After this brief conversation, the two teams naturally merged and headed to the camp of the Magyar Empire coalition forces.
The next step along the way was obviously much more peaceful, the malicious cavalry disappeared, and the prying eyes that Edward felt had also disappeared.
There were also some places that Edward thought were deserted, but many soldiers came out to greet them. Only then did Edward realize that they had been discovered and monitored by scouts long before the heavy cavalry appeared. It can be said that they were under the king's army all the way.
Under surveillance.
The captain of the cavalry was a big man with a typical Magyar beard. He told Edward that if he hadn't seen their red and white cross flags, they would have been attacked. After all, both sides fighting here were wearing red cross flags, the king and the duke.
They are all Apad nobles.
The captain's name was David. He was born in the ancient Magyar tribe. He was the third generation of Christians in his family, hence his name.
His piety is visible to the naked eye, with a cross hanging on his chest, and a parchment filled with scriptures affixed to his armor. Those scriptures are all prayers for the battle formation.
When the battle business was mentioned, the excitement on David's face was very obvious. He was a typical horseback noble, and his enthusiasm for equipment and glory was as much as his piety.
David was quite impressed by the Ross infantry under Edward. They knew how to put down their shields and huddle together as soon as the cavalry appeared, instead of looking around at a loss or even running away. This was better than most soldiers he had seen.
Edward naturally did not dare to take credit. He told the Magyar nobles that they were Rostislav's subordinates, and David seemed even more enthusiastic. Over the years, the military name of the Moscow prince has spread to the West.
The two sides talked very speculatively, and talked about many things to pass the time along the way. However, when the king's current submission to the empire was mentioned, the Magyar nobleman's face became ugly.
"My father and brother have defeated that old bastard Henry's interference three times, but now we have to succumb to that bastard's son. It's really... disgraceful!"
Seeing the unkind look on the Magyar man's face, Edward did not continue to talk. If he continued to talk about some things, he would be sensitive, and there was no benefit in letting outsiders hear his thoughts. So both parties fell silent, and the atmosphere became awkward for a while.
Fortunately, the silence did not last long, because the coalition camp appeared in front of us, and with the appearance of the camp, the awkwardness was resolved.
It was a huge continuous camp on the plain, located right next to the creek. Soldiers could still be seen fetching water by the creek. There were plumes of smoke rising from countless campfires. Countless soldiers were moving between the tents, and the sound of soldiers' armor resounded throughout the world.
The generals who laid out the camp were obviously very capable, with trenches and horses well-equipped, and the distribution was very reasonable.
Among the military flags, the white cross on a red background and the Archangel Michael stand proudly. These are the military flags of Hungary and the Empire respectively.
This was a powerful image of armor, but Edward saw the disharmony in it.
The camps of the Magyars and the Germans were clearly distinct, and there were even fortifications between the two sides, giving the impression that they regarded each other as enemies.
The patrols on both sides were also very distinct and even hostile to each other. Later, Edward learned that these people had been fighting many times.
Looking at this scene, Edward shouted in his heart that it was terrible. It was not a good thing to act like this in the face of a strong enemy.
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The cause of all this is this. Three weeks ago, the Duke of Turin led two thousand soldiers across the border and met with King Andrew's army. He then provided a large amount of materials and supplies, allowing the king to stabilize the situation.
In the next half month, the two sides got along fairly harmoniously, and there was no fighting. Duke Béla was busy gathering troops throughout Hungary to reorganize the army, and was not yet able to launch an attack on the Royal Army, which had stabilized the situation with the help of the Imperial Army.
But in the following week, as the Bohemian (ie Czech) Duke Pitigreev arrived with part of the Bohemian advance army, King Andrew immediately broke out into a quarrel with him.
Hungary and Bohemia already had a feud. In 1058, Hungary sent troops to Bohemia. At that time, the duke and the king were not at odds with each other.
Now, the Duke regarded himself as the savior of Hungary, and even began to issue orders to the Magyar king, just like a monarch treating his vassals.
At that time, Duke Bella's army was busy reorganizing its troops and had not yet gone to this battlefield to find the king for a decisive battle.
As a result, the attitude of the Czechs became increasingly arrogant, which made the king increasingly suspicious of the intentions of the German Empire. As for the Magyars under the king, they were even more distrustful of the empire.
After all, everyone knew about the empire's ambitions in the east. The king only wanted to ensure his son's inheritance rights by surrendering to the empire. If they could expand the empire's eastern land, they would never miss this opportunity.
The Czechs felt that if it were not for them, King Andrew would have been doomed long ago, so their arrogance continued unabated, and they faced the Magyars just like envoys from one country to the other.
The Bianbo of Turin tried to reconcile the mud and bridge the relationship between the two parties, but his behavior was interpreted as hostility by both parties. After all, when the two fight, the neutral one among them will often gain all the hostility.
Bian Bo's mediation only added fuel to the fire, and the conflicts between the two sides became more and more intense. What's more, the relationship between the Germans and the Magyars was not harmonious. King Andrew defeated the empire's interference in Hungary three times in a row, giving the empire a taste of it.
Failure and humiliation.
Had it not been for his physical problems and his ambitious brother, Andrew would never have surrendered to the empire.
While the upper echelons were still talking nonsense and doubting each other, the soldiers below were more direct. These warriors from the royal territory had been fighting with the king for a long time, and they had many fights with the German Empire, so they were extremely wary of the empire.
So they began to build fortifications in the direction of the Imperial Army, but the Empire responded with fortifications without showing any weakness, making the relationship look like enemies for a while.
In the end, the commanders-in-chief of both sides realized something was wrong, and they made concessions and compromises to each other, because they both knew that they could not continue like this and this quasi-hostile state must be ended.
However, even though a compromise was reached, those fortifications still exist and are still manned by people. After all, they have been repaired and cannot be abandoned.
These fortifications are like ravines, lying between the two armies, and everyone knows that this ravine is very difficult to resolve, and there is a possibility of further deterioration at any time.
However, as long as the enemy Bela's rebels are still there, the two sides cannot fall out, and they dare not fall out. Bela has received the support of the Polish king, who is their common enemy, precisely to defeat
This king, they stand together.
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As a relative of King Andrew, Edward naturally entered the Magyar camp.
After Edward entered the camp, he noticed that many soldiers were listless, tired, and decadent.
The Anglo-Saxon nobles understood why these people reacted like this. Although Andrew was a veteran on the battlefield, his war years were far behind him, and he himself was still suffering from a stroke. Moreover, all soldiers had a strong resistance to cooperation with the empire.
Willingness.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the morale of these soldiers is so low.
However, Edward did not feel depressed because of this. Didn't he go all the way back to Hungary just to help his relatives? How could he quit because of such a small difficulty? After such a long journey, how could he still be there?
Fall down here.
Edward met many acquaintances here, but he also found that many familiar faces around the king were missing. Edward understood that most of those people had turned to Bella's rebels, which meant that he and the opponent might have fought each other on the battlefield and fought each other.
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This made him a little melancholy, but Edward was already aware of this. As a warrior, he had long been prepared to face this day.
The melancholy was quickly covered up, and Edward continued to greet the acquaintances he saw enthusiastically, and everyone responded with relatives' smiles and even hugs, because Edward was such a person who could make many friends no matter where he was.