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Chapter 623: Shinra Council
After the capture of Kaunas, the resistance in various parts of Lithuania gradually collapsed. In addition, according to reports sent by Grushenko, most of the Baltic coast was already Russian territory.

Michael entered the city and the citizens stood on both sides in fear, waiting for the Tsar's final decision.

"Now that this city belongs to Russia, we can tear it down and rebuild it!" said Mihaly.

Michael had a huge plan, which was to completely destroy the local Catholic culture and re-establish the status of the Orthodox Church. However, the implementation of policies in different places was naturally different. A more moderate policy could be implemented in the lands that surrendered, while the cities that resisted fiercely could not escape the fate of being destroyed.

At this time, Władysław had no time to rescue Lithuania. Just now, he had fought a battle with the Romanian army, but without a miracle, he ended up failing.

As a newly reformed army, Poland had done its best and could have avoided such heavy losses. However, the mercenaries suddenly defected, which resulted in huge losses.

The Polish army could only retreat back to Krakow. Władysław sent someone to submit a request for peace, but it was rejected by the other side, and they had to continue fighting.

"Your Majesty, Władysław has retreated towards Krakow."

Peter relaxed. Poland had already shown signs of decline, and it was time to make a final push.

"Let the soldiers rest well. There will be an important battle next."

Mary had also proposed to send troops to help, but considering Austria's actions, Peter declined the request. Although the alliance led by Romania is strong, it is not without weaknesses. Moreover, the reduction of Catholic countries has objectively strengthened their cohesion. If a war breaks out, he is not sure whether he can conquer them all.

Currently, the only obstacle standing in Warsaw's way is Krakow. If we take it down, Poland will have no power to fight back.

Peter held a grand banquet in Lviv to celebrate the victory and announced rewards for the soldiers, including money and land.

When the soldiers heard the news, the fatigue of the past few days disappeared without a trace, and they burst into deafening cheers. The soldiers had been fighting against the alien race for such a long time, and they were exhausted both physically and mentally. They needed a chance to relax.

Over the past month, the Romanian army has captured villages and manors one after another, and seized a large amount of food, livestock, and property. It is certainly not a problem to organize a celebration party.

In order to prepare for this grand banquet, the chefs slaughtered more than 500 fat sheep, nearly cows, and transported a large amount of wine. The soldiers reveled to their heart's content today. They beat back the Poles and it was worth it now. ——————————

The new Imperial Diet was held in Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Sigismund, as the King of Germany and Bohemia, presided over the meeting. Except for the Electors of Pomerania and Brandenburg, all other members of the Empire came.

Sigismund described the dangerous situation facing the empire and thanked all members for their trust in him. Finally, he promised that he would do his best to reverse the current unfavorable situation, defeat the Bohemian rebels, drive the heretic forces out of Bohemia, and restore his position so that Romania would not invade the empire's allies again. What he said was exactly what everyone wanted, so everyone responded with warm applause.

At this time, the representative of the Hanseatic League stood up while applauding and said coldly: "It's a very exciting speech! But I hope Your Majesty will not be blindly confident, otherwise it will easily get you into trouble."

A can of cold water was poured on the excited Sigismund, who immediately became furious and loudly refuted: "You are questioning me, the great German King, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire."

"I didn't mean that, but your past is really untrustworthy. You were once the King of Hungary, but you were driven out because of the assassination of your wife. Your brother took you in out of kindness, but he died for unknown reasons. This is really suspicious."

Sigismund was so angry when his shameful past was brought up that he wanted to hit someone, but the Archbishop of Mainz stopped the ensuing quarrel.

"The empire is in danger now, but you are saying these words at this time to disrupt the Imperial Parliament. I wonder what you mean?"

"Respected Archbishop, I have no other intentions. I just wanted to ask His Majesty, but I didn't expect him to react so violently before I finished asking." The other party shrugged, looking innocent, and continued: "What I wanted to say just now is that everyone can say good things, but to put them into action, if we want to suppress Bohemia, we must recruit troops! And it is not easy to raise enough military supplies for this huge army! The taxes we pay, the gold and silver we mine...all went into this war, and we can't support this war for a long time, so I want to ask Your Majesty, to fulfill the promise you just made, can you give us a specific deadline?"

This was recognized by many people. After all, they were not cash machines. Even the Elector Stuart took the initiative to stand up and said, "He is right. The army is exhausted. We do need a more definite deadline so that the entire empire can hold on during this period."

Sigismund hesitated, but the Hanseatic League representative challenged him again: "It seems that Your Majesty is not very confident that he can defeat Bohemia."

This made Sigismund unbearable, and he immediately said: "We all know that Bohemia is a powerful country, and the war between us and them cannot be ended in a short time. I also know what your intention is, but I am still willing to set a deadline. Within one year, I will do my best to quell the rebellion in Bohemia!"

Since Sigismund had set a deadline, there was no reason for others to make trouble. Then the other agendas of the meeting began. Since the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, the country has suffered a lot of hardships, and it is hoped that this time it can survive.

(End of this chapter)