Seeing that Emperor Maximilian I requested a temporary adjournment, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and other representatives of the princes did not stop them, because they also wanted to adjourn the meeting. Therefore, Frederick III simply suggested that the meeting be adjourned for half a day and reopened tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Maximilian I summoned representatives of the Swabian League and other allies to discuss countermeasures in private. On the side of the alliance of princes, it also held a private meeting, but the scale was much larger......

In addition to dozens of representatives of the alliance of princes, representatives of the princes of the church such as the Archbishop of Mainz also participated. Their main topic is - asking for money......

Although after the capture of the Franche-Comté region, the deficit of the alliance of princes was filled quite a bit. However, because they lost too many soldiers and horses, they could not afford to maintain it.

In particular, Frederick III was nervous when he heard that Frenzberg had recruited 15,000 soldiers. He believed that if the army was not expanded again, when Frenzberg completed the digestion of the 15,000 mercenaries, the offensive and defensive situation might be reversed.

Therefore, he asked the princes of the church to support money, food, and even soldiers and horses, and expand the alliance of the princes to at least 40,000 men. In this way, it is possible to cope with the great changes that can arise in the Swiss region.

Archbishop of Mainz. Feng. Gai Minggen frowned and said:

"Lord Frederick, I agree in principle to support you with some money and food. However, supporting the soldiers and horses is tantamount to openly turning against His Majesty the Emperor, and it is very inappropriate for me, as the Speaker of the German Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, to do so. ”

Archbishop Philip II of Cologne and trusted Archbishop Richard of Trier also agreed with Archbishop Uriel that it was inappropriate for the princes of the Church to send troops directly to the confrontation with the Emperor. However, there is no problem in providing some money and food.

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, hurriedly explained:

"Your Excellency, you have misunderstood me. What I mean is not for you to send troops directly to help, but for you to 'remove' some of your troops and horses......"

"Retrenchment? What do you mean? "The three church electors were a little confused.

Frederick III explained:

"Yes, although the German region is rich in mercenaries, with the outbreak of war, we have gathered 60,000 troops, and Braunschweig and other countries have also gathered 40,000 troops. In addition, the Spanish occupation of Morocco also hired 20,000 German mercenaries. Therefore, there is a huge shortage of soldiers in the German mercenary market now. Even if you have money, you may not be able to hire enough troops. ”

"Of course, it's not that you can't hire mercenaries. Instead, the better mercenary groups were hired. Even if you recruit now, you can't recruit enough experienced mercenaries, at most you can only recruit some inexperienced or scattered mercenaries. But the big war is coming, and we need a lot of veterans with combat experience|......"

Archbishop Uriel of Mainz reacted suddenly:

"You mean to let us terminate the contract with some mercenary groups. And then you hire them? ”

Frederick III nodded repeatedly:

"That's right, and now there are still formed mercenaries who can fight, and they have all been hired. Anyway, the bishops don't want to fight. It is better to deliberately 'remove' some mercenaries under the pretext of 'financial difficulties'. Don't have more, one family can get together a little, so many church vassal states, you can always make up a ...... of more than 10,000 people"

The three archbishops winked at each other, then nodded their heads. But Archbishop Philip II of Cologne added:

"It's okay to dismiss some of the mercenary groups, but you must not make an agreement with them until they leave our territory. You must wait for the 'retrenched' mercenary groups to leave our borders before you can sign employment agreements with them. This was also done to avoid misunderstanding by His Majesty the Emperor. After all, we don't want to tear our faces with it openly. ”

Frederick III nodded, but said in his heart:

"Do you think His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know that you don't deal with him? But I am the light, and you are the dark......"

Eventually, the three Electors agreed to represent the majority of the Church princes and promised to provide some money and food for the coalition of the princes. In addition, he also promised to dismiss a group of mercenaries on the grounds of "financial difficulties" after returning to facilitate the recruitment of the princes' coalition forces.

……

That night, before the gates of Worms closed, a low-key motorcade drove into the city to find a place to stay. This team is the mission of the Beihai Kingdom.

On the night after entering the city, Johnny, as the envoy, did not go out, but stayed in the mansion honestly and appeared in the front yard. This is deliberately shown to people, as for who to show it? Naturally, it's the Archbishop of Mainz......

After all, Worms is the territory of the Archbishop of Mainz, and the archbishop naturally has many eyes and ears. Johnny was walking in the front yard and, naturally, was seen by the men of the Archbishop of Mainz.

However, what the people of the Archbishop of Mainz did not know was that at the Beihai Mansion in Worms City (equivalent to the fixed Beijing Office), a dark shadow left through a secret passage in the backyard of the mansion......

This dark shadow was Kohler, who came to the city of Worms with the mission, but did not show his face, but through a secret passage, he went to the emperor's line not far away under the reception of the spies who had long been lurking in Worms in the North Sea Country. Then, through the back door where the emperor walked, he entered the emperor's residence......

……

"Kohler? What are you doing here? "Maximilian I knew Kohler, a close confidant close to Marin. The emperor was surprised by Kohler's arrival. Because, this time the Beihai Kingdom mission seems to be making the name not Kohler......

"I am here to meet Your Majesty on the orders of the Grand Duke of my family!" Kohler saluted.

"Your eldest duke? Caesar? No, Caesar hasn't officially succeeded to the throne yet, is it...... Marlin didn't die? Maximilian I stood up in shock.

Kohler nodded and said:

"Please also ask Your Majesty to help keep it secret!"

"Confidentiality? Why? If they knew that Marin was still alive, the small countries of Braunschweig would not dare to make a second ...... Don't...... What are you going to do to those countries? ”

Kohler nodded:

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Grand Duke has his eye on the silver mines of the Harz Mountains and the salt mines of Lüneburg. So, let them go unpunished, so that we have a reason to annex them. ”

"So, you're telling me this for?" Maximilian I vaguely guessed something.

"Yes, Your Majesty. After all, you are the emperor and have a lot of say. We, the Grand Duke, would like to ask Your Majesty to support our Beihai Kingdom and those 8 vassal states in a life-and-death duel at tomorrow's meeting! ”

"A duel to the death? Isn't that a matter between knights? How can it still be done between countries? "Maximilian I had some brains that were not enough.

"Yes, it's a duel to the death! But our apparent Prince Caesar is only 10 years old, and obviously cannot compete with several princes in a personal competition. Therefore, what we mean in the Beihai Kingdom is to let Your Majesty and the princes witness that the two sides will engage in a duel war of life and death! Only this kind of duel-like war can have a chance to annex the other side. After all, according to the rules of the duel, the winner has the right to decide the life and death of the loser! ”

"Duel war? Interesting...... You Grand Duke has so many ideas that you actually make a duel war between countries. Duel between vassal states...... It's wonderful......" Maximilian I smiled, but soon he changed the subject and said:

"It's okay to support you, so what do I get?"

"The Bank of Siena will lend His Majesty another 300,000 gold coins, which is enough for His Majesty to hire more troops." Kohler gave the conditions.

"However, there are no more effective mercenaries to hire in Germany now......"

"I have a new piece of information, maybe it will be useful to Your Majesty!" Kohler smiled slightly. He then approached Maximilian I and told him what he had just heard from a spy in the North Sea Kingdom in Worms, and gave him his advice......

When Maximilian I heard this, he laughed and said:

"Okay, deal! Tomorrow, I support both of you in a duel war! ”

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