After the Bohemian Corps was annexed and split by Ladislaus, the Croatian Corps was severely damaged by pirates and Ottoman divisions.

The Transylvanian Regiment of Szoborai was the last organized field regiment owned by the Kingdom of Hungary, which once had a large number of soldiers.

Although he retreated to his home base as soon as he got the result of the Battle of Mohac, instead of going to the capital, King Qin had basically explained his attitude, but Ladislaus still tried his best to deal with him through various channels.

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"He wrote back saying that the troops of Moldavia and Wallachia were cooperating with the main Ottoman force to cross the Carpathians and attack Transylvania, and he needed to go back to protect the territory and the people."

Considering his previous actions and the troops that these two slave states had committed to the Danube battlefield, this was obviously nonsense.

Even if there is a small force that crosses the Carpathian Mountains, it is a natural principle that they should not look back and concentrate all their efforts on the decisive battlefield.

It's just that the decisiveness of Szoborai and the decisiveness of Ladislaus are not the same thing.

"He is planning to wait and see the outcome of our battle with the Ottomans." It was Anna who spoke.

This contest with the Ottoman Empire required Austria to concentrate all its efforts, so at the strong request of Ladislaus, she also came to the front line as an important force.

Anna is aware of the dangers of participating in a decisive battle involving more than 100,000 people. In a battle of this scale, she is no longer an invincible monster.

But she had to come. Even if Ladislaus didn't ask, she was still considering whether to take the initiative to join the war.

This battle was a matter of life and death for Austria and the Church of Cassus.

But on the issue of how to fight, she, like all Austrian civil servants, opposed going to Hungary for a decisive battle.

In fact, Ladislaus's active strategy never received much support. After he temporarily took shelter under Buda City, suppressed requests for retreat emerged again.

Treasurer Machiavelli and Chancellor Hohenzollern, who were in Vienna, sent letters in turn, asking Ladislaus to retreat into the electorate of Bohemia as soon as possible every day.

The only difference is that Machiavelli advocated the full defense of Moravia, while the Hohenzollern Chancellor, like Sazhastein, advocated retreating to Bratislava first, and then gathering the main force to Vienna.

"If we retreat to the area around Bratislava, then Szoborai will not be able to be at both ends. And you can also deal with the Elector of Saxony and Brandenburg who covets Bohemia first." Anna

It's been a long time since I've given Ladislaus such sincere advice.

Ladislaus listened to Anna's suggestion and suddenly laughed uncontrollably.

"What's wrong, Your Highness Habsburg, I am a woman who has never seen a war. Even if there are any omissions in what I say, you shouldn't laugh at me." Ladislaus's actions made Anna quite dissatisfied. But the war was imminent.

, she decided to endure it temporarily and expressed her attitude in the gentlest language possible.

"No, no, Your Highness the Elector, you have misunderstood." Ladislaus said with a smile.

However, he did not explain the reason for his laughter. He did not continue the conversation with Anna. Instead, he changed the topic, "The outcome of the Mohac war is close at hand. If this wavering ends, he will definitely choose to fall to the Ottomans."

His fighting attitude is unshakable.

Queen Mary's head maid suddenly came in and handed her a letter.

After reading it, Mary handed it to Ladislaus almost tremblingly.

"He will not fall to the Ottomans."

Everyone in the tent realized that the queen was in a furious mood.

But it should be a good thing that Shauporai will not fall to the Ottomans, right? This is really strange.

"What a quick move." After reading the letter, Ladislaus reacted surprisingly calmly.

"What a quick move?! That's it? Szaboray claims to be the King of Hungary. This is betrayal! The most despicable and shameless betrayal!" Mary was shocked by Ladislaus's calmness.

It was a shocking news. Everyone was in a commotion, and the central figures in Austria circulated the letter from Schaubroy.

The situation shown in the letter is even worse than Mary's words. In fact, Shauporai did not claim to be a king, but was crowned by Cardinal Fangnese sent by the Holy See!

