Ladislaus's eyes fell on Horthy.

The Hungarian Duke felt the pressure was increasing. He knew what his new boss meant. If he wanted to retreat, Ladislaus might as well have stayed in Bratislava.

Ladislaus's funding of Mary and a series of previous actions showed that his ambitions were far beyond what a Bohemian electorate could satisfy. The army along the Danube showed that he was not trying to divide the Soviet Union.

A little leftover from Lyman.

The new boss has a really big appetite, and he needs someone to support his adventurous plans.

This is a great opportunity to do what the king wants!

Although Horthy was extremely afraid of the Ottoman army, as a courtier who could win the favor of Louis II, his integrity could be completely eliminated when necessary.

It is already his instinct to speak according to the monarch's thoughts.

But after getting a little excited, he suddenly realized something.

Horthy's passion only showed its light and was extinguished by the cruel reality.

The look in Ladislaus's eyes made him groan inwardly. He was really not qualified to go against all the big shots in Austria and the queen.

In recent days, Jones' political scrutiny is not just for people with unknown origins. Even high-level officials with clear roots like him have been questioned many times. The only difference in treatment is to show respect for him. Asking about his work is done by Jones.

Implement it personally, although this so-called respect is really hard for him to bear.

The accompanying properties were all inventoried, and many Ottoman spies were arrested for using spellcasting materials that did not match their identities and sophisticated weapons of unknown origin.

Although weapons and rare objects of any value cannot be regarded as abnormal given the status of the Horthy family, Jones' men still searched for them seriously.

After all, there was an agent who was discovered for possessing pagan scriptures. The devout Xingyue believer was burned to ashes along with his clothes with the prophet's sermons and praises embroidered on the inside.

The relationships in the family are also recorded, as the backbone of a large family. In the future, if someone in the branch defectes to the Ottoman Empire, it will become a weapon for political enemies.

And the women at home were still dancing in his ears, complaining about this and that. The eldest sister-in-law was actually dissatisfied with the small house. Didn't she see that other Hungarians could only sleep in tents?

But his eldest brother had just died. Those fires were too torturous. It was not appropriate for him to be too harsh on his eldest sister-in-law, so he could only try his best to satisfy her.

Moreover, the elder sister-in-law insisted on participating in the public burning after all. Although the women in the family were made mentally weak, after Lord Horthy explained, they all understood that if they did not participate at this time, they would be more suspicious.

All this treatment has clearly reminded him that he will be a second-class citizen from now on.

Therefore, although the Austrian ministers do not want to be shameless sycophants, at this time it is not his turn to be the sycophant who pleases the monarch.

Second class citizens are so pathetic.

Ladislaus felt a pity when he saw the fire in Horthy's eyes flashing and extinguishing. He really expected someone to come up with a different opinion.

From the history that Li Di knew, the Ottoman Empire did not immediately occupy all of Hungary because of this victory, but only gained a bridgehead.

Although that's all he knew. The details were unclear.

But this shows that there must be an opportunity.

In fact, after another fifteen years of melee between the Habsburgs and Szaborai, Suleiman made a comeback and defeated the exhausted two sides at once, completely controlled Central Hungary, and forced Szauborany and His heirs surrendered.

It is worth mentioning that Shao Borayi, who is now nearly thirty years old, does not have a son yet.

He is now the only surviving member of Hungary's ancient Szoborai family. His only brother used to stay in Buda and also participated in the Battle of Mohács and died there.

After looking around, Ladislaus was convinced that he still had to wait a little longer.

Although he was very determined, if there was no supporting minister, he would hesitate to act arbitrarily. After all, Suleiman's army numbered 100,000.

There's no guarantee that your vague history won't work here.

After five minutes, the person he was waiting for finally arrived.

"Your Majesty, please let me take a look at Szaboray's letter." Frundsberg, who was summoned, first asked Queen Mary to take a look at the letter that caused the Austrian court to complain.

After continuously joining the Hungarians, the Austrian army has exceeded 40,000 people. In addition to 65,000 civilians, more than 100,000 people eat, drink and defecate every day. This is a complex systematic project.

Machiavelli and Hohenzollern in Vienna, Ladislaus and Sazastan here are all very busy with various things.

But the busiest person is naturally Frunzberg. If he is not invited to various enlarged meetings that are not directly related to military operations, he will basically not participate.

The person who invited him had already roughly told him the content of the letter, so Frunzberg read it quickly.

"After Eger was crowned, he immediately retreated to the city of Alba Iulia." Schaubrey's strategy was similar to what other Austrian ministers suggested to Ladislaus. Retreat to the rear to avoid the Austrian and Ottoman forces. The army.

