Chapter 266 Defeat Vienna
The battlefield on the southern front was defeated, and there was no need to defend the battlefield on the northern front. All five cities on the northern front were immediately abandoned, and all their troops were shrinking near the central city of Vienna. A new line of defense was built based on the mountains and rivers around Vienna.
After the Saxon Legion helped the Prussian Legion conquered the defense line, it marched directly along the vast plains and headed straight to Vienna, the central city of the Habsburg Dynasty, leaving the Prussian Legion directly behind.
In fact, General Ike's intelligence was not problematic. Until now, neither the Principality of Saxony nor the Principality of Prussia was united, and they still maintained an independent relationship with each other.
But after the war begins, as time passes day by day and spring is coming, the land needs to be sown, and the supply of food will gradually become tight.
Moreover, as the river thaws, the combat effectiveness of the Saxony Cavalry will be greatly weakened. When fighting in places blocked by rivers, the cavalry really cannot play its full role.
Therefore, Duke Billon was getting more and more anxious. At this time, Duke Friedrich, of the Hohenzollern family, contacted him and proposed to sign a temporary contract directly on both sides, allowing his cavalry to assist the Prussian army on the southern line and break through the defense line of the Habsburg Legion, and both sides did not invade each other.
Duke Billon refused this proposal at the beginning. After all, both of them started the battle for the emperor's position, but in the end there was only one person who could become the emperor, so there would eventually be some conflicts between them.
However, this problem was solved by Duke Friedrich's words. Duke Friedrich suggested that either side of the two sides would first conquer Vienna and enter the city, and that the other side would have to surrender.
With this sentence as a guarantee, Duke Billon agreed happily, knowing that his troops were all cavalry, and he had never heard of infantry being faster than cavalry.
According to Duke Billon's idea, it was easy for him to break through Vienna, and he just needed to arrive at the battlefield first.
So as soon as the battle on the southern front ended, Duke Billon led his troops to charge, and the Eagle Feather Cavalry swept across the ground, like a craze drowning towards Vienna.
At the same time, the Saxony cavalry who remained on the northern front of Duke Billon also began to pounce towards Vienna. He made up his mind to enter Vienna first.
The Prussian army that was left behind had no intention of being anxious. Under the order of Keilos, all the soldiers cleaned the battlefield without panic, and at the same time took sufficient rest. After a long time of procrastination, the vanguard of the army began to drive towards Vienna.
In the Prussian camp, Keiros faced the military sandbox and looked at the complex terrain surrounding Vienna. He showed a cold smile on his face and whispered: "Haha, it's indeed a reckless man. Let you consume the remaining power of Habsburg for me first. When you are finished, I will clean up the mess."
There were a few scattered pieces of paper on the ground next to the military sandbox. If Duke Billon was present, he would have recognized that these pieces were the temporary agreement signed by him and Duke Friedrich.
After the agreement was signed, it was sent to Keilos, but Keilos just glanced twice and tore it to pieces.
In fact, he was not prepared to abide by this agreement at all, and he also understood that Duke Friedrich would never give up his position as emperor, so the Duke himself must have thought so.
What is the first to enter the city is king? This is just a bait used to lure Duke Billon to take the bait. Even if Duke Billon enters Vienna first, the Prussian Legion will never admit this.
What they had to do was to use the Duke of Billon to consume the last remaining power of Habsburg. Anyway, no matter who wins first, the remaining side will inevitably be extremely weak.
At that time, with the tens of thousands of troops of the Prussian Legion, there is no need to care about what agreements and agreements, and just eliminate all the rebels. In the end, the winner will eventually belong to Hohenzollern, and history has always been written by the winners.
When the Prussian Legion began to operate, the Eagle Feather Legion led by Duke Billon had approached the mountains near Vienna, and the forward could even vaguely hear the music in the city.
But before they stepped into the city, what they faced was the line of defense formed by the Habsburg army.
Only 10,000 soldiers were left to defend the city, and the rest were mobilized by General Ike to the south on the defense line. In addition to the defenders left in the city of Vienna, General Ike once again gathered 40,000 soldiers to block the necessary path to Vienna.
The Eagle Feathers arrived too quickly, and the Habsburg defense line had not been fully established, but they were enough to withstand the attack of the Saxon Iron Cavalry just by virtue of their favorable terrain and number of people.
Duke Billon was also very enthusiastic at the beginning and just wanted to invade the city as soon as possible without thinking too much.
At this moment, when he came to the front line of the battlefield and saw the shadowy Habsburg soldiers in front of him, Duke Billon finally woke up a little and did not rush to launch an attack.
At this moment, his uncle, Minister Se, of the Principal of Saxony, sent him a letter to prevent him from taking the lead in launching the attack and explaining to him the interests.
Duke Billon was not a brainless person either. He immediately realized the key point. After thinking about it, he did not rush to attack. He simply led his troops to the north and gathered his troops in one place.
In the beginning of spring, the logistics supply of food has begun to become tense, but there are a large number of important grain-producing areas near Vienna. There are also many granaries among the five cities abandoned by the Habsburg defenders in the north. Relying on these granaries, the Saxony Legion was able to hold on for a long time.
Therefore, Duke Billon was no longer in a hurry to attack, but simply stationed near Viana and watched the situation change quietly.
The warm wind blew the earth like a pair of gentle palms, softening the cold and hard land.
The green and tender grass buds burst out from the ground from the broken soil. The geese returning north fell on the banks of the Danube River, and the sound of the sound of the sound was melodious and pleasant, as if they were singing.
On the river surface where the geese stayed, a piece of floating ice swam down along the water flow, gradually shattering in the continuous collision with the river bank, turning into tiny ice and disappearing on the river surface.
The time the sunlight stayed on the earth became longer and longer, and the soldiers had pulled out a layer of cotton coats placed in their armor, and their movements became more relaxed.
Chapter completed!