At the same time as the Turkish army suffered a crushing defeat in Moldavia, on the other side, in the Trans-Danube, Buda region, another crucial major battle was about to begin.

Buda, which had not yet been merged with Pest to form the city of Budapest, was densely populated, but because of the war, the peasants fled either to the city or to the neighboring areas.

The coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Emperor Leopold I, arrived first and was welcomed by the Christians in Buda, which was immediately retaken by the Christian coalition.

In order to recover Hungary and the rest of the lost territories, Leopold I mobilized the standing army of all Austria and the German states, as well as the reinforcements of Venice and Spain, and decided to fight a decisive battle with the army of the Ottoman Sultan *** IV at Buda.

This move was in line with the will of *** IV, and the two sides immediately opened up on the banks of the Danube.

Before the start of the battle, the Rangers on both sides fought hand-to-hand combat, with the Tatar cavalry on one side and the well-equipped German cavalry on the other hand, in the battle between the Rangers, the two sides had successes and failures, but in general, the Tatar cavalry had the advantage.

It is worth mentioning that although the Crimean Khanate, the homeland of the Tatar cavalry, was conquered by the coalition forces, the more than 2,000 Tatar cavalry who joined the Turkish army were not affected, and *** IV, in order to appease them and get their support, paid them a good sum of gold coins in exchange for the loyalty of the Tatar cavalry.

On February 5, 1673, the Turks and Austrians fought a decisive battle on the banks of the Danube, both sides invested a large number of artillery, after the battle horn sounded, both sides of the Danube were almost enveloped in deafening artillery fire, hundreds of guns were thrown into battle at the same time, the movement caused the earth to tremble, the sky to lose color.

At the beginning of the battle, under the orders of the fourth Sultan, the huge Turkish army took the initiative to attack, the Turkish army was dominated by the elite Janissary new army under the orders of the Sultan, these elite infantry armed with arquebuses were deployed on the left flank of the middle army and the first to engage the enemy, and the right flank was composed of servants such as musketeers from the Bosnian border region, and the elite Sipahi cavalry and Tatar cavalry were escorted on both flanks.

In the face of the artillery fire of the Christian coalition army, the Turkish army launched an attack in the sound of the fierce attack horn, and the coalition side was not to be outdone, and under the instructions of the emperor, the huge army formation of the coalition army also slowly moved.

In order to deal with the pro-conquest of *** IV, although Leopold I was also pro-conquest, he knew that he was not a good commander of the battle, so he handed over the command of the central army consisting of Austrian troops to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, and the equally important left wing was personally commanded by Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, and the right flank was commanded by the Austrian general Ernst Rudiger von Stahlchenberg.

In the rumbling of artillery, the left flanks of both sides were the first to engage the enemy, shouldering arquebuses, and the musketeers of both sides with neat steps entered the firing range, and all raised their muskets at the command of the officers and opened fire on the enemy troops on the opposite side.

Dozens of Janissaries soldiers fell in response to the gunfire of the first German musketeers, and the latter fired back, causing casualties on both sides.

The fire began on the left flank and soon spread to the entire front, where the infantry on both sides exchanged arquebuses, and in the dense gunfire from time to time, people were shot and fell to the ground, and many corpses soon fell on both fronts.

At the same time as the infantry exchanged fire, the cavalry on both sides also began to act, and under the order of *** IV, Karahisar Pasha led the Sipahi cavalry and the Tatar cavalry to pour out of the nest and kill the right flank of the coalition army, trying to use the right flank as a breakthrough to crush the coalition battle line.

In the face of the movements of the Turkish cavalry, the allied cavalry had already prepared, and under the leadership of Wilhelm, the son of the Count of Württemberg, the huge German cavalry broke away from the army and took the initiative to kill the Turkish army.

In the galloping and piercing sound of horses' hooves, the cavalry of the two armies rushed to each other like a torrent, under the fierce charge that almost made the heavens and the earth discolored, tens of thousands of cavalry collided head-on, at the moment when the two torrents collided, people turned on their backs, guns were killed, countless cavalry screamed and fell off their horses, and the neighing of war horses was intertwined with the screams of people.

