Vol 5 Chapter 63: Battle of the 3 Danubes (2)

On the plains of April, at noon, the slightly hot sun shining on the head made people feel a little bit hot, without any shelter on the wilderness, and the oncoming wind also appeared warm.
A farmer wiped the sweat from his face with a towel wrapped around his head and was about to lower his head to continue his work. His son not far away suddenly greeted loudly.
The farmer raised his head and looked in the direction of his son's finger, and immediately saw a team of troops crossing the field.
The farmer immediately greeted his son to his side, and he saw that it should be an Ottoman army. Although he had not heard of any terrible things these pagans did to them, as long as they looked at their apparently different appearances, they let People feel a strange and terrible.
Although some of them seem to be able to see some soldiers that look like Europeans or even locals in the Balkans, their clothes are still inexplicably horrible.
The farmer took his son to hide in his door, and then looked out through the cracked window.
They noticed that the Ottoman army was in a hurry and seemed to be rushing to march, which made the people in the village secretly relieved, but they soon discovered that these groups of Ottomans who seemed like big men entered the village.
These Ottomans stayed in the village for a while, and then they took a fancy to several high-rise houses. After smashing the closed door and driving the house owner out of the house, an apparently high-ranking Ottoman was following. Accompanied by them and lived in.
As for the locals who were kicked out of the households, while they were angry and unable to vent their anger, a Balkan entourage threw two heavy bags of money at them.
"Master rewards you," the attendant pointed to the purse that was still on the ground and said, "Save you talking everywhere."
A teenager wanted to reach for the money bag, but was stopped by his father. The farmer stared at the entourage, who was dressed as an Ottoman soldier but was silent. He spit on the ground with silence, then pulled. Some reluctant sons and wives turned and left.
"Did those people ask for money?" Ayrup, who was drinking water from the room, asked the entourage who came back with the money bag.
"Maybe they want a whip more." The entourage complained in Ottoman, "Why do you still give them money, lord, everything we requisitioned here."
Elup smiled. He sometimes found it interesting. In the attitude towards the Balkans, many locals who later conquered were more radical and cruel than the real Ottomans. Sometimes they proposed to suppress the locals. The way is that the Ottomans will feel a bit excessive.
The reason for this seems to be that they want to use this method to prove their determination to completely break away from their own people and beliefs.
"The brutal repression and benevolent tolerance are the two hands over which the conqueror reigns, and it is not enough to lack either," Elup said to the entourage. "We are not passing and staying here temporarily, but we must continue to rule, Therefore, the people here need more stable policies. Blind brutality is not the performance of a good official, understand? "
Seeing the follower nodded carefully, Eryup went to the door and looked at the village built according to the mountain.
"We have to stay here for a long time, the Bosnian king obviously does not welcome us, we, but we still need his help now, so tell our people not to harass the locals easily, because it may conflict with the Bosnians, We are here to encircle the Hvar of Zagreb, so we have to have a good relationship with Roy? "
Hearing the entourage around him, Ayrup's eyes were already looking towards the rolling mountains ahead.
"I really want to know where that Helva is now, I hope we can solve this Darius in Zagreb, otherwise the anger of Sudan will make all of us regret coming to this world."
Erup mumbled to himself, but he also knew that it was not so easy to accomplish this task.
Just two days ago, the Hurwa army attacked an Ottoman squadron. In addition to looting a large amount of jewelry for military expenses, what really angered Sudan was that they destroyed all the artillery escorted by the squadron.
This included two siege heavy artillery pieces that had just been forged in Sarajevo.
This made the Sultan burst into anger. In the secret orders sent by the Sultan, the Sultan strictly ordered Eryup to eradicate the "Darius of Zagreb" as soon as possible, and he must be paid for the stupid things he did.
For this reason, the Sudan was very rare, and it was clearly confirmed in the secret order that the Bosnian King Roy? Fully cooperate and obey the request of Eryup's order.
Eryup knows that Roy? Is certainly not satisfied with this order, and if it is a normal Sudan, it will never give such an order that is completely different from his previous style, but when he saw Sudan in the secret order to the current situation After the explanation, Eryup also knows why the Sudan is so desperate, and even does not even consider the command as a reliance and alliance of Roy ?.
