Chapter 1588: The Temptation of Thrones and Titles
In line with the principle of first making things easier and then making them more difficult, Vladislas II consulted with Wagner, commander of the Second Army Corps of the North Sea State, and Jurgen, commander of the Cossack cavalry corps, after they arrived in Prague and decided on a strategy of first destroying the rebels in the mountains of northern Hungary and then fighting the enemy's main force in the south.
The official army responsible for suppressing the uprising this time consisted of three parts - the first part was the Second Army Corps of the Beihai State and the Cossack Cavalry Corps, which was the strongest part; The second part consisted of 5,000 Polish hussars sent by King Zygmunt I of Poland, led by the Polish general Mashinski. He was a confidant of Zygmunt I and the Grand Commander of the Polish Hussars; The last part is the 10,000 soldiers and horses made up by the Kingdom of Bohemia, led by General Ufarusi, the general of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Before the expedition, Vladislas II held a meeting with four generals, Wagner, Jurgen, Mashinsky and Ufarusi, and finally formulated a tactic to destroy the more than 30,000 rebels in the north first, and then the main rebel force in the south.
However, how to prevent the main forces of the rebels in the south from coming to support the rebels in the north has become a major problem. Because, from Szeged to Pest, the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, it is only 170 kilometers. To the northern mountainous area where the rebels in the north are located, it is only more than 200 kilometers. The main force of the rebels consisted of 30,000 light cavalry, and as long as they hurried up, they could come over in two days, and no more than three days at the latest.
It would be very difficult to get the opponent's 30,000 cavalry to come over and form a north-south flank attack with the rebels in the northern mountains......
Therefore, before eliminating the rebels in the northern mountains, it is necessary to use an effective method to hold back the main forces of the rebels in the south......
After a half-day discussion, everyone guessed in detail how much Rao was. George's state of mind concluded that he would certainly be of interest to the Hungarian aristocracy.
Therefore, Vladislas II ordered the Hungarian nobles of Pest to send most of the nobles, with 7,000 troops and horses, to enter Kecskemet between Pest and Szeged to attract Duorao. George's attention.
Sure enough, when the main force of 30,000 officers and troops launched an attack on more than 30,000 rebels in the mountains of northern Hungary, Dorao. George and his army of more than 50,000 men were firmly drawn to the aristocratic Kecskemét......
Of course, in order to ensure that Kecskemét would not be easily defeated by the rebels, Vladislas II ordered that the only 900 musketeers in the army of the Kingdom of Bohemia should ride south and join the ranks guarding Kecskemét.
These 900 musketeers were formed by Vladislas II in imitation of the army of the North Sea State in recent years. After all, Marin's phalanx has performed very well in many wars. Therefore, Vladislas II couldn't help but collect a group of craftsmen, build a batch of arquebuses, and form a team of 900 musketeers.
This time, Vladislas II had planned to have 900 arquebusiers fight with the army. But Wagner, the commander of the Second Army Corps of the North Sea State, believed that these 900 musketeers would be more effective if they participated in the defense of Kecskemét. After all, the musketeers had the cover of the walls and were multiplied with power. Vladislas II sent them to Kecskemét to support the allied forces of the Hungarian nobility.
Moreover, before leaving, Wagner suddenly asked Kao, the odd officer of this musket team, to give a word to Count Pec, the leader of the coalition of Hungarian nobles......
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Then, when sparing. When George's army besieged Ketchkemét, the Earl of Page shouted out that sentence;
"Come, Rao, take this city and take us prisoner! As long as you can capture the old man, the old man will choose you to be the king of Hungary, like Matthias I! ”
Hearing this, how forgiving. George's brain exploded with a "boom", and he also lost his mind......
"The King...... Kings like Matthias I ......"
Ambition is in abundance. George's mind exploded, he had such an idea, and he couldn't hold back it anymore when he was teased by Earl Page like this......
Then, be spared. George couldn't care about going north to rescue any longer, even if the northern region sent carrier pigeons asking for help, it was useless. At this time, more forgive. George was bent on breaking through Kecskemét and capturing more than a hundred Hungarian nobles in the city. Then, relying on their support, become a man like Matthias I......
However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Rao. The rebel army formed by George lacked siege equipment and professional officers to command the siege.
As for the more than 30,000 Hungarian herdsmen's cavalry, perhaps the field battle is strong, but the city can be attacked......
Coupled with the fact that the Hungarian aristocratic coalition had 900 arquebusiers to help, the defense of the city, although tense, was not dangerous.
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In the mountainous areas of northern Hungary, the battle of 30,000 officers and troops was also relatively smooth. Because, most of the 10,000 soldiers of the Second Army of the Beihai State were mountain people recruited by Marin from the mountains of southern Germany. These veterans of the Second Legion, who were born in the mountains, are not too familiar with the mountains.
On the other hand, most of the more than 30,000 Hungarian rebels in the northern mountains came from the plains near the city of Pest, and were far less familiar with the mountains than the mountain veterans of the Second Army of the North Sea State. And some of the mountain people recruited from the local area in the rebel army did not play a big role at all because they were recruits......
With such a huge difference, although it seems that the Northern Route Army of the Hungarian rebel army is "fighting at home", they are passively beaten everywhere.
Under the leadership of the Second Army Corps of the Beihai State, which was dominated by veterans of the mountain people, the 30,000 officers and troops became more and more courageous, gradually compressing the living space of the Northern Route Army of the Hungarian rebel army, and won victory after victory.
At this time, the thoughts of being "elected king" and "becoming Matthias the second" filled the brain. George, he's still storming Kecskemet City. It is clear that when the king is tempted, let more forgive. George, the leader of the peasant rebels, lost his mind......
His subordinates probably saw that something was wrong and persuaded him. But more forgive. George was quite a king at this time, and he couldn't listen to persuasion at all. In turn, he persuaded his men to listen to his ......
"If I am elected king of Hungary, I will make you noble!"
"The comrades-in-arms in the northern mountains will not have much of a problem, no matter how bad they are, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, they can also deal with the enemy for a long time, and they can hold out until we defeat Kecskemét and then go to reinforcements!"
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Then, miraculously, many originally went to persuade Duo Rao. George's rebel army officers, in turn, were spared. George was persuaded in turn. After all, how forgiving. George promised a bunch of dukes, counts, viscounts, and barons, and smashed his uninformed subordinates......
And no wonder, so forgiving. George himself was only from a small aristocratic family. The other officers were either from small aristocratic families or simply from civilian backgrounds. If they were the children of the great nobles, they would not have joined the peasant rebellion at all. These lowly officers have always looked up to those big nobles, and envied and hated those big nobles. When I heard that I had a chance to become a great nobleman, I didn't think about it directly, and I was so confused. George was convinced. Then, go crazy with him......