The reason why Frederick was able to obtain the throne of the Holy Roman Empire was that he relied on his personal ability, although he had been in a coma for a while, but it was because of old age and weakness. A few years ago, he was still a very wise king. And in the recent past... Although slightly paranoid, a little idealistic and arrogant. But on the whole, it is still at the bottom of the first-class and the upper level of the second-rate.

And the other, and perhaps the most important, reason is that he has the strength of the Duchy of Swabia and the Duchy of Bavaria, both of which have very good population, army, economy and agriculture. In a single battle, only Otto I of Saxony, who had been defeated and died, could overpower him.

The German princes feared his might and admired his abilities. In the end, he became emperor.

Now, however, he was first ceded by the Normans of large swathes of North Germany, and then at the hands of the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil. Finally, and now, the war against the Norman Empire has been launched arbitrarily. Seeing that they are at a disadvantage...... This ability cannot be said.

And the wheel strength, the two major dukes, as the fundamental Swabian dukedom is gone. The Swabian soldiers defected en masse. And another duke, Bavaria, as the former duke, Henry has more prestige than him...... Under such circumstances, Frederick almost vomited blood in a hurry. Add to that his age, his physical condition, and the current situation...... More and more of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire felt that perhaps the time had come to re-elect the emperor.

Of course, there is still a chance for Trederick, that is, if he can defy the sky in the face of adversity and win this war that idiots are not optimistic about him, then he, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, may be able to continue to be in power. On the other hand, the oath that has recently been widely circulated: "to kill the Hohenstaufen family" is very likely to be fulfilled.

As a result, Frederick abandoned the strategic goal of continuing the siege of Hamburg and dividing his forces to attack Bremen. Left behind Duke Frederick II of Brandenburg to defend against the Norman army of Bō Melania, as well as another Norman army led by the Norman Empress who could come at any time.

Frederick II wept at a military council as soon as he received the order, having fought against the Norman Empress under Otto I, and remembered the hellish Empress vividly.

"She will kill me! She will kill me, and the Germans of all Brandenburg and all of North Germany! She will definitely kill me! She would have wanted to do this before when she had only twenty or thirty thousand men in her hands! And now she has nearly 100,000 men in her hands! 100,000 brutal and bloodthirsty Norman troops! God, Your Majesty, you can't do this! You can't leave me behind!!I have only 12,000 men in my hands!" Frederick cried out to Frederick " Your Majesty, you might as well support me with some more troops!!!!!

He didn't care how the army of the Elector of Brandenburg, with only 12,000 troops, would be ravaged, and he was now unable to protect himself. Where can you take care of others?

At the moment, the army ignored the Brandenburgers, who exuded despair, and continued south.

And it's not just Schwaz who will be able to escape. Seeing Frederick so decisive.

The other princes under his command also felt cold. In particular, Luciferd, Duke of Hesse, who defected to Frederick with Albrecht and was promoted to Duke and Elector at the same time. Because he was close to Albresit's Lou encounter, after seeing Albresit's fate, he felt quite sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Moreover, Hesse's territory also belongs to North Germany, and if Brandenburg is destroyed in the north, then the next target of the other party must be Hesse. So, after a little thought, Lucived proposed to Dietrich, hoping that he would be able to stay and garrison as well. In this way, with the addition of his own army of 19,000, the northern front would have 30,000 troops. The ratio to the enemy is three to one. It's enough for defense.

However, Lucived's proposal was ultimately rejected by Frederick. Because compared to South Germany, where he was based, North Germany was not so important that it could be discarded when necessary. If the nearly 20,000 Hessian troops were left here, they would indeed be able to hold back the Artorian army a little longer. ,

But does that make sense? Not at all. Without enough troops, it would not have been possible to defeat the Norman Emperor's army entrenched in Swabia. That's the crux of this war. What did it matter to the erosion of North Germany? The princes would not have paid him a dime in taxes anyway.

Even to put it mildly, the weakening of these German princes is also good for me. In this way, he does not have to worry about these princes rebelling......

