Three diplomatic letters, full of vicious words, were soon sent to Moscow, Wittenberg, and Berlin by the Danish envoys arranged by Mikel himself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the official document was served, the three parties who had read the diplomatic document were immediately not calm......

Prince Vasily, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was furious when he saw the slander in the official document slandering himself as homosexual:

"Hans, this old bastard, can't beat others by himself, and he is so sarcastic that we don't do anything, Lao Tzu wants to kill him, kill him!"

After breaking a lot of precious items, Prince Vasily felt that it was not enough, so he directly asked the unlucky Danish messenger who delivered the official document to be cut into eight pieces......

At the same time, Prince Vasily made a diplomatic statement - the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Denmark became hostile states......

In Wittenberg, after Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, received the diplomatic letter from Denmark, he was also very angry, and immediately sent someone to beat the messenger who sent the document. Fortunately, it was only a beating, and it didn't kill the poor messenger.

Enraged, Frederick III withdrew the 10,000 mercenaries who had already sailed in the direction of Denmark......

In fact, as in-laws, after Denmark was attacked by the Four-Power Alliance, the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg were ready to support.

However, neither Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, nor Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg, wanted to offend Lübeck and Hamburg head-on. Because, these two cities are the leaders and vice-leaders of the Hanseatic League. To offend them is to offend the entire Hanseatic League.

If the Hanseatic League is offended, as long as the two leaders order that Hanseatic merchants are not allowed to do business in the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, nor are they allowed to purchase goods from any of the two countries, then even the Electors must kneel.

The Hanseatic League, which was at its peak, controlled most of the commercial trade in Germany. To offend the Hanseatic League was to offend most of the German merchants. And the princes, in addition to that little rent, were very dependent on commercial taxes. At the same time, he also needed to borrow money from the Hanseatic League to maintain his luxurious life. Therefore, in Germany, few nobles dared to offend the Hanseatic League. Marin formed an alliance with the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic League, which is equivalent to hugging his thighs......

Moreover, Lübeck and Hamburg attacked Denmark for a valid reason - two merchant ships laden with spices were burned by Denmark for no apparent reason. Then, Denmark also refused to pay compensation, and its attitude was very bad, and it was completely an act of death. Even if the two in-laws want to support it publicly, there is no reason.

So, in the end, Frederick III and Joakim I made a private agreement not to use our own army, lest we give the Hanseatic League a grip. However, it is not true that Denmark can be ignored either. So, privately, under the banner of Denmark, they began to help Denmark hire German mercenaries. Then, he planned to send it to Denmark to help Denmark fight against the coalition forces.

However, the two Electors did not expect that the melee combat of the coalition forces would be so fast. In the past, it would take a month to attack a fortified city, even if it was an ordinary castle. If you attack a fortified city, it is estimated that it will take two or three months. If you encounter the opponent's sufficient troops, you may have to draw a ...... for more than half a year

Therefore, originally, the two electors felt that the Danes could hold out for at least half a year. When recruiting mercenaries, there is no such urgency.

However, they didn't expect that Marin would have the trick of artillery bombardment + bombardment, and the attack on the city was progressing rapidly. While the two Electors were still busy recruiting troops, they quickly captured the Duchy of Holstein and the Duchy of Schleswig. Then, he pulled the army directly to the island of Zealand to surround Copenhagen......

Now, when the two Electors had managed to gather 19,000 mercenaries (the Elector of Saxony had hired 10,000 mercenaries and the Elector of Brandenburg had 9,000 mercenaries), and were about to send them to Denmark, they waited for a diplomatic letter from the Danish king to insult them......

