When the Spanish ambassador took advantage of the east wind of Austria's victory to once again urge the French king to fulfill the terms of the Madrid Treaty and honestly hand over Burgundy and Bourbon, Ladislaus was certainly not pursuing the Ottoman army.

It is impossible for anyone to attack a hostile army that is still well organized in their own base camp except under unexpected circumstances.

After leaving a reliable captain to guard Bolch, a bridgehead on the south bank of the Drava River, Ladislaus led the main force of more than 25,000 Austrian troops to retreat north along the Danube River.

About five days after his ambassador in Paris received the news, Ladislaus entered Buda with his army.

The city has recovered somewhat, and after the Ottoman troops withdrew, some fleeing residents returned here.

Hohenzollern also organized defense while trying its best to gather the scattered residents and resume production.

However, this process is not very smooth. After all, any residents will feel insecure when they see that the magnificent city walls of the former capital have completely ceased to exist.

Although this city wall did not actually play any role in the war that just ended, losing it still made most Hungarians feel even more frightened.

"If the resources are insufficient, there will be no need to repair the city wall for the time being." Ladislaus saw the ugly expression on the face of the Hohenzollern who came to greet him, and said as he dismounted.

In these few days, he had made up for the shortfalls in the standing army. Some Hungarian soldiers were absorbed into the Austrian army. Basically every company received supplementary soldiers from Hungary.

This supplementary method can prevent a regiment or even a larger combat unit from collective rebellion due to ethnic conflicts, but it also increases the difficulty of unit recovery.

In these days, Ladislaus is continuing to promote Latin in the Austrian army. Hungarian nobles who are of noble origin and can speak Latin can receive preferential treatment if they are willing to serve.

They can start directly as petty officers.

This replenishment is quite smooth. These troops will be added to the standing army. In the long run, the number of troops that Austria can afford is still less than 20,000. However, it is impossible for Ladislaus to disband the mobilization army for the time being.

"How is the situation in Bohemia?" Machiavelli's recent letter told Ladislaus that the chaos in the capital area has been controlled by him. Although Sune has leaders who can use eighth-level magic to participate in the war,

and for a time took control of the militia weapons arsenal.

However, due to the rapid response of the Austrian palace guards who stayed behind, various key points in Vienna have been recaptured.

This is not surprising. In addition to the palace guards, Vienna also has a large number of mages and priests, and the riots of the Suni Church are a great threat to their vested interests.

These people are still very active in protecting their own interests.

And more follow-up news showed that the strength of the Suni Church in Austria was originally insufficient. It only launched a rebellion because it was optimistic about Suleiman's invasion. After Ladislaus's victory, these rabble-rousers did not dare to fight against the Austrian Church.

regular army.

They had already gone north to the area where the Sunni Church had greater influence. Machiavelli believed that the German princes would not welcome the Austrian army to counter the rebellion. Moreover, Austria's finances did not allow Ladislaus to use further force.

Machiavelli was already suffering for the military expenses of Bohemia.

New careerists have also emerged in Bohemia. A general who claims to be a descendant of the ancient Bohemian royal family Przemysl has raised troops in his own territory and has already captured several small cities.

"It shouldn't be a big problem with the Knight Cassano in Prague." The Hohenzollern official obviously didn't care about this issue.

He then walked into a room with Ladislaus in silence, making sure that only the most reliable guards were around Ladislaus.

He suddenly knelt down in front of Ladislaus and apologized: "I am incompetent. Please punish me severely. I have failed you."

"Oops?! Could it be that the coronation ceremony can't be held as scheduled? That doesn't have to be the case." Ladislaus could think of only one thing that made Hohenzollern so nervous. It was indeed a big event, but after all, it was just

It's of a ceremonial nature, so if there's a slight delay, let's just say it's delayed.

Although it was not a complete victory, Ladislaus did achieve a very remarkable victory, so he planned to hold a coronation ceremony in Buda, and then send troops to quell the rebellions in Austria and Bohemia.

Although the administrative capital is still in Vienna, choosing Buda as the venue for the coronation can always strengthen the centripetal force of the Hungarians.

