"Hmph! Eugen! It's all the fault of that useless Viscount Tarik. I betrayed Pigaard to help him, but he was defeated by you. But this time, don't try to escape from me easily."

As he said that, Francis's face became gloomy. He looked at the Earl of Choliz beside him, lowered his voice and said, "You have been doing low-key in the city these days, and then help me secretly contact Duke Billon..."

......

As time passed, after the Vettelsbach family, the Welf family in Hannover and the federal nobles in the southwest also arrived in Vienna.

For a time, Vienna actually gathered nearly 200,000 soldiers, which can be said to be powerful and the power of the royal family has become unprecedentedly powerful.

These belated reinforcements expressed concern and apologies to Charles VI. On the one hand, they cared about Charles VI's body and expressed congratulations to Charles VI's mind to wake up. On the other hand, they were quite self-blame and were upset that they did not participate in the Vienna Guards.

Charles VI naturally forgave these nobles generously and held a grand welcome banquet. He also chatted and laughed throughout the banquet and was extremely dignified.

When those nobles saw Charles VI like this, they immediately dispelled their doubts. There was no doubt that Charles VI really woke up, and the authority of His Majesty the Holy Roman Emperor rose to the peak again.

With so many troops gathered, Charles VI certainly would not waste this opportunity. After the banquet, he ordered all coalition forces to continue to advance, and divided his troops into two directions to approach the two great Duchess of Saxony and Prussia.

Since you have won the victory, you will naturally gain something. In order to get the greatest benefit, of course, you have to wait until the army is at the city before negotiating with the two big families.

Charles VI was the emperor and could not go out in person, so he appointed General Ike as the commander of the coalition forces attacking Prussia, and he was responsible for negotiating with the Hohenzollern family to discuss the war reparations.

On the other hand, Charles VI wanted Eugen to take charge of the coalition commander of the attack on Saxony, but at this time, an emergency news came from the Po River defense line. Eugen had to politely decline this task and prepare to rush to the Po River defense line to continue to block the cause of the Black Death.

Being the commander of the coalition may have a lot of benefits, but compared to the fact that blocks the Black Death, it is not worth mentioning. Once the Black Death spreads on the continent, the losses caused are by no means comparable to war reparations.

There was a priority in matters, and Charles VI naturally understood this, so he did not insist, allowing Eugen to say goodbye and leave, and at the same time, he allowed Francis to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces attacking Saxony.

After all, Francis has an army of 30,000, so it is very suitable for him to take this position.

In addition, Charles VI was not unaware that Francis was interested in Maria. It can be imagined that in order to win Maria's favor, he would do his best to win the benefits of Habsburg in the negotiations with Saxony. This is also an important reason why Charles VI feel assured to let him serve as commander.

As for the specific requirements of the negotiations, Charles VI only mentioned one thing, that is, no matter what, the two big families must sign the 1713 state edict and agree to Maria to inherit the throne!

The coalition forces stayed in the Vienna area for a few days and then headed directly towards Berlin and Dresden. At the speed of the army's advance, they could approach these two cities within half a month at the latest. After the army was approaching, the contract would not take too long.

......

As time entered mid-March, the temperatures were warming up everywhere on the European continent. Farmers took off their cotton coats and walked into the fields to start a busy year.

Spring is a good season for most people, but the soldiers guarding the Po River defense line have tasted the pain brought by spring for the first time.

The weather suddenly warmed up, and the originally suppressed diseases became active. As the temperature rose, animals such as mice that were prone to disease increased their activity, which greatly increased the possibility of infection.

When Eugen was fighting with the enemy in Vienna, the disease had already shown signs of rising. New patients began to appear among the people living in the defense line. Although the number was not large, it seemed to be a sign that a disaster was coming.

Pirantz, a witch doctor who was guarding the Pohe defense line, has used all the means he can use, but the situation is still getting worse and worse. The number of people who fell ill gradually increases and gradually begins to move towards the brink of losing control.

This time the disease began to appear directly from the internal isolation area, and the frontier area became a decoration. Pirantz could not even speculate on the source of the disease, and the disease seemed to appear out of thin air.

As time went by, as the situation worsened, Pirantz knew that he was powerless, so he hurriedly sent a letter to notify Eugen, asking Eugen to return to the Po River defense line to prevent and control the epidemic.

After receiving the letter, Eugen immediately handled all matters in Vienna and set off for the Po River defense line.

Anyway, the overall situation in Vienna is now settled, and he will not do much if he stays there, and even if he leaves, it will not cause any bad effects.

This time, Eugen traveled lightly and took only Simon and ten Dragon Horsemen, and all the other soldiers were handed over to Allen, who was responsible for bringing the troops back to the city of Lebour.

As for Maria and Margaret, they stayed in Vienna. They had a lot of concern in Vienna, and it was indeed inconvenient to leave now. Moreover, Leber City has entered a period of stable development, and with Parma and Allen alone, it is enough to handle most of the things.

After leaving Vienna, Eugen rushed to the Pohe defense line day and night, riding war horses all the way forward. Every time they advanced about 100 kilometers, the war horses were exhausted and could not continue to rush, so they changed a batch of new war horses at the local inn to continue to move forward at full speed, not daring to delay for a moment.

This way of traveling is extremely fast. Even if Vienna is very far away from the Po River defense line, they can guarantee to arrive at their destination within three days.

However, Eugen didn't know that his crazy behavior of traveling around had accidentally allowed him to escape a disaster.

It turned out that Francis had secretly contacted Duke Billon and organized a team of cavalry to secretly murder Eugen, but he did not expect that Eugen escaped in this way.

With Eugen and his team of travelers, it was impossible for the cavalry under Duke Billon to catch up, and in the end they had no choice but to give up.

After learning the news, Francis was so angry that he smashed all the fragile items in his tent, but in the end he had no choice but to accept the facts, put the matter behind his head, and began to concentrate on handling the negotiations with Saxony.
Chapter completed!