The city of Vienna was full of billowing smoke, black smoke obscured the sky, stones fell from the broken walls, and the militia of Vienna dragged the bodies of the soldiers killed in the battle and buried them in the city.

The armies of Attila and Temujin laid siege to Vienna for several days, killing 30,000 defenders of Vienna!

The attack and defense of Vienna was more tragic than Ferdinand imagined, with 100,000 professional soldiers defending Vienna and 100,000 militia recruited from the city of Vienna, equivalent to 200,000 soldiers defending the city of Vienna.

However, the militia, who were generally conscripted, were terrified of the trebuchets possessed by the Mongols, and needed to be supervised by Ferdinand's Overseers, so that these militiamen would not escape.

However, even so, the morale of these militias dropped dramatically when the Mongol trebuchets bombarded the city, and their combat effectiveness was almost negligible.

The trebuchet is not only powerful, but also has a deterrent effect on the psychology of the soldiers, reducing the defensive strength of the defenders.

"At this rate, Vienna could fall in less than a month."

Ferdinand extrapolated the time of the fall of Vienna.

At the beginning, when the defenders were sufficient, the possibility of being captured by the barbarian army was relatively small. However, the further back you go, the weaker the defenders are, and the probability of being captured increases dramatically.

A city as large as Vienna also needed enough strength to defend it.

"I hope that Alexander, Caesar and others can organize troops to counterattack in time. Otherwise, I won't be able to defend at all. Convey my will to Alexandria to them. ”

Ferdinand was left alone. So, he sent a team of Austrian cavalry to inform Alexander and Caesar and other Western lords first, asking for reinforcements.

Alexander: They had to regroup their forces in support of Vienna within a month.

A military general of the Archduchy of Austria led about a few hundred elite cavalry, with the knights in full armor as the vanguard, forced to break through the encirclement of the army outside the city, and galloped in the direction of the city of Linz, where Alexander was located!

"Your Majesty, there is a cavalry that has successfully broken through the city, and its direction is the city of Linz, which is located on the Danube! Their goal may be to ask Alexander for reinforcements, please your Majesty have to guard against it! ”

When the Austrian cavalry broke through from Vienna, Attila, as the head of the Hun Empire, was the first to hear the news, and he immediately gathered all his allies.

Naturally, Attila realized that the Western lords were gathering forces for a second decisive battle with him.

The last time the Western Lords' armies had not yet been assembled, so Attila had an absolute superiority in strength. And this time, Alexander, Caesar and other lords deliberately left Ferdinand alone to hold on to the city of Vienna and delay the progress of Attila's attack, just to buy time to gather troops.

Attila could not allow these Western lords to gather their forces smoothly, otherwise the outcome would be unpredictable.

"Temujin, Subutai, I need your strength, you lead the cavalry to attack Linz and defeat the army of the Western lords located there."

Attila intended to use Temujin's power again.

Temujin's face was not good-looking: "It is difficult to defeat them with the strength and strength of me and Subutai. ”

Temujin was not a reckless man, and the combined number of Western lords and generals was so impressive that even if Temujin and Subutai joined forces, it was impossible to repeat the success of the surprise attack on the Kingdom of Hungary.

The coalition of Western lords, the famous generals of the Roman Republic, among them are many king-level and emperor-level commanders. The cavalry of these generals may not be as terrible as Temujin and Subutai, but their bonuses to infantry or crossbowmen may be higher than those of Temujin and Subutai to infantry and crossbowmen.

Moreover, the armies of the Western lords, having experienced the last great war, had realized that Temujin would often use cavalry tactics of rushing or roundabouts, and they would be prepared for this.

"I'll personally go with you to Linz to deal with Alexander, and this time I'll be sure to kill the pressure. My wound still aches faintly. ”

Attila was stabbed by Alexander's fellow cavalry in a previous melee and held a grudge against Alexander.

"Yes."

Temujin joined forces with Attila again.

This time both sides have the experience of joining forces to defeat Alexander, so. They had no resistance to joining forces again.

"It's stressful, and it doesn't seem to be as scary as you say."

In a battle with the Roman legions, Gustavus defeated Pompey, one of the Roman triumvirate, by joining forces with the Viking berserkers with the legion of firearms.

He was not afraid of Alexander and the Roman Triumvirate, because he was a famous firearms general after the Renaissance, and he had a much higher class of troops than the Roman legions.

Temujin couldn't help but glance at Gustav, he was always afraid of firearms such as the Shenji Battalion and the Swedish Musketeers. Firearms have a natural restraint on cavalry. It can be said that the emergence of firearms has changed the situation in which cavalry suppresses infantry.

If someone else said this, he might still despise the other party, but Gustav had a high-level firearms class, so Gustav was indeed qualified to say this.

