In the second half of the night, Eugen and his friends arrived at the Graz Castle along the way and took a temporary rest in the city.

The entire team has been in contact for hundreds of kilometers, and now it is time to have to rest.

There were no garrisons in the city. This place was already under the control of the Habsburg family in Vienna. As early as before the war began, the garrisons in the city had already entered the Habsburg coalition with their lords being recruited.

At present, some of the security in the city are only maintained by more than 100 city moats, all of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their combat effectiveness is very limited.

Fortunately, the people here are simple. Even during the war, there were not many people in the city making trouble, and they still lived their own lives conscientiously.

For these people, the alternating replacement of noble lords seems to be a very distant thing. No matter which viscount or earl is the commander, life still has to go on. The only visible influence is probably the change in tax rates.

Graz is a medium-sized city with a permanent population of about 20,000. The wars over the past few days have not affected this place, so the city generally seems to have not changed much.

Because it is close to the cotton-producing area, the textile industry here is relatively developed, producing various cotton and linen products, and a small amount of velvet and silk cloth are produced. Coarse cotton and linen are used by civilians, while precious velvets are purchased in large quantities by the government and sent to the hands of nobles from all over the country.

In the middle of the night, Eugen was worried that he could not fall asleep, so he came to the street for a walk alone.

The moonlight is as clear as water, covering the entire city. There is no one on the stone-paved streets. The brick and tiled houses on both sides separate the moonlight, forming uneven shadows on the ground.

The early spring night still has some chills. The cool breeze blows on my face. Eugen narrows his eyes slightly, and his originally anxious mood gradually calms down.

The change in the battle situation in Vienna completely exceeded Eugen's expectations, and he greatly underestimated the determination of the two families of Vetina and Hohenzollern.

Originally, Eugen thought that his capture of the Lebre region would have some deterrent to these two big families, curb their offensive in the Vienna region, and delay some time.

When the sowing season comes, the two big families will fight for too long, and the supply of materials will inevitably become a big problem. At that time, their battle situation will be self-defeating.

As a result, the two big families did not take him seriously at all. They seemed to see through Eugen's strong and powerful outside, and their troops gathered in the Pohe defense line and could not be withdrawn. Therefore, they launched a bold attack and directly penetrated Vienna's first line of defense.

After that, as Charles VI regained his mind, the two big families were even more anxious and suppressed all their troops, trying to break through Vienna and capture the Habsburg family's palace.

The battle situation took only a very short time to develop from a stalemate to this point, and the situation continued to turn, which was so fast that it was hard to react.

It was already very fast that Eugen was able to gather soldiers and arrive in Vienna in such a short period of time. The reason why it was so urgent was, on the one hand, because of his loyalty to the royal family, and on the other hand, it was naturally because of Princess Maria.

After all, he is now besieged in Vienna, but Princess Maria's biological father, Maria was so excited that she burst into tears when she heard that her father had recovered from his mind. She almost fainted with joy.

As a result, before he could wait long to be happy, he suddenly received news that Vienna was besieged and the royal family was in crisis. Now Maria really fainted, but she was scared.

When she woke up, she cried and shouted that she would rush back to Vienna to rescue her father, and ordered Allen to immediately rectify the army.

Maria was the princess and half of the city lord of Leber City. Alan did not dare to disobey, so he gathered the army in advance and prepared to set off at any time.

Just then, Eugen also led Simon and the Dragon Horse army back to Leber City from the Po River defense line. Now, Eugen's main forces were all gathered together, and he led the team directly to Vienna.

Maria originally said that she would follow the team to set out with the team. In the end, Eugen and the others moved out the reason given by the prince, asking Maria to take the overall situation into consideration, which convinced her.

Thinking of Maria's sad and hopeful expression before leaving, Eugen felt his heart beside him. If Charles VI cannot successfully rescue him this time, he would not know how to go back to face Maria.

As he thought about it, Eugen sighed and sat down on a stone pier in the corner of the wall ahead. His strength was still too weak after all. Whether he was involved in it at the battlefield of 100,000 people was insignificant.

"Oh, fuck, if I had an atomic bomb, I would throw him one of Hohenzollern's troops, and see if he dares to come and show off with me again."

Eugen complained helplessly, and then leaned dejectedly on the stone wall behind him. The coldness spread from the stone wall to his body, cooling down his mind that became drowsy due to anxiety.

The situation is already very clear. In fact, now he has atomic bombs, even if there are a few Italian cannons and hundreds of shells, he can send all the Prussian troops back to his hometown.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the five hundred new muskets under his command, even if each of them had infinite bullets, it would not be possible to block Hohenzollern's army.

What's more, in order to speed up the journey, everyone in the Longxiong Army only brought fifty rounds of ammunition.

After all, there were only 25,000 bullets. Even if his troops were sharpshooters, they could only kill a quarter of the enemies. There were still far more enemies left than them, and they could easily break through the city walls of Vienna.

Eugen raised his head tiredly, trying to appreciate the moonlight above his head, but unfortunately a small flag from the tailor's shop happened to be inserted on the stone wall above his head. The flag fluttered in the night wind, disturbing the quiet moon to peace.

"Damn it, break the flag, I will take you down sooner or later!" Eugen cursed softly, but did not get up to take action. He is exhausted physically and mentally and has no time to compete with a flag.

He understood that the most critical point now was not his, but the reinforcements that could not arrive in time.

The reinforcements of the Vettelsbach family, the Welf family's reinforcements and the joint army in the southwest region, as long as these troops arrive, the crisis in Vienna will be resolved, no matter how strong the two big families are, they will never be able to defeat such a large number of troops.

Ultimately, we need to find a way to move all the reinforcements here.
Chapter completed!