The capture of 18,000 Swiss prisoners of war by the Habsburg army shocked the whole of Germany. After capturing those Swiss prisoners of war, the generals who led the team did not dare to escort these Swiss prisoners to Austria in order to avoid being robbed halfway, but directly through the Duchy of Cleave, took these prisoners to the Netherlands.

The Netherlands was also a fief of the Habsburgs, and it was safe to send prisoners of war here. Moreover, the Duchies of Brabant and Cleaver were only separated by a river in the Netherlands under the Habsburgs, and it was very easy to transport people across the river.

However, the Duchy of Guedes, which had collusion with the Swiss, was on the edge and very powerful. Therefore, in order to avoid complications, the Austrian army, having carried the Swiss captives across the river, quickly advanced with them to the hinterland of the Duchy of Brabant.

However, Marin suddenly had a bold idea when he learned that the Austrian army was escorting Swiss captives into the heart of the Duchy of Brabant at a rapid pace to avoid the camps of the Duchy of Guedes......

What do you think? Naturally, it was to seduce the Duchy of Gedes to take the initiative to rob the camp......

Of course, it wasn't for the Duchy of Guedes to really take the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries. If that's the case, you're in trouble. The Duchy of Gedes already has more than 10,000 troops, and its combat power is not bad. If they had grabbed the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries and armed them, they would have been able to annex the Netherlands......

Therefore, Marin obviously did not really want the Duchy of Guedes to succeed in taking Swiss prisoners of war. His purpose was to use a group of fake "Swiss prisoners of war" to lure the Duchy of Guedes into attack. Then, using this as a crime, he found an excuse to attack the Duchy of God, and then realized the strategic intention of annexing the Duchy of Gods.

For this reason, Marin sent someone to urgently contact Maximilian I, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would cooperate with him in a play......

The content of the play is that Marin provided more than 10,000 fake "Swiss prisoners of war" and asked the Habsburg army to be deliberately escorted not far from the Duchy of God. Moreover, deliberately send fewer defenders......

In this way, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, will definitely be excited. What's more, as long as the camp is robbed, there will be an increase of 18,000 warriors with strong combat effectiveness...... No, it seems that there are only about 17,000 people left, some of whom were hung up in the previous battles with the Habsburg army...... But no matter what, saving these people, the strength will definitely skyrocket...... Even, the annexation of the Netherlands is not a problem......

Of course, the people who were rescued were certainly not really "Swiss mercenaries", but the people of the Electoral States of Saxony and Brandenburg, which were captured by Marin. In the previous battle of Lübeck, Marin captured tens of thousands of enemy soldiers and civilians. Those regular armies were redeemed by the two countries. But according to the agreement, those people were all given to Marin. Moreover, they also have to send the families of those people to offset a lot of indemnity.

Now that the small canal in the South Münster area is almost finished, Marin plans to send 15,000 captives to put on wooden shackles and change into the fancy cut clothes of Swiss mercenaries, so that they can pretend to be Swiss mercenary prisoners of war. Moreover, the place of detention was close to the territory of the Duchy of God, and they were lured to attack......

As long as the Principality of Gedesi can't resist the temptation to send troops, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to attack the emperor! Although the emperors of the HRE were not as authoritative as the emperors of the East. However, if you take the initiative to attack the emperor's territory, the emperor can also punish him. Of course, the premise is that the emperor has the ability to punish.

And if the Duchy of Gedes really succeeds in rescuing, with more than 17,000 Swiss mercenaries, they really won't be afraid of the emperor's punishment. Even, it is possible to kill the emperor and seize the Netherlands......

Of course, the premise is that Marin's strength is not so strong. Otherwise, with such a super fierce thug here, the Principality of Gedesi may not dare to make a move.

To be honest, if these 17,000 prisoners of war can be rescued, plus the original more than 10,000 elite troops of the Duchy of Godes, it will be easy to defeat the Dutch army of the Habsburgs.

Moreover, if it were to annex the territory of the Habsburgs, the French would definitely support it, and it could be said that it would be a sure win. The only variable is Marin's army of 40,000......

