In central Switzerland, a tug-of-war between the Habsburg army and the French-backed Swiss Resistance continues. Moreover, the Habsburg army under the command of Frenzberg had a slight advantage.

Because the Bank of Siena, which was run by the Marin and Medici families, provided the emperor with loans, so that the Habsburgs had enough military funds to wage war in Switzerland.

However, the Swiss Resistance is not vegetarian either. Because King Louis XII of France would never allow the Habsburgs to annex Switzerland, he did his best to support the Swiss Resistance and did not hesitate to send a large number of French elites to change into the clothes of Swiss mercenaries to fight against the Habsburgs, which made the war situation in Switzerland more anxious.

But the problem was that it was not convenient for the French to directly send good generals to command the Swiss Resistance. The leaders of the Swiss Resistance are mostly mercenary leaders from mountain people, a bit like community bosses, lacking military literacy. So, despite the full support of France, the Swiss Resistance had a slight advantage. After all, Frönzberg was a famous general, and the training method also came from Marin, a traverser. In this way, the Habsburgs were able to gain the upper hand despite their average financial resources.

Specifically, the commanders of the Habsburg armies were very strong and their training methods were skillful, but the quality of the soldiers themselves was relatively average; On the side of the Swiss Resistance, because France has provided a large number of elite soldiers, the situation is that the soldiers are strong, but the commander is a group of mercenary leaders similar to the bosses of the community, and they are incompetent......

Therefore, this battle was very unbearable for France. Because, France lost too many elite soldiers on the battlefield in Switzerland. The Habsburgs, on the other hand, were not afraid. Because, the tactical guiding ideology inherited from Marin by Frenzberg is to rely on the whole, not on the individual ability of the soldiers. Therefore, in this tug-of-war and war of attrition, the Habsburgs did not feel distressed even if they lost a large number of soldiers, and it was a big deal to recruit again. But France is very distressed, they are all elite veterans of France. For the more classical French army, elite veterans of a hundred battles were very valuable......

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In fact, Louis XII was not a fool, he had long invited the anti-Habsburg German princes to come to the aid of the war, in order to force the Habsburgs to cease the war.

However, the anti-Habsburg German princes were not stupid. With an uncertain future, they were reluctant to rush into the army. Besides, there is also a powerful Beihai country on the side, which makes them undecided.

Originally, the two years that Marin had been in the country were an excellent opportunity to settle the battle for Switzerland. However, these princes did not work together and quarreled with France. At the same time, there are also people who are worried that the Beihai Congress will "follow the praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finch", so they have been undecided. Then, the time was delayed, and it has been waiting until now.

It was only when the "good news" that "Marin was probably dead" came that some of the indecisive German princes breathed a sigh of relief and planned to deal with Maximilian I and the Habsburgs together. Because, the North Sea Kingdom will definitely have a period of chaos after losing Marin. At this time, it is most appropriate to send troops.

For this reason, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, made a secret trip to Paris and had a secret meeting with Louis XII.

Louis XII was overjoyed to learn that the German princes were willing to help him deal with the Habsburg attack. For this reason, he was very bold in expressing his willingness to bear part of the military expenses of the princes' coalition army. This may seem like a lot of money, but for France, it can save even more if it does not continue to fight a war of attrition with the Habsburgs.

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However, as the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, Frederick III did not have enough reason to call the emperor directly. They can't always say, "Your Majesty, you can't expand your territory," right? This is morally untenable. Because, indeed, Switzerland was once a fief of the Habsburgs.

How to force the Habsburgs to withdraw from the army? The anti-Habsburg German princes were also somewhat at a loss. They gathered secretly for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

After discussing it for a long time, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, suddenly said:

"I have an idea, it just so happens that our Duchy of Lorraine has recently had some territorial disputes with our neighbor Badenbe. The kingdom of Baden belonged to the Swabian Confederation and was a member of the Habsburgs. We may as well take this opportunity to form an alliance and invade the territory of Baden, especially the southern part of Baden......"

As he spoke, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, took out the map and pointed it out to everyone:

"Look, the southernmost point of Baden is close to the northern Swiss city of Basel. We can take advantage of the attack on Baden to raise tens of thousands of troops into the southern part of Baden and camp near the Swiss border. ”

"In this way, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be frightened. After all, he had less than 20,000 troops in Switzerland. When the time comes, we will have more options. We can choose to fight the Habsburg army on the border, or we can force the Habsburgs to sign an armistice and maintain the status quo in Switzerland......"

"Moreover, Baden is considered a vassal on the side of the Habsburgs, and when we invade Baden, the Habsburgs have to react. If we can fight each other, that's the best......"

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Listening to Duke Anthony's words, everyone fell into deep thought......

"That's a good idea!" After a while, Frederick III took the case and felt that Duke Antony's method was very good.

Because, as the Duke of Anthony said, the country of Baden is next to Basel in Switzerland. If the princes' armies were to overwhelm the border, the Habsburgs would have to react. Even, Baden was on the side of the Habsburgs. The younger brother was beaten up, and as an emperor, Maximilian I could not help but express it.

Moreover, the Duchy of Lorraine was close to France, making it easy to obtain sufficient supplies from France. Louis XII promised to provide a large amount of food, grass and ordnance, which could be transported to the front through the Duchy of Lorraine. And the vassal states only need to send their troops to the Duchy of Lorraine and bring some food and grass supplies.

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Of course, before sending troops, they must also build momentum in advance......

So, at the same time as the vassal states gathered their troops, a diplomatic conspiracy against Baden began......

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In fact, this border conflict was first provoked by the Duchy of Lorraine in order to snatch the ownership of a border town called um in Badenbe, and it belongs to the side that finds fault.

However, in order to find an excuse to send troops, Frederick III united a group of German anti-Habsburg princes, reversed black and white, and insisted that the weak Baden Kingdom had "robbed" the small town of um that "originally belonged to the Duchy of Lorraine", and urged the Baden Kingdom to "return" the town of um to the Duchy of Lorraine as soon as possible.

In the face of such a reversal of black and white, Christopher I, Count of Baden, was so angry that he replied directly - let go of your good dog...... Then, because of this angry sentence, the alliance of princes directly declared war......