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

Chapter 1177 Blood Payback (Part )
Banská Bystrica, a city founded on mineral resources, had now become the core area of ​​Hungary's rule over Slovakia.

Countless inferior weapons were being manufactured in this city and then sent to the Hungarian battlefield to be used by the new recruits who were forcibly conscripted from all over the place.

These rifles often had crooked barrels, loose triggers, ugly appearance, and no safety at all. Even so, the Hungarian army accepted them all, after all, these firearms were much more intimidating than cold weapons.

The situation has deteriorated to its current state, and the Hungarian government can be said to have done its best. However, the production capacity of the Hungarian official arsenal still remains at two light artillery pieces and 1200 rifles per month.

Honved was the highest official of Hungary in Slovakia. If possible, he didn't want to make these rubbish. However, he gathered all the blacksmiths in Slovakia but couldn't find a qualified gunmaker.

A group of blacksmiths, without any professional equipment, could only rely on their imagination and temporarily disassembled models to make firearms. In addition, they had no experience, so the weapons they made were so outrageous.

Honved wanted to capture some college students and professors and bring them to the arsenal, but there was no university in the entire Slovakia, and there were not even a few high schools.

Unless he could capture Pressburg, he could only rely on the blacksmiths in these villages and towns to make guns for him.

Historically, Honved was also a victorious general who manipulated the army sent by Prince Windischgrätz to quell the rebellion and the royalists in Slovakia at his fingertips.

At this time, Banská Bystrica had already been transformed into a fortress city by him. According to his estimation, this city could at least hold off the Austrian army for three months.

So when Honved learned that the Carpathian Pass had been lost, he did not panic, but calmly ordered the destruction of all bridges in Slovakia, and defended the cities and fortresses to stop the Austrians.

However, Honwede underestimated the speed of the Austrian army. Almost at the same time when he sent out the messenger, the army of the Austrian Empire had already arrived at the city.

There was not much prelude to the battle, not even a decent declaration of war, and Austria directly began to attack the city.

A large number of incendiary bombs were dropped into the city, quickly turning it into a sea of ​​fire, and the so-called will to resist disappeared in an instant.

The Slovak vassal troops, who had sworn all their loyalty before, revolted at the first opportunity. They opened the gates, and the Austrian Imperial Army swarmed in and quickly occupied the main nodes.

Honweide originally wanted to engage in a street fight with the Austrian army, but the raging fire left him nowhere to hide, so he had no choice but to use the Slovaks in the city as bargaining chips in the hope of escaping.

But the commander of the Galician Corps, Baron Gregorich, flatly refused to negotiate, and in the eyes of the Galicians there was no difference between the Slovaks and the Magyars.

Hong Weide thought he could hold the city for three months, but he lasted less than eight hours.

Hong Wei De led his troops to surrender. Hong Wei De himself was sentenced to burning at the stake by the War Inquisition on 128 charges including treason, and most of his subordinates were also sentenced to hanging.

The bodies were not collected, but the crimes they committed were also hung with them.

The surviving Slovaks were all grateful to the Austrian army for saving their lives, and at the same time spat on the corpses of the Hungarian traitors.

However, the large army will not stay for too long, and will set off immediately after replenishing the necessary supplies.

The city will be handed over to follow-up troops for handling. In addition to restoring order and production, the follow-up troops will also further deal with any remaining rebels.

The main force led by Baron Gregory captured cities and strongholds along the way, and the temporary court and war tribunal behind them were also busy.

Banská Bystrica was captured, and a large number of insurgents appeared in the Slovak region in an instant. These Slovaks were equally cruel to the Magyars. A large number of Hungarian officials, soldiers, immigrants and their families were massacred by the Slovak insurgents, and the bodies of Magyars and pro-Hungarians were hung on the roadside.

Under such a combined attack from both inside and outside, Hungary's rule quickly collapsed, and unclaimed bodies were everywhere inside and outside the city.

No one would come to claim these bodies because some people who are so bloodthirsty that they would make the claimants suffer the same fate as the dead.

In the end, only priests and corpse collection teams could be relied upon to bury the bodies to prevent the spread of the plague. Most of the corpse collection teams in the Austrian Empire were Irish.

They had no reluctance, first because of religious beliefs, and second for survival. Filling their stomachs and having a bed to sleep in were already the luxuries of most Irish people.

In addition, the Irish have deep feelings for religion. After all, during the hundreds of years of being colonized by the British, they lost almost all of their culture and identity except religion.

The church holds a lofty position in the hearts of the Irish. It is not just a matter of faith, but also a spiritual bond that connects the nation and culture.

So when the church assigned tasks to these Irish people, they saw it as accepting a divine mission.

It was also because of this that there was little resistance when the priests taught them German and Austrian Imperial law.

Especially since they could get good wages and abundant food while completing their mission, it was like heaven to them.

In the subconscious of every Irishman, they never believe that hard work in Britain will pay off.

After all, neither landlords nor gentlemen would farm or work themselves, but would only wield whips and the stick of the law to drive the poor to work for them.

The kindness of the masters is even more terrible. There is no hell in the world more terrible than the poorhouse.

The Irish were grateful to the Austrian Empire for rescuing them. Due to the obstruction of the British government, the Irish people initially taken away from the island of Ireland by the Austrian Empire were the elderly, the sick, the disabled and orphans.

Although it is difficult for these people to survive the long journey, they are the easiest group to assimilate.

There is nothing in this world more convincing than personal experience. When those later generations see that the elderly, the sick, the disabled, and orphans who had long been sentenced to death are still alive, they believe from the bottom of their hearts that this is the most beautiful country in the world, ruled by the most benevolent monarch, and is the place closest to heaven.

So when I learned that civil war had broken out in the Austrian Empire, feelings of shock, fear, and anger all came over me.

In fact, the Irish were even more enthusiastic about joining the army than the Tyroleans and Croats. Regardless of gender, age or status, as long as they were still alive, they were willing to go to the front line and fight the Hungarians.

Maybe they have lost it before, so they cherish it especially. Although Cromwell was cruel, if the Irish were given another chance, would they make the same choice?
I guess the Irish themselves don’t know it clearly, but at this time in the Austrian Empire, they hope to protect this pure land.

But Franz would not let them do so. As the saying goes, a man with a sharp knife is prone to murder. No one knows whether the armed Irish will be the same as the Irish gangs on the other side of the ocean.

Franz could only let the Irish do the chores that no one wanted to do, and they could only make sure that every traitor they took over was dead.

(End of this chapter)