The vast fleet, carrying 40,000 troops, a large number of Danish royal family members and great nobles, and a large amount of wealth brought by Ono Copenhagen, was moored in Schlei Bay east of Schleswig.
In order to facilitate these ships to dock and unload cargo and personnel to land, the Palace of the Duchy of Schleswig, Mikel organized a large number of strong men to build a temporary long bridge dock around Schlesey Bay.
It took half a month to complete the construction of the Long Bridge Wharf, as well as the landing and transportation of materials. Then, according to Marin's request, the Danish King Hans, many royal members, as well as the Danish nobles and their families, were arranged to enter the original palace in the city of Schleswig. Then, Mikel blocked the other doors of the palace, leaving only the main gate for entry and exit.
At the same time, Mikel temporarily moved his office out of the palace and changed to working at his own home. The palace was stationed by 1,000 veterans and 2,000 new recruits, not only to protect the safety of the Danish royal family and the nobles, but also to prevent them from escaping. After all, these noble prisoners of war were important bargaining chips for negotiations after the war ended, and if they ran away, it would be difficult to negotiate.
Because they wanted to bring all 40,000 troops to the south, in order to strengthen the safety of Schleswig City, Marin specially left more than 100 outstanding instructors to help thousands of militias in Schleswig City train. These militias were temporarily recruited and had no combat power. The outstanding instructors were left to train them in order to quickly form combat power and ensure the safety of Schleswig City. As for other places outside Schleswig City, Marin is not attentive to care now, and he is not afraid even if there is a problem. As long as his own
If the army can return after winning, anyone who makes trouble will be arrested and removed. If you have to run away, those places will not matter. If you are forced to run away, Marin plans to ship the Danish royal family members and the great nobles to Norway for refuge on the long bridge docks in Schlei Bay. With these hostages in hand, you will not suffer any loss. Therefore, Marin emphasized that Mikel should not rush to demolish these temporary long bridge docks, and it may not be used in a short while...
As a veteran politician who has been a Danish prime minister for many years, Mikel naturally realized something. So, when no one was there, Mikel directly asked Marin and asked what was wrong...
Marin did not hide it from Mikel, because if something happened, she would still expect Mikel to arrange for the escape with important prisoners. Now, it would be okay to tell him the truth. Anyway, the two thousand veterans in the city, Marin arranged officers he could trust. Even those militias were controlled by Marin, who left more than 100 outstanding instructors. As long as he firmly grasped the military power, he would not be afraid that Mikel would make any waves...
After hearing what Marin said that happened to Walms, Mikel was silent for a long time. After a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said to Marin:
"Sir, we are not yet at the point of escaping from Germany..."
"Oh? How do you say this?" Ma Lin immediately became interested.
In fact, after working hard in Germany for many years, Marin was reluctant to abandon everything and flee overseas. After all, the Ruhr area is a place Marin has always been optimistic about. If everything about Germany is lost, Marin will definitely not be happy.
Moreover, during the war, Marin's subordinates, such as Schwartz, were all officers and no politicians. Therefore, it was difficult for Marin to find subordinates who discussed political affairs. Just so, Mikel had been the Prime Minister of Denmark for many years (and the Prime Minister of the Kalmar League), and his political level was much higher than that of Jeffrey, the Prime Minister of East Friesland. Therefore, Marin also wanted to know Mikel's views and suggestions.
After thinking about it, Mikel organized the language and said:
"Sir, according to your information, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, wanted to incite all the princes to form a coalition force to attack you, but they were rejected by the religious princes headed by Archbishop Herman IV of Cologne, right?"
"Yes, that's right. However, according to the information of Herman IV, the religious princes gave up their support for the joint siege of me because of the Pope. However, according to the information, most of the secular princes, except for the Bohemia Kingdom and the unattended Principal of Clifford, supported Frederick III very much... All of these princes combined to form an army of more than 100,000 people... Not to mention whether I can beat them, even if I can beat them, I will not be able to get in the German region in the future... because I will be enemies on all sides..." Marin said worriedly.
Mikel nodded, but he changed his mind and said:
"But they haven't decided to really start forming a coalition to attack you, right?"
"Yes, because they are not very confident now, and hope to persuade the religious princes to send troops together."
Malin's army defeated the Bossa coalition's 50,000 elite troops. Although the secular princes were able to gather more than 100,000 troops, many of these 100,000 people were miscellaneous troops who made up the numbers, and they might not be able to defeat Malin's 40,000 troops.
