What did Kohler tell Maximilian I? Naturally, this was the condition that Frederick III negotiated with the princes of the Church in the afternoon. And, oddly enough, this information was provided by the new Archbishop of Trier, Richard.

Of course, Archbishop Richard did not tell the spies in the North Sea Kingdom directly, but first told the secret agents arranged by the Holy See in Worms. Then, the secret agents of the Holy See passed the news to the spies of the North Sea Kingdom. When the Beihai delegation arrived, the spy reported the information to the boss Kohler......

After Kohler learned of this information, he analyzed it on the way to the emperor. Then, a brilliant idea came to mind......

Kohler, what idea did he give the emperor? He advised the emperor to cut off the mercenaries that had been dismantled by the princes of the Church......

According to the agreement between the two parties, the princes of the church would first dismiss a group of mercenaries on the grounds of "financial difficulties". However, in order to avoid suspicion, and to prevent the members of the princes' alliance from signing employment agreements with those mercenaries in the territory of the church vassal states, they must wait for the retrenched mercenaries to leave the country before signing employment agreements with them......

Kohler seized on this loophole and advised Emperor Maximilian I to contact the mercenary leaders before the retrenched mercenaries could reach an agreement with the princely alliance. With a higher price, cut off those mercenaries......

Anyway, those mercenaries are outlaws who fight for money, and they can sell their lives to whomever they want. The Emperor could use the loans offered by the Bank of Siena to hire the mercenaries that the Church princes had dismissed at a higher price.

This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, cutting off the Hu of the princes' alliance can not only stop the strength of the enemy army, but also strengthen itself.

Once the interception was successful, the power of the princes' coalition did not increase as expected, while the Habsburg army grew in strength. Coupled with the mercenaries that had been recruited by Frenzberg before, it was impossible for the coalition of princes to form a strength advantage over the Habsburg army. In this way, the Habsburgs did not have to withdraw from the Swiss hegemony......

Moreover, before leaving, Kohler gave a suggestion to the emperor on the issue of the lower hand in the debate, which made the emperor feel good. That night, Maximilian I burst out laughing in his sleep......

Early the next morning, the meeting resumed. Faced with the doubts of Frederick III yesterday, Maximilian I remembered Kohler's suggestion and glared:

"You say you don't know that Basel is our family's territory, but you don't have eyes? The double-headed eagle symbol of the Habsburgs, others don't know it, you Frederick don't know it? That's the sign of your grandmother's family, and you're not blind, can you recognize the banner of the Habsburgs? ”

"I see that you deliberately attacked the Habsburg army, and you still have the face to say that you don't know? Therefore, the Speaker of the Council, it was the other side that attacked our army first, and Vrenzberg was forced to counterattack. This war was purely provoked by the other side first! Maximilian I said with a puff.

He was dismissed yesterday by Frederick III's argument that "Basel is not legally part of the Habsburgs", and he did not think of a response for a while. But before leaving last night, Kohler pointed out that the double-headed eagle flag symbolizing the Habsburgs must have been planted at the head of Basel, and no one else dared to pretend to be it. Therefore, seeing the flag and besieging Basel, it is obvious that the other side has ulterior motives......

Then, this morning, Maximilian I brought this argument out, and sure enough, Frederick III was a little overwhelmed......

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Frederick III saw that the emperor's morale was high, so he decided to avoid his edge for the time being:

"Ahem...... Your Excellency, I heard that there is an envoy from Beihai Kingdom, why don't we please come in first? ”

The Archbishop of Mainz also didn't want the emperor to be too complacent, so he nodded and agreed to let in Johnny, the envoy of the North Sea Kingdom......

Then, a bitter face appeared at the Imperial Diet of Worms......

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Seeing Johnny's face that made him feel very unlucky when he saw it, everyone's brows furrowed - he looks so unlucky, can he be an envoy? Are you here to be funny?

However, thinking of the current unfortunate situation in the North Sea Country...... It seems that this face matches the current situation of Beihai Kingdom......

When Frederick III saw Johnny's unfortunate appearance, and then thought of the unfortunate situation in the North Sea Kingdom, he couldn't help laughing, forgetting for a moment the emperor's aggressiveness......

But before he could laugh twice, he was stunned by Johnny's actions......

After Johnny came in, he threw himself directly on the rostrum, and wept bitterly in front of Archbishop Uriel of Mainz-

"Woo-Woo - Lord, please save our Beihai Country! Our Beihai country was sacked by 8 robbers, and now the people are struggling to make a living! Woo-"

Then, Johnny burst into tears, snot, and took the opportunity to wipe a handful of them on the robe of Archbishop Uriel of Mainz......

Uriel was depressed and distanced himself from Johnny, but luckily there was a table on the rostrum, otherwise......

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Resisting the urge to slap the other party, Archbishop Uriel said gently:

"You get up first, as an envoy of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, doing this will damage the image of the Grand Duchy of Beihai......"

Johnny ignored it, and continued to cry:

"What else is the image? The Beihai Kingdom is going to be robbed by 8 robbers, and the people are going to starve to death, how can there be an image at all? ”

Then he simply sat down on the ground and began to weep like a shrew......

