At the same time that John II, Duke of Cleaver, "woke up" and took over the Lower Guedes region, Charles II, the former Duke of Guedes, who was in Gelden, finally received an official letter from the Imperial Parliament. Along with the official letter of the Imperial Parliament, there was the sad news that the army of Guedes on the expedition to the Duchy of Brabant had been completely destroyed.

Sauer estimated that there should be no need for secrecy at this point, so he withdrew the surveillance of the direction of the upper Guedes, and stopped intercepting and killing the enemy sentinels. So, the sentinel sent out by Gelden finally got the specific news. When they brought back the news of the defeat, it happened that the official document of the Imperial Assembly had also arrived......

"How so? How so? How so? How can this be...... "Charles II couldn't stop muttering to himself, the whole person was not good......

Eventually, Charles II vomited out a mouthful of old blood and passed out gloriously...... Unlike John II, Duke of Cleaver, who pretended to be dizzy, people were really dizzy, and they were in a hurry......

Originally, Charles II still had the big dream of "seizing the Netherlands and becoming the king of the kingdom". Moreover, Charles II was still very confident at that time. Now, once the dream was shattered, Charles II really couldn't accept this heavy blow, and fainted all of a sudden. Moreover, he is no longer called Charles II, but Charles I. Moreover, he was demoted from Duke Guedes to Earl of Gelden......

In fact, Charlie's fate is considered good. That is, in the Holy Roman Empire, a country with weak imperial power, he was able to retain his status as a great nobleman after colluding with foreign countries was exposed. Although most of the territory was deprived and his status was reduced from duke to earl, he was still a big nobleman, right?

If it is left in ancient China, the result of passing through foreign countries will definitely be full of copied and beheaded. All the men in the family were killed, and all the women were sold to the Workshop Department to work in special services......

Even in France, even if you can save your life, you can't run away if you are deprived of your nobility and all fiefs. There is only a strange country like the Holy Roman Empire, where the imperial power is declining and the princes have too much power. Under the protection of the princes, Charles was able to continue to be an earl, and he also retained a fief of several hundred square kilometers. In later generations, a few hundred square kilometers is worth a small county. can sit on a small county as a fiefdom, and life is definitely not bad. You know, many German counts have fiefs that are not so big. Some counts, whose fiefs have only one castle, are much worse than him......

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At this time, the news finally spread, and the princes suddenly realized - oh, it turns out that the Duchy of Cleaver has hired the army of the North Sea State, no wonder it can defeat the powerful army of the Duchy of Godes......

But then, everyone was angry - Malegobi, Marin, this kid is going to continue to make trouble? Do you want to be beaten by the group?

As a result, many princes sent envoys to the Beihai Kingdom, strongly condemning the behavior of the Beihai Kingdom to make trouble everywhere, and jointly threatened that the next time they did this, they would be careful of being united by the princes of all Germany......

However, their denunciations have been to no avail. No matter what they denounced, the Duchy of Godes, a powerful vassal state that had held back much of the Habsburgs' energy, had vanished. With only a few hundred square kilometers and two or three small towns left, the country of Gelldon no longer had the ability to make waves.

The Beihai Kingdom is also a bachelor, and the old Hoffman, who is responsible for staying behind, is full of smiles in the face of the envoys of various countries who come to question, and swears - it is because Schwartz, the highest military commander of the Beihai Kingdom, has a good relationship with the old Mason in private, which caused Schwartz to accept the employment of the old Mason without authorization...... Therefore, when Marin returns, he must let him punish Schwartz, the general who sent troops without authorization......

The envoys and old Hoffman couldn't say anything, so they had to hold back the fire and nowhere to go......

As for old Hoffman, his heart was already happy at this time. Why? Because he decided to return to his hometown of Bochum after Marin returned, and to show himself to his old folks and acquaintances......

