Since the Venetians decided to keep a low profile, they quickly responded. When the Governor of Venetian Leonardo Lore soon sent a special envoy to Rome to pay homage to Julius II and request reconciliation.
Marin also explained the benefits of reconciliation with Venice at this time with Julius II, so Julius II accepted Venice's surrender with a kindness, and the two sides agreed on a timetable for handing over to the Rimini region.
However, in exchange, the Republic of Venice hopes that the Pope could allow Venetian merchant ships to dock in two important port cities in the Adriatic region, Rimini and Ravenna, in the Rimini region, and continue to do business.
After all, for a commercial country like the Republic of Venice, the reason for occupying Rimini and Ravenna was mainly due to commercial considerations. If the Holy See allowed Venetian merchants to continue doing business in the two port cities of Rimini and Ravenna, the loss for Venice would not be too great.
Julius II did not reject Venetian merchants doing business in two port cities, because merchant ships entering and leaving and the business activities of Venetian merchants could also bring taxes. Therefore, the two sides quickly formed a peace agreement and determined the timetable for the transfer of territory.
However, Marin suddenly remembered one thing - without the famous "Cambré Alliance" in history, how could Maximilian I be crowned as emperor? And the super-privileged conditions for the descendant emperor to be crowned by Rome, Maximilian I could not get it...
But, no matter what, it's not that I'm unlucky...
Moreover, Marin knew very well that his father-in-law, Julius II, would never throw this good card into his hands. During his reign, he would definitely find a way to use this as a condition to use the Habsburg family once.
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At the same time, Groningen, the capital of West Friesland, had a little unexpected situation - the army of the Duchy of Gedes abandoned the city and fled...
It's really a defeat, not a plan...
Speaking of which, it is not because Marshal Bonitz and his soldiers are incompetent, but it is really an accident...
Things start with a great businessman from Groningen - Neil Reisban...
Neil Reisban is a big businessman in Groningen, and is also a very timid person. In recent years, Groningen has changed hands several times, making Neil Reisban frightened, fearing that one day, the family's wealth will be snatched away by the soldiers, and even the family will be killed.
So, Neil Risbane organized his subordinates to secretly dig an authentic tunnel for hiding and hiding property in the old house at home.
At the beginning, this tunnel was not long, only to the bottom of the house, just to hide the property and family. But after a few years, Neil Risban's men dug a distance for nothing. Although the progress was very slow due to the difficulty of transporting soil, they could not hold it back for a long time.
Before the war between the Saxony coalition and the Guedes Principal Army, this tunnel had already led to a small wood in the north of the city...
Neil Risbane did not understand military affairs, nor did he know that the army in the city was from the Duchy of Gedes, including thousands of extremely powerful Swiss mercenaries. He thought that this army was still led by the former Friesian cowardly nobles. After all, after the Duke of Gedes captured Fyskefrijheid, the former governor of the Friesian Republic, he used him as the puppet leader.
So, in the eyes of Neil Risbane, who was unaware of the inside, Westfriesland was still led by the cowardly governor. Although I don’t know why I could defeat the Saxon army last time, this time the Saxons struggled with more than 20,000 people, and the city’s defenders were only more than 10,000, which should be unstoppable...
In this way, after the siege, Neil Risbane, who was pessimistic about the future, decided to escape through the secret passage with his wife and children. After all, the Saxony coalition did not siege the area north of the city.
But unfortunately, although the Saxony army did not surround the north of the city because they were afraid of dispersed forces, they still sent cavalry to patrol the north of the city regularly.
Shortly after Neil Risbane and his family left the tunnel, they encountered Saxon patrol cavalry. Then, the family was captured alive by the Saxon army...
Neil Risbane was timid. After being taken to George's tent, he was slightly scared and told him how he escaped from the city.
When George's eyes lit up a tunnel that connected the city and outside the city...
Although George had never read the Chinese military book, he had also heard the story of the famous "Trojan Horse" in ancient Greece. Obviously, George also understood the great benefits of internal and external cooperation.
These days, although George brought a lot of artillery to bombard the city walls and gates, it was useless. Because Groning was a solid city, and several city gates were replaced with large iron gates, ignoring the impact of iron ball shells.
Therefore, if you want to break the city, you can only accumulate lives to climb the wall. However, the Gedes army is not much less than the Saxon coalition. If the loss of a strong attack is too great, even if it attacks, it may be beaten out...
Just when George was having a headache, Neil Risbane appeared in front of him like an angel, and also presented an authentic tunnel to the city...
So, George conducted special training in the army for several days to allow the soldiers to adapt to the night battle environment. A few days later, George sent hundreds of elite knights to put on a full set of plate armor and followed the secret passage to enter the city.
At the same time, the Saxony army also quietly came to the north gate. Because the old house of Neil Risbane is close to the north gate...
In the middle of the night, the battle began. The army of the Duchy of Gedes was not prepared enough, and it was a night attack, so it was a panic. Fortunately, Marshal Bonitz was calm when encountering problems, and the Swiss mercenaries had also seen big scenes. Under the command of Marshal Bonitz, a group of elite Swiss mercenaries quickly gathered together to resist the impact of the Saxony coalition forces in the streets. In this narrow street, cold weapons troops confronted each other and could not quickly win the victory or defeat.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marshal Boniz quickly gathered the defeated troops and gathered again. Originally, Marshal Boniz wanted to drive the Saxony coalition out of the city. Unfortunately, after the enemy's attack, the Duchy of Gedes lost all fighting spirit. In desperation, Marshal Boniz, who had originally had 14,000 main troops and 3,000 former Sifriesian Resistance Army soldiers, evacuated Groningen from Simon with less than 10,000 people.
The Saxony coalition outside the West Gate originally wanted to stop them. Unfortunately, this army was either Swiss mercenaries or elite troops from the Duchy of Gedes. Just in time, the one responsible for encircling Ximen was a miscellaneous army in the Saxony coalition. As soon as these elite troops rushed, they were immediately defeated...
In fact, those who were taken out of the city by Marshal Bonitz were all powerful elites. Unfortunately, after the enemy's night attack, they were frightened and they were in panic. Otherwise, even if they could not defeat these ten thousand people, they could resist the attack of the Saxony coalition and remain unbeaten.
George, Duke of Saxony, was not clear about the situation of the Duchy of Gedes, but he knew very well that the coalition forces killed and captured six or seven thousand people in the city, and less than ten thousand people escaped. The Saxony army had more than 21,000 people at this time.
Chapter completed!