Warlock Royal Family

Throughout October, life became increasingly difficult for the Ottoman army.

The Austrian fleet took the lead on the Danube and severely damaged the Ottoman transport fleet. The Ottoman side quickly gathered several large ships and organized an armed fleet.

However, this kind of temporary fleet is really vulnerable to the Austrian River Fleet. After several fights, it is impossible to protect its own supply line, and it is quickly wiped out.

The Austrians held the tactical initiative and were able to attack on days when the weather and winds were favorable, widening the already disparate balance of forces.

The Austrian Inland River Fleet attacked downstream several times. Although each time it did not leave Esztergom for a day, it returned before noon each time. The result was only a few transport ships. The mental pressure is extremely high. [

How can a large army provide food? On the one hand, Suleiman exerted tremendous pressure on his own bureaucratic system, and the provinces along the way tried their best to recruit civilians to join the food transportation team.

On the other hand, the Ottoman army began to disperse, and more than 1 people threatened the Sekesh White Fort westward, and they could feed the enemy along the way.

More than 1 troops went south to strengthen various strongholds, and at the same time raised food by themselves to relieve some supply pressure.

More than 1 people crossed the Danube River from the ferry that the Austrian fleet could not reach, joined the troops on the east bank of the Danube River, controlled several strongholds on the east bank, and then raised food and grass by themselves.

The Austrians were quick to notice this continuous division of troops with great fanfare.

"The enemy heading west not only threatens the Sekeshbai Fort, but some Ghazi rangers from the Anatolian plateau have even approached the old border. They burned, killed, looted and committed crimes." Jones said "the old border "Naturally, it is the original dividing line between Austria and Hungary.

Ladislaus sent bureaucrats to various Hungarian cities through Vienna, indicating that he intended to establish a monarchy, but a centralized state.The Austrians who realized and supported his intention naturally deliberately weakened the sense of existence of the Kingdom of Hungary, and tried to avoid even mentioning these words.

"The Ghazi rangers are like bandits who have been recruited. In fact, most of them are bandits who have been recruited. It would be best to harass us. Even if we kill them all, His Majesty Suleiman will be happy." Fren Zberg was quite angry with Ottoman's tactics.Although he also knows that fighting is nothing but extremes, but this method of targeting non-combatants is always indecent.

Therefore, what he said about the Ghazi rangers was a bit biased. There were indeed many robbers among these cavalry, but there were also many devout Xingyue believers who were willing to fight at the forefront purely out of their belief in Allah.

This kind of cavalry can even be said to be one of the origins of the Ottoman Empire. Although it has withdrawn from the position of the first-class main force now, it is by no means comparable to those local bandits who are satisfied with eating large pieces of meat.

"Ghazi" corresponds to the "Crusader" in Cyric's church.

This kind of irregular army has limited power in the dignified formation.Harassing the enemy is their job.

In fact, the Austrian intelligence service did not notice that some auxiliary cavalry from the Arabian Peninsula were also sent to the west, and these Bedouins were also very suitable for this kind of work.

"The enemy has divided its troops several times, and its strength has dropped to 5000 to [-]. Recently, we have gathered a lot of Hungarian cavalry. The total strength is close to [-]. It is indeed ready for a battle." Sazastan didn't care at all. Other things.He pointed straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth.

All eyes were on Ladislaus, whose authority had soared after the victory of the Inland Fleet.

The existence of this fleet has been greatly questioned from the beginning because it drained the limited reconstruction resources of the Austrian Navy. It is unwise to invest so many resources in the ditch.

Unexpectedly, such an arrangement really wiped out [-]% of the Ottoman Empire's military superiority.

In today's comparison of strength, even if a decisive battle is launched and then lost, it will not be evaluated as a "stupid" like Louis II.

But a defeat is a defeat, although the defeat is glorious or manpower is sometimes poor, this comfort is meaningless to Ladislaus. [

The situation is still unfavorable for Austria.Frundsberg objected: "The enemy divides their forces but does not go north. Do they want us to attack Buda? We just confront each other and let them attack Esztergom. I think even if they come, we will Instead of fighting, we should continue to retreat westward to Bratislava, shorten our supply line, tighten their supply line to the extreme, and then fight a decisive battle in Slovakia."

