The Rise of the European Emperor

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() The mighty fleet, carrying 40,000 troops, a large number of members of the Danish royal family and nobles, as well as a lot of property brought by Copenhagen, moored in the Schlei Bay east of Schleswig.

In order to facilitate the docking of these ships and the unloading of goods and personnel to land, Mikel, the palace minister of the Principality of Schleswig, organized a large number of strong men to build a temporary long bridge pier around the Schlei Bay.

It took half a month just to build the Long Bridge Pier, as well as personnel landing and material handling. Then, according to Marin's request, King Hans of Denmark and many members of the royal family, as well as the great nobles of Denmark and their families, were arranged into the original palace in the city of Schleswig. Mikel then blocked all the other gates of the palace, leaving only the main gate for entry and exit.

At the same time, Mikel also temporarily moved his office out of the palace and instead worked in his own home. The palace is guarded by 1,000 veterans and 2,000 recruits, both to protect the safety of the Danish royal family and the great nobles, and to prevent them from escaping. After all, these honorable prisoners of war are an important bargaining chip in the negotiations after the war. If they run away, it will be difficult to negotiate.

Because the 40,000-strong army was to be taken to the south, in order to strengthen the security of Schleswig, Malin specially left more than 100 excellent instructors to help thousands of militiamen in Schleswig to train. These militiamen were recruited on a temporary basis and had little combat effectiveness. Leaving excellent instructors to train them is to make them quickly form combat power and ensure the safety of Schleswig City. As for other places outside of Schleswig, Marin doesn't care about it now, even if there is a problem, he is not afraid. As long as your army can win and come back, whoever makes trouble, just grab it and get rid of it. And if he had to run away, those places wouldn't matter. If he is forced to run away, Marin intends to ship the members of the Danish royal family and the great nobles to Norway at the long bridge piers in Schlei Bay. With these hostages in hand, there will be no loss after all. Therefore, Marin especially emphasized that Mikel should not be in a hurry to dismantle these temporary long bridge piers, maybe they will be used soon.

As a veteran politician who has been the prime minister of Denmark for many years, Mikel is naturally aware of something. So, when no one was around, Mikel directly asked Marin what was going on.

Marin didn't hide it from Mikel, because if something went wrong, he would expect Mikel to arrange the escape with important prisoners. Now, it's okay to tell him the truth. Anyway, among the 2,000 veterans in the city, Marin has arranged for officers he can trust. Even those militiamen were controlled by more than 100 excellent instructors left by Malin. As long as you firmly hold the military power, you won't be afraid of any waves from Mikel.

Mikel heard Marlin's secret story that happened in Worms,

Silent for a long time. After half a day, he suddenly raised his head and said to Malin:

"My lord, we haven't gotten to the point where we have to escape from Germany."

"Oh? How do you say this?" Marin immediately became interested.

In fact, after working hard in Germany for many years, Marin was reluctant to abandon everything and flee overseas. After all, the Ruhr area is a place that Marin has always been optimistic about. Marin would not be happy if he lost everything in Germany.

Moreover, during the war, Marin's subordinates, such as Schwartz, were all officers, not politicians. Therefore, it is difficult for Marin to find a subordinate to discuss political affairs. Coincidentally, Mikel has been the Prime Minister of Denmark for many years (and also the Prime Minister of the Kalmar League), and his political level is much higher than that of East Frisian Prime Minister Geoffrey. Therefore, Marin also wanted to know Mikel's views and suggestions.

After thinking about it, Mikel organized the language and said:

"My lord, according to your information, the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, wanted to instigate all the princes to form a coalition to attack you together, but was rejected by the religious princes headed by the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann IV, right?"

"Yes, that's right. However, according to Herman IV's information, the religious princes gave up their support for the joint crusade against me because of the Pope. However, according to the information, those secular princes, except for Bohemia The Kingdom and the Principality of Clifford, which did not participate, most of them supported Frederick III. All these princes combined, they can make up an army of more than 100,000 people. Not to mention whether I can beat them. The problem, even if I can beat it, I will not be able to mix in the German region in the future because, I will be enemies on all sides," Marin said worriedly.

Mikel nodded, but he turned around and said:

"However, they haven't decided to actually start forming a coalition against you, have they?"

"Yes, because they are not very confident now, and hope to persuade those religious princes to send troops together."

Marin's army defeated the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Bosa coalition. Although the secular princes were able to make up a total army of more than 100,000 people, many of these 100,000 people were rogue troops who made up the number and might not be able to fight. More than Marin's army of 40,000.

Therefore, Frederick III and other secular princes hope that the powerful archbishoprics of Inz, Cologne, and Trier and other religious leaders will also join in. In this way, they can make up an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand to deal with Marin, and then they will be sure of it.

