Human greed is endless, and the actions of the two tyrant princes of the Welf family, deepened Marin's understanding of this sentence.
It is said that the two Dukes of Henry of the Welf family, one of whom had a large silver mine, directly producing money, and the other one had a salt mine, Lüneburg, were both not short of money. However, when I heard that the Beihai State had a bargain to take advantage, they all came together with them.
Of course, Marin himself is not a good thing, he is also a greedy guy. He is just a little prince who wants to take over the North American continent and dominate Germany, which is also very greedy...
Therefore, he despised the two Dukes of Henry and laughed at them for fifty steps. However, he had many cards in his hand and had enough confidence. Unlike the two Dukes of Henry, he was purely greedy and had a hot mind.
Apart from the two Brunswick Principalities who took the lead, the rest are a little worth mentioning. For example, the Gaeldenberg country, which is only a few hundred square kilometers, there are Liperber and Ravensburg countries, which have been mixed with the Welf family, Saxony-Laughburg Duke Henry, and Teclenberg country, whose territory is surrounded by the Münster region.
However, the remaining five small countries are not as strong as that. The five countries have only raised more than 20,000 people in total, which is comparable to the soldiers of the two Brunswick Principals. Although the Saxony-Laughnburg Principal is also known as the Principality, it is only more than a thousand square kilometers, which is about the same size as the ordinary Borussia state. If there was not an ancient Steknitz Canal for Hanseatic merchants to transport salt, they could collect some passing taxes, and they would probably be too poor to lose their money.
Needless to say, the Kingdom of Geldenbo has a great hatred with Marin. After all, they were once powerful Gedes Principality, and they were all caused by Marin and became the Kingdom of Little Bo.
The Kingdom of Tecklenburg was very scared because its territory was surrounded by the Kingdom of North Sea and became the "country of the country" of North Sea. Therefore, it was attracted to this alliance that divided the Kingdom of North Sea.
In fact, because Tecklenburg controls a section of the Ames River, Marin is very unhappy. Therefore, Marin has actually had the idea of ​​fighting Tecklenburg. However, he has never found an excuse, so it is difficult to do it easily.
Now, Tecklenburg's country jumped out and committed suicide. Marin was so happy that he was so happy - you came to the door to find a smoke, and if I eat it, others would never have any objections, right?
As for Ravensburg and Liperbo, these two small countries were simply fooled by two dukes of the Welf family onto a pirate ship. Both small countries were close to the North Sea. The two Dukes of Henry promised to share their large tracts of land afterwards, and the two countries became furious...
Similarly, the Duchy of Saxony-Laughnburg was also fooled. The two Dukes of Henry were conditioned to share their large tracts of land in Bremen...
The province of Bremen and the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg were across the Elbe River. If it was divided into land, it would be easy to manage. Originally, the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg realized that the land area of ​​the Principality did not match the title of Duke, and was deceived by Henry, the Duke of Brunswick-Luenburg, and joined the alliance of small princes...
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"So, these seven hostile vassal states have dispatched more than 40,000 troops this time?" Malin simply scanned the documents and asked.
"Yes, Lord! According to the inquiries from my spies, the enemy gathered more than 40,000 people this time and planned to fight. It is said that their plan was to seize the Ruhr area, the north and south Munster area, the Osnabrück area, the Oldenburg province, the Bremen province and the West Friesland province, leaving only the East Friesland province for Prince Caesar. As for Schleswig and Jutland provinces, their opinion was to support Steindorf and Wagner's independence..." Kohler introduced in detail.
"Oh? They actually gave my son a kind heart to leave such a large territory in East Friesland?" Marin asked with interest.
Kohler shook his head and said:
"It's not the case. In name, they will leave the Young Master East Friesland Province. But in reality, they only plan to leave the Young Master Caesar with the city of Orich and the surrounding areas, up to a few hundred square kilometers. As for the prosperous Lair County and other places, they plan to eat them all, not even letting the Port of Emden..."
"That means that I only plan to leave a city for my son, right?" Marin said with a calm face.
"Yes! However, it is said that this is the claim of the Duke of Saxony-Lawnburg, the Earl of Ravensburg, the Earl of Lipper and the Earl of Tecklenburg. The two Dukes of Henry and Charlie, the Earl of Gelden, were to eliminate the roots..."
"Bastard!" Marin finally got angry. The enemy wanted to murder him, but he was not so angry. After all, he was also an executioner covered in blood with his hands. However, if he wanted to murder his 10-year-old son, he completely angered him.
