On the way to the barracks, Frenzberg was in a heavy mood. To be honest, Frenzberg regretted it in his heart. I regretted leaving East Friesland and coming to Austria.

At the beginning, because of the family tradition of admiration for the Habsburg royal family, coupled with the desire for a knighthood, Frentzberg chose to leave East Frisland, which had an uncertain future at the time, and turned to the emperor. Now, in retrospect, Frenzberg thinks it was a bad move.

Before joining the Habsburg family, Frenzberg was full of illusions about the Habsburgs, the only royal family in Europe. In those fantasies, the Habsburgs were noble, magnificent, and classy......

But when he really joined the camp of the Habsburgs and entered the inner circle, it became clear to Frenzberg that the Habsburgs, who looked glamorous on the outside, were actually in chaos and miasma on the inside......

The Habsburgs have a centuries-old history. However, the bad is also bad on this "long history". From the time of Rudolf I the big-nosed, the Habsburgs began to spread out in Austria. The males of the family, who were feudal in the Austrian territories, each managed one side.

Over the centuries, the Habsburg family has many branches, including dukes and counts. Emperor Maximilian I in Austria could really only be regarded as the patriarch of the House of Habsburg, and not a lord of all his word. Although Austria is large, it is also divided into many parts. The emperor was only the Archduke of Austria, but within Austria, it was subdivided into Upper Austria, Lower Austria, the Duchy of Tyrol and the Duchy of Styria. Moreover, within each principality, there were several counts of the Habsburg branches. As for the barons, it's a whole bunch of them.

Therefore, every time Emperor Maximilian I held a family meeting, the scene was as lively as the Imperial Diet......

Seriously counted, the lands under the direct control of Emperor Maximilian I actually accounted for only a small part of Austria. Most of the rest was divided among the many branches of the Habsburgs.

Therefore, in this era when the monarch could only rely on territorial sales, commercial taxes, and import and export taxes, the Habsburg royal family, which did not have many direct territories, was a standard poor royal family.

Fortunately, Maximilian I was well married, and through marriage, he annexed the territory-rich Duchy of Burgundy, so that the poor Habsburg family finances did not collapse.

But because of the Duchy of Burgundy, although after the French invasion, only the Franche-Comté and the Netherlands remained, but the tax revenue of one Flemish region alone was worth the Austrian region. Later, after a struggle within the family, Maximilian I had to make concessions, and later received less tax revenue from Austria, and then mainly relied on the Netherlands and Franche-Comté regions to feed himself. As for the underpaid taxes, they were naturally divided among the branches of the Habsburgs......

The dukes, counts, and barons of the Habsburg family did not have the ability to do things, but the ability to do bad things was absolutely first-class. He liked to find fault with the emperor when he had nothing to do, and Maximilian I had to make some concessions in order to maintain the external brilliance and internal stability of the Habsburgs.

It was clear to Frenzberg that the Emperor Maximilian I trusted him, but the counts of the Habsburg family did not like him.

If he was defeated in Switzerland and lost most of it, Maximilian I might want to protect him, but the members of the Habsburg family would surely make him the culp.

Why? Because Eagle Castle in the Swiss canton of Aargau is the ancestral land of the Habsburgs. It is a great sin to lose the ancestral land. This basin could not be buckled on the head of Emperor Maximilian I. Then, the best person to take the blame is obviously him Frenzberg......

Once he was detained on his head for "losing the ancestral land of the family", even if Frentzberg was capable, under strong pressure from within the family, Maximilian I had to give up on him. Unless, His Majesty the Emperor has the courage to break with the family...... But that's impossible......

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Faced with such a complicated Habsburg family, Frentzberg had a headache and regretted it. Even, he had the urge to return to Marin's command. But he knew it was impossible. After all, he was the equivalent of defecting from East Friesland. Even if he went back, there would be no place for him in East Friesland.

And if he hadn't left at the beginning, then, in the current Beihai Army, under Marin, except for Schwartz, it would be him, and there would be nothing to do with Stader at all.

Even, when he was learning the art of war with Marin, Frenzberg's talent surpassed Schwarz's. It's just that Schwartz followed Marin earlier and was more loyal, so he firmly occupied the position of the number one general under Marin.

But there is no going back...... Frenzberg was stunned, but had to accept reality......

