Leopold II's Frustration
The chilly early spring wind bent the wild grass outside Julai Village, revealing the vast crowd below the slope.
The leading Austrian Army pointed to the distant French Military Camp and shouted to boost morale, "Let the France know how powerful we are!"
The seven or eight hundred Austria soldiers behind him immediately roared in response, "Teach those bastards a lesson!"
Make them pay the price!
However, when they reached the top of the slope with great momentum, they all stopped in their tracks.
On the open ground outside the French Military Camp camp, there stood twice as many France, forming a semi-circle, looking at them with cold smiles.
"You..." The Austrian Army swallowed hard, pointing at the French battalion Military Camp he had challenged to a duel, "To send so many people, utterly despicable!"
The battalion commander stepped forward and laughed, "If you're scared, then go back."
His words immediately drew laughter from the French Army soldiers.
The Austrian Army retorted defiantly, "Who's afraid of you? Let's see you fight with the same numbers!"
"It's my skill to have gathered so many men." The French Military Camp commander glanced behind him. "You could go back and call for reinforcements, but I'm afraid the cowardly Austria won't dare to come."
"Hmph, so what if there are more people? Austria has plenty of warriors!"
The French Military Camp commander took out his Pocket Watch, opened the cover, and said, "Fine, I'll wait two hours and see how many men you can find."
Several Austrian Legion returned to their respective camps and described the France's arrogance. The Austria soldiers, who had initially been reluctant to fight for fear of punishment, were now enraged and rushed towards the open space outside the French Military Camp without regard for the consequences.
Two hours later.
Nearly two thousand Austria soldiers watched smugly as the France grew increasingly nervous, and at the officer's command, they surged forward in a massive wave.
Seeing this, the French Military Camp commander smiled and turned to his soldiers, shouting, "They outnumber us! Retreat!"
The France immediately fled in disarray toward their Camp, but many were caught by Austria soldiers and inevitably suffered some blows.
News of the victory quickly reached the Austrian Army, which encouraged even more soldiers to come and watch, or to join in.
Nearly an hour later, more than 3,000 Austria blocked the French Military Camp camp, watching their bruised and battered opponents cowering inside, venting their pent-up resentment.
Just then, the sound of dense hoofbeats came from afar. Before the Austria soldiers could react, Marshal Lacy led his Guard and a large number of cavalrymen galloping in.
Lacy received a "report" early in the morning that some soldiers were planning to retaliate against the France because they had been punished for fighting earlier.
He had just been reprimanded by Leopold II for this a few days earlier, and immediately led his men back from the Breslau front. Then he saw the scene before him.
Soon, the two sides who had challenged each other to a fight were gathered together with their heads hanging low. Then, Berthier arrived and quickly had his men tally the number of wounded French Army —more than 420 in total.
Marshal Lacy looked suspiciously at the fighting France, sensing that they seemed to be mostly unharmed.
Berthier said with a grim face, "The wounded have been sent to the Battlefield Hospital. Marshal, your men have caused trouble in our camp and injured so many people. You must punish them severely!"
Lacy's face was also dark. He glared fiercely at the troublemaking soldiers and nodded, saying, "Please rest assured, I will not tolerate this!"
Leopold II, who was busy with the election of the Prince-Electors, frowned as he looked at the report about the fight between French and Austrian soldiers, and couldn't help but feel annoyed.
The number of people involved on both sides reached tens of thousands. Following the precedent set by the French Army last time, if anyone in the company was involved in the fight, all officers would be punished, so the number of people involved was extremely large.
The report stated that all the French Army soldiers who had been punished had been recalled to France for reorganization. Combined with those recalled previously for fighting, the Kellermann Legion remaining in Silesia was now down to half its original strength.
He recalled the report submitted by the Minister of Finance a few days earlier, which stated that the French Army in Silesia consumed almost twice the supplies of the same number of the Austrian Army.
As a result, the Hungary troops who had just arrived in Liegnitz had their logistical supplies reduced.
"These pampered France people are still so restless..."
Leopold II rubbed his forehead; not long ago he had heard that French Army soldiers even had to boil their water before drinking it.
Just then, his attendant handed him a letter that had just been sent from Paris.
When Leopold II opened the letter, he found it was from the Crown Prince of France, and its main content was a strong protest against the Austrian Army's beating of French Soldiers.
Yes, the incident occurred in a French Military Camp camp, and it was a one-sided attack on French Soldiers, so this is evidence that Austria soldiers came to cause trouble and assault people!
The Artillery commander who went to provoke the Austria was arranged by Berthier at Joseph's behest.
Before the brawl broke out, he had instructed his soldiers to run away as soon as the fighting started and not to fight back.
Because Run Fast, fewer than 50 French Army soldiers were hit, and all of them sustained minor injuries. However, the number of wounded was counted by Berthier's men in the French Military Camp, and in such a chaotic situation, whatever number he said was the number.
In his letter, the Crown Prince of France expressed his dissatisfaction with the discipline of the Austria soldiers and suggested that the French and Austrian armies should be separated temporarily to rectify their discipline separately.
In the afternoon, Walter's anti-French ministers also began to create public opinion, but of course, they claimed that the French Army's discipline was poor and that it seriously affected the Allied Forces ' combat effectiveness.
Ultimately, Leopold II, overwhelmed by a series of troubles, replied to Joseph, agreeing to allow the French Army to temporarily leave Silesia for reorganization.
This also frees up supplies for the newly transferred Hungarian Legion.
On April 19, 1790, the last French Army withdrew from Silesia and embarked on their journey home.
Paris.
Inside the Carriage, Joseph looked at Berthier's itinerary for the French Army's withdrawal from Silesia and couldn't help but smile contentedly.
He had thought he would have to make a scene several more times before Leopold II would agree to "send away the plague god," but he didn't expect the French Army to leave so quickly.
It is likely that the Hungary Nobility provided the emperor with substantial support due to the cancellation of the reforms, which emboldened him.
Currently, Silesia has become a "personal feud" between Putin and Austria, allowing France to easily sit back and watch, and then sell supplies to both sides.
If this international situation can be maintained for a few more years, it is not a fantasy that France could catch up with the United Kingdom in terms of national strength.
Joseph, remembering Perna's contributions to the incident, was pondering whether he could award her a medal or something, unaware that Camellia, sitting opposite him, was preparing something with her cheeks flushed.