Chapter 459 The Allies' Obligations

Chapter 460 Obligations of the Allies

The expected loud noise did not occur.

Bazel and Baron Walter looked at the pistol at the same time, and then both realized that it was not firing.

Although today's flintlock guns are quite mature, because when the flint hits the ignition piece, the sparks fly randomly, there is a certain chance that they don't happen to fly into the medicine chamber. This also resulted in the firing rate of the flintlock gun never exceeding 90%.

And Bazel encountered the unlucky 10%.

Walter was stunned for a moment, pulled the technician beside him, turned around and fled into the house, shouting at the same time:

"Help! Someone is trying to kill me!"

Angrily, Bazel opened the lighter and pulled up the flint clip again. When he raised the gun again, he saw the frightened Feeney blocking the bastard.

He couldn't bear to accidentally hurt the woman, so he stepped forward and pushed her away, but saw Walter overturning the table and hiding behind it.

At the entrance of the corridor, Walter's bodyguard heard the cry for help and hurried over here.

When he walked around the door, he immediately saw a man walking towards the fallen wooden table with a gun raised, and his master's shoes were exposed from the edge of the table.

The bodyguard moved very skillfully. He took out the dagger from his waist, raised his hand and threw it at Bazel.

At the same time, the music teacher finally walked to the wooden table, pointed the muzzle downward, and pulled the trigger hard.

However, with a soft "pop" sound, his body was slightly tilted by something, and at the same time, the pistol spurted out flames, and a projectile flew past Walter's thigh and hit the wine cabinet behind him.

Suddenly sawdust flew everywhere, and Walter let out a scream.

Bazel's face flashed with joy, but he immediately felt a sharp pain in his back, and then his whole body seemed to have been drained of strength, and he tilted his head and fell to the side.

His vision began to blur, and he vaguely saw the bastard covered in blood and screaming.

"Flowers in Vienna, the devil has been killed by me..." His body convulsed, but there were a few words in his mouth, "I love you, I hope you can be free..."

The bodyguard jumped in, glanced at the dagger on the assassin's left back, touched his carotid artery, and confirmed that he had died. Then he came to Baron Walter, who was leaning in the corner. :

"Where are you injured?"

"No, I don't know, it hurts so much! I was shot! Ah, ah——"

The bodyguard lifted him upright and looked carefully. He was relieved after confirming that there were only flying splinters of wood stuck on his waist and legs, and that his palms were penetrated by wood splinters. There were no fatal injuries.

Schönbrunn Palace.

When Joseph II on the hospital bed heard what his brother Leopold II said in his ear, he immediately opened his eyes hard and struggled desperately to sit up.

The doctor next to him immediately stepped forward to support him, and heard His Majesty the Emperor, who had not spoken for nearly a week, say with difficulty:

"Okay! Okay! Lige...Nitz, dinner, I..."

Leopold II hurriedly answered:

"Your Majesty, are you going to hold a dinner to celebrate the recapture of Lignitz?"

Joseph II nodded weakly and wanted to raise his hand:

"Commendation...Lassie..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have sent someone to send Marshal Lacy's commendation order to the front line." Leopold II said, "Currently, nearly 70,000 coalition forces are storming the Breslau Fortress."

"Okay, okay!" Joseph II's pale face was full of smiles, "I want, Silesia..."

As he spoke, he seemed to have exhausted all his energy and fell asleep leaning on the doctor.

The latter hurriedly tested the emperor's pulse, nodded to Leopold II and said:

"Your Majesty is just too weak. Perhaps, I should perform a bloodletting treatment on him."

"Then it's all up to you."

…

In a suite on the second floor of Schönbrunn Palace, Austrian Crown Princess Ludovica looked distressedly at her brother who was covered in gauze, especially his left hand, where only two fingers were left, and the rest were amputated by the doctor. .

Suddenly bursts of cheers came from the window, and Baron Walter turned his head and looked:

"Cousin, what are they doing?"

"It should be a celebration of the victory of Liegnitz." Ludovica said. "It is said that Marshal Lacy won the battle there and annihilated nearly 2,000 enemy troops. Now he has arrived in Breslau."

Walter covered the wound on his waist and asked in surprise: "How is this possible? Didn't you say last week that the situation in Silesia was unfavorable, and even the defense line was broken through by the Prussians... Why again?"

"Marshal Lacy's report stated that the French army suddenly appeared on the flank of the Prussian army on the offensive line, dividing the enemy..."

Walter was stunned for a moment, and then asked hurriedly: "Isn't the French army surrounded in Oberon?"

Ludovica sneered: "Who knew? They suddenly broke through."

Walter grabbed her arm: "So, the French crown prince was not captured?"

"No," Ludovica curled his lips, "His Majesty also asked someone to write a letter to express his gratitude to him."

Walter's eyes suddenly widened: "It turns out it's him..."

"Who is it? What are you talking about?"

"The assassin mentioned him at that time. I thought he was captured or dead, so I didn't pay attention."

Walter looked a little frightened: "Looking at it now, the assassin was sent by him! Yes, it must be that woman who wanted to take revenge on me, so she begged him to kill me..."

Ludovica looked at him nervously: "Who is that?"

"The Dauphin of France!"

…

The city of Lignitz.

Joseph was happily watching the Austrian army come to change defenses when he saw Berthier coming quickly and saluted him:

"Your Highness, Marshal Lacy sent a batch of labor supplies and some women... Well, he also asked us to go to Breslau as soon as possible."

He lowered his voice again:

"From what I've heard, it doesn't seem like he's going well offensively there."

Joseph nodded:

"Please reply to my letter and thank Marshal Lacy for the supplies. As for going to Breslau..."

He recalled the time. It was already February. Although he couldn't remember the specific date of Joseph II's death, it should be very close.

"Just say that our army needs to rest for half a month after a long and fierce battle. Then go immediately for reinforcements."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Berthier was about to turn around and leave when Joseph stopped him again:

"By the way, please give a secret order to General Kellerman and ask him to pack up his luggage and be ready to return to France at any time."

Currently, more than half of the 30,000 French troops under Kellermann are following Marshal Lacy to attack Breslau.

"Ah?" Berthier was a little surprised, "Can you tell me the reason for this?"

Joseph smiled slightly: "We can't get too deep in Silesia, it's time to leave."

Berthier was shocked: "Your Highness, this will seriously affect the Franco-Austrian Alliance."

"Please don't worry, I will handle the diplomatic aspects."

…

U.K.

London.

Parliament Hall, St. James's Palace.

James Fox, the leader of the Whig Party, put his hands on the table and shouted:

"France has actually entered the war! They have more than 50,000 troops in Silesia. Now it is time to fulfill our military obligations to our Prussian ally!"