Seeing that Emperor Maximilian I requested a temporary recess, the representatives of the princes such as Frederick III of Saxony were not stopped because they also wanted to recess. Therefore, Frederick III simply suggested that the recess be reopened for a long time and reopen tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Maximilian I summoned representatives of allies such as the Swabian League to discuss countermeasures in private. The Alliance of Princes also held private meetings, but the scale was much larger...
In addition to dozens of representatives from the Alliance of Princes, there were also representatives of the priests of the church such as Archbishop Mainz. Their main topic was - asking for money...
Although after occupying the Francheconte region, the deficit of the alliance of princes was filled, but because there were too many soldiers and horses, they were unable to maintain it.
In particular, Frederick III was extremely nervous when he heard that Frenzberg had incorporated 15,000 surrendered troops. He believed that if Frenzberg did not expand his troops again and waited for Frenzberg to digest the 15,000 mercenaries, the offensive and defensive situation might be reversed.
Therefore, he asked the princes to support money and food, and even support the troops, and expanded the coalition of princes to at least 40,000. Only in this way can he cope with the huge changes that may occur in the Swiss region.
Archbishop Ulivn Gaimingen frowned and said:
"Mr. Frederick, in principle, I agree to support you some money and food. However, supporting the troops is equivalent to His Majesty Hehe, the Emperor, openly turning against each other. As the Speaker of the German Grand Speaker of the Holy Roman Empire, it is inappropriate to do this."
Archbishop Philip II of Cologne and Archbishop Trier Richard, who trusted Archbishop of Trier, also agreed with Archbishop Ure, believing that it is inappropriate for the church princes to directly send troops to participate in the confrontation with the emperor. However, there is no problem in providing some money and food.
Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, quickly explained:
"Three Bishops, you misunderstood what I mean. What I mean is not to ask you to send troops directly to help, but to ask you to 'removal' some of the troops..."
"Abolition? What does it mean?" The three church election emperors were a little confused.
Frederick III explained:
"It's true that although the German region is rich in mercenaries, with the outbreak of the war, we gathered 60,000 troops, and Brunswick and other countries also gathered 40,000 troops. In addition, Spain occupied Morocco and hired 20,000 German mercenaries. Therefore, now the German mercenary market is in short supply. Even if you have money, you may not be able to hire enough troops."
"Of course, it's not that you can't hire mercenaries anymore. Instead, better mercenary groups have been hired. Even if you recruit, you can't recruit enough experienced mercenaries. At most, you can only recruit some inexperienced or scattered mercenaries. But the war is imminent, and we need a large number of veterans with combat experience|..."
Archbishop Urie, Mainz, immediately reacted:
"What you mean is to let us terminate the contract with some mercenary groups. Then, you go and hire them?"
Frederick III nodded repeatedly:
"That's true. There are still established war-capable mercenaries who are already employed. Anyway, all the bishops don't want to fight. It's better to deliberately 'slaughter' some mercenaries using the excuse of "financial difficulties" to deliberately 'abdicate' some mercenaries. Don't have more, one family gathers a little, and so many church vassal states can always gather more than 10,000 people..."
The three archbishops winked at each other and nodded one after another. But Archbishop Philip II of Cologne added:
"It is possible to lay off some mercenary groups, but you must not reach an agreement with these mercenaries before they leave our territory. You must wait until the mercenary groups that have been 'cut off' leave our territory before you can sign an employment agreement with them. This is also to avoid misunderstandings from His Majesty the Emperor. After all, we do not want to publicly break up with them."
Frederick III nodded, but said in his heart:
"Do you think the Emperor doesn't know that you are not against him? But I am open and you are just dark..."
In the end, the three church electorates agreed to provide some money and food to the coalition forces of the princes on behalf of the majority of the church princes. In addition, they also agreed to fire a group of mercenaries on the grounds of "financial difficulties" to facilitate the employed by the coalition forces of the princes.
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That night, before the Walms gate was closed, a low-key convoy drove into the city and found a place to live. This team was the mission of the Beihai Kingdom.
On the night after entering the city, Johnny, who was the official, did not go out, but stayed honestly in the mansion and appeared in the front yard. This was deliberately for people to show, as for whom to show it? Of course, it was Archbishop Mainz...
After all, Walms is the territory of Archbishop Mainz, and the Archbishop has many eyes and ears. Johnny was naturally seen by Archbishop Mainz when he was walking in the front yard.
However, what Archbishop Mainz doesn't know is that at the Beihaiguo Mansion in Wolms City (equivalent to a fixed Beijing office), a black shadow left a secret passage in the backyard of the mansion...
This black shadow was Kohler. He followed the delegation to Wolms City, but did not show up. Instead, he passed the secret passage. Under the North Sea Kingdom's spy, he went to the emperor's journey not far away. Then, from the back door where the emperor was walking, he entered the emperor's residence...
...
"Korel? Why are you here?" Maximilian I knew Kohler, the confidant beside Marin. The emperor was surprised by Kohler's arrival. Because this time, the North Sea delegation seemed to be making the name not Kohler...
"I came to see Your Majesty by the order of my grandfather!" Kohler saluted.
"Your grandfather, Caesar? No, Caesar has not officially succeeded to the throne yet. Could it be... Marin is not dead?" Maximilian I stood up in shock.
Kohler nodded and said:
"Your Majesty also help keep it confidential!"
"Keep confidential? Why? If you know that Marin is still alive, the small countries of Brunswick dare not act rashly at all...are you... you plan to attack those countries?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kohler nodded:
"Yes, your Majesty, our grand duke has taken a fancy to the silver mines of Mount Harz and the salt mines of Lüneburg. So let them act violently first, so that we will have a reason to annex them."
"So, are you talking about this to me?" Maximilian I vaguely guessed something.
"Yes, Your Majesty. You are the emperor after all, and you have a great say. Our Grand Duke would like to ask Your Majesty to support our Beihai Kingdom and the eight vassal states in a life-and-death duel at tomorrow's meeting!"
"Due to death duel? Isn't that a matter between the knights? How can it be done between countries?" Maximilian I was a little confused.
"Yes, it's a life-and-death duel! But Prince Caesar, who is openly 10 years old, obviously cannot compete with several princes. Therefore, our Beihai Kingdom means - let Your Majesty and the princes witness, and the two sides engage in a life-and-death duel war! Only such a duel-like war can have the opportunity to annex the other party. After all, according to the duel rules, the winner has the right to decide the life and death of the loser!"
"Dull war? Interesting... Your grandfather has so many ideas that he actually created a duel war between countries. The duel between the vassal states... is very exciting..." Maximilian I smiled, but soon, he changed his subject and said:
"It's okay to support you, so, what can I get?"
"The Bank of Siena will lend His Majesty another 300,000 gold coins, which is enough for His Majesty to hire another mercenary army." Kohler gave the conditions.
"But now, Germany has no mercenaries with strong combat power to hire..."
"I have new information, which may be very useful to Your Majesty!" Kohler smiled slightly. Then, he leaned into Maximilian I's ear and told Maximilian I of the information he had just heard from the North Sea spy in Walms, and gave his own advice...
After hearing this, Maximilian I laughed:
Chapter completed!