Chapter 1255: Habsburg family crisis
Human greed is endless, and the actions of the two tyrant tyrants of the Welf family deepened Marin's understanding of this sentence.
It is said that the two Duke Henrys of the Welf family, one with a large silver mine at home, directly produce money, and the other with the salt mining city of Lüneburg, are not bad money owners. However, I heard that the Beihai state is cheap and available.
Of course, Marin is not a good thing by himself, but also a greedy guy. A little prince in another area, who wanted to monopolize the North American continent and wanted to dominate Germany, was also very greedy ...
Therefore, he despised the two Dukes of Henry, and he laughed a hundred steps. It's just that he has a lot of cards and he is full of confidence. Unlike the two Duke of Henry, they were purely greedy and their heads were hot.
Except for the two principalities of Brunswick that took the lead, the rest are worth mentioning. For example, there are only a few hundred square kilometers of Geldenberg. There are also Lipper and Ravensburg who have been following the Werff family, and the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg, which was persuaded by Henry of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and all the territory Uncle Tecklenburg surrounded by the Munster area.
However, the remaining five small countries are not so strong. In 5 countries, there are more than 20,000 people in total, which is equivalent to the soldiers and horses of the two principalities of Brunswick. Although the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg is also known as the Principality, it is only more than a thousand square kilometers, which is about the same size as the general Bern. If it were not for the existence of an old Streckitz canal for Hansa merchants to transport salt, it would be possible to collect a toll tax, which is estimated to be too poor to expose.
It is needless to say that Geldenberg has a great hatred with Marin. After all, people came from the strong Principality of Geddes, and they were all caused by Marin, and became a little uncle.
The Tecklenburg Uncle Kingdom is terrified because the territory is surrounded by the North Sea State and has become the "state of the country" in the North Sea State. Therefore, he was drawn into this alliance that divided the North Sea countries.
In fact, Marin was very unhappy because the State of Tecklenburg controlled a section of the Ames. Therefore, Marin actually had the idea of playing Tecklenburg. But no excuses have been found, so it's not easy to get started.
Today, the Tecklenburg berlin jumps out to die himself, and Marin is terribly happy-you send it to your door to find a smoker, I will eat it and you will not have any opinions?
As for the states of Ravensburg and Lipper, these two small countries were purely flicked onto the thief ship by the two Dukes of the Welf family. These two small countries are close to the North Sea, and the two Duke Henry promised to divide their land afterwards, and the two countries joined their minds as soon as possible ...
Similarly, the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg was also fooled. The conditions for the two Dukes of Henry were-to divide their large areas of Bremen ...
The province of Bremen and the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg are across the Elbe. If it is allocated to land, it is also easy to manage. Originally, the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg felt that the land area of the Principality did not match the Duke's title, and he was fooled by Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and joined the alliance of little princes ...
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"So, this time, these seven hostile princes dispatched a total of more than 40,000 troops?" Marin simply scanned the document and asked.
"Yes, Lord! According to my spy investigations, the enemy gathered more than 40,000 people this time, and the plan is determined by World War I. It is said that their plan is to seize the Ruhr area, North and South Munster Region, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Bremen and West Friesland, leaving only East Friesland to Prince Caesar. As for the provinces of Schleswig and Jutland , Their opinion is to support Steindorff and Wagner to be independent ... "Kohler explained in detail.
"Oh? They even kindly left my son with such a large territory in East Friesland?" Marin asked with interest.
Kohler shook his head and said:
"Not really. In name, they will leave East Friesland for the young master. But in reality, they only intend to leave the city of Aureich and the surrounding area for Master Caesar, up to a few hundred square kilometers. As for the rich Lai In Er County and other places, they plan to eat it all, not even Emden Harbor ... "
"That's to say that I only want to keep a city for my son, right?" Marin said with a sullen expression.
"Yes! However, it is said that this is the claim of the Duke of Saxony-Fort Laurn, Count of Ravensburg, Count of Lipper and Count of Tecklenburg. And the opinions of the two Duke of Henry and Charles of Count Gelden are-eradication ... "
"Fuck!" Marin finally got angry. The enemy wanted to murder him, he was not so angry. After all, he is also an executioner with blood on his hands. However, trying to murder his 10-year-old son completely angered him.
