The Danes appealed to France for help, but here in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they received good news. www.biquge.info Of course, it's good news on the surface.

Back last year, the current Grand Duke Ivan III was paralyzed in bed due to illness. Therefore, now the regent is his son Prince Vasily, who later became Vasily III.

Vasily III, like Ivan III, was an ambitious Maozi chieftain. It's just that Ivan III, although ambitious, was relatively timid. In 1480, when he confronted Ahema Khan of the Golden Horde, he fled back to Moscow in fear.

Vasily III was equally ambitious, but much more daring and ruthless. Prince Vasily was the wife of Ivan III and the last emperor of the Eastern Romans, Andres. The son of Palaiologos' sister Sophia. Originally, Ivan III was with his ex-wife and had a name named Ivan. The eldest son of Ivanovic. Moreover, Ivan III originally intended to pass on the throne to his eldest son. It is a pity that Prince Ivan hiccups as early as 1490, leaving only a son named Dmitry.

Originally, the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Moscow supported the succession of King Dmitry. However, in 1502, for unknown reasons, it was probably Dmitry who was arrested by Ivan III on suspicion of the murder of Prince Vasily. Then, it happened that Ivan III was paralyzed in bed, and simply let Prince Vasily be regent.

In fact, there is a lot of speculation about the sudden arrest of Dmitry Wangsun. Because, Dmitry is a somewhat timid and cowardly young man, and it is unlikely that he will murder his own uncle. Many people speculate that in the end, Ivan III chose Prince Vasily and abandoned Prince Dmitry's grandson, which may be due to personality problems.

Ivan III was an ambitious monarch who wanted to see the Grand Duchy of Moscow grow. And Dmitry, who is honest and timid, is more than enough to keep and not enterprising. In addition, Dmitry was secretly manipulated by his mother, the crown princess Elena, which made Ivan III quite unhappy.

Moreover, his wife Sophia and Prince Vasily kept lobbying Ivan III, saying that if Prince Vasily inherited the position of Grand Duchy of Moscow, because he had the blood of the Eastern Roman royal family, and the Eastern Roman Empire had fallen, Prince Vasily could use this as an excuse to claim that the Grand Duchy of Moscow inherited the Eastern Roman Empire.

As for Sofia's brother Andres. Who cares about Palaiologos selling the throne to Maximilian I? As long as the Grand Duchy of Moscow does not recognize it when the time comes......

Not only that, although Prince Vasily rebelled, it was only to compete with Prince Dmitry for the position of crown prince. This also proves that Prince Vasily is a man of daring. Unlike Dmitry's grandsons, some are too honest and cowardly, and are easily set up as puppets by the big nobles.

Therefore, after repeated ideological struggles, Ivan III finally chose Prince Vasily as regent and replaced Dmitry as crown prince.

In fact, whether it is Prince Vasily or Prince Dmitry's grandson, they are not very old, but they are not young anymore. Prince Vasily was born in 1479, and Prince Dmitry was born in 1483. Today, Prince Vasily is 24 years old, and Prince Dmitry's grandson is 20 years old.

Although he is only a year younger than Marin, Prince Vasily is no less ambitious than Marin. What's more, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which he will inherit, is much stronger than that of East Friesian Lambean. The East Friesian Lamber Kingdom of Marin has only 3,000 square kilometers and a population of 150,000 (not including the army). And the Grand Duchy of Moscow, at this time, already had two or three million square kilometers of land and a population of several million. Although, because most of the land area is too far north, it is not very suitable for human habitation. But the land in parts of the south alone is enough to beat Marin in comparison. Therefore, people are also qualified to be crazy......

With the exception of the formidable Crimean Khanate in the south and the less easy to mess with in Lithuania and Poland in the west, all other directions were in the plot of Prince Vasily.

For the country of Denmark, Prince Vasily also studied. It turns out that Denmark is a sea hegemon, a weak chicken on land......

Although, if the territory of Denmark is moved, it may be blocked by the sea, but so what? The Grand Duchy of Moscow had no maritime interests at all, it was purely a landlubber state. It's just that the prestige of the Danish Kalmar Union did not dare to act rashly for a while.

But now, the Danes actually took the initiative to come to the door and wanted to attack Finland themselves, and they also grabbed the ...... casually Prince Vasily was tempted at once......

Where did Ivan III, who was paralyzed in bed, Ivan III also have some temptation. Not only Ivan III was tempted, but also the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Because, in the eyes of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Sweden, as an emerging country, although it has a bit of strength, is definitely not comparable to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Now, it should not be difficult to fight Sweden in rebellion with the Danes.

It's just that the Maozi, who are closed to news, don't know that the Danes are already difficult to protect themselves at this time, and their homeland is about to be invaded. Because the Maozi are in the easternmost part of Europe, and they are not in the Catholic sphere of influence, the information is a bit closed, and they do not know the development of the war on Jutland.

Therefore, the Maozi nobles unanimously decided to send 20,000 troops to Finland. Then, looting in Finland......

For murder and arson, these Maozi nobles are very enthusiastic. Probably because of the influence of the original suzerain, the Golden Horde, was too deep, and Maozi's army had always had a style of burning, killing and looting. Later, the Cossacks took this barbaric style to the extreme.

As soon as I heard that I was going to take advantage of the standoff between Denmark and Sweden to enter Finland and grab a lot of money, many Maozi nobles enthusiastically signed up.

Prince Vasily, the regent, selected a few nobles who were closest to him, and asked them to recruit 20,000 troops from the country and prepare to set off to Finland to plunder. As for supplies, Prince Vasily did not think about it at all. When the time comes, just let them "eat anywhere". The so-called "eating anywhere" means to rob the local people of their belongings and food as supplies. It's just that for those people who were robbed, it was very unlucky. Food has been robbed, belongings have been robbed, and there is no hope of survival......

But what do those have to do with the Maozi? It is enough for them to know that they are rich. As for the life or death of the Finnish people, it is not in their consideration.

In fact, the ambitious Prince Vasily didn't just want to grab a handful. Even, the ambitious Prince Vasily planned to hack part of Finland after the war. At the very least, the territory adjacent to the Baltic Sea, near the Grand Duchy of Moscow, should be swallowed. At that time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow would cease to be a landlubber state. Perhaps, you can also engage in maritime trade, do some business and make some money......