The Rise of the European Emperor

Three diplomatic documents full of vicious words were soon sent to Moscow, Wittenberg and Berlin by a Danish envoy arranged by Mikel himself.

After the official document was served, the three parties who read the diplomatic document immediately became uneasy...

Prince Vasily, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was furious when he saw the words slandering himself as gay in the official document:

"Hans, this old bastard, can't beat others by himself, and he is so sarcastic that we are not good enough, I want to kill him, kill him!"

After breaking a lot of precious items, Prince Vasily felt that it was not enough, and directly let the hapless Danish messenger who delivered the official document chopped into eight pieces...

At the same time, Prince Vasily also issued a diplomatic statement - the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Denmark have since become hostile countries...

Wittenberg, the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, was also very angry when he received the diplomatic document from Denmark, and immediately sent someone to beat the messenger who delivered the document. Fortunately, I just beat him up and didn't kill the poor messenger.

In anger, Frederick III withdrew the 10,000 mercenaries who had been bound for Denmark...

In fact, as in-laws, after Denmark was attacked by the Four-Power Alliance, the Electoral State of Saxony and the Electoral State of Brandenburg were prepared to support it.

However, neither the elector of Saxony, Frederick III nor the elector of Brandenburg, Joachim I, did not want to offend Lübeck and Hamburg head-on. Because these two cities are the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic League. To offend them is to offend the entire Hanseatic League.

If you offend the Hanseatic League, as long as the two leaders have ordered, Hanseatic merchants are not allowed to go to the Electoral State of Saxony and the Electoral State of Brandenburg to do business, nor to purchase any goods produced by the two countries, then, Even the elector must kneel.

Because, the Hanseatic League is now at its peak, controlling most of the commercial trade in the German region. Offending the Hanseatic League means offending most of the German businessmen. In addition to that little land rent, the princes also depended heavily on commercial taxation. At the same time, he also needs to borrow money from the Hanseatic League to maintain his luxurious life. Therefore, in Germany, few nobles dared to offend the Hanseatic League. Marin formed an alliance with the leader and deputy leader of the Hanseatic League, which was equivalent to hugging his thighs...

Moreover, Lübeck and Hamburg have a legitimate reason for attacking Denmark - two merchant ships loaded with spices were burned by Denmark for no reason. Then, Denmark refused to compensate, with a very bad attitude. It was a complete act of death. Even if two in-laws wanted to publicly support it, there was no reason.

Therefore, in the end, Frederick III and Joachim I negotiated privately - we will not use our own army, so as not to seize the handle of the Hanseatic League. However, you can't really ignore Denmark. So, in private, under the banner of Denmark, they began to help Denmark hire German mercenaries. Then, I plan to send it to Denmark to help Denmark fight against the coalition forces.

However, the two electors did not expect that the progress of the coalition army was so rapid. Attacking a fortified city, in the past, even attacking an ordinary castle, would have taken a month. If they attacked a large and fortified city, it is estimated that the siege will take two or three months. It may take more than half a year to meet the enemy with sufficient troops...

Therefore, originally, the two electors felt that the Danes could last at least half a year. When recruiting mercenaries, there is no such rush.

However, they did not expect that Marin would have the unique trick of bombing the door with artillery and bombing the door, and the attack on the city progressed rapidly. While the two electors were still busy recruiting troops, they quickly captured the principalities of Holstein and Schleswig. Then, he directly dragged the army to Zeeland to surround Copenhagen...

Now, when the two electors have finally gathered 19,000 mercenaries (the Elector of Saxony has hired 10,000 mercenaries, and the Elector of Brandenburg has gathered 9,000 mercenaries), they are planning to send them to Denmark. At the time, they waited for the diplomatic document from the Danish king to insult them...

After Joachim I received the diplomatic document from Denmark,

It was also very hot. For the first time, he had a quarrel with his newly married wife, Princess Elizabeth:

"Look at your old confused father, who is incompetent, but blames his son-in-law. Look, see what he said? I'm a waste? He was blind to marry me? What, he He can't beat others, but he blames his son-in-law for his incompetence! Isn't he a self-proclaimed 'Nordic overlord'? As a result, he was beaten by an alliance formed by a Swedish rebel, a small earl and two Hanseatic cities. ?"

