The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1513 Superfluous
The Russians were doing such a big thing that the surrounding neighbors were also unable to live in peace.

There was no way. Franz distributed guns everywhere for safety reasons, which did leave a mess for the Russians, but the fire eventually spread to the Austrian Empire.

Belgrade and Western Bosnia are relatively safe. The former is heavily guarded, and as a fortified city, small groups of bandits and robbers cannot cause any trouble.

The latter is blocked by high mountains and the people are tough, so few people are willing to seek trouble.

But the situation in the two principalities is not so optimistic. Although there is a natural barrier - the Danube River, it is easier to cross the largest river in Europe than to cross the mountains.

The most important thing is that compared with Belgrade and Western Bosnia, the defenses of Wallachia and Moldavia are slightly insufficient.

In addition, these two regions were new territories for the Austrian Empire, and the imperial government's control over them was far less than that of other regions. Even when those immigrants appeared in Wallachia and Moldavia, local officials thought they were just ordinary villagers making trouble.

After being beaten black and blue, they discovered that they were desperate criminals from the other side of the river. Fortunately, the Austrian Empire had rich experience in quelling rebellions.

The Wallachia region is mainly plains so the riots were quickly quelled. Although the Moldavia region is also mainly plains, the terrain is diverse, and the hills, mountains, and river valleys are all very suitable for hiding.

In addition, there were no Scarlet Crusaders to help clear the area in Moldavia, and Grigore Alexandru Ghika had indeed cultivated a group of Greater Romanianists. After the two forces merged, they became a force that could not be underestimated.

However, size also has its disadvantages. Those mountains, forests, lakes and swamps cannot support too many people. This is determined by the carrying capacity of the land.

If these places could really support so many people, they wouldn't be so deserted.
After the initial killing, the Austrian Empire's garrison quickly adjusted its strategy from active attack to waiting.

The effect of the adjustment was immediate. It was much more reliable to guard the villages and cities than to go out into the wild and run around like a headless fly.

The frontal combat capabilities of both sides were not at the same level at all. The previous failure was largely caused by the Austrian Empire's own dispersion of its forces and underestimation of the enemy.

Although it was only a slight adjustment in strategy, it was devastating to the gangs composed of immigrants and local snakes.

Adrian was a famous rebel leader in Moldavia who had escaped the Austrians countless times.

The Austrian Empire's army was quite adept at mountain warfare and bandit suppression, but Adrian still managed to escape every time. In fact, his secret was very simple, which was to escape to Russia.

The Austrian Empire's army generally would not cross the border to pursue the rebels, and the Russians had an ambiguous attitude towards these rebels. They would usually only fire guns to drive them away and would not engage in a real fight.

However, escaping to the Russian border does not necessarily mean you can rest easy. In addition to the regular raids by the Russians, the Austrians will also send assassins and mercenaries from time to time.

Even Adrian didn't dare to stay in one place for too long until he met Osescu's team.

Osescu was one of the leaders of the resistance in Bulgaria. Faced with the overwhelming Russian army, he did not choose to fight to the end in his hometown, but chose to find another way and came to Moldavia along the Danube River.

In fact, there were many refugees, and it was not difficult to find jobs in Wallachia and Moldavia.

However, Osescu and his men, who were used to being mountain kings, were like wolves that had been stained with blood. They did not want to farm honestly or find a stable livelihood.

The fact that this group of people were able to leave Bulgaria alive and force their way across the Danube shows how fierce they were. They quickly defeated the local gangs with their fists and wrists and occupied their local ecological niche. However, as Franz was about to be crowned the Grand Duke of Wallachia and Moldavia, the Austrian Imperial Army cooperated with the local police to carry out a comprehensive crackdown on gangs and underground organizations.

Unfortunately, Oșescu and his men came into the sight of the Austrian Empire. Due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides, they could only flee.

Then Osescu met Adrian, and both of them felt that they had met too late, so they decided to conspire together for great things.

Initially, the two sides cooperated seamlessly to sweep through many villages on the Moldavia border and even robbed a warehouse outside a city.

Faced with the Austrian Empire's crackdown, they finally had the strength to fight, and every time they were able to defeat the Austrian army that was running around like headless flies.

When they encountered a large army to clear out the enemy, they would simply flee to Russia to temporarily avoid the attack. As time went by, they gained a reputation and new people continued to join them.

However, before their ambitions could expand, the Austrians changed their strategy from taking the initiative to attacking in order to clear the countryside.

Osescu and Adrian were not ordinary people. They both knew that this was a trap set by the Austrians. However, the team was too large and there were too many people, resulting in huge consumption every day.

You have to know that these people are desperate criminals. If they are pushed into a corner, they can do anything.

After weeks of agony, they finally decided to do something big.

However, in order to disperse the Austrians' forces, they decided to send out a few troops to harass them first, and then strike hard, which would definitely catch the Austrians off guard.

However, their carefully planned operation ended in complete failure. Not only did the main force suffer heavy losses, but even those teams responsible for the feint attack also suffered a disastrous defeat.

Under the huge pressure of survival and repeated failures, the contradiction between Osescu and Adrian increased day by day. In fact, both of them were very cunning, and they both knew that this was a conspiracy of the Austrians.

But the reason why thieves are thieves is largely because they have no discipline, lack control, and are short-sighted.

They starve and sacrifice themselves for others, so why do they steal? These guys want to live lawlessly and happily, and anyone who stands in their way is an enemy.

The two bandit leaders, Osescu and Adrian, were also aware of this, so a fire was inevitable. Both sides lost more than half of their men and eventually parted ways.

Other large gangs also disintegrated one after another, and in the end only a few small gangs were left struggling to survive in the poor mountains and bad waters.

The situation of Greece and the Ottoman Empire is not so optimistic. In fact, this has a lot to do with the initial strategies of the two countries.

In this era, population means taxation and resources, so both countries hope to absorb more people from the Russian occupied areas to fill their homeland.

In fact, theoretically speaking, this behavior can be regarded as attracting immigrants to develop the country's land, aiming to increase the population and develop the economy, and there is nothing wrong with it in terms of major policies.

(End of this chapter)