Prague

Inside the town hall

Carlos paced anxiously, Friedrich seemed calm, but he couldn't drink the tea in his mouth,

"And now? Hasn't Your Majesty arrived yet? Are you sure your message is getting out? ”

Carlos stood beside Friedrich with a sad face.

"I'm sure that a friend of mine in the Prague court personally helped me deliver the news, and he said that he had met His Majesty, and he would never be wrong!"

Friedrich stopped insisting, put down the teacup in his hand, and his tone began to waver.

"Then when does Your Majesty want us to wait? Didn't he know the urgency of the matter? ”

Carlos asked, and a series of questions made Friedrich also irritated,

"How do I know? These big names will only be high-sounding all day long..."

A hand waving in the air, constantly spinning,

"God, the people, the state, they only prevaricate us, don't you know? We have been deceived, Frederick has abandoned us, and he is now not sure where to be happy, ha! Leaving us two poor people, I would not have been tricked into coming here and dealing with these mud-legged people, who don't talk about the rules at all, maybe we won't be beheaded, but hanged, oh my God! ”

If you have to die, you should die more heroically and solemnly, and if you are hanged, then the whole family will be disgraced.

There are several types of death penalty, the common people are generally hanged, the nobles are beheaded, and the stake is generally the church's punishment for heretics or heretics, because they firmly believe that fire can purify sin, Bruno and Jan Hus were burned at the stake, and later in the witch rebellion of 1484, it was also mostly burned at the stake.

Friedrich's status is not low, it is Baden Benber, in fact, generally speaking, like this kind of status of the nobles, ordinary people do not want to offend, don't look at the Tabors are so powerful, but in the face of aristocratic forces, there is still no strength, it stands to reason that as long as you give money, Baden Benber can leave.

However, this is just Friedrich's wishful thinking after all, and now both sides are in a difficult situation, he wants to go, Carlos will not agree, the two are released together, which means that Tabor may not get the assistance of Frederick III, and without the assistance of Frederick III, the political demands of the Tabor faction cannot be realized, and the great nobles and high priests of the Holy Grail faction cannot easily compromise, so Frederick is now tied to Carlos, and the two of them are tied to the Tabor faction,

Frederick III did not come as promised, not only the two of them, but also the three leaders of the Tabor faction, their purpose was to achieve class leap and church autonomy, get rid of the interference of the Holy See, killing Carlos and the two did not help the situation at all, and it may also attract the jealousy of Frederick III, and then they will have to live in seclusion in the countryside, Rao is so, the Holy Grail and Frederick III will not let go of these leaders, after all, the blow of the small nobles and low-level clergy is too wide, And these three people not only have a representative role, they can kill chickens and monkeys, they are also easy to capture, and they are more likely to have enmity with them, who will they kill if they don't kill them, I really think that the current bottom people have a high status, right?

"Hasn't the Emperor of the Habsburgs come yet?"

In a granary on the other side, the three leaders of the Taborists gathered.

"There's no movement at all! The king's army outside is still staring at us, and for so many days, they have not moved at all, alas..."

"Those two guys don't have credibility, so we don't have to guarantee their safety,"

Heinrich yelled in a thick voice,

"Hang the two of them at the door of the town hall, and we'll retreat!"

"Don't be angry!"

Aston glared at Heinrich and looked at Daniel,

"What do you think?"

"I don't know what to do anymore, just leave it to fate!"

Daniel's eyes shimmered with shrewdness,

"However, it's only four days after today, so let's wait, as long as the king's army doesn't attack, we'll be safe, so it's better to wait."

That being said, but several people knew in their hearts that if the king's army really attacked, they would not last long, and they would be rootless water without the people, duckweed on the water, and without the replenishment of troops, they would be consumed to death.

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Just when a few people in the city were anxious,

Outside Prague

On a small hillside in the distance

Several figures rode up, one whipping at Prague, while the other three followed honestly behind the man, listening to each other's words.

"The defense of Prague is still relatively perfect, it's a pity, it's a pity,"

Laszlo pointed to the walls, a little regret in his tone.

"I don't know what Your Majesty pity?"

Georg was puzzled, he was still quite confident in his masterpiece, and many of the city's defenses were designed by him.

"Do you know the walls of Theodosius?"

Laszlo smiled and leaned forward, a sign of confidence.

"Of course, the city wall built by Theodosius the Great is known as the greatest defense system in the world, and if Your Majesty compares the city wall of Prague with the city wall of Theodosius, then I think it is inferior."

