When he heard that an army of 30,000 men was to be called, Alexander's heart suddenly tightened.
From Alexander's tenure as governor of Hungary to the present, the accumulated strength is less than 10,000 troops in addition to the 2,000 governor's guards on the surface, and these 10,000 troops are distributed in the territories of various Hungarian princes who have sworn allegiance to Alexander.
"Thirty thousand, Daniel, aren't you kidding me?
Where do I go to find 30,000 people?
” Alexander's face looked at Daniel with some displeasure, obviously Alexander thought that Daniel's words were a bit of a teasing element for him, but God was merciful, Daniel definitely didn't want to tease Alexander.
"Your Highness, how dare you joke with you!
Only by gathering an army of 30,000 people can you impress everyone's strength, and at the same time, no matter which battlefield these 30,000 Hungarian troops join, they can play a decisive role, if you send fewer people, it will be a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of thousands of troops deployed on the border by both Prussia and Austria!
” "What you say does make sense, but where did I go to become 30,000 people?"
"Your Highness, just because you don't have it doesn't mean that others don't!"
"Oh?"
"Your Highness, do you remember Isabella?"
Hearing Daniel mention Isabella, Alexander's face turned angry, he gritted his teeth and said: "That Isabella really thinks of herself as some kind of nobleman, and His Royal Highness is indifferent to her overtures, and what is even more infuriating is that the old fox of Bathory has been perfunctory to me all the time.
If it weren't for the fact that the situation in Hungary was not under my full control now, I would have made them look good!
” Alexander's resentment towards the Bathory family was not ordinary.
That old Bartholi relied on his family's deep roots in Hungary, and he had never been close to Alexander, and what was even more annoying was that when Alexander asked for marriage, Bartholi actually said that he could not master Isabella's marriage.
This outright perfunctory remark infuriated Alexander completely, and that Isabella had always been as close to Alexander's land as her father.
Seeing that Daniel's words were full of resentment, Daniel said: "Your Highness, now is our best chance to subdue the Bathory family!"
"Huh?"
Daniel smiled and said: "Your Highness.
His Majesty's conscription order will come soon, and with His Majesty's will in your hands, you will be able to force the Bathory family to comply, and if the Bathory family does not comply, you will be able to punish their family for disobeying His Majesty's orders!
” "But after all, the Bathory family has deep roots in Hungary, and if you anger Bathory, won't it force him to rebel?"
"Your Highness, what your Bathory family relies on is nothing more than the popularity of the people in Hungary.
But in Budapest, this is your territory, with two thousand governor's guards and other armed forces deployed in the city, and you have five thousand soldiers at your disposal, while Bathory doesn't really have many armed forces in the city, so if you can make up your mind.
After His Majesty's decree arrived, he led the army to put the Bathory family under house arrest and forced them to submit, and I think it should be successful!
” Alexander thought about it for a moment, and then he realized that what Daniel said was indeed very feasible, so he nodded in response. .....................................
Dafilia led the coalition forces to a halt in Frankfurt for a few days.
Except for the 5,000 Prussian troops left to maintain law and order in Frankfurt, the rest of the army continued to advance westward.
This time, Dafilia's target was Mainz.
In fact, the day before yesterday, Dafilia's residence welcomed an envoy from Mainz, who proposed to Dafilia an agreement to restore peace on behalf of Elector Eltar of Mainz, but the envoy's proposal was ruthlessly rejected by Dafilia.
Mainz can be said to be the most anti-Prussian state in the entire Main River basin except for Frankfurt, and now that the Prussian army is strong, how can Dafilia let Mainz go, or even if Dafilia wants to let Mainz go, Wilhelm will never agree!
As an archbishop's residence and electorate, Mainz's wealth is undoubted, although the greed of the church has made the people of Mainz bear far better taxes than other regions, but the unique geographical location makes the people of Mainz not worry about not having enough to eat at all, and it is easy to say that it is easy to eat, but in this era of war, it is already a very satisfying thing to eat.
Therefore, in the three imperial battles, there are often not many troops dispatched by Mainz, but the soldiers of Mainz are the most tenacious, there is no doubt about this.
Although Mainz is rich, its population is limited after all, and the entire Mainz adds up to a population of more than 200,000, and after participating in the three emperors, the regular army of Mainz lost more than seven floors, and more than 20,000 Mainz soldiers were killed and wounded in the war.