That's why Ladislaus acted so quickly, which shows that the true Pope really sent a coronation envoy from Rome almost as soon as he received the news of Louis II's death, under the cover of the Cyric Church in Austria.

, traveling through Ladislaus' domain to crown his rival.

"According to the Agreement of Vienna in 1515, once the Hungarian Jaglonni family branch is extinct, the throne should be returned to our Habsburg family!" Queen Mary's efforts after her husband's death were to protect her family.

This throne.

Ten years ago, in response to the increasingly obvious threat from the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg and Jaglonid royal families announced their mutual inheritance rights while forming a double marriage.

As usual, this kind of agreement ended up being the Habsburg family.

However, the legitimacy of this agreement is actually not very sufficient.

In fact, the strongest sources of the European royal family's legal tradition are, first, bloodline inheritance, and second, the coronation of the Roman Church.

The monarch who is crowned by a truly elected pope or an authorized cardinal is recognized as the legitimate and legitimate monarch in Europe.

The authority of the Apostolic See rested only on family agreements of limited legitimacy between Habsburg and Jaglonid.

John Szaboray can already be regarded as the legal King John I of Hungary. In fact, most of the fleeing Hungarian nobles did appear at the coronation ceremony.

Maintaining their own national independence is their common desire, and Szoborai is the undoubted leader of Hungarian nationalism.

All these nobles also signed this letter to Mary, apparently for Ladislaus.

In the letter, Szaboray also hoped that Mary, as Queen of Hungary, could continue to work for the survival of Hungary and seek help from Austria and Spain.

He also guaranteed that no matter where Mary chooses to live in the future, as long as the Hungarian Kingdom still exists, her annual makeup expenses of 30,000 thalers will be transferred to her on time through the Medici Bank.

In fact, this was also an informal summation offer. In addition to monetary compensation, Szaboray only claimed to be the King of Hungary and did not ask for the position of Elector of Bohemia.

"Your Highness, there is no reason for us to bear the blow of the Ottomans for those careerists." After a long period of hesitation, Jones finally decided to join the withdrawal faction.

"It is best and safest to retreat to Bratislava. The whole of Hungary is full of Ottoman spies." He was recently responsible for examining and screening Hungarian defectors. The number of people who had liaisons with the Ottomans was really shocking. The harsh interrogation and

After tracing the family tree, several high-status nobles have been confirmed as spies and were arrested and executed. "Esztergom also needs to clean up internally first."

Jones's subtext is that Esztergom, run by Queen Mary, is not reliable either.

This kind of caution is also necessary. The biggest fear in defending a city is that there are enemies inside.

Queen Mary did not immediately counterattack this hint. Her investment in Schauporai was really not small, and the supplies of the Transylvanian Army when stationed in Pest were quite sufficient.

Mary knew that the supply of the bureaucracy would inevitably make the officers and soldiers dissatisfied, so she used Ladislaus's private money to subsidize him to feed and drink the soldiers well.

She had great expectations for the general. After meeting, she cursed Ladislaus many times for Feidtaller's betrayal and the incompetence of the Croatian leader.

He also determined that General Szoborai was absolutely different from the "despicable Fedtaler" and "that group of Croatian trash" and could definitely help Ladislaus.

She didn't expect that Shao Borayi would give her such a heavy blow so quickly.

Relying on the activity funds provided by Ladislaus, Mary performed extremely well in Buda, but she still looked immature in front of the elected pope and Szaboray.

The scale and speed of this coronation show that Szaporany has long been aware of Feidetaler's actions. The difference between the two careerists is that Szaporany is more insidious and has no direct treason, nor is he an open enemy of Hungary.

Instead of colluding, they found the Roman Church as their backer.

It seems that "those losers" in Croatia are the best courtiers?

The pleas and wailings of these people seemed so shameful a few days ago, but now it can only be said that at least they still regard themselves as Mary's courtiers.

"Let the traitor and the heretic fight." Mary said bitterly.

After the situation further deteriorated, Ladislaus once again found his cousin and ministers unanimously demanding retreat.
Chapter completed!