Therefore, Frederick III and other secular princes hope that the strong Archbishop of Mainz, Archbishop of Cologne and Archbishop of Trier would also join in. In this way, they could gather more than 100,000 troops to deal with Marin, and that would be sure to win.
"That's good. I heard you have a close relationship with the current Pope?" Mikel asked.
"Yes, the Pope must be on my side!" Marin replied confidently.
"Very good, sir, the first thing you have to do now is to send someone to Rome as soon as possible, ask the Pope to send a messenger to dissuade those religious princes and make them firmly refuse to join the coalition forces that attack you. This is very important! Those religious princes are just hesitating now, worried about the Pope's relationship with you. Therefore, you need to let them see the Pope's firm support for you! If it is too late, some princes may be persuaded by Frederick III!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Marin was shocked and immediately realized the importance of this problem. So he nodded seriously and said:
"I will arrange for the messenger to rush to Rome quickly without any effort. Mikel, thank you for reminding me!"
Mikel shook his head and said:
"Nothing, sir, I am now on the same boat as you. I have betrayed Denmark. If you fail, I will be doomed."
Marin nodded, but remembered Mikel's contribution in his heart. Anyway, he would not be able to escape the rewards given to Mikel's descendants. Mikel is old and is already the prime minister, and there is no reward. But he has a group of descendants, so he can still reward him. He is not stingy with titles, land and official positions.
"Secondly, sir, take advantage of the fact that the coalition forces have not been formed there, you actually have the opportunity to break them up!" Mikel continued.
"Disassembly? How to do it?" Malin immediately became interested. It was something that Malin was very happy to see if he could not only fight against the coalition forces of the princes.
"Sir, I believe you know that except for a few particularly outstanding people, such as Xiang you, most of the other secular princes are actually short-sighted and stupid. Moreover, they are also very greedy..."
Malin's eyes lit up immediately and he said excitedly:
"You mean…brib them?"
"Yes, that's right! You can bribe the princes with unstable will and let them sing a counter-topic at the meeting to discuss the formation of a coalition forces, and mix up the water! And, you said, the Kingdom of Bohemia has a good relationship with you, so you can ask them to help you speak too!"
Marin nodded and agreed with Mikel's words. The relationship between the Kingdom of Bohemian and himself was eased due to the reasons of Grand Duke Alexander and Prince Sigmont. However, the other party was not on his side, but he was not hostile to him.
So Marin could bribe Bohemia King Vladislas II and let him speak for him at the Walms meeting.
In addition, Philip, the elector of Paradin, was 57 years old, 15 years older than Frederick III, and might not obey Frederick III's words. Only Jochime I, a young man, who was Frederick III's little fan, listened to Frederick III's bewitching.
In short, as long as Marin pays the price and bribes those secular princes who are jealous of money, he still has the opportunity to disintegrate the "anti-Marin alliance" that Frederick III attempted to form.
Especially, if the King of Bohemia and the Elector of Paladin also withdrew from this alliance when religious princes do not participate, then the alliance will have no appeal. After all, when the Elector of Brandenburg Jokiem I was already a prisoner, only Frederick III stood up. Only one of the seven Electors took the lead, and the appeal was obviously insufficient...
Of course, Mikel also warned Marin that he must immediately issue a statement to show that his grudges with Brandenburg and Saxony had nothing to do with Emperor Maximilian I, but were just a struggle for interests between the two sides...
Marin was a little hesitant because this was a bit unworthy of the emperor. If Marin announced this way, it would mean that he would openly draw a clear line with the emperor.
But Mikel said that if he did not do so, Marin would still be a threat in the eyes of most German princes and would still be at risk of being beaten up in groups.
As for the consequences that may make the emperor dissatisfied, Mikkel said that the survival of East Friesland is more important than that. Moreover, Marin has detained Swiss mercenaries and created conditions for the emperor to attack Switzerland, which is worthy of the emperor. At worst, I will send someone to explain to the emperor later. It is related to life and death, and I believe the emperor will understand it. Even if he doesn't understand, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Marin has long been unwilling to be a mere emperor's mascot... Mikkel sees this very clearly...
After careful consideration, Marin finally accepted all Mikel's suggestions. While sending a messenger to Rome for help from the Pope's father-in-law, he wrote to Kohler, who was left behind in the country, and asked him to carry a large amount of gold and silver to go south to bribe secular princes who were not the hard-core supporters of Frederick III, such as the King of Bohemia and the Elector of Paladin, to let them withdraw from the anti-Marin alliance, and to make Frederick III unable to sing...
Chapter completed!