Compared with the Danube River Basin and the Croatian coastline, Transylvania is a remote country and should not attract too much attention from the Ottoman Empire.

"Well, Puskas, Kochis, Hidegudi..." Then he signed his name on the back to show his support. Several Hungarian nobles read it out one by one.

"Haha, they are all dead bones in the grave. Your Highness, Habsburg, should we go south along the river to deal with the Ottoman pagans first, or should we cross the Danube River first to deal with this arrogant careerist?"

"Haha." Frunzberg's words made Ladislaus laugh heartily.

Sure enough, you won't let me down.

"The one to the east is just a clown. It's not worth dealing with personally. Once Suleiman is dealt with, I will return to Vienna."

"I made a mistake. If he is smart, he should surrender as soon as possible. If he is stubborn, I will deal with him."

Ladislaus and Frunzberg sang together, sweeping away the decadent atmosphere in the conference room.

This was not the first time that there had been a struggle between advancement and retreat, so when Szazastam and Jones saw that Frundsberg still supported Ladislaus's aggressive strategy, they could only stop talking to avoid offending the monarch.

Frundsberg's weight in the military was too heavy. It was enough for Ladislaus to have his support.

It is one thing to pursue the country, but it is another thing not to sacrifice one's life.

Frunzberg was indeed full of confidence. This unit under his command was a powerful armed force that he had never seen in his life. Moreover, based on years of research on combat history, he determined that the optimal size of a large field group was 50,000 people.

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Once the number exceeds 50,000, it will fall into a situation of logistical chaos and poor command.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers plus hundreds of thousands of civilians are just paper tigers whose momentum outweighs their substance.

Even if the result of the Battle of Mohac proves that this tiger can indeed kill people, it will definitely not be able to kill the Austrian army.

What's more, the current cost of the war is really staggering. Although the Ottoman consumption will inevitably be greater, prolonging it will only benefit other competitors.

With Venice in chaos and relations with the Medici so bad, Austria now has no choice but to sell its national debt through the Republic of Liguria, further raising already high interest rates.

Although I was well prepared and borrowed a lot of money in advance with low interest rates.

So Austria still has enough liquidity for the time being, but the deficit on its books is expanding sharply every day.

In the government bond market, the interest rate on Austria's one-year government bonds has exceeded 18% and is approaching the 20% interest rate!

You must know that this was still the case when Ferdinand bought a large amount of national debt.

It is conceivable that as the news spreads that the red archbishop sent by the true chosen pope will crown Shaoborayi, it is very possible to break through 20%.

Although the acquisition of the Electorate of Bohemia is not a small war bonus, but it is limited to this. For a long time, Austria will only be able to barely digest Bohemia.

But the Ottoman Empire's resilience is clearly superior to Austria's.

Ladislaus did not want to live in fear of the Ottoman army coming back at any time for the next twenty years, so his Vienna was over-renovated.

Attacking head-on is Austria's best strategy today.

"But there is no need to go south to attack Buda." Going south to attack is of course a joke.

If he is willing to accept the battle in Buda, he does not need to retreat north at all, he can just open his front directly.

"Just let the Ottomans come to Esztergom to die!" Although he did not retreat, it was obviously too brave to really rush forward and attack the Ottomans' preset position.

"But the rangers must try their best to move forward and maintain contact with the enemy at all times." Ladislaus said to Kessell-Vitting.

Many Hungarian cavalry have recently been added to his army.

Although they were still capable of opening the cavalry curtain, their morale was damaged after all. Therefore, the Austrian cavalry must be the backbone.

"And tell Jevich that it's time."

After Ladislaus made arrangements, he was ready to adjourn the meeting.

"Your Highness Habsburg." Horthy, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked to speak. He finally found what he should say and what he could say.

"Oh. What does Duke Horthy have to say?" Duke Horthy's face flushed with excitement, and Ladislaus was a little surprised at what he could say.

At this time, if he starts the main battle, he will be inferior. Does this old guy still have the energy to actively ask to be a striker?

This is not easy to handle. Ladislaus has already seen his resume. The last time he led an army was in the fifteenth century.

Duke Horthy didn't care what Ladislaus and other Austrians thought. He suddenly fell to his knees and kowtowed to Ladislaus.

Without waiting for Ladislaus to stop his unconventional etiquette, he said hurriedly: "I really admire the heroic spirit of His Highness Habsburg. Only you are the true legal monarch of Hungary. As the last Duke of Hungary, I respectfully
Chapter completed!