The Rise of the European Emperor

When Marin took over the Bishopric of Münster and the Bishopric of Osnabrück with an army, the Duchy of Geddes also prepared tens of thousands of troops to the west, intending to fight to the death with George, Duke of Saxony.

This time, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, no longer hides his strength, but shows his main force. After many attempts, Charles II discovered that George, Duke of Saxony, was a scumbag. Moreover, the garrison of the Duchy of Saxony in West Frisland is also very unpopular because it likes to burn, kill and loot locally.

As a shrewd prince, Charles II had already started training elite troops. Although, he did not clearly send someone to the East Frisian country to learn the Marin phalanx. However, the generals under Charles II sent a semi-finished phalanx according to the characteristics of the Marin phalanx. Moreover, Charles II also hired 3,000 Swiss mercenaries from Switzerland. So much so that later Charles II simply chose to learn the Swiss phalanx.

Why? Because Charles II discovered a problem, that is - the Marin phalanx consumes a lot of gunpowder and is very uneconomical. Also, gunpowder procurement was difficult.

Moreover, on the basis that Marin has not defeated the Swiss, the reputation of the Swiss phalanx and the Marin phalanx are similar. Although Gonzalo used the Marin phalanx to defeat the French in Italy, no one thinks that the Marin phalanx must be better than the Swiss phalanx. Because, in the French army, only a small part of the Swiss mercenaries.

Therefore, the Geddes army in the hands of Charles II now generally uses the Swiss spear array, plus some auxiliary arms that use halberds and hammers. And, of course, some artillery. After all, artillery is now an excellent weapon for breaking the formation and breaking the city.

The Principality of Gedes is located in the most fertile impingement plain at the mouth of the Rhine. The soil here is very fertile because of the abundance of rich substances brought by the Rhine water upstream.

In this era of generally impractical manure, European farming basically depends on whether the land is fertile. The Principality of Geddes, which occupies the fertile impact plain of the lower Rhine, is naturally a place with fertile soil.

Moreover, in this era, most nobles relied on land production to maintain their expenses. In this way, the Duke of Geddes, who owns fertile land, becomes a noble with a very good financial situation. After all, in the case of not using manure, the rye per mu of Gede Company generally reaches more than 150 pounds per mu, and a small number of acres even reach 180 pounds per mu.

The best part is that when Charles, the daring Duke of Burgundy, captured the Duchy of Guedes, he slaughtered a large number of nobles who disobeyed the Duchy of Guedes. This also led to the fact that when Charles II took over the Duchy of Geddes in 1492, many of the estates of Geddes nobles who were killed to the point of extinction also fell into his hands. The fertile land, coupled with the relative concentration of land, created the wealthy Charles II, Duke of Geddes.

Therefore, Charles II had the money to employ tens of thousands of troops...

The main force of the front line of Shangwang Desi,

With the addition of the 3,000 West Frisian resistance troops led by Fyskefrijheid, the former Governor of West Frisland and Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden, the Duke of Geddes suddenly had 13,000 people.

When ready, Charles II drove his army to the northern frontier, ready to enter West Frisian. As long as you get in touch with Marin, you can start at any time.

What made Charles II depressed was that when he gathered his army and sent someone to contact Marin, Marin took the army south to take over the Bishopric of Munster.

This made Charles II so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, and, moreover, crazy with jealousy...

The Bishopric of Munster is a very large country. Just because Marin sent troops to support the new Pope and helped the Holy See conquer an Italian vassal state, the Holy See rewarded him with such a large area of ​​the Bishopric of Munster.

You must know that the area of ​​the Bishopric of Münster is almost twice the size of the Duchy of Geddes. Although the land is not as fertile as the country of Gede, the total area makes up for the gap...

Because he brought enough troops, Marin actually quickly took control of the Bishopric of Munster. However, Marin has been reluctant to leave the Bishopric of Münster. Apart from waiting for news from the Holy See, and then teaming up with Bishop Conrad to cheat the Church of Münster, he also avoided Charles II, Duke of Geddes. meaning included.

After all, the fact that he had just received such a big benefit from the Bishopric of Munster was already making people jealous. If you lead troops to attack West Frisland controlled by George, Duke of Saxony at this time, it is easy to be caught and beaten by jealous princes.

Therefore, in the face of the invitation of Charles II, Duke of Geddes, to join forces to attack West Frisian, Marin pretended that the Bishopric of Munster had not done it yet, and stayed in Munster City...

After sending people to urge several times to no avail, Charles II finally realized that Marin could not count on it. Fortunately, after the army of the Principality of Gede was Swiss, its combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Swissized Geddes army is very restrained by the proudest heavy cavalry of the Saxons...

As a result, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, who was already on the ropes, asked Fyskefrijheid, the former Governor of West Frisland, and Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden, to re-launch the banner of restoring West Frisland, with 3,000 West Frisian resistance troops, And 10,000 elite Swiss-based Geddes troops have once again invaded southern West Frisian...

The attack power of the 13,000-strong army was terrifying, and Geddes' army easily swept the small town in the south of West Frisian, and then surrounded Leeuwarden.

Fortunately for the people of Geddes, George, Duke of Saxony, did not change the iron gate for Leeuwarden...

Presumably, George thought that the West Frisian Resistance was out of tune. So, let your guard down.

At this time, George placed the Saxon army in West Frisland, and most of it was placed in the Hanseatic city of Groningen in the east. Moreover, from the original 10,000 horses, 3,000 heavy cavalry have been withdrawn to the mainland.

In other words, at this time in West Frisland, the Saxon army was only 7,000 men and only 500 heavy cavalry. As for the city of Lufaden, only 1,000 defenders were stationed...

Faced with such a good opportunity, how could the Gedes army let it go? Under the command of Charles II's number one general, Boniz, the Geddes army launched 20 heavy artillery pieces donated by Marin and began to bombard the oak gate of Leeuwarden...

The next day, the city gate of Leeuwarden, which was blasted out of the big hole, was directly blown open...

After the city was broken, the 1,000 defenders in the city were naturally ruthlessly wiped out. In this way, the Gedes army easily occupied Leeuwarden. Of course, on the surface, Fyskefrijheid, the former governor of West Frisland and Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden, are still the administrators. But in fact, the control is entirely in the hands of the Gedes.

Next, the ship of the Principality of Geddes unloaded the four iron gates presented by Marin at Harlingen Port, west of Leeuwarden. Shipped to Leeuwarden and installed. In this way, Lufaden City is solid again...