King of Mercenaries Chapter 240

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:18:40 AM

初 In early May, Maximilian I gathered 12,000 troops in Innsbruck, the capital of the Principality of Tyrol, where he lived. After formally taking the oath, he made a banner and formally began to "enter Rome."

According to the method previously discussed with Marin, the army went slowly after leaving the city of Innsbruck. Along the way, when encountering a town, the emperor would invite the local nobles to come and eat a special "pepper feast". It is all kinds of barbecue, so that the nobles can eat it with pepper. In front of each aristocracy, there is a plate filled with pepper powder, cinnamon powder, clove powder ...

It was enough for the emperor to drink a pot of tea, just for the expenditure of spices. Fortunately, because Marin helped the emperor earn more than one million gold coins a few years ago, he still has a little balance. In addition, the Duke of Saxony also gave 300,000 gold coins to the emperor in order to obtain Friesland. Therefore, the emperor could still get his hands on this spice money.

From Innsbruck, it was many days in Tyrol alone. However, this is a foreplay and is necessary. Because the emperor needed time to let the people of the Graubünden area of ​​Switzerland know their "luxury" name. At that time, when he feasted in Switzerland, no one would come because of fear.

Moreover, the Mistaire Valley is actually southeast of the Graubünden region. If the emperor really went to Italy all of a sudden, he could not "pass" Chur, the capital of the Graubünden region to the northwest.

But this is not a problem. Marin's previous idea for the emperor included this. The emperor could call the northwest direction of the Swabian League for the lack of troops, and then go to the Swabian area on the grounds of borrowing troops.

The conflict between the Swabian region and Zurich also entered a truce in the spring. Because Zurich people and Shiva themselves have to be busy spring ploughing ...

At this moment, everyone has just finished spring ploughing and has not yet resumed war. In fact, even if the emperor went to the Swabian League, he could not borrow any soldiers. Because the Swabian Alliance is still preparing to continue fighting with Zurich.

The intention of the emperor was not to borrow troops, but to "borrow the way." Only in this way did the emperor have an excuse to "pass by" the northern region of Graubünden ...

The emperor pour money all the way to dinner, and after arriving in the Swabian area, he did not borrow many soldiers. The Swabian League was tight because of the fighting, but in order to give the emperor face, the entire alliance only collected 1,000 old, weak, and sick, and gave it to the emperor to decorate the facade.

The emperor was very helpless and had to go south, but at this time, the emperor's army was already north of Chur, the capital of Graubingen, and it was taken for granted that he went south through Chur.

However, in order to act like a little, the emperor also sent forwards specially, and headed southward in advance to the direction of the Mistel Valley, as if "hitting forward."

At the same time, the emperor continued to feast on the nobles along the way. Not only that, the emperor also sent a letter to Chur, asking the locals to gather some people to help him "strengthen".

After all, "marching into Rome" is a political gamble and requires enough troops to support the scene. The emperor was also a brilliant politician. This was not included in Marin's previous plans, but the emperor temporarily played with it.

At that time, when the emperor's army arrived outside the city of Chur, he could use the "borrowing soldiers" as an excuse to invite local nobles to come and discuss major events ...

Because the emperor's momentum was so great this time, he did not borrow any soldiers from the Swabian League, and it spread throughout Switzerland. The Swiss did not even realize that the emperor deliberately shamed ...

Although it was really shame to borrow only 1,000 old, weak and sick, but by this "borrowing", the emperor successfully pulled the army to the direction of the Graubünden capital, which facilitated the emperor to go south and "just pass" Chur . And appropriate "humiliation" can also make Swiss more alert ...

Sure enough, most of the Swiss who did not deal with the emperor were discussing the ridiculous failure of Maximilian I 's troop loss, but none found that the real purpose of Maximilian I was not to go to Rome, but to Chur ... ...

Moreover, the emperor publicly stated that he would borrow soldiers from the Graubünden. Everyone thinks that the emperor may be planting this time.

Because of the 12,000 troops (not counting the husband) plus a thousand old and sick, it is not enough to enter Rome. Because these years, the war in Italy, only 12,000 people is not enough. This is not the early Middle Ages. Ten thousand people were enough to "march into Rome". Like Conrad, son of the Hohenstaufen empire Conrad IV, became King of Germany, because he brought only 7,000 people into Rome, he was defeated by Charlie Anjo, and he was also cut off, causing Hohens The Tao Fen dynasty was extinct, and even the Swabian Principality died out.

Because of socio-economic development, monarchs of various countries can support more soldiers and horses than in the early Middle Ages. Therefore, the emperor took only 13,000 people to Italy, which was actually very dangerous. Besides, as long as the Pope "invites" the French to "help fist", the emperor can easily be defeated. Because the French now send 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers at every turn.

I must know that it was the French who defeated Conradin, who brought 7,000 people, to Charlie, Earl of Anjou, France, and the younger brother of King Louis IX of France.

Many people are discussing whether Maximilian I will go south to Rome this time, and whether the French will send troops to stop it. Also, if Maximilian I was defeated and caught by Louis XII, would he beheaded like the young King Conradin ...

Maximilian I was very depressed when he heard these remarks. Because the outside world is not optimistic that he took 13,000 people to dare to "brave into Italy" behavior. Even compare him to the most unfortunate Conradin.

But while he is depressed ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is also very happy. Everyone is discussing hotly whether he will fail in Italy again, and no one realizes whether he will occupy Graubünden ...

In order to make the world more relaxed, Maximilian I even sent his people to preach everywhere, saying that Maximilian I went to Italy to be extremely dangerous and attracted the attention of the people.

At the same time, in Paris, France, Louis XII also heard that Maximilian I was about to enter Rome and wanted to be officially crowned emperor.

Louis twelve suddenly couldn't sit still. At the moment, Maximilian I was only the King of Germany, and was equal to the King of France. If Maximilian I did go to Rome to be crowned, then his French king, nominally, would dwarf Maximilian I. After all, after the coronation of Rome, Maximilian I became "the emperor of the Roman people". The Roman Empire in this traditional sense also includes the French region. Because the early Holy Roman Emperor was actually the Emperor of the Charlemagne Empire. France is just the western part of the Charlemagne Empire.

In addition, Louis XII has the intention to seize the Duchy of Milan. So, Louis XII, regardless of the willingness of Alexander VI, simply pulled out the banner of "Supporting the Holy See" in Paris and sent troops south to Italy ...

However, Louis XII brought a full army of 20,000, and there were 10,000 heavy cavalry alone. The other 10,000 are ferocious Swiss mercenaries ...

I really want Louis XII to meet the emperor, and the emperor may really be defeated like the unlucky child Conradin. But unfortunately, the emperor did not want to go to Rome or enter Italy at all. He just wanted to capture Graubünden. Therefore, the good show that the kings of Germany and France are expecting from the outsiders will not happen ...

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