At this moment, on the walls of Vienna, in addition to the defenders of Vienna, Leopold II was personally in charge, and after the Hungarian army began to attack, Leopold II's expression remained unchanged and he was still calmly looking at the dense figures that gradually spread to the city of Vienna.
But compared to Leopold II, Franz's performance was undoubtedly much worse.
Leopold II was trained in the army before he ascended to the throne, although Leopold II was captured by the Prussian army led by William himself in the last Austro-Prussian War, but before that, Leopold II had also experienced many major battles, so the current war scene did not make Leopold II's expression change greatly.
But Franz is different, although Franz also spent time in the army, but everyone knows that Franz is just messing around, plus Franz has a special status, so after a year in the army, Franz was transferred back to Vienna to familiarize himself with government affairs.
And for people like Franz, when they talk about war, they may seem quite dismissive, but if they really face the war, then their performance is absolutely unimpressive.
(Insert a digression, I saw a lot of angry young people shouting about the topic of war because of the Diaoyu Islands, but they were quite unimpressed, don't look at these people screaming so fiercely, if there is a real war, I'm afraid these guys will be immediately frightened, they are all children who grew up in peacetime, who has the courage to really face war and death!)
） This was exactly the case with Franz at the moment, after seeing the Hungarian army charging towards Vienna.
Franz was not calm anymore, and his body seemed to be a little drumming as he stood aside.
In the previous shelling, Franz was even more frightened.
This performance made Leopold II, who sat on the sidelines, sigh that he had no successor.
"Franz, look what you look like, I'm still here!
Can it still be turned upside down!
What are you panicking about, stand up for me!
” Leopold II's words startled Franz, and he had to stand aside and try to control his emotions.
"Your Majesty, you are the supreme of the empire, and this kind of scene is naturally not taken into account by you.
But after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still young, and his experience is much worse than yours, so it is not surprising that this bearing is not as good as yours!
” See Franz deflated.
As one of Franz's staunchest supporters, Austria's Chancellor of the Exchequer Fergus Fergus naturally spoke for Franz.
Thinking that Franz was only twenty-four years old this year, Leopold II wondered if he was asking too much of Franz?
But then Leopold II thought of his son-in-law, who was four years younger than his son.
Come to think of it.
Leopold II felt that he had asked less of Franz.
Leopold II's imperial flag was planted at the highest point of the Vienna city wall, which showed that Leopold II personally guarded the first line of Vienna, and this move also greatly boosted the morale of the Viennese defenders.
The Hungarian army did not forget to carry some artillery with them when they advanced and charged, which would be used to blast open the gates of Vienna.
At the same time, the soldiers also carried some ancient siege tools that would help the Hungarian army to conquer Vienna.
The defenders of Vienna had been prepared for the Hungarian army's attack, and behind the city gates, the defenders had piled up a large number of sandbags and stones.
But such defensive measures only caused some problems for the Hungarian army.
After all, the Hungarian army has a certain advantage in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, and these advantages have naturally changed the situation on the battlefield to a certain extent.
It's noon.
After more than an hour of fighting, a small group of Hungarian soldiers finally rushed to the wall of Vienna, and the Hungarian army attacking the city gate had already broken through the city gate at this moment, and was constantly carrying sandbags and stones blocked in the city gate hole.
"Quick, mobilize the army to concentrate at the head of the broken city, add some more soldiers at the city gate, and be sure to remove those annoying things in the shortest possible time!"
Soon after Alexander's order was given, a large group of Hungarian soldiers rushed towards the wall where a gap had been opened.
Leopold II soon noticed the disadvantages on the walls as well, and he decisively ordered: "Franz, you take my guards over and drive those Hungarian soldiers down!"
Franz's performance before made Leopold II a little disappointed, although Franz was his heir, but at this moment Leopold II did not hesitate to order Franz to the front line, which was not only a test for Franz, but also had the intention of letting Franz establish his prestige.
In the original history, Leopold II should have been called by God in 1792, but now Leopold II has lived to 1793, it seems that Leopold II has changed his fate, but in fact, the way of heaven is fair to everyone, Leopold II's body has not been changed to a fundamental extent.
