Chapter 510 White-Hot

Vytautas led his army eastward to Minsk, preparing to advance to Moscow. But the Kiev issue gave him a headache again. After thinking it over, he decided to go south to rescue Kiev.

After taking Kiev, the Cossack Emirate moved its capital here. And asked Rome to continue to move north to occupy Minsk, but at present they have seized too much land and must slow down.

In Berlin, Vlad, who had just returned, got the news that his elder brother and Sigismund had signed a peace treaty. The other party will recognize the existence of the alliance, and the next thing about the Holy Roman Empire will depend on him.

"Big brother is really, I still want to get together with him."

After seizing the two duchies of Denmark, Vlad was ready to turn his attention to the east. According to the agreement between the brothers, all the Polish lands west of the Vistula River belonged to him.

Now that Michael has seized Finland and Narva, it is just right to take this opportunity to attack the eastern region.

However, Vlad did not attack Poland, but was preparing to attack the other side's enemy-the Teutonic Knights. Taking advantage of the fact that the other side was seriously injured by Poland, directly seizing the Western Pomeranian region would also help Brandenburg's economy.

In Moscow, the struggle between Mihaly and Yuri has entered a white-hot stage. The boyars each took sides. At the same time as the siege of Mainz broke out, the two sides broke out in Tver near Moscow.

Both sides took out all their troops. They knew that there could only be one ruler in Moscow, and they hoped that it would be them. In this case, they could not tolerate the other side to be alive. Letting him die was the best dignity.

Yuri inherited Vasily's army. This army, which absorbed Roman artillery, was the most advanced in the entire Moscow. The artillery fired once made Mihaly's army difficult to move. The two sides entered a more than two-hour artillery bombardment phase, and it can only be said that each side suffered losses.

Then came the charge, with the cavalry taking the lead and tearing it apart first. Then came the infantry, with blood, limbs, and weapons flying in the air. The cruel close combat lasted from morning to evening. On that day, the losses of both sides exceeded 10,000 people, and no one took advantage.

The next day, the two sides continued to fight. Swords were waving on the ground, and shells were falling from the sky.

On one side were the newly rising nobles of Novgorod. The soldiers were well-trained, full of passion and pride, and vowed to win more glorious glory; on the other side were the old nobles with a long history of hundreds of years. Although pride and glory have become a thing of the past, they can still proudly hold their chests high and vow to drive the other side out of Moscow. After fighting for more than two hours, Yuri's entire front retreated compared to before, but the two sides basically maintained a balance.

Yuri felt that he already knew Novgorod's army very well, but he never expected that Mikhail's soldiers could still fight for so long after being fiercely attacked!

But soon, his left wing suffered a major blow and began to retreat. Because Mikhail began to concentrate artillery fire on one point, so that the whole army could concentrate on breaking through.

In the dusty and noisy battlefield, it was difficult to understand the battle situation in a timely and accurate manner. Yuri learned a bad news: the Novgorod army had launched an attack on the left wing.

Although the soldiers were still fighting tenaciously, the defeat was a fact. In order to avoid too heavy casualties and no one to defend Moscow, Yuri ordered: blow the retreat bugle immediately!

The soldiers' physical strength and morale had dropped sharply. After the bugle sounded, a comprehensive retreat soon formed.

Novgorod's soldiers immediately pursued, and Mihaly also sent people to urge the cavalry in the battle to participate in the pursuit. This forced a large number of defeated soldiers to flee into the mountains to get rid of the fierce pursuit of the Novgorod army.

Yuri brought the army back to Moscow and prepared to defend the whole city. But the Patriarch of Moscow led the defense of the whole city. He refused Yuri's entry into the city and announced that the other party had deviated from the original intention of religion and was an enemy of Moscow.

Yuri had no choice but to take the army to Ryazan, and after he left, Moscow opened the gates for Mihaly and welcomed his arrival.

Mihaly got this big city in Eastern Europe, but he knew that Yuri must be completely wiped out in order to stabilize.

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Wadyslaw received news from Central Europe that Sigismund and Peter had made peace, which shocked him for three hours. How could they make peace? Thinking back to the anti-Roman alliance, it was so vigorous, but it was gone in a year. And they took the lead in surrendering, which was a shame!

According to his idea, the Holy Roman Army would have to confront the Roman Army for a year, which was enough time for him to pacify Ukraine. Then he would go south to approach Constantinople and let the Roman army return to defend. In this way, the opponent would be helpless and could only surrender to them.

Unfortunately, the idea was good, but the opponent's failure speed had exceeded his expectations. The situation of breaking the city in a few days and annihilating in a big war, which had not been seen for hundreds of years, was now re-enacted, and the situation in Central Europe was a foregone conclusion.

Moreover, the Roman emperor would soon return with his army, and a large number of troops would be pressed on him at once, and he had to make a decision.

"Leave it to Vytautas!"

Wadyslaw handed the letter with Peter's return to the army to the messenger and asked him to report to Vytautas as soon as possible. At present, the only way to resist the Roman army is to move all the troops south.

"Your Majesty, the Sejm has rejected your request."

"Damn it"

Władysław repeatedly asked the Sejm to provide supplies and troops to fight against Rome, but even so, these nobles did not agree. Even though Rome had occupied nearly half of Lithuania's land, these people were still thinking about their manors and property.

"Tell them that if they continue like this, their property will be confiscated by Rome, and there will be no more manors. Also, I can talk to them about the right to levy taxes."

Władysław really had no choice but to rely on the issue of taxation to exchange for their troops. What national crisis can't move them at all.

Most of Poland's economy relies on manor land, urban industry and commerce are underdeveloped, and the citizens are weak. This is also the reason why they cannot unite. The power of the nobles is too strong, and they can't produce a group of new nobles with military merits like Rome. In addition, the power of the parliament is too great, so they can only fall into wrangling.

The army led by Władysław has arrived in Lviv and then headed east to Kiev. Prepare to end the war in Lithuania as soon as possible. He knows that if Rome comes back, it is estimated that even the capital will not be able to be saved. He also asked the Teutonic Knights to let him send troops and did not ask for compensation, because the Knights' army was one of the strongest in Eastern Europe and might be able to turn the tide of the war.