Chapter five hundred and eighty seventh attack Vienna
(Khan, I wrote it wrong at the end of the previous chapter, it should be Tuha instead of Dessau, please apologize)
The changes in Vienna were quickly conveyed to the front line. When Tuha learned that there was something wrong in Vienna, Tuha’s first reaction was to lead the army back to Vienna for rescue.
But then Tuha considered that once he led his army back to Vienna, there was no doubt that the Bohemia line formed by Tuha's efforts and Austrian national strength would collapse without fighting, and the Prussian army could take advantage of Tuha's return to the army.
Tuha also thought of leading some troops back to Vienna, but this is what we should know that Alexander's troops who besieged Vienna had 40,000 troops. Moreover, after Alexander's soldiers surrounded Vienna, some of the nobles who supported Alexander also raised troops to support Alexander.
Fortunately, the unrest caused by Alexander has not affected the whole country of Austria. The main reason is that Alexander's siege of Vienna was very sudden. However, once Alexander cannot conquer Vienna in a short period of time, it is foreseeable that all parts of Austria will definitely organize troops to support the king, and the fisherman will undoubtedly benefit the Prussians.
Just as Tuha was hesitating about whether to return to the army, Alexander's envoy also came to Tuha's army.
The envoy brought Alexander's kindness to Tuha. At the same time, the envoy also made a promise to Tuha on behalf of Alexander that as long as Tuha stabilizes its position on the northern line and does not allow the Prussians to move south, Tuha will be a great contribution. At that time, Alexander will choose a city-state from the Northern Italy region as a fief and reward Tuha.
Just when the Alexander's messenger was tempting Tuha, Carl also came to Tuha's office despite his war injuries after hearing the bad news in Vienna.
Seeing Carl come in, the Alexander's messenger was stunned, and then the messenger's face showed joy.
Among these sons of Leopold II, Franz, as the eldest son of Leopold II, had not had a good relationship with his younger brothers since childhood. Even before Leopold II was established as the heir of Joseph II, Franz's attitude towards his younger brothers was not considered good.
As the eldest son of Leopold II, Franz is legally the first heir to Leopold II. In the noble family, except for a small number, the relationship between the first heir to most families and other heirs is not very good. After all, as Franz, he is very reluctant to give away a considerable portion of his assets in the future to his younger brothers.
It was precisely because of this idea that the relationship between Franz and his younger brothers was once very stiff. Unlike Franz, Alexander had a very good relationship with his brothers since childhood.
"I heard that Alexander was leading his army to attack Vienna. Is this true?"
Carl asked palely as he looked at his brother's messenger.
"His Highness Carl, that's true. But His Highness Alexander was helpless. His Highness Franz was too aggressive. He actually wanted Hungary to recruit a hundred thousand troops this summer! You also know what the situation in Hungary is. It's not easy for His Highness Alexander to gain a foothold. Before, His Highness Alexander supported all his troops here.
As a result, His Highness Franz did not let His Highness Alexander go. After learning about the task of summoning 100,000 troops, the entire Hungary became quite unstable. In addition, the troops sent to fight had suffered heavy losses, so the Hungarian nobles claimed that unless Alexander became the emperor of the empire, Hungary would no longer take out one army and one soldier.
After Alexander finally subdued the Hungarian nobles and summoned 40,000 troops to support the front line again, who knew that the Hungarian nobles were ungrateful wolves who were not well-raised. After they arrived in Bratislav, they raised an army to threaten His Highness Alexander. The helpless His Highness Alexander had to adapt to the situation and go to Vienna!"
The messenger's words made Carl's face flushed.
As the prince of the empire, although Carl has almost been expelled from the sequence of heirs of the throne, this does not mean that Carl does not pay attention to the empire.
Carl also knows what Hungary looks like. Each of the rebellious Magyars is like a wolf on the grassland. After this understanding, Carl also became more and more sympathetic to Alexander.
