The Rise of the European Emperor

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After besieging Wittenberg, the first thing Marin did was to call in the spies who had been sent to monitor Wittenberg and ask Frederick III's younger brother John and John's children whether they had escaped Wittenberg.

The result was that Marin was very satisfied, probably because John believed too much in his brother Frederick III's political skills, so John didn't run away, and he didn't let his children run away. Of course, John now has only one son, John Frederick, who is only two years old, and it is difficult to run. Such a young child, a pommel horse, might have died.

Moreover, Frederick III left Wittenberg, and Wittenberg also needed to keep people in charge. John used to play this role too often—his brother Frederick III was out and about while he stayed at home. In fact, he may not be able to do anything. However, sitting there like a Buddha statue, he can give people a sense of security that "the country has an owner". In a way, John is the mascot of the electorate of Saxony...

According to the information, because the main force of Saxony was captured by Marin, there are only 3,000 regular infantry soldiers left in Wittenberg, and 8,000 militiamen recruited from various places. The combat effectiveness is not strong.

However, because of the wealth of the electorate of Saxony, the walls of Wittenberg were also built tall and strong. With 3,000 regular troops and 8,000 militiamen garrisoned, if Marin attacked by force, it would be very difficult to take them down in a short period of time.

But Marin was not in a hurry to attack, because many of his soldiers were very uncomfortable after a few days on the boat. In particular, many German mercenaries were seasick and vomited.

Fortunately, Marin prepared a lot of ginger, cut it into slices, and let the seasick warriors put it in his mouth, which relieved the discomfort.

Speaking of which, the 10,000 English mercenaries were worthy of being from a seafaring country, and there was basically no seasickness. Among the German mercenaries, only the Frisians did not suffer from seasickness. Many of the soldiers from the southern mountains were seasick. And the soldiers in the Alsace region are also very seasick. Because the Alsace region is located on the Rhine River, many people have also taken boats on the Rhine River, which are more suitable for inland boats.

Fortunately, Marin was well prepared and shipped a large amount of ginger from China. Now, Grenada is producing ginger, and ginger is shipped to the country by ship. Coincidentally, before Marin's expedition, Grenada brought back another shipment of ginger, which was directly requisitioned as war supplies.

Looking at the many German veterans from the southern mountains who were vomiting, Marin could only rest for a few days before they could play.

However, the soldiers rested, but Marin did not. Frederick III was still bewitching those princes in Worms, so Marin decided to send someone to Worms to publicly despise and ridicule Frederick III, and accused him of deceiving the princes and helping him fight personally. .

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Fighting Frederick III is not the purpose. Marin's real purpose is to reveal to the princes that Frederick III wanted to use everyone to help him fight the ugly face.

However, Malin thought that those princes might not be willing to see the representatives they sent. If you want to create a sensation, you must advertise it widely.

Therefore, Marin thought of a very simple way of publicity - posting notices and distributing leaflets...

As long as signs are posted everywhere in Worms, exposing the ugly face of Frederick III, it will not take long to spread throughout the city. Even if the nobles themselves did not read the notices posted, their followers were all literate, and they could read what was written on the notices. Just a notice, I will definitely go back and tell my master...

In addition, Marin was also prepared that someone could not see the notice, and that Frederick III sent someone to tear it down. Therefore, Marin planned to send three hundred cavalry to Worms to protect the notice, even at the expense of conflict with the Saxons.

The act of handing out flyers is to prevent people from seeing the notices after they are torn down. After all, there were many nobles who had a good relationship with Frederick III. 300 cavalry may be able to stop the men brought by Frederick III, but it is difficult to stop the sum of the men and soldiers of Frederick III and his friends.

So, handing out flyers is a supplementary means when the notice is torn down. Marin intends to print tens of thousands of copies, so that his subordinates will send them when they see people dressed in gorgeous clothes.

Paper is very valuable these days. In addition to Marin owning a paper base on Cape Breton Island, the cost of paper production is low, but the price of paper in other countries is very high. Sending such a large piece of paper to the other party is equivalent to giving money... Not to mention, the blanks on the back of the flyer can be written and drawn...

As for the Archbishop of Mainz, the owner of Worms, whether to post signs and distribute leaflets in Worms? This is too easy, Marin only needs to send someone to see the Archbishop of Mainz and reveal his relationship with the Pope to him. Of course, the secret that Marin is the Pope's son-in-law will not be told, only those who can.

The religious princes are different from the secular princes. The secular princes are playing a lot, and maybe they can ignore the Holy See. But the religious princes are different. As long as the Pope is annoyed, a single excommunication can kill the religious princes.

Excommunication means expelled from the church. If you are expelled from the church, you can still stay in the position of archbishop? The other bishops of those bishoprics will be happy to overturn you. This is also the reason why those religious princes chose to wait and see rather than join the anti-Marin coalition.

Of course, Marin would not let the Archbishop of Mainz approve it in vain. Coincidentally, Kohler was in Worms, busy bribing the secular princes. Marin decided to let Kohler take out 20,000 gold coins and send it to the Archbishop of Mainz. Anyway, the 400,000 gold coins from Lübeck and Hamburg have already been sent, and Kohler is not short of money now.

Even, this propaganda war, Marin also intends to let Kohler play the leading role. Because, Marin has no other suitable candidates for the time being.

Mikel, Geoffrey, and Haider were suitable for this position, but they were all civil servants, and it took a long carriage ride to get to Worms. At the moment, Marin is surrounded by military generals, so he is not suitable for this job. However, this matter is urgent, and I can't wait for the civil servants to rush to Worms.

Therefore, at the moment, Kohler in Worms has become the most suitable candidate. After all, Kohler is also a civil servant, at least he can speak better than those generals. Moreover, Kohler has the title of a baron, and when he visits those princes, he will not be seen all over, or even rejected.

Also, Kohler is currently bribing those princes. Therefore, it is better to let Kohler bribe and at the same time publicize Frederick III's sinister intentions to use everyone to help him achieve his personal goals.

Then, as long as the Archbishop of Mainz agrees, putting up notices and distributing leaflets, Kohler can completely leave it to the cavalry to do it. In addition, he can also pay to hire local gangsters to do this. As long as the money is given and the acquiescence of the ruler, the Archbishop of Mainz, more people are willing to hand out flyers...

I believe that after this wave of posting notices and distributing leaflets, many princes will surely wake up and will not be willing to be the pawns of Frederick III. Only those hardcore younger brothers of Frederick III will continue to follow Frederick III. However, these people are unpopular, and Marin doesn't care at all. As long as they dared to come, Marin was sure to beat them out. What Marin wanted was that the princes who were not the hard-core younger brothers of Frederick III would not be deceived by Frederick III. And these people accounted for most of the secular princes. If they don't come, Marin won't be beaten...