"That's good, I heard that you have a close relationship with the current Pope?" Mikel asked.

"Yes, the Pope must be on my side!" Marin replied confidently.

"Very good, my lord, the first thing you need to do now is to send someone to Rome as soon as possible, and ask the Pope to send a messenger to dissuade those religious princes and make them firmly refuse to join the coalition against you. This is very important! Those religious princes are now I'm just hesitating, worried about the relationship between the Pope and you. Therefore, you need to show them the firm support of the Pope for you! If it's too late, some princes may be persuaded by Frederick III!"

Marin was shocked and immediately realized the importance of this problem. So, he nodded seriously and said:

"I will arrange for a messenger to go to Rome as quickly as possible, Mikel, thank you for reminding me!"

Mikel shook his head and said:

"It's nothing, my lord, I'm in the same boat with you now. I've already betrayed Denmark, and if you fail, I'll be gone too."

Marlin nodded, but he remembered Mikel's credit in his heart. Anyway, after that, giving some affordable rewards to Mikel's descendants, it is impossible to escape. Mikel is old, and already prime minister, there is no reward. But he has a group of descendants, which can still be rewarded. Nobility, land and good office, Marin is not stingy.

"Secondly, my lord, while the coalition forces over there have not yet been formed, in fact, you have a chance to dismantle them!" Mikel continued.

"Dismantling? How to do it?" Marin immediately became interested. Being able to not only single out the allied forces of the princes, that is what Marin is very happy to see.

"My lord, I believe you also know that, except for a few outstanding ones, such as Xiang you, most of the other secular princes are actually short-sighted and stupid. Moreover, they are also very greedy."

Marin's eyes lit up immediately and said excitedly:

"You mean bribing them?"

"Yes, that's right! You can bribe the unsettled princes to sway the water at the meeting to discuss the formation of a coalition! And, you said, the Kingdom of Bohemia has a good relationship with you, you can Please help them speak too!"

Marlin nodded, agreeing with Mikel's words. The relationship between the Kingdom of Bohemia and himself was eased because of the reasons of Archduke Alexander and Prince Sigismund. However, the other party is not on his side, but he will not be hostile to him.

So, Marin could have bribed King Vladislas II of Bohemia to speak for him at the Worms Conference.

In addition, Philip, Elector of Palatine, is 57 years old, 15 years older than Frederick III, and may not obey Frederick III. Only Joachim I, a young man who was a fanboy of Frederick III, gave his heart to Frederick III's bewitchment.

In short, as long as Marin is willing to pay the price and bribe those secular princes who see money, there is still a chance to disintegrate the "anti-Marin alliance" that Frederick III tried to set up.

In particular, as long as the king of Bohemia and the Elector of Palatine also withdraw from the alliance without the religious princes participating, then the alliance will have little appeal. After all, with the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg already a prisoner, only Frederick III stood out. Of the seven great emperors, only one person takes the lead, and the appeal is obviously insufficient.

Of course, Mikel also warned Marin that he must make a statement immediately, stating that his grievances with Brandenburg and Saxony have nothing to do with Emperor Maximilian I, but only a conflict of interests between the two sides.

Marin hesitated a bit, because this would not give the emperor face. If Marin made such an announcement, it meant that he would openly draw a line with the emperor.

But Mikel said that if he did not do this, Marin was still a threat in the eyes of most German princes, and there was still a risk of being beaten by a group.

As for the consequences that might make the emperor unhappy, Meeker said the survival of East Friesland was more important than that. Moreover, Marin has also detained the Swiss mercenaries and created conditions for the emperor to attack Switzerland, which is very worthy of the emperor. It's a big deal, I'll send someone to explain it to the emperor later. It is a matter of life and death, I believe the emperor will understand. Even if you don't understand it, it's okay. Anyway, Marin has long been unwilling to be a mere emperor's horse boy. Mikel sees this very clearly.

After much deliberation, Marin finally accepted all of Mikel's suggestions. While he sent a messenger to Rome to ask the Pope's father-in-law for help, he wrote a letter to Kohler, who was left behind in the country, and asked him to carry a large amount of gold and silver and go south to bribe Bohemia. Secular princes such as the King of Asia and the Elector of Palatine who are not die-hard supporters of Frederick III, let them withdraw from the anti-Marin alliance, leaving Frederick III alone.

Finally, Marin intends to publicly announce that this war is only a conflict of interests between his alliance with Lübeck and Hamburg, and the alliance formed by Brandenburg, Saxony and Denmark, and has nothing to do with the emperor. At the same time, Marin It will also express that he respects the political traditions of the German region, which is almost implying that he respects the autonomy of the princes.

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