To be honest, Karl had no fond of Franz. Their brothers, besides Franz himself. Karl's second brother Ferdinand was named Tuscany when Ferdinand was twenty-one years old in 1790 and was driven to his fiefdom. In this way, Franz still did not let Ferdinand go. At Franz's gesture, his pokers wrote to the emperor one after another, and finally made the emperor issue an order later, "No Ferdinand should be prohibited from returning to Vienna without the emperor's order."
Carl himself was adopted to Grand Duke Cheshen when he was a child, so he largely avoided the struggles of the Vienna court. However, even so, Franz was very cautious about Carl.
As for Alexander, as the most precocious and intelligent among his brothers, he attracted Franz's firepower to the greatest extent. He was even driven to a dangerous place in Hungary before Alexander was eighteen years old.
"I know it's not easy for Alexander to go to Hungary, but he can't do that either! As a descendant of the Habsburg family, how could he be willing to act as a puppet of the Hungarians!"
"His Highness Carl, there is nothing he can do about His Highness Alexander! I can say that I have counted the imperial government or royal nobles, and no one can do better than His Highness Alexander in Hungary!"
As he said that, the messenger looked at Carl. After seeing that Carl's face was moved, the messenger continued:
"His Highness Carl, His Highness Alexander has always regarded you and His Highness Ferdinand as his closest person. At this time, His Highness Alexander hopes to lead some troops to Vienna, on the one hand, help His Highness Alexander deal with those ungrateful Hungarians, and on the other hand, we also hope that you can support His Highness against Franz! In addition, news has been heard from His Highness Ferdinand that His Highness personally led 3,000 people from Tuscany to support His Highness Alexander!"
On the one hand, he is his father and elder brother, and on the other hand, he is the two brothers with the best relationship in the family. At this moment, Carl is undoubtedly confused.
Tuha, who was beside him, saw that Carl's face was wrong, and then said to the messenger:
"Karl was seriously injured in the last battle, and now he has to give up, so he should go to Vienna. But I still like Alexander. This is how I control the army for one month. In this month, no soldier or soldier will rush back to Vienna from the front line. However, if Alexander cannot control the situation in a month, then I can only lead the army back to Vienna!"
Tuha's words relieved the messenger. The reason why he persuaded Karl to lead his army back to Vienna was nothing more than to test Tuha's attitude in this way. After all, although Karl is the prince, the commander-in-chief of the front line was Tuha. Without Tuha's permission, how could Karl take the army away from the front line?
Although Tuha's answer did not express his support for Alexander explicitly, it was very important for Alexander to delay a month. After all, if the victory cannot be decided within one month, even if Tuha does not lead the army back to Vienna, nobility in Austria who are loyal to Leopold II or Franz will definitely send troops to support the king.
When Alexander learned of Tuha's attitude, he was also very excited.
"Daniel, order the army to step up its offensive from tomorrow and must take Vienna within half a month!"
Daniel loudly responded to Alexander's order and walked out. These days, Alexander's army had plundered a lot of artillery from towns around Vienna. When these artillery was gathered under the city of Vienna, both Alexander and Daniel knew that it was time to launch a general attack.
Hundreds of artillery lined up beneath the Vienna walls put unprecedented pressure on the defenders on the city. Although these artillery are of varying sizes, their size is enough to make up for the lack of quality.
On the morning of February 5, 1793, when the sun rose to the sky, more than 20,000 Hungarian troops had already formed a huge army under the Vienna walls.
"Order artillery to shoot!"
After an order was spoken from Alexander, the artillery position that had been arranged to the front line by Daniel immediately rang out loud roars, hundreds of artillery fired shells at Vienna for a moment, and even the earth began to tremble after these artillery powers were exerted.
The defenders guarding the Vienna city walls turned pale. Although the defenders had tasted the power of Alexander's artillery a few days ago, the scale of the previous few days was not comparable to today. This situation made everyone in Vienna understand that Alexander was going to launch a general attack.
Sure enough, after more than two hours of continuous roar, these artillery gradually stopped. Just when the Vienna defenders felt relieved, they saw the Hungarian army outside the city rushing towards Vienna like waves.