Human greed knows no bounds, and the actions of the two dead tyrants of the Welf family deepened Marin's understanding of this sentence.

It is said that the two dukes of Henry of the Welf family, one of whom has a large silver mine and directly produces money, and the other who has the salt mining city of Lüneburg, are not bad lords. However, when they heard that the Beihai country had a advantage to take advantage of, they all rushed to it.

Of course, Marin himself is not a good thing, and he is also a greedy guy. He is just a small prince, and he actually wants to monopolize the North American continent and dominate Germany, but he is also very greedy......

Therefore, he despised the two Duke Henry, and he also laughed at fifty steps and a hundred steps. It's just that he has a lot of cards in his hand and has enough confidence. Unlike the two Duke Henry, they are purely greedy and hot-headed.

Except for the two Duchy of Braunschweig that took the lead, the rest are a little unmentionable. For example, there are only a few hundred square kilometers of the country of Gelldon remaining. There were also the Counts of Lipber and Ravensburg, which had been mixed with the Welf family, and the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg, which was moved by Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, and the Counts of Teklenburg, whose entire territory was surrounded by the Münster region.

It's just that the strength of the remaining five small countries is not so strong. 5 countries, a total of more than 20,000 people, is the same as the soldiers and horses of the two Duchy of Brunswick. Although the Duchy of Saxony-Raunburg is also claimed to be a principality, it is only more than 1,000 square kilometers, which is about the same size as an ordinary Shell State. If it weren't for the fact that there was an old Stocknitz Canal in the territory for Hanseatic merchants to transport salt, and they could collect a little toll, it is estimated that they would be too poor to open the pot.

Needless to say, the hatred with Marin is great. After all, people used to be the powerful Duchy of Godes, but they were all harmed by Marin and became a small country.

The Tycklenburg Country, on the other hand, was very frightened because its territory was surrounded by the North Sea State and became the "state within a state" of the North Sea State. That's why they were drawn into this alliance to divide the North Sea Kingdom.

In fact, because the Tycklenburg Count controlled a section of the Ames River, it was very upset for Marin. Therefore, Marin has actually already beaten the idea of the Tycklenburg Earl. However, I haven't found an excuse, so it's not easy to do it.

Now, the Tycklenburg Earl has jumped out to die, and Marin is so happy that he is so happy - you send it to the door to find a cigarette yourself, and others will have no opinion if I eat you, right?

As for the Counts of Ravensburg and Ripper, these two small nations were simply fooled onto the thief ship by the two dukes of the Welf family. Both of these small kingdoms were close to the North Sea Kingdom, and the two dukes of Henry promised to divide their large lands afterwards, and the two countries became in a hurry......

Similarly, the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg was fooled. The two Dukes of Henry had a condition of dividing a large part of their province of Bremen......

The province of Bremen and the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg are separated by the Elbe. If the land is allocated, it is easy to manage. Originally, the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg felt that the land area of the Duchy did not match the Duke's title, and was fooled by Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, and also joined this alliance of small princes......

……

"So, this time, these seven hostile vassal states have sent a total of more than 40,000 troops?" Marin asked with a brief glance at the file.

"Yes, Lord! According to my spies, the enemy has gathered more than 40,000 people this time, and it is planned to fight a battle. It is said that their plan was - to seize the Ruhr region, the North and South Münster regions, the Osnabrück region, the provinces of Oldenburg, Bremen and West Friesland, leaving only the East Friesland provinces to Prince Caesar. As for Schleswig and Jutland, their opinion is in favor of Steindorff and Wagner's self-reliance......" Kohler detailed.

"Oh? They were kind enough to leave my son such a large territory in East Friesland? Marin asked with interest.

Kohler shook his head and said:

"No, nominally, they will leave East Friesland to the young master. But in reality, they only planned to leave the city of Orich and the surrounding area to Young Master Caesar, a maximum of a few hundred square kilometers. As for the rich county of Lyre and other places, they plan to eat them all, not even the port of Emden......"

"That means you're only going to leave a city for my son, right?" Marin said with a calm face.

"Yes! However, it is said that this was the claim of the Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg, the Count of Ravensburg, the Count of Lipper and the Count of Tecklenburg. And the opinion of the two Duke Henry and Charles, Earl of Gerdon, is - cut the grass and eradicate ......"

"Bastard!" Marin finally got angry. The enemy wanted to kill him, and he was not so angry. After all, he was also an executioner with blood on his hands. However, wanting to murder his 10-year-old son completely angered him.

