As one of the four most important principalities in East Francia, Bavaria was far superior to neighbouring Swabia and to the rich Lorraine, which was incorporated under Otto the Great. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

This bridgehead adjacent to the barbarians to the east may have been subjugated to the Frankish state as a buffer against the barbarians of the east without a major war at the time of the lord Clovis, and appointed a duke from the Frankish family of Azzinophon, Garibold I, to rule here.

This was the beginning of two hundred years of rule by the Agenophons, who for the next two centuries fended off a flood of barbarian invasions from the east, gradually gaining the allegiance of their lords and the submission of the surrounding tribes, and by the time of Duke Theodosius I, the Bavarians had gained complete independence from the collapsing Frankish dynasty and began to exert their strength in this difficult land.

After the famous court minister Charlie Matte became the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdom, he was determined to keep a tight grip on Bavaria, and successively deposed two dukes for contempt of authority, strengthening the bond on the Bavarians.

Pepin the Short, the son of Hammer and the first king of the Carolingian dynasty, was also committed to maintaining the authority of the Frankish crown in Bavaria, and he arranged a number of marriages between his family and the Agenophon family, who repeatedly violated Pepin's bottom line because of his similar relationship with the Lombard king, to the relief of the Frankish king, many rebellions in the Imperial Shield were caused by internal quarrels within the Aguinophon family, rather than the Bavarians' dissatisfaction with the Franks, which allowed them to justifiably send troops to suppress them.

More than a hundred years later, Charlemagne's great cause fell apart behind him, his three sons divided the empire, and Bavaria belonged to the king of East Francia.

Louis the German, in the Treaty of Verdun, which continued to divide after the Civil War, placed his court and the capital of Bavaria in Regensburg, and waged numerous wars against the Slavs to protect its security.

Louis's second son, Charles the Incompetent, succeeded in taking the throne of the Eastern and Western Franks and temporarily reunited the empire, and this benevolent fat man put Arnoof, the illegitimate son of his half-brother Carloman, in charge of the defense of Bavaria.

Who would have thought that the restless nephew would quickly gain the support of the lords, and then start a civil war to usurp the throne, and finally defeat Charles and be crowned king of Germany.

The crown passed to Arnoul's son Louis, and the Magyars began to use Hungary as a base for continuous aggression, and the fragmented Germany could not stop the invasion of these horseback barbarians, and in the humiliating Battle of Pressburg, almost all the Bavarian lords were wiped out by a powerful enemy, and the last German efforts to resist the barbarian invasion were in vain, and they fell into deep despair.

After the defeat of the battle, the Archbishop of Mainz proposed that Leopold, Count of Scheyen, who owned a large part of Bavaria, also take charge of the Carinthian border established to defend the southeastern border of Bavaria.

King Conrad I of Germany, after Arnnuf refused to recognize his supreme authority, launched an attack on him, and after a long and bitter battle, Conrad's successor, Henry the Birdcatcher, chose to recognize Arnnuf as duke, recognizing his right to appoint bishops, mint coins, and sign laws, and Bavaria finally recognized the authority of the king, and joined the German state along with Lorraine, which had just been annexed from West Francia.

Arnoulf and his successor, Eberhard, and Henry's son, Otto the Great, also had a conflict over the right to rule, and Eberhard, who took over his father's banner, failed to succeed as his father, and fled Bavaria after being defeated, and began a long exile.

After Bertold's death, the Emperor gave the dukedom to his own brother Henry, who had previously married Judith, the daughter of Duke Arnulf, and had inherited the title of lineage, but unfortunately the Bavarians did not like Henry, and during his short reign, his energy was mainly spent in the endless confrontation with the people.

Henry's youngest son, Henry the Quarreller, succeeded him, who was embroiled in a conspiracy against Emperor Otto II, who had given the Duchy of Swabia to Henry's enemies and the newly formed Eastern Frontier of Bavaria to Leopold, Count of Babenburg.

Unfortunately, the rebellion soon failed, and Henry, who escaped from prison, had to give up the title to the Duke of Swabia, and Carinthia became an independent principality, and was granted Otto, the son of the red-haired Conrad, the son-in-law of Otto the Great, and the Bavarian Church was controlled by the emperor instead of the duke.

After receiving the emperor's pardon and reinstatement, Henry quickly re-established the domestic order, conquered the Mazars who were about to move, and signed an indefinite armistice with them, proving himself to be a qualified ruler with practical actions.

His son, His Majesty the current Emperor, agreed to Nijmegen's conditions in order to ascend to the throne, and transferred Charles, Duke of Lorraine, to Duke of Bavaria.

The bumpy carriage traveled on the rugged mountain road, I held on to my head that was about to explode and couldn't breathe, Leonardo sat on the opposite side as steady as Mount Tai, next to the monk who had just closed the scroll, these poor people who dedicated their lives to God asceticism, were the responsible historians of the Middle Ages, whenever the old guy wanted me to attack a country, he would always find a monk with a bitter gourd face and big bags under his eyes to come and popularize history, those stinky and long complicated names and confusing blood relations, If Leonardo had a whim, he would improvise a more intricate marriage between vassals, which was a life-threatening rhythm.