The retreat that Frenzberg is talking about now is not the same as the retreat that was unanimously said a few days ago.At that time, they expected the Ottomans to have enough for the time being and not to continue westward. Now, whether the Ottomans come or not, the Austrian River Fleet will harass his supply line at any time, making him in a dilemma.

"General Jevich, is it okay for your inland fleet to continue?" Frundsberg asked Jevich politely.

You earn your own face.Although he still couldn't enter the State Council, Jevic now has a place in the Military Council.

"As long as Bratislava can quickly build a military port, it will be fine. In fact, we have a more comprehensive grasp of the hydrological environment there." He has no objection to the retreat, and the closer the Vienna Inland River Fleet is, the better it will be.

"It's autumn harvest time now, and the Ottomans can barely sustain it no matter how difficult their supplies are. Don't you think the work of Machiavelli and Hohenzollern is easy?" Sazastan disagreed with the delay.

Although the two people in charge of logistics are both his political enemies, he doesn't intend to take a joke at this time. As the former Prime Minister of Spain, he is very clear about the burden of such an excessive army on the country.

Machiavelli must have been begging his grandpa and grandma everywhere to borrow money now, and Hohenzollern would probably vomit blood immediately when he heard that he had to work overtime day and night to build a military port.

"Don't say that the enemy is chasing us. If the enemy still refuses to go north by the end of autumn, we will go south to meet the enemy."

"In any case, stick to it, it's too risky to go south."

Frenzberg and Sarzastan argued again about the bottom line.

"Okay, two." Ladislaus interrupted their argument with a raised hand. "Suleiman will probably not take the initiative to go north. Even if he comes, we can control the waterway and find out in advance. We will discuss whether to fight or retreat. In short, we will not fight for the time being."

Since Ladislaus still refuses to fight, both sides can only continue to suffer, and Osman's life is a little more difficult in comparison.

Although Ottoman's national strength is strong, how to transport it is really a big trouble.

In fact, theirs is bigger trouble than Machiavelli's.

No matter how hard you try on land, the transportation capacity is limited. The roads can pass such a little horse-drawn carriage, and any more will fall into devastating congestion and chaos.

For them, the supply through the Danube is still the top priority. The Ottoman bureaucrats in Serbia and Bulgaria racked their brains to collect ships to assemble in Belgrade, and then use the night and the protection of their own troops as much as possible to resist the Austrian attack. Supplies were sent to Buda.

Although the Austrians were careful not to attack the coastal villages that provided rest and shelter for the transport fleet, the Ottomans fortified their defenses and drove out the Hungarians near several important docks.

Fortified military strongholds were good for defense and also prevented the Hungarians from supporting the culturally closer Austrian army.

Although the Ottoman side was very tolerant of non-combatants in Hungary a while ago, even the Cyric Church was not specifically destroyed. As long as the poll tax is paid, there is no need to convert to the Great Devil of the Stars and the Moon, and privately owned land and property will not Ming grab.

This attitude has kept the area they occupied relatively calm for some time in the past. [

It is difficult to leave their homeland. Hungarians who are half-cultivating and half-herding need a lot of land to survive. How can they easily leave these lands to raise their families.

The Ottoman Empire also had the intention to digest it slowly, and first obtained economic power through the additional poll tax. Anyway, in a short period of time, the property of the so-called true god church was enough to reward officers and soldiers and ease domestic conflicts.

Without economic privileges, neither Cyric nor Bane's Church could survive.

After a while, it will be difficult for the local people to sacrifice for the faith for a long time, and various things will try to join the Star-Moon Church.

At that time, it will be done casually. At any time, the conqueror will not give the same treatment to the conquered. All brothers under Allah, and the Turkish and Hungarian family are all nonsense.

Generally speaking, however, the methods of the Ottomans were very deceptive.

But under the pressure of the Austrian fleet, these conquerors were forced to show their fangs in advance.

Their relentless drive and "self-raised food and grass" certainly aroused resistance, and the Hungarians with their large numbers of horses were not easy to deal with on the vast plains.

Although this kind of resistance will never last long without external support, how can the Austrians sit idly by now? (to be completed)