eastern european eagle

Chapter 594 Going North
Wave after wave of Hungarian soldiers advanced towards the city walls, and the defenders also repelled many of them. At this time, they had only one belief in their hearts: for their glory.

Vienna was indeed a fortified city, which not only absorbed advanced fortress technology from all over the world, but also had a certain counterattack capability. On the first day of the siege, the Hungarians suffered more than 4000 casualties.

"It looks like the battle here will take a long time," Alexander said to Lajos after seeing the siege.

"It's okay, we have reinforcements."

Hearing the other party say this, Alexander knew that it must be his father who took action.

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In southern Austria, the Romanian army began to move northwards, through the Salzburg region and into southern Austria.

The citizens of Klagenfurt were surprised to see that the original road was filled with densely packed soldiers. The entire road was crowded with people. How many soldiers were there? !

The shock in their hearts was beyond words. The last time Rome attacked Austria, they had seen tens of thousands of Romanian troops and felt deeply the huge gap in numbers between them. They did not expect that this time there would be more soldiers and they were definitely not just fillers.

Some merchants who had been to Rome looked at the bustling road. Although they had seen the prosperity of the center of the empire, they were also very uneasy when they witnessed the strength of the Romanian army.

The citizens closed the city gates and were forced to take up arms. After climbing up the city walls, they trembled all over when they saw the Romanian army coming like a tide.

But they did not attack here. They bypassed the small town and headed straight for the river valley pass.

Before this operation, the army commander Martino mobilized all the legionnaires for battle and said passionately: "This operation is an unprecedented major military operation, which will be recorded in the history of the empire and remembered by future generations. It is precisely because the Military Affairs Department believes that we are the best among the participating armies that we are given the most important task in this operation.

Seeing this mobilization, the soldiers were full of enthusiasm, and finally they saw a camp.

But in the eyes of the soldiers, this camp was too simple: there was no trench in front of the camp, and probably no traps. The camp wall was a wooden fence, no more than three meters high, and there were only two watchtowers in the camp... Most importantly, there were only a few guards on the wooden wall, who shouted in panic after seeing their arrival.

The sparse arrows shot by the defenders did not cause any damage to the soldiers. On the contrary, they were met with a rain of arrows that covered the sky. Amid the screams of the defenders, the Roman army put wooden ladders on the wooden walls and quickly captured the camp.

The army rested here for a day and then continued north to the important town of Graz.

Since the Romanian soldiers arrived, the people of Graz were terrified by the large number of enemies. Moreover, there were no young men in the city to fight. They had already lost their fighting spirit and surrendered. When the officials of Graz sincerely requested the Romanian army not to harm the people in the city, Martino said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as you fully cooperate and do not have any hostile behavior, we will definitely guarantee the safety of your lives and property!"

The officials were very nervous and fearful of neglecting these gentlemen. Various kinds of food replenished their logistics, while another army enjoyed different treatment when it arrived in Lizen.

The Austrians here began to resist the invaders because the Hungarians massacred more than half of the people here, and the city had a blood feud with them.

The Romans had no choice but to use artillery to attack and then occupied the entire city after blasting a gap. Not a single civilian surrendered, and all died in the battle.

The Romanian army entered Austria and conquered various cities. The news that people everywhere were eager for the army to return home safely spread quickly among the Austrian soldiers, which had a great impact on the morale of the Linz army. The soldiers were eager to discuss matters of returning home, and the army in Linz had begun to show a trend of disintegration.

Some soldiers who were going to reinforce Vienna left directly, and those who were originally planning to go also stopped their journey. After all, once the Roman army arrived, they would have no way out.

However, some mercenaries were not afraid of death and went to Vienna, including Captain Sforza in Milan. He led 9000 troops quickly from Milan, passed Linz and headed to Vienna.

He was fast, but the Roman army was faster. The Roman army continued to clear the obstacles ahead. The people in some small towns had no time to escape and had to make a desperate resistance. Their resistance was not in vain. They bought some time for the Austrian soldiers and mercenaries defending in the south. Seeing this, Sforza went south directly to stop the Roman soldiers from going north, because he thought Vienna would not be breached for a while. As long as Romania was defeated, it would encourage the allies.

Sforza's mercenaries were experienced in combat. Seeing the strength of the Romanian army, they had no hope for Austria's plan to keep the enemy out of the country. He had long been planning to "retreat immediately at the slightest sign of trouble", so he ran away after the two sides fought once.

At this time, the army in Vienna also learned the news of the arrival of the Romanian army. They felt desperate, and when they heard that some troops had already left from Linz, they became even more desperate.

"The Bavarians, the Palatinate, the Bohemians... they are simply stupid! They should understand that at this point, there is no point in rushing back home. Only by uniting and defeating the two powerful enemies, Romania and Hungary, can they ensure the safety of their own territories!" someone said angrily.

"Alas... when the danger really comes, these narrow-minded people can only see the danger to their own territory. How can they unite against the enemy and fight against the enemy together? In the final analysis, this alliance is doomed to not last long!"

Everyone was silent.

Seeing their disappointment, Albrecht said with an unprecedented solemnity: "From my experience fighting with the Hungarian army during this period, it is true that they are very strong and have a large number of soldiers, just as the rumors say. But we still have a chance. Sigismund will soon lead his troops to rescue us. We just need to hold on a little longer.

Moreover, the Hungarian and Romanian armies are indeed large in number, but because of their large size, they will consume a lot of supplies. Can they sustain such a huge consumption for a long time? ! "

(End of this chapter)