At present, there are less than 8,000 troops left in the whole of Mainz, and 5,000 of these 8,000 are still young men who have been temporarily conscripted.
Ertal, who was already in his eighties, was completely stunned when he learned that Frankfurt had been conquered by the Prussians without difficulty, and then the violent stimulation caused Eltar to fall into a coma.
God knows that Eltar thinks that he has not done anything to be sorry for God, but three military operations against the Prussians have been defeated by the Prussians, and now the Prussians have rushed to their doorstep, and now Mainz is struggling to even take out the defensive forces.
After Eltal fell into a coma, Bishop Valentine, as Ertal's deputy, immediately took over the reins of the Electorate of Mainz, and at the same time Valentin sent people to Frankfurt in an urgent manner in the hope of reaching a peace with Prussia.
On the other hand, Valentine was also prepared for the worst, and several cathedrals and most of the clergy in Mainz were ready to evacuate Mainz.
More than a dozen large-capacity merchant ships on the Main River are also working overtime, and these merchant ships will carry the church property accumulated by Mainz for hundreds of years down the Rhine River to Karlsruhe.
Obviously, for Mainz, Valentin is ready to give up, although giving up Mainz is a very cruel order for Valentine, you must know that Ertal has no descendants, and as Ertal's deputy, Valentin can inherit the status of the state of Mainz and the archbishop of Mainz after Ertal.
But now abandoning Mainz means that Valentine will never be able to dominate the land under his feet in any case.
But Valentine knew that he had to do this, it was unrealistic to hold Mainz, the Prussian-British army was 60,000, and the defenders in Mainz were not even 10,000, such a huge disparity in strength coupled with three consecutive imperial defeats had cast a shadow on the hearts of everyone in Mainz, and no one wanted to face the terrible Prussian army.
In such a situation, there is no other way to go but to abandon Mainz.
When the messenger sent by Valentin quickly returned to Mainz and told Valentin about Valentin's attitude, Valentin's face was already full of gloom, standing on the dock of Mainz, looking at the city that could have become his own, Valentin's heart was depressed.
At this moment, the unconscious Eltar was also carried by the attendants to the dock, and Valentine sighed as he looked at his godfather.
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Valentin is not only Eltar's deputy, but also Eltal's godson, if it weren't for the great difference in appearance between the two, I'm afraid everyone would think that Valentin is Ertar's illegitimate son, otherwise why would His Excellency the Archbishop be interested in a little roadside beggar who is more than thirty years younger than himself.
Even sometimes Valentine himself secretly wondered if he had any relationship with Eltar, otherwise why Eltal, who was the archbishop at the time, would take a fancy to him at a glance among everyone and accept him as his godson.
In Valentine's growth, Eltar can be said to have spared no effort to cultivate him, all of which also made Valentin feel impressed.
"Godfather, God willing, you must not be fine!"
Valentine looked at Eltar lying on the couch and stretched out his hand to hold Eltal's right hand tightly, and coincidentally at this time, Eltar woke up.
Looking at his godson, Eltal's face was very complicated, and after a while, he only heard Eltar say softly: "Tile ......
Tile.....
Valentine, I'm right......
I'm sorry....
You!
” After speaking, Eltal's eyes were all healed, and this scene made Valentine say with some sadness: "Godfather, don't say it, we don't want Mainz, when we get to Karlsruhe, we will find a new church to develop the faith in God!"
As he spoke, Valentin said to the attendants who were carrying Eltar: "Carry the archbishop to the ship and take good care of the archbishop!"
On August 30, 1791, the Prussian army came to the city of Mainz, and when the Prussian army arrived, they saw the gate of Mainz wide open, and several clergy of the church walked to Dafilia with the key to the city gate, which symbolized the rights of the city, and respectfully presented it.
"Leave some people to take over Mainz, and we'll go to Wiesbaden!"
The Prussian army did not stay long after leaving three regiments in Mainz, and the army went straight to Wiesbaden.
The capture of Wiesbaden meant that the Prussian military campaign against the Main River Valley was a great success, so the allied forces, both generals and soldiers, embarked on another journey in high spirits, and their goal was the last stronghold in the Main River valley - Wiesbaden.