After giving the Duke of Ulrich an idea, Marin sent someone to the glass greenhouse cultivation center to get enough croton, grind it into powder, and then bagged it and sent it to the Duchy of Württemberg.

But not long after he sent the croton flour out, he suddenly came from the south with shocking news - a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Hungary......

And the cause of this peasant revolt is very nonsense - it was originally the Hungarian Catholic Church, at the behest of the Holy See, who intended to organize a crusade. Of course, it was not to fight in West Asia, but to launch an attack on Turkey in the Balkans and to expand the Catholic-controlled areas to the south.

At this time, Turkey had not yet defeated Persia and annexed Egypt, and it was not too strong. The Kingdom of Hungary, a state founded by the Magyars, has become the vanguard of Europe against Turkey since its conversion to Catholicism.

Moreover, it is surprising that the Kingdom of Hungary has withstood the pace of Turkish expansion into Europe by its own strength. Even, you can fight back and forth with the Ottoman Turks. Especially during the reign of Matthias I, the famous Hungarian black army fought so that the Ottoman Turks did not dare to covet Central Europe.

However, since the death of Matthias I, Vladislas II took the Hungarian throne. But Vladislas II stayed mainly in Bohemia and did not usually go to Hungary. Therefore, the power of the Kingdom of Hungary fell into the hands of the aristocracy.

Then, in order to save money, this group of short-sighted aristocrats directly disbanded the famous Black Army that could beat the Turks and the Habsburgs (the Black Army had conquered Vienna).

Then, the Hungarian kingdom was greatly reduced in combat power and gradually fell into a disadvantage in the conflict with Turkey. In particular, after the warmon-rising Turkish Sultan Selim I came to power, he strengthened his military and constantly harassed the Hungarian region.

As if feeling the pressure from Turkey, the Holy See asked the Hungarian Church to organize a crusade and launch a counterattack against Turkey. As for the reward, you can get the land you occupy, and you can even get the status of nobility.

But to the surprise of the Holy See, this crusade, although welcomed by all classes of Hungary, was resisted by the aristocracy.

Of course, the Hungarian aristocracy was not fools and did not dare to openly stand up against the Holy See. But when the Crusader leaders were more forgiving. After George organized a crusader army of 40,000 men in Pest, the Hungarian nobles sent troops to arrest and beat the serfs who had joined the rebel army because they had serfs in their own territory.

The reason why they did this was because the nobles thought that those serfs had gone to join the crusade, and who would farm the land for them?

Hungary is different from the mountainous region of southern Germany in that it has a vast Hungarian plain with excellent agricultural conditions. The climate is warmer than that of Germany, the plains are widespread, and there is no shortage of water, making it an excellent agricultural area. There is no shortage of land in the local area, only farmers who farm.

In addition, the Kingdom of Hungary at this time was very large, about 200,000 square kilometers, far from being comparable to the 93,000 square kilometers of small Hungary in later generations. This is because the Kingdom of Hungary at this time included not only the later Republic of Hungary, but also Croatia and the vast Transylvania region. Transylvania alone has more than 100,000 square kilometers, half of the Kingdom of Hungary.

However, when the Habsburgs took over Hungary, the Ottoman Turks instigated the independence of Transylvania, so that the Habsburgs only got Hungary and Croatia, less than half of the territory of the original Kingdom of Hungary.

Although the Kingdom of Hungary had a population of several million, the vast Hungarian plain meant that the nobility simply did not have enough people to farm. Therefore, although they did not want to turn against the Holy See, they would never allow their own serfs to run away to participate in any crusade. Moreover, according to the propaganda of the crusaders, those serfs who participated in the crusaders could directly get rid of serfdom. How could this be for those Hungarian aristocrats? You know, that's not a few people, but tens of thousands......

As a result, the nobles did not care about the face of the church, and directly sent people to arrest their own "fugitive slaves", and publicly whipped and tortured.

However, these Hungarian nobles miscalculated. They were not faced with ordinary organizations, but against a group of fanatical crusaders. Those who were able to participate in this crusade were all fanatical and brave young men.

Seeing the humiliation of their brothers on a crusade, these fanatical crusaders were enraged......

As a result, some angry crusaders began to attack the private army of the nobles who were chasing and killing the serfs, and the Hungarian nobles completely turned their faces. And the Crusader chieftain is more forgiving. George, too, was angry at the Hungarian aristocracy for pulling the crusaders back.

Under the persuasion of the crusaders, more forgive. George simply led the 40,000-strong crusaders, mainly Hungarian peasants, to launch a great revolt against the Hungarian aristocracy.

They captured a group of nobles who had come to hunt down the peasants, and held a public trial and even an execution outside the city of Pest. Then, the two sides completely tore their faces.

However, the 40,000-strong rebel army did not capture Pest. Because, how forgiving. George also knew that the 40,000 rebels were mainly peasants and were not suitable for attacking the fortified city of Pest (Pest was part of the later Hungarian capital Budapest, which was composed of two cities, Buda and Pest, one on the Danube and the other on the opposite bank, somewhat similar to the three towns of Wuhan across the river).

Because the army is too large in number and the supply is difficult, in order to solve the supply problem, it is more forgiving. George divided the rebel army into five routes, two of which were sent to the northern mountains to mobilize the local people to participate in the uprising. By the way, loot the estates of local nobles in the northern region to get enough snacks.

and the third road, by Ann Brush, a citizen of the city of Pest. Salaresch commanded (the rebel army also had a high percentage of citizens) and remained in Rakosz, near Pest, to spy on the Hungarian nobles in Pest.

As for the remaining two armies, it will be up to Duo Rao. George personally led the march to Szeged, an important city in southern Hungary......

By the time Marin received the information from the Hungarian side, the total number of Hungarian peasant rebels had exceeded 80,000......

However, there are also variables. That is, not long after Marin received the information, the burghers of the citizen army who had stayed near the city of Pest to monitor the movements of the Hungarian nobles in the city of Pest, under the bribe and pull of the nobles, were actually in Ambroš. Salaresch led the refuge with the Hungarian aristocracy. Then, Ambrosh. Salaresh, a man of two or five boys, also led the burghers and the aristocratic army to attack Rakosh and wipe out the remaining peasant army. At this point, the Third Route Peasant Army was completely defeated and annihilated.

Then the Hungarian nobles sent to Bohemia to ask their monarch Vladislas II for help. At the same time, they also sent a letter to the powerful Governor of Transylvania in the east, John Brown. Zapolio called for help. The situation began to develop in a direction unfavorable to the peasant rebel army......

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After receiving this information, Marin was immediately excited. Because, this peasant rebellion is bound to fail. And after the defeat of the peasant army, there must have been a large number of prisoners of war. These prisoners of war are all the labor that Marin needs!

So, Marin took Kohler and Sauer and others, escorted by thousands of cavalry, and went south again, intending to negotiate with the Hungarian nobles to buy some prisoners of war. That's 80,000 peasant rebels, and even if they are defeated, they must have tens of thousands of prisoners of war!