Even Alexander's companion cavalry, in the face of Gustav's firearms corps, may not be able to resist. Unless the partner cavalry can cut in front of the firearms legion, swinging the sabre. But before you can fight the Swedish musketeers in hand-to-hand combat, you still have to defeat the Viking berserkers.

"Don't underestimate Alexander."

Attila knew that if he hadn't united with the Ottoman Sultan of Xurem and pinned down part of the Macedonian kingdom's forces, Alexander's troops might have been even more, and he might not be able to defeat Gustav's firearms army.

Perhaps Gustav ignored Alexander and the Spartan warriors of the Greek city-states.

The Spartan warriors were perfectly capable of confronting the Viking berserkers, and might even have the upper hand.

In other words, the combination of Swedish musketeers and Viking berserkers may not be effective in fighting the Roman legions. The Spartan warriors were transferred back to the Macedonian kingdom by Alexander to defend Greece and prevent the Ottoman Empire from attacking the Balkans.

Gustav didn't seem to understand Attila's good intentions.

"Also, the number of official Roman legions that last fought with us was only about six or seven, while the whole of Rome had 22 legions, and they also had some powerful ordinary legions. They have not yet entered the battle. The last time they were angered, the Romans would have given them a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, because this was their code of conduct. ”

"We're all going to attack Linz, so who's going to besiege Vienna?"

"Timur was in charge of the siege of the city of Vienna."

"Just him?"

Gustav couldn't help but hesitate.

Temujin seems to have had too much confidence in Timur's abilities.

"Believe me, he's enough to be the commander on his own."

"Then Timur will be in charge of the siege."

Attila finally decided that Timur and several of Temujin's generals would attack the city of Vienna together, while he, Temujin, Subutai and others bypassed Vienna and forced the army of the Western lords to fight a second decisive battle, without giving them any respite.

Attila's decision was quick and was detected by the scouts of the Western Lords. These Western lords had deployed scouts in Attila's army, and they could be the first to hear from each other.

At Attila's order, the army of the barbarian camp gathered its forces again and advanced rapidly, intending to take advantage of the mobility advantage of the cavalry. Step by step, he planned to annex the entire Archduchy of Austria in one fell swoop, and even invade the German region.

Even in the city of Vienna, in their opinion, Timur's command of about 100,000 soldiers and 200,000 servants was enough to capture.

"The mission of capturing Vienna is entrusted to you, young Timur, and if the city of Vienna is captured, I can canonize you as king of the Kingdom of Hungary."

In order to win over Timur, the commander-in-chief, Attila made a promise to Timur in advance.

Timur listened to Attila's conditions, and his eyes couldn't help but shine.

His ambition made him very concerned about the king.

Attila was the emperor of the Hun Empire, the leader of the barbarian camp, and he was indeed qualified to be crowned. Now the Kingdom of Hungary is already the territory of Attila.

If he made Timur king, then he would be the king of Attila's vassal kingdom and become Attila's subordinate.

However, Temujin was still alive, and Timur did not dare to openly betray Temujin and take refuge in Attila, so he said to Attila: "Please leave the matter of the capture of Vienna to me with confidence, and leave the matter of the title of king to me for the time being." ”

"Then when Vienna is captured, we will talk about the king."

Attila knew that it would not be easy to win over Timur, and Temujin's ability was no less than that of Attila. In the absence of additional bonuses from the system, Attila's abilities are even inferior to those of Temujin.

In order to gain Timur's allegiance, he had to show enough strength and give Timur enough benefits before he could serve him.

Thinking of this, Attila was not in a hurry to woo Timur, but patiently waited for the opportunity. The priority was to defeat the coalition of Western lords.

Temujin realized that Attila was trying to woo his generals, but Temujin wanted to annex Attila's forces and obtain Attila's saint-level recruitment order to replace him, so he was still holding back and remained indifferent. At the same time, it was also a test of his loyalty to Timur.

Linz, the lords of the West are gathering their forces for a second battle with the barbarian camp represented by Attila.

It was no longer Alexander who was in charge of coordinating the armies of the West, as he was also exhausted by the offensive from the Ottoman Empire.

Alexander was succeeded by Hornsauron, lord of the German region of the Holy Roman Empire.

"The lords of England were at war with Canute the Great in northern Europe, and the warbands of Cnut the Great's Eumes were plundering the coast of England, inflicting considerable losses on the English, and the Scottish Highlands were once again in conflict with England. They are powerless. ”

Hohenzollern, in addition to gathering his own forces, is also looking for reinforcements everywhere. Attila's shock to the Western continent was too great.

Many Western lords knew that if Attila won again, there would be no lords in the Western Continent who could resist Attila's troops, and Attila's camp might re-establish order.

"Could it be that Catherine and Chutian in St. Petersburg have not made any movement so far? With their character, they are not like people who are willing to be calm and indifferent. ”

Hohenzollern again asked St. Petersburg for reinforcements, but was in vain. Chu Tian changed his style of causing trouble in the past, and there was no movement for a long time.