 30,000 regulars and 60,000 conscripts, were deployed in Gelderland, east of Prussia.

Assen, the capital of the northern province of Drenthe, deployed 30,000 regular troops and 60,000 conscripts to guard against Prussia.

The remaining 60,000 regulars and 120,000 conscripts were placed on the western coast.

In particular, it guards big cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. Its headquarters is in Amsterdam. Among them, Rotterdam has 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 volunteers, and The Hague has 10,000 regular troops and 20,000 volunteers.

The remaining 40,000 regulars and 80,000 conscripts in Amsterdam, 30,000 regulars and 60,000 are stationed outside Amsterdam, and the remaining 10,000 regulars and 20,000 conscripts are deployed in Utrecht, the capital of Utrecht Province. There are mobile support troops in all directions from east, west, north and south.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the capital of Amsterdam, is now the best place for Dutch nobles and capitalists to listen to news.

In the center of Amsterdam, there is a huge palace that is relatively large in contrast to the surrounding houses.

This palace occupies a huge area. Standing on the top, you can overlook the surrounding area for several kilometers. This is the most powerful place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands today.

At this moment, at the top of this extremely heavily guarded palace, a woman dressed in a gorgeous dress of the Dutch royal family stood with her belly and hands behind her back.

Although the woman is 4 months pregnant, her figure is still very enchanting. Even if she wears a slightly loose dress to make it more convenient for her as a pregnant woman, it is still difficult to hide her heart-warming forehead. Devil curve.

In the pitch-black wild sky, the bright moonlight shines down, illuminating the beautiful cheeks that make one can’t help but stop breathing.

The first impression of this beauty is a kind of coquettish feeling. The red lips are slightly pursed, and there is an arc, which is enchanting for all beings. However, those beautiful dark eyebrows are slightly frowned, and they have a long-standing high position. of majesty.

“Her Majesty the Queen, Prime Minister Tolbek asks to see you”

At this moment, a woman dressed in a long elegant dress, who looked less than twenty-four or five years old, came up from below the palace. She is the deputy head of the palace and her personal butler, and her name is Lucy.

Lucy has a lovely and delicate face, just like a beautiful porcelain doll. She said what she said just now, with a softness and coldness.

“Let him come up.” Queen Alexandra turned around and looked at the slightly respectful Lucy in front of her. Queen Alexandra frowned.

Lucy was the personal butler appointed to her by William IV after she married to Holland from Denmark.

Lucy is a person who has three tastes in serving others, knows how to advance and retreat, and is very useful. It is precisely because of its ease of use that Queen Alexandra feels vigilant. Lucy’s appearance is the same when she first saw it. I am amazed. Now that 10 years have passed, she who was young but not beautiful at the beginning has become more and more mature.

In the past ten years, she had inquired very clearly that Lucy seemed to be dead set on her husband William IV, um, so that he could grow old alone for the rest of his life.

This kind of woman can be said to be a living bomb. Who knows if she will do something unfavorable to her just to take the position that day. Of course, the relationship between the two has been handled very well now, but it’s just a far-off worry. Of course, as Queen Alexandra, who is extremely confident in the European royal family, she doesn’t really take her seriously.

Just be vigilant, after all, the heart of defending people is indispensable.

When she didn’t think much about it, Prime Minister Tolbek, who bowed slightly, appeared in front of Queen Alexandra: “I see her Majesty the Queen!”

“Lucy, get out of here”

“Yes, Her Majesty the Queen”

Although Lucy was puzzled, she heard this, but alas, as Queen Alexandra’s majesty is growing, she didn’t want to offend her, so she quickly retreated.

After Lucy left, Prime Minister Tolbeck said respectfully: “Report to Your Majesty the Queen, Prussia currently has only 50,000 troops in the upper Rhine on the Dutch border, and there has not been much change at present. Even because of the Franco-Prussian War, 60,000 troops were originally stationed, but now 20,000 troops have been transferred south to the battlefield of the Franco-Prussian War.”

“Hmph…” Queen Alexandra snorted coldly, “This is just to reassure us. Bismarck is very cunning and has to be guarded. His Majesty William also said that guarding the 180,000 troops of Prussia Don’t change, prevent Prussia from bombing the army on both sides”

Tolbek nodded in agreement. Looking at Queen Alexandra, who was pregnant with the royal blood, the originally young girl turned into the appearance of guiding the world now. I had to sigh that William IV would train people.

