Chapter 259: West Frisian war is on again

When Marin took the army to take over the Diocese of Münster and Bishop of Osnabruck, west, the Principality of Geddes also prepared tens of thousands of troops, planning to fight against Duke George of Saxony.

This time, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, no longer hides his strength, but does his best. After many trials, Charles II discovered that George, Duke of Saxony, was a straw bag. Moreover, the garrison of the Principality of Saxony in West Friesland, because it likes to burn and loot locally, is also very unpopular.

As a shrewd prince, Charles II had already started training elite troops. Although, he did not explicitly send someone to study the Marin Phalanx in East Friesland. However, the generals dispatched by Charles II, based on the characteristics of the Marin phalanx, compiled the semi-finished phalanx. Moreover, Charles II hired three thousand Swiss mercenaries from Switzerland. So much so that Charles II simply chose to study the Swiss phalanx.

Why? Because Charles II discovered a problem, that is-Marin Phalanx is very expensive and very uneconomical. Moreover, procurement of gunpowder is also very difficult.

Moreover, on the basis that Marin has not beaten the Swiss, the Swiss phalanx and the Marin phalanx have the same reputation. Although Gonzalo defeated the French army with the Marin phalanx in Italy, no one thought that the Marin phalanx would definitely beat the Swiss phalanx. Because, in the French army, Swiss mercenaries only account for a small part.

Therefore, the Geddes army currently in the hands of Charles II is generally used by the Swiss spear array, plus some auxiliary arms using halberds and hammers. Of course, there are some artillery. After all, artillery is now a great weapon for breaking formations and cities.

The Duchy of Geddes is located on the most fertile impact plain of the estuary of the Rhine. The soil here is very fertile because the upstream Rhine water brings a lot of rich materials.

In this era of generally unpractical manure, European farming basically depends on whether the land is fertile. The Principality of Geddes, occupying the fertile impact plain on the lower Rhine, is naturally a fertile land.

Moreover, in this era, most nobles depended on land output to maintain their expenses. As a result, the Duke of Geddes, who owns fertile land, became a noble with a very good financial situation. After all, without the use of manure, the yield of rye in the Principality of Geddes generally reached more than 150 pounds per mu, and a small part of the farmland even reached 180 pounds per mu.

Best of all, when the Duke of Burgundy boldly captured the Principality of Geddes, a large number of disobedient nobles of Geddes were killed. This also led to the fact that when Charles II took over the Principality of Geddes in 1492, many of the land products of the noble Geds aristocracy were killed in his hands. The fertile land, combined with the relative concentration of land, created Charles II, the rich Duke of Geddes.

Therefore, Charles II had the money to hire tens of thousands of troops ...

The main force of the tens of thousands of Gede Division, together with the 3000 West Frisian Resistance Army led by the former Governor of West Friesland Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zütle of Leeuwarden, the Duke of Gede Division suddenly had 13,000.

When ready, Charles II pulled the army to the northern border, ready to kill West Friesland. As long as you contact Marin, you can start anytime.

What makes Charles II depressed is that when he gathered the army and sent someone to contact Marin, Marin took the army south and took over the bishopric of Münster.

This made Charles II so desperate that he wanted to vomit blood, and he was crazy with jealousy ...

Bishop of Munster, that is a very large country. Just because Marin sent troops to support the new Pope, and helped the Holy See to lay down an Italian princehood, the Holy See rewarded him with such a large area of ​​Bishop of Münster.

You know, the area of ​​the Bishop of Münster is almost twice as large as the Duchy of Geddes. Although the land is not as fertile as the Principality of Geddes, the total area makes up the gap ...

Because there were enough people, Marin soon took control of the Bishop of Münster. However, Marin has always refused to leave the Bishop of Münster. In addition to waiting for news from the Holy See, he and the Conrad joined together to pit a church in Münster. Meaning.

After all, I have just been so envious of the benefits of the Bishop of Munster. If at this time take troops to attack West Friesland controlled by George, Duke of Saxony, it is easy to be grabbed by the handle, and be jointly beaten by the envious princes.

Therefore, in the face of the invitation of Duke Charles II of Geddes to attack West Friesland, Marin pretended to be the Bishop of Muenster and he hadn't done it yet.

After sending someone to urge several times to no avail, Charles II finally realized that Marin couldn't count on it. Fortunately, after the army of the Principality of Geddes was Swissized, the combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Swiss army of Gede Si is very restrained by the Saxons' most proud heavy cavalry ...

Therefore, Charles II, the Duke of Geddes who had already struck the string, let the former Governor of West Frisian Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zwitter of Leeuwarden replay the banner of recovering West Friesland, carrying 3000 West Frisian Resistance Army And 10,000 elite Swiss-style Geddes army, once again invaded the south of West Friesland ...

The attack power of the 13,000 troops was very terrible. The Geddes army easily swept through the small southern town of West Friesland and then surrounded Leeuwarden.

Fortunately for the Gede people, George, Duke of Saxony, did not change the iron gate for Leeuwarden ...

Probably, George thinks that the West Frisian Resistance Army is out of climate. Therefore, he only relaxed his vigilance.

At this time, George placed most of the Saxony army in West Friesland ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ in the eastern Hanseatic city of Groningen. Moreover, the original 10,000 horses, 3,000 heavy cavalry have been withdrawn to the homeland.

In other words, at this time in West Friesland, the Saxon army had only 7,000 men and only 500 heavy cavalry. As for the city of Leeuwarden, there are only 1,000 defenders stationed ...

Faced with such a good opportunity, would the Geddes army let it go? Under the command of Charles II, the number one general under the command of Charles II, the Geddes army launched 20 heavy guns donated by Marin and began bombarding Leeuwarden's oak city gate ...

The next day, the Leeuwarden Gate, which was blown out of the big hole, was directly blown away ...

After breaking the city, the 1,000 defenders in the city were naturally ruthlessly eliminated. In this way, the Gede Si army easily captured Leeuwarden. Of course, on the surface, the former governor of West Friesland, Fyskefrijheid and Baron Leeuwarden Ztre, were the managers. But in fact, the control is all in the hands of the Gede Si.

Next, the ship of the Principality of Geddes unloaded the four large iron doors donated by Marin at the port of Harlingen, west of Leeuwarden. It was shipped to Leeuwarden and installed. In this way, Leeuwarden City is solid again ...