"Your Majesty, I'll go ahead and get ready for Your Majesty, and you can come later."

Before leaving, Frederick II, Marquis of Brandenburg, saluted the emperor respectfully, much to Frederick III's delight.

"No problem, Your Excellency, but one thing to note is not to let the other party take advantage."

The vassal nodded, then retired, ready to go.

The departure of the army is not synchronized, any noble, except for those directly under the emperor, can go to Bohemia spontaneously, and their combat exploits will also be recognized, so some nobles who are eager to make meritorious contributions will take people to Bohemia first, because there is no restraint, it is very common to kill the good and take the merit, and the small nobles are the most daring, because they are not bold and never want to go further.

Let's talk about the main territory of the emperor first, the successive emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, their royal territories are their original principalities, like the Duchy of Saxony and the like, the royal territory is the territory of the principality, each emperor has his own basic disk, and Frederick III's basic disk is Styria,

Nominally, László was still the Archduke of Austria, which was Outer Austria, including Vienna, and Styria, that is, the region of Inner Austria, was inherited by Frederick III, whose economic sources were as follows: tributes from the Free City, taxes from Styria, contributions from princes, and bribes from merchants.

But a single Styrian is still too small for the emperor, in history he can still get the whole of Austria after Laszlo's unexplained death, but now there is only a small Styria, to be honest, this is not enough to support his extravagant life, if he can get Bohemia, the situation will undoubtedly improve a lot, which is one of the reasons why he is so keen to defeat Georg.

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"Brother, why are you in such a hurry to go to Bohemia?"

On the way, Albrecht III, Count of Ansbach, was puzzled, and although he was brave and brave, he was not stupid, but he was simply a little unable to figure it out.

"These people in Berlin and Kern, repeatedly resist taxes and provokes, the domestic situation is unstable, and we have spent a lot of money to buy East Brandenburg, Cottbus and Petts from the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, and the country is also in urgent need of capital injection, I leave early, first, to loot Bohemia to replenish the treasury, and second, to make the people in the country a little more relaxed, I left, their tense nerves will be much easier."

Frederick II was not worried that the people in the country would overthrow his rule, Brandenburg was a vassal and belonged to the Mark Frontier, without the help of the Holy Roman Empire, relying on that sand and gravel land alone, except for robbers and thieves, I am afraid that no one could live, plus facing the threat of the Norsemen and the Slavs, everyone still wanted and needed the rule of an elector, and at this point, the nobles and commoners thought the same.

Frederick II's short departure from Berlin could not only appease the Berlin-Kern sister city that was nervous about the construction of the Berlin Palace, but also appease Lübeck and other cities that were dissatisfied with forcing Berlin to withdraw from the Hanseatic League.

"That's... Brother, let's not go straight to Prague, right? It was enough to plunder in the Silesian region, and it was also close to Berlin and could be withdrawn at any time. ”

"Well, let's talk to Duke Piast first, if he is willing to pay a ransom, we can wait for His Majesty to arrive before launching a battle against Georg."

Frederick II still wanted to salute first and then soldier, his purpose was very clear, that is, money, as long as the money was in place, he didn't care about the rest.

To be honest, on the one hand, this is also the reason why there is not much energy, the struggle with the citizens of Berlin-Kern is too tiring, and it is not possible to get a city to withdraw from the Hanseatic League, the "Lübeck Law" implemented in the Hanseatic League gives the city too much power, it is completely a self-governing territory, the city has its own court, its own parliament, its own army, its own commercial treaty, after Frederick II's father moved the capital of the vassal state from Brandenburg to Berlin, Isn't it a joke that Berlin can no longer exist as a member of the Hanseatic League, and the capital cannot be controlled?

In order to suppress the citizens of Berlin, Frederick II even built two fortresses north of Berlin and Kern, which was very simple to prevent the Berlin riots, and the construction of the Berlin Palace was also a test for the citizens of Berlin, the citizens of Berlin refused to hand over the land in the city to the vassal to build a palace, and Frederick II gave the citizens of Berlin a knife in this name, so many years, spent in such a struggle, which slowly suppressed the citizens of Berlin, after all, the vassal was not a very rich lord, as I said before, The Mark, where the Brandenburg vassal was located, was a wasteland, known as the "sandy land of the Holy Roman Empire", and what could you expect from such a poor place.

