"Bastard! Bastard! Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, threw several porcelain cups in a row, but he still did not suppress his anger. On the side, Duke Anthony of Lorraine and other bigwigs also had black faces.

In this ambush battle, the losses of the princes' coalition forces were too great. Not to mention the loss of more than half of the troops, most of the supplies, as well as the gold and silver treasures looted from Baden and Basel. There is even a lot of money brought by the princes themselves.

Although most of the elite parts such as their knight troops did not suffer large losses and were retained, the knights of some countries also suffered very large losses. This time, the more than 10,000 knights of the princes' alliance army lost more than 3,000 people, which made the princes' flesh hurt so much. You must know that a knight has been learning martial arts since he was 8 years old, and he could not become a teacher until he was 21 years old. At the earliest, it will be up to the age of 18. In other words, it takes at least 10 years to train a knight, and many are more than 13 years. Now, the loss of more than 3,000 at once is more distressing to them than the loss of 30,000 mercenaries.

Fortunately, Frederick III let mercenaries and levies who did not belong to the princely states go ahead because he felt bad before entering the Kostar Valley. And the casualties and losses of mercenaries and levies, the princes did not care.

Even, if a mercenary dies in battle, some nobles will even be happy. Because, there is no need to pay one more person's salary. In these years, some princes are very black-hearted. The mercenaries fought for them, and if they died in battle, the conscientious princes would give a pitiful pension. If you meet someone who has no conscience, you will die if you die, and you will be given a commission less......

As for the conscripts, they are cannon fodder in the eyes of the princes, and there is nothing to be sorry for a few more deaths......

Therefore, Frederick III and other princes regret here mainly the deaths and injuries of the more than 3,000 knights......

The knight was already considered a nobleman and could not be ignored. Not only is it difficult to train knights, but they can't be ignored even if they die. After all, a nobleman must give an explanation for you to die in battle. Otherwise, there will be no vassals willing to fight for you. Therefore, mercenaries can not be given a pension, but the pension of a fallen knight must be given, and it cannot be given less. If you don't do this well, there will be no wandering knights willing to serve you in the future.

In other words, while these princes lamented the loss of strength, they were also distressed by the large amount of knightly pensions that were about to be paid......

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Of course, what they are more distressed about is money. After all, in this era, most of the nobles lived on loans, and their finances were very difficult. As for the loss of knights, it's not really a big deal. Why? Because there is no shortage of wandering knights in Germany. A batch of deaths is a big deal, and it's a big deal to recruit a new batch......

Therefore, these big nobles are currently worried about the loss of their own property. After all, everyone is not rich (a few countries are richer, but most of the princes are poor).

"I almost forgot, this little bastard named Frenzberg is the former subordinate of Marin's scumbag! Mountain road ambush, hehe...... Isn't that what Marin's dead ghost used to do in Italy? Unexpectedly, we were unlucky this time! Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, gritted his teeth.

"This dead ghost Marin is a scourge to Germany! It's just that he died, and he actually left the bastard of Frenzberg! Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, gritted his teeth.

At this time, the Elector of Brandenburg, Joakim I, suddenly said:

"Why don't we turn around and attack the North Sea Country? It is said that there is now only one legion left in the North Sea Country. Plus Duke Henry, they also dispatched 30,000 or 40,000 people, we can destroy the Beihai Kingdom in one fell swoop! "He remembered the humiliation of being forced to cede the Stendal region and wanted to take advantage of it to get it back.

Frederick III shook his head and said:

"That's not in a hurry, Marin is dead, the decline of the Beihai Kingdom is a sure thing, you can send troops to get it whenever you want."

"However, the two Dukes of Henry of the Welf family have led their troops to grab the territory. If you're late, you'll have to drink soup! Joakim I said urgently.

Frederick III sneered and said:

"Afraid of what? The two guys of the Welf family, who left everyone behind this time and wanted to take the benefits for themselves, have already committed public anger. Besides, what if they grab the ground? What can we do if so many of our princes do not recognize their territory at the Imperial Council? So, there's no rush over there. When the matter is finished on our side, let's put pressure on a few of them together, and we are not afraid that they will not spit out the benefits!"

After a pause, Frederick III continued:

"Although I am also very interested in the benefits of the North Sea Kingdom, you should know that nowadays, it is our most important purpose to prevent the Habsburgs from becoming large. If the Habsburgs completely annexed Switzerland and became stronger, we would all be out of luck. ”

"Therefore, it is secondary to go to the North Sea to reap the benefits, and it is the most important thing to prevent the Habsburgs from annexing Switzerland!"

Most of the princes present nodded their heads, although they did not know the idiom "lips are dead and teeth are cold", but they also knew that if Switzerland was finished, the strength of the Habsburgs would inevitably skyrocket. When the Habsburgs digest Switzerland with peace of mind, they will turn around and clean them up. Therefore, it is indeed imperative to suppress the momentum of the Habsburgs first.

"But, we lost, and now we have to fight? The morale of the soldiers is not high......" Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, said depressedly.

"Don't worry, Anthony. It was not only us who fought against the Habsburgs this time, but also the French! Therefore, even if they win this time, they will not dare to chase after them, and they will definitely go back to defend. I reckon that they ventured out to arrange an ambush to ambush us, and the French did not know about it. ”

"Then we will send someone to inform the French, so that they can take the opportunity to take Lucerne!" Joakim I roared urgently.

"It's late......" Friedrich III sighed and continued:

"Frenzberg is very much like Marin, both are bold, adventurous, and shrewd people. My intelligence agent said that at the beginning, Marin was going to train him as a number one general. Because, this Frentzberg's military talent is higher than Schwarz, the current coach of the North Sea State. It is said that when Frenzberg was poached by His Majesty the Emperor, Marin was very annoyed. If it weren't for the special identity of the emperor, Ma Lin might have turned his face directly. ”

"So, don't try to take advantage of this. I estimate that after the battle, he must have rushed back to defend the city with his people. Even if we had informed the French, it would have been too late. Unless, as we remembered yesterday, we informed the French overnight. But now...... It's definitely too late......"

The princes present here were all ashamed, because yesterday they were all so frightened that they could not speak, where would they take these into account? Not to mention them, even Frederick III, a wise man, was a little confused yesterday, how could he think so much?

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Just as the princes were deliberating, suddenly their soldiers came to report:

"Ladies and gentlemen, those 40,000 people have been released!"

The princes in the big tent were stunned for a moment, and they all looked at Frederick III on the throne......

Frederick III's face flushed, and he also recalled the inglorious memory of letting these people be cannon fodder yesterday to block the enemy's pursuers......

At this time, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, frowned and said:

"40,000 people back...... How can there be so much food for them to eat? If you don't give them food, you'll starve a lot of people......"

Frederick III's expression suddenly tightened, and he remembered the terrible consequences of the lack of food:

"What a ruthless stratagem......"

"So what are we going to do? Now we are not only suffering from combat effectiveness, but we are even not enough food to eat! "Joakim I was a little nervous.

"This time it's a big loss, a lot of losses!" Albert, the younger brother of the Duke of Mecklenburg (who later divided Mecklenburg with his brother in 1520 and became Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstero, and his brother Henry was Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

"yes, it's a big loss...... Loss...... Stop-loss ......" Frederick III suddenly remembered what the merchants of Saxony said about stop-loss - when a business is doomed to lose money, you must immediately find a way to stop the loss......

"Stop Loss...... How do we stop the loss......" Frederick III pondered......

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