However, Grand Duke Alexander did not completely bet on Marin. Therefore, although the Foreign Minister Belesky, who was instructed by Grand Duke Alexander, brought people to give Marin a strong momentum, he was still kind to the German princes in Wolms. He could not tell at all that Marin, the opponent who was here to help these people, was helping the boxing.
If he supported 100%, Belesky's most correct way at this time should be to refuse the entertainment of the German princes in Wolms, and then take the army directly to the village outside the city to meet with Marin.
However, Belesky did not do this, but accepted the entertainment of the princes in the city, and then took his people to meet with Marin the next day.
Marin was naturally a little dissatisfied with Belesky's actions. However, he also knew very well that Grand Duke Alexander was indecisive and afraid of trouble. It was good that the other party could do this.
Belesky came with more than 9,000 people. Although he did not stand on his side clearly from the beginning, he came to propose marriage after all. What does it mean to propose marriage? It is naturally a political marriage! And marriage is equivalent to an alliance. From then on, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were equivalent to an allies of East Friesland.
With the two great powers Poland and Lithuania, the two great powers, stand on their side, the princes will also consider it when they fight with them. After all, Poland and Lithuania can also bring out tens of thousands of elite troops, and they are very powerful.
The only thing the princes could threaten Marin was to form a coalition army to attack. But if the religious princes did not participate, the secular princes of Germany could only organize more than 100,000 troops if they were killed. Among them, many of them were recruiting soldiers with little combat effectiveness.
If they fight with Marin's 30,000 to 40,000 troops, they may have some chance of winning. However, if Poland and Lithuania form an alliance with Marin, it will be different...
After all, Malin's army is very strong. If the coalition forces want to win, they must concentrate all the troops against Malin's army. However, if Poland and Lithuania organize tens of thousands of elite troops to attack the coalition forces from the rear at this time, the coalition forces will easily be defeated...
However, what made the princes a little relieved was that Belesky's actions seemed to show that Poland and Lithuania were not the most staunch supporters of Marin, and they did not stand firmly on Marin's side from the beginning.
Moreover, what made Marin vomit blood was that Belesky and the army he led did not stay at Wolms for a long time. After making an engagement with Marin publicly and high-profile, Belesky actually left Wolms with more than 9,000 troops and returned to China...
Marin was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, while the princes in Walms celebrated each other, as if they had achieved some great victory.
Although Marin's strength alone is strong, it cannot completely scare the German princes. After all, everyone is not afraid of Marin when they join forces.
However, if Poland and Lithuania were added, everyone would have no confidence. Moreover, if the nearly 10,000 troops led by Belesky and the 10,000 troops of Marin were joined together, they would be extremely powerful and brought great psychological pressure to the princes in the city.
But now, Belesky left with more than 9,000 troops, and the pressure on the princes suddenly decreased by half, so he was naturally extremely happy. In contrast, Marin's depression.
But it is no wonder, because the plan of the Grand Duke Alexander of Lithuania was different from that of Marin...
Marin planned to use force to intimidate the princes and force them to agree to their plans so that they could successfully become the king of Norway, and to cede large tracts of land from the Saxony Electoral State and the Brandenburg Electoral State.
The plan of the Grand Duke of Alexander was to show his powerful force and openly marry Marin, which made the German princes dare not easily form a coalition force to attack Marin.
In other words, Marin's intention was to deter and suppress the princes, while Lord Alexander's intention was to protect Marin... The two had different purposes, and naturally, the practices were inconsistent.
Moreover, Grand Duke Alexander also had his own little plan. He was unwilling to intervene in the German civil war, so his men came to show off and left Walms.
It would be best if they could scare the German princes. If they could not scare them, they would still form a coalition to attack Marin, Grand Duke Alexander might not be willing to send troops to help Marin. He would observe for a while. If Marin successfully withstands the attack of the coalition and even gain the upper hand, then he would send troops to help Marin defeat the coalition; if Marin could not withstand the coalition, then he would simply not send troops, and even the engagement would be invalidated...
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In fact, the marriage proposal team led by Belesky did scare many princes. Before, many princes were clamoring to form a coalition army to attack Marin. However, since nearly 10,000 troops from Poland and Lithuania showed up, the princes did not mention the formation of a coalition army.
Of course, the princes did not give up using diplomatic means. Although they could not use force, the princes were still very good at quarrels. What they could not do on the battlefield, they could fight for it through joint quarrels...
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As time went by, the princes invited by Marin also arrived one after another, Wolms Lübeck, the two great speakers of Hamburg, and representatives of many imperial cities, also arrived one after another. The Austrian and Dutch nobles led by Emperor Maximilian I, as well as the princes of the Swabian clan, also arrived one after another. The emperor himself was the leader.
Maximilian I still attached great importance to this negotiation because it was a good opportunity to attack the anti-emperor alliance. The princes explicitly opposed Marin, but in fact they opposed him Maximilian I.
If Marin suffered a loss in this negotiation, then the princes of the Anti-Emperor Alliance would be very arrogant. In the future, their momentum would rise and suppress the emperor's faction even more.
On the contrary, if Marin benefited this negotiation, the princes of the anti-emperor alliance would be suppressed and it would be difficult to continue to grow.
Therefore, in this negotiation, supporting Marin is actually supporting himself. The emperor who figured out this point naturally went out to bring all the princes of this faction to cheer for Marin.
But strangely, after His Majesty the Emperor, his vassals of his faction, and representatives of the imperial city arrived, Marin still did not enter the city to participate in the negotiations, but pretended to be sick in the village...
Only Marin and Archbishop Jacob of Mainz knew that Marin was waiting for the representatives of the Holy See...
A few days later, a team from Rome came outside Walms. However, the leader was not the cardinal that Marin expected, but...
"What? His Majesty the Pope is here?" All the princes in Wolms, including Emperor Maximilian I, were shocked. Then, they stood up one after another and ran to the city gate to welcome His Majesty the Pope. Even Maximilian I had to greet him in person...
Although, in theory, the pope is in charge of the affairs of the divine affairs, the emperor needs the crown of the pope. Just so, Maximilian I has not been officially crowned by the pope. Therefore, now Maximilian I must please the pope...
Chapter completed!