(Khan, I made a mistake at the end of the previous chapter, it should be Tuha and not Dessau, please understand) The events in Vienna were quickly communicated to the front, and when Tuha learned of the events in Vienna, the first reaction in Tuha's mind was to immediately lead his army back to Vienna to help.
But then Tuha considered that if he returned to Vienna with his army, there was no doubt that the Bohemian line that had been built with great effort by Tuha and Austria would collapse without a fight, and that the Prussian army would be able to take advantage of Tuha's return.
Tuha also thought about leading part of his army back to Vienna, but Alexander's troops who besieged Vienna had 40,000 troops, and after Alexander's troops besieged Vienna, some of the nobles who supported Alexander also raised troops to support Alexander.
Fortunately, the turmoil caused by Alexander did not affect the whole of Austria, the main reason for this was that Alexander's siege of Vienna was very sudden, but once Alexander could not conquer Vienna in a short time, then it was foreseeable that the army of King Qin would be organized in various parts of Austria at that time, and it would undoubtedly be the Prussians who would benefit by then.
And just as Tuha was hesitating about whether to return to the army, Alexander's envoy also came to Tuha's army.
This envoy brought Alexander's goodwill to Tuha, and at the same time made a promise to Tuha on Alexander's behalf that Tuha would be a great merit if he held his ground on the northern front and did not allow the Prussians to move south.
At that time, Alexander would choose a city-state from northern Italy as a fief and give it to Tuja.
While Alexander's envoy was following Tuha's path, Karl also came to Tuha's office despite his own battle wounds after hearing the bad news about Vienna.
Saw Carl walk in.
Alexander's envoy was stunned for a moment, but then the messenger's face showed joy.
Among Leopold II's sons, Franz, as the eldest son of Leopold II, did not have a good relationship with his younger brothers since he was a child, and even before Leopold II was established as Joseph II's heir, Franz's attitude towards his younger brothers was not good.
Franz was the eldest son of Leopold II, and legally he was the first in line to the throne of Leopold II.
In the aristocratic families, except for a few, the relationship between the first heir in line to the throne and the other heirs of most of the family is not very good, after all, as Franz, he is very reluctant to give a considerable part of his assets to his younger brothers in the future.
It was with this kind of thinking that the relationship between Franz and his younger brothers was very stiff for a while.
And unlike Franz, Alexander grew up on fairly good terms with several brothers.
"I have heard that Alexander is leading an army against Vienna.
Is this true?
” Karl looked at his brother's messenger and asked with a pale face.
"Your Highness Karl, it is true.
However, His Royal Highness Alexander is also really helpless, His Royal Highness Franz is so aggressive that he actually wants Hungary to recruit 100,000 troops this summer!
You also know what the situation is in Hungary, and it is not easy for His Highness Alexander to gain a foothold.
Previously, His Royal Highness Alexander had supported all his troops here.
As a result, His Royal Highness Franz did not let His Highness Alexander go, and after learning of the task of raising 100,000 troops, the whole of Hungary became quite unstable, and the troops sent to fight before suffered heavy losses, so those Hungarian nobles claimed that unless Alexander became emperor.
Otherwise, Hungary will no longer have a single soldier.
And after Alexander finally subdued the Hungarian nobles, he once again recruited an army of 40,000 to support the front.
Who knew that those Hungarian nobles were white-eyed wolves that they couldn't raise, and they actually raised troops to threaten His Royal Highness Alexander after arriving in Bratislav, and His Royal Highness Alexander, who had no choice but to adapt to the situation and go to Vienna!
” The messenger's words sent a blush to Karl's face.
As the prince of the empire, although Carl has almost been driven out of the sequence of heirs to the throne, this does not mean that Carl does not pay attention to the empire.
Karl also had some understanding of what Hungary was like, and each of the unruly Magyars was like a wolf in the steppe, and after this understanding, Karl also became more and more sympathetic to Alexander.
To be honest, Karl didn't have the slightest affection for Franz, and several of their brothers, except for Franz himself.