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When he came to the university field, Frenzberg put away the amazement in his heart, beat his spirit, pretended to be confident, stood on the high platform with high spirits, and announced loudly:

"Today, soldiers, I am going to take you on a great mission - to defeat the enemies of the great Habsburgs. As long as this battle is successful, you will be a great hero of the great Habsburgs, and His Majesty the Emperor will reward you with no hesitation. Many of you, you may be knighted......"

The big war was about to start, and Frenzberg was not sure. However, he had heard Marin say that before the war, it was important not to tell the truth, but to fool as much as possible to raise morale to the top. In this way, it is easy to win the battle. Moreover, Marin gave the example of "all coins face up" to illustrate the importance of deception during pre-war mobilization.

Thinking of this, Frenzberg's eyes flashed, and he confessed:

"Tonight, I'm going to hold a departure ceremony, everyone pack up and salute, and set off in the evening!"

Because it was an ambush, it was naturally impossible to go out of the city during the day. Otherwise, it is easy to be spotted by the French. So, Frentzberg chose to go out of town quietly at night.

But before leaving the city, Frenzberg did not pack his luggage, but went to polish the gold coins with a few die-hard cronies......

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The gold coins polished by Frenzberg and his die-hard cronies are the Gulden gold coins engraved with the portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, which were specially created two years ago to celebrate the successful coronation of Maximilian I as emperor.

This "Emperor's Gold Coin" features a large portrait of the Emperor wearing a crown on the obverse and the Habsburg double-headed eagle emblem and text on the reverse.

What Vrenzberg and his men did was polish the reverse side of the gold coin. Then, the smooth side of the two gold coins, which were only obverse left, was glued together with expensive special glue......

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In the evening, after the army had eaten dinner, the soldiers gathered on the colonel's field, and countless torches were lit around it......

Frentzberg brought a middle-aged man dressed as a soothsayer to the point platform......

Frenzberg exclaimed:

"Soldiers, the future of this expedition is uncertain. For this reason, I specially invited the famous local soothsayer Master William (actually a random guy found locally, anyway, the generals in the army are not locals, and I don't know him) to tell the good fortune for our expedition, and I will invite Master William below! ”

Then, a middle-aged man in a black robe walked up to the stage with a serious face and said in front of all the soldiers:

"My divination method is very special, it is a coin divination. It is to sprinkle a handful of gold coins on the ground after reciting a mantra, and the more gold coins face up, the more auspicious it is. If all the gold coins are face up, then this battle will be won! ”

The soldiers below were all confused when they heard it - and those who used money for divination? I've only heard of astrological divination (Pope Julius II believed in this), tarot card divination, alphabet divination, and coin divination, but you really haven't heard of it......

But "Master William" didn't care about everyone's confusion, but took out a handful of gold coins and said:

"This is the 'Emperor's Gold Coin' issued to celebrate His Majesty's official coronation in Rome, and today, I use this gold coin for divination. If most of the avatars are facing upwards, then the battle will be won. If all the avatars are facing up, then this battle will be won! ”

Then, after reciting a few incantations to himself, which he himself did not understand, "Master William" spilled the gold coin in his hand on the board on which the statue of Jesus was enshrined on the altar of the general......

Then "Master William" pretended to look at it casually, and then cried out as if he had lost his mind:

"Good luck! Good luck! It's all the gold coins face up! This battle will be won! ”

"Really? I'll take a look! Frentzberg pretended to be surprised, and after leaning forward and looking at it deliberately, he also cheered loudly as if he had been evil:

"It's really all the gold coins with their heads facing up! It seems that God also bless His Majesty the Great Emperor! God bless my emperor! Win the next battle! Then Frenzberg winked at his cronies......

"God bless my emperor! Win the next battle! "This is all childcare that has been arranged a long time ago, so it naturally gives face......

"God bless my emperor! Win the next battle! ”

"God bless my emperor! Win the next battle! ”

"God bless my emperor! Win the next battle! ”

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After the soldiers shouted that they were tired, they sent representatives to the stage to watch the results of the divination......

Among them, a hairy soldier wanted to touch the gold coins on the board with his hands. Flönzberg was in a hurry, what if the truth was discovered? So, in a hurry, he kicked the soldier into the air, and scolded:

"At this time, can you touch the platform dedicated to the gods with your hands? Don't blaspheme the gods! ”

Then, no one dared to touch it...... Of course, if you touch it, you have to show the filling......

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Taking advantage of the high morale, Frenzberg proudly announced:

"The army is on the march!"

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