"I'm afraid that the enemy is not just Wolf." Ludwig said worriedly, "Father has gone to the Duchy of Franconia, you know?" ”

"The Duke of Franconia has no heirs, and only one daughter under his knees, what can he do as an old man?" Henry pouted disdainfully, "Ambitious? ”

"News at 5 p.m. today, it is said that the negotiations between my father and the duke did not go well." Ludwig whispered, "The Holy See has offered the Duke of Franconia a price that is difficult to refuse. ”

"What's the price?"

"Give him an heir."

"Will this work?" Henry almost shouted

Ludwig shook his head, "The technology of the Holy See, unimaginable. ”

"That's bad." Henry immediately became anxious, "How to continue the Hohenstaufen family has almost become the heart of the Duke of Franconia. Since the Holy See threw this bait......"

"The duke will probably take the bait." Ludwig's face was gloomy, "And if the Duchy of Franconia defects, it chooses to side with the Wolf family......"

"Then our ties with the Duchy of Lorraine will be severed, and Bavaria will need to deal with military threats from both Lombardy and Franconia." Henry's brow almost froze.

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Due to the fact that within the Holy Solomon Empire, there are many principalities and families, and the name is particularly difficult to remember. In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, here is a brief description of the five major families of the empire:

His Majesty the Emperor's House of Saxony (also known as the House of the Dragon) controls the Duchy of Lorraine to the northwest.

Eleanor was born into the Weissbach family (also known as the Swan family), which owned the Duchy of Bavaria in the southeast.

The Wolf family (also known as the Wolf family), the rebels of this civil war, controlled the Duchy of Burgundy in the southwest and indirectly controlled the Lombard territory.

The Hohenstaufen family (also known as the Griffons) held the Duchy of Franconia in the center of the empire, and also controlled its southern neighbor Swabia.

The Wettin family (also known as the Great Bear family), which originated in Thuringia in the northern part of the empire, is currently the smallest of the territory.

In the future, the five major families will be involved, and in order to facilitate memory, we will try to refer to animals as far as possible.

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"The Duke of Carinthia is a staunch royalty, but the Bohemian side ......," Ludwig said solemnly. It's hard to say, but the Luxembourg family is dealing with the rebellious Hussites, a group of homegrown separatist elements, which seems to have become the climate. ”

"If there is any more turmoil in Bohemia, then we will be attacked on three sides." Henry gasped, "God, Duke Franconia...... Didn't he think about it? We have a feud with Wolff's wolf cubs, and we will inevitably be on the side of the royal family. The Great Bear of Thuringia, as well as the Duchy of Saxony as a branch of the Imperial Family, must also support His Majesty the Emperor. Once he chooses to defect, the first to be besieged is Franconia! ”

"Conrad, he's desperate too!" Ludwig said in a deep voice, "After so many years of fighting the war of the nobility, don't you know, even if you lose, you won't die, only the territory and the title will be lost!" ”

"However, if he does nothing of the griffin family, when his soul returns to heaven, all the family's property, fiefdoms and subjects will fall into the hands of others, what is the difference between complete defeat in the war? In other words, would you rather wait for death to destroy your family, or fight for a chance of a possible heir? ”

"This ...... This is crazy. Henry has some six gods, "By the way, what about the Sauron family?" ”

(The House of Sauron, also known as the House of the Eagle Vultures, was located in Hessingen, in the Duchy of Swabia)

"They married Conrad's only daughter, and they were about to inherit the entire inheritance of the griffon family, and suddenly found that the old griffin had an extra heir out of thin air, and they would not give up!"

"Father is already in contact with them." Ludwig shook his head, "They have the will to go to war, but in Hessingen alone, I am afraid that if they start their army today, they will be surrounded by the army of griffons and wolf cubs tomorrow." ”

"We can make a pact with them." Henry said quickly, "The Northern Coalition enters Franconia and first holds back the Griffon Army; We dragged the army of wolf cubs, and then the Saurons took advantage of the situation to raise troops from Hesingen! ”

"As long as they can successfully conquer the entire territory of the Duchy of Swabia, it is equivalent to cutting the military ties between Franconia and Lombardy and Burgundy! At that point, we can calmly surround and deal with Franconia, and then go south to kill the Wolfs! ”

"Sounds doable. But Henry, do you know what that means? Ludwig smiled bitterly, "According to this military strategy, before His Majesty's Northern Coalition forces break through the Duchy of Franconia, we need to face the wolves alone and fight to the death with their Holy See-funded army!" ”

Henry also closed his mouth in disdain.

