King of German Mercenaries

The emperor took the army all the way south, stopping and going, holding banquets everywhere, and the cost was like running water, which surprised everyone. You know, Maximilian I is a famous poor emperor, when did he become so generous?

In the middle of the journey, every time the emperor entertained those nobles along the way, he would warmly invite them to go south with him with private soldiers. At this time, everyone "suddenly realized" - it turned out that Maximilian I was trying to attract more thugs, so it was reasonable...

In any case, the Swiss region is still nominally a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and has not become independent in fact, let alone nominally. Therefore, the emperor treats guests, and many nobles along the way are still willing to eat and drink to save face. Anyway, since he didn't eat the emperor, he must lead troops to support him. Only some minor nobles couldn't help the emperor's empty promises, such as promotion of titles, and brought people into the emperor's army.

When they reached the vicinity of Chur, the capital of Graubünden, dozens of small nobles along the way, with thousands of private soldiers, joined the emperor's team.

In fact, the emperor's real purpose was not to take this group of people to fight Rome, but to ask this group of people to help manage Graubünden in the future. After all, this group of people are all local snakes, and in terms of familiarity with Graubünden, the emperor can't catch up with them. With their cooperation, after the emperor occupied Graubünden, he could have stronger control over the area.

And this time, most of the people who are willing to lead troops to follow the emperor are also small nobles who are not very happy in the local area. These people in Graubünden were crowded out by the powerful forces, and there was almost no room for improvement. Therefore, they decided to take a gamble and follow the emperor to Italy to make a name for themselves, and it would be more beautiful.

The situation in the Graubünden area is very complicated. It is closest to the Austrian Tyrol area controlled by the Habsburg family. Many places in the east have been penetrated by the Habsburg family. These small nobles who were willing to follow the emperor believed that with the success of the emperor's coronation in Rome, the Habsburg family must have a great reputation. In the future, the Graubünden area will definitely be annexed. Therefore, if you take refuge in the emperor early, you can also get credit for the front. In the future, when the emperor takes control of Graubünden, he will be able to get in a good position himself.

Of course, there are also those who are not optimistic about the emperor, so naturally they did not follow the emperor's team. Moreover, there are more people who are not optimistic about the emperor than those who are optimistic about the emperor. In addition, there are many waiting to see.

When he arrived near Chur, the emperor invited representatives of the three most representative alliances in the Graubünden area of ​​Chur City—the House of God Alliance, the Gray Clothes Alliance and the Ten-Jurisdiction Alliance to the Habsburg outside the city. During the banquet in the family barracks, we discussed the matter of "borrowing soldiers" by the way.

However, the emperor's army was stationed outside the city, causing panic in all parties in the city of Kur. Therefore, the emperor's first invitation, no one dared to come...

In desperation, the emperor started a backup plan, personally brought dozens of knights into the city, and visited Bishop Graubünden in Chur City, as well as many high-level officials of the three major alliances.

Seeing the emperor so condescending and condescending to personally invite him, everyone felt relieved. In their view, the emperor personally begged the door, proving that the emperor really valued the invasion of Rome. And this can also prove that the emperor has no threat to the Graubünden area for the time being.

Moreover, the emperor personally came to invite him, if you don't go, you don't give face. If you don't give face, the emperor's army is just outside the city, and he may even give him an excuse to attack the city.

Therefore, the senior leaders of the three major alliances went out of the city one after another and rushed to the small town where the emperor's military camp was located...

The banquet started peacefully. Maximilian I personally poured wine for some leaders of the three major alliances, and warmly persuaded them to eat and drink.

Even if they don't deal with each other in private, on the surface, this group of nobles still has to pretend to be in harmony. However, they did not find that the emperor quietly sent several professional assassins of the Habsburg family to wear noble clothes,

Infiltrated with the local guests in Graubünden...

When everyone had almost finished drinking, the emperor felt that he could do it. So, the Emperor nodded to the Assassin leader...

