Pitt the Younger weighed his words. "We should still do everything possible to influence Vienna and bring the war between Prussia and Austria to an end as soon as possible. You know, the longer they fight, the greater their losses, and the weaker their ability to restrain France."
Grenville turned to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "Mr. Fox, what suggestions do you have?"
"This... if Prussia can give up some of its interests in Silesia, I could go to Vienna and give it a try."
Before he had finished speaking, someone knocked on the door. It was his assistant.
The latter slipped in quietly, handed him a report, and whispered a few words.
Fox was instantly overjoyed. He said to Grenville, "Prime Minister, good news—uh, truly good news.
"Wallachia has been attacked by Albanians, or perhaps it was the Ottomans. It has not yet been confirmed. But all of western Wallachia has fallen into complete chaos. Even Bucharest was attacked, and the Austrian Army sent back as reinforcements was ambushed, losing nearly three thousand men.
"The news from half a month ago was that Bucharest was besieged by more than ten thousand bandits. Vienna had pulled twenty-five thousand troops from the northern front, led by General Argentau, and sent them to Wallachia to restore order."
Grenville's eyes immediately lit up.
There were fewer than eighty thousand Austrian troops in Silesia to begin with. With this, only a little over fifty thousand remained.
After deducting the troops used to besiege Liegnitz, the forces available to attack Glogau should not exceed thirty thousand.
This basically meant that Glogau was no longer in danger of falling.
Under such circumstances, Vienna would very likely accept mediation.
He hurriedly instructed Fox, "Leave for Vienna at once and strive to bring about a ceasefire between Prussia