On April 4, the Ottoman army launched an offensive against the Montina army on the right bank of the Alger River.
According to Sudan's intentions, although he was angry at the European who suddenly appeared in front of him, he still did not take the army of more than 6,000 troops into his eyes.
In particular, the terrain occupied by the other party does not seem suitable for defense. Unless the other party strictly guards the front line of the Alje River and relies on the river as a natural barrier to stop its own army, as long as its army crosses the river, Sudan believes in its own light The strong mobility of the cavalry, once the offensive sequence is launched on the right bank of the river, at that time, you can easily choose to bypass any wing of this enemy.
However, although he was quite sure of such a result, the Sudan did not show too much quick success, and he let the army carefully cross the river after preparing, even when it was determined that the enemy did not intend to rely on the Alje River for defense along the river. Later, he did not rush to order an attack after the first troops crossed the river.
Rather, while advancing equally steadily, the light cavalry troops were quickly crossed to reinforce the river, and at the same time, the Sudan issued a bold and careful order to the battlefield commander on the front line.
In this way, there are two choices before the Ottoman commander, and there are three roads.
One option is to use the existing army to launch a frontal attack on the position facing the Montina army, and the other option is to quickly use the high speed maneuver of the light cavalry after crossing the river, as the Sudan hopes, while attacking frontally Initiate a roundabout outswing from the enemy's two wings, and strive to defeat and surround the enemy in the shortest time.
The commander chose the second option with little hesitation. Although he was confident and more interested in defeating the enemy head-on, from the orders issued by the Sudan, it seemed that the enemy opposite had really caused the nameless anger of the great Sudan. As soon as the Sudan hopes, it is not a simple defeat but a complete annihilation of the unlucky guy in front of him.
It was only until the afternoon of April 4th, although the first troops had successfully crossed the river, and even the Anatolian light cavalry sent out had mostly crossed the river, but the Ottomans had not fully understood this suddenly came out What kind of onion is the guy blocking the road?
The Balkan nobles, led by Ladislas II, are now all shrinking in Bucharest. The Darva, known as the Darius of Zagreb by the Sultan, hid into the forest, and Roy? To their camp.
In this case, who is this guy who suddenly appeared?
For the Balkan aristocratic lineage, the Ottomans could n’t find much even if they could n’t say it well. The result of infiltration from the time of Mohammed made them very clear about the ins and outs of the Balkan aristocrats who seemed to be in a disordered relationship and their strength. But now this person makes them feel very strange.
According to the report of the scout, the enemies in the face are between 6 and 7,000. Except for a cavalry force that is now being pursued by about a few hundred people, all other troops should be in the face.
Well, the number of frontal enemies should not exceed 7,000.
Speaking of lords who can have such an army, even if it is not as good as Roy? It is by no means a noble little noble, not to mention their performance, it is more certain that this army should be the first on the Mures River. Defeat Roy ?, then shell the army of the Ottoman army crossing the river.
European reinforcements from the Vatican?
When thinking of this identity, Sudan is more interested in this oncoming enemy.
He even ordered the front-line commander to capture as much as possible rather than kill the enemy generals, because he needed to understand from the other side what the Vatican and European monarchs hold about his expedition.
Although the commander who received the order was a bit embarrassed, he didn't think it was impossible, but he was somewhat hesitant in the face of the enemy's detour.
From the map, in the big triangle formed by two rivers and a city, the place where Montina's army established a defense line is almost to the right of the center of this triangle.
The entire Montina defense line is diagonally set in a hilly area parallel to the Alger River, behind them is Bucharest City. The left side of the defense line is narrow because of the narrow gap exposed adjacent to the undulating Danube River, and Although there is a large plain on the right that can be detoured, but because of Bucharest behind the side, it also made Ottoman's frontline commander hesitant.
Choosing to break through from the enemy ’s left seems to be a bit risky. The Ottomans despised the timidity and incompetence of the Europeans, but they did not blindly underestimate the enemy to ignore the danger.
On the contrary, the Ottoman officers will take the enemy in front of them seriously every time they fight, and then formulate a plan that is sufficiently confident.
