Warlock Royal Family

() The day after Bolchi was captured, the Austrian army continued to advance eastward.

In terms of the direction of the advance, the Austrian high-level actually had quite different opinions. Frundsberg advocated directly pursuing the main force of the Ottoman Empire to the southeast.

Sarzastan, on the other hand, insisted on first pulling out Osijek, the largest city between the Drava and Sava rivers.

Osijek is not actually on the road of the army. It is not the ferry of the Sava River, but the ferry of the main stream of the Danube River. From there, it can only cross the Danube River eastward and cannot return to the Ottoman mainland. They didn't gather there, but just separated a division to defend.

The Austrian army can leave a wing to monitor Osijek, and then the main force will pursue the ferry directly to the southeast.

Therefore the Austrian army actually had to delay a day or two in order to capture the city.

While Ladislaus continued to ask the inland river fleet to maintain surveillance of the main force of the Ottoman army, he continued to move eastward to attack the important town of Osijek by the river.

Because under the current circumstances, the connection between the Austrian army and the fleet has become more difficult, and Ladislaus did not dare to chase after him, lest he suddenly bump into the enemy's army head-on in an open field.

The distance between Balchi and Osijek can be completed by riding a donkey for half a day if you are a single pedestrian.

If you start early in the morning, you can even have lunch in another city at noon.

But the operation of the army is not the same thing at all, dismantling the camp, burying the toilet, sending out the leader, and so on.

When it was time for lunch, the Austrians had not covered even a quarter of their journey.

"Suleiman temporarily replaced the guard of Osijek. Federtale has no prestige in the Ottoman army at all. General Papudonis from Greece sent an envoy, saying that he can open the south of Osijek for us. What do you guys think?" Ladislaus was more inclined to pursue directly, but at noon, a messenger who claimed to be a trusted confidant of the Greek general arrived.

The Austrian army only traveled a short distance to the east, and it would not waste much time if they went directly south.

Frenzberg managed to convince Ladislaus to go south last night with great difficulty, and now such a change made him very angry. "It is reasonable to rush directly to the ferry on the north bank of the Sava River. Don't say that we don't know whether this Greek general is reliable. Even if he really wants to rebel, it is not worth our changing the itinerary for him. We conquered Bolchi very quickly. Hurry up, only by going south quickly can we make full use of and expand the results of the battle, and going east is to chase after the end."

Sazastan is just the opposite. He is eager to avoid the option of going directly south: "Your Majesty, we must be cautious. Although we have captured part of Bolchi's stockpile, the efficiency of transporting food by land is extremely low. The soldiers' rations It has dropped to less than four taels of black bread per day, and we will not be able to transport supplies by water if we do not conquer Osijek. Is rushing to the front of the Ottoman army hungry and thirsty to die? "

"The Ottoman army is hungry and thirsty. We have information from the captives. Their condition is worse than ours!"

"But as we get closer to Belgrade, the enemy's supply situation has greatly improved, hasn't it?"

Logistics, this is the reason why Ladislaus is most afraid to go directly south. Even if the morale of Osijek's troops is low, it is suspicious to fight, but as long as they still exist.It will greatly reduce the supply efficiency of the Austrian army.

In fact, the Austrian army cannot rest far away from the Danube, and Ladislaus is even more inseparable from the Danube now. His supply situation has deteriorated sharply, and the army cannot be maintained without the river supply.

Moreover, the density of the enemy cavalry screen today has greatly exceeded the deployment on the north bank of the Delaware River.

Ladislaus thought this was a sign that the enemy was looking for a battle, and after hesitating for a while, he finally decided to camp on the spot and not leave.

Although both Szastan and Frenzberg were firmly opposed to the delay, Ladislaus demanded that the Greek general's intentions be ascertained first.At the same time, conduct reliable reconnaissance to the south before acting.

As he got farther and farther away from the Austrian mainland, Ladislaus had already achieved a lot of warring states. He did not immediately understand the fighters generated by the rapid fall of Bolch, but wanted to maintain profits and protect the country.

And after seeing Anna's tragic situation, he suddenly became less determined, and hesitated whether to continue chasing her.

There is no strong hand to sit in front of the sudden blow.The resistance of Yeniseli's new army can actually hurt Anna like this.

There is also the determination of the thousand Yeniseli soldiers on the north bank of the Drava River. The longer Ladislaus entangled with the enemy in front of him, the more he felt the power and cohesion of the Ottoman Empire.

The psychological pressure is huge, and the lunch is clear soup with little water and no meat.Ladislaus was a little distracted when he wrote the letter in the afternoon.

In his letter to Katharina, he used "Dear Mary" as the title. Fortunately, the attendant discovered this in time, otherwise it would be really ugly.

