After the start of the Austro-Prussian war, the Austrian government sent orders to Hungary to recruit soldiers.
The 20,000 Austrian troops originally stationed in Hungary left Hungary and went to Silesia after receiving the order, so that there was basically no large-scale armed army in Hungary.
In such a situation, Leopold II personally ordered Alexander to conscript an army of 30,000 from Hungary in preparation for the ensuing battle.
But for the orders of Leopold II, Alexander took a procrastination!
Of course, this is only on the surface, behind the scenes, Alexander is indeed recruiting troops, but the extent of this conscription is not very large, and so far Alexander has only recruited more than 10,000 troops.
However, although the more than 10,000 people seem to be a little less, Alexander attaches great importance to these more than 10,000 people, and all kinds of new preparations and the best war horses in the Hungarian warehouses are used to equip this army, and because Hungary itself is the production of war horses, the Hungarian army of more than 10,000 people is cavalry except for 5,000 infantry.
In addition to this, Alexander made demands on the Hungarian nobles who were loyal to him, and these nobles were required to immediately recruit the number of soldiers who were worthy of their status, and then these soldiers would be managed by the officers sent by Alexander.
In this way, there were more than 20,000 Hungarian soldiers who directly or indirectly obeyed Alexander, and on the surface, in Hungary at this moment, apart from the militia and police in various places, only Alexander's satrap's guard of 3,000 people existed.
Alexander's move was carried out so covertly that even Vienna did not hear the wind.
And Leopold II didn't get any information from the intelligence agents lurking around Alexander, which shows how much Daniel played a role in Alexander.
Franz went to Brandenburg, but the war between Austria and Prussia did not abate with the visit of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
On the contrary, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, except for the advance route of Franz's division, the rest of the places were still in full swing. .......................
Standing on the walls of Krakow, Fernando took a deep breath, the words of the Governor to him a few days ago still linger in his ears, and today the Governor officially issued the order for Fernando to lead all the forces in the city to break through.
With tens of thousands of lives on his shoulders, Fernando could not afford to be negligent.
And these tens of thousands of people also weighed on Fernando's heart like a big stone, making him feel very miserable even between breaths.
"Your Excellency Fernando, everyone is ready.
It's waiting for you now, you see..............."
Just as Fernando stood on the city wall to blow the wind, Middins quietly walked behind Fernando, and Middins's words also freed Fernando from the chaos of thoughts.
"Your Excellency Middins.
I don't need to say much about your tasks this time.
In addition to the army, let those ordinary Austrians also be prepared, this time we will either live or die, there is no other way to choose, so everyone should be mentally prepared!
” In addition to the tens of thousands of Polish refugees driven by the Austrian army, there were several thousand Austrians, who had emigrated after the Austrian occupation of Poland, the families of the officers in the army, the officials of the Viceroyalty of Austrian Poland, and Fernando's family.
Despite knowing the danger this time.
But most of the Austrians chose to follow the army on the road, and no one wanted to stay in Krakow and die.
The number of people dying from the plague these days is once again at a new high.
Even the Doge's palace in Austrian Poland was not spared, and all but one of the Doge's sons were infected with the damned plague, making everyone eager to flee the city!
Following Middins silently down the city wall, Fernando looked at the once most prosperous street in the city, how can Krakow be prosperous at this moment, there are dead people everywhere, garbage everywhere, even rats dare to mess around on the streets in broad daylight, everything has been messed up!
No one dared to ride a horse, after all, the goal of riding a horse was too big.
And even the most beautiful ladies in the crowd are eager to dress themselves up as ugly as possible at this moment, everyone knows that they are going to break through the defense line that the Prussians have already arranged, and the last batch of tens of thousands of refugees all died under the guns of the Prussians, and standing on the walls of Krakow to this day, you can find that the land is still red.
No one wanted to be a conspicuous target in such a situation, and all the Austrian soldiers had changed into civilian clothes, but one thing was the same, and that was that every Austrian had a weapon in his hand, large or small, even the girls who had not yet grown up had a dagger in their hand.
In addition to the women, there were old people and children, especially the children, and Fernando felt a layer of guilt on his heart when he saw the children trembling with weapons in their hands.
Although everyone wanted to escape, everyone knew that only the physically strong people could escape, and the old and weak women and children in the team did not have much physical strength at all, and even if these people could pass through the ditches dug by the Prussians, how many could escape the pursuit of the Prussian cavalry!
But Fernando could not persuade them to stay, because there might be hope for leaving, and there was no hope for staying in Krakow except waiting for death.
"Let's go!"
There were no inspiring speeches or any exuberant rhetoric, and Fernando's mouth only briefly spat out these two words, but sometimes they weighed much more than those tirades.
After opening the city gates, tens of thousands of Polish refugees, driven by the Austrian soldiers, either voluntarily or passively, walked out of the city anyway, and all the Austrians followed behind the refugees, especially those ordinary Austrians who were even more nervous.
Fernando kept shuttling around every Austrian, constantly telling everyone to relax, and at the same time secretly raising everyone's vigilance, in addition, Fernando also told every soldier to hide their weapons well, and never be discovered by the Prussians at a critical moment.
The refugees were moving very slowly, and even along the way, you could see refugees lying on the side of the road, not because of hunger but because of illness.
After deciding to break out a few days ago, Fernando let go of Krakow's granary to all the refugees, and the refugees who had eaten a few full meals finally had some strength, if it wasn't for Fernando to open the warehouse to release grain, I am afraid that even if the Austrians killed these refugees, these Polish refugees would not have left Krakow.
The bodies of the refugees lying on the side of the road convulsed, and after a few moments the mouths of these bodies began to foam at the mouth, and it all looked like the end had come.
The priest in the procession kept moving through the procession, and whenever someone fell on the side of the road, a priest would come up to him and say a short prayer, after which he would walk to the next person.
No one blames these priests for not saving them, because priests are men and not gods.
Everyone may mourn God when they die, but where is God and why is he indifferent when he sees so many believers fall because of the terrible plague, or that the plague is a pact between God and Satan.
But if God really saves the world, then wouldn't the earth be overcrowded, or if it is useful to pray to God, then why do we need weapons and laws?
Therefore, human beings are actually one of the most entangled creatures, on the one hand, they hope that God will forgive them for their sins after doing bad things, and on the other hand, they are eager to obtain what they want through unreasonable means.
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Each of the refugees was given some food when they left Krakow, which helped them to speed up their pace, and three hours after leaving Krakow, the refugees at the forefront finally saw the vague Prussian army in the distance.
The refugees, who had been slaughtered by the Prussian army, were gathered together by Blücher's order after the war and burned to ashes, but the blood-stained soil on the ground could not be removed in any way.
The refugees had already been spotted in the Prussian watchtower, and with three rapid trombones, all the Prussian soldiers knew that someone had come out of Krakow again.
And as the trumpet sounded on one of the watchtowers, the trombone began to sound on several nearby watchtowers, and such a big movement naturally alarmed Blucher.
These days, Blucher's mental condition can be described as terrible, his red eyes make Blücher look more like a rabbit than a Prussian general, and even has some food scraps on his beard on his chin, and a strong smell of alcohol in his mouth.
Blucher's situation made the Prussian army feel extremely worried, but fortunately, Blucher has not been addicted to alcohol anesthesia these days, and there are still many things to do when he wakes up, but the addiction to alcohol is getting bigger and bigger.
"What's going on!"
Awakened by the sound of the trumpet, Blucher grabbed a soldier guarding outside the tent and asked, but before the soldier could speak, he saw the chief of staff of the Eighth Division, Luxon, rushing over.