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

Chapter 1193 The end of the road (Part )
The city gate was broken, and the huge shock wave knocked the cavalry who were ready to go to the ground. For a while, the wailing of soldiers and horses was endless.

Some young riders wanted to get up and wait for the opportunity but were knocked down again by the frightened horses. Some people controlled the frightened horses but were smashed to pieces by the shells that fell like raindrops.

The morale of these young soldiers did not last long, because even more terrifying monsters appeared on the battlefield.

This time, the airship dropped not leaflets, but grenades.

Although the actual killing power of the airship is not very strong, it is a weapon that the cavalry is completely unable to resist. Especially the crisis that falls from the sky makes people feel even more powerless and desperate.

Kossuth fled back to the presidential castle, screaming uncontrollably. Fortunately, his voice was not heard by those who admired him.

The whole castle was shaking, and wood chips and dust were falling. Kossuth tried to leave the castle, but the burning buildings, collapsed houses, and the screaming crowds fleeing scared him back.

In just four hours, Debrecen was completely unrecognizable, with raging flames devouring everything in the city.

This time the Austrian army did not give the other side a chance to breathe, and the infantry began to advance before the artillery fire ended.

Although the Hungarians in the city had already made up their minds to die before the war, having the idea and facing it personally are completely different.

Some people would rather put out the fire in vain than carry out the plan of a frontal breakout. The Austrian army, on the other hand, was methodically squeezing the living space of the Hungarian army.

Soon Debrecen's outer defenses were completely destroyed. At this time, the Austrian army did not rush into the city and kill people indiscriminately, but began to build defenses.

This time the Hungarian generals were in despair. There was no doubt that the Austrians did not want to leave them any chance this time.

It was a pity that there were no military strategists among the Hungarian high-level officials at that time, and the small-scale charges organized by those generals could not prevent the situation from deteriorating.

What does it mean to devour and encroach?

This is the most appropriate way to describe the Battle of Debrecen at this time. The Austrian army first surrounded the Hungarian army in one fell swoop, then began to cut it into small pieces, and finally annihilated it one by one.

Everything was so orderly and ruthless. The fighting lasted for three days and three nights. The Austrian army finally eliminated all remaining enemies in Debrecen except the Presidential Castle.

The reason for doing this is naturally that most Austrian officers wanted to capture Kossuth alive. After all, such a vicious enemy is rare in history.

It would be a great achievement if such a villain could be brought back to Vienna.

Although the remaining officers did not think they could capture Kossuth alive, they thought it was worth it to gradually reduce his living space and let him feel the pain and torture.

Kossuth sat in the hall of mirrors filled with broken glass, staring blankly at the sky. He wished a cannonball would fall in and end him.

But the shells seemed to have eyes and all avoided the building. After thinking about it for these days, he also realized that the Austrian shells seemed to have eyes.

The sun rose again, and the sunlight shone through the window. The mirrors on the ground reflected the light, making the entire mirror hall bright again.

The door of the Hall of Mirrors was pushed open, and he saw the person who came in. He was his chief of staff, the man who had always been giving him advice.

"I didn't expect it to be you."

"Yes, it's me."

“You’re not Hungarian?”

"Are you? No matter what you say, you can't change the fact that you are Slovak."

(Kossuth was indeed a Slovak through and through.)
Kossuth did not answer. He looked away and continued to stare at the sun in a daze. "You know what? You have destroyed the great dream of a great nation."

"I only know that you killed my whole family. My wife and daughter were tortured to death by your fellow Huns in front of my eyes. My little son was only one month old.

I am here with you to destroy you and your twisted compatriots!"

"You want revenge? Come on."

"No! I will hand you over to the Austrians, and then let you die like that devil Qiu Tekalai after being tortured by the world!"

"You won't get your wish. The Austrians refuse any surrender."

"That's not necessarily true. As long as we catch you, there's hope. Go!"

Several bodyguards immediately took out ropes and walked towards Kossuth, who picked up a piece of crystal fragment.

“What a beautiful world this is!”

He slit his throat without hesitation, and blood spurted out, staining the carpet on the imperial steps red.

Kossuth's head slowly dropped, and the crown fell to the ground.

The Austrian army captured the presidential castle without much effort, and Ludwig von Lens and his men were the first to rush into the Hall of Mirrors.

"Suicidal coward."

There was contempt in Ludwig von Lens' tone. He had seen all kinds of people on the battlefield over the years and had long seen through the complexity and fragility of human nature.

As a leader, he actually committed suicide to evade the responsibility for defeat. He is even worse than those gang members and cowboys in North America.

The reason why Ludwig von Lens spoke with such contempt for Kossuth was actually partly due to religious reasons. Some believers believed that suicide was a sign of a lack of piety in their faith.

"Boss, what do we do now?"

"Do I need to teach you this? That's what the Indians do. Cutting off the head and taking it back is also a trophy, isn't it?"

Ludwig von Lens picked up the crown that had fallen to the ground, wiped the blood off it, and put it in an exquisite box.

The battle of Debrecen came to an end, and the last 18,000 elite troops of the Hungarian Empire were completely wiped out in this battle.

Kossuth's body was hung in front of the Presidential Castle and then burned together with the body, and his head was transported to Vienna.

Cutting off the enemy's head as a trophy has existed since ancient times. The reasons for doing so are nothing more than showing off one's own military strength and glory, humiliating and mocking the enemy, or out of some special hobby.
However, Franz did not have the hobby of collecting human skulls. He did not think that this would show off his military power or glory, and he did not want to mess with a dead person.

Franz ordered the head to be destroyed and its ashes buried as a way of atonement.

Although Kossuth suffered successive defeats after he proclaimed himself emperor, his actions were not entirely useless. The Eastern Army led by the Polish veteran Bem successfully created a gap in the Austrian defense line.

However, Kossuth did not wait for that day. After learning the news of the fall of Debrecen and the death of Kossuth, Bem immediately chose to lead his troops to break out.

Some Hungarian nobles and extremists who feared being liquidated also fled to the Ottoman Empire, while others did the opposite and fled to Russia.