Warlock Royal Family

When the sun was in the middle, the Austrian army showed no signs of launching a general offensive. Suleiman stopped staying behind the city wall and came to the Danube.

He saw that the Danube outside Buda had returned to calm, at least in general.

"22 transport ships were lost, two warships and more than fifty ships were damaged to varying degrees." The initial losses have been counted.

"Two hundred corpses have been picked up so far, and there are the same number of wounded."

Most of these transport ships have a small tonnage, and the loss of a few hundred people is not a big loss for the Ottoman Empire. [

But Suleiman's expression turned extremely ugly.

"The Austrian fleet is still chasing our fleet downstream."

The fate of these ships is uncertain.

In the anchorage near the main force, the Austrian Inland River Fleet is capable of severely injuring the Ottoman fleet. After losing the protection of the main force, it is really only to pray for a miracle from Allah.

Although these losses were nothing compared to the size of the Ottoman army, this defeat posed an extremely serious problem.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Although Suleiman has not read Sun Tzu's military book, he also knows this military principle.

Ottoman forces protected their convoys, which meant logistical problems.

Although the words are different, everyone understands the truth.

Logistics is the primary factor in determining the outcome of a war.

No matter how powerful the national power is, it is meaningless if it cannot be deployed.

"Your Majesty, about 170 prisoners have been captured." Suleiman's spirit was shaken by this good news, and the presence of prisoners meant that there were still some powerful counterattacks.

But the confessions of these captives quickly made Suleiman's mood drop again.

"Almost all Hungarians?" Less than ten prisoners were Austrians, which shows that the troops who raided the shore were all abandoned.

"It should be the Death Squad who was just loaded onto the Austrian warship." The fighting spirit of the Hungarians is still very commendable, but under the means of Ibrahim Pasha.Even the warriors who were not afraid of death were tortured to tell all the information they knew, and of course they couldn't say anything useful.

For so-called information such as "[-] reinforcements from Austria have assembled in Bratislava." or "The Austrian fleet has more than [-] thousand-ton ships." Unable to report to own boss.

These brave Hungarians are the backbone of the nation and a potential trouble for Austria, a little incitement to let them take on this suicide mission.It couldn't be better.

"Your Majesty, is it all sacrifices?" Because Suleiman treated those residents who robbed the Buda Palace leniently, Ibrahim Pasha specifically confirmed the treatment of the prisoners, and he must not be confused about the monarch's mind. Guess.

"Follow the rules." It was one thing to pardon the inhabitants, another to spare the captives. [

It's not that Suleiman doesn't know that Ladislaus actually intends to kill someone with a knife, but there is no way.

And it wasn't the focus of his attention right now.

The strength of the Austrian fleet is actually very limited.However, Suleiman could not get effective information. Although the first report in the morning was quite accurate, now he could not determine the strength of the Austrians.

In the information reported to him by various defeated generals, the Austrian army is generally described as having forty or fifty large ships.

Even a more reliable general will instinctively exaggerate the enemy's strength at this time in order to escape responsibility and comfort himself.

With this in mind, Suleiman determined that the strength of the Austrian River Fleet was between fifteen and twenty hundred-ton warships.

"Order the downstream strongholds to try their best to rescue those who fell into the water. And increase alertness, all ships are close to the shore for defense."

After chasing downstream for a few hours, Austria regrouped at a location that had been chosen long ago and turned back north. The Austrians' hydrological information on the Danube is unmatched in the world.

Although there were still many transport ships from the Ottoman side fleeing in all directions, after a limited distance of pursuit, Jevich terminated the pursuit according to the predetermined plan and began to collect spoils.

The Ottoman ships that were driven out of Buda have basically been unloaded.So there's very little stuff like food and weapons, and the main loot is the captured transport ship itself.

A total of more than ten transport ships were captured, and the Austrians basically chose to keep the ships that were not hit by the giant crossbow.

As for the trebuchet on the "Rudolph", it seems that it missed a single hit.

Among the trophies, there are three ships with relatively large hulls and relatively good condition.

"Be careful, this is my first ship, Master Ben." An Austrian earl's son was shouting excitedly to his subordinates.

"I am the captain, Your Excellency the Chief Mate!" The captain from Venice said unceremoniously that he was the boss of the ship.

Although the first officer was quite dissatisfied, he finally expressed his obedience.

After all, he finally got the coveted promotion and became a first officer, although the ship was much worse than the Austrian-built warship.But after all, it's a dream come true, isn't it?

These ships can provide a lot of help for Austria's logistics, and even if they are not used for military purposes, they have great commercial value.

Even if it's just the chief mate, it can provide some valuable experience to those rookies.

The future of these rookies in the Inland Fleet is much greater than that of the Venetians.

There are many unemployed captains in Venice. They have enough experience and are more obedient to management, but Jevich still has to work hard to localize officers.As a Russian, he must not be ambiguous on this issue. [

Otherwise, the intricate local factions in Austria will definitely unite and eat him, even Ladislaus will not be able to keep him.

Although those generals of noble origin are inevitably unreliable at the beginning, they can generally perform their duties after accumulating experience.

In addition to the three ships of more than [-] tons that have been incorporated into the Austrian formation after emergency repairs, smaller ships should be brought back to the camp as much as possible.

"General, shall we attack a few more villages along the coast, where there are Ottoman supply points." An officer suggested to Jevic an action that could expand the results of the battle. "And we can have the support of Hungarian villagers."

Jevich was moved for a moment. Although the Hungarians had all been thrown ashore, this time it was not a suicidal diversion mission. There were only 80 defenders in these supply points, and they could not deal with the joint attack of the Austrian sailors.

Not to mention that none of the spells I prepared today are useless. A spell caster joining this kind of offensive and defensive battle with hundreds of people is definitely the weight that can determine the outcome.

But the thought lasted only for a moment.

"No, we don't know if the enemy has a thousand-man response force nearby, not to mention that the remaining ships in Buda are now taking advantage of the downwind and downstream. If they regroup and launch a counterattack, it is also a threat. These coastal strongholds It is of little value in the first place, and even if it is destroyed, it is nothing to the Ottomans, and our sailors and fleet cannot take risks for such a low-value target.” Jevic’s prestige in the army is still very limited, so he fully explained The reason for his own choice, although this time the victory has greatly strengthened his authority. "His Royal Highness Habsburg gave me the order to pursue limited victories, but the safety and existence of this fleet must be guaranteed."

It's just that the unlucky gunner in charge of the trebuchet, no matter how strong his background is, he must be replaced if he is related to Justice Hohenzollern.

His background is really bad, he must be careful and careful, if it is not for this damn hit rate, he really does not want to do it.

But after this time, Yevic may be able to find the daughter of a great Austrian nobleman to be his wife, and many things will be easier to handle with his roots.

But will this displease Machiavelli, his main backer?

Really complicated question.

"After completing the formation, don't be obsessed with fighting. Turn around immediately. Going upstream is a completely different thing. I don't want to do this at night."

After driving distracting thoughts out of his head, Jevich ordered to return. (to be continued...)