King of Mercenaries Chapter 236

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:18:52 AM

马克 In Tyrol, Austria, Maximilian I also just finished spring planting in Austria. In order to spring plough, he even suspended the operation to grab the Graubünden area in Switzerland.

I have no reason for it, because spring plowing is too important to the feudal lords. In this era, there are not many industries, and the income of the nobles mainly comes from agricultural taxes and commercial taxes. For Austria, which is underdeveloped and inland, agriculture is crucial. Therefore, even a major event such as Graubünden must temporarily make way for spring ploughing.

Because of entering the Graubünden, not only the military affairs, but also the farmers. Generally speaking, if the army has more than 5,000 people, it will take a lot of people to transport food and supplies in order to continue fighting.

But Marin's last attempt to conquer East Friesland was an accident, because Marin already had a way to break the city, making the war last a short time. Therefore, there is no need for civil transportation. But if it is a long-term siege, thousands of troops and civilians will need a lot. Moreover, the number of civilian husbands is not less than the number of soldiers.

Marlin's strategy, though, guaranteed that Maximilian I could quickly win over several important cities in the Graubünden area. However, the emperor could imagine that he would encounter fierce resistance. After all, the customs of Switzerland are fierce. Although after winning several important cities and customs, the emperor will definitely win. But halfway through, it also needs a lot of supplies to deal with the counterattack of the local forces.

So, this time, the emperor will not only bring thousands of troops, but also thousands of husbands and animals for transporting goods. However, during spring ploughing, all husbands and cattle must go to the fields to cultivate land. Therefore, if the emperor wanted to act, he must honestly wait for the end of spring ploughing. Unless, he wants famine in Austria after the autumn harvest ...

春 After the end of spring ploughing at the end of April, the emperor can't wait to start mobilizing soldiers and horsemen to prepare for "entry into Rome" ...

回到 After returning to Austria in January, Maximilian I began to prepare for the layout ...

First, the emperor sent a secret ambassador, took 20,000 gold coins to Rome, and bribed Caesar, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, and disclosed to the other party that he would "pretend to enter Rome" this time, please do not worry and do not act hostile.

Although the emperor felt that the emperor was sloppy and gave little money, Caesar Borgia accepted the emperor's bribe instead of Alexander VI. After all, 20,000 gold coins are not small. For the poor ghost emperor Maximilian I, it was all calculated. Anyway, this time the pope did not lose much, just watch the show. Wait until the emperor stops marching into Rome as promised, and then make a painless statement ... As long as the other party does not really bring troops into Italy, the Holy See does not have to be the enemy ...

In addition, the emperor also sent people to carry out extensive publicity in Austria and Switzerland, and even northern Italy ...

He is also very tragedy to say, although Maximilian I should be the emperor. However, he has not officially been crowned in Rome. Therefore, he is now officially called "the king of the Roman people" or "King of Germany", not "the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire". Generally speaking, many foreigners consider Maximilian I to be only the "King of Germany", not even the "King of the Roman people". However, in the German region, the emperor was generally recognized as the "king of the Roman people". In addition to the opposition, most Germans also recognized Maximilian I as the Holy Roman Emperor, just a coronation. .

Anyway, Maximilian I was going to Rome for a formal coronation. Therefore, most people expressed their understanding that Maximilian I was impatiently waiting to "enter Rome". After all, Maximilian I had been King for 12 years (becoming King of Germany in 1486) and quasi-emperor for 5 years (his father Frederick III died in 1493). Nowadays, it makes sense to be impatient to go to Rome to be crowned.

So, like the Graubünden area, there is no opinion on the emperor's way to Rome. After all, in the history of Europe, there has not been such a dreadful thing as "fake doom". Therefore, not many people are wary of this.

Moreover, if Maximilian I really took the opportunity to capture Graubünden when he was crossing the border, he would have no face to confuse ...

But Graubünden did not know that behind the emperor, there was a sinister guy like Marin, who gave the emperor a "fake assassination" idea. As long as the emperor was "assassinated" while passing Graubin, then it was reasonable and reasonable for the emperor to grab Graubinden in a rage. After all, no matter who, as long as it is a normal person, was almost killed, there will be thoughts of retaliation.

Because the emperor publicly declared that he was going to be crowned in Rome, the German region divided into two very different views:

The Yiyi faction was an advocate of the emperor. They believed that the emperor went to Rome to be crowned. Best of all, the emperor brought more soldiers and horses in the past to show the prestige of the Germans.

The other faction was the vassals who opposed the emperor. They will not openly oppose the emperor, but generally look at the declining emperor and privately hope that the emperor will run into the wall, and it is best to be crowned and fail. Because if the emperor is crowned successfully, his reputation will be further enhanced, and those vassals will be suppressed. Because the autonomy of the imperial power and the princes is a natural opposition, which is the relationship between them.

However, with the exception of the emperor and Marin, as well as a few who knew the emperor's plan, he never doubted whether the emperor really wanted to go to Rome ...

This is also the strength of Marin's plan. After all, the emperor did have the motive and necessity to go to Rome to be crowned, so that outsiders would not have doubts.

So, the target of the plot-the forces of Graubünden, at this time, the calculation is-to hide the belongings, to prevent the emperor's army from passing by easily ...

纪 The military discipline of this era is very poor. The crossing of the army and the locust crossing ~ www.novelhall.com ~ are not too different. Therefore, the Swiss in Graubünden wanted to prevent their belongings from being discovered by the emperor's army who passed by. As for more, there is not much thought.

When the emperor gathered the army, the Graubündens were not nervous at all, they were just worried that the army would easily rob and cross the border.

In their opinion, when the emperor's army passed Graubünden, everyone collected their belongings and closed the door, and it was almost ...

In fact, Maximilian I has always been a cavalier king, known as the "last knight" by future generations. Usually, he is also a very chivalrous person. Therefore, his credibility is still very good. No one expected that he would use an unethical method such as "fake road cutting" to expand the territory.

Actually, this is also because Maximilian I was deeply influenced by Marin. By using such a disgraceful method of ambush, Marin had severely damaged the cavalry army led by Charles VIII, and had a great harvest. Even if Marin turned in only half of the booty, the poor Maximilian I gained a lot of wealth, which made him crazy.

It was precisely because he saw the means adopted by Marin that, although it did not look very bright, but the benefits were so great that Maximilian I became interested in Marin's wickedness and was willing to try it.

Most importantly, Marin's intrigues did not damage his name. Because the designed "fake assassination" will throw all the pots to the Graubünden people. The emperor is still the very graceful king, everything is the fault of Graubünden ...

After seeing that his reputation would not be damaged, but he could easily obtain a large territory and important prospects of important customs, Maximilian I decisively put down his psychological burden and frankly adopted Marin's strategy and prepared several Months ...

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