As mentioned before, it is not terrible to lose the war of the nobles in this era (as a nobleman, even if they are captured, they will not be killed, they can be redeemed), but what is terrible is the loss of fiefs and lords.

Once the Northern Alliance's attack was pinned down by the Griffons, Weissbach was left alone in the south to deal with the all-out invasion of the wolf army from Swabia and Lombardy.

After the people were killed, plundered, the factories destroyed, and the wealth plundered, even if the Northern Coalition broke through Franconia and wiped out the wolf cubs, what good would it do the Weissbach family?

Will Your Majesty compensate you with the Wolf family's property? No, after His Majesty has integrated the forces at hand, he will go south through Lombardy to the Holy See head-on!

At that time, in addition to the destroyed wolf cubs and griffins, it will not be the Duchy of Bavaria in Weissbach?

"You're right." Henry ripped off the collar of his shirt and said, "We can't just bury the interests of our family in order to defend the interests of His Majesty the Emperor, let's wait for my father to come back and discuss it...... Brother, is there any wine in the study? ”

"Hey, haven't you become a 'Blade Samurai' and take potions?" Ludwig asked in surprise.

The officers of the Emperor's guard of the HRE, according to the Frankish custom, would take potions according to the bloodline of the "Emperor's Attendants", and the first potion was "Righteous X".

If Henry had already taken the "Justice X", and then knelt in front of His Majesty the Emperor and swore the oath of a blade warrior, then let alone speak ill of the Emperor behind his back, even drinking alcohol was expressly forbidden.

"Nope." Henry opened his father's bookcase and pulled out a bottle of Bavarian beer, "Oh my God, beer!" How could my father like to drink such inferior wine......"

He skillfully bit the lid with his teeth, poured a few mouthfuls freely, and said: "Your Majesty Nian has no heirs, so let me come back first to complete the marriage and have children, and then become a blade warrior after I have an heir." ”

"I see." Ludwig pondered for a moment, then suddenly said worriedly, "Henry." ”

"Huh?"

"I doubt Eleanor...... Already transcendent. ”

"What?" Henry's eyes widened suddenly, "She? The Transcendent? You mean...... A few years after she ran away from home outside, she became a transcendent? ”

"Yes." "Her strength and marksmanship are clearly far superior to those of the ordinary." ”

"So what should she do? I mean follow-up...... She's not married? After becoming an extraordinary being, she will definitely not be able to study in the monastery! "Henry suddenly has a little master.

"She seems to have someone she likes." Ludwig frowned and said, "It's the leader of a mercenary group, and it seems that he should also be extraordinary." ”

"The head of the mercenary group? Ha, my father wouldn't have agreed. Henry sneered, "But, also transcendental? There's still room for manipulation, if I'm right......"

"I've made him my knight." Ludwig said.

"Then, take advantage of the next war, let him make military achievements and climb up." Henry also immediately understood, "Wait until he really has enough qualifications, and then enter his father's field of vision." ”

"Father may have agreed to allow Eleanor to marry her." Ludwig concluded.

"Alas, our little sister has grown up after all." Henry said with emotion, "Do you remember? When she was only that big, she was a complete heel. When you see what we're doing, you want to come in and take a look. ”

"When she sees me reading, she wants to read too, but she can't read." Ludwig smiled wistfully, took the beer bottle from Henry's hand, and took a sip, "Seeing you practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, she also clamored to learn." ”

"Then he was hit in the nose by the hilt of his sword." Henry laughed.

Two aristocratic men drank beer and shared interesting stories from their childhood, and gradually they couldn't talk anymore.

It's a little uncomfortable.

"!" Henry suddenly put down the wine bottle and scolded angrily, "Where is the leader of the mercenary group?" I'm going to beat him up! Actually deceived our cute little sister! ”