Chapter 273: The King's Call (43/102)

The two great families who were the attacking parties established their own strategies, and they both decided to ignore the letters sent by Vienna and dismiss the awakening of Charles VI as a hoax.

The strings of the goddess of war fluttered again, and the soldiers on the earth towered into a jungle of steel, and the pace of the army's attack was so uniform, and the momentum of tens of thousands of troops combined was like a huge wave that shook the heavens and the earth.

As Duke Friedrich said, other families of the Holy Roman Empire also received letters from Vienna, and the news of Emperor Charles VI's awakening was like a boulder, causing an uproar among them.

Unlike the two big families, because these families had no entanglement of interests, they believed this matter almost immediately, after all, there was an archbishop's guarantee.

His Majesty Charles VI's letters to these families were very uniform in content, to the effect that in the name of the Holy Roman Emperor, they should send troops to Vienna to stop the conspiracy of the Grand Duchy of Saxony and Prussia.

The Duke of Lorraine sat in the castle of Munich, looking at the letter in front of him, with a helpless wry smile on his face.

As an ally of the Habsburgs, he should be happy to get this news, but the current Duke of Lorraine is really not happy, because he did not do his best to help the Habsburgs when they were in crisis.

When the battle was about to start, although they also participated in the garrison of the northern defense line, their attitude was very negative, and they were often able to avoid the Saxon iron cavalry, and rarely fought head-to-head.

As for the coalition forces that were later sent out to join the Habsburg Line, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and the number was only about 10,000.

Therefore, the current Duke of Lorraine can be said to be mixed, happy that he finally did not abandon the Habsburgs and made some early investment; The worry is that his investment this time is too little, like a primitive stock destined to skyrocket, but he missed the best investment period.

As a businessman, such a mistake is really difficult for him to let go.

But in any case, even if you can't do it, the icing on the cake is good, and the Duke of Lorraine will not let go of any moment to earn benefits for his family.

He immediately ordered the gathering of all the existing military forces of the Wittelsbach family, totaling 30,000 troops, and preparing to march to Vienna to support His Majesty the Kaiser.

As for the commander of the army, the Duke of Lorraine arranged for his son Francis to serve in person, and his son-in-law led the troops to rescue his future father-in-law, which was a good deal.

Until now, the Duke of Lorraine still has not given up the idea of letting Francis marry Princess Maria, although he also knows that Princess Maria's heart is not with Francis, but sometimes, political bargaining chips are also an important factor in marriage.

On the other hand, after receiving the letter, the Welf family, who had always stayed out of the matter, also admired Emperor Charles VI's trick, and Duke Rudolph even wanted to personally lead troops to support, and at the same time take the opportunity to see the disgraced faces of the two big families of Vetina and Hohenzollern.

However, in the end, the Duke was dissuaded, and a suitable marshal led the army, and at the time of the war, the Duke of Rudolph's identity was too important, and it was more secure to sit at home.

For this matter, the number of soldiers sent by the Hanover family is 20,000, which is also a considerable force.

The combined number of troops of these two great families alone exceeded 50,000, which is definitely a decisive force on the current battlefield.

If they can put themselves into the defensive line, it will inevitably have a great impact on the situation of the battle.

It's just surprising that the biggest force in the entire empire is actually some small characters that are ignored by everyone.

They are the nobles of the United Duchy of the Western Empire.

In that place, there are hundreds of powerful nobles, large and small, and the Marquis of Palatinate, who has the title of 'Blood Lion', is one of them, in addition to him, there are four other marquises, more than a dozen earls, and nearly a hundred marquises.

Without the ruler of a large family, the entire western region was managed to survive in the name of a loose federation that was so loose that it could not even restrain the nobles from fighting against each other.

The western region was arguably the most chaotic part of the entire Holy Roman Empire, where the nobles gathered here were like a colony of wild beasts, spending every moment in battle with each other.

Because of this, the power under each of their names far exceeds that of other nobles of the same level, and even a small viscount maintains a standing army of about a thousand people.

As for the earl, the weakest one had nearly three thousand soldiers under his name, and the most one had reached eight thousand.

In addition to leading the nobles under their own names, the five marquis generally maintained an army of more than 10,000 people, and due to the continuous wars, the combat effectiveness of these armies is also quite good.

After the letter from Vienna was delivered here, it actually caused an unexpected frenzy here, and all the nobles put aside their grievances with each other and let out a unified cry.

Many people are clamoring to send troops to support His Majesty the Emperor, so that the rebels will be punished as they deserve! The fighting spirit of the nobles and nobles was unprecedentedly high, and some of them did not even wait for the coalition army to be assembled, so they set off with their troops and rushed towards Vienna.

The situation always unexpectedly unexpected, and it seems that in the hearts of these small nobles who have been in war-torn areas for many years, there is some very old and traditional virtue, that is, loyalty to the royal family.

In a short period of time, an army of more than 100,000 people gathered here, and more than 100 different flags fluttered in one rank, each representing a nobleman and a strength.

The convergence of so many forces produced a terrifying change, an army of 100,000, which was a terrible number, and the two Grand Duchyes of Prussia and Saxony together had only made up the same number of soldiers.

After the 100,000 allied troops were assembled, they rushed towards Vienna non-stop, and it is no exaggeration to say that as long as this army arrives at its destination, the crisis in Vienna will be resolved immediately, and no matter how strong the two big families are, it is impossible to compete with such a huge force.