Chapter 256: Still Growing (34/102)
The Dragon Hidden Army is a branch of the army that Eugen has long conceived, if the Long Xiang Army is equivalent to a regular army, then the Long Yin Army is a special force.
This army will not be very numerous, but the quality of individual soldiers is very high, and in many cases they have to carry out some very special tasks.
With this army, Eugen is the equivalent of a hidden knife, and at all times, he has the ability to fight back.
Of course, this kind of thing is not urgent, and everything is still in the stage of conception, and it still takes a long time to cultivate.
At this moment, Eugen has already found a captain for the Dragon Hidden Army, that is, Corleone in front of him, as the so-called use of people is not suspicious, and suspicions are not needed, since Eugen has left Corleone's life, he is willing to believe him.
With Eugen's approval, Corleone looked up at him deeply, then nodded silently, and turned to leave Eugen's tent.
Eugen looked at Corleone's back in deep thought, and after a moment, he chuckled, turned to the sky, and walked into the tent.
In the cold winter season, the young eagles stay in the nest to be fed, the eagles hover in the sky overlooking the earth, it is not yet time, it is not yet the time of spring, the young eagles still need time, and they still need to grow.
When the warm breeze blows and the earth recovers, the young eagles will rise from the sky and spread their wings into the vast blue sky, and now, they still need to grow.
After the reconquest, the Lybor region finally returned to its former tranquility, when restrictions on the passes were lifted, and carts of merchants traveled to and from Saxony to transport goods in all directions.
The people here have survived a peaceful winter, and from the Po River defense line in the west to the eastern border of the Lebor region, all of them have been controlled by Eugen.
The extent of this land is extremely large, almost the size of half of the Duchy of Saxony, and if all the forces in this area are combined, the total number can reach more than 50,000.
It was a terrible force, and holding such a force in his hand made Eugen's words even heavier, and his position in the entire empire also rose.
All this happened so quickly, Eugen was at a great disadvantage in the Lebor region, and the situation was reversed in an instant because of a victory in a battle.
Then he made a lightning attack, swallowing the entire Lebor region in one fell swoop in just one month, and smashed a heavy weight between the scales formed by the various large forces of the Holy Roman Empire.
At this moment, Eugen already has the power to break the balance.
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The 30,000-strong army of the Hohenzollerns in the southeastern part of the empire was immediately affected, and if they continued to march towards Vienna, they would inevitably have friction with Eugen.
During this time, the Habsburgs mobilized their full force, gathering a total of 50,000 troops, which were stationed in the southeast to block the Hohenzollern forces.
The battle between the two sides suddenly reached a stalemate, the Habsburg army would not take the initiative to attack, and Hohenzollern did not dare to provoke a war easily.
On the northern front, the Vetina family's offensive was also blocked, the weather was getting colder, and the Saxony Princes were located at the northern end of the empire, where there were few large grain producing areas, and as time went on, the supply of food and grass for the Vetina army began to have problems.
In many cases, their soldiers even had to raid villages to support the army's daily needs.
In the camp on the Saxon front, a roar like an angry lion came from the tent of the camp, and Duke Billund smashed the goblet in his hand and scolded: "Tariq, this fool! Gave him so many troops, he couldn't even beat a hairy boy, what a complete waste! ”
Breaking the wine glass in his hand, Duke Billund was still angry, and raised his big scalp shoe and stomped on the shards a few times, as if he was stepping on Viscount Tariq's face.
The generals in the military tent did not dare to make a sound, for fear that Duke Billon would transfer his anger to himself.
Speaking of coming, you can't blame Duke Billon for his bad temper, it's really that what has happened these days is too bad, Viscount Tariq is a pawn arranged by the Vetina family a long time ago, and every year the Vetina family spends a lot of financial and material resources to support his actions in the Lebor region.
According to the original plan, Tariq would be able to gather an army of more than 10,000 people after annexing the entire Lebor region.
At that time, with this army of 10,000 men, he would be able to march from the south to Vienna, together with the Hohenzollerns and the army from the north, he would be able to encircle the Habsburgs in Vienna on three sides.
The battle line was stretched to such an extent that the forces of the Habsburgs were simply unable to defend it, and there were only two options to choose from.
The first is to shrink the defense, which will form a pattern of three armies besieging Vienna, which the Habsburgs will never be able to hold, and the day the city is broken will be the end of the Habsburgs.
The second way was for the Habsburgs to leave Vienna and withdraw to the east of the empire as a whole, and to the east was a way for the Habsburgs to survive, where there was a large alliance of loose nobles, and the Habsburgs would inevitably weaken their power in the meantime, and finally even if there were some remnants of the power, it would be impossible to return to Vienna to seize the throne.
No matter how you choose, the Habsburgs will not be able to escape the end of decay, and the position of the emperor will change hands.
The abacus was a good one, but when everything was ready, Viscount Tariq dropped the chain and lost the Lebor region.
Everyone knows that Eugen is a member of the Habsburg family and has a great relationship with the royal family, not to mention that he and the Vetina family are still in a state of hostility, and in a state of war, Eugen will inevitably join the Habsburg camp.
At present, Eugen has sprung up, and the Lebber area and the Vienna area are connected, and the Habsburgs have suddenly received strong support, forming a favorable situation of attacking and retreating.
In this case, to carry out the previous plan is tantamount to a fool's dream, which is like playing chess, one mistake and losing the whole game.
At this moment, the Vedina family has fallen into an extremely passive situation, either they can only increase their forces again, storm Vienna with all their might, and directly defeat the Habsburgs on the frontal battlefield, or simply do nothing and roll back to Saxony with their own soldiers.
If they wanted to retreat, it would never have been possible without paying any price, and in the end, in order to appease the condemnation of the aristocracy, they would have to agree to some very harsh conditions from the Habsburgs.
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The previous chapter counts and counts heavily.... A little confused