After receiving the diplomatic letter from Denmark, Joakim I was also furious, and for the first time quarreled with his newly married wife, Princess Elizabeth:

"Look at your old foolish father, who is incompetent, but blames his son-in-law. Look, look what he said? Am I a waste? He was blind to marry his daughter to me? What's more, he can't beat others by himself, but he blames his son-in-law for being incompetent! Isn't he a self-proclaimed 'Nordic hegemon'? As a result, an alliance of a Swedish rebel, a little count, and two Hanseatic cities, just like this, and the face blames me? ”

Princess Elizabeth, who was only 18 years old, did not dare to refute, just cried there. She also knew very well that her father's accusation against her husband was unreasonable. Therefore, she can only bear her husband's anger silently.

Subsequently, in anger, Joakim I also called back the 9,000 mercenaries originally sent out, and planned to dismiss him......

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In Wittenberg, after expelling the Danish courier who had come to deliver diplomatic documents, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, fell into deep thought......

Frederick III, after his anger had died down, always felt that something was wrong. Because, the Danish king Hans sent such a diplomatic official letter, which is completely deadly, and Denmark will lose all the way to reinforcements.

In order to test his suspicions, Frederick III sent an emissary to Berlin through the post station system to ask if Joakim I had received a similar diplomatic document......

A few days later, Frederick III received an affirmative answer......

As the wisest of the seven electors, Frederick III quickly figured out why—he knew that the Danish capital, Copenhagen, must have fallen. Moreover, it could not have been Hans himself who sent this diplomatic document, but most likely, the Triple Coalition that occupied Copenhagen. The purpose was to provoke himself and Joakim I. Then, cut off the idea of sending troops to help Denmark with himself and Joakim I......

After figuring this out, Frederick III had planned to send back the 10,000 mercenaries he had recalled. Soon, however, he gave up on this intention......

Why? Now that Copenhagen has fallen, it will be useless if this support force is not sent out. At this time, sending reinforcements over will face the Triple Alliance Army, whose morale has reached its peak. Add to that the numerical inferiority, and the reinforcements will have no chance of winning.

Moreover, the two Electors originally sent reinforcements, not to face the Triple Alliance, but to help defend Sealand and Copenhagen.

Now that Copenhagen has fallen, there is no need to send reinforcements......

As for the reasons for not sending reinforcements, the Triple Alliance has found it for itself -- obviously, that insulting diplomatic document will be the biggest excuse for not sending reinforcements......

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, could have responded to the Danes' accusations afterwards with the excuse of "being insulted". Moreover, it is possible to blame the other party in turn......

Even later the Danes found out about the problem and explained it clearly. By that time, the war had long been over. In that case, the Electorate of Saxony would perfectly avoid this unwinnable war, which was easy to offend the Hanseatic League.

In order to rely on the support of Choakim I, who was also the Elector, in the future Imperial Diet, Frederick III sent his men to Berlin by secret letter.

After seeing the secret letter, after thinking for a long time, Choakim I also made the decision to pretend that he did not see the conspiracy of the Four-Nation Alliance. In this way, the Elector of Brandenburg could also avoid a head-on conflict with the Hanseatic League's leaders and vice-leaders......

However, the union of the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brandenburg may not necessarily lose to the Four-Power Alliance. However, there is no certainty of a sure win. If they do not win, Lübeck and Hamburg, who have been offended, will inevitably call on the Hanseatic League to impose economic sanctions on both countries. When the time comes, not only will the two monarchs not be able to receive enough commercial taxes, but they will also be short of money in the future, and no one will lend to them. Because, the big merchants who usually lend money to the big nobles are all from the Hanseatic League......

After much thought, Joakim I, like Frederick III, also used the excuse of "being insulted by the King of Denmark" to recall the 9,000 mercenaries that had been managed to make up with great difficulty, and dismissed them on the spot......

In this way, without Marin's knowledge, two diplomatic documents made in a bad mood allowed Marin to avoid the battle with the 19,000 reinforcements sent by the two Electors.

At the same time, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg, were also glad that they had the diplomatic document that insulted him as an endorsement, otherwise he really had no excuse to get out of the matter. After all, the two countries and Denmark are allies by marriage......