The Rise of the European Emperor

Gelden, the capital of the Duchy of Geddes, Duke Charles II is feasting on the 9 former Frisian nobles in exile in Geddes and the commander-in-chief of the West Frisian Resistance Army, Sivag.

At the beginning of the year, after learning of the death of Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, was overjoyed. Before, he had always coveted West Friesland occupied by the Principality of Saxony. However, photographed in the great reputation and powerful personal ability of Duke Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, Charles II did not dare to have too much action. Even though the Saxon coalition was defeated by Marin, Charles II felt that the opportunity came, but he did not publicly express his coveted intentions to West Friesland, but began to secretly accumulate power for the future.

As an opponent, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, naturally investigated the Duke of Saxony up and down. Therefore, Charles II was well aware that Duke Albrecht had strong personal abilities and prestige, but his heir, Prince George, was a straw bag.

Is not to say how bad George is, but that he is indeed a straw bag compared with Duke Albrecht. Although the Duke of Albrecht is only the Duke of the Principality of Saxony, with his prestige and means, he can gather the nobles of the Saxony family under his command, which is more powerful than the election of Frederick, the first noble of the Saxony family . In fact, Frederick's presidential election should be the leader of the Saxon nobility. However, Duke Albrecht was the uncle of Frederick's election and was an elder. Moreover, Duke Albrecht is more prestigious than Frederick's election. Therefore, the nobles of the Saxony family were actually headed by the Duke of Saxony. And Frederick's election to the emperor, he still has to listen to his uncle.

However, after the death of Duke Albrecht, the situation has changed dramatically. As soon as the old duke died, Frederick's electorate took over the position of leader of the Saxon aristocracy. George, the new Duke of Saxony, is of average ability and prestige, and legally, his status is also shorter than that of his cousin. Therefore, the death of Duke Albrecht shows that the Saxon family has the right to speak again from the Principality of Saxony to the Electorate of Saxony.

Furthermore, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, was also a very wise ruler. Before, because of his youth, no uncle Duke Albrecht had high prestige. Therefore, the light of Frederick III was masked.

But in fact, Frederick III of the election of Saxony was a very wise and wise ruler. Martin Luther, the religious reformer who made waves in Germany more than a decade later, actually took refuge in the election of Frederick. However, Frederick's Grand Elector was very clever. Although he sheltered Martin Luther, he used his superb political skills and later the powerful Emperor Charles V to deal with it, so that the electorate of Saxony did not tear his face with Charles V. However, after his death, his successor tore his face with Charles V, and led to the election of the Saxon monarchy, which originally belonged to the family branch, by Charles V to the descendant of the Duke of Albrecht. Members of Changzhi were abolished as nobles and reduced to ordinary people.

Right now, Frederick's election is 37 years old. He has enough wisdom and rich experience. After the death of his uncle, he naturally took over the leadership of the Saxony aristocracy. And George, the son of the Duke of Albrecht, although 29 years old this year, is still very young in politics. Even before, George and his cousin Frederick were very unhappy.

The reason is actually very simple. George is a big-hearted guy. Before, Duke Albrecht snatched the leadership of the Saxon aristocracy, which led to the expansion of George's self-confidence, thinking that the Principality of Saxony was the core of the Saxon aristocracy. Therefore, he looked down on his cousin Frederick's election. Even after being drunk for a while, George still pointed out the contempt and look down on the nose of Frederick III, the election of Saxony.

This matter, when Duke Albrecht was alive, Frederick's election would naturally pretend not to care. However, now that Duke Albrecht has passed away, Frederick's electorate also regained the leadership of the Saxon nobility. Well, at this time, it is difficult to say ...

After hearing the news, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, believes that from now on, if the new Duke of Saxony, George, conflicts with others, he will not be able to use the power of the entire Saxony aristocracy. Because, not only did he not have the leadership of the Saxony aristocracy, nor did he have that prestige and ability ...

Plus, George used to offend Frederick the Elector. If the Principality of Geddes and the Principality of Saxony were at war at this time, neither Frederick would elect to support George. Even if it is supported, it will be very limited and will not be fully supported.

