The Rise of the European Emperor

Although the popularity of the Danes has plummeted, this is Copenhagen, the last bastion of the Danes. They have nowhere else to go except Copenhagen. Therefore, Marin did not expect the opponent to surrender immediately. After all, the other party still has a tall and strong city wall to rely on.

However, when the other party runs out of food, the morale problem will become prominent. Now that the Danes have not reached their limit, even if their morale is low, they may not be so easy to eat. But when they run out of food, coupled with low morale, and the soldiers are unwilling to fight, it will be fatal.

Therefore, Marin did not expect the other party to collapse and surrender now. Moreover, the opponent cannot break through. why? Because even if the opponent breaks out, there is no way to escape. On land, Zealandia is only over 7,000 square kilometers, with nowhere to hide. What's more, the island of Zealand is surrounded by sea, and the control of the sea is in the hands of the enemy. Therefore, even if the Danish army broke through, there was nowhere to flee. Even if Marin wanted to use the tactic of "surrounding three ques and one", there was nowhere to use it. Because the other party has nowhere to escape...

Therefore, Marin chose to wait quietly, waiting for the other party to run out of food, and waiting for the other party to collapse...

However, just waiting so stupidly is not the way, you have to find something else to do. Even if the other party runs out of food, it will take a month or two...

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered that although he had captured 18,000 Swiss mercenaries and sent them to dig a canal, it seems that he hadn't notified Maximilian I yet...

Marin had planned before. Taking advantage of the lack of troops in Switzerland, he encouraged Maximilian I to quickly send troops and occupy the entire Switzerland, so as to eliminate the Protestant branch that gave birth to the "Calvinist" professional family of "rebellion and killing kings".

The Swiss struggled with the emperor a lot. Therefore, in the Reformation, a radical sect of Protestantism such as "Calvinism" was born, which specialized in opposing the emperor and the king, and eventually affected countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France, and Participated in beheading two kings.

As a hereditary nobleman, Marin naturally hated Calvinism. Therefore, even if Marin does not look down on the poor mountains and rivers in Switzerland, he does not want to see the Swiss continue to govern themselves and continue to hate the emperor...

Also, the Swiss are not that easy to deal with. As the saying goes, "poor mountains and bad waters make troublesome people". Before the rise of the Swiss watch industry, Switzerland was simply a mountainous area with poor mountains and rivers.

Such a place, even if the area is not small, should not be given to Marin. Because, even if Switzerland is taken down, it will be a headache for the people's resistance in the future. After all, there are too many mobs out there with combat skills. Moreover, the mountains are the most suitable for guerrilla fighting. If these Swiss mountain people were proficient in the guerrilla tactics of the Great Ancestor, no ruler would be helpless.

Marin is not fond of Switzerland, but the Habsburgs are rare...

because,

Switzerland is the land of prosperity and the ancestral domain of the Habsburg family. However, during the Luxembourg dynasty, the Habsburgs were forced to give up their Swiss ancestral land under the oppression of the then emperor Sigismund. Then, Sigismund also incited the Swiss to hate the Habsburg family, violently rebelled against the Habsburg family's rule, and annexed the Habsburg family's lands in Switzerland.

Eventually, the Habsburgs' lands in Switzerland were completely lost. This also resulted in the hatred of the Habsburgs and the Swiss Confederation.

For the European medieval aristocrats who valued glory and tradition, the birthplace of the Habsburg family - Eagle Castle in Aargau is definitely a holy place in the hearts of Habsburg family members.

However, the Swiss mountain people are too aggressive. Moreover, the plate knights cannot perform well in the Swiss mountains, and they are not as good as the Swiss infantry. As a result, the Habsburgs have never been able to reclaim their ancestral lands.

After all, the mountainous terrain of Switzerland is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also more suitable for infantry.

However, now a huge opportunity is in front of the Habsburg family - the main force of 18,000 Swiss mercenaries was handcuffed by Marin and used as a coolie to dig a canal. Moreover, there are only a few thousand other Swiss mercenaries in the Principality of Ged, and a few thousand in France. As for the Swiss mainland, there are basically no veteran Swiss mercenaries.

At this time, if you take the opportunity to send troops to Switzerland, Switzerland does not have enough troops to resist. This is absolutely great news for the Habsburg family...

So, taking advantage of his free time, Marin wrote a letter to Maximilian I:

"Your Majesty the Emperor, your servant Marin extends my sincere greetings to you..."

"I surrounded 18,000 Swiss mercenaries in this big battle west of Lübeck. In the end, we reached an agreement - I agreed that the Swiss would not pay the ransom, but they had to dig a canal near Münster for me. ."

"It will take about a few months. During this period, the Swiss mainland is empty. Your Majesty has a large army, why not take the opportunity to retake the ancestor's territory? Especially the Eagle Fort in Aargau, that is Habs The birthplace of the Fort family..."

"As for the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries, they won't be able to go back in the future. Although I promised them that I would not ask them for ransom, and that I would let them go after the canal was dug. But, Your Majesty, Switzerland is ready for tens of thousands of troops. I can also defeat them by ambushing them on their way back when I cast them away. After all, I can't let them leave with weapons. Ten thousand troops ambushing 18,000 unarmed Swiss, I think It's a sure win..."

...

In this letter, Marin not only suggested that Maximilian I would take advantage of the emptiness of the Swiss domestic forces to occupy Switzerland and retake the Eagle Fortress in the Canton of Aargau, but also calculated the captured Swiss mercenaries.

Yes, Marin did swear that he would not embarrass the surrendering Swiss mercenaries. However, it did not say that after leaving the border crossing at Marin, others are not allowed to deal with them...

In short, after the canal is dug, Marin can "gift" these Swiss mercenaries out of the country. But after leaving Marin's borders, the army of the Habsburgs attacked these unarmed Swiss mercenaries, and that was out of Marin's control...

Even if the Swiss mercenaries are strong in combat, it is only when they have a full set of weapons and armor. When they were first released, they must have had nothing, no weapons, and no food. Unarmed Swiss prisoners of war cannot beat four hands with two fists.

In the face of such a person who can be defeated, the Habsburg family should wash and sleep early, not to mention any hegemony...

Hegemony is a game played by powerful people. If you have no power, if you insist on participating like Song Xianggong, you will inevitably end up in a tragic end.

Because of the relay mode of changing horses along the way, within a few days, this secret letter was delivered to the Emperor Maximilian I of Innsbruck.

In the face of Marin's suggestion, Maximilian I was obviously tempted...

Eagle Castle, that is the ancestral land of the Habsburg family, and even the origin of the surname. If it can be recovered, it is indeed of great significance.

Moreover, Marin's suggestion is not to take the opportunity to regain Eagle Fort, but to annex the whole of Switzerland. What's more, Marin will cooperate very well and send those Swiss prisoners of war into the ambush of the Habsburg family army after the excavation of the canal...

"Marin is really a loyal minister!" Maximilian I said happily.

He couldn't possibly understand Marin's fear of Calvinism, and he couldn't find a reason for Marin to help him. The only explanation can only be that Marin is a loyal minister who is loyal to himself...

After receiving Marin's letter, after discussing with several elders of the Habsburg family, Maximilian I and several elders of the Habsburg family agreed that this is a great time to recover the ancestral home of the Habsburg family, Eagle Castle...

As a result, Maximilian I ordered that the entire Austrian army was mobilized. On the Dutch side, Prince Philip soon also received a letter from Maximilian I, and began to gather the army to deter the Gede company and prevent the thousands of Swiss mercenaries in the Gede company from taking the opportunity to return to the country for reinforcements... 19