Although there was not much difference in the number of cavalry between the two armies, the quality of the Turkish cavalry was obviously slightly superior

The cavalry commander unanimously ordered to leave the battlefield and turned back to line up for a second charge.

The second charge was equally terrifying, and even though most of the cavalry's rifles had broken and had to draw their sabers to fight, many of the knights still fell in battle.

Immediately after that, the third charge, the fourth charge...... Many knights died in each charge, and the high-intensity battle wore down the fighting will and physical strength of the cavalry on both sides.

The battle began at 10 a.m., and the two sides fought fiercely for several hours on the banks of the Danube, and the blood stained almost the entire land, even flowing into the Danube, staining half of the river red, and it was finally decided after dusk.

After nearly a day of fighting, the Turkish army defeated the Christian coalition army at a tragic price, and achieved the final victory of the battle, the Christian coalition army was almost destroyed, the emperor took advantage of the chaos to escape at the time of the great defeat, the electors, dukes and counts fled partly, most of them died on the battlefield, and a small number of people became prisoners of the Turkish army.

Although the Turkish army won the battle, they also paid a terrible price, and even if they were victorious, they could not continue to advance westward to attack Vienna, so they could only temporarily retreat to the Danube town of Belgrade to rest.

When the news of the Battle of Buda spread, the whole of Central Europe was shaken, and the countries of Central Europe were in a panic, fearing that the Turkish army would continue to advance westward and attack the important town of Vienna.

Regardless of whether the Turkish army was still able to continue westward, most of the nobles and wealthy people in the city began to pack up their homes and prepare to flee to escape the war, and in this case, the Duke of Lorraine, who fled with the emperor, had to take on the heavy responsibility of helping the courtiers to stabilize the morale of the city, despite the rumors about him.

When the news reached Rome and reached the ears of Pope Clement X, the ambitious pope was filled with anxiety that the defeat of Buda had shocked Christendom, and that if the Turkish army took Vienna, it would be a great blow to the religious authority of Christianity.

In order to defend Vienna and reinforce the Holy Roman Empire, the Pope decided to issue a call to the Christian countries to send volunteers to Vienna to defend Vienna against the invasion of the infidels by the Turks.

He declared that it would be a crusade of the seventeenth century, and that all Christians had an obligation to support Austria against the infidels for the sake of Jesus Christ and for the sake of the Virgin Mary.

Although the authority of the pope plummeted in the 17th century, Christian countries sent volunteers to reinforce Vienna and join the resistance to the Ottoman Empire.

On the other hand, when the two military reports of the crushing defeat in Moldavia and the crushing victory in the Battle of Buda were sent back to Konstantiniye and sent to the table of the Grand Vizier, the traditionally taciturn ruler rarely showed a sad look in his study.

His brother died in battle, and although Moldavia's defeat was partly due to his brother, how could he blame his deceased brother now.

After a period of grief, the Grand Vizier forced his spirits up again, and he gathered his courtiers, who had also remained in the capital, to discuss what to do next.

Now that Moldavia has lost the war, the Moldavian governor has also been taken prisoner by the coalition forces, and the remaining Rumelian regiments have to retreat to the Danube, which can move south at any time and launch a fierce attack on the Danube defense line.

With the strength of the remaining Rumelia legions, if the allied forces attacked the Danube defense line, they would probably not be able to hold it, and once the allied forces crossed the Danube, they could drive all the way south to the Thracian region where Konstantinniye was located.

Edirne, the gateway to the north of the capital, could not stop the coalition forces, and if it was hit here, not only would the capital of the empire be in danger, but the authority of the empire and the sultan would plummet, and those client states that did not obey the empire would definitely be cautious, and the sultan's crushing victory in the battle of Buda would be meaningless.

Thinking of this, the Grand Vizier and the courtiers unanimously made a decision - it was necessary

A large part of the reason for the truce with the Xia army and the empire now falling into this state is due to the Xia Dynasty, if it were not for the Xia army and the Christian coalition to join forces to attack the empire, how could the latter succeed?

If you can stop the war with the Xia Dynasty and let the Chinese withdraw from this war, then the situation of the empire will be much better, at least there is no Xia army in the north, how can the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation beat the emperor *** team alone?