Ma Lin's "wealth does not return to his hometown, such as brocade clothes at night, who knows" is just a pretext. But for a layman like old Hoffman, it is really a cool thing to look forward to when he returns to his hometown. It's just that his former hometown belonged to Mark Bo's country, not their family, and it was not good for him to pretend to be in other people's territory. Now, his hometown has become his own territory, and he, the old lady of Beihai Country, is really natural to go back and show off his clothes......

Therefore, while the old man apologized to the envoys of various countries according to Marin's instructions, he had already planned in his heart how to return to his hometown to pretend to show off to his old friends......

After receiving the foreign envoys, the elder Hoffman returned to his mansion in the east of the city, where he lived, and said to Lady Mary with great enthusiasm:

"My dear, now the country of Mark belongs to our family! I'm Frings. Hoffman was not from a high background, but he didn't expect that he would have such a beautiful opportunity when he was old! Now that the country is ours, I can finally go back to my hometown and show off in front of my old friends! Ha ha! ”

Lady Mary pursed her lips and smiled, and said:

"Look at your pride, if it weren't for the fact that my son Marin received God's favor and worked hard for many years, would you have the opportunity to return to your hometown now?"

Old Hoffman, however, did not care about Lady Mary's prickly words, but said triumphantly:

"Marin is your son, isn't it my son? No matter how powerful he is, no matter how favored and blessed by God is, he is also my son. Lao Tzu's temper came up, and he dared to beat him, but he couldn't beat him back. No matter how strong he is, he is also Lao Tzu's seed. We are older, and what we can show off now is not ourselves, but our children. The more powerful the children, the more face we have. When I return to my hometown, I will definitely feast on my hometown elders and those old knight friends every day, and show them our abilities...... Well, the ability to have a good son...... Haha......"

"Look at your smug look!" Lady Mary gave him a blank look. However, Lady Mary suddenly bowed her head in contemplation......

After a while, Lady Mary looked up and said to old Hoffman:

"My dear, you said that you would go back and show the folks that I believe. But if you want to show off to your old friends, I'm afraid it's not that easy......"

"Why?" Old Hoffman was a little puzzled.

Lady Mary patiently explained:

"Those ordinary fathers and villagers naturally don't leave their hometowns casually, but your old friends are different. They were all knights, vassals of John II, Count of Mark. Now, John II is going to replace the Guedes region with the country of Mac. However, having obtained the Lower Gedesi area, he also needs someone to guard it. And those old subordinates of the country are the best people to be sent to take over the region of the lower Guedes. Therefore, it is likely that quite a few knights will follow him to the Lower Guedes region to help John II manage it. ”

Old Hoffman nodded, but quickly shook his head again:

"Honey, you don't know anything. When I was in the country of Mackbo, I was not appreciated by the above. Even Count Mark didn't know that I was a man. And the people who had a close relationship with me at the beginning were almost all marginal knights who were not valued by the Mark Burr Kingdom. Therefore, John II, Count of Mark, may take a group of knights this time, but he will definitely take away the ones who are taken first. And those fringe knights who have a close relationship with me may not follow along. ”

Lady Mary nodded, but then said:

"What you say makes a lot of sense, but in the end, no one can say. I have heard that John II had sent men to persuade the local nobles to leave with him. So, it's hard to guarantee that your old friends will stay. If you can't bear to give up your old friends, send someone back and persuade them. They are not people valued by Count Mark, and if you promise to take care of them, they should stay. Of course, don't make random promises. How to deal with those people, you have to let Marin make up his mind! ”

Old Hoffman nodded and said:

"Understood, I will send people back to my hometown to persuade them to stay. Seriously, when I go back to my hometown to show the glory of the Hoffman family, I really need these old friends to cheer me on. In any case, they are also aristocrats. My dignified duke and his father, I can't show off with a group of villagers who are not even nobles, or it is more comfortable to show off in front of my former colleagues...... Hey hey ......"

After saying that, he arranged for his subordinates to go back to their hometown to persuade those old friends to stay. At the same time, he also sent people to prepare luxurious carriages and various honor guards. As soon as Marin returned, he led the team, in the name of "returning to his hometown to visit relatives", and showed off fiercely in front of his hometown fathers and former knight colleagues......