Chapter 1363： The fear of the princes

In fact, until now, the Habsburg family's army and the princely coalition forces have been in a state of nonsense with each other, and have not completely torn their faces.

Although the two sides have fought a big game before, both sides said that the other side was wrong and that their own side was a passive response. Until now, the alliance of princes and the Habsburg family are still arguing about the right and wrong of the ambush in the Costar Valley, and they all blamed the other party for the mistake.

As a matter of fact, both sides are suffocating, and they both wish to kill each other, but they both have fears.

What do they fear? The taboo of the Habsburg family is simple-they fear that the French will stab them in the back when they die with the princes. Therefore, obviously the military power surpassed the opponent, and Frenzberg did not dare to let go of attacking the coalition princes. After all, it's no joke that the more than 20,000 people outside Lucerne contain a lot of French elite Swiss resistance troops.

And the fear of the coalition of princes is even simpler-the French have not yet come out in person ...

Originally, Frederick III and the princes had been persuading Louis XII to dispatch the main force of France, together with the princely coalition forces, to wipe out the main force of the Habsburg family in Switzerland. In this way, the Habsburg family will collapse and no longer have the ability to threaten the princes.

At the beginning, Louis XII was really tempted and planned to mobilize the army to cooperate with the princely coalition. However, Ma Linyin sent John (now called Baron John Lafite) to France by mistake. Under John's flicker, Louis XII believed that volcanic ash is an important fertilizer. Then, I went to Italy with all my heart.

Moreover, John's statement is also correct-if France, a large agricultural country, gets enough volcanic ash fertilizer, the financial strength will be extremely strong in the future, and as many horses and horses as you want to explode. In addition, Spain is now deeply trapped in Morocco, unable to give full strength. At this time, it is indeed the best time to seize Italy ...

Therefore, Louis XII, the greatest expectation of the coalition of princes, is now busy with his thoughts to enter Italy. Where can he control the life and death of the German princes?

However, Louis XII was quite kind, and did not withdraw the French elite from the "Swiss Resistance Army" outside Lucerne. Otherwise, the coalition of princes is over.

But in order to keep the secret and avoid the Spanish alert, Louis XII kindly did not inform the German princes of the alliance. So, until now, the princes of the alliance of princes such as Elector Frederick III of Saxony have been kept in the dark. I do n’t know that the French have long given up their plan to cooperate with them against the Habsburg family ... …

Without the support of the French army, the Alliance of Princes did not dare to tear his face completely with Emperor Maximilian I at this time. Therefore, the two sides are still in the stage of whispering to each other, but no one will retreat. At the same time, they dare not take the initiative to attack, so as not to lose control of the situation.

So, when Frensberg came to Basel with a 20,000 army, Frederick III and other princes were surprised-the emperor was crazy?

The reason why they thought the emperor dared not take the initiative to attack was because they knew that-behind them, there were church princes who occupied half of the German mountains and rivers.

The princes of these churches are very complicated. On the one hand, they generally remain neutral. After all, for the princes of the church, fishing is the first priority. Anyway, the position of the bishop is not hereditary. After the bishops came to power, they were committed to making money, and their diplomatic attitudes were gentler than those of secular princes.

But at the same time, most of the church princes actually came from the family of secular princes. Therefore, in many cases, they will stand together with the secular princes to fight against the Habsburg family. However, under normal circumstances they will not end. Only when the situation is critical, these church princes will take the initiative to tear down.

That is to say, if the Habsburg family defeated the coalition of princes, the princes of the church might not help jumping out and send troops to deal with the emperor. Also, if the Habsburg family has too much advantage, France on the side will not ignore ...

Therefore, Frederick III and other princes believed that-without absolute certainty, the Habsburg family would not easily send troops. Otherwise, if the princes of the church and the French are forced out, the fun will be great.

However, now that the Habsburg family did indeed send troops, it made Frederick III and others puzzled. Moreover, the other party only dispatched 20,000 people, which seemed insufficient to defeat the 37,000 princely coalition forces. Therefore, the princes were faceless ...