Moreover, there was no direct conflict of interest between the Ottoman Empire and the Xia Dynasty, and the reason why the Xia Dynasty was involved in this war was because of the rhetoric of the Austrians, who only sought benefits and interests, and the empire could take the initiative to give them satisfactory conditions in exchange for an armistice with the Xia army.

However, the terms of the armistice became the main focus of the court council.

There is no doubt that the Empire has lost control of the Crimea region and Iraq, whether they want to admit it or not, this is already a fact, and it is better to cede Crimea and Iraq to the Xia Dynasty in exchange for their withdrawal.

The cession of Crimea and Iraq would certainly not satisfy the appetite of the Xia army, so in addition to ceding these two places, the empire was also prepared to give up the conquered Moldavia together, and pay war reparations to the Xia Dynasty.

After the courtiers decided, the Grand Vizier first reported their ideas to the Sultan, and the Sultan did not object to this, although he was reluctant to give up Crimea and Iraq, but now the empire was in a worrying situation, and if he wanted to get rid of all this, he could only make a truce with the Xia Dynasty, so even if he was reluctant, he could only agree to take the initiative to send envoys to negotiate peace.

In addition, there is another reason, this matter is openly led by the Grand Vizier, even after the armistice, the domestic aristocracy and the ruling class are dissatisfied with this, and it is the Grand Vizier himself who is responsible.

There is a saying that it is impossible for the Sultan to do wrong, and it must be the decisions of the people below that will cause the country to become like this.

In any case, having received the Sultan's approval, Konstantiniye quickly assembled a mission, which, instead of swaggering foolishly to Moldavia, crossed the Black Sea by boat and reached the Crimea.

The Ottomans originally had the idea of negotiating peace with the Xia Dynasty in front of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation, but then they thought about it, with outsiders present, it was very likely that the Xia army intended to negotiate peace, but because of the presence of others, in order to avoid hurting the friendship between the two countries, they had no choice but to refuse.

Therefore, they still decided to make peace with the Xia Dynasty secretly.

The mission departed from the port of Konstantiniye, crossed the Black Sea by boat, and after walking for more than a week, finally sailed into the Odessa Bay, where it was intercepted by the patrol warships of the Xia army, which were captured from the hands of the Turkish army, although the Xia army did not look down on them, but they had no sea power in the Black Sea, and in line with the principle of waste utilization, they still formed a coastal defense team to patrol the sea surface and prevent the Turkish army from crossing the sea and landing.

After the embassy's ship was intercepted by the patrol warship, the ambassador directly revealed his identity, claiming that their purpose was to negotiate peace with the Xia Dynasty, and after listening to the other party's intentions, the patrol warship did not dare to slack off, and sent them to the nearby Kaffa City, while sending people to report to the deputy general Zhang Pu who was still staying here.

Zhang Pu also did not dare to slack off, he sent a messenger to the front line Fu Xinghua's army to report to the latter, this time back and forth, and when the messenger got the reply, it was already a week later.

Fu Xinghua was not surprised that the Ottoman Empire would take the initiative to sue for peace, although he was reluctant to negotiate peace with the Ottomans now, but he still agreed to meet with the Ottoman mission, he first sent a messenger back to report, and he set off with the back of the guard, preparing to return to Kaffa City to talk to the mission in person.

When the mission met Fu Xinghua, more than a month had passed since they set out from Konstantiniye, and the mission listed to Fu Xinghua the conditions for their peace, expressing their willingness to give up their power in Crimea, recognize the Crimean Khanate's ownership of the Xia Dynasty, and cede the Iraqi region, give up the Principality of Moldavia, make it a vassal state of the Xia Dynasty, and pay a total of 10 million Akche war reparations, and the two sides entered a ten-year truce.

Although Fu Xinghua didn't know that Mu Tianbo was in the south

How the war is progressing, but by their move to abandon Crimea and Moldavia, it can be guessed that the friendly forces in Iraq are making considerable progress.

If the Ottomans' terms were agreed, what would they get in addition to the 10 million Akche war reparations? Nothing, just on this condition, you want them to withdraw their troops?

No way!

Therefore, Fu Xinghua directly rejected the Ottoman Empire's conditions, indicating to them that their sincerity was insufficient, and the war would continue until the Ottoman Empire was completely subdued.