"Okay! Very good ... Since these three guys want to harm my son, let them die!" Marin gritted his teeth.
"What about the other four princes?"
"Since they are willing to keep a city for my son, then in the future I will also keep them rich and wealthy. Of course, only the title is retained, but there is no right to rule." Obviously, four more noblemen in Bremen Manor. The nobles in the North Sea are all captive in Bremen in Bremen ...
In fact, Marin's actions were also learned from Prussia in later generations. Prussia, after winning the war of unity, did not deprive the princes of the knighthood, but retained their knighthood, but deprived them of the actual dominance.
In the end, some autonomy was truly preserved, leaving only a few large princes in the southern region, such as the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Kingdom of Württemberg, and the Kingdom of Saxony. The other princes basically lost their power of governance and became like the princes of ancient China, leaving only the title and no real power.
Similarly, Marin intends to treat those defeated princes in this way. They still retain their knighthood, but, in the future, they do not want to have independent power again. They can only obtain power by serving their own family, not hereditary.
However, for the two wicked Duke of Henry who wanted to kill his son, and Charlie, Earl of Galden, Marin did not intend to let them go this time, but intended to die.
As for how to play dead hands, it is natural to solve them on the battlefield. How to solve? Marin feels that letting them be killed by random guns like Xu Wenqiang is the best choice ...
The rule prevailing in Europe is that nobles are not allowed to surrender, but on the battlefield, the sword is blind, and the bullet is not long. If you are killed by stray bullets, you can't blame yourself for killing nobles indiscriminately. Anyway, he also left four princes, right? I can also give an explanation to the outside world ...
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While Marin was planning how to deal with the Seven-Power Allied Forces, there was an urgent report from Switzerland-the Habsburg family army was defeated ...
"What? The Habsburg family army was defeated? No, I remember that the princely coalition forces had not yet entered Switzerland? How could the Habsburg family army be defeated?" Marin was surprised.
After reading Kohler's results for a while, he said:
"It was not a complete defeat, but was temporarily defeated by the Swiss Resistance. At present, Frenzberg with the army retreated tens of kilometers eastward ..."
"What's the matter? Did the French increase their troops?" Marin thought for a moment and knew the reason. The Swiss Resistance did not have the strength to repel Frensberg's army. The only explanation is that the French increased their troops ...
Kohler nodded and said:
"Yes, the French suddenly increased their troops by six or seven thousand, and hit Franzberg by surprise. In desperation, he had to lead the army to retreat and turn into defensive, temporarily unable to fight back ..."
"No! Habsburg's army is in danger!" Marin suddenly panicked.
"what do you mean?"
"If only the coalition of princes invaded Switzerland, Frensberg might fight, but it would not fail miserably. At least, he could retain his vitality."
"However, if the French also mobilize a large army to help the battle, then the army of Frensberg will be attacked by the enemy, and the enemy will be attacked by the strong enemy. As a result, Frensberg may be wiped out by the whole army!" Marin began to be anxious. If the Habsburgs were defeated, he would n’t be better. At that time, as the victorious party, the coalition of princes and the French have formed a tacit understanding, and they may free up their hands to clean up together.
Kohler was also dumbfounded and asked:
"Then what should we do?"
"Quick ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ sent someone to inform Frenzberg to give up most of Switzerland ’s land and withdraw to the Graubünden region in southeastern Switzerland, relying on the Austria behind to resist. The terrain of Graubünden is dangerous With the support of the Austrian army and materials behind it, it can barely withstand the attacks of the coalition of princes and France. Otherwise, his army is easily annihilated! "Said Marin anxiously.
"The Habsburg family's efforts in Switzerland in recent years have not been in vain?" Kohler was a little sorry.
"What do you care about? Now is the question of whether the Habsburg family can keep this army from being wiped out. As for the land, there are troops that can be recaptured. If you can't bear the land, you will lose everyone. You let He quickly rushed to Switzerland to rule Frenzberg and told him-'Some people lose their land, everyone lives; all people save their land, everyone loses' ... "
"What do you mean?" Kohler didn't understand the art of war, and he was a little ignorant.
"Don't worry, Frendsberg understands. I taught him before. Remember, send someone quickly, or it's too late! Also, don't worry about horsepower, it's not a matter of running a few horses!"
"Yes!" Kohler quickly arranged for the spy to deliver the letter.
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