The fall of Italy shocked Charlie and other coalition leaders who were far away in Serbia.
After Charlie heard the news, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The Frankish Kingdom's defense line was leaking everywhere and was being attacked from all sides, except for the Mediterranean coast.
In addition to Serbia, there were also attacks from the northern barbarians.
Fortunately, the Alpine defense line blocked the Western Qin army in Italy.
Otherwise, Charlie would not have the courage to continue fighting the Western Qin army in Serbia.
However, before Charles and other coalition leaders had time to digest the news that Italy had been annexed by the Western Qin Army, news came from the north that a Western Qin cavalry of more than 50,000 people had crossed the eastern Carpathian Mountains and entered Telangana.
On the Sylvanian Plateau, they defeated the three thousand cavalry deployed by the Frankish Kingdom in that area.
The Frankish Kingdom only had these 3,000 cavalry in the Transylvanian Plateau.
These cavalry were all heavy cavalry and were far less mobile than the light cavalry.
They were easily defeated by Liang Zhenwu's 50,000 Xiqin cavalry, who were then pursued and annihilated.
The Lansylvania Plateau fell under the control of the Western Qin.
But the Western Qin cavalry did not stop there.
The Western Qin cavalry who set foot on the plateau could rush all the way down the plateau into the Pannonian Plain.
After the leaders of the coalition forces in Belgrade, Serbia, got the news, they all broke into cold sweats, and then from Terrible news came from Pannonia.
The remaining Avars coming south from the Western Carpathian Mountains had repeatedly intercepted and killed the convoys transporting grain and military supplies from the Franks.
"No wonder the logistics supplies delivered here have become less and less in the past month.
It turns out that our supply lines are being attacked by the hateful Avars."
Charlie's general Oliver was furious.
He stood up and saluted Charlie and said: "Your Majesty, please give me three thousand people.
I will kill all these damn Ava people."
Pope III quickly said: "General Oliver, please don't be impulsive.
This is definitely not an accident."
Batannicus said angrily: "If we ignore it, the logistics line is likely to be cut off by the Avars.
Your Majesty Charles, I want to know how many troops the Frankish Kingdom has in Pannonia and whether they can solve this matter.
Maintaining the security of supply lines” Charlie's face was extremely solemn.
He and his army had not been so anxious before when they were chased by the Western Qin cavalry and fled.
This time he really felt a serious crisis.
He stood up slowly and turned to look at the leaders of the coalition forces and said: " Everyone, the Avars are not terrible.
What is terrible is the series of methods of the Western Qin people.
First, the Slavs rebelled, and then the Western Qin people launched a full-scale attack from the Mediterranean. , let us face several fronts of battle, increasing our logistical burden and financial expenditure, and then various barbarians in the north launched a large-scale attack on our Frankish Kingdom.
I believe that this is by no means an accidental rise of them, but I suspect that it is all caused by If all this situation is planned by the Western Qin people, then I am very sad to tell you that we have lost in terms of the overall overall strategy."
"The Avars don't pose much of a threat to us.
They don't have much strength left.
The biggest threat to us is the 50,000 Western Qin cavalry in the north.
If they are fast enough and rush towards the Pannonian Plain, It was originally the grazing land of Avar.
There are no cities, castles or fortresses that can be used for defense.
Our garrison there is absolutely unstoppable.
Once Pannonia is captured, we will be trapped and die in Serbia. " Serbia is located in the southern part of the middle reaches of the Danube River Plain, with the Dinara Mountains to the south and the Alps to the west.
If the Western Qin army occupied the Pannonian Plain area, Serbia would be completely surrounded by the Western Qin forces.
Charlie's analysis was very helpful.
After hearing this, King Austria III, Leo V, Batannicus and others all broke out in cold sweat.
Their situation would be like a turtle in a urn.
Leo III immediately asked: "Charlie, stop talking in circles, what do you think we should do now?"
Charlie picked up the wine glass and drank all the wine in the glass, and said: "The entire army quickly retreated to the Pannonian Plain and guarded the passes and castles leading to Bavaria.
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I think we can no longer be so passive and suffer attacks.
We must take the initiative.
Attack, after retreating to Pannonia, immediately strengthen the defense of the passes and castles, and wait for an opportunity to fight with the Western Qin army and annihilate them all the way.
As long as they can defeat them all the way, the soldiers will no longer be afraid of the Western Qin. military" Leo V asked: "Your Majesty, are you referring to the 50,000 cavalry of the Northern Route Army that destroyed the Western Qin Army?"
"Yes" At this time, Battanicus said: "Your Majesty Charles, I think your idea is a bit too wishful.
Will the main force of the Western Qin army in Thrace agree to allow us to easily evacuate to Pannonia?
My idea is that it is better to follow The main force of the Western Qin Army is in a decisive battle.
As long as it defeats the main force of the Western Qin Army, the Western Qin Army on the North Road will not be a concern at all."
Charlie frowned and asked: "If you are Zhao Ziliang, you know that as long as you delay for a period of time, you can let the 50,000 cavalry from the North Route rush into Pannonia and cut off our return route and supply line, allowing us to collapse without taking advantage of it. , would you be stupid enough to fight us in the middle?
Your concerns just now are not impossible.
