Chapter 1193 The End of the Road (Part 2)

Chapter 1193 The End of the Road (Part 2)

The city gate shattered, and the huge shock wave knocked the cavalry who were ready to go to the ground. For a while, the screams of the men and horses could not be heard.

Some young riders tried to get up and wait for the opportunity, but were knocked down again by the frightened horses. Some people controlled the frightened horses but were shattered by the rain of cannonballs.

The morale of these young troops did not last long, because more terrifying monsters appeared on the battlefield.

This time the airship dropped not leaflets, but grenades.

Although the actual lethality of the airship is not very strong, it is a weapon that the cavalry cannot fight against. Especially the kind of crisis that falls from the sky makes people feel even more powerless and desperate.

Kossuth fled back to the presidential castle and screamed uncontrollably. Fortunately, his voice was not heard by those who admired him.

The entire castle was shaking, sawdust and dust fell one after another. Kossuth also tried to leave the castle, but the burning buildings, collapsed houses, and the screaming crowds of people fleeing for their lives scared him back.

In just four hours, Debrecen has been transformed beyond recognition, and raging flames are devouring everything in the city.

This time the Austrian army did not give the opponent a chance to breathe, and the infantry began to advance before the artillery fire ended.

Although the Hungarians in the city had already made up their mind to die before the war started, having an idea and facing it personally were completely different.

Some people would rather put out the fire in vain than implement a frontal breakthrough plan. On the other hand, the Austrian army was squeezing the Hungarian army's living space step by step.

Soon Debrecen's peripheral defenses all fell. At this time, the Austrian army did not rush into the city and kill them all but began to build defenses.

This time the Hungarian generals were desperate, and there was no doubt that the Austrians did not want to leave them any chance this time.

It was a pity that there were no military strategists at the top of Hungary at this time, and the small-scale charge organized by those generals could not prevent the deterioration of the situation at all.

Why whale cannibalism?

It is best used to describe the Battle of Debrecen at this time. The Austrian army first surrounded the Hungarian army in one fell swoop, then began to cut it into small pieces, and finally annihilated them one by one.

Everything was so orderly and ruthless. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. The Austrian army finally eliminated all remaining enemies in Debrecen except the President's Castle.

The reason for doing this is naturally that most Austrian officers want to capture Kossuth alive. After all, such vicious enemies are rare in history.

If such a villain could be captured and brought back to Vienna, it would be a great achievement.

Although the remaining officers did not think they could capture Kossuth alive, it was worthwhile to reduce his living space step by step and let him feel the pain and torture.

Kossuth sat in the hall of mirrors filled with broken glass, staring blankly at the sky. He wished that a cannonball would fall in and kill him.

But those cannonballs all avoided the building as if they had eyes. After thinking about it these days, he also understood that the Austrian cannonballs seemed to have eyes.

The sun rose again, and the sunlight shone in through the window. The mirrors on the ground reflected the light and illuminated the entire hall of mirrors extremely brightly again.

The door to the Hall of Mirrors was pushed open, and the person who came was very familiar to him. He was his chief staff officer, the man who had always helped him make suggestions.

"I didn't expect it to be you."

"Yes, it's me."

"Aren't you Hungarian?"

"Really? No matter what you say, you can't change the fact that you are Slovak."

(Kossuth is indeed a Slovak through blood.)

Kossuth did not answer. He withdrew his gaze and continued to stare at the sun in a daze.

"You know what? You ruined the great dream of a great nation."

“I only know that you killed my whole family, my wife and daughter were ravaged to death by your fellow Huns in front of my eyes, and my youngest son was just one month old.

I am by your side just to destroy you and your twisted compatriots! "

"Do you want revenge? Come on."

"No! I will hand you over to the Austrians, and then let you die like the devil in Tyutkale after suffering all the tortures in the world!"

"You will not get your way. The Austrians refuse any surrender."

"That's not necessarily true. As long as I catch you, there is hope. Go!"

Several soldiers immediately took out ropes and walked towards Kossuth, who picked up a fragment of crystal.

"How beautiful this world is!"

Without hesitation, he slit his own throat, and blood spurted out, staining the carpet on the royal steps red.

Kossuth slowly lowered his head, and the crown also fell to the ground.

The Austrian army captured the presidential castle without much effort, and Ludwig von Lens was the first to rush into the Hall of Mirrors.

"Suicidal coward."

There was contempt in Ludwig von Lens's voice. He had seen all kinds of people on the battlefield over the years and had already seen through the complexity and fragility of human nature.

For a leader to commit suicide to escape responsibility for defeat is simply worse than those gang members and cowboys in North America.

The reason why Ludwig von Rens despised Kossuth was actually partly religious. Some believers believed that suicide was a sign of insufficient faith.

"Boss, what should we do now?"

"Do you need me to teach you? How did the Indians do it? Cut off the head and bring it back. This is considered a trophy, isn't it?"

Ludwig von Lens picked up the crown that had fallen to the ground, wiped the blood off it, and put it in an exquisite box.

The battle of Debrecen came to an end, and the last 18,000 elite soldiers of the Hun Empire were completely annihilated in this battle.

Kossuth's body was hung in front of the Presidential Castle, and then burned together, and his head was transported to Vienna.

Cutting off the enemy's head as a trophy has been around since ancient times. The reason for doing so is nothing more than showing off one's own military power and glory, humiliating and mocking the enemy, or out of some special hobby.

However, Franz did not have the hobby of collecting human skulls. He did not think that this would show off his military power or glory, and he did not want to get along with a dead person.

Franz ordered the destruction of the head and buried its ashes in the ground, which was also a way to atone for his sins.

Although Kossuth suffered defeats in battles after he became emperor, his actions were not entirely useless. The Eastern Route Army, led by the Polish veteran Bem, successfully created a gap in the Austrian defense line.

However, Kossuth did not wait for this day. After learning that Debrecen had fallen and Kossuth had died, Bem immediately chose to lead his troops to break out.

Some Hungarian nobles and extremists who were afraid of being liquidated also fled to the Ottoman Empire, while others did the opposite and fled to Russia.