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During the Battle of Vienna, it took a whole week for the Holy Roman Empire to gather reinforcements. After all, these reinforcements came from multiple forces. If they were not coordinated in advance, they would not be able to enter the battlefield at all.

Fortunately, because these reinforcements located near the Ottoman army attracted the opponent's attention, the opponent stopped attacking Vienna, giving the defenders in Vienna a chance to breathe.

Although during this preparation period, the Ottomans relied on their own advantage in numbers to launch multiple attacks. Not only did they prepare ten blasting points at a time, they even sent the most elite New Army troops to the front line in an attempt to capture the enemy before reinforcements arrived. Vienna.

But all these plans failed. The defenders, whose morale was boosted by the arrival of reinforcements, successfully fought back all Ottoman attacks.

Perhaps because the number of troops in hand was greater than the reinforcements and defenders combined, the Ottoman commander made a fatal decision before the final battle:

Divide the army into two parts, let the elite troops, including the new army, attack the city, while the cavalry and the newly arrived reserves are withdrawn to the camp for defense.

However, this approach of both sides wanting to take advantage caused both sides to be unable to take care of it. The city's defenders were greatly boosted in morale because they felt the decrease in artillery density, while the defense was stretched due to insufficient numbers.

In this case, the Ottoman Empire could only maintain a long but extremely shallow defense line. Considering the rugged terrain to the west and south of the city, the Ottomans did not build any fortifications and did not even bother to place basic anti-cavalry wooden fences. .

As a result, on the night of September 11, Sobieski led the Polish army to the ridgeline of Karen Mountain in the south of the city, and prepared at the same time as the German Allied Forces in the north.

Early the next morning, the German army launched the attack first. The Ottomans thought that the reinforcements would be gradually weakened by the dense fortifications, but they did not expect that the Saxon artillery would bravely drag the cannons close to fire.

These close-range artillery fire completely destroyed the Ottoman Empire defenders at several strongholds, and forced the empire's commander Grand Vizi to lead the Guards Corps around him into battle to maintain the front. As a result, the front line remained deadlocked until 11 o'clock in the morning.

Although the German army gradually removed the Ottoman strongholds one by one, it still seemed a long distance from the city of Vienna.

However, due to the fierce fighting of the Germans, all the Ottoman mobile troops were mobilized to the north and held back tightly. Therefore, when the Polish army crossed the ridge and launched an attack at 1 p.m., it hit the weak connection point of the Ottoman army.

This sudden attack completely disrupted the Ottoman operations, so at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Poles had broken through several layers of defensive lines and reached the edge of the Ottoman camp.

At this time, King Sobieski sent a company of winged cavalry as a suicide squad to test the strength of the Ottoman camp and prepare for the subsequent attack.

Although they knew that they would probably never return, these elite knights did not hesitate and braved the rain of bullets to launch a desperate assault on the Turkish camp.

They used traditional spears as their main weapons. The moment they approached the Turks, they lowered their spears, and then pierced the enemy's chest or abdomen with all their strength. The huge impact could sometimes pierce two enemy soldiers at once, leaving them stunned. The Ottomans had a broken liver and gallbladder.

Although these winged cavalry were extremely brave, due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, no more than 1/5 of the team returned in the end.

The harness that Liang En obtained was taken off the squadron leader's mount that the soldiers found when they were cleaning the battlefield after the war. As for the squadron leader's own body, it was nowhere to be found in the chaos.

Because of the fight to the death of this small force, Sobieski figured out the distribution of strength in the camp. Then he led a cavalry team composed of 3,000 winged cavalry and 6,000 dragoons and Cossacks to sweep across the entire camp and achieved the final victory.

Although from a historical perspective, King Sobieski of Poland, the Duke of Lorraine, the commander-in-chief of the Holy Roman Empire, and Staheimberg, the commander of the Vienna garrison, as well as the soldiers under their command, all made outstanding contributions, and the credit should be given to everyone. accounting for one-third.

But from a perceptual point of view, the way an elite cavalry crossed a ridge and swept an entire Ottoman army was even more dramatic. Therefore, this scene was repeated many times in later generations.

Whether it is the many remakes of the Battle of Vienna movie, or the charge launched by the Rohan cavalry to save the city when the Rohan cavalry assisted Gondor in "The Lord of the Rings" III, they all commemorate that assault that seemed to fall from the sky.

After figuring out the origins of the horse gear in the box, three black cards and one silver card appeared in his mind.

The three black cards are [Detection (N)], [Repair (N)] and [Appraisal (N)] each. It seems that this discovery is indeed of great historical value, so it can be said in one breath Expose these cards.

After briefly looking at the three cards that existed before, Liang En quickly focused on the newly appeared silver card.

[Winged Hussars Harness (SR): When the Hussars arrive on the battlefield - as "Winged Hussars" sings, if the Poles are called the Spear of God, then the Hussars are the sharpest of the Spears of God. Spear tip.

This set of horse equipment represents the spirit and soul of this powerful army, so this card can also bring some power to the holder of this army.

The item card, as long as you own this set of horse equipment, allows the user to designate up to 126 horses every week to have the same sense of control and bravery as a hussar horse, and adjust them to the best condition. This ability cannot be accumulated. 】

"This is my second item card." Liang En looked at the new card with a thoughtful expression, "But then again, this thing is absolutely a perfect match with the Kazan copper pot I got before. .”

After all, the reason why the Kazan copper cauldron was lost among the people was precisely because of the opponent's disastrous defeat at the gates of Vienna, so it would give people a special feeling when placed together with the horse gear of the hussars representing the victorious side.

That night, Liang En and the others enjoyed a meal with local characteristics, including cabbage soup. Krakow braised duck, pierogi and Viennese cheesecake. Interestingly, this kind of cheesecake with a layer of vanilla cream or chocolate on top is not more popular in Austria than in Poland.

The next day, several of them took a plane back to London. Then Liang En said goodbye to Pierce and Fan Meng at the airport and returned to Dublin.

But what Liang En didn't expect was that just when he was having dinner with his parents after carrying the loot home, he heard some incredible news from his mother.

"You said there was a young girl who came to me from France and found out that I was working in my ranch after temporarily leaving the country?" Liang En showed a surprised expression when his mother asked.

"Yeah, I think that little girl seems to have just grown up, and she even carries a photo of you." Liang En's mother said after putting a piece of braised pork ribs in his bowl. "When did you meet?"