The Eagle of Eastern Europe

"In that case, I won't bother you any more. We will leave tomorrow morning. Please do as you please."

The messenger left the meeting place, and the parliamentarians finally began to breathe deeply. They were so nervous just now.

As soon as they said entering Switzerland, they knew it was nonsense. It would be faster to enter Venice. They came here to demonstrate and ask them not to act rashly.

"God, please bless your people."

The parliamentarians could only pray, praying that the alliance would win, otherwise it would be over.

While Brandenburg and England were pushing for the attack, the Roman army was on standby in Dalmatia, preparing to head north to Vienna.

At this time, Hungary also began to join the increasingly lively situation. Queen Mary used the excuse of revenge for Prince Bozzoni to attack Austria with the whole country's troops. The future king of Hungary, Lajos, led the troops as the commander-in-chief.

At this time, Hungary had recovered its original state after recuperation and obtained a lot of resources through trade with Rome. Now Hungary can be said to be strong and powerful, so it sent 60,000 troops to attack Austria.

"Your Highness, we will be in Vienna soon."

Lajos looked ahead and then at the map. "This time, the joint attack on Vienna with Rome has a high probability of success. But we must hold out for a month so that the Roman army in the south can come here."

Lajos didn't know why the Roman army came from Dalmatia. Wouldn't it be faster to enter Hungary along the Danube?

"Your Highness, someone is coming."

"Huh?"

Lajos wondered who could come here, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, brother. I didn't expect you to have started to lead the army."

Alexander gave Lajos a big hug, and this sudden surprise made him feel happy.

"Aren't you traveling with your wife? Why are you here?"

"We went to Buda, and heard that you were going to Vienna, so we came here to see you."

Alexander went to Athens, Smyrna, then to Constanta and Belgrade, and then to Hungary these days.

"By the way, you are not married yet, right?"

"You don't have to worry about that!"

The two chatted and laughed here, and the army did not stop and continued to walk towards Vienna.

Austria naturally knew the news of Hungary's attack. Albrecht could only gather troops in Vienna and then ask other princes for help.

The Elector of Bavaria and the Elector of the Palatinate sent Gallas to lead nearly 20,000 infantry into Austria. They loudly declared that "this time the army came to help Austria and repel the invaders." But the Austrian people still felt nervous. They hid in the city, closed the city gates, and strengthened their vigilance.

Gallas tried his best to restrain the troops. Although there were still some soldiers looting the property of the villages outside the city, the military discipline of his army was generally good, which greatly relieved the top leaders of various cities.

After entering Austria, Gallas sent envoys to enter the city of Linz first and made a request to them: the army wanted to establish a relatively long-term camp in Austria.

Leopold, who was in charge of Upper Austria, said tactfully: Bavaria was an ally of Upper Austria and had provided great help, but if they agreed to Bavaria's request, Hungary would probably misunderstand that Linz had joined the war, so they had to refuse.

Gallas made this request, in fact, just to test the other party's attitude, so he was not angry when he received a rejection. Instead, he patiently asked the returning messenger. The attitude and reaction of everyone present at the time made him feel at ease.

A few days later, Gallas's army entered Vienna. Albrecht warmly welcomed their arrival, and a day later he convened a military meeting of the alliance, and the generals who joined the alliance expressed their opinions.

Many people suggested that they should take advantage of Vienna and hoard heavy troops in the city to defend against the attack of the Hungarian army. The Hungarians' attack consumed a lot of materials, which was not conducive to long-term combat. If they failed to conquer the enemy for a long time, they would inevitably choose to cease fire and seek peace in the end.

But some generals objected. They believed that the Hungarian army was no longer the same as it was before. They also had the excuse of revenge for the prince, and Romania had become its ally. If the coalition did not take the initiative to attack but passively defended, the Hungarians would definitely attack other parts of Austria or ask for help from the Romanians.

After both sides expressed their opinions, Albrecht spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of the alliance is to repel the invading Hungary and Romania and ensure the freedom and security of each territory. If we only defend Vienna, it is equivalent to giving up other places. This is not only contrary to the original intention of the alliance, but also will make those who join the alliance complain to each other and destroy unity. Therefore, I advocate that we should not waste time, but should lead the coalition out of the city immediately, quickly fight with the Hungarian army and defeat it."

He put his hands on his waist, looked down at the generals in the meeting hall, and announced loudly: "If you disagree with my opinion, or keep arguing and wasting time, then I will lead the army and go east alone to fight a decisive battle with the Hungarian army!"

Albrecht's words were like a stone thrown into a deep pool. While stirring up waves, they also received a positive response from the religious generals: "We will follow the army to attack the Hungarians!"

Gallas glanced at the young and vigorous Grand Duke, then looked around at everyone and said in a steady tone: "I agree that the coalition should seize the time to take the initiative and seek a decisive battle with the Hungarian army, but at the same time, we must also do two things.

The first is that we immediately send envoys to other places to persuade them to join us immediately and fight against Hungary together. Now that the coalition has the upper hand, it is very likely that they will turn to us, after all, Hungary is an outsider. If it succeeds, it will enhance the strength of the coalition and provide greater convenience for us to fight in Hungary and other places.

The second is to keep getting information, especially from Romania. All the spies in Constantinople should be mobilized to get first-hand information. If all goes well, we can not only defeat the Hungarian army, but also pursue the victory and take back the crown of Hungary."

For the first two suggestions, most of the generals agreed. Instead of defending Vienna, they went out of the city to fight, trying to win by courage. The citizens didn't know what the result would be, so they all went to the cathedral to pray for them.