Georg first nodded, then shook his head again, joking, no matter how conceited he was, he would not say that the walls of Constantinople were not good in front of a Roman Empire Caesar, isn't this a slap in the face?

"Do you know that even the walls of Theodosius, which are as solid as Theodosius, are crumbling under the weapons of the new century, the Cannons of Urban, times have changed, and firepower is now very important,"

Laszlo smiled,

"In the siege and defense of Constantinople in 1453, Giovanni, one of the participants and main commanders, once told me a very serious problem, the opponent's artillery can strike at us, but our artillery cannot counterattack the enemy, even if we are on the city wall, occupy the advantageous position, do you know why?"

Seeing Georg shaking his head blankly, Laszlo continued,

"Because our walls cannot withstand the recoil of cannon fire, but the urban cannons can always cause effective damage to our walls, and the deployment of a simple one-sided wall can only be lined up, and the firepower concentrated at the same point is limited, while the enemy can always attack fiercely at one point, and it is time-consuming to even replenish the defenders,"

"At a military council in Constantinople, I, Giovanni, Cecipe, and His Majesty Constantine, after many deductions, thought that the walls could be made concave and multifaceted, so that the protruding parts could be used as points of fire, and at any point we could concentrate our very superior forces, and we could also limit the deployment of the opposing forces, so that we could be in a superior position at all times, and the foundations of the walls should be deep to withstand the recoil of our artillery and the impact of the opponent's artillery, and at the same time, the presence of trenches was also indispensable, It can delay the movement of artillery, you know, the larger the caliber of artillery, the more difficult it is to transport and need to be cast on the spot. ”

"A single wall is a thing of the past, if you encounter the existence of the urban cannon, how many rounds do you think the city wall of Prague can last?"

After listening, Georg was already covered in a cold sweat, not to mention anything else, the thinking of the two of them was completely two dimensions, the existence of the Urban cannon has not yet been known to the rulers of Europe, the Urban cannon can be cast in the Balkans, naturally it can also be cast in Prague, it can be cast in Nuremberg, and in the roar of artillery, any city wall will collapse.

Of course, unless it occupies an absolute advantage in the war, the general commander will not temporarily cast cannons on the battlefield, because this is likely to be snatched away by the enemy, the core technology is very precious, and the logistics capacity is also a very important factor, the historical battle of Vienna, the Ottoman army of about 250,000, why did it fail like this, the key is that the logistics strength is too weak, the Ottoman army at that time was still implementing the policy of local supply, and a large number of cavalry were sent out to burn and loot, The siege artillery could not reach the battlefield for a while, which was an important reason for the defeat of the Ottomans.

With the development of saltpeter refining technology in Europe, the ammunition factor that restricts firearms in the past has been greatly reduced, the era of firearms is coming, this era of firearms is the age of large-scale firearms, the lethality that can be caused by established firearms has been proven by Constantine in the Near Eastern battlefield, the army of the Roman Empire is changing its equipment, the proportion of musketeers in the slowly increasing standing army is increasing, the weapons research and development department of Constantinople, the development of artillery is carried out in secret, and the newly established Royal Academy of Sciences of Constantinople, With renowned humanities scientists from all over the world and flourishing in all disciplines, Constantinople is already at the forefront of the world compared to the surrounding countries.

Of course, a lot of this is done in secret, and when you can't do it, you have to hide it, which is Constantine's credo.

Seeing that Georg was touched, Laszlo just smiled,

"Okay, don't think so much, what do we do now about Prague, Georg, what do you think?"

After a moment of trance, Georg came back to his senses,

"There is still one of my troops in the city, led by my close confidant royal governor, it is impossible for him to betray me, he should still be in the city now, I am willing to go and surrender him, and at that time, Prague will be defeated."

Laszlo nodded, his chin pointing to the opposite side, and motioned for Georg to enter the city.

Watching Georg go away, Laszlo looked at Cornell with interest,

"Looks like His Excellency the Marquis has something to say?"

After leaving Georg, Laszlo looked at Cornell as if he was speechless.

"I don't know Your Majesty, but what is your impression of the Tabors?"

Laszló rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment,

"As a ruler, the Taborites are indeed an unstable factor, but to be honest, I appreciate them in my heart."

Cornell looked at Laszlo unexpectedly, as if he had taken a reassuring pill, and clenched his fists,

"In that case, I am willing to offer a plan for Your Majesty to surrender the Tabors, let Georg abdicate the throne, and make the Habsburgs forever the kings of Bohemia and sit on the throne forever!"

Some people died, but not completely......