The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1176 Blood Payback (Part )
In fact, there was no need for Count Stadion's instigation, as most of the Galician soldiers present had an irreconcilable blood feud with the Hungarians.

The Hungarian cavalry raid did not have much impact on the western region where the Germans gathered, and many people were not even clear about the details of the attack.

However, the impact on eastern Galicia was huge. Almost every village was attacked, and the retaliation became more frenzied, especially after the Austrian army cut off the Hungarian army's retreat.

In addition, due to language barriers, the two sides had no communication at all and fought to the death. In the end, the Galicians paid a huge price to eliminate the remaining enemies, which left a psychological shadow on almost every family.

The way to break the shadow, in the most simple view of ordinary people, is to eliminate its source.

The Hungarian cavalry's raid was intended to cause maximum destruction and panic, so they naturally would not choose the western region with its high walls and deep moats and tight security.

Relatively speaking, the poor east, the open plains, the land that had just been reclaimed by the refugees, and the simple villages and towns were the best targets for attack.

At the same time, Count Stadion also intended to strengthen vigilance in the west, but ordinary people had no way of knowing about the high-level transfers, and these transfers were reasonable, and even senior officials in the government could not find any faults.

At this time, the Poles, Jews, Ruthenians in Galicia, as well as those Russians who were confused about their identities, only knew that the Hungarians rushed into their world and killed everyone they saw. The Austrian army arrived at the first time and then spent a lot of effort to help them bury the dead, treat the wounded, and rebuild their homes.

The Poles and Uruks had always wanted to have their own army, and although they had established militia-like organizations with Franz's tacit approval, they were too incompetent when facing the Hungarian cavalry raids.

So they are eager to join the real army and gain the ability to protect their families and hometowns.

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, for their deceased loved ones, for the living, and even more for the royal family that gave them dignity and land.

The vast majority of Galicians were newly liberated serfs or refugees who had been wandering for half their lives. They were oppressed and barely survived, but they still could not escape the fate of being abandoned.

However, Franz's actions directly broke the shackles that had been on them for thousands of years, gave them land, and did not require them to bear debts that would inevitably lead to bankruptcy.

After that, they regulated the river, prevented the plague, drained the swamps, turned the sea into mulberry fields, built stone cities, and established schools, hospitals, and churches.
The Austrian royal family is the most perfect image of rulers among the refugees, and Franz, who dominates all this, is a truly wise ruler.

One of the most popular stories told by the native people of Galicia is this:
"My father once told me that when the Polish Commonwealth existed, the lords could beat the serfs at will, and the serfs had no recourse...

You simply want to drive out the most benevolent ruler in this land and bring this country to ruin.

If you drive the Emperor out of this land, then every one of you will want to be alone, and you will beat the serfs here as you did in the old days of the Polish Commonwealth."

The Galician Legion marched out with a force of 100,000 men, with flags covering the sun and smoke filling the air.

Count Stadion looked at the murderous army passing in front of the stage, a gratified smile appeared on his face, and he walked downstairs.

After the army left, people found out that the Governor of Galicia, Count Stadion, had died a long time ago. He had been tortured by tuberculosis for many years, but he closed his eyes with a smile when he died. Of the so-called 100,000 troops of the Galician Legion, only 20,000 were combat soldiers, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers.

The Carpathian Mountains are both a natural barrier for Galicia and a support for Hungary.

The fighting at the Carpathian Pass was extremely fierce, with the Magyars and their vassal armies occupying the advantageous terrain and refusing to give up an inch of ground.

The Galician Legion had an absolute advantage in manpower and firepower, while the Magyar troops had no supplies. Except for a few Slovaks who truly surrendered to Hungary, most of the vassal troops were forced to do so.

In fact, Count de Tadion had anticipated this situation, so he dug a tunnel and buried enough explosives before the war.

The reason why it could not be discovered is that the tunnel was dug in 1846, and by the time the Hungarians occupied the checkpoint, the tunnel had already been completed.

This battle was only to further stimulate the morale of the legion. The Austrian army's heavy artillery and rockets once made the Magyars unable to raise their heads.

However, people who are forced into a desperate situation can often burst out with resilience and fighting power that ordinary people can hardly imagine. The Magyars and their vassal troops actually withstood the Galician Legion's repeated attacks.

With the heavy casualties and the shame of being unable to conquer the city, the bloodiness of the Galician Legion was fully revealed. Officers and nobles took the lead in the charge, which was a very bad tradition of the Austrian Empire.

In the era of cold weapons, this was undoubtedly the best way to boost morale. However, in modern warfare, this approach seems reckless and stupid.

Especially during World War I, Conrad organized officer suicide squads and aristocratic vanguards, which directly reduced the already low grassroots organization of the Austrian Empire to freezing point.

But this kind of stupidity is exactly what is needed at this moment. When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins. Those who don't even dare to draw their sword cannot win.

After another round of artillery bombardment, the Magyars once again emerged from the ruins. The Hungarian commander responsible for guarding the Carpathian Pass was just an unknown person promoted during the war.

However, he showed extraordinary command ability and courage in this battle which was impossible to win. Facing the general attack of the Austrian army, he even wanted to organize people to launch a counterattack.

If he is given time to grow, he might become a famous general.

However, his courage was not worth mentioning in the chess game that had been designed long ago, and Franz would not give him any chance to grow. With a loud bang, a whole section of the city wall was blown up into the sky.

When he got up again, the Austrian army had already entered the fortress. He didn't have time to do anything, and couldn't even leave a last word, before an Austrian soldier who rushed up shot him in the head.

Without the protection of the fortress, the Hungarian army could no longer hold out. The remaining Hungarian army did not choose to surrender, and everyone rushed to escape.

They knew exactly what they had done, and the only way to avoid punishment was to flee to a place where no one knew them.

However, it is not so easy to escape. A massacre took place in the narrow and cramped valley. The pursuit has always been the most brutal.

As the sun went down, there were no Magyars left alive in the valley. War is cruel, and a war of revenge is even crueler.