In fact, until now, the army of the Habsburgs and the allied forces of the princes have been in a state of fighting each other, and they have not completely torn their faces.

Although the two sides have fought a big fight before, both sides say that the other is at fault and their own side is a passive reaction. Until now, the League of Princes and the Habsburgs are still arguing with each other about the right and wrong of the ambush in the Kostal Valley, accusing each other of being at fault in the first place.

In fact, both sides are very aggrieved, and they both want to kill each other, but they are both jealous.

What are they afraid of? The fear of the Habsburgs was simple - they were afraid that the French would stab them in the back if they allied with the princes. Therefore, it was clear that the army was superior to the opponent, and Frenzberg did not dare to let go of the attack on the alliance of princes. After all, the more than 20,000 Swiss Resistance troops outside Lucerne, including many of France's elite, are no joke.

And the jealousy of the coalition of princes is even simpler - the French have not yet come down personally......

Originally, Frederick III and the princes had been persuading Louis XII to send the main force of France and join the princes to destroy the main force of the Habsburgs in Switzerland. In this way, the Habsburgs would be in a state of collapse and would no longer have the ability to threaten the princes.

At first, Louis XII was indeed tempted and planned to mobilize a large army to cooperate with the alliance of the princes. However, Marin mistakenly sent John (now called John. Baron Lafite) went to France. Under John's deception, Louis XII believed the claim that volcanic ash was an important fertilizer. Then, I went to Italy with all my heart.

Moreover, John's statement is also very correct - if France, a large agricultural country, gets enough volcanic ash fertilizer, it will be extremely financially powerful in the future, and it will explode as many soldiers and horses as it wants. In addition, Spain is now deep in Morocco and cannot bring out its full strength. At this time, it is indeed the best time to seize Italy......

Therefore, the greatest expectation of the alliance of princes, Louis XII, was busy marching into Italy at this time, where would he care about the life and death of these German princes?

However, Louis XII was kind enough not to evacuate the French elite of the "Swiss Resistance" outside Lucerne. Otherwise, the alliance of princes would have been finished.

But for the sake of secrecy and to avoid arousing the alarm of the Spaniards, Louis XII was very unkind and did not inform the German princes of the truth. Therefore, until now, the princes of the alliance of princes, such as Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, were still kept in the dark, not knowing that the French had long since abandoned their plan to join forces with them against the Habsburgs......

And without the support of the French army, the alliance of princes did not dare to completely tear their faces with Emperor Maximilian I at this time. Therefore, the two sides are still in the stage of arguing with each other, but neither of them is willing to retreat. At the same time, they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, lest the situation get out of control.

So, when Frenzberg came to Basel with an army of 20,000, Frederick III and the other princes were surprised - the emperor was crazy?

The reason why they thought that the emperor did not dare to take the initiative to attack was because they knew that behind them, there were still the princes of the church who occupied half of Germany......

These ecclesiastical princes had mixed feelings, on the one hand, they were generally neutral. After all, for the princes of the church, making money comes first. In any case, the bishopric position is not hereditary. In general, when bishops ascended to the throne, they devoted themselves to making money, and their diplomatic attitude was relatively moderate compared to that of secular princes.

But at the same time, most of the church princes were actually born into secular princely families. So, many times, they would also stand with the secular princes against the Habsburgs. But, in general, they don't end up. Only when the situation is critical, will these church princes take the initiative to tear them apart.

In other words, if the Habsburgs defeated the coalition of princes, the princes of the church might not be able to resist jumping out and sending troops together against the emperor. In addition, if the Habsburg family has too much advantage, France on the border will not ignore it......

Therefore, Frederick III and other princes believed that the Habsburgs would not easily send troops without absolute certainty. Otherwise, if you force the princes of the church and the French out, it will be a great pleasure.

However, now the Habsburgs did indeed send troops, which puzzled Frederick III and others. Moreover, the other side only dispatched 20,000 people, which seemed to be insufficient to defeat the 37,000 troops of the princes' coalition. Therefore, the princes were full of bewilderment......

