Chapter 215： Diplomatic dilemma

In fact, the Jävre problem looks very big. However, compared with the various troubles in the initial stage of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it can only be regarded as a minor problem.

The first one is diplomacy ...

Marin seized East Frisian because of the change of dynasty, not a natural inheritance. Therefore, Marin needs diplomatic recognition of countries to recognize Marin's legal status.

I have no legal status, and Earl Marin will not be regarded as an Earl. Well, the current regime in East Friesland is an illegal regime. In this way, other vassal states will have reasons to declare war and forcibly seize East Frisian, and there will be no blame.

如果 And if Marin's status is recognized by many countries, especially by the emperor, then he will truly become an earl and a vassal.

As a result, Marin took the lead in sending Jeffrey to Vienna as a representative, brought a large number of gifts, met the emperor, and requested a seizure. Once settled, Marin will personally go to Vienna to receive the seizure and swear allegiance to the emperor.

In addition, Marin also wanted to send representatives from the surrounding princes, hoping to get the recognition of their neighbors. Because countries that are not bordered by East Frisian Lambo, Marin need not care about their attitude. However, the neighbours of East Frisian need to be negotiated. Otherwise, the hidden dangers of war will be planted. Apart from that, the new East Frisian Land State must first exchange maps with neighboring countries to confirm the border. Otherwise, the borders are unclear and it is easy to cause border conflicts.

However, the attitudes of the four neighbouring countries-Saxony of West Friesland, Austro-Oldenburg in the east, Bishop of Münster in the south, and Archbishop of Utrecht in the southwest-are only compared it is good. But Archbishop Utrecht, Frederick IV from Baden, did not directly recognize the legality of Marin, but waited for the emperor to recognize it before recognizing the legal status of Marin.

As for the other three, it's hard to say. Bishop Muenster accepted Marin's national scriptures and gifts, but said nothing, neither recognized nor opposed.

However, the requirements of the Old State of Oldenburg were very demanding. Adolf, the Count of Oldenburg, proposed that if Marin allowed Jever to be independent, he recognized the new Oldenburg.

The messenger naturally did not dare to agree to this very rude condition. Even if Marin had fire in his heart, he didn't dare to mess around. Because the chaos will lead to the great power Denmark. Therefore, Marin simply did not happen to the negotiations with the Oldenburg State.

When Marin sent someone to West Frisian to meet Prince George, he was ridiculed. Prince George said he had not heard of any Bullock family, but only the East Frisian recognized by the Empire. The ruling family of the country is the Sykesna family ...

That's why I don't want to talk at all. From the words of George, Marin heard the prince of Saxony's encounter with East Friesland. Had it not been for the grandson who had been frightened by the army last time, maybe the Saxony army had already begun to attack East Frisian.

Marin is not worried about the 5,000 men under this grandson of George, but the Saxony can gather 10,000 or 20,000 troops. And that's not the bottom line. If it is fierce, 30,000 to 40,000 Saxon soldiers are possible.

So, even if Marin is angry, it is not easy to attack.

However, for the demonstration, Marin publicly announced that he would send people to Württemberg and Alsace to recruit 3,000 mercenaries back ...

Counting the previous 6,000 mercenaries, Marin's regular army number has reached horrible 9,000. Fortunately, Marin has a huge trade income in Yancheng. The first batch of merchant ships to Teutonic countries also brought back tens of thousands of gold coins. Coupled with the 200,000 gold coins retrieved from Venice, Marin was able to support the 9,000 army, and he could mobilize and recruit some local soldiers.

For a poor Count with only tens of thousands of people, I really ca n’t afford to support so many people ...

Marin sent people to recruit new recruits, and it became very powerful, mainly for the Saxons of West Frisian, and the Oldenburgers. The purpose is naturally to warn the other party and not to think wildly. What's more, some people in China have been deterred.

In addition, this time, Marin finally made up his mind to return Sivag and the remaining 500 Frisian prisoners of war.

This attack on Emden was led by 700 Frisian prisoners of war. Therefore, their casualties were also the largest, with only 500 remaining from 700 people. However, these 500 people have grown into true elites after rigorous training and combat training by Marin. Sivag is also more familiar with his training methods. Of course, it is a cold weapon training method for those Frisian prisoners of war. As for the training methods of the Spanish Phalanx, Marin did not let Sivag see it. Moreover, the use of the Spanish Phalanx is expensive, and it is not tyrants who cannot afford it.

These 500 people returned to the nine Frisian nobles, and the strength of those Frisian nobles could skyrocket. Add the 300 fighters who returned before, and the 120 knights around the original noble, then there are 920 elite warriors in the hands of the nine Frisian nobles. This kind of strength, coupled with some conscripts, can not cause a huge loss to the opponent even if he can't beat the 5000 Saxon regular army under George ...

After savouring good wine and good food to entertain Sivag and his men, Marin sent the ship to the seaside of the Principality of Gerdes, and informed the nine nobles to send someone there to take over.

Before he left, Marin took Siwag and said a lot. Of course, not talking nonsense, but teaching him how to fight guerrillas ...

Marin gave part of the essence of the grandfather guerrilla war to Siwag, let him take his army forward and rewind, used to go in a windy way, disturbing the Frisian region.

In addition, in response to the stupid behavior of the nine nobles before they took the people away, Marin gave Siwag a trick and made a very unethical idea.

The idea is to let the Frisian army change into the Saxon army's costumes during the robbery, impersonate the Saxony "official army", and use Saxon German to communicate, so that the robbed people are convinced that the Saxons have stolen them. Of course, to make up during robbery, it is best to soil your face or block it ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is unrecognizable.

Then, after the "Saxony Army" left, another group of Frisian troops pretended to appear, and took out some food to help the locals and win the hearts of the people ...

In fact, the food used for relief was stolen by people who pretended to be Saxon troops, and only part of it ...

But ordinary people don't know, they thought they were good people. In this way, when they needed to mobilize the masses and recruit new recruits, the people "enthusiastically joined the army." Moreover, when fighting against the Saxony army, it can also enhance combat effectiveness because of hatred ...

This trick is actually not invented by Marin. It was Marin's aunt that told him. Before liberation, some people were bandits, but later they took refuge in the guerrillas, trapped in the mountains and reed areas, they were really hungry, and there was no ocean in their hands.

In order not to starve to death, they changed their minds, changed their former bandit costumes, covered their faces with pot ash, and held their throats to speak, deliberately making them unrecognizable. Then, go to the people's home to grab food in the middle of the night ...

But during the day, when they came to the village again, they helped people clean the water and won the hearts of the people ...

(PS: This is the author's own story told by the old man. It is by no means a falsification. The author dare to take his life to guarantee the authenticity! Of course, this is a very rare situation. Objectively speaking, the army absorbed many bandits It is inevitable for a few people to change their inferiority.)

With this loss, the hearts of the Saxons will definitely be lost. Then, people everywhere will become the source guarantee for the Frisian aristocracy ...

Marin didn't believe that after such a clever plot, Prince George was able to settle down in Friesland. Coupled with the secret support of the Duke of Gerdes, if the Saxons still have the power to attack East Frisian, they will be ghosts ...