Chapter 1278： Duel war

Seeing that Emperor Maximilian I requested a temporary adjournment, the princes such as Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, did not block, because they also wanted to adjourn the meeting. Therefore, Frederick III simply proposed to suspend the meeting for a long time and reopen tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Maximilian I convened representatives of allies, such as the Swabian League, to discuss measures in private. On the other hand, the Alliance of Princes also held private meetings, but the scale was much larger ...

In addition to dozens of representatives of the League of Lords, representatives of the church princes such as Archbishop of Mainz also participated. Their main topic is-asking for money ...

Although the Franche Comté region was occupied, the vacancies of the princely alliances were filled a lot. However, because they lost too many soldiers and horses, they were unable to maintain it.

In particular, Frederick III was very nervous after hearing that Frenzberg had recruited 15,000 troops. He believes that if the military expansion is no longer carried out and waits for Frensberg to complete the digestion of the 15,000 mercenaries, then the offensive and defensive situation may be reversed.

Therefore, he asked the princes of the church to support the money and even the soldiers and horses to expand the coalition of princes to at least 40,000. Only in this way can we deal with the huge changes that may occur in the Swiss region.

Archbishop Urie von Gemmingen of Mainz frowned:

"Master Frederick, I agree in principle to support you with some money. However, supporting soldiers and horses is tantamount to blatantly turning over with His Majesty the Emperor. As the Great Speaker of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany, it is very inappropriate to do so.

Archbishop Philip II of Cologne and the trusted Archbishop Trier Richard also agreed with Archbishop Urie that the church princes directly sent troops to participate in the confrontation with the emperor. However, providing some money and food is no problem.

Elector Frederick III of Saxony quickly explained:

"The three bishops, you misunderstood what I meant. What I meant was not to let you send troops directly to help, but to let you" cut "some soldiers ..."

"Abolition? What do you mean?" The three church presidents were a bit ignorant.

Frederick III explained:

"This is the case, although the German region is rich in mercenaries, but as the war broke out, we gathered 60,000 troops, and countries such as Brunswick also gathered 40,000 troops. In addition, Spain occupied Morocco and also hired 20,000 German mercenaries. So, there is a shortage of soldiers in the German mercenary market. Even if you have money, you may not be able to hire enough troops. "

"Of course, it's not that you can't hire mercenaries anymore. Rather, the better mercenary regiments have been hired. Now even if you go to recruit, you can't recruit enough experienced mercenaries. You can only recruit some at most. Inexperienced, or scattered mercenaries. But the war is imminent, we need a lot of veterans with combat experience | ... "

Archbishop Urie of Mainz immediately reacted:

"You mean, let us terminate the contract with some mercenary groups. Then, you hire them again?"

Frederick III nodded again and again:

"That's why, now there are organized mercenaries that can fight. They are already hired. Anyway, the bishops and adults don't want to fight. It is better to use the" financial difficulties "as an excuse to deliberately" dismantle "some of the mercenaries. . Do n’t have more, one family, so many church princes can always make up more than 10,000 people ... "

The three archbishops winked at each other and nodded one after another. But Archbishop Philip II of Cologne added:

"It is okay to abolish some mercenary groups, but you must not reach an agreement with these mercenaries when they do not leave our territory. You must wait for those mercenary groups that have been abolished to leave our borders before you can sign an employment agreement with them. . This is also to avoid misunderstanding of His Majesty the Emperor. After all, we do not want to openly tear his face with him. "

Frederick III nodded, but sullenly said:

"Do you think His Majesty the Emperor does not know that you are not dealing with him? However, I am clear, you are dark ..."

In the end, the three church electors agreed to represent most church princes and promised to provide some money for the princes' coalition. In addition, after agreeing to go back, he dismissed a group of mercenaries on the grounds of "financial difficulties" to facilitate the hiring of the coalition princes.

...

That night, before the gate of Worms closed, a low-key convoy drove into the city and found a place to live. This team is the mission of the Beihai Kingdom.

The night after entering the city, Johnny, who was the emissary, did not go out, but stayed in the mansion honestly and appeared in the front yard. This is intentionally shown to others, as to whom? Naturally Archbishop of Mainz ...

After all, Worms is the site of Archbishop Mainz, and the Archbishop has many eyes and ears. Johnny walked in the front yard and was naturally seen by the Archbishop of Mainz.

However, what the Archbishop of Mainz did not know was that at the North Sea State Mansion in Worms City, a dark shadow left from a secret passage in the backyard of the mansion ...

This shadow is Kohler. He came to Worms City with the mission, but he did not show up, but through the secret road. In the North Sea country, the spy who had been lurking in Worms in the North Sea country. The emperor's line in the distance. Then, from the back door where the emperor walked, he entered the emperor's residence ...

...

"Kohler? Why are you here?" Maximilian I knew Koller, a close friend of Marin. The emperor was surprised at Kohler's arrival. Because, this time the Beihai State Mission seems to be making the name not Kohler ...

"I came to see Your Majesty by the order of my Grand Duke!" Kohler saluted.

"Your Grand Duke? Caesar? No, Caesar hasn't officially succeeded. Isn't ... Marin not dead?" Maximilian I stood up in shock.

Kohler nodded and said:

"Please also Your Majesty to help keep it secret!"

"Confidential? Why? If we knew that Marin was still alive, the few small countries in Brunswick wouldn't dare to make this ... Isn't ... you plan to do something with those countries?"

Kohler nodded:

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Grand Duke took a fancy to the silver mines of the Harz Mountains and the salt mines of Lüneburg. So let them succeed, so that we have a reason to annex them."

"So, are you telling me this for the purpose?" Maximilian I vaguely guessed something.

"Yes, Your Majesty. After all, you are an emperor and have a lot of say. Our Grand Duke would like to invite Your Majesty to support us in the life-and-death duel of the Beihai Kingdom and those 8 princely nations at tomorrow's meeting!"

"Life and death duel? Isn't that a matter between knights? How can it be done between countries?" Maximilian I had some brains that weren't enough.

"Yes, it's a duel of life and death! But our Prince Caesar, who is only 1o years old, obviously can't compete personally with several princes. So, what we mean in the Beihai Kingdom is-let His Majesty and the princes testify that both sides live and die Duel war! Only this kind of duel-like war can have the opportunity to annex each other. After all, according to the rules of duel, the winner has the right to decide the life and death of the loser! "

"Duel war? Interesting ... Your Grand Duke had so many ideas, and actually made a duel war between nations. The duel between the princes ... It was wonderful ..." Maximilian I smiled, but soon, he As soon as the topic changed, he said:

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"The bank of Siena gave another 30 million gold coins to His Majesty, enough for His Majesty to hire the army again." Kohler gave the conditions.

"However, there are no more powerful mercenaries to hire in Germany ..."

"I have a new piece of information, maybe it is useful to your majesty!" Kohler smiled slightly. Then he approached Maximilian I, told Maximilian I of the intelligence he had just heard from the North Sea spy of Worms, and gave his advice ...

After Maximilian I heard it, he laughed:

"Okay, deal! Tomorrow, I support both of you in a duel war!"

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