Chapter 488 Multi-Party Collaboration
Stefan's move also caught the anti-Romanian alliance by surprise, because England is actually a member of the alliance. Failure to save may cause internal fighting, but saving is also difficult. England is an island country, and their troops can only pass through ships. Transport rescue.
And now their armies have begun to advance eastward. Rome and the Berlin Alliance are preparing to give them a fatal blow. They must brace themselves to defend. As for Henry IV, I hope he can persist until the day of their victory.
At this time, they urgently needed Sigismund's help, because he was the only one with experience in fighting the East. The Duke of Burgundy gave 150,000 gold coins as an advance payment to release the king. Currently he is the only one who can integrate Shinra.
Finally leaving here, Sigismund rode to Vienna, and soon he knew what these people were doing.
"It's stupid to let Egypt delay Rome. Only you can think of it."
Sigismund was also speechless to them. He really thought that Egypt could hold Rome back for five months. He really underestimated Rome and his emperor. He had met Peter more than ten years ago. He originally decided to let him be the governor of Transylvania, but he just talked about it, but he didn't expect that the other party came to get it in person, and he also took the entire Hungary with him.
"Constantinople is by no means as weak as you think. It is no longer the country that can be bullied. If we want to win, we must cooperate."
Now is the best time for the Catholic world, which is now in danger, to unite.
"We'd better give up on Florence and Siena." Sigismund's first words shocked everyone, as there was no way he would give up on his allies at the first sign.
"Your Majesty, Florence is our ally." One person questioned.
"This is the best way. Now that we can't survive, these two can only give up. We can also shrink our forces and put them in Milan, Genoa and Savoy. As long as we control this place, we will still have a chance."
Although Sigismund's words were very uncomfortable, this was the only way at the moment. The sudden arrival of Rome's offensive made them very uncomfortable. Shouldn't they agree on a time and place and then fight.
"Also, the church must be unified, and those popes must abdicate and be re-elected. And no heretics can be allowed to appear, and that Huss must die."
Sigismund understood a truth. If the top and bottom are to be united, then a unified thought is necessary. Look at Rome, unified religion, unified writing, this is the secret to exerting combat effectiveness.
Look at them again. Not only do they have different languages, but even Catholicism is divided into three people, as well as the heretical ideas promoted by Hus of Bohemia, all of which must be unified.
Sigismund quickly made deployments. In addition to heavy troops near Milan, Austria also deployed troops to prevent the Hungarian army from attacking.
"Your Majesty, regarding England..."
"There is no time, we can only let God bless them."
England was too far away, and even Sigismund had no choice but to pray.
For the Berlin Alliance, we have to try to relax as much as possible. If the multi-front war is fought, Shinra will no longer exist. And although France's two major vassals joined, France's directly-administered army would not assist without the consent of the French king.
But these were nothing to the Regency Council. Not only did they mobilize some troops, they also opened the land channel for the Iberian army to enter Italy. It can only be said that Sigismund led the Catholic world with unprecedented efforts, and if he was not careful, he would lose everything.
However, Sigismund still underestimated the cohesion of the Bartland family. The four brothers always had their own communication channels. They are also interconnected.
When Peter went to Egypt, Michael began to lobby the Grand Duke of Moscow to declare war on Livonia. As long as the sea port was captured, Moscow's strength would further grow.
Basil I was tempted, and he sent a letter to Livonia, asking for 50,000 gold coins to be given to them every year, otherwise he would be destroyed. As expected, the other party quickly refused.
Vasily soon declared war on the Livonian Federation and attacked with Michael as commander. After several years of governance, Vasily was able to mobilize 100,000 troops to attack, although most of them were cannon fodder.
The northern region led by Michael was the financial center of Moscow, so he had a lot of money to manage the army. And they ordered artillery from Constantinople to establish an artillery force. Even an iron-clad wall like Narva only lasted 6 days in front of Novgrod's artillery.
Moscow received a complete port, but it was still a long way from the whole of Livonia. Moscow's blatant invasion forced Vytautas to turn his attention to Moscow and ignore the Cossacks in the south.
Cossack herdsmen often plundered the Ukrainian region of Lithuania. After receiving the support of the Northern Yamen, the Great Khan of the Cossack Khanate led the army to sack Lviv, Vinnitsa and other places, including Kiev. The local nobles could only form their own troops. Self-preservation. while strengthening control over farmers.
If Lithuania is like this, Poland must support him. Wladyslaw convened a parliament of nobles and asked for more funds and soldiers to support Lithuania. The nobles agreed, but had to ask the king to come up with terms in exchange. This time they wanted more taxing and legislative powers. Without the permission of the Sejm, the king had no power to tax, legislate, and military dispatch other places. But Wladyslaw knew that Poland would be doomed if he did this, so he refused.
Such a huge resistance made Władysław think of moving the capital. The newly conquered Warsaw has a good geographical location, so it is better to stay there. He can also take the opportunity to get rid of the influence of the nobles.
However, the support should be supported, so he urged Teutonic to pay compensation. When the compensation arrived, the army would directly move eastward. I just don't know how long this can last.
The anti-French alliance only realized the strength of Rome at this time. He could fight two wars at the same time. The cohesion of their family was several times that of others. There was no need to worry about the situation of fighting within the family, because everyone had their own position. They could consume their strength in many different directions. Unless they could successfully integrate, there would be no chance.
Sigismund felt that he might as well go back and be under house arrest. In this situation, even if he was the reincarnation of Charlemagne, he could not resist it. Unless Peter suddenly died, this situation was a bit too difficult for an emperor who had just turned 30. So he was still ready to find a favorable time to make peace, which could also be regarded as reducing losses.