Although the popularity of the Danes has plummeted, this is Copenhagen, the last bastion of the Danes. Except for Copenhagen, they have nowhere to retreat. Therefore, Marin did not expect the other side to surrender immediately. After all, the other side still has tall and strong walls to rely on.

However, when the other side runs out of food, the morale problem will be highlighted. Now that the Danes have not yet reached the end of their rope, even if their morale is low, they are not necessarily so easy to gnaw. But when they run out of food, coupled with low morale, the soldiers have no intention of fighting, it will be fatal.

Therefore, Marin did not expect the other party to collapse and surrender now. Moreover, it is impossible for the other party to break through. Why? Because even if the other party breaks out, there is no way to escape. On land, Zealand is just over 7,000 square kilometers and has nowhere to hide. What's more, Sealand is surrounded by the sea, and the sea control is in the hands of the enemy. Therefore, even if the Danish army broke through, there was nowhere to escape. Even if Marin wants to use the tactic of "encircling three queyi", there is nowhere to show it. Because, the other party has nowhere to escape......

Therefore, Marin chose to wait quietly, waiting for the other party to run out of food, and waiting for the other party to collapse on its own......

However, just waiting stupidly is not a way, you have to find something else to do. Even if the other party runs out of food, it will take a month or two......

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered that although he had captured 18,000 Swiss mercenaries and sent them to dig a canal, it seemed that he had not informed Maximilian I......

Marin had planned before, taking advantage of the lack of troops in Switzerland, to encourage Maximilian I to quickly send troops and occupy the whole of Switzerland, so as to eliminate this branch of Protestantism that gave birth to the "Calvinists", a professional household of "rebellion and killing of kings".

The Swiss fought against the emperor a lot, so in the Reformation, the "Calvinists" were born as a radical sect in Protestantism that was professionally opposed to the emperor and king, which eventually influenced countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, England and France, and participated in the cutting off of the heads of two kings.

As a hereditary nobleman, Marin is naturally hostile to Calvinism. Therefore, even if Marin did not look down on the poor mountains and rivers in Switzerland, he did not want to see the Swiss continue to govern themselves and continue to hate the emperor......

Moreover, the Swiss are not so easy to deal with. As the saying goes, "Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people". Before the rise of the Swiss watch industry, Switzerland was a poor mountainous area, with fierce customs and fierce people, and the people were good at cutting people......

Such a place, even if the area is not small, don't give it to Marin. Because, even if Switzerland is defeated, it will be a headache for the people to resist in the future. After all, there are too many mobs with combat skills there. Moreover, the mountainous area is the most suitable for guerrilla fighting. If these Swiss mountain people were proficient in the guerrilla tactics of the great grandfather, no matter which ruler would be helpless.

Marin is not rare in Switzerland, but the Habsburgs are rare......

Because Switzerland is the land of the Habsburgs and their ancestral territory. However, during the Luxembourg period, the Habsburgs were forced to give up their ancestral land in Switzerland under the oppression of the then emperor Sigismund. Then, Sigismund also incited the Swiss to hate the Habsburgs, violently rebelled against the Habsburgs' rule, and annexed the Habsburgs' lands in Switzerland.

Eventually, the Habsburgs lost their lands in Switzerland entirely. This also led to the hatred of the Habsburgs and the Swiss Union.

For the medieval aristocracy of Europe, the birthplace of the Habsburgs, the Eagle Castle in the canton of Aargau, was definitely a sacred place for the members of the Habsburgs.

However, the Swiss mountain people are too tough. Moreover, the Plate Knights are not as good as the Swiss infantry in the Swiss mountains. As a result, the Habsburgs were never able to regain their ancestral lands.

After all, the mountainous terrain of Switzerland, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, is also more suitable for infantry play.

But now a great opportunity was in front of the Habsburgs - the main force of Swiss mercenaries, 18,000 people, was handcuffed by Marin and used as coolies to dig canals. Moreover, there are only a few thousand other Swiss mercenaries in the Duchy of Guedes and a few thousand in France. As for Switzerland itself, there are basically no veteran Swiss mercenaries.

At this time, if the opportunity was to send troops to Switzerland, Switzerland would not have enough troops to resist. This is great news for the Habsburgs......

So, taking advantage of his idleness, Marinti wrote to Maximilian I:

"Your Majesty the Emperor, your servant Marin sends you my sincere greetings......"

"In this Armageddon west of Lübeck, I surrounded 18,000 Swiss mercenaries. Eventually, we came to an agreement – I agreed that the Swiss would not have to pay the ransom, but that they would have to dig a canal near Münster for me. ”

"It's going to take a few months, and during that time, Switzerland is empty. Your Majesty has a large army in hand, why don't you take the opportunity to reclaim the territory of your ancestors? Especially the Eagle Castle in the canton of Aargau, which is the birthplace of the Habsburgs......"

"As for these 18,000 Swiss mercenaries, they will not be able to go back in the future. I promised them not to ask for ransom from them, and to let them go when the canal was dug. But, Your Majesty, you have prepared an army of tens of thousands, and it is possible to defeat them by ambushing them on their way back while I let them go. After all, there's no way I'm going to let them leave with their weapons. 10,000 troops ambushed 18,000 unarmed Swiss, I think it should be a sure victory......"

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In this letter, Marin not only advised Maximilian I to take advantage of the lack of troops in Switzerland to occupy Switzerland and retake the ancestral Eagle Castle in the canton of Aargau, but also calculated the captured Swiss mercenaries.

Yes, Marin did swear that he would not embarrass these surrendered Swiss mercenaries. However, it didn't say that after leaving Marin's crossing, others were not allowed to deal with them......

In short, after the canal was dug, Marin could "send these Swiss mercenaries out of the country". But after leaving Marin's borders, the Habsburg army attacked these unarmed Swiss mercenaries, which was beyond Marin's control......

Even if the Swiss mercenaries are strong, it is only when they have a full set of weapons and armor. When they were first released, they must have had nothing, no weapons, and no food. The unarmed Swiss prisoners of war would certainly not be able to defeat the regular Habsburg army.

In the face of such a person who can be defeated, the Habsburgs better wash and sleep early, not to mention any struggle for hegemony......

Hegemony is a game played by powerful people, and if you don't have strength, if you insist on participating like Song Xianggong, you will inevitably end up with a miserable end.

Because of the relay mode of changing horses along the way, the secret letter was delivered to Emperor Maximilian I of Innsbruck in a few days.

Faced with Marin's suggestion, Maximilian I was clearly moved......

Eagle Castle, that is the ancestral land of the Habsburgs, and even the origin of the surname. It would be of great significance if it could be recovered.

Moreover, Marin's proposal was not to take the opportunity to recover the Eagle Castle, but to annex all of Switzerland. What's more, Marin will also cooperate to send those Swiss prisoners of war into the ambush circle of the Habsburg army after the canal excavation is completed......

"Marin is really a loyal minister!" Maximilian I said happily.

He could not have understood Marin's fear of Calvinism, nor could he have found a reason for Marlin to help him. The only explanation can only be that Marin is a loyal servant who is loyal to himself......

After receiving Marin's letter, Maximilian I consulted with several elders of the House of Habsburg and agreed that this was the best time to recover the ancestral land of the House of Habsburg......

So, Maximilian I ordered that the entire army of Austria be mobilized. On the Dutch side, Prince Philip soon received a letter from Maximilian I and began to gather a large army to intimidate the Duchy of Gedes and prevent the thousands of Swiss mercenaries from returning home to reinforce the Duchy of Gedes...... 10