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As usual, the Austrian government was bent on sending us into war against the enemy. We were always the first to go into battle, and were always the last ones off the field of battle. My father was no exception, and soon he to would go to war with the Turkish forces. Székesfehérvár,was not a well defended city and would soon fall to the Turks, unless the army was prepared to defend it. This would mean building fortifications, loading cannon and bringing in weapons, bringing and gathering supplies from the area, and only fighting when necessary. This also meant that the local people would have to supply the excess grain, and man power. That was what my father called the first act of war, to defend ones country, men and grain must be supplied in defense of their country. My father also knew that the emperors decree would be unfavorable to the people of Hungary, as the taxes would have to be increased. So in order to maintain peace, even with the decree, my father gave everyone a simple ultimatum:

"The people of Székesfehérvár need your help, and your grain. How many men can we muster here in this town?" My father said. He knew the cost of war was going to take a heavy toll of the locals.

"500 men, and about 1200 pounds of grain. However, the people in the region will need the excess grain, but we can ask for about 1300 pounds if they are willing to open the grain storage." Said Janus Klenter. Janus Klenter was a high commander in the army, and more important, a Hungarian with ties to the royal family. He was a tall man, and had short brown hair, with green eyes. He had served under my father for 8 years and was one of the best cavalrymen in the empire. He earned the nickname "Attila's Spawn", due to the fact that he had succeeded in conquering a Tatar force from Lithuania. The Tatar forces had road from Siberia and invaded Poland, the Poles being our allies then sent the Tatars flying. However, the Hungarian forces depended on Poland for protection. Lithuania also wanted the Tatars gone, due to the fact that after the Poles handed the Tatars the crushing defeat, the Tatars invaded Lithuania in order to establish a permanent foot hold in Europe. However, the Poles couldn't defend against the Tatar force for a second time. Then in that same year, Klenter came into the fray, and told the people of Poland that he would bring a relief army to defend the Poles and Lithuanians against the Tatar threat. Due to his connections with the royal family in Vienna, he was given an army of 30,000 men with a cavalry force of 3,000. However the army soon found themselves in dire straits, when the Tatar commander named Chomagi Zalken, launched his forces against them in the mountains of Lithuania. The ambush was the master stroke of genius, the Tatars positioned themselves in the canyons, and sent one of his commanders beyond the region and waited for the right moment to strike. The Tatar forces would allow the men to enter the canyon, and would allow them to get in far enough, so that they could seal the back entrance. When the army went in far enough, they would be waiting at the other end, and would fight the Hungarians. If the Hungarians were broken, then the slaughter would begin, any chance of escape would be cut off. The Hungarians would die in the canyons.