“Although the French side watched the deployment of troops there, they did not move. Even Prime Minister Charles, through secret channels, sent someone to ask the Netherlands not to consolidate to Prussia through Luxembourg, and was willing to agree with the Netherlands. Province and French Luxembourg ceded to the Netherlands”

“Hmph.” Queen Alexandra said again indifferently: “The one who was fighting for life and death was robbed from Belgium, and now it has been seized by Prussia, but now it is said to be transferred to the Netherlands, which is not a loss. What is the trick? Let the Netherlands reason with Prussia. It’s really a low-level provocation trick.

Tell them that Holland is willing to help them to make peace with Prussia, but Holland wants the French island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and to give us the Kerguelen Islands. ”

……

Paris, the only inland north of France, although its city scale is smaller than that of London, it is difficult to compare with other cities in Europe. It can be said that it is the third largest city in Europe, and no one competes with it for second place.

Its economy is also one of the most developed in Europe, because it is the political, economic and cultural hub of the French Empire, as well as the cultural symbol of the French Empire, so it is the most important city in France.

In the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

The huge palace discussion hall was filled with people from the political and military powers of the empire, and there were also many representatives of influential noble forces. They sat clearly on the left and right sides of the hall.

“It’s unreasonable, Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands is like a lion, and it’s too deceiving.”

At the top of the discussion hall, after Queen Eugenie read the telegram, she slapped her palm on the table next to her. The next moment, everyone in the entire discussion hall chose to keep silent.

This shows how powerful Queen Eugenie is.

The entire conference hall was suddenly silent.

The people on both sides shuddered, and the backup was in a cold sweat.

Napoleon III is still on the defense of Reims, and the Prime Minister of Charles belongs to her Queen Eugenie, so who in France dares to touch his inverse scales, isn’t that just a draw?

After the hall was silent for about a minute, Foreign Secretary Edmond, who was sitting on the right side of the hall, said: “William IV actually made Queen Alexandra regent, obviously he had expected this to happen, so it proves that the Netherlands I have been prepared for a long time, then, at this time, William IV went to Greece to attend the wedding, avoiding the sensitive timing of lending the Principality of Luxembourg to the Kingdom of Prussia, but it was a long-planned plan.”

Queen Eugenie stared at him and asked, “You mean, the Dutch William IV had already guessed that we would be looking for them, so he chose to leave at this time, so that we could not have a reason to say it? Also, the Netherlands is determined. Let us give in to them?”

Although Edmond said it was embarrassing, he still nodded and said: “Yes, William IV is extremely cunning. He has won many conflicts over the years, and the unexpected tricks are hard to guard against.

Just like this time, when everyone chose to avoid the Franco-Prussian War, they chose to swim in this muddy water unexpectedly. I think many people think that he was a fool and did what he did. As long as you are familiar with his past history, you will know that he will not make such a decision so easily~www.readmtl.com~ I think not only us, but now in Berlin, we will not understand why the Netherlands is acting ”

Foreign Minister Edmond looked up at the glamorous Queen Eugenie on the throne and said: “Actually, we might as well agree, because as long as we get the Dutch temporarily not supporting Prussia, then Prussia’s momentum will decline. When the war with Prussia stops and France recovers, then what the UK did when it split Belgium from the Netherlands, we can do it a second time and become the second UK to sting the Netherlands.”

Edmond’s loud proposal made everyone present immediately shine, even Queen Eugenie was no exception. Yes, France is currently facing a strong enemy Prussia, so what if the Netherlands finds it out, sooner or later it will be returned to France.

In the end, the French Empire agreed to Queen Alexandra’s request.

And chose October 15, 1869 to negotiate and sign the terms of the treaty for sending humanitarians to Amsterdam.

……

At a dinner hosted by the Greek Royal Palace in Athens, Greece.

The women’s competition was inconclusive, and when Princess Louise and Crown Prince Frederick held a meeting, the climax of the whole banquet.

The European royal family who attended today’s banquet had to admit that the influence of this British Princess Louise, who is about to become the crown princess of Greece, on everyone is agility, exquisiteness, and charming temperament unique to Londoners.

And Crown Princess Victoria from the Kingdom of Prussia is a gifted natural beauty, free and easy and fresh.

Although many people like the high-end and elegant Princess Victoria, it has to be said that more people are attracted by Princess Louise, and many people privately praise Princess Louise for her graceful manner and extraordinary temperament.