In fact, Charles II's judgment was very accurate. Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, as a wise man, would never bet on the interests of the entire Saxony aristocracy to help the Principality of Saxony expand its territory. Before, Albrecht, the old Duke of Saxony, was his uncle and had a high prestige. He had no choice. Now, George, who did not deal with him, became the Duke of Saxony. Then, the electorate of Saxony will no longer unconditionally support the Principality of Saxony ...

In the original history, things did develop in this way. After Charles II launched an attack on West Friesland, the election of Saxony Hou Frederick III did not support Duke George. This also caused Duke George to be forced by the Duchy of Geddes and finally sold West Friesland to Charles V.

You know, that is the original history. In the original history, the Principality of Saxony did not have the presence of Marin, nor did it have such a super defeated battle. Although George attempted to defeat East Friesland in 1516, it was just a matter of defeat. Although he did not capture East Friesland, he did not lose much.

In this time and space, because of the emergence of Marin, the Principality of Saxony suffered a huge loss, not only lost a lot of people, but also lost 1 million gold coins.

Because of huge compensation, the Principality of Saxony now has financial difficulties for several years. Without money, the army can't afford it.

Therefore, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, looked at this opportunity and decided to launch it ahead of time, beating the new Duke of Saxony George by surprise.

Therefore, Charles II invited nine large nobles from the former Frisian Republic to encourage them to play the vanguard and attack West Friesland.

After all, now the Frisian Resistance Army, with 3,000 soldiers and horses, is considered a strong force. Moreover, the Frisian Resistance Army commander Silvag had learned modern military command methods from Marin. Although Siwag did not learn the entire Spanish square matrix, he also learned a lot of basic methods such as modern queue training. Under his training, the fighting capacity of the 3000 Frisian Resistance Army was not weak, although it was not comparable to the army under Marin, but it was also stronger than that of the general princely army.

Charles II, Duke of Geddess, wanted to annex West Friesland. The original nine Frisian nobles were actually obstacles. However, in the present situation, it is the best choice to support the nine former Frisian nobles and the death of Duke George.

In this way, Charles II himself can completely hide behind the scenes and let these 9 guys attract everyone's attention. Of course, relying on these 3,000 people is not enough to confront the Principality of Saxony.

Therefore, at the banquet, Charles II made it clear that he was willing to send 5,000 soldiers, join the war as a mercenary, fight under the banner of the Frisian Resistance Army, and fight the Saxon army with the Frisian Resistance Army.

At present, due to financial difficulties, the garrison of the Principality of Saxony in West Friesland has been reduced to 3,000 people ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ and most of them are stationed in the eastern capital of Groningen.

3000 Frisian Resistance Army, together with 5,000 horses from the Principality of Geddes, a total of 8000 people, can definitely win the western region of West Friesland in a short time and control the western town of Leeuwarden.

As long as Leeuwarden is won, the Frisian Resistance Army will have enough capital to confront and confront the Principality of Saxony ...

It is no better than it used to be. The Principality of Saxony not only lost the wicked old duke, but also had financial difficulties and could not gather enough troops again.

If the number of troops coming to suppress is not enough, the 8000 coalition forces of the Frisian Resistance Army and the Gede Division are enough to compete with the Principality of Saxony ...

In front of nine former Frisian aristocrats, the cunning Charles II disguised as a kind-hearted aristocrat who expressed a sense of justice, saying that the Principality of Geddes helped West Friesland completely in justice. If you change to other cunning nobles, or Marin's servant, you will never believe this rhetoric.

However, the nine Frisian nobles in exile may have been under the care of Charles II, and with IQ owed, they actually believed that Charles II helped them out of good intentions. Although Siwag did n’t feel right, all nine bosses believed that Charles II, others said nothing, and there was no way ...

After the banquet, the Frisian Resistance Commander Siwag directly left Galden on the orders of nine former Frisian nobles and went to the Frisian Resistance Army station in the north of the Principality of Geddes to prepare for the dispatch of troops. With him, there are 5000 Gede Si army. It's just that these 5,000 people have put on the traditional costumes of the Frisians (the army generally did not have uniform military uniforms in this era, and they all wore their national costumes), and played the banner of the Frisian Resistance Army ...