It's just that Frederick's wishful thinking was cleverly played. The other princes were not stupid either. It seems that the rabbit is sad and the fox is not just Lucie Vader~

On the way south, it wasn't just Schwabian who escaped from Frederick's army. The soldiers of the other princes' armies also began to flee continuously. And those princes, noble lords also seem to acquiesce in this behavior, after all, if these people flee, they will also flee to their original home, that is, their own territory. Excluding natural and man-made disasters, most of those who can escape back will also be accounted for. However, if you run away after losing the battle on the battlefield, the loss will be lost......

Just go all the way, run all the way. When he was halfway there, and was still 50 kilometers away from Frankfurt, Frederick's army of 70,000 troops was now less than half of it! Even if the 12,000 Brandenburg troops were removed, only half of the original number of 60,000 troops remained! The most terrifying thing was that Lucivid, Duke of Hesse, the Elector, the Duke of Hesse, who had a decisive position in the Holy Roman Empire, actually escaped from the battle and became a deserter!

"Such an army, such morale, what should I do to fight the Normans," Frederick waved back to his side, leaving only Crown Prince Henry by his side, and then cried to his son...... The voice was full of sadness, so that the crown prince Henry couldn't help but moisten his eyes, and he wanted to persuade his father, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, the father and son hugged each other and cried, and the scene was extremely miserable.

This war, although the main armies of the two responsibilities have not yet met once. But the winner seems to have been clearly decided.

After the Norman army raided Swabia and pacified Swabia entirely, the Norman army had about a 60% chance of victory. Frederick's inability to grasp the heart of the army caused the army to flee in large numbers, and at this moment the Norman army had a seventy percent chance of victory.

When the 100,000-strong army of the Norman queen Artoria marched westward and the situation in North Germany repeatedly, the odds of victory reached nine!

However, the more times like this, the more careful you have to be, if you get carried away, you are likely to be caught by the other party. There are too many examples of such battles even turning the tide of battle in the whole world," Egil reminded himself as he looked at the huge three-dimensional sand table that occupied an entire table. The white sè flag indicates your own army, and the black sè flag indicates the army of the Holy Roman Empire~

This is a sand table that Egil replaced with 500 bonds, which is very convenient and can show different three-dimensional maps according to different wars.

"About five days ago, the Holy Roman Empire army gave up its attack on Hamburg and Lübeck, and then chose to go south......" Egir pulled out the seven small black flags in Hamburg.

"And now, with the report of the spies. The main forces of Bonderick in the north were divided into about 10,000 garrisons near Brandenburg. ”

Egier planted a black flag in Brandenburg.

"According to the speed of the other party, it should be Frankfurt by now. ”

Six black sè flags were planted on a model of the city representing Frankfurt.

"However, the desertion of the other side is very serious. Nearly 20,000 Hessian troops fled, nearly 15,000 Swabian troops fled about half, and the rest of the armies did too, with a staggering number of fled...... Well, even if it's 30,000......... No, forty thousand. ”

Egil thought about it, but in the end he was a little more conservative and only drew two flags.

"On the other hand, in Munich, I can't imagine that the return of the tiger is such a serious matter...... , although it also brought me a lot of cannon fodder. ”

A total of five black flags were planted on the Munich city model.

And in Swabia, a total of ten white sè flags are planted on it.

Outside the entire sand table, there are also ten flags. In Bō Melania, there is a pennant in the same white sè, symbolizing the Bō Melanian garrison, General Anderson's 5,000 troops. To the south, in Innsbruck and Salzburg, there is also a black sè pennant to symbolize the garrisons of these two fortresses.

"That's the whole situation. , having Swabian and stabilizing the Swabian form, we have an overall advantage. Whether it is attacking Frankfurt and Mainz in the north, Innsbruck and Salzburg in the south, or attacking Munich in the east, it can crush the enemy forces on that side. The only question now is which unfortunate bastard I should attack first!"