"Okay! Very good... Since these three guys want to harm my son, then they all die!" Marin said gritting his teeth.
"What about the other 4 princes?"
"Since they are willing to leave a city for my son, I will retain wealth for them in the future. Of course, they will only retain titles, but they have no right to rule." Obviously, there are four more large aristocratic manors in Bremen. The nobles who lost their power in the North Sea were all kept in Bremen by Marin...
In fact, Marin's actions were also from the later Prussia. After winning the War of Unity, Prussia did not deprive the titles of the princes, but retained their titles, but deprived them of their actual power of rule.
In the end, only the Bavarian Kingdom, the Württemberg Kingdom, the Saxony Kingdom and other few major vassal states in the southern region were left. The other princes basically lost their power and became like the ancient Dukes of China, with only titles and no real power.
Similarly, Marin also planned to treat the defeated princes in this way. He still retained their titles, but he did not think about having independent governance in the future. He could only gain power by serving his family, rather than gaining power in hereditary way.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! However, for the two Dukes of Henry who were viciously thinking about killing their son, Charlie, and Earl of Gelden, Marin did not intend to let them go this time, but planned to kill them.
As for how to kill them, they are naturally solved on the battlefield. How to solve them? Marin felt that letting them be shot to death like Xu Wenqiang is the best choice...
The common rule in Europe is that it is not allowed to kill surrendered nobles, but on the battlefield, there is no eyebrow on the sword and no eyebrow. If you are killed by a "stream bullet", you cannot blame yourself for killing the nobles indiscriminately. After all, you have left four princes, right? You can also give an explanation to the outside world...
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Just as Marin was planning how to deal with the seven-nation coalition, an emergency report suddenly came from Switzerland - the Habsburg family army was defeated...
"What? The Habsburg family army was defeated? No, I remember that the coalition of princes has not yet entered Switzerland? How could the Habsburg family army be defeated?" Marin was shocked.
After reading the results for a while, Kohler said:
"It is not a complete defeat, but a temporary defeat by the Swiss resistance. At present, Frenzberg has retreated eastward for dozens of kilometers..."
"What's going on? Did the French increase their troops?" Marin thought for a moment and knew the reason. The Swiss Resistance Army itself did not have the strength to repel Frenzberg's army. The only explanation was that the French increased their troops...
Kohler nodded and said:
"Yes, the French suddenly increased their troops by 6,700 to 7,000, and caught Frenzberg off guard. In desperation, he had to lead his army to retreat and turn to defense, and he was temporarily unable to counterattack..."
"No! The Habsburg army is in danger!" Marin was suddenly shocked.
"What do you mean?"
"If it were just a coalition of princes attacking Switzerland, Frenzberg might have a battle, but would not have suffered a crushing defeat. At least, it would still retain its vitality."
"However, if the French also mobilized large troops to assist in the war, then Frenzberg's army would be attacked from both sides and strong enemies. In this way, Frenzberg might be wiped out!" Marin began to be a little anxious. If the Habsburg family was defeated, he would not be able to live up to his life. At that time, as the victorious side, the coalition of princes and French forces, which had formed a tacit understanding, might be free to deal with him together.
Kohler was also a little stunned and asked:
"What should we do?"
"Quickly, send someone to inform Frenzberg, asking him to give up most of his land in Switzerland, retreat to the Graubinden area in southeast Switzerland, and rely on Austria behind him to resist. Graubinden's terrain is critical, with Austrian army and material support behind him, and he can barely withstand the attacks of the coalition forces of the princes and France. Otherwise, his army would be easily wiped out!" Marin said anxiously.
"The Habsburg family's efforts in Switzerland over the past few years are not in vain?" Kohler felt a little regretful.
"What do you care about? Now it is the question of whether the Habsburg family can keep this army from being completely wiped out. As for the land, there are troops that can be taken back. If you can't bear to leave the land, people and land will be lost. If you ask someone to rush to rule Frenzberg in Switzerland, tell him - 'If you have people and land will be lost, people and land will be lost; if you have people and land will be lost'..."
"What does it mean?" Kohler was not versatile in military tactics and was a little confused when he heard it.
"Don't worry, Frenzberg can understand. I've taught him before. Remember to send people quickly, otherwise it will be too late! Also, don't worry about horsepower, it's not a big deal to run a few horses to death!"
Chapter completed!