Chapter 596: Strong Attack
Alexander blinked and said slowly: "The armistice agreement you proposed sounds good. It reminds me of the friendship agreement signed with Poland when Romania returned to Wallachia. But at that time, Romania was weak because of its strength. , had to compromise with Poland, but with the development of the empire today, His Majesty is no longer allowed to sign such a self-defeating agreement. "
"Relying on force and blindly expanding aggression will only arouse Austria's resistance and eventually lead to failure!" Blanca persuaded sternly: "Only friendly exchanges and peaceful trade can make countries stable and prosperous!"
"Ha, isn't it your constant aggression that aroused His Majesty's concerns and ultimately led to the war?"
The other party did not argue, but said in a deep voice: "You are right. It is precisely because of the mistakes Austria made back then that we should learn from it today and avoid making the same mistakes again."
Alexander was at a loss for words, and Martino said bluntly: "Let me tell you clearly, Romania cannot agree to the conditions you proposed. If you want to negotiate an armistice with the two countries, I have a truce drawn up by His Majesty himself. Request, do you want to hear it?”
"Please tell me."
Martino said: "Vienna must dissolve its alliance and sign a treaty of friendship with Hungary, then peace will be achieved immediately, it's that simple."
Blanca retorted loudly: "Your demands are too harsh, and Austria will never agree to it! Those allies are very close to Austria, and are closer to the citizens of Vienna than blood. It is impossible for them to agree..."
Martino interrupted him and said firmly: "This is a request made by His Majesty, and it cannot be changed! If you don't agree, you can only go back and continue fighting with us. We don't care."
Blanca no longer had the calmness he had when they first met. He felt bitter in his heart, but he still wanted to fight for it again: "I can't agree to the conditions you proposed now. I must return to Vienna to discuss and reach an agreement with the generals. I can give you a positive answer. This process will take about two days... Before giving the final answer, can the Romanian and Hungarian troops suspend their attack on Vienna to ensure that your request can be accepted smoothly?"
"This is absolutely impossible!" Martino clearly refused: "If you want Vienna to suffer less damage, you'd better give a reply as soon as possible! Otherwise, you will have no choice but to escape when the city is broken."
Seeing that the other party was unable to make any progress, Blanca stood up and said helplessly: "Okay, I will convey your request to the Grand Duke as soon as possible."
After saying that, he walked out of the tent. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back and said solemnly: "I think you should be prepared. The Grand Duke and the generals are likely to object to your request. For this reason, we We will unite and defend Vienna with all our strength! The war between Romania and Austria will definitely be protracted, and it will be a disaster for both countries by then!"
"Thank you for the reminder! The reason why His Majesty dared to propose such conditions has made us fully prepared. We firmly believe that the final victory will belong to Romania! And are you ready for everything? Also, I hope Don’t make the same mistakes as Osman! Otherwise, there will be one less opponent in the world.”
Blanca wanted to say something, but found that she had nothing to say, so she could only walk out of the military tent silently. Turning to look at Vienna in front, he saw cannonballs hitting the city wall one after another. The roaring sound frightened him, and he began to worry about whether Vienna's city wall could continue to withstand such attacks: Yes, it's a pity that for For a powerful empire that could field hundreds of thousands of elite troops and thousands of warships, what should Vienna do next?
"They are facing such a predicament, and they are not planning to surrender. Are they planning to destroy Vienna together?!" Alexander was surprised and a little regretful, because Vienna is also a
"After all, their Duke is the heir of Sigismund, and Austria is now one of the top powers in the southern region. It is understandable that they are not willing to admit defeat. But looking at it now, we must step up our attack in order to force them to negotiate."
According to the news he had just received, Brandenburg had completely taken control of Silesia, England was also attacking Paris, and the French king had escaped. If they could capture Vienna, the Catholic world would have no chance of closing the gap.
Blanca brought back Romania's prerequisites for peace and read them out in front of everyone, which immediately aroused the anger of the generals. Albrecht said, "The vicious pagans want to destroy Vienna!".
So the soldiers were full of fighting spirit and unanimously agreed that they would fight to the death with the heretics who were preparing to destroy Vienna.
Vienna has made preparations for a comprehensive defense, and the Romanian and Hungarian coalition forces have also stepped up their attacks on Vienna.
Just when the Archduke was extremely busy, another piece of bad news came: the castle built in the north of the Danube River finally fell after tenaciously defending against several strong attacks by the Hungarian army.
Since then, allied warships have been stationed in the northern port, allowing the Vienna river port to be sealed airtight 24 hours a day.
On land, the commander issued an order: let the soldiers who had built the camp build a siege platform a hundred meters away from the city. At the same time, an order was issued: Let each legion engineering battalion build super siege towers.
The outside of Vienna has become a construction site, with dust flying every day. The transport fleet is also busy, transporting supplies from all over the place to the camp.
Standing on the 10-meter-high top of the city, the defenders are getting more and more nervous day by day, because they see that the originally flat land outside the city has risen up one mound after another, and it is getting higher and higher every day, almost exceeding the city wall.
Albrecht did not passively defend. He led the defenders and mercenaries out of the city for raids several times. At the beginning, he achieved some results, killed and wounded some enemy soldiers, and even broke through a camp in a night raid. However, due to fear of alerting the enemy, not many soldiers participated in the night raid, and the Romanian army reinforced in time, and failed to expand the results.
In order to reduce losses, the Romanian soldiers greatly accelerated the construction speed, and finally a siege platform more than 10 meters high stood outside Vienna. The soldiers looked up at these mounds that were higher than the city walls, and they all felt panic. But what made them even more panic was that shells whistled from these mounds, crossed the city walls, and fell into the city.