Chapter 503： The emperor sent troops

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Just after Marin and Hamburg Hansa reached an agreement to borrow a boat, Marin and his army were still waiting for a ship from Hamburg at the seaport west of the Principality of Schleswig. Milian I, but in accordance with Marin's suggestion, gathered tens of thousands of troops and marched into the Aargau region ...

In general, the Habsburg family set up a standing army of 16,500 people in order to guarantee the safety of Austria and Burgundy, all of whom were mercenaries who were warlike.

However, since the occupation of the Graubünden area under Marin ’s suggestion, in order to guard against the Swiss counterattack, Emperor Maximilian I increased the standing army from 16,500 to more than 20,000, reaching 25,000. many.

Therefore, the mobilization of 10,000 people this time is not all for the Habsburg family. However, this is enough. Because at this time there are fewer soldiers on the Swiss soil.

However, this time, the emperor's soldiers were not attacked from the Graubünden region in southeastern Switzerland, but from the Burgundy side, which is the northwestern side of Switzerland.

Because of the complex terrain of the Graubünden area, if you want to send troops from the Graubünden area, you must first lead the army through the most powerful canton of Zurich in Switzerland before you can reach the Aargau canton on the north.

This time, although the entire Swiss army was almost out. However, some cantons of Zürich are still guarded. That man and horse, although only two or three thousand, is not enough to openly confront the emperor's soldiers and horses. However, relying on the complicated mountainous terrain and strong fortresses, they can still block the emperor's army.

Moreover, the army of Maximilian I could not afford to delay. Although Marin withdrew 18,000 Swiss mercenaries, there are more than 10,000 Swiss mercenaries on the French side and the Principality of Geddes.

Once the army of Maximilian I was dragged in Zurich by two or three thousand defenders of Zurich and drove back to the army of France and the Principality of Geddes, the victory or defeat was hard to tell.

Therefore, Maximilian I decided to switch from the Burgundy region of northwestern Switzerland (that is, the Franche Comté region of France).

Because the Aargau is located in the very north of Switzerland, the canton of Zurich in the east, and the Basel Diocese in the west. Moreover, the terrain of Switzerland is high in the south and low in the north. Although the north is not a plain, the terrain has eased a lot. Sending troops from the Burgundy region also avoided the mountains and mountains as much as possible.

Originally, the Basel City Council abolished the bishop's right to govern in 1501 and chose to join the Swiss Union. But that happened when Maximilian I participated in the Swabian War in 1499 and lost to Switzerland.

Due to Marin's interference, Maximilian I did not rush into the Swabian War nor was he defeated. Therefore, the Basel diocese still exists, and it is still a religious prince of the Holy Roman Empire, not yet part of the Swiss Union.

Therefore, when the 10,000 army of Maximilian I entered the Basel diocese from Burgundy, there was no obstruction. Because the Bishop of Basel is also close to the empire and does not like the Swiss.

However, the citizens of the Basel region are very close to the Swiss Union. However, because Switzerland had not defeated the emperor, the citizens of Basel did not have the confidence to depose the Bishop of Basel and plunge into the arms of Switzerland.

The most important thing is that the Swiss emptiness is now the emperor ’s army, which is unstoppable at this time.

In other words, if Maximilian I sent only 10,000 troops to Switzerland, he would definitely be beaten into a dog. However, the timing is too good now. There are more than 30,000 mercenaries in Switzerland, but most of them are outside. Switzerland is empty. Therefore, although Maximilian I only sent 10,000 troops, he still passed through the Basel region and entered the Aargau state, the place where the Habsburg family started ...

The Aargau State has no way to deal with this, because at this time, the Aargau State has only three or four hundred old and weak and sick, and it is not an opponent of the Habsburg family army.

In the usual way, the Aargau can also seek help from the strongest brother of Zurich in the east of the Swiss alliance, so that Zurich can send troops to rescue it.

