However, Archduke Alexander did not completely bet on Marin. Therefore, the Foreign Minister Bereski, who had been instructed by Grand Duke Alexander, although he brought people to give Marin a strong momentum, was still kind to the German princes in the city of Worms, and he did not look at the slightest appearance that he had come to help these opponents, Marin.

If he was 100% supportive, the most correct thing for Beressky to do at this time would be to refuse the hospitality of the German princes in the city of Worms, and then go directly to the villages outside the city to join Marin.

However, Beresky did not do this, but first accepted the hospitality of the princes of the city, and the next day he took people to join Marin.

For Beresky's move, Marin was naturally a little dissatisfied. However, he was also well aware of the indecisive and fearful character of the Grand Duke Alexander. It's good that the other party can do this.

Beresky came with more than 9,000 horses, and although he did not stand clearly on his side at the beginning, he came to propose his relatives after all. What does it mean to propose? Naturally, it's a political marriage! And marriage is equivalent to an alliance. From then on, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were the allies of East Friesland.

There are two big powers, Poland and Lithuania, on their side, and those princes, when they are at odds with themselves, will also weigh and weigh. After all, Poland and Lithuania can also pull out tens of thousands of elite troops, and their strength is very strong.

The only thing the princes could threaten Marin was to form a coalition to fight it. But if the religious princes did not participate, the German secular princes would have been able to organize an army of more than 100,000 if they had survived. Among them, there are many conscripts who have little combat effectiveness.

If it is against Marin's army of 30,000 or 40,000, there may be a slight chance of victory. However, if Poland and Lithuania had allied themselves with Marin, it would have been different......

Marin's army is strong after all, and if the coalition forces want to win, they must concentrate all their armies against Marin's army. However, if Poland and Lithuania organized tens of thousands of elites to attack the coalition forces from the rear at this time, the coalition forces could easily be defeated......

However, to the princes' relief, Bereski's actions seemed to show that Poland and Lithuania were not the staunchest supporters of Marin, and that they did not stand firmly on Marin's side at the outset.

Moreover, what made Marin vomit blood a little was that Beressky and the army he led did not stay in Worms for long. After making a public and high-profile engagement with Marin, Bereski left Worms with more than 9,000 horses and returned home......

Marin was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, and the princes of Worms celebrated as if they had won some terrible victory.

Marin's strength alone is certainly strong, but it can't completely frighten the German princes. After all, everyone is united and is not afraid of Marin.

However, if you add Poland and Lithuania, two large European countries, everyone has little confidence. Moreover, if the nearly 10,000 horses led by Beressky and the 10,000 army of Marin were combined, the strength was extremely strong, and it also brought great psychological pressure to the princes in the city.

But now, Beresky has left with more than 9,000 soldiers and horses, and the pressure on the princes has been reduced by half at once, and they are naturally very happy. On the other hand, Marin is depressed.

But it's no wonder, because the Lithuanian Grand Duke Alexander's plans were originally different from Marin's......

Marin intended to use force to intimidate the princes and force them to agree to his plan, so that he could succeed as king of Norway and cede large tracts of land from the electors of Saxony and Brandenburg.

The plan of the Archduke Alexander was to show strong force and openly marry Marin, so that those German princes would not dare to easily form a coalition to crusade against Marin.

In other words, Marin's intention was to deter and subdue the princes, while Archduke Alexander's intention was to keep Marin...... The purpose of the two is different, and naturally, the practice is inconsistent.

Moreover, Grand Duke Alexander also had his own little abacus. He was reluctant to intervene in the German Civil War, so his men came to show off and left Worms.

If you can scare those German princes, it is best, if you can't scare, those German princes still form an alliance to crusade against Marin, Archduke Alexander may not really be willing to send troops to help Marin. He will observe for a while, if Marin successfully withstands the attack of the coalition army or even has the upper hand, then he will send troops to help Marin defeat the coalition army; If Marin can't withstand the coalition forces, then he won't send troops at all, and even the marriage contract will be annulled......

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In fact, the courtship led by Beresky did frighten many princes. Previously, many princes were clamoring to form an alliance to attack Marin. But since the appearance of nearly 10,000 troops from Poland and Lithuania, the princes have not talked much about forming a coalition army.

Of course, the princes did not abandon the use of diplomacy. Although they can't use force, they are still very good at quarreling. If they can't do it on the battlefield, they can fight for it through joint quarrels......

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As time passed, the princes invited by Marin also rushed to Worms. The two Grand Councillors of Lübeck and Hamburg, as well as representatives of many imperial cities, also arrived. The Austrian and Dutch nobles led by Emperor Maximilian I, as well as the Swabian princes, also arrived. The leader of the team was none other than the emperor himself.

Maximilian I still attached great importance to this negotiation, because it was a good opportunity to strike a blow at the anti-imperial alliance. The princes were clearly opposed to Marin, but in fact they were opposed to him, Maximilian I.

If Marin suffers a loss in this negotiation, then the princes of the anti-imperial alliance will be arrogant. In the future, their momentum will come up and suppress the emperor's faction even more.

On the other hand, if this negotiation is Marindeli, then the princes of the anti-imperial alliance will be suppressed and it will be difficult to continue to grow.

Therefore, in this negotiation, supporting Marin is actually supporting himself. The emperor, who wanted to understand this, naturally went out and brought all the princes of his faction to come and cheer for Marin.

But strangely, after His Majesty the Emperor and the princes of his faction, as well as the representatives of the Imperial City, arrived, Marin still did not enter the city to participate in the negotiations, but pretended to be sick in the village......

Only Marin and Archbishop Jacob of Mainz knew that Marin was waiting for the representative of the Holy See......

A few days later, a team from Rome arrived outside Worms. However, the leader is not the cardinal that Marin is looking forward to, but ......

"What? His Holiness the Pope in person? "All the princes in the city of Worms, including Emperor Maximilian I, were shocked. Then they got up and ran to the gates of the city to greet His Majesty the Pope. Even Maximilian I had to go and greet him personally......

Although, in theory, the pope is in charge of ecclesiastical affairs, and the emperor is in charge of secular affairs. However, the emperor needed a pope to be crowned. It just so happened that Maximilian I had not yet been officially crowned by the Pope. So, now Maximilian I had to curry favor with the pope......

And Marin was also shocked when he learned that the Pope's father had come since his arrival in the village outside the city. So, he stopped pretending to be sick, jumped up from the bed, quickly got dressed, and went to the gate of Worms City with his attendants to meet his father-in-law...... 8)