eastern european eagle

Chapter 592 Hungarian Army

"In that case, we won't bother you any more. We will leave early tomorrow morning. Please do as you please."

The messenger left the meeting room after he finished speaking, and the congressmen finally began to breathe deeply. They were so nervous just now.

As soon as they heard about entering Switzerland, they knew it was nonsense. It would be faster to enter from Venice. They came here to demonstrate and ask them not to act rashly.

"God, please bless your people."

The only thing the MPs can do is pray that the alliance will win, otherwise they will be doomed.

While both Brandenburg and England pushed forward, Roman troops stood by in Dalmatia, ready to march north to Vienna.

At this time, Hungary also began to join the increasingly lively situation. Queen Marie used the excuse of revenge for Prince Pozzoni to lead the whole country's army to attack Austria. The future King Lajos of Hungary led the army as the commander-in-chief.

Hungary had recovered after a period of recuperation and gained a lot of resources through trade with Rome. Hungary was now strong and powerful, so it sent 6 troops to attack Austria.

"Your Highness, we will be in Vienna soon."

Lajos looked ahead, then at the map. "This time, the joint attack on Vienna with Rome has a high chance of success. But we have to hold out for a month so that the Roman army in the south can arrive here."

Lajos wondered why the Roman army came from Dalmatia. Wouldn't it be faster to enter Hungary along the Danube?
"Your Highness, someone is coming."

"Ok?"

Lajos wondered who could have come here, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"Long time no see, brother. I didn't expect you to be leading an army already."

Alexander gave Lajos a big hug. The sudden surprise made him feel happy.

"Aren't you traveling with your wife? Why are you here?"

"We went to Buda, and when we heard you were going to Vienna, we came here to meet you."

Alexander went to Athens, Smyrna, Constanta and Belgrade during these days, and then came to Hungary.

"By the way, you are not married yet, right?"

"You don't have to worry about that!" The two of them were chatting and laughing here, and the army did not stop and continued to move towards Vienna.

Austria was naturally aware of the Hungarian attack, so Albrecht could only gather his troops in Vienna and ask other princes for help.

The Elector of Bavaria and the Elector of the Palatinate sent Gallas to lead nearly 2 infantrymen into Austria, loudly declaring that "this time we are leading the army to help Austria and repel the invaders." However, the Austrian people still felt nervous, and they hid in the city, closed the city gates, and strengthened their vigilance.

Galas tried his best to restrain his troops. Although there were still some incidents of soldiers looting property in villages outside the city, overall the military discipline of his army was still good, which greatly relieved the top leaders of various cities.

After entering Austria, Gallas sent envoys to the city of Linz first to make a request to them: the army wanted to establish a longer-term camp in Austria.

Leopold, who was in charge of Upper Austria, said tactfully: Bavaria was an ally of Upper Austria and had provided great help, but if they agreed to Bavaria's request, Hungary would probably misunderstand that Linz had joined the war, so they had to refuse.

When Galas made this request, he was actually just testing the other party's attitude. So when he got a rejection, he did not feel angry. Instead, he patiently asked the returning messenger. The attitude and reaction of everyone present at the time gave him a rough idea.

A few days later, Gallas's army entered Vienna. Albrecht warmly welcomed them and convened a military meeting of the alliance a day later, where the generals who joined the alliance expressed their opinions.

Many people suggested that they should take advantage of Vienna and stockpile heavy troops in the city to defend against the attack of the Hungarian army. The Hungarians' attack would consume a lot of supplies, which was not conducive to long-term combat. If they failed to conquer the city after a long time, they would inevitably choose to cease fire and seek peace.

But some generals expressed their opposition. They believed that the Hungarian army was no longer the same as it used to be. They also had the excuse of revenge for the prince, and Romania had become its ally. If the coalition forces did not take the initiative to attack but passively defended, the Hungarians would definitely turn to attack other parts of Austria or ask for help from the Romanians.

After both sides expressed their opinions, Albrecht spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of establishing the alliance is to repel the invading Hungary and Romania and to ensure the freedom and security of various territories. If we only defend Vienna, it is equivalent to giving up other places. This is not only contrary to the original intention of establishing the alliance, but also will make those who join the alliance complain to each other and destroy unity. Therefore, I advocate that we should not waste any more time, but should immediately lead the coalition forces out of the city, quickly engage in battle with the Hungarian army, and defeat it."

He put his hands on his hips, looked down at the generals in the meeting hall, and announced loudly: "If you disagree with my opinion, or keep arguing and wasting time, then I will lead the army and march east alone to fight a decisive battle with the Hungarian army!"

Albrecht's words were like a stone thrown into a deep pool. While stirring up waves, they also received a positive response from the religious generals: "We will follow the army to attack the Hungarians!"

Galas glanced at the young and energetic Archduke, then looked around at everyone and said in a steady tone: "I agree that the coalition should seize the time to take the initiative and seek a decisive battle with the Hungarian army, but at the same time, we must also do two things.

The first is that we should immediately send envoys to other places to persuade them to join us and fight against Hungary. Now that the coalition forces have the upper hand, it is very likely that they will turn to us, after all, Hungary is an outsider. If we succeed, it will strengthen the coalition forces and provide greater convenience for us to fight in Hungary and other places.

The second is to keep gathering information, especially from Romania. All the spies in Constantinople should be mobilized to get first-hand information. If all goes well, we can not only defeat the Hungarian army, but also pursue the victory and take back the Hungarian crown. "

Most of the generals agreed with the first two suggestions. Instead of defending Vienna, they went out of the city to fight, trying to win by courage. The citizens didn't know what the result would be, so they all went to the cathedral to pray for them.

(End of this chapter)