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But soon, the princes of the alliance of princes knew why the Habsburg family had this change-emergency information came from the north, and the Grand Prince of the North Sea, Malin, luckily survived the shipwreck. After returning to China, he used two legions The strength of the army, together with the army of the Third Army that retreated and retreated in the east, defeated more than 40,000 troops of the coalition forces of the Eight Kingdoms. Then, the man of Marin not only quickly captured the eight princely kingdoms, but also led 40,000 troops southwards ...

"Why are the coalition forces of the Eight Kingdoms princes defeated? Didn't they have more than 40,000 people? Even if Marin is even better, the second legion composed of the first legion and the recruits will not win them! Let's talk about it. What's going on? "Frederick III was very concerned about the situation to the north. Because, as the deputy leader of the League of Eight, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, is his brother-in-law ...

"This is the case, Lord Elector Hou-the original princes of the Eight Kingdoms intended to buy Steindorff of the Third Army with half of the money worth 2 million gold robbed from Oldenburg. But, later The old nobles of the Bremen Province of the North Sea State formed a private noble army of 7,000 people to come to help. Then, the two Henry Dukes of the League of Eight felt that there was no need to pay for Steindorff, and canceled the previously promised heavy money Bribe and sent 10,000 conscripts to defend the Elbe and prevent the Third Army from crossing the river ... It seems that this action angered Steindorff. Then, Steindorff took the Third Army back to the Beihai National Army , And raided the coalition forces of the princes of the eight countries from the rear, resulting in the defeat of the coalition forces of the princes of the eight countries ... "The agent who sent the north to investigate the news reported in detail the inquired news.

In fact, this news was intentionally spread by Marin. After all, Stein ’s resurrection due to the rebellion must be reasonable. Otherwise, it will be suspected by the princes that Marin deliberately set it.

Moreover, when Baron Gentle brought the 7,000 Bremen noble private army to the coalition of the eight princes, the two Dukes of Henry did indeed take away the huge amount of money that was originally intended to bribe Steindorff, and sent 10,000 recruits to defend Yi. Beihe ... and this just found the best excuse for Steindorff's "resurrection" ...

Frederick III was so angry that he dropped the porcelain teacup:

"Are these two guys pigs? In order to order money, they angered Steindorff. If he won the North Sea, Aurich would have to run out of money!"

However, not all princes can have a big picture like Frederick III. At least, the two Henry Dukes of the Welf family could not. After all, half of the money in Oldenburg is 1 million gold coins ...

Of course, even the two Duke of Henry would be useless. Because it was a bureau set up by Marin in order to pit them ...

"So, in addition to the first army and the third army, the second army of Jutland has been rebuilt in the 40,000 troops of the North Sea country? Another 10,000 people are recruits of the new second army?" Luo Anthony Duke Lin asked.

The detective Shen, who was responsible for inquiring the news, said:

"No, it is said that those 10,000 recruits were left in the country. This time, southwards, in addition to the original First Army, Second Army and Third Army, there was also the Sixth Army that had just returned to the North Sea. After Marin came back alive, the original Sixth Army also returned from Scotland ... "

"His--" All the princes present took a breath. Nima, the man of Marin brought 40,000 elite veterans south ...

"What does he want to do? Isn't it ..." The princes present at the scene of the 20,000 Habsburg family outside the abnormal Basel changed their faces ...

If there is only the army of the Habsburg family ~ www.novelhall.com ~ the princes are not so afraid. Because, if the church princes were stimulated, everyone would join forces, and they would not be afraid of the Habsburg family. Moreover, the advantage of the Habsburg family army is not great, they can fully support the army of the church princes.

But the problem is-if Marin came in with 40,000 troops, then the problem would be bigger ...

After all, the fighting power of Marin ’s North Sea Army is there. The veterans of the First and Second Legions of the North Sea State are mostly veterans of more than ten years of age, and their combat strength is low. With these 40,000 troops, plus the Habsburg family army, it is as easy to destroy the coalition of princes. Even if the church princes end, I am afraid it is too late to rescue their gang. Because it takes time for church princes to gather soldiers and horses. And Marin's powerful army has gone straight to Switzerland ...

Possibly, before those church princes gathered a large army to rescue them, they became Marlin's prisoners ...

So, at this moment, many princes are filled with fear ...

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