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

Chapter 1185: The Journey of New Soldiers

Hungary.

In a small village that had not yet been affected by the war, several uninvited guests appeared. They were recruiting officers from the Hun Empire, and they came here for only one purpose, which was to recruit soldiers.

After several rounds of conscription, there were no young and strong men left in the village. Starting a month ago, even young women were sent to the battlefield, reportedly to help with cooking and washing clothes.

Although the Hungarian government gave an explanation, the country people at that time believed that women should stay at home. It was immoral to leave their families, let alone follow the army.

In nineteenth-century Europe, women's legal status and rights were largely restricted, and they were often considered subordinate to men, who had guardianship over them.

In the actual situation in rural areas, young women undertake the vast majority of the labor at this time when there is a lack of young and strong labor, and no family is willing to continue to lose labor.

"Budapest, the great capital of our Hunnic Empire, is under attack from the evil Austrians, who are trampling our land and trying to take it from us!
Heroic sons and daughters with Hun blood! How can we continue to endure humiliation? We must take up arms to defend our homeland! "

The recruiting officer was shouting at the top of his lungs. To be honest, the person who wrote the article was quite capable and had already moved the recruiting officer deeply.

However, this did not move the peasants here. They were serfs in the past, and even after the Hungarian government announced the liberation of serfs, they were still the property of the landlords.

Because the landlord suddenly turned into a congressman, and the congressman was obviously much more cruel than the landlord. After all, the landlord still had to follow traditions, but the congressman didn't care about any traditions at all.

One day, the councillor was so frightened that he ran away with his family without even giving up the land. The villagers got their land, but the conscription officer came again a few days after the councillor left.
Now they think it is better to be a congressman, after all, a congressman only wants money, not life. But if they can, they still want to be serfs, after all, at that time they don't have to consider the problem of money or life.

The old people thought so, but the children did not think so. After all, in their eyes, these military masters were much more powerful than the parliamentarians and landlords.

"We want to join the army!"

"We want to join the army!"

Suddenly, a group of young boys rushed out of the crowd together as if they had discussed it beforehand. The elders from each family hurriedly tried to stop them, but it was too late.

A few soldiers handed over bags of food for the families, and everyone knew that if they dared to move forward they would be sent to the battlefield together.

As a result, some of the elderly began to kneel down, some covered their faces and cried, and some tried to bribe officials with their family heirlooms to get their children back.
The recruiting officers were already accustomed to this kind of scene, but these kids were just a little taller than the guns. How much use could these kids really make on the battlefield?

(At this time, Hungary's main rifle was the Austrian M1798 flintlock, which was about 1250-1333mm in length.)
"Thor! Come back! Don't go! Come back to your mother!"

A woman screamed at the top of her lungs, she had lost her husband, father, and two sons.

An old woman behind the woman held her tightly and would not let her move forward. The old woman had also lost her husband, son, and two grandsons, and was now about to lose her third. However, there were still two living children at home, and there was still hope. She could not bear to watch her daughter-in-law step into the fire pit.

The little boy pretended to be calm and looked at his mother while holding back his tears.

"Mom! I have to go! Budapest needs us! With the Anjia Food, my brother, sister, grandma and you will be able to fill their stomachs!"

Such scenes were staged one after another, and even little girls with short hair mixed in.

"She's a girl! Angela! Come back soon!"

"No! Mom! I'm not afraid of death! I can endure any hardship! I will definitely come back alive!"

Of course, there are also absolute idiots in this world.

"Ha hehe! There's going to be a war! I want to be a general!"

"I want to be king!"

"Mom, why don't you come with us? You can see dad on the battlefield! Then our family can be together again!"

Two gendarmes walked towards the pretty peasant woman with obscene smiles.

"Madam, you can also accompany the army. Your son may still need your care."

The peasant woman shook her head instinctively. The villagers nearby wanted to pull her back, but were blocked by other gendarmes.

"Take her with you! My mother cooks delicious food!" The two men then loaded the peasant woman, whose legs were limp, and the child onto the carriage.

The conscription officer wanted to scold them, but what was the use? If the Hun Empire was gone, what was the use of morality? Were we going to let these children continue to be slaves? He sighed.

The cold wind was as sharp as a knife, sprinkling spots of crimson on the white snow.

The road ahead is long, and the ice and snow make it even more difficult to move forward. The wild beasts that appear from time to time and the uncollected corpses on the roadside all tell of the cruelty of this war.

As they passed through deserted villages and bypassed bridges that had been blown up by no one, people kept falling behind.

The children couldn't help but have doubts.

"Can we win?"

"We will win. We are righteous."

The recruiting officer replied with a smile.

"Justice will prevail." The children also smiled again, but the girls no longer had their former spirits and just followed the slogans.

After countless days and nights, they finally arrived at the legendary holy land - Budapest.

The siege had lasted for half a year. The whole city was like a dead city, with broken walls and broken bricks everywhere. Even the air was filled with gunpowder and a faint smell of blood.

However, the biggest problem for this reinforcement force at this time was how to enter the city of Budapest.

During this six-month period, the Austrian army built long fortifications outside the city. Although covered with snow, they still looked hideous like scars on the earth.

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, rockets rose into the sky, leaving long tails of flames, and finally landed in the city of Budapest.

The flames that shot up into the sky even briefly dispersed the low-hanging dark clouds in the sky, and the huge explosion sounded more like winter thunder.

In the sky illuminated by winter thunder, there were giant steel beasts roaming, spewing out blazing white light from time to time like a meteor shower.

The children standing far away couldn't help but drool. This was completely beyond their imagination. Everything before their eyes was simply a war in mythology.

Some people were frightened to the point of incontinence and crying, some clenched their fists and were eager to try, but the officer had a blank expression on his face, because it was not the first time he had seen such a scene.

"Set up camp!"

the officer growled.

Faced with the officer's order, everyone looked at each other.

"The enemy is right in front of us! What if they find us?"

“Budapest is here! The city needs us! How can we…”

The officer raised his hand to interrupt the chattering of the crowd.

"We will camp here tonight and enter the city tomorrow. There will be many opportunities to serve the country in the future, so we should have a good rest today.

You don't need to worry. The Austrians are too arrogant and stupid to launch a surprise attack on us. As long as we don't get close to their positions and walk through them openly in the middle of the road tomorrow, they won't attack us."

This made the soldiers even more confused.

"How could such a thing happen?"

"Today you can eat and drink as much as you want. If you haven't eaten meat yet, please do so. From now on, you may not have another chance."

(End of this chapter)