"Good! Very good...... Since these three guys want to harm my son, let's all die! Marin gritted his teeth.

"What about the other 4 princes?"

"Since they are willing to leave a city for my son, then I will keep them rich and noble in the future. Of course, only to keep the title, but not to rule. "Obviously, Bremen has four more big noble estates. The nobles who lost power in the North Sea were all kept in captivity in the province of Bremen by Marin......

In fact, Marin's actions were also learned from later generations of Prussia. Prussia, having won the war of unification, did not deprive the princes of their titles, but retained them, but deprived them of the right to actually rule.

In the end, only a few large vassal states in the southern region, such as the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Kingdom of Württemberg, and the Kingdom of Saxony, really retained some autonomy. The other princes basically lost their governing power and became like the princes in ancient China, with only titles left and no real power.

In the same way, Marin intended to do the same to the defeated princes. They still retain their titles, but they don't want to have autonomous governance in the future, and they can only gain power by serving their own families, not by hereditary.

However, for the two Duke Henry and Charlie of Gerdon, who viciously wanted to kill their sons, Marin did not plan to let them go this time, but planned to kill them.

As for how to make a dead hand, it is natural to deal with them on the battlefield. How to fix it? Ma Lin felt that it was the best choice to let them be shot to death like Xu Wenqiang......

The common rule in Europe is not to kill nobles who surrender, but on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and the bullet has no eyes. If he was killed by a "stray bullet", he couldn't blame himself for killing nobles indiscriminately. Anyway, I also left 4 princes, didn't I? I can also give an explanation to the outside world......

……

While Marin was planning how to deal with the Seven-Nation Alliance, an urgent message came from Switzerland that the Habsburg army had been defeated......

"What? The Habsburg army was defeated? No, I remember that the coalition of princes hadn't entered Switzerland yet, right? How could the Habsburg army be defeated? Marlin was taken aback.

After reading the results for a while, Kohler said:

"Not a complete defeat, but a temporary defeat by the Swiss Resistance. At the moment, Wrenzberg retreated several tens of kilometers east with his army......"

"What's going on? Could it be that the French have increased their troops? Marin thought about it for a moment and knew why. The Swiss Resistance itself was not able to repel the Flensberg army. The only explanation is that the French have increased their troops......

Kohler nodded and said:

"Yes, the French suddenly increased their troops by six or seven thousand, and they took Frenzberg by surprise. In desperation, he had no choice but to lead his army to retreat and turn to the defensive, and he was unable to counterattack for the time being......"

"Not good! The Habsburg army is in danger! Marin was shocked.

"What do you mean?"

"If it were just a coalition of princes who invaded Switzerland, Frenzberg might have fought the war, but not in a crushing defeat. At the very least, it still retains its vitality. ”

"But if the French had also mobilized a large army to help in the battle, then the army of Frenzberg would have been attacked by a strong enemy on the back of the belly. In this case, Frenzberg may be wiped out! Marin was starting to get a little anxious. If the Habsburgs had suffered a crushing defeat, he would not have had a good time. At that time, as the victorious side, the alliance of princes and the French army, which have formed a tacit understanding, may be free to clean up together.

Kohler was also a little dumbfounded and asked:

"So what are we going to do?"

"Quickly, send someone to inform Wrenzberg and ask him to give up most of the Swiss lands and withdraw to the Graubünden region in southeastern Switzerland, relying on Austria behind him to resist. Graubünden's terrain was treacherous, and with Austrian troops and material support, it was barely able to withstand the attacks of the princes' coalition and France. Otherwise, his army could easily be wiped out! Marin said anxiously.

"So the efforts of the Habsburgs in Switzerland in the past few years have not been in vain?" Kohler was a little sorry.

"What do you care? Now it is a question of whether the Habsburgs can keep this army from being wiped out. As for the land, there is an army that can take it back. If you don't want to give up the land, you will lose all the land. You send people to Switzerland to rule Frenzberg and tell him - 'Save people and lose land, people and land; If you lose your land, you lose your ......"

"What do you mean?" Kohler didn't know the art of war, and he was a little confused.

"Don't care, Frenzberg understands, I've taught him before. Remember, hurry up and send someone, or it's too late! Also, don't spare the horsepower, it's not a matter of running and killing a few horses! ”

"Yes!" Kohler hurriedly arranged for the spy to deliver the letter.

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