"Haha. After all, I didn't take back the crown of St. Stephen that was stolen by the heretics. It's okay to be a little simpler." Ladislaus didn't want to deal with important officials for such a small matter in the context of a great victory. After all, his daughter

She became a widow for the sake of her career.

However, Chief Hohenzollern obviously did not think that these were things that could be easily revealed. He still knelt on the ground and said: "Her Royal Highness Princess Katharina set out from Vienna seven days ago to come to Buda to hold a wedding with you and join you."

Coronation, she arrived in Bratislava five days ago but has not arrived until today

Buda, I sent a search team to the north two days ago. According to the news sent back by Jones and Sirica last night, Her Royal Highness's fleet should have been attacked by Suni thugs on the Danube River. They claimed that she and you

Marriage violates the creed of their evil god and fills the world with bondage and pain."

Obviously, after arriving in Bratislava, it was Hohenzollern's scope of responsibility. His reaction was not obviously slow, but when this happened

Ladislaus did not immediately fly into a rage as his chief military officer expected. Hohenzollern knelt on the ground for several minutes without getting a response.

He was nervous and sweating profusely. But he did not dare to raise his head to see Ladislaus's reaction.

Ladislaus's bodyguard looked at this "great hero who destroyed the pagans' attempt to dominate the world and defended Europe". His mouth opened and closed slightly, but he could not speak a word.

It's bad enough that the coronation ceremony didn't include the traditional crown. Now there wasn't even a queen.

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"If you want to see a person alive or dead, you want to see a corpse. I will dig three feet into the ground to find Her Royal Highness."

Although Ladislaus, who was furious at first, declared that if he did not see the princess's body for a day, the search and rescue work would continue.

However, after three days of futile search, Ladislaus had to admit that his cousin and fiancée was in danger. The prime time for search and rescue was actually two days, and there would be no miracle on the third day.

He planned to hold on for two more days before acquiescing to Hohenzollern to give up the search.

"Your Majesty the Emperor and Your Majesty the Queen, I would like to inform you of the most unfortunate news..."

Ladislaus had already begun to prepare a letter of mourning to Madrid, which was not easy to write.

The most noble queen refers to Queen Juana. This mentally unstable queen knew that her youngest daughter was dead, and she did not know whether her condition would deteriorate further.

The relationship between Austria and Spain is not seamless in the first place, and it will definitely bleed again.

It was only at this time that a miracle really happened.

A letter from Jevich came, telling Ladislaus that Katherina and several other drowned people were rescued by his fleet.

According to the surviving guards and maids, there should be a pair of maids and guard lovers whose backgrounds were too different, and were instigated by the Suni Church to sabotage the ship.

Katharina's condition was not good. She soaked in the cold river water for more than ten hours, but no one could recover.

But she is young after all, so she should be fine.

Although the large number of valuable ceremonial items that came with the ship were all hopeless, Ladislaus was still very happy to know that Katherina could share the honor with him.

Jevich said that when he wrote the letter, he had already turned south and sent Princess Katharina to Buda before meeting in Vienna.

Although the messenger was galloping, it was not much faster than the fleet going down the river. Ladislaus estimated that Katherina would arrive in Buda the day after receiving the letter.

He left all the reception and continued preparations for the coronation to Hohenzollern.

Ladislaus himself went to celebrate Catharina's escape with Queen Mary. The two of them had only spoken a few words from a distance in the past few days because of their inner guilt.

Now that Katharina has come back to life, they are eager to seize one last night of fun.

Mary also knew that she would not stand in the way of Ladislaus and her sister in the next few days.

"I've been worried about my sister these days."

"Who says otherwise? If something happens to her, I really don't know how to explain it to His Majesty the Emperor."

"I'm more worried about my mother, she really won't be able to bear it."

While the lovers were greedily feeling each other's skin, they were still rejoicing that the main wife had escaped death.

Several Hungarian maids in the room were all amused by the strange conversation.

Of course, no one of them made any sound, they just quietly let the two Habsburg Majesties enjoy each other's bodies. (To be continued. If you like this work, (.) Vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your
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