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Coincidentally, Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttle, has also come to the Imperial Council today. The Eight-Nation Alliance has entered the Ruhr area and is wreaking havoc, but the Imperial Diet is convening, and the eight princes cannot help but save face. So, as the leader of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Duke Henry, as a representative of the Eight-Nation Alliance, also came to Worms to attend the meeting. As for the other seven princes, they remained in the army.

Hearing Johnny's "robber" on the left and a "robbery" on the right, Duke Henry couldn't hold back any longer, stood up and retorted:

"Put P, you are a robber, your whole family is a robber! We are the 'teachers of justice.'" In order to chase down a group of horse bandits, he led the army to cross the border. ”

Johnny wiped away a handful of tears, thought about the various coping options that Marlin had taught him before, and then glared at Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttle, and yelled:

"What a 'transit', how can you live by a few cities in the province of North Münster that have been breached? You also got the grain back from the manor? How can there be a border crossing and rob the property and food of the locals? Duke Henry, do you still want to be shameless? ”

"Presumptuous! How dare you talk to me like that? Don't you know humility? Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttle, was a little annoyed.

"Compared to the atrocities of your army in the Beihai Kingdom, my unreasonableness and presumptuousness are simply negligible!" Johnny said angrily.

"You...... You...... You ......" Duke Henry was speechless with anger.

But, suddenly, in an idea, he retorted:

"How did you come to be in the North Sea Kingdom? Didn't Marin, the big bandit, rob it with his army? Push forward 10 years? Where is the North Sea Country? Even, 20 years forward, your master Marin is not even a knight! His Beihai country was all robbed by violence! He can rob it, why can't I? ”

As soon as his mind was hot, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttle, actually said what was in his heart......

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, immediately covered his face - this Sabi actually told the truth......

Although the aristocrats do grab territory, they always have to find high-sounding excuses, right? How can anyone say it so stupidly? When he said this, others were not easy to help......

Johnny wiped his tears, looked at Duke Henry with red eyes, and said:

"What do you mean - as long as whoever is strong can annex the other?"

Duke Henry, who was angry, didn't think about it:

"Yes, who told Beihai that the country is weak now?"

Many princes are covering their faces - I have never seen such 2 princes......

"Allow me, then, to convey a word from our little Duke Caesar—he wants to launch a duel against you eight bandit states!"

"What? Caesar's little milk baby wants to start a duel with the old man? Aha, isn't this in a hurry to die? The old man fulfilled him! Duke Henry is actually only 49 years old, but in this era, he is a serious "old man". Moreover, he died in 1514......

"Do you still want to face? Our little duke is only 10 years old, how can he fight you? What we mean is that the North Sea Kingdom and your 8 countries will have an existential duel in the name of the country! Whoever wins can decide the fate of the loser! ”

"What do you mean, we have won and can decide the territorial ownership of the North Sea State?" Duke Henry was a rare clever man.

"You have to win it! Even if there is only one legion, we can defeat you bandits! Johnny cried out like a mania. That's how it doesn't look normal......

"That's what you said, okay, I agreed! Wait a minute...... Let's make a duel statement for you to witness! ”

If Charles, Earl of Gerdon, were here, he might have suspected that he would not have made a decision immediately. But Duke Henry was simple-minded, didn't think so much, only saw the huge benefits in front of him, and then lost his ......

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. After all, he was mainly thinking about how to refute the emperor's affairs now, and he couldn't spare the energy to think about anything else.

Then Johnny continued to shout frantically:

"The North Sea Kingdom will win, and we will die with you!" After saying that, he wanted to pounce on and bite Duke Henry. Then, someone pulled him away......

The more Johnny did this, the more Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttle, felt that the North Sea Kingdom was at the end of the road. Even the envoy is so crazy, obviously, the Beihai Kingdom is desperate......

"Humph! Fight like Kilkenny cats? You have to have that ability......"

Just when Duke Henry hesitated, Johnny suddenly knelt before the emperor and cried:

"Your Majesty, please lend 10,000 soldiers and horses to the Beihai Kingdom! We will surely defeat those 8 bandits and take their land. We are willing to dedicate all the lands of the 8 countries we have seized to you, Your Majesty! ”

The princes were all shocked, and then they all laughed dumbly—this unclear emissary actually asked for help from the emperor who could not protect himself. Didn't he know that the Habsburgs were also in trouble at the moment? Even Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, thought the North Sea Kingdom was crazy......

Maximilian I cooperated with a look of embarrassment, and then replied:

"I ...... I'll try to get you some mercenaries......"

But Duke Henry had long been aware of the emperor's predicament, so he was not worried about how many reinforcements the emperor could send to Beihai State. Moreover, through this on-the-spot request for help, Duke Henry thought that he had seen the "hole card" of the Beihai Kingdom - the support of the emperor. Then, I was more confident and bold......

"Come, sign it, this is the duel book between our two sides, in the name of the state, on behalf of the 8 princes, I will fight a duel to the death with your Beihai country! Losers, let the winners dispose of them! ”

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