The Rise of the European Emperor

People are not the same, and in the same way rebels are not the same as rebels. The "Poor Conrad" peasant uprising army in Württemberg lacked professional officers, so it was difficult to form a strong combat effectiveness even if it had a large number of people. Therefore, in the face of the official army, it will collapse at the touch of a button.

The Hungarian peasant uprising army is completely different, because the Hungarian peasant uprising army has a group of professional officers. At the beginning, in order to form the Crusade, the Holy See invited Dorao George and a group of noble-born middle and lower-level military officers of the Hungarian Kingdom to be the leaders of the Crusade. And these officers, although there are no famous generals, they all have relatively professional military qualities. Perhaps, they lack the experience of commanding thousands of troops, but the basic skills are relatively solid.

No, after capturing Szeged, an important town in southern Hungary, it was used as a base to grow its strength and serve as a capital to fight against the Kingdom of Hungary.

Why did Dorao George choose Szeged in the south as the base camp against the Kingdom of Hungary? In addition to the rich property and various supplies in this important town, there are many herdsmen nearby, which is also an important reason for him to come here.

The Kingdom of Hungary is somewhat similar to the Ukrainian region, and its southern regions, like southern Ukraine, are threatened by a powerful pagan regime. Southern Ukraine was threatened by the Crimean Khanate, while southern Hungary was threatened by the more powerful Ottoman Turkey.

Of course, although the enemy is stronger, Hungary's counterattack capability is much stronger than that of Ukraine. The main reason is that Ukraine is a remote area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is unwilling to invest too much in confrontation with the Crimean Khanate.

The Kingdom of Hungary is different, they cannot back down, and backing down means the fall of their hometown. Therefore, although the enemy is stronger, the Kingdom of Hungary protects its territory much better than Ukraine.

But in any case, because the southern region was threatened by the powerful Ottoman Turkey, the local Hungarians could not farm with peace of mind, so they had to maintain the tradition of the Magyars - nomadic. Once encountering a large-scale invasion by the Turks, the herdsmen in southern Hungary will flee with their livestock...

Therefore, the Hungarian Great Plains, near the border in the south, are dominated by herdsmen. Only in the safer northern region is the main agricultural area. If it weren't for the great threat of Ottoman Turkey, maybe the huge Hungarian Great Plain would become the top granary in Europe.

The reason why Dorao George came to the south with his army was because he took a fancy to the large number of herdsmen in the southern region. Among these nomads he could recruit many hussars...

The fact is also the same. After he brought 20,000 people from the two groups of people and horses to the southern plains, he quickly formed a powerful army of more than 50,000 people through half-fudge and half-forced methods. There are as many as 30,000 light cavalry composed of herdsmen alone.

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Dorao George also encountered a very embarrassing problem - too many people, insufficient military rations...

In the southern part of Hungary near Szeged, due to the threat of Ottoman Turkey, a large number of grain fields have not been reclaimed. As a result, local food production is insufficient. To maintain a large-scale cavalry, a lot of food is needed, and grass alone is not enough.

Due to insufficient food, Dorao George had to stop recruiting cavalry after recruiting 30,000 cavalry. If there is enough food, maybe he will recruit tens of thousands of cavalry.

Due to the shortage of food and grass, Dorao George had to lead his army northward. However, at this time, the official army prepared by Vladislas II to suppress the uprising was also in place...

When Dorao George's army began to go northward to the grain-producing areas in northern Hungary, Vladislas II had ordered about 7,000 troops of the Hungarian nobles from Pest to station in Dorao. George's army needed to go north. The traffic artery that passes through - Kecskemét, an important town between the Danube and Tisza rivers.

This is the main road for Dorao George's army to go north. Although the Hungarian plain is vast, it is also the most important transit point from Szeged north to Pest. Moreover, the coalition forces of 7,000 nobles are stationed in Kecskemet, and the army of Dorao George dare not go around and go north easily...

why? Because if Dorao George's army goes north regardless, and encounters the interception of Marin's army, Polish hussars, and the main official army composed of the Bohemian army, then this Kecskemét The coalition of 7,000 nobles is likely to attack from behind, making the peasant uprising army suffer from the enemy.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Dorao George had to stop and sent a large army to besiege Keci Kemetxian. Anyway, there are only 7,000 people in the city of Kecskemet, and Dorao George's main force has more than 50,000 people.

Moreover, capturing those Hungarian nobles in the city is very conducive to the negotiations between the rebel army and the Hungarian court...

Therefore, whether it was for the safety of his back or for the nobles in the coalition of seven thousand nobles, Dorao George hoped to capture Kecskemet and capture the nobles in the city as prisoners.

In fact, as a low-ranking military officer of the Hungarian Kingdom who was born as an aristocrat, Dorao George has the advantage of being knowledgeable about military affairs, but he also has a big disadvantage—like Song Jiang, Dorao George very much hopes to be recruited...

Of course, Dorao George didn't want to be a court official like Song Jiang, but hoped that with the tens of thousands of people in his hand, he could become a duke of the Kingdom of Hungary and get a large fiefdom. Even where the fief is, he has already figured it out - Szeged is the only one...

In order to achieve this goal, if he can capture the hundreds of nobles in the coalition of seven thousand nobles in the city, he will not be far from success.

Even, Dorao George still has an ambition in his heart, that is - if he can win the support of the Hungarian nobles like Matthias I, he may not be able to covet the Hungarian throne...

At the beginning, Matthias I had no royal blood. However, because of the support of the Hungarian nobles, Matthias I was elected King of Hungary at the age of 14. Then, the famous "Black Army" was formed, across Central Europe, beating Vladislas II and Maximilian I's father, Frederick III, who couldn't take care of himself, and grabbed a large area of ​​territory, even Vienna is taken. If Matthias I had not married the wrong wife and failed to give birth to a legal son, God knows what the situation in Europe is now.

As a son of a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary, Matthias I was the idol in Dorao George's heart. According to the experience of Matthias I, Dorao George understood that if he wanted to become the second of Matthias I, he had to capture the Hungarian nobles who guarded the city of Kecskemet. Then, force them to claim themselves as kings. No matter how bad it is, they have to admit that they are the Duke of Szeged...

But he didn't know that the more than one hundred nobles of the Hungarian Kingdom in Kecskemét were actually bait deliberately left to him by Vladislas II.

Vladislas II could guess some of Dorao George's thoughts, so he deliberately sent the noble coalition troops to station in Kecskemet. Not for anything else, just to hold back Dorao George's army. Because, at this time, the main force of the Hungarian government army is trying its best to encircle and suppress the rebel army in the northern mountainous area...

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