Now he reports the safety of the sisters Mary and Katharina the next day, and this order must not be mistaken.

Ladislaus put down his pen and stepped out of the tent to feel the sunshine after an afternoon.

Mary is now waiting for Katharina in Buda, and Ladislaus plans to hold a wedding with Katharina in Buda first, and then the newlyweds will be crowned together.

Although there is great opposition from Prague, Ladislaus has decided to be crowned "King of the United Kingdom of Austria and Hungary", completely depriving Bohemia of its du li status.

Hungary is only comforted by a name. In fact, this new country is purely based on Austria. The capital is Vienna. It does not recognize the du li of Hungary and Bohemia. Responsible, there is no second center.

Machiavelli suggested that the new country be referred to as the United Kingdom, which is quite good. Ladislaus felt that this name contained luck, and it was necessary to win it over.

Machiavelli wanted to stay in Vienna to take care of the overall situation, annexing so many territories at once, he had too much work to do.

Katharina will go to Buda to prepare for the ceremony in person.

Mary had assured Ladislaus in her most recent correspondence that she would not interfere and that she would give her full support to her sister in organizing the ceremony.

I don't know if it's because a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief. Ladislaus found that he was more passionate when writing letters to Mary, but he was a little absent-minded when writing letters to Katharina who was about to have a wedding.

Although Mary repeatedly mentioned in recent letters that Katharina would definitely not make a fuss even if she knew that her sister had stolen her man, and Ladislaus basically believed it, but Ladislaus was not worried about this.

The vast majority of queens will open their eyes and close their eyes to their husband's affairs.

Ladislaus actually had other small, secret, inhuman thoughts.

He didn't just expect that Katharina wouldn't make a scene, the little devil in his heart was painting a wonderful picture that couldn't be told to others.

Wrong headers can make a lady very angry, but Ladislaus has something to do with a little bit of audacity to mention in the letter that "Mary and I get along very well".

I wonder if Mary will help?The correspondence between their sisters must have been very frequent recently.

The routine affairs were all left to Frenzberg and Sazastan, and Ladislaus, who led tens of thousands of Austrian troops to pursue the tens of thousands of Ottoman troops, was distracted in the afternoon sun.

Fortunately, Ladislaus' untimely distraction lasted less than five minutes. <Dreams were disturbed by new worries before they had time to fully unravel. It is already late autumn and early winter. Although the weather is beautiful and there has been no torrential rain this year, the road may become muddy and difficult to walk due to heavy rain at any time. The course of the Danube will also change.

As if these worries weren't enough, the attendant suddenly sent an urgent military situation.

"Your Majesty, a large group of enemy cavalry appeared in the southeast! The distance is eleven kilometers." The rear troops separated by the Ottoman army pulled the Austrian army back from the direction of Osijek.

Maybe they cross the river directly, and the Austrian army will be delayed in Osijek for two days, and then it may be too late to pursue them. Compared with the rear cavalry sent, Osijek's Federtale and his servants are smaller losses. .

"Get closer and judge the number of enemies." Ladislaus jumped up suddenly, driving the pair of royal sisters and worries about logistics out of his mind.

The cavalry battle has lasted for several months, and if it was a small-scale enemy, it would never be reported to Ladislaus.

Could it be that the Ottoman brigade approached?

Ladislaus soon saw Frenzberg and Sarzastan in the temporary command post, and the Austrian army had been mobilized.

"Are you acting according to the predetermined plan?" Although the response has been discussed countless times, Frundsberg still needs to confirm it again.

"If it is indeed the vanguard of the enemy's brigade, then the cavalry will resist steadily, and the brigade will move towards Bolch." After so long, Ladislaus certainly will not accept a decisive battle now.

As long as the Ottoman army maintains the most basic organization, Ladislaus will not dare to put his field army into a desperate decisive battle, and the opponent's tactical advantage may still move back to a strategic disadvantage.

He can't afford to lose.

Once he loses this field army, everything Austria gained this autumn will disappear like a dream. This is certain, and it is doubtful whether he can keep Austria's mainland.

Now the Ottoman Empire is obviously unable to control Hungary. It is very good to be able to severely damage the enemy's field army, but it is not worth taking the risk of a battle, eating the opponent's broken troops one bite at a time, and then when the opponent crosses the river or collapses due to lack of food. Jumping is Ladislaus' favorite position.

As for whether the enemy has a strong recovery ability and whether they will make a comeback soon, this is after all a matter for the future.

No matter how much Bohemia and Hungary can be absorbed in a short period of time, Ladislaus will be even stronger in the next contest.

So the Austrian army immediately began preparations to retreat. . . )

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