Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 471
Holy Roman Empire, Aachen.

The news of their own army's defeat in Vienna quickly spread back to Aachen, far faster than ordinary people imagined, but this speed may not be a good thing.

At the very least, the current Aachen has been filled with such negative news, which makes both nobles and ordinary people feel a sense of panic.

"His Majesty the Emperor, what do you mean!?"

In the palace, Leopold and Sigismund confront each other.

"Oh?" Facing Leopold's aggressiveness, Sigismund just smiled faintly, appearing full of confidence.

"Honorable Duke Leopold, instead of asking what I mean, you might as well ask yourself, what do you mean?"

Leopold was at a loss for words when he heard it, and was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

A seemingly simple war, but in fact it is not as simple as it appears on the surface.

On the surface, it seems that the Luxembourg dynasty and the Habsburg dynasty were forced to temporarily unite due to the strong pressure of the Ming army, but in fact they were only united on the surface. In fact, they were still fighting for their own interests. Make small calculations.

Sigismund, who represented the Luxembourg dynasty, mobilized troops as the Holy Roman Emperor, and at the same time used his control over the Holy See to summon a large number of Catholic believers in the name of holy war.

The Luxembourg dynasty has expressed its position, and the Habsburg dynasty has not lost the chain.

Duke Albert personally led the army, and at the same time the Habsburg dynasty also sent some troops, pointing directly at Vienna.

This is the union on the surface, but it is only on the surface, but there is an undercurrent surging in the dark.

As the first commander on the front line, Albert did not directly take advantage of his own strength over the Vienna defenders. Instead, he sent people to death wave after wave. Preparing for control of the Roman Empire early.

But as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, how could Sigismund let the Habsburg dynasty ride shit on his face?
Zhu Zhanhe led his troops back to defend Vienna, and cooperated with Liu Qingwen and Xing Kun in the city of Vienna to disintegrate the Holy Roman Empire's plan to take back Vienna and completely wiped out the Holy Roman Empire's army.

After getting the news, Sigismund immediately spread the news throughout Aachen.

It can be said that it was the strongest offensive of the Holy Roman Empire since the invasion of the Ming army, but it failed like this. Not only was the army completely wiped out, even the commander Albert was also headed by the Ming army.

Spreading the news once again damaged Sigismund's already shaky reputation, but compared to the Habsburg dynasty, his loss was almost negligible.

Because of the successive defeats against the Ming army before, Sigismund's reputation fell again and again, while the reputation of the Habsburg dynasty, which was the enemy of the Luxembourg dynasty, rose.

However, the failure of this attack instantly wiped out the previous advantages of the Habsburg dynasty. Although it is not worse than the Luxembourg dynasty, it is not much better.

This time, the Holy Roman Empire suffered heavy losses, and the Luxembourg and Habsburg dynasties, which were playing games with each other, lost both sides. The only one who could gain was the Ming army.

Therefore, on the surface, the defeat in the war was the fault of Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor, but the Habsburg dynasty was also an important driver of this defeat, and neither side should say anything.

It is precisely because of this that Leopold would be speechless in the face of Sigismund's rhetorical question.

"How about it, Duke Leopold will continue to fight?" Sigismund looked at the speechless Leopold and asked with a smile.

It seems that the loss of this war and the heavy loss of the Holy Roman Empire can be ignored by him.

Right now, he is like a gambler who is blinded by losing. He doesn't care about his result at all. All he wants to do is to lose the banker opposite him until his family is ruined.

And in fact, that's exactly what Sigismund had in mind.

"Duke Leopold, in fact, you should know that you and I have nothing to argue about." Sigismund stood up, walked to the window, his tone was indifferent, not at all like a person who had reached a desperate situation. the words said.

"I have no son, only one daughter. Facing the oppression of the enemy right now, I have no time to plan for myself...or even the future of the entire Luxembourg dynasty."

"The throne of the Holy Roman Empire will eventually fall to Albrecht, and the Luxembourg dynasty will eventually die out on me."

"Whether it's the Ming army's invasion or our Habsburg dynasty taking the throne, the result is actually the same for me."

"I know that Albrecht will not be your opponent. Your Habsburg dynasty will eventually take away the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. At that time, my daughter Elizabeth will not live very well."

"So, if you are willing to play, I am also willing to play with you."

"Anyway, for me, the final result will definitely be family ruin. As for the existence of the Holy Roman Empire, that is something you need to consider, not me."

Looking at Sigismund's back, Leopold could only feel a chill rising from the soles of his feet, reaching up to his celestial cap, making him feel like an ice cave.

In fact, no matter what kind of enemy you are facing, there is no need to be afraid, because as long as you are human, you will have weaknesses, and enemies without weaknesses... theoretically do not exist.

but!

Today's Sigismund has reached the theoretical realm of an enemy without weaknesses.

To be clear about my own ending, to be clear about the ending of my relatives, to be clear about the ending of my family...

After understanding all of this, Sigismund doesn't care anymore. If the Habsburg dynasty cooperates with all its strength, then he doesn't mind going all out, but if the Habsburg dynasty still wants to make small moves, he doesn't mind. Not afraid to die together.

Even...he could bring the entire Holy Roman Empire to its end.

Anyway... in the near future, he has nothing to lose.

"I see..." Leopold took a deep breath, turned and left after leaving a word.

The world is impermanent, and the situation is unpredictable. Until the end, no one knows what the result will be.

Who would have thought that when Sigismund, who was originally at a disadvantage, had nothing to lose, he was uncharacteristically, and instead fell on the head of the Habsburg dynasty.

However, the Habsburg dynasty, which was originally in an advantage, was restrained everywhere in front of Sigismund because of its own family and wanting to control the Holy Roman Empire.

Possibly, those Catholic believers who were summoned in the name of jihad did not expect that what they thought was a battle for their faith, was just a means of gaining benefits in the eyes of those careerists.

If considerable benefits can be obtained, they will be abandoned without hesitation.

In the eyes of these careerists, what they care most about is what they can get, not the so-called overall situation.

In their view, if the overall situation is taken into account, but self-interest is damaged, then there is no need to take the overall situation into consideration.

(End of this chapter)