Warlock Royal Family

"please wait for a moment."

Ladislaus was busy writing when Sarzastan came in.

"Please add this letter to the documents sent to Buda today." Ladislaus added his own letter of condolence to the pile of documents. This is a personal letter of condolence. "Spell casters are really too dangerous on the battlefield. What a pity, a promising young man. This is his first time participating in such a big battle. The first time is always the most dangerous. Accumulated two or three times After experience, it is not so easy to die, arcane is the strongest power, as long as it is used properly, it is enough to protect the caster, even on the battlefield where tens of thousands of people are fighting."

Although mages and warlocks often don't regard each other as the same kind, they can still talk about "the strongest arcane magic".

"At that time, Fugger went west with His Majesty the Emperor, and took away a large part of the elite of the Austrian Mages Association. Only Weidenfeller was left who could touch the seventh and eighth levels of the magic net. The fighting will of mages in some countries is very low, but such a large fault is really worrying.” Sazstein’s words were insincere, in fact, Weidenfeller’s death was not bad news for him. Assistant, Justice Hohenzollern, it will be difficult to prevent him from further controlling the Mages Association. [

For the time being, Ladislaus has nothing to do to prevent Szastan from expanding his power, but he has made up his mind to reserve the position of director of speculation for Justice Hohenzollern to take over.

Ten days after the Battle of Pest, Ladislaus got word of the great victory.The Austrian army is still on the Danube, maintaining a distance of about 25 kilometers from the Ottoman army.

The big win made him happy.But losing a high-level mage is still a great loss. Although the talent of the caster is hard to say, Weidenfeller seems to be very promising to become a "state", and this loss will affect the lack of spellcasters even more. His fighting spirit worried him.

"In any case, I still suggest moving some court mages from Vienna to Buda, and you should also consider staying in Buda." Sazastan didn't intend to pretend to be sad, and it was no secret that he had conflicts with the Hohenzollern faction , he also predicted that the eighth level magic net would be Weidenfeller's limit.

This evaluation from the most powerful spellcaster more or less affected Weidenfeller, so he wanted to get a breakthrough from the battlefield.And then died.

But Ladislaus obviously can't conflict with Szastan for such a small matter, because he needs Szastan very much now, not only in military affairs, but also in the issue of heirs, Ladislaus also needs Szastan Support to force Ana to compromise.

"The cost of rebuilding Buda is really too high." Ladislaus spent so much money to renovate Vienna, and he really can't make up his mind to abandon it. Although the current situation, it is difficult for the Ottomans to attack his territory. Heartbroken.But no one can say for sure. "After all, the problems of the Ottomans in the East will not necessarily expand."

The reasons for the Ottoman retreat are also clear. At first some Hungarians and Serbs who defected to Ladislaus brought vague news of a large-scale rebellion in the eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire.

Next, a Xingyue believer from Iraq who believed in Grazt as Allah brought the exact news that the Turkmen tribe in the eastern part of the Anatolian plateau launched a rebellion with the support of the Persian Empire and had destroyed the Ottomans in the east. The rule of the frontier even threatened the city of Ankara, the center of Ottoman rule in the east.

These Turkmen tribes, like the Persians, believed in Graz'zt, another great evil.And some warlike Turkmen tribes also played a big role in the change of Persian kingship, and the Turkmen in Persia have always had great influence.

So Suleiman had to deal with these enemies immediately lest the ruler of Persia should make up his mind to go to war openly in support of his fellow-citizens.

Through these traitors, Ladislaus not only knew the changes in distant Asia, but also knew the reality of the Ottoman army, including their extremely difficult supply status.

"The fate of the Habsburg family in the next 20 years depends on how much we can deal with the retreating Ottoman elite." Ladislaus did not follow Suleiman's retreat slowly. To see him off, he was waiting for an opportunity to severely damage the central army of the Ottoman Megatron Quartet subject.

Retreating in front of an enemy is a stressful military operation.In such a situation, an average commander would make a mistake.

"Under the interference of the River Fleet, they could not cross the Drava and Sava Rivers smoothly, and our army will win if they hit halfway." To face the western tributaries of the two Danube mentioned by Sazastan.

"It won't be that easy. The local officials of the Ottomans here must have raised quite a few ships, and we know nothing about the hydrological conditions and channel positions of the Drava River." In fact, the Jevich fleet The efficiency is declining as it goes south, and the hydrological conditions and channel position of this section of the main stream of the Danube are no longer within the reach of the Austrians' pre-war intelligence.

Moreover, Belgrade, which is located on the south bank of the mouth of the Sava River into the Danube, has a complete city defense. Its trebuchets blocked the river, which greatly reduced the deterrence of the Austrian River Fleet.

So although continuing to maintain this rhythm can make the Ottoman army more and more pressured and morale worse and worse, the best place for the decisive battle for the Austrians is the Drava River rather than the Sava River further south.

Of course, retreating in front of the enemy is still a very difficult tactical action, and Ladislaus will never let Suleiman leave easily. [

Suleiman and his advisers were well aware of Ladislaus' plans.

If they had somewhat expected the Austrians not to pursue them because the situation was unknown at the beginning, the Ottomans no longer expected the Austrians to stop their pursuit as the heretic in Baghdad surrendered to the enemy.

"It is too dangerous to retreat in front of the enemy. I suggest that our army divide the main force and return to the country to suppress the rebellion. I am willing to lead the army to stand firm. It is enough to give me a thousand Yeniseli new troops and [-] mobilized troops." At critical moments, Ibrahim Pasha showed his loyalty and bravery.

"It's better to divide it into two parts evenly. The Austrians can't handle 5 troops. His Majesty led [-] people back to China to deal with those heretics." An old general thought it was safer.

"No, the enemy has controlled the channel of the Danube River and lost the river transport. We can't supply the 5 troops on the enemy's land purely with civilians for a long time, not to mention the result of our army's failure once we split up the Austrians and launch a decisive battle. We can't afford it. A loss of 10 men.” There were too many peoples and beliefs in the Ottoman Empire, and a decisive defeat of [-] men would inspire many ambitions and more rebellions.

And obviously, once Suleiman leads half of the people to retreat, the remaining half will have great fear, and they will suspect that they have been abandoned by the monarch.

Since ancient times, such a division of troops has not failed to lead to a major defeat. It is very likely that the Ottoman army would collapse on its own without the Austrians attacking.

"The loss of 2 people is still too heavy." Said and Zhuo's objection was not to argue with Ibrahim Pasha. After all, the other party had already taken the initiative to undertake the dangerous task of dividing troops, which was actually the rear.

This man of noble blood has never faced such a critical situation in his life. This is also the commonality of most Ottoman officers. They have not been pushed to this point for a long time.

I can't make up my mind to survive with a broken arm.

"It's heavy, but the Ottoman Empire can still bear it. Your Majesty, I will resist on the north bank of the Drava River long enough for you to build a fortress between the Drava River and the Sava River that can delay the pursuit of the Austrians." Ibra Xin Pasha was interrupted by Suleiman in the middle of his words.

"No, we still have an advantage in military strength. As we continue to go south, our supply situation is also improving, while the enemy's supply situation is deteriorating. We will be able to return to Istanbul safely." Suleiman is determined to stick to it. (to be continued...)