Leopold II's physical condition was buried deep in his heart, in fact, Leopold II had a hunch that he might not live to the next Christmas.
That's why Leopold II was eager to strengthen Franz's prestige in the empire and clear some obstacles for Franz, otherwise how could Leopold II tolerate Franz's previous series of stupid tricks.
Leopold II knew the difficulty of mobilizing another 70,000 troops in Hungary in one year, but he also knew that Franz was trying to suppress Alexander in order to secure his position as heir, so Leopold II agreed.
But now, Leopold II felt that he had deviated in the fundamental direction, perhaps because Franz had gone too smoothly, so that some of his actions became a little incomprehensible, and even the brothers developed to the extent that they are now fighting each other.
Alexander's siege of Vienna could be seen not only as a challenge to Leopold II, but also as an outburst of dissatisfaction with Franz.
Hearing Leopold II's order, Franz was suddenly a little surprised, and then saw Franz's face become hesitant, and this hesitation seemed to Leopold II to be a complete disappointment, without waiting for Franz to speak, Fergasis, who understood Leopold II's thoughts, quickly pulled Franz's sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never been on the battlefield, so this time it is better to let his subordinates do it for him!"
"Fogsis, there is no place for you to speak here, if I let him go, he will go, even if he dies, he will go!"
At this moment, Leopold was no longer talking calmly but roaring, and after he finished yelling, Franz seemed to feel his father's strong dissatisfaction with him, so Franz was also a rare bachelor for a while "Yes, father, I'll go!"
After answering loudly, Franz straightened his back and rushed out, and most of the guards who had been guarding Leopold II took up arms and rushed out with Franz.
Looking at Franz's back, Leopold II's somewhat old face showed a hint of blush.
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When they rushed to the edge of the city wall, which had been broken by the Hungarian army, they saw that sixty or seventy Hungarian soldiers had already sprung up on the wall.
"Drive those Hungarian barbarians down, and everyone will be rewarded!
Rush me!
” Despite Franz's yelling, his voice had shifted a little.
In fact, as the crown prince of the empire, that is, the convenience Opold II asked him to come and destroy these Hungarian soldiers who poured into the city wall, but how could Franz rush to the front line to fight, after all, if his own martial arts are not strong, rushing forward is completely self-defeating.
The guards who followed Leopold II were naturally not ordinary hands, after all, there was no monarch who did not value his life more than anything else, and in such a situation, how could the guard, who was the last line of defense by the monarch's side, be a mediocre hand.
Sure enough, after this group of imperial guards joined the battle under Franz's orders, the situation on the city walls changed.
But the space on the city walls is limited after all, and despite the extraordinary skills of these guards, everyone has some scruples in the face of the Hungarian army, which is gradually shrinking into a ball like a hedgehog.
But the most precious thing on the battlefield is time, although these Hungarian troops were firmly suppressed on the edge of the city wall, but the breakthrough on the city wall was always tightly guarded by these soldiers, and in the time of this sentence, I saw more than a dozen Hungarian soldiers rushing up to the side of the city wall.
"Quick, find the spear!"
Franz, who was standing in the back, saw that for these Hungarian soldiers who shrunk into hedgehogs, rifles and bayonets have lost their effectiveness, after all, the current rifles need to be reloaded once every ammunition fired, and the small space and time on the city wall limit the play of the rifle, and the bayonet has naturally become the first choice without accidentally injuring his comrades.
But the enemy, the Hungarian soldiers, were also armed with bayonets, and even some Hungarian soldiers abandoned their bayonets and took on the Hungarian long scimitars, which were more flexible and lethal than bayonets.
The bayonet combined with the long scimitar made the Hungarian soldier huddled together a veritable hedgehog.
The soldiers in the front row were tied, and it was precisely when he saw this situation that Franz thought of the spear, after all, the spear had a longer advantage than the bayonet and the Hungarian knife.
Fortunately, the walls were equipped with spears, so the spears were soon handed over to the Viennese defenders who were clustered around the Hungarian soldiers.