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But soon, the princes of the alliance of princes knew why the Habsburgs had such a change - urgent information came from the north, the Grand Duke of the North Sea Kingdom Marin was lucky to survive the shipwreck, and after returning home, with the strength of two legions, plus the army of the third army that rebelled and surrendered in the east, defeated the army of more than 40,000 of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries. Then, Marin's guy not only quickly captured 8 vassal states, but also led an army of 40,000 to the south at this time......

"Why was the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms defeated? Aren't they more than 40,000 people? No matter how powerful Marin is, the Second Legion composed of the First Legion and new recruits will not be able to defeat them! Tell me, what's going on? "Frederick III was concerned about the situation in the north. Because, as the deputy leader of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, is his brother-in-law......

"That's right, Your Honorable Elector, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms originally planned to use half of the money and grain worth 2 million gold coins they had snatched from Oldenburg to buy Steindorff of the Third Legion. However, later, because the old nobles of the Bremen province of the North Sea Kingdom formed a private army of 7,000 nobles to help in the war. Then, the two Dukes of Henry of the Eight-Nation Alliance, deciding that there was no need to pay Steindorff any longer, canceled the promised heavy bribes, and sent 10,000 conscripts to defend the Elbe to prevent the Third Army from crossing it...... Seeming, this move angered Steindorff. Then, Steindorff returned to the Beihai Army with the Third Army and raided the allied forces of the Eight Princes from the rear, resulting in a great defeat of the Allied Army of the Eight Princes...... "The secret agent sent to the north to inquire about the news reported in detail.

In fact, this news was deliberately spread by Marin. After all, Steindorf's rebellion had to be justified. Otherwise, the princes would suspect that Marin deliberately set it up.

Moreover, after Baron Ginter led 7,000 Bremen nobles to join the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, the two Dukes of Henry did rely on the huge amount of money and food that they had planned to bribe Steindorff, and sent 10,000 levies to defend the Elbe...... And this just found the best excuse for Steindorff to "rebel and surrender......

Frederick III was so angry that he shook off the porcelain teacup:

"Are these two guys pigs? For the sake of money, he angered Steindorff. If we take the North Sea Country, Orich's money and food alone will be too much to use! ”

However, not all princes could see the big picture as Frederick III. At least, the two Duke Henry of the Welf family couldn't do it. After all, half of the money and grain of Oldenburg City is 1 million gold coins......

Of course, even if the two Dukes of Henry were willing to give up, it would be useless. Because, that in itself, it was a bureau set up by Marin in order to trap them......

"So, the 40,000 troops of the North Sea Kingdom that went south this time, in addition to the First Army and the Third Army, the Second Army of Jutland was also established? The other 10,000 are the recruits of the new Second Legion? Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, asked.

The secret agent in charge of finding out the news said in a deep voice:

"No, it is said that the 10,000 recruits were left in the country. In addition to the original 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legions, there is also the 6th legion that has just returned to the Beihai Kingdom. It is said that after hearing that Marin returned alive, the original Sixth Legion also returned from Scotland......"

"Shhh......h

"What does he want to do? Could it be that ...... "thought of the 20,000 Habsburg troops outside Basel, who behaved erratically, and all the princes present changed their faces......

If there was only the army of the Habsburgs, the princes were not very afraid. Because, if those church princes are stimulated, everyone will join forces to send troops, and they will not be afraid of the Habsburgs at all. Moreover, the Habsburg army did not have a great advantage, and they could have held out until the army of the princes of the church arrived.

But the problem is - if Marin comes in with 40,000 elite soldiers, then the problem is big......

After all, the combat power of Marin's Beihai State army is there. Most of the veterans of the First and Second Legions of the Beihai State are veterans of more than ten years, and their combat effectiveness is very good. With these 40,000 troops, plus the Habsburg army, it was as easy as fun to destroy the coalition of princes. Even if the princes of the church are killed, I am afraid it will be too late to rescue them. Because, it also takes time for the princes of the church to gather their soldiers and horses. And Marin's strong army has already made a beeline for Switzerland......

Probably, before the princes of the Church could gather an army to save them, they would become Marin's prisoners......

Therefore, at this moment, many princes were full of fear in their hearts......

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