The Eagle of Eastern Europe

The rebellion in Venice received bad news after receiving good news. Unfortunately, the Verona militia was all killed after three days of fighting with the Romagna army. Verona fell.

Rome's navy in the Adriatic blocked Venice's sea lines of communication and was still able to deliver supplies to Trieste. The maritime power that they once were no longer exists, and they can only fight it out on land.

"Everyone be quiet, the next step is to form an army."

The Grand Council of Venice was still quarreling, and the members finally finished dividing the spoils. As a result, Verona fell. This deeply stimulated them.

"We should now hold the mayor of Verona accountable. Why didn't he lead troops to defend? In just three days, he lost such an important city."

A councilor from Padua proposed convicting the mayor of Verona before anything else could be done.

"Congressman Brugger, you are avenging a public vendetta."

Who doesn’t know that the parliamentarians of Verona and Padua are incompatible with each other. In order to compete for a small amount of public funds, they even sacrifice their flesh and blood and family ties. The direct hatred between the two places is extremely high.

"Dear Sir, I am doing this for the sake of the Republic. If people who have failed in their duties cannot be punished, who will listen to the government's orders?"

This high-sounding excuse made the congressman from Verona angry, "Don't be hypocritical. You know Padua is only two days away from Verona. Why don't you go to rescue?"

"Because we don't have enough troops and can't protect ourselves, so why should we throw ourselves into a desperate situation?"

Everyone:…………

You are really good at speaking, and you are so arrogant in saying that you will not save someone even if you die. The congressman was so angry that he started to beat him.

"You actually hit me!"

"You are the one who is being beaten. God will punish you."

Now that these two are fighting, is it okay for others to fight too? As a result, the peaceful parliament turned into a dueling arena. Various members showed off their special skills, such as hitting people with their fists, scratching their faces, grabbing their hair, and splashing water. It was like a parliament.

Grand Speaker Luigi looked at the noisy parliament and his voice became hoarse. He had no choice but to declare a temporary break. But those congressmen hadn't finished fighting yet, so they were left to their own devices.

After getting through the initial excitement period, Domenico was also stumped by the daily necessities of life. The finances were poor, the army was too poor, the export could only be to the north, and Trieste was still at the door of his home. No matter how he looked at it, it was impossible to succeed.

"Now let's talk about it, if Verona is lost, our war with Rome will be at a disadvantage. Their army has begun to advance westward, and the Croatian allies have also encountered difficulties. Their attack has suffered setbacks, and we have also Some supplies must be allocated to assist them.”

Browning, who was in charge of diplomacy, told other cabinet members that Venice had formed an alliance with Skro in Croatia and the gentry in Ljubljana, and the three parties assisted each other to fight against the Roman Empire.

However, their highlight moment was gone. Skrow failed in his attack on the important city of Banja Luka in the south. Only less than 2,000 of the 6,000 people returned. Hungary is also exerting pressure in the north, making him afraid to join forces and can only hope that they will assist or send troops.

"It's impossible. Verona is a lesson. If we can't train our army, it will be the second Sack of Venice."

Another cabinet member opposed sending troops to assist. Now that Venice's strength is obviously insufficient, instead of dividing its troops to assist its allies, it is better to concentrate its forces and capture Trieste.

"Trieste has always been an important port city, and the food and other supplies there are enough for us to use for three months. My suggestion is to concentrate our forces and capture Trieste."

There is no problem with this proposal, but the current situation is that Venice must delay the Romagna attack, in case the western defense is empty and can easily be attacked.

"This issue has been passed a long time ago, but it was delayed due to other things. Now that the Republic has been newly defeated, it urgently needs a victory to boost morale. Trieste is indeed a good goal, but does our country still have troops to go?"

This question has come to everyone's mind. Now Venice adopts a policy where all the people are soldiers, and all qualified men have to go to the battlefield. Therefore, Venice, with a population of less than one million, has drawn nearly 60,000 troops. But there were people, but weapons and supplies were scarce, and the navy only had three or two small ships. Everything had to be torn down and started over, but Rome would not give him this time.

"Don't worry about this. We have gone to Milan to hire mercenaries. Their captains are experienced in many battles and will definitely be able to lead us to victory."

The governor told the cabinet that he had finally hired this mercenary force. It would cost hundreds of thousands of ducats for three months. Although it was expensive, at least it had rich experience and hoped to withstand the Roman attack.

"I don't know which captain the Governor invited. Someone with experience should have listened."

"Don't worry, I'm hiring General Muzio Sforza. He has more than 10 years of mercenary experience in Milan, so there will be no problem."

They felt relieved when they heard the Governor say this. Even if Rome is not dead, it will still have to shed its skin, and the mercenaries in Milan are very cruel.

At this time, the Roman army was already on the way. Duke Gion of Allgäu and his son Stanissa were waiting for the army to gather in Krusevac. At the same time, he was also looking at the map and adjusting the battle plan at any time.

"Sir, Skrow currently occupies Salegbu, and Ljubljana does not obey the empire's orders. If it weren't for Hungary's pressure, Austria would probably go south immediately."

"We should start from Belgrade now, take them by surprise, hit the city of Zaregbu directly, and force the opponent to surrender."

Stanissa frowned when he heard this. He was sure that if you did this, the emperor would definitely not reward you. Now there are voices in the palace saying that they should not have been merciful in the first place, and now they are still trying to recruit people. Are they not laying landmines for themselves?

Giang looked at the person who proposed to recruit people, and thought that this person had insufficient political means. Rome was not Western Europe, so recruiting people was impossible. You could only gain the emperor's favor by showing your fangs, not to mention that the opponent was a heretic.

"Everyone, I'm afraid I didn't make it clear. His Majesty the Emperor does not want this situation to happen again in the west. We will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but if they do not return to the embrace of the empire, then only destruction awaits them."

This can be regarded as blocking the way to a peaceful settlement, but the emperor also promised that the participating soldiers would receive land or monetary rewards, and in the edict issued to the outside world, the people living in the west except Trieste were directly Make them all slaves. If you don’t want to be a human being, then don’t become one.