"Do you have any questions, my lord?"

Leonardo, squinting his eyes and not knowing whether he saw the distressed expression on my face, waved his hand to let the monk get out of the car first, and then instructed Rollo to hand him a box with elaborate decorations and jewels.

"Honestly, there really is!"

I licked my lips, which were not moist no matter how much I drank, and asked carefully, "Is there any practical point in you letting people tell me this?" ”

Leonardo finally opened his eyes, full of incredulity: "Don't you understand this?" ”

"First, Bavaria has a long history of noble blood and has a decisive voice within Germany."

"Second, why did Duke Otto of Carinthia claim that he had a legitimate right of inheritance, because he was the nephew of King Charles the Incompetent, and the husband of Judith, the granddaughter of Arnoff the Wicked, so he became the cousin-in-law of the deceased Duke, although the blood is relatively distant, but after all, there is a legitimate legal inheritance, in other words, he is also your distant relative, the niece and son-in-law of little Otto."

I racked my fingers and tried my best, but I couldn't figure out what the old guy was talking about, so I had to give up and ask something else: "What's the latest situation?" ”

"There are some lords loyal to little Otto, who do not recognize the power of the Duke of Carinthia, who occupy the castle and raise their banners to resist, which is a force that we can use, and there are also lords of Carinten who are wavering, and they can also be used by me."

Leonardo opened the curtain and looked out at the scenery, the army of Nijmegen was on the trek to Bavaria, and the day after receiving the news, I called the army under the direct control of the duke to start in advance, and the bull would then lead the vassals and knights who had gathered one after another to catch up, and Kohler and Yaroslav commanded the Lyutich guard to stay behind.

"Carinthia was supposed to be an ally that could be won in the civil war, but I didn't expect it to be on our side."

There were no outsiders in the carriage anyway, and I was lying on all fours stretching my limbs, and due to the shock absorption technology and road conditions of this era, it was not as comfortable to travel by car as it was on horseback, let alone sit cross-legged with my hands curled up.

"Aren't you afraid that the Magyars will dig them out from behind?"

"Do you still think that the Duke of Carinthia's actions were his impulsive greed? I'm afraid the Magyars aren't clean either. ”

Leonardo snorted coldly, holding his cane and tapping the location of Rome on the map with the front end: "His Holiness the Pope is deeper than you and I imagined, behind this series of events, it is estimated that there is the shadow of the Vatican, and there is no strong emperor to suppress it, and Ni Xia is restless about his authority bound in Rome." ”

"You mean he has the papal tacit approval? The Magyars also abandoned their commitment to the emperor in favor of cooperating with the Vatican? ”

I sat up and touched my chest with palpitations, a little unconvinced: "How many people are waiting for the outbreak of civil war, so our preparation in advance is a little insufficient, the scale of the war is far larger than imagined, and there are more enemies. ”

Leonardo touched the wrinkled skin on the back of his hand, and replied unhurriedly: "Although a low price was shorted for grain prices some time ago, and a lot of it was indeed invested, but Nijmegen's treasury is still full, and the grain in it is enough to cope with the two-year war of land harvest, even if the consumption is huge, as long as the local port is kept unobstructed, the Nijmegen Chamber of Commerce can also get supplies from England on the other side of the channel to support the war, and when everyone runs out of ammunition and food, whoever is strong will have the last laugh, and the stability of logistics support, Sufficient troops can definitely be guaranteed, and the hungry lords are happy to hug their thick thighs, and no one likes to fight to the death with a hungry stomach. ”

After listening to this, I showed a fox-like sly smile, blinked my eyes and looked at the old guy with concern: "I understand, you mean to fight a protracted war, exchange time for space, whoever laughs at the end will laugh the sweetest, you guy, cunning and cunning, others are opponents." ”

Leonardo was not as optimistic as I was, and he stated calmly, as if he was talking about other people's affairs that had nothing to do with him: "Even so, our forces are far from enough, and we need to win over more allies, and we must resolve the Bavarian civil strife as soon as possible, or defeat the Duke of Carinthia once and for all, and take the two well-supplied territories in our hands!" ”

"Occupy here, we can enter the south to threaten Rome, flank the Swabian rebels left and right, retreat to defend ourselves, and threaten the Magyars to send troops, which is equivalent to controlling the crossroads in all directions!"

I clapped my hands excitedly and laughed, but quickly calmed down: "But this is also a place of full four battles......"

"I still remember you said that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable."

The old fellow seemed more confident than I was: "The enemy didn't expect the speed of our message, and when they found themselves surrounded by the divine army of Nijmegen, what could they do but pray for God's blessing?" ”

(End of chapter)