The Eagle of Eastern Europe

After the capture of Kaunas, resistance throughout Lithuania gradually collapsed. Coupled with the report sent by Grushenko, it can be said that most of the Baltic Sea coast is already Russian land.

Michael entered the city, and the citizens stood on both sides in fear, waiting for the final verdict from the Tsar.

"Now this city belongs to Russia, we can tear it down and rebuild it!" Mihai said.

Michael had a huge plan, which was to completely destroy the local Catholic culture and re-establish the status of the Orthodox Church. However, the implementation of different local policies is naturally different. A more moderate policy can be implemented in the surrendered lands, but the cities with fierce resistance cannot escape the fate of being destroyed.

At this time, Wladyslaw could no longer care about rescuing Lithuania. Just now, he had a battle with the Romanian army, and without any miracle, he failed.

As a newly reformed army, Poland had tried its best and could have suffered less losses. However, the mercenaries temporarily defected, which caused huge losses.

The Polish army could only retreat back to Krakow. Wladyslaw sent someone to send a peace request, but the other party rejected it, and they had to continue fighting.

"Your Majesty, Wladyslaw has retreated towards Krakow."

Peter relaxed. Poland had shown signs of decline, and it was time to make a push.

"Let the soldiers rest well, there will be an important battle next."

Mary also offered to send troops to assist, but considering the movements in Austria, Peter declined the request. Although the current Romanian-led coalition is strong, it is not without its weaknesses. Moreover, the reduction of Catholic countries has objectively enhanced their cohesion. If a war breaks out, he is not sure whether they can win them all.

At present, the only obstacle in front of Warsaw is Krakow. As long as this city is captured, Poland will have no power to fight back.

Peter held a grand banquet in Lviv to celebrate his new victory. Rewards for the soldiers were also announced, including money and land.

When the soldiers heard the news, the fatigue of the past few days suddenly disappeared without a trace, and they burst into deafening cheers. The soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted after continuing large-scale battles with foreign tribes for such a long time, and they needed to be given a chance to relax.

For more than a month, the Romanian army has successively captured villages and manors and seized a large amount of food, livestock, and property. It is certainly not a problem to organize a celebration party.

In order to prepare for this grand banquet, the chefs slaughtered more than 500 fat sheep and nearly a hundred cattle, and transported a large amount of wine. The soldiers had a great time today, they repelled the Poles, it was worth it now.

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Munich, the capital of Bavaria, where the new Imperial Parliament was held. Sigismund presided as German King and King of Bohemia, and all members of the empire came except the Elector of Pomerania and the Elector of Brandenburg.

Sigismund talked about the dangerous situation facing the empire and thanked all members for their trust in him. Finally, he made a promise: He will do his best to reverse the current unfavorable situation, defeat the Bohemian rebels, and push back the heretical forces. Drive out Bohemia and restore its own status so that Romania can no longer invade the empire's allies. What he said was what everyone wanted, so everyone responded with warm applause.

At this time, the representative of the Hanseatic League applauded, stood up, and said coldly: "A very exciting speech! But I hope your majesty will not be blindly confident, otherwise it will be easy to get yourself involved."

A jar of cold water was thrown at Sigismund, who was in the midst of excitement. He suddenly lost his temper and refuted loudly: "You are questioning me, the great German King, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire."

"I didn't mean that, but your past is really untrustworthy. You were once the king of Hungary, but you were kicked out because of the assassination of your wife. Your brother kindly took you in, but he died for unknown reasons. This is really suspicious."

His unbearable past was revealed, and Sigismund was so angry that he wanted to hit someone. But the Archbishop of Mainz put an end to the ensuing quarrel.

"Now that the empire is in danger, you are saying these words at this time to disrupt the imperial parliament. What do you mean?"

"Dear Archbishop, I have no other intention. I just wanted to ask His Majesty, but before I finished asking, I didn't expect him to react so violently." The other party shrugged, looking innocent, and continued: "I just wanted to What I mean is that everyone can say good things, but to put it into action, since we want to suppress Bohemia, we must recruit an army! And it is even more difficult for us to raise enough military supplies for this huge army! The taxes paid, the gold and silver we mined...all have been invested in this war, and we cannot sustain this war for a long time. So I would like to ask your Majesty, in order to fulfill the promise you just said, Can you give us a specific deadline?"

This has been recognized by many people. After all, they are not cash machines. Even the Stewart elector stood up and said: "He is right. The military consumption is huge. We really need a more certain time limit so that the entire empire can gritted its teeth and persevere during this period."

Sigismund hesitated, but the representative of the Hanseatic League attacked again: "It seems that His Majesty is not very confident in his ability to defeat Bohemia."

This made Sigismund unbearable, and he immediately said: "We all know that Bohemia is a powerful country, and the war between us and them cannot be ended in a short time. I also know what your intention is, but I am still willing to set a deadline. Within a year, I will do my best to quell the rebellion in Bohemia!"

Since Sigismund proposed a deadline, there is no reason for others to make trouble. Then the other meeting agenda began. Since the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, this country has suffered a lot of hardships, and I hope it can survive this time.