With this in mind, Marin publicly announced that 20,000 of the 40,000 troops had been sent to England to temporarily lend Edward to maintain domestic stability. In less than a year or two, I don't think I will be able to come back......

As a result, Marin's native army was only 10,000 or 20,000 men. With the support of the French, the Duchy of Guedes was not necessarily without the strength to fight. Moreover, in the matter of West Friesland, the Duchy of Guedes has actually torn its face with Marin. From the bottom of his heart, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, must have hated Marin. If he finds an opportunity, he will definitely be willing to defeat Marin and retake West Friesland. Even, to gain a large territory in the Münster region......

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While announcing that he would send 20,000 men to England, Marin also expressed extreme surprise that the Swiss mercenaries were captured by the Habsburgs:

"It's none of my business, probably His Majesty the Emperor learned that the Swiss mercenaries were about to be released by me, and urgently sent someone to capture them. After all, His Majesty the Emperor is fighting the Swiss in Switzerland. If these 18,000 mercenaries successfully return home, there is a great possibility that His Majesty the Emperor will be defeated. If it were me, I knew that the enemy would have 18,000 reinforcements about to return home, and I would definitely send someone to intercept it......"

"Really, it's none of my business, I swear ......," Marin explained innocently to the envoys of some of the princes who had come to question him. However, when he said this, Marin was cunning. He said "I swear", but what he swore was not said. And those envoys sent by the princes didn't dare to really force Marin to say the oath, after all, they were not of enough rank. And Marin thought in his heart was "I swear, what I said is false"......

And when Marin was explaining, John II, Duke of Cleaver, who was in cahoots with the emperor and received a lot of benefits from the emperor, was also explaining to the princes:

"Ironmen, I didn't know that His Majesty's army would intercept the released Swiss mercenaries in my transit! Moreover, they said that they would borrow the road directly, and I dare not give His Majesty the Emperor's face? ”

Then, the old fritter politician changed his face again, and said with a straight face:

"I declare a protest against the war that His Majesty's army has provoked in my country. Therefore, I will lodge a solemn protest against His Majesty Maximilian I and demand an apology and compensation......"

Then, the real man wrote a diplomatic letter in public and sent it to Vienna to protest to Maximilian I......

The envoys were dumbfounded for a moment - Nima, and this kind of operation?

Such a public questioning of His Majesty the Emperor did make the princes feel very relieved. But- there's an egg for this, huh? The 18,000 Swiss mercenaries have been captured by His Majesty's soldiers. Without those mercenaries returning to China to fight, who would defeat the emperor's "invading army" against Switzerland?

Then, the princes were tricked by the whole old fritter of John II......

In fact, this routine was secretly taught to him by Marin. This kind of diplomatic rhetoric, Marin learned a lot from later generations of Chinese diplomatic spokesmen. It sounds grandiose and exciting, but it doesn't work......

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Soon Maximilian I sent a reply to Marin. In the letter, Maximilian I was very interested in the Duchy of Pit Geddes. The reason for this was that the French and the Swiss, the enemies of the Duchy of Guedes and the Habsburgs, were too close. In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, the Duchy of Gedes is a standard anti-bone boy and is very poorly organized. Therefore, the design of the pit is a handful, and His Majesty the Emperor is very happy.

Thus, under the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, the construction of a concentration camp for "Swiss mercenary prisoners of war" began in the Duchy of Brabant in the Austrian Netherlands, not far from the Duchy of Guedes.

This place was originally a wasteland, and according to the orders of His Royal Highness Prince Philippe, the more than 17,000 surviving Swiss prisoners of war will be reclaimed here to reclaim a large amount of fertile land......

As for the 15,000 people from Saxony and Brandenburg who played the role of those "Swiss prisoners of war", Marin also secretly arranged for them to travel day and night, passing through the Duchy of Cleaver, to the Duchy of Brabant, to the concentration camp under construction, pretending to be "Swiss prisoners of war", and waiting for the Duchy of Gedes to jump into the pit by itself......