So the idea of ​​taking a detour from the gap between the enemy's left wing and the Danube River was just left behind with a flash.
But if it detours from the right, will it attract a fierce reaction from Bucharest?
After all, an army of nearly 7,000 men is not easy to defeat quickly. Once stuck with the enemy, and Bucharest sends troops, the light cavalry who is deeply detoured may face the danger of back and forth.
As for the fact that Bucharest may remain on the sidelines for various reasons, this is not what the front-line commander should consider. As a pure soldier, the various possibilities that will appear on the battlefield are the things he should consider.
It was out of this idea that after some consideration, the Ottomans made a decision that surprised Alexander a little.
On the afternoon of April 4th, the sun has moved slightly westward from the center, and in the afternoon a slightly warm river wind blows head-on, and the soldiers who are digging the mud pile from the trench to the front with a low wall are heard from far away The rapid horseshoe sound came.
The soldiers put down the tools in their hands and looked away, and soon they saw the fast horse with a cloud of dust running towards them.
Immediately, the man was shirtless, and his body shone with sweat under the sun.
"Ottoman! Ottoman!"
The scout jumped non-stop from the trench, and the raised mud splashed directly on the face of the soldier who was almost too late to avoid, attracting a curse full of foul language.
"What did the one who hurried to say?" A soldier spit out the salty mud in his mouth. "I hope he will fall off immediately and break his neck."
Without hearing the companion's answer, the soldier looked around a bit strangely.
Seeing the dignified or face-like expression on the faces of the people around him, the soldier froze, and then suddenly realized what his face turned pale.
He turned his head and looked up at the far plain, mumbling to himself: "The Ottomans are here."
The scout hurried across the trenches. Although many of these trenches were just shallow pits, the obstacles formed by the intertwined fences that were temporarily cut down and tied up, still made the scout have to slow down and bypass the road. .
At this time, Alexander was observing the surrounding positions on a high mountain parcel on the hills. Speaking of which, he was more concerned about protecting the flanks of the entire front.
The flexible mobility of the Anatolian light cavalry left a deep impression on him, especially in the battle of Varna where Ottoman quickly entered the divided crusade with light riding, and then was brutally slaughtered, making him believe that if he cannot protect his own Flanking, then the next thing is not optimistic.
Alexandria never thought of spending his capital in the backcountry of the Balkans.
He will take Sophia away, and get the big copper mine he dreamed of from Ladislas II, and more importantly, there are so many things waiting for him to do in Italy, although the thought of Lucrezia and The barrage between Balendi gave him some headaches, but this slightly sweet trouble only felt happy for him.
As for Ruo Sha, Alexander felt that she really assured him, at least she was really caring about helping her brother.
"My dear sister."
Every time Alexander wrote, he would use such a beginning, and vaguely he could feel it, and Ruo Sha seemed to enjoy such a title.
It is understandable to think about it. After all, there may be many wives and lovers, but the lovely sister is destined to have only one.
Unless his lovely mother gives him another one ...
It was at this time that Alexander, who was thinking wildly, heard the call of the scouts running from far and near.
"Ottoman! Ottoman!"
Alexander immediately greeted the entourage to bring the scout to himself ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Listening to the scout's time before jumping off the horse and reporting to him, Alexander's face was slightly surprised.
"You mean that the Ottoman strikers are advancing towards us, are you sure you haven't seen any movement from the enemy light cavalry?"
"Yes lord," the Balkan scouts nodded hard. "Their light cavalry were only slightly ahead of the infantry, but they never separated from the infantry, nor did they go farther to the left or to the right as you said before. Moving forward, they just follow the infantry. "
Listening to the description of the scout, Alexander murmured slightly, and then he hurriedly turned and walked to the map paved on a stone to watch carefully.
After he used his fingers to roughly measure between the wide plain on his right wing and the city of Bucharest behind him, and according to the scout, he roughly calculated the possible strength of the Ottomans in front of the Montina Front, and the corner of Alexander's mouth was inadvertent Moved slightly, and then murmured in a slang that I just learned from the Balkans: "γαμ? Το"