No one cared about the Kingdom of Prussia's internal strife. Most of Europe's countries were celebrating this news, a clear sign of just how unpopular the Russian Bear was.
Austria was no exception. If not for the need to consider the repercussions, Franz would have been ready to hold a banquet to celebrate this great victory.
By this point in the Prusso-Russian War, the Tsarist Government's total troop losses had already exceeded five hundred thousand. How many had been killed, captured, or forced to retire due to wounds was unclear.
Even the Tsarist Government had not sorted out those figures, and Franz naturally had no interest in doing the Russians' bookkeeping for them.
The victorious Prussian-Polish coalition had not had an easy time either. The Kingdom of Prussia was one thing—though it had suffered grievous losses, its strength remained intact. With a winter to catch its breath, it should be able to replenish its forces the following year.
Of course, that replenishment referred only to military strength. Its war potential had inevitably declined, even with the manpower provided by the two duchies.
The Poles were different. Even with support from all across Europe, they could not change their fundamentally motley, undisciplined nature.
In order to win over more people, the Provisional Government announced the abolition of serfdom and the free distribution of land to the public.
Yet saying it was one thing, doing it another. The Provisional Government was chaotically organized, and the revolutionaries had no governing experience whatsoever. They blindly copied and mechanically applied ideas in practice, producing one farce after another.
First, they drove the nobility into opposition. Then their subsequent internal struggles provoked the dissatisfaction of the middle class.
Without any tangible benefits in sight, they could only keep shouting slogans. Over time, the sham was exposed,