Karl's second brother Ferdinand, as early as 1790, when Ferdinand was twenty-one years old, was named the Grand Duke of Tuscany and then driven to his fiefdom, so Franz still did not let Ferdinand go, at Franz's signal, his stick and dog legs have been written to the emperor, and finally the emperor issued an order "without the emperor's order, Ferdinand is forbidden to return to Vienna".
And Karl himself was succeeded to the Grand Duke of Chessin when he was a child, so he largely avoided the struggle of the Vienna court, but even so, Franz was very wary of Karl.
As for Alexander, as the wisest and wisest of his brothers, he attracted Franz's firepower to the greatest extent, and even before Alexander was eighteen years old, he was driven to that dangerous place in Hungary.
"I know it hasn't been easy for Alexander since he left for Hungary, but he can't do that either!
As a son of the Habsburgs, how could he be willing to be a puppet of the Hungarians!
” "His Highness Karl, His Highness Alexander, there is no way to do it!
I can say that among the imperial governments and the royal family, there is no one better than His Royal Highness Alexander in Hungary!
” Saying that, the messenger looked at Karl, and after seeing that Karl's face was a little moved, the messenger continued: "Your Highness Karl, Your Highness Alexander has always regarded you and His Highness Ferdinand as his closest people, and at this time, His Highness Alexander wants to lead some troops to Vienna, on the one hand, to help His Highness Alexander's deal with those Hungarians who do not know what to do, and on the other hand, I also hope that you can support His Highness against Franz!
In addition, news has come from His Highness Ferdinand's side, and His Highness Ferdinand personally led 3,000 men from Tuscany to support His Highness Alexander!
” On the one hand, his father and eldest brother, and on the other hand, the two brothers who have the best relationship in the family, Carl is undoubtedly entangled at the moment.
Seeing that Karl's face was not right, Tuha said to the messenger: "Karl was seriously wounded in the last battle, and now he has to go a little bit, so let's go to Vienna, but I am still optimistic about Alexander, so let's do it, I control the army for a month, and during this month, not a single soldier will rush back to Vienna from the front, but if after a month, Alexander can't control the situation, then I can only lead the army back to Vienna at that time!"
Tuha's words relieved the envoy, the reason why he persuaded Karl to lead the army back to Vienna was nothing more than to test Tuha's attitude in this way, after all, although Karl was the prince, the commander-in-chief of the front line was Tuha, and without Tuha's permission, how could Karl take the army from the front.
Although Tuha's answer did not explicitly support Alexander, it was very important for Alexander to delay for a month, after all, if he could not win within a month, then even if Tuha did not lead the army back to Vienna, the nobles loyal to Leopold II or Franz from all over Austria would definitely send troops to the king.
When Alexander learned of Tuha's attitude, his heart was also greatly excited.
"Daniel, order the army to intensify the offensive from tomorrow, and be sure to take Vienna within half a month!"
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Daniel shouted Alexander's order and strode out, Alexander's army had looted a lot of artillery from the towns around Vienna these days, and when these cannons were gathered under the city of Vienna, both Alexander and Daniel knew that it was time to launch a general attack.
The hundreds of pieces of artillery lined up beneath the walls of Vienna put unprecedented pressure on the defenders at the head of the city, and although they were of various sizes, they were large enough to compensate for the lack of quality.
On the morning of February 5, 1793, when the sun had risen in the sky, more than 20,000 Hungarian troops had formed a huge formation under the walls of Vienna.
"Order artillery fire!"
As soon as an order came out of Alexander's mouth, the artillery positions that had already been placed at the forefront by Daniel immediately resounded with a loud roar, and hundreds of artillery shells were fired at Vienna all the time, and even the earth began to tremble after the power of these cannons.
The faces of the defenders guarding the walls of Vienna turned pale for a while, although the defenders had tasted the power of Alexander's artillery a few days ago, but the scale of the previous days could not be compared with today, this situation made everyone in Vienna understand that Alexander was about to launch a general attack.
Sure enough, after more than two hours of continuous roaring, the artillery gradually stopped, and just when the defenders of Vienna felt relieved, they saw the Hungarian army outside the city rushing towards Vienna like a wave.