When Marin took over the Bishopric of Münster and the Bishopric of Osnabrück with a large army, the Duchy of Guedes also prepared an army of tens of thousands to fight to the death with George, Duke of Saxony. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, no longer hides his strength, but exerts his main force. After much probing, Charles II discovered that George, Duke of Saxony, was a straw bale. Moreover, the garrison of the Duchy of Saxony in West Friesland, because of its penchant for burning and looting in the area, was also very unpopular.

As a shrewd prince, Charles II had already begun to train elite troops. Although, he did not explicitly send people to the Eastern Friesian Lamber Kingdom to learn the Marin phalanx. However, Charles II sent his generals to prepare a half-finished phalanx according to the characteristics of the Marin phalanx. Moreover, Charles II hired 3,000 Swiss mercenaries from Switzerland. So much so that later Charles II simply chose to learn the Swiss phalanx.

Why? Because Charles II discovered a problem, that is, the Marin phalanx was very gunpowder-intensive and very uneconomical. Moreover, the procurement of gunpowder was also difficult.

Moreover, on the basis of the fact that Marin did not defeat the Swiss, the prestige of the Swiss phalanx and the Marin phalanx is about the same. Although Gonzalo defeated the French in Italy with the Marin phalanx, no one thought that the Marin phalanx would necessarily outperform the Swiss phalanx. Because, in the French army, Swiss mercenaries accounted for only a small part.

Therefore, the army of Gedes in the hands of Charles II now generally uses the Swiss spear formation, plus some auxiliary units that use halberds and hammers. And, of course, some artillery. After all, now artillery is an excellent weapon for breaking formations and breaking cities.

The Duchy of Gedes is located in the most fertile percussive plain at the mouth of the Rhine, and the soil here is very fertile because the water of the Rhine upstream brings a lot of rich material.

In this era when manure was generally unpractical, Europeans basically relied on the fertility of the land. The Duchy of Gedes, which occupies the fertile impact plains of the lower Rhine, is naturally a fertile land.

Moreover, in this era, most of the aristocracy relied on land to maintain their expenses. In this way, the Duke of Guedes, who owned fertile land, became a nobleman with a very good financial situation. After all, without the use of manure, the yield of rye in the Principality of Guedes generally reached more than 150 pounds per mu, and a small number of fields even reached 180 pounds per mu.

Best of all, when Charles, the Duke of Burgundy, the bold, captured the Duchy of Guedes, he slaughtered a large number of nobles who were not convinced. As a result, when Charles II took over the Duchy of Guedes in 1492, many of the estates of the nobles who had been killed also fell into his hands. The fertile land, combined with the relative concentration of land, gave rise to the wealthy Charles II, Duke of Guedes.

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

The main force of the front line of the Ten Thousand Geddes, plus the 3,000 West Frisian Resistance led by the former Governor of West Friesland, Fyskefrijheid, and the Baron of Leeuwarden, Ztel, the Duke of Geddes suddenly had 13,000 men.

When ready, Charles II marched his army to the northern border, ready to enter West Frisland. As long as you contact Marin's side, you can do it at any time.

But to Charles II's dismay, when he gathered his army and sent people to contact Marin, Marin went south with a large army to take over the Bishopric of Münster.

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

The Bishopric of Münster, that's a very large country. Just because Marin sent troops to support the new pope and helped the Holy See defeat an Italian vassal state, the Holy See rewarded him with such a large area of the Münster Episcopal States.

You know, the Bishopric of Münster is almost twice the size of the Duchy of Gedes. Although the land is not as fertile as the Duchy of Godes, the total area makes up for the difference......

Because he brought enough men and horses, Marin actually quickly took control of the Bishopric of Münster. However, Marin has always refused to leave the Bishopric of Münster, in addition to waiting for news from the Holy See, and then joining forces with Bishop Conrad to trap the Münster Church, and also to avoid Charles II, Duke of Geddes.

After all, he had just received such a great benefit from the Bishopric of Münster, and he was already jealous. If he led his troops to attack West Frisland, controlled by George, Duke of Saxony, at this time, it would be easy to be caught by the handles and beaten by the jealous princes.

Therefore, in the face of the invitation of Charles II, Duke of Guedes, to join forces to attack West Friesland, Marin pretended that the side of the Bishopate of Münster had not yet been completed, and stayed in Münster City......

After several attempts to no avail, Charles II finally realized that Marin could not be counted on. Fortunately, after the Swissification of the army of the Duchy of Godes, its combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Swissified Guedes army was very restrained by the heavy cavalry, the proudest of the Saxons......

As a result, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, who was already ready to fly, asked Fyskefrijheid, the former governor of West Friesland, and Ztel, the Baron of Leeuwarden, to re-establish the banner of recovering West Friesland, and with 3,000 West Frisian resistance troops and 10,000 elite Swissified Geddes troops, they once again invaded the south of West Friesland......

The attack of 13,000 men was terrifying, and the army of Geddes easily swept through the small southern towns of West Friesland before besieging Leeuwarden.

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

Presumably, George thought that the West Frisian Resistance Army was no longer in the background. That's why I let my guard down.

At this time, most of George's Saxon army in West Frisland was placed in the Hanseatic city of Groningen in the east. Moreover, of the original 10,000 horses, 3,000 heavy cavalry have been withdrawn to the mainland.

That is, 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, only 1,000 defenders were stationed......

In the face of such a good opportunity, how could the Geddes army let it go? Under the command of Charles II's number one general, Bonitz, the Gedes army launched 20 heavy guns as a gift from Marin and began to bombard the oak gates of Leeuwarden......

The next day, the gate of Leeuwarden, which was blasted out of the big hole, was directly blown open......

After the city was broken, the 1,000 defenders in the city were naturally ruthlessly wiped out. In this way, the army of Guedes easily occupied Leeuwarden. Ostensibly, of course, it was the former Governor of West Friesland, Fyskefrijheid, and the Baron of Leeuwarden, Ztel, as their administrators. But in reality, the control is all in the hands of the Guedes.

Next, the ship of the Duchy of Godes, in the port of Harlingen, west of Leeuwarden, unloaded the four large iron gates given by Marin, and with the efforts of many people, the large iron gates were transported to Leeuwarden with great difficulty and installed. In this way, the city of Levarden is once again impregnable......