The Assassin leader is a Tyrolean, but also speaks the dialect of the Graubünden region. The local "noble" in Graubünden, played by the assassin leader, suddenly slammed the glass in his hand and fell to the ground, attracting everyone's attention:

"What's the matter, what kind of rotten wine? How about returning the emperor to entertain us with this kind of rotten wine? Are you expecting to borrow troops from us?" The assassin leader had a fake beard on his face. With his hair disheveled, no one could recognize who he was.

Moreover, at this moment, everyone is almost drunk, many people are drunk, and they are even more unrecognizable... Everyone is a little stunned by the sudden rage of the assassin leader...

Suddenly, the assassin leader raised his arms and shouted:

"Fight the Habsburg family, long live Graubünden's independence!" Then, the assassin leader drew a dagger and rushed towards Maximilian I...

The people present were instantly fried-Nima, they witnessed an assassination against the emperor with their own eyes... So, the scene instantly became a little chaotic...

The two guards guarding the emperor seemed to be "frightened", but they "didn't have time" to respond, watching the assassin rush to the emperor, watching the assassin's dagger stab at the emperor's left breast...

In fact, the emperor was already prepared, and he wore a layer of two-thirds plate armor under his clothes. On the left chest of the plate armor, a pig urine bubble was also tied, which was filled with pig blood...

The assassin's dagger accurately pierced the pig's urine bubble, making a "pop" sound, it sounded as if the dagger had stabbed into the emperor's body...

Then, the emperor's robe was covered in blood...

Originally, the play was a success. However, among the guests present, there was a drunk young man who was fooled by the assassin, his blood rushed to his forehead, and he even wanted to assassinate...

The assassin arranged by the emperor had just pulled the dagger out of the pig's urine bubble, and the emperor was still pretending to howl. A young drunk nobleman from the Alliance of God's Family even slashed with a knife...

It stands to reason that this guest should not have entered the field with a weapon. However, this guy is a knife lover and hid the short knife in his boots, but the emperor's guards did not find it. At this moment, this guy who drank too much actually took out a short knife from his boot to "assist"...

The two emperor's guards really didn't react this time. Gangcai was watching the assassin's performance and forgot to pay attention to others...

Therefore, when the assassin arranged by the emperor retreated, the knife of the drunk young nobleman also slashed, right on the emperor's left arm...

The emperor howled miserably again. However, the miserable howl just now was fake, and it wasn't scary enough. This time, it was real. The pain was miserable.

The emperor's two guards finally reacted, pulled out a one-handed sword, quickly repelled the drunk young man, and subdued him. The assassins arranged by the emperor himself escaped while "taking advantage of the chaos". However, his escape route had been designed long ago, and the emperor's guards on the road had long been instructed to let the assassins arranged by the emperor escape. Then, there was only the young local nobleman who "followed the crowd" and slashed the emperor with his head...

The emperor was clutching his left arm at this time, throbbing in pain, and calling out a few times from time to time. However, I was very happy to see the amusing young noble who jumped out. Because, the assassin he arranged before was going to run away, otherwise the confrontation would be exposed. But if this is the case, without witnesses, the emperor cannot determine that it was the local nobles who wanted to assassinate him.

But this teasing that jumped out gave the emperor the best excuse. Because he is a member of the Family of God Alliance, he is simply the best excuse for the emperor!

Therefore, while enduring the pain in his left arm, the emperor secretly laughed. It's just that the emperor's situation looks very strange--

In the eyes of outsiders, the emperor was stabbed in the left chest and left arm, and the injury on the left chest was obviously more serious, with so much "blood". However, why did Maximilian I only hold his left arm and call? Could it be that the "fatal wound" on the left chest doesn't have the pain on the left arm?

Fortunately, this scene did not last long, and Maximilian I was carried away on a stretcher that had been prepared. Next, it's time to enter the emperor's "pretend to be dead" stage...