Princess Elizabeth, who was only 18 years old, did not dare to refute, but just cried. She also knew very well that her father's accusation of her husband was unreasonable. Therefore, for her husband's anger, she could only bear it silently.

Afterwards, the angry Joachim I also called back the 9,000 mercenaries he had originally sent out, and planned to dismiss him...

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Wittenberg, after expelling the Danish messenger who came to deliver diplomatic documents, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, fell into deep thought...

After Frederick III's anger gradually died down, he always felt that something was wrong. Because, when King Hans of Denmark issued such a diplomatic document, he was completely killing it, and it would make Denmark lose all the way to strong aid.

In order to verify his conjecture, Frederick III sent an envoy, through the post system, to go to Berlin non-stop, asking Joachim I if he had received a similar diplomatic document...

A few days later, Frederick III got an affirmative answer…

As the most wise existence among the seven great emperors, Frederick III quickly figured out the reason - he knew that Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, must have fallen. Moreover, it is impossible for Hans himself to issue this diplomatic document. The greatest possibility is the three-nation coalition that occupied Copenhagen. Its purpose is to anger himself and Joachim I. Then, cut off the idea of ​​himself and Joachim I sending troops to help Denmark...

After figuring this out, Frederick III originally planned to send back the 10,000 mercenaries he recalled. However, soon, he gave up this plan again...

why? Now that Copenhagen has fallen, it will be useless if the support army is not dispatched. At this time, the reinforcements will be sent over, and they will face the three-nation coalition army whose morale has reached its peak. Coupled with the disadvantage of numbers, the reinforcements will have no chance of winning.

Moreover, the two electors originally sent reinforcements, not to confront the three-nation coalition, but to help defend Zeeland and Copenhagen.

Now, since Copenhagen has fallen, there is no need to send reinforcements...

As for the reason for not sending reinforcements, the Three Kingdoms Alliance has helped him find out—obviously, that insulting diplomatic document will be the biggest excuse for not sending reinforcements...

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, could have used the excuse of "insulted" to respond to the accusations of the Danes afterwards. Moreover, you can in turn blame the other party...

Even later the Danes figured out the problem and explained it clearly. By then, the war was long over. In that way, the Electoral State of Saxony will perfectly avoid this unprofitable war, which has no chance of winning and easily offends the Hanseatic League.

Because he wanted to rely on the support of Joachim I, who was also an elector in the future imperial parliament, Frederick III sent his conjectures to Berlin by secret letter.

After King Joachim I saw the secret letter, after thinking for a long time, he also made the decision to pretend he did not see the conspiracy of the Four Nations Alliance. In this way, the Electorate of Brandenburg can also avoid a head-on conflict with the leader and deputy leader of the Hanseatic League...

Although it is said that the Electoral State of Saxony and the Electoral State of Brandenburg are united, they will not necessarily lose to the Quadruple Alliance. However, there is no sure-fire way to win. If there is no victory, the offended Lübeck and Hamburg will inevitably call on the Hanseatic League to impose economic sanctions on the two countries. At that time, not only will the two monarchs not be able to receive enough business tax, they will be short of money in the future, and no one will lend them money. Because, the big businessmen who usually lend to those big nobles all come from the Hanseatic League...

In the end, Joachim I, like Frederick III, also used the excuse of "being insulted by the Danish king" to recall the 9,000 mercenaries who had finally come together and dismissed them on the spot...

In this way, without Marin's knowledge, two diplomatic documents, which were made out of bad taste, allowed Marin to avoid the battle with the 19,000 reinforcements sent by the two electors.

At the same time, the Elector Frederick III of Saxony and the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg are also rejoicing - thanks to the endorsement of the diplomatic document that insulted him, otherwise he would not have been out of the business. Excuse. After all, the two countries and Denmark are allies by marriage...