Chapter 129: The effect of diplomatic documents
Three diplomatic documents full of vicious words were quickly arranged by Mikel personally to the Danish special envoy and sent to Moscow, Wittenberg and Berlin.
After the official document was delivered, the three parties who had finished reading the diplomatic document would not be calm ...
Prince Vasily, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was furious when he saw the remarks in the official document that he was a homosexual:
"Hans, this old bastard, can't beat others by himself, but it's ironic that we are not forceful, I want to kill him, kill him!"
After breaking a lot of precious items, Prince Vasily felt that it was not enough. He directly cut the unlucky Danish messenger who sent the official document into eight pieces ...
At the same time, Prince Vasily also issued a diplomatic statement that the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Denmark have since become hostile countries ...
Wittenberg, the elector of Saxony Frederick III was also very angry after receiving the Danish diplomatic document, and immediately sent someone to beat the messenger who sent the document. Fortunately, only a beating did not kill the poor messenger.
Angrily, Frederick III withdrew 10,000 mercenaries who had already headed for Denmark ...
In fact, as an in-law, Denmark was attacked by the League of Four, and the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brandenburg were ready to support.
It's just that neither Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, nor Joachim I, the Elector of Brandenburg, wanted to offend Lübeck and Hamburg positively. Because these two cities are the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic League. Offending them is equivalent to offending the entire Hanseatic League.
If the Hanseatic League is offended, as long as the two leaders command, the Hansa merchants are not allowed to go to Saxony and the Brandenburg electorate to do business, nor are they allowed to purchase any goods produced by the two countries Even the electorate must kneel.
Because the Hanseatic League is currently at its peak, controlling most of the commercial trade in the German region. Offending the Hanseatic League is equivalent to offending most German businessmen. The princes, in addition to that point of rent, are very dependent on commercial taxation. At the same time, they also need to borrow from the Hanseatic League to maintain their luxurious life. Therefore, in Germany, few nobles dare to offend the Hanseatic League. The alliance between the main and deputy leaders of Marin and the Hanseatic League is equivalent to holding their thighs ...
Moreover, Lübeck and Hamburg attacked Denmark for legitimate reasons-two merchant ships full of spices were burned by Denmark for no reason. Then, Denmark also refused to compensate, and the attitude was very bad, it was completely a dead act. Even if the two in-laws want to publicly support, there is no reason.
Therefore, in the end, Frederick III and Joachim I negotiated privately-we will not use our own army, so as not to grasp the handle for the Hanseatic League. However, we can't really ignore Denmark. So, privately, under the banner of Denmark, they began to help Denmark hire German mercenaries. Then, plan to send to Denmark to help Denmark against the coalition forces.
However, the two electors did not expect that the progress of the coalition forces was so rapid. Attacking a solid city, in the past, even an ordinary castle, it took a month. If you attack a sturdy big city, it is estimated to be siege for two or three months. It may take more than half a year to meet the opponent's sufficient strength ...
Therefore, originally, the two Electors felt that the Danes could at least last more than half a year. When recruiting mercenaries, it's not so urgent.
However, they did not expect that Marin would have the artillery bombardment door + explosive door trick to attack the city and progress quickly. While the two Electors were busy recruiting troops, they quickly captured the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig. Then, he directly pulled the army to Zealand and surrounded Copenhagen ...
Now, until the two Electors finally have enough 19,000 mercenaries (the Electors of Saxony have hired 10,000 mercenaries, and the Electors of Brandenburg have joined together 9,000 mercenaries), they are planning to send to Denmark At the time, it was waiting for the Danish king to abuse their diplomatic documents ...
