Marin didn't embarrass the big guys among these princes, after all, if he wanted to mix in Europe, he couldn't mess around. After the 10 bigwigs and princes came over, Marin warmly entertained them with milk tea. Only then did the talks begin in a seemingly warm and friendly atmosphere.

As soon as the negotiations began, Marin felt that something was wrong. Because, Frederick III didn't follow the script......

As had been agreed, Frederick III was supposed to bring about a negotiated outcome in the direction they had previously agreed. But after starting negotiations, Marin found Frederick III to speak much less. Instead, the young Duke Antony of Lorraine and the equally young Elector of Palatine, Louis V, dominated the negotiation power of the princes.

Before leaving the city, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, told them - this time let them take the lead. The two were very happy, and they exchanged words and played dazzling in the talks. The reason why they were so excited was that they mistakenly thought that Frederick III was going to hand over the leadership of the princes to them. So, in order to express himself, he also played extraordinarily......

However, they didn't know that Frederick III had let them come out for fear of being blamed by Marin......

Sure enough, taking advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet to boo, Marin chased after the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III, and asked in a low voice:

"What's going on? Didn't you say it before? ”

Frederick III pretended to be helpless and said:

"Two young people who want to compete for the leadership position...... I'm also helpless...... When they're frustrated, I'll come out and clean up the situation......"

Marin lowered his head and thought about it, and then he figured it out - the other party was lucky......

So he smiled and said to Frederick III:

"You can't think of the French coming to the rescue, right? To tell you the truth, my spies in France reported that the French did not know what they were doing at the moment, and that they were mysterious, but certainly not for the German side. So, I don't think your requests for help will be answered. Now, I allow your messenger to ride out of the city, and I guarantee his safety! ”

Frederick III looked at Marin's confident smile and was a little unsure......

He didn't know if Marin's words were true, but the letter for help sent to France had already been sent out, and there was no need for the messenger to leave the city. Because, Antony, Duke of Lorraine, had already sent his subordinates to contact Nancy, the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, with carrier pigeons, and sent a letter asking for help, so that the ministers left behind in the Duchy of Lorraine sent someone to Paris urgently to ask for help.

Therefore, in the first few days of negotiations, Antony, Duke of Lorraine, and Louis V, Elector of Palatine, were not sincere in negotiations at all, and they were purely nonsense. Their purpose is to stall for time.

But Marin didn't care, because he knew that the French didn't have time to pay attention to what was going on here. And in order to make the princes die, Marin even allowed the Duchy of Lorraine to send people to enter the city through the defense line of the North Sea State...... This is because Basel is not a pigeon station in the Duchy of Lorraine. Pigeons can fly from the unfamiliar city of Basel back to their hometown of Nancy, but it is difficult to fly from Nancy to the unfamiliar city of Basel.

Sure enough, a few days later, King Louis XII of France, who received the news, heard that Marin did not really want to destroy the German princes, but only annexed a few neighboring countries, and suddenly lost interest in rescuing.

If Marin had been determined to destroy the princes, Louis XII would have done his best to rescue the German princes of Basel. However, Marin had made it clear that he only wanted the princes to agree to his annexation of Lüneburg and a few other neighboring countries, which was not a big deal.

Although Marin was not comfortable with Louis XII being stronger, it was a trivial matter compared to the big plan to seize Italy and keep France rich in military spending.

Louis XII believed that once he took Italy and produced a large amount of food from volcanic ash, France would be able to afford an army of 200,000 in the future. If there were 200,000 troops, who in France would not be able to die? Marin had to kneel in front of the 200,000 French army......

Therefore, as long as Marin did not want to cooperate with the Habsburgs to eliminate the princes, Louis XII would not easily change his plan to conquer Italy......

Ten days passed, and several groups of messengers sent from Lorraine were put into the city by Marin. When negotiating again, Marin asked Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, with a smile:

"How? I'm not kidding you, the French are busy right now. Perhaps, they are busy attacking England, so how can they have time to play with you? Marin deliberately said that France might attack England because he was afraid that Louis XII would be alert. Moreover, France and Britain have a century-old feud, and Marin's guess is also very convincing.

The 10 representatives of the princes suddenly felt a little discouraged, and they had no confidence to speak. However, they are still waiting, waiting for a "miracle" on the side of the princes of the church. For example, the princes of the Church united to intimidate Marin......

However, the reason why miracles are called miracles is that they are rare......

A few days later, news came from the side of the church princes—most of them came forward......

However, they did not come forward to threaten Marin, but to mediate......

At this point, the princes of Basel finally understood that the situation was not in their favor......

……

However, let dozens of princes confess to Marin together, and everyone was very unhappy. So, in this way, the representatives of the princes fell into a dilemma - if they wanted to be tough, they couldn't beat each other; I want to admit it, but I'm afraid of losing face......

Seeing that the situation was at an impasse and that the extraordinary meeting of the Imperial Assembly was about to convene, Marin couldn't sit still and decided to give the princes a little bit of a look......

After one failed negotiation, Marin sent a notice to the princes:

"Guys, I'm getting impatient. Tomorrow, I will launch an attack on the North Gate. Of course, I'm just going to destroy the North Gate and give everyone a warning! ”

"Destroy the North Gate? It's going to be a long time......" Duke Anthony was stunned. Although the city of Basel was an oak gate, it was reinforced by the princes' alliance and wrapped in tinned iron. Even if it is shelled, it will take a long time to work.

"For a long time? In one day, I will destroy the North Gate! Wait and see! Marin said confidently.

……

Early the next morning, Marin began to attack the north gate. His routine was very simple - first let the artillery concentrate on bombarding the north gate......

This made the princes scoff - knowing that you have artillery, so we put tinplate on the gates. Although I can't bear it after all, I can say that it can last for a long time......

But soon, Marin showed them that he had once again sacrificed the killer water king......

Marin once again sent a chariot wrapped in a tin roof, and let the soldiers wearing gas masks, under the protection of the tin roof chariot, come to the north gate and use aqua regia to corrode a large piece of tinned iron wrapped around the city gate. Then, under the city gates, they piled up firewood and grass, sprinkled it with brimstone, and poured mixed gasoline......

The reason for the sulfur was to use the sulfur dioxide gas produced by the combustion of sulfur to confuse everyone's attention. The smell of burning sulfur was familiar to everyone, so that everyone thought that he burned the city gates mainly with sulfur and oil, and ignored the gasoline......

The temperature of gasoline burning was as high as 1,000 degrees, and after the tinned iron sheet of the oak gate was corroded open, the wooden door inside could not resist the power of gasoline at all. Then the North Gate of Basel burned out......

The Beihai Demolition Team took the opportunity to stuff a powder keg and blew up all the debris in the city gate cave at the North Gate of Basel, and the entire North Gate was suddenly wide open......

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The princes were frightened, thinking that the army of the North Sea State was about to launch a general attack. As a result, Marin stopped his attack and sent someone over......

"Our Grand Duke asks you, have you thought about it? I didn't think we were going to launch a general attack......"

The north gate is finished, and it's still a hair. Even if it is repaired, it will not be able to withstand the blasting of the Beihai Army. In desperation, in order to protect themselves, the princes finally gave in......

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