Daming Military Empire

Chapter 680 The Eurasian Railway, the Northern Line runs through

Vienna, the capital of Austria in later history, is also known as the "World Music Capital". Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and other musicians wrote countless gorgeous movements here, making Vienna resound with music all over the world.

In fact, Vienna was quite famous at this time. Of course, his fame was not spread by music. The reason why Vienna was famous at this time was because of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was once the unashamed overlord of the entire European continent. In its heyday, its territory included modern Germany, Austria, northern and central Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, accounting for almost half of the entire European continent. area.

As the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Vienna has been the economic, cultural and political center of the entire European continent for a long time, and was once known as the heart of the European continent.

However, with the outbreak of the Thirty Years War, the status of this heart is gone forever.

In later history, the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III was forced to sign the "Westphalian Peace Treaty" with the anti-Habsburg alliance after the 30-year war. The Holy Roman Empire was almost dismembered, and it never recovered until it died.

But in this life, since Ferdinand III's sister Princess Anna married His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, the strength of the Holy Roman Empire did not fall to the bottom after receiving a large amount of weapons from the Ming Empire.

In addition, the Ming Empire presided over the establishment of the Daming Habsburg Alliance, which helped Spain and Portugal withstand the attack of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. At the same time, they fought against Tsarist Russia, which restrained the main energy of the entire Anti-Habsburg Alliance. , the Holy Roman Empire was even thrown aside by the anti-Habsburg alliance powers and never bothered again.

It stands to reason that with such a good respite, the Holy Roman Empire should be able to regroup and rise again.

However, just like what Ferdinand II said, Ferdinand III can only be a wise king in prosperous times, but not a tyrant in troubled times. Keep a few duchies in the air and muddle through!

However, just because he didn't do it doesn't mean that others won't do it. No, the Ming Empire's railway had just arrived in Vienna, and a telegram from His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire followed.

The content of the telegram is very simple, it is to ask him how many troops he can gather in a short period of time.

Since the Holy Roman Empire is an ally of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong is quite familiar with the current situation of the Holy Roman Empire. Although he keeps providing weapons and support, the current Holy Roman Empire is still the same. .

If it weren't for the rush to find trouble in the Netherlands, Zhu Cijiong would really be too lazy to care about his brother-in-law's mess. You must know that the Holy Roman Empire has more than 300 princes at the moment, and this number alone can make people scalp Numb, how long does it take to clean up one by one, and how much money does it cost!

However, he can't do anything now, because there is still a German alliance with many princes sandwiched between the Netherlands and Vienna. If they are not dealt with, the railway cannot be repaired.

What Zhu Cijiong meant was to ask his uncle to assemble the army and prepare to do it.

It's a pity that Ferdinand III was not a hero who expanded his territory. He didn't even think about cleaning up the disobedient princes under him. It turned out to be less than 30!

This is still the result of the Ming Empire's continuous support of weapons. If Zhu Cijiong hadn't supported him with weapons and equipment for more than [-] troops, he might have only about [-] troops under his command.

In fact, we can’t blame Ferdinand III for not thinking about progress. He also ruled the Principality of Austria, the Kingdom of Bohemia, and the Principality of Silesia. He is not a master of great talent and strategy. He just manages these territories. It was enough for him to have a headache, how could he have time to think about dealing with other princes.

Regarding Zhu Cijiong's telegram, he misunderstood that it was the Ming Empire asking him to send troops.

Although he is not good at governing the country, he is not a fool like the Duke of Gaston, and he has a good understanding of the situation in the entire continent.

Now, the Ming Empire is facing the dilemma of fighting on multiple fronts.

In Tsarist Russia, more than 20 troops of the Ming Empire were sticking to the Wushan line of defense, and they were still confronting the 40 coalition forces of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance on the front line of the Wuhe River;

In southern Spain, the 60 sea and land coalition forces of the Ming Empire are standing firm at the mouth of the Guadiana River, confronting the navies of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers;
In southern France, the allied forces of the Ming Empire and Spain are confronting hundreds of thousands of French troops;
Moreover, the Ming Empire had to guard the Eurasian Canal, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Siberia. What he knew was terrifying enough.

He thought that the Ming Empire might not be able to hold on anymore, so they came to ask him for help.

The Ming Empire is the backbone of the entire Daming Habsburg Alliance. If it collapses, the entire Daming Habsburg Alliance will be finished. He is still very clear about this.

So, with a rare pride, he directly replied to Zhu Cijiong: The Holy Roman Empire can support 20 troops!

Only 20?Well, barely enough.

The Netherlands is the core of the entire anti-Habsburg alliance at the moment, and Zhu Cijiong naturally cannot make them feel better. Now that the Eurasian Railway has been built to Vienna, no matter how bad it is, it must be repaired to give them some color.

At this moment, the strength of the Ming Empire is indeed a bit stretched, but it is not as Ferdinand III imagined that he needs the support of the Holy Roman Empire. He wants to unite with the Holy Roman Empire to launch an attack on the Netherlands from land.

As for where the troops would come from, he had already thought about it. In some places, a little crowding could still squeeze out one or two legions. It would not be a big problem to gather an army of 30.

First, he dispatched the Second Army Corps of the Imperial Guards, ordering Shi Kefa to lead his [-] troops to Kandahar directly by train to join the First Army Corps of the Expeditionary Army.

Then, he contacted Suyman by telegram, asking him to mobilize heavy troops to station on the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Safavid Empire to deter the Persian Safavid Empire.

Then, he ordered Qin Gongming to lead the Liao army to rush by sea to the branch port of the Eurasian railway on the Mediterranean coast, and from there to Vienna to gather.

In the end, he directly promoted Hou Shilu, the leader of the First Expeditionary Army, as the Deputy Field Marshal, and ordered him to lead the First Expeditionary Army and the Second Army of the Praetorian Guards to Vienna, where the Dingliao Army and the 20 troops of the Holy Roman Empire The army converged and launched an offensive against the princes of the German Union, advancing while repairing the railway, and aimed directly at the Netherlands!

(End of this chapter)