After receiving the Danish diplomatic document, Joakim I was also very angry. For the first time, he had a quarrel with his newly married wife, Princess Elizabeth:
"Look at your old confused father, who is incompetent, but blames his son-in-law. Look, look at what he said? I am a waste? He blinded his daughter to marry me? Especially, he He could n’t beat anyone else, but he blamed his son-in-law for his incompetence! Was n’t he self-proclaimed as the “Nordic Overlord”? As a result, the alliance formed by a Swedish rebellion, a little earl and two Hanseatic cities was like this. ? "
Princess Elizabeth, who was only 18 years old, did not dare to refute, but just cried there. She also knew that her father accused her husband of no reason. Therefore, she could only bear the anger of her husband in silence.
After that, Joachim I, who was angry, also called back the 9 thousand mercenaries he had originally sent, and planned to dismiss ...
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Wittenberg, after expelling the Danish messenger who came to send diplomatic documents, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, fell into thought ...
After Frederick III gradually extinguished his anger, he always felt something was wrong. This is because the Danish King Hans issued such a diplomatic document, which is completely death, and will make Denmark lose all the way to aid.
In order to verify his conjecture, Frederick III sent a messenger, through the post system, rushed to Berlin non-stop, and asked whether Joakim I received a similar diplomatic document ...
A few days later, Frederick III got a positive answer ...
As the most wise existence of the Seven Electors, Frederick III quickly figured out the reason-he knew that the Danish capital Copenhagen must have fallen. Moreover, it was impossible for Hans himself to issue this diplomatic document. The greatest possibility was the three-nation coalition that occupied Copenhagen. The purpose is to irritate himself and Joachim I. Then, cut off the idea of sending troops with Joachim I to help Denmark ...
After thinking about this, Frederick III had intended to send the 10,000 mercenaries recalled back. But, soon, he gave up this plan ...
why? Now that Copenhagen has fallen, it will be of no avail for this support squad not to be sent out. At this time, sending reinforcements in the past will face the three-nation coalition with the highest morale. Coupled with the disadvantage of quantity, reinforcements will have no chance.
Moreover, the two electors originally sent reinforcements, not for the purpose of just facing the coalition forces with the three countries, but for helping to guard the Zealand and Copenhagen.
Now that Copenhagen has fallen, there is no need to send reinforcements anymore ...
As for the reasons for not sending reinforcements, the alliance of the three countries has helped them find a good one. Obviously, the insulting diplomatic document will be the biggest excuse for not sending reinforcements ...
Elector Frederick III of Saxony can use the excuse of "insult" to respond to the accusations of the Danes afterwards. Moreover, you can in turn blame each other ...
Even though the Danes later found the problem ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and explained it clearly. By then, the war had ended for a long time. In that way, the electorate of Saxony will perfectly avoid this unworthy battle that has no chance of winning and is likely to offend the Hanseatic League.
Because of relying on the support of Joachim I who was also the elector in the future Imperial Parliament, Frederick III sent his conjecture to Berlin by secret letter.
After seeing the secret letter, Joachim I thought for a long time, and also made the decision to pretend not to see the conspiracy of the League of Four. In this way, the Brandenburg electorate can also avoid head-on conflict with the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic League ...
Although it is said that the electorate of Saxony and the electorate of Brandenburg are united, they may not necessarily lose to the League of Four. However, there is no certainty of winning. If there is no victory, the offended Lübeck and Hamburg will inevitably call on the Hanseatic League to impose economic sanctions on the two countries. When the time comes, not only will the two monarchs fail to receive sufficient business tax, and in the future they will be short of money, and no one will lend to them. Because, the big merchants who usually lend to those big nobles come from the Hanseatic League ...
Finally, Joakim I, like Frederick III, also used the excuse of "insulted by the King of Denmark" as an excuse to recall the 9,000 mercenaries that were finally put together and was dismissed on the spot ...
In this way, without Marin's knowledge, the two diplomatic documents made out of a moment of bad taste made Marin avoid the battle with the 19,000 reinforcements sent by the two Electors.
At the same time, Elector Frederick III of Saxony and Joachim I of Brandenburg, are also fortunate-Xin Xi has endorsed his own diplomatic document that insulted him, otherwise he really did not escape. Excuse. After all, the two countries and Denmark are in-law allies ...