The main force of the Western Qin Army will Once we get the news that we have all withdrawn to Pannonia, we will definitely attack with all our strength, but now we have no choice but to leave a small number of troops and try to delay the main force of the West Qin Army in the middle, and then use the fastest speed to Withdrew to Pannonia, hoping to stop them in time before the 50,000 Xiqin cavalry arrived on the northern route."
"Report" At this time, a voice came from outside, and a soldier quickly walked in, saluted Charlie and others, and said: "Five days ago, the entire territory of Macedonia was captured by the Western Qin Army.
Governor Grete led more than 3,000 remaining troops to withdraw.
Southern Serbia; four days ago, Dalmatia was captured by the Western Qin Army.
Governor Lautres was killed in the battle, and more than 2,000 remaining troops retreated into Serbia under the leadership of General Sol."
These two pieces of news raised the concerns of Charlie and others.
Charlie's face changed drastically, and he immediately said: "We don't have time to discuss it here.
The fall of Dalmatia and Macedonia has completely destroyed our west and south."
Having lost their barrier, they They will soon come from the south, west and east.
Send people to notify the remaining Macedonian and Dalmatian troops and ask them to rush to Bulgrade to join us.
Only a small number of troops will be left to garrison at each border pass.
Everyone else retreats to the northwest."
At the critical moment of life and death, the coalition leaders finally abandoned all disputes and acted quickly and effectively.
The defenders across Serbia retreated to the northwest.
At this time, the main force of Charles and others had already withdrawn to the northwest along the Danube River.
Sofia, Governor's Palace.
Zhao Ziliang also received the news of the rapid withdrawal of the Western coalition forces to the Pannonian Plain at the first time.
He said to the officials and generals: "It seems that there are still capable people among the coalition forces, who can see their current dangerous situation.
So we retreated as quickly as possible, hoping to retreat to a safe area before we captured the Pannonian Plain and cut off their retreat."
Wei Gao stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, after the main force of the coalition forces has withdrawn, the defenders remaining in Serbia must be panicked and have no fighting spirit.
I think now is the time to send out troops for a large-scale attack; in addition, the Northern Route Army should speed up. , captured Pannonia before the main force of the Western coalition arrived. , cut off their return route.
Only by completing these two deployments can your majesty's plan be considered successful.
Otherwise, let the main force of the coalition forces retreat to Pannonia and let them use the Bavarian Plateau as their backing.
We can invade the Frankish Kingdom.
It will be very difficult to realize strategic intentions.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Someone in the Western coalition must have seen our strategic intentions, so they are competing with us for time.
Wei Gao ordered 50,000 people to be the vanguard and cross the river as quickly as possible to invade Serbia.
Within the territory, the Egyptian Army in Macedonia and the Tunisian Army in Sarmatia were sent to pacify these two areas as soon as possible.
Then each sent a division to advance into Serbia and southwest Pannonia; the order was sent to Liang Zhenwu, ordering him to speed up the capture of Pannonia and do everything possible to cut off the coalition's return route.
If there was no time, the cavalry's mobility advantages and Due to the terrain advantages of the Pannonian Plain, try your best to hold them back and wait for the arrival of the main army in the middle."
"Follow the decree"
Zhao Ziliang's decree was spread as quickly as possible.
After receiving the imperial decree, the various departments of the Western Qin Army acted as quickly as possible.
Both sides were racing against time.
Some of Charlie's deployments in Pannonia had some effect and slowed down the Western Qin army.
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At the end of April, the Western Qin Army's North Route Liang Zhenwu had just captured the western Danube area.
The main force of the coalition forces, led by Charlie and others, retreated to the shores of Lake Balaton.
After receiving the news, Liang Zhenwu quickly led his army across the Danube River to the southwest.
Came, caught up with Charlie and others when they were preparing to continue withdrawing westward to strengthen their defenses, and dragged them to the south shore of Lake Balaton.
Although the withdrawal of Charlie and others cannot be described as a failure, at least Liang Zhenwu's troops were able to hold them back.
Fifty thousand Western Qin cavalry was definitely not a powerful force that could be ignored.
Although Charlie and others still had more than a dozen Thousands of men and horses, but facing fifty thousand Western Qin cavalry, everyone felt lack of confidence.
In the coalition tent, several leaders of the coalition had solemn expressions.
Batannicus said: "Your Majesty Charlie, we can't be dragged here forever.
We don't have much food.
If we don't find a way to solve the current predicament, we will all survive." starve" Leo V was in a very irritable mood and angrily said: "Who doesn't know the current situation?
Do you need to remind us?
Aren't we thinking of a solution now?"
When Leo III saw that the two were beginning to quarrel, he immediately changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, Charles, do you think we can abandon a small number of troops to block the Western Qin army, and the main army continues to withdraw westward?"
"Uh" Charlie was stunned and asked: "Who is willing to stay here to block the Western Qin army?"
Now everyone understands that staying here is basically waiting for death, and no one will be stupid enough to stay here and wait for death, so Leo III's suggestion is simply not feasible.
If one side's army is forced to stay, the entire coalition will definitely disband immediately.
Charlie took a deep breath and said: "Everyone, there is no other way.
We can only fight these 50,000 Western Qin cavalry now.
We must deal with them before Zhao Ziliang's main force arrives, otherwise":