Chapter 1270： Stop loss

"Asshole! Asshole!" Elector Frederick III of Saxony fell several porcelain cups in a row, still not suppressing his inner anger. On the side, Anthony Duke of Lorraine and other gangsters were all black.

In this ambush battle, the princely coalition forces suffered too much. More than half of the troops were lost, and most of the materials and the gold and silver treasures robbed from Badenberland and Basel City were also lost. There are even a lot of funds brought by the princes themselves.

Although most of their knight troops and other elite parts have not lost much, they have been retained, but for some knights, the losses have also been very large. This time, the more than 10,000 knights of the coalition of princes lost more than 3,000 people, which caused the princes to be in pain. You know, a knight, he started to learn martial arts from the age of 8 until he was 21 years old. At the earliest, it must be 18 years old. In other words, it takes at least 10 years to train a knight, and many of them are more than 13 years. Nowadays, the loss of more than 3,000 at a time is more distressing than the loss of 30,000 mercenaries.

Fortunately, before entering the Costa Valle, Frederick III let mercenaries and conscripts who were not part of the vassal lineage of the princes came to the front because they felt bad. The casualties and losses of mercenaries and conscripts did not care.

Even if the mercenaries die in battle, some nobles would even be happy. Because there is no need to pay an extra salary. This year, some princes are very arrogant. The mercenaries fight for them. If they die in battle, the conscientious princes will give a pitiful pension. When you encounter unconscience, you die if you die, just give a commission less ...

As for conscription, that is the cannon fodder in the eyes of the princes, it ’s a pity to die a few more ...

Therefore, the princes such as Frederick III, who are sorry here, are mainly the casualties of the more than 3,000 knights ...

The knight is already a noble and cannot be ignored. Not only is it difficult to train a knight, but he can't ignore it even if he dies. After all, an aristocrat fights for you, and you always have to say something. Otherwise, there will be no vassals willing to fight for you. Therefore, mercenaries can not give pensions, but the death knight's pension must be given, and can not be given less. If this is done poorly, there will be no wandering knights willing to serve you in the future.

That is to say, these princes, while lamenting the loss of power, are also distressed about the large amount of knightly pensions to be paid ...

Uh ...

Of course, they are more distressed, or money. After all, in this era, most aristocrats lived on loans, and their finances were very difficult. As for the loss of the Cavaliers, it is not really a big problem. Why? Because Germany never lacks wandering knights. A group died, and it was a big deal to recruit another group ...

Therefore, these big nobles are still worried about their own property losses. After all, everyone is not rich (a few countries are rich, but most princes are poor).

"I almost forgot, this little **** named Frenzberg, was a subordinate of Marin's humble seed! Mountain road ambush, hehe ... Wasn't that Marin's dead ghost ever worked in Italy? We are out of luck this time! "Elector Frederick III of Saxony gritted his teeth.

"This **** Marin, the scourge of Germany is not shallow! Just die yourself, leaving the **** Frensberg!" Anthony Duke of Lorraine gritted his teeth.

At this time, Brandenburg Elector Joachim I suddenly said:

"Otherwise, let's turn around and attack the Beihai Kingdom? It is said that there is only one legion left in the Beihai Kingdom. With the addition of Duke Henry, they also dispatched 30,000 or 40,000 people. We can destroy the Beihai Kingdom in one fell swoop!" The shame of the Stendal region wants to take it back.

Frederick III shook his head and said:

"That's no hurry, Marin is dead, the decline of the North Sea Kingdom is a matter of rigidity, you can send troops to get it whenever you want."

"However, the two Duke Henrys of the Welf family have taken soldiers to grab the site. If they go too late, they can only drink soup!" Jokim I hurriedly.

Frederick III chuckled and said:

"What are you afraid of? The two guys of the Welf family, who left everyone behind this time and have committed anger by themselves, have already made a lot of anger. Besides, what if they grab the site? We have so many princes in the Imperial Conference If they do n’t admit that they occupy the land, what can they do? So, things are not urgent there. When things are over on our side, everyone will put pressure on a few of them, not afraid that they will not spit out the benefits! "

After a pause, Frederick III continued:

"Although I am also very enthusiastic about the benefits of the North Sea country, you should know that it is our most important purpose to prevent the Habsburg family from growing up now. If the Habsburg family completely annexed Switzerland, it changed. If we become more powerful, we will all be unlucky. "

"So, the benefits of going to the North Sea country are secondary, preventing the Habsburgs from swallowing Switzerland is the most important thing!"

Most of the princes present nodded their heads. Although they did not know the idiom "lips are cold", they also knew that if Switzerland is finished, the strength of the Habsburgs will inevitably skyrocket. When the Habsburg family digests Switzerland with peace of mind, they will turn around to clean up them. Therefore, it is indeed urgent to suppress the momentum of the Habsburg family first.

"But we lost, we still have to fight? The morale of the soldiers is not high ..." Anthony Duke of Lorraine depressed.

"Don't worry, Anthony. It's not just us and the French who are fighting the Habsburgs this time! So, even if they won this time, they wouldn't dare to chase them and they must go back to defense. I guess , They ventured out to arrange an ambush to ambush us, the French did not know. "

"Then let's quickly send someone to inform the French, let them take advantage of the opportunity to take Lucerne!" Joakim I roared.

"Late ..." Frederick III sighed and continued:

"Frenzberg is very similar to Marin. They are bold, adventurous, and very savvy. My intelligence staff said that at the beginning, Marin planned to train him as the number one general. Because, this Frensberg ’s military talent is higher than that of the current head coach of the North Sea State. It is said that at the time Frensberg was poached by His Majesty the Emperor, Marin was very annoyed. If it was not for the emperor ’s special status, Marin might be directly Turn your face. "

"So, don't think about taking advantage of this loophole. I guess, after the battle, he must have rushed back to the fortress. Even if we notified the French, it was too late. Unless, we remembered this yesterday and notified the French overnight ... but now ... it must have been late ... "

The princes present were all ashamed, because yesterday they were all frightened, and they were too scared to speak, so where did they think about it? Not to mention them, Frederick III, the wise man, was a bit confused yesterday. How can I think so much?

Uh ...

Just as the princes discussed the matter, they suddenly came to report:

"Masters ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Those 40,000 people were released!"

The princes in the big tent suddenly froze, looking at Frederick III on the throne ......

Frederick III's old face blushed, and he also recalled the disgraceful memory that made these people strong as cannon fodder yesterday to block the enemy's pursuit of soldiers ...

At this moment, Duke Anthony of Lorraine frowned:

"Returned 40,000 people ... How can there be so much food for them? If you do n’t give them food, you will starve many people ..."

Frederick III suddenly looked tight, remembering the terrible consequences of food shortage:

"What a ruthless strategy ..."

"Then what should we do? Now we are not only damaged in combat effectiveness, even the food is not enough!" Joakim I was a little nervous.

"This is a big loss, a lot of losses!" Albert, the younger brother of the Duke of Mecklenburg (later parted with his brother in 1520 and became Mecklenburg-Duke Gustrow, his brother Henry is Mecklenburg-Duke of Schwerin).

"Yes, it's a big loss ... a loss ... a stop ..." Frederick III suddenly remembered the Saxon businessmen's stop loss-when a business is destined to lose money, it must immediately find a way to stop damage……

"Stop loss ... How can we stop loss ..." Frederick III was in deep thought ...

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