As for this expedition, it was almost a soldier brought out by Frederick II who smashed the pot and sold iron, don't think about the logistics supply, when you were in Nuremberg, the emperor would give a point, and when you get outside, it will all depend on your ability, go out and loot by yourself, and how much you can get is your own ability, anyway, this is not the first time you have done this kind of thing.

It is because this situation is so common that the life and production in Germany are seriously hindered, and even some big princes and big landowners will deliberately raise some bandits and encourage them to go out to plunder, similar to raising robbers.

But the inhabitants of the city were not fools, the merchants and townspeople were tired of the extremely turbulent life, and the behavior of these great feudal lords, high clergy, and large landowners was also disliked by some of the lower clergy, small and medium nobles, because the unsafe environment was undesirable to all, so a phenomenon peculiar to the German region appeared-the city alliance.

There have been many city leagues, among which the Rhine League and the Swabian League were the most famous in the early days, and the two were once combined to form the Rhine-Swabian League, and then they were dissolved under the joint suppression of the Archbishop of Mainz, the Teutonic Knights and Wenceslas IV, who was then the Marshals of Brandenburg, and the current Hanseatic League is just the successor of the two. In this regard, the emperor's government not only ignored but even acquiesced in such a situation, forcing the people to take up arms to defend themselves, and this situation lasted for a very long time, to be honest, such a Holy Roman Empire, not even as good as the Roman Republic more than a thousand years ago, at least Roman citizens do not have to worry about dying for no reason, but in today's Holy Roman Empire, such a scene can occur at any time.

The reason why the Hanseatic League had such a strong influence was the famous "Lübeck Law", which was imitated by many cities as the common law of the members of the Hanseatic League, and similar to the "Magdeburg Law", which was a model of medieval European city law, which was adopted by many cities and had a very far-reaching influence in history.

In the land between Prague and Nuremberg, small armed conflicts arose, which put Georg under such pressure that even part of the war taxes could not be collected, for which he was furious at court,

"What a bunch of waste, they can't even manage their own territory well, and they can't collect taxes under the pretext of war, they have the money to bribe the enemy, but they don't have the money to pay taxes, sooner or later I will completely eliminate these traitors."

So far, no nobleman's castle has been captured, the army has not yet arrived, some nobles choose to break the fortune to avoid disaster, and the other party is also very disciplined, give money and no longer harass, but those who are not willing to give money, although there is no way to take the castle, but no one in the countryside cares so much, even if the local monasteries desperately maintain it will not help, every gold coin carries blood, and the most terrible part of the war is this.

"What about the Duke of Piaste? When will his soldiers and horses arrive in Prague? ”

Anger will not help, now the most important thing is to unite all the forces that can be united so that the situation does not worsen.

"The latest news, the Marquis of Brandenburg is marching towards Silesia, and the Duke of Piast said that in order to prevent Prague from being attacked on both sides, he wants to block the pace of the vassal march in Silesia, and the Duke will fight Prague, and the Duke can do nothing."

Georg almost laughed angrily, this kind of thing, Duke Piast's reason was also said in the past, but this did not say anything, which greatly increased Georg's pressure,

Duke Piast's behavior is not only to reduce the necessities of war such as materials and troops, but also to take the lead, Duke Piast, as the leading man in Silesia, and Duke Gvoguf, one rules Upper Silesia, the other rules Lower Silesia, at least, the nobles of Silesia can justifiably not participate in the war on the grounds of the Duke of Piast, and even the nobles of the rest of Bohemia will have an impact, which is what Georg fears.

And this also reflects a situation, the domestic aristocracy is not optimistic about Georg's war, or has been bought by the emperor, either case, it means that Bohemia can not be condensed into a force, and in the face of the attack of the Holy Roman Emperor, unless there is the support of foreign forces, Bohemia is destined to be unpreserved.

Some people died, but not completely......