However, Zurich has only two or three thousand two-line troops at this time, and it is considered to be old and weak among Swiss mercenaries. These people, relying on the strong local fortress in Zurich, may be able to resist the 10,000 army of Maximilian I. However, to rescue Allgäu, it is definitely an act of death. After all, Austria conveniently dispatched 10,000 troops and was still an elite German mercenary.

The selection of the coach of this 10,000 army is also very surprising. Because this person is very young, his name is Frensberg ...

That's right, this is the Frenzberg, Marlin gave the outstanding officer of Maximilian I, the original "father of German mercenaries".

Originally, Maximilian I did not trust Frenzberg very much. After all, Frensberg was sent by Marin. The organizational relationship is still on Marin's side.

But later, because of seeing the powerful combat effectiveness of the Marin army, Maximilian I did not directly reuse Frensberg, but he handed over the important task of training recruits after the expansion of the army to Frensberg.

As a result, Franzberg began to train the recruits seriously in accordance with the Spanish phalanx learned from Marin, so that the recruits quickly formed a fighting power. While guarding the Graubünden area, this trained recruit has exerted a strong fighting power. Relying on the mountainous terrain, he repelled several Swiss counterattacks and suppressed several local forces in the Graubünden area. Rebellion.

Then, Franzberg became more important in the eyes of Maximilian I. Like Marin's original, Maximilian I officially appointed Frensberg as the head of the new army's square, mainly managing the two squares sent by Marin.

But Frenzberg's talents showed that even if he commanded several phalanxes, he was competent. After all, in terms of command talent, Frenzberg's talent is more than Schwarz, the top general of Marin.

It's just that Fritzberg's loyalty to patriotism is too serious, and he actually prefers Emperor Maximilian I. In the end, Marin chose to train Schwartz more loyal to himself, and kicked Franzberg to the emperor's side, and brought two phalanx soldiers, which also counted for Maximilian I. Confess.

Just a while ago, suddenly came the news that Marin publicly demarcated the line from Maximilian I. Maximilian I, who always values ​​Frenzberg, feels that the opportunity is coming ...

What opportunity? Of course, to test the loyalty of Frenzberg. Although on the surface, Frenzberg is very loyal to Emperor Maximilian I (in fact it is), Maximilian I, as an emperor, is not so easy to believe in others.

Therefore, Maximilian I deliberately didn't tell Franzberg the real reason, but deliberately said that Marin really wanted to draw a line with himself (he didn't know that Marin really thought so). Then, His Majesty the Emperor gave Frensberg a chance to choose-to return to East Friesland or stay ...

If Frenzberg chooses to return to East Friesland, then there is nothing to say. Although Maximilian I was sorry for his departure, it was not impossible to give up. After all, an unfaithful man walked away.

And if Frenzberg chooses to stay ~ www.novelhall.com ~, it shows that Frenzberg is a talent worth promoting and cultivating by Maximilian I. In the future, Maximilian I can safely reuse it ...

After all, Frederick II, Earl of Hohenzollern, the number one general under the Maximilian I, was not too young, and his military skills were not as good as that of Frensberg.

Franzberg did not know that this was the test that Maximilian I gave him, and thought Marin really parted ways with Maximilian I.

After a night of painful thinking, the next day, Frenzberg, with dark circles under his eyes, expressed to Emperor Maximilian I that he was willing to stay. In addition, Franzberg also wrote a letter of apology, hoping that the emperor could send someone to help Marin ...

Maximilian I was overjoyed, and after believing that Marin had not sent someone to contact with Frenzberg recently, His Majesty the Emperor made a decision to reuse Frenzberg.

So, in the surprise and shock of everyone, Maximilian I appointed Franzberg as the acting head of the army, commanding 10,000 soldiers, from the direction of Burgundy, launched an attack on the Aargau State to recapture Habse The ancestral land and longxing land of the Fort family fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the Habsburg family for generations ...