The 18,000 Swiss prisoners of war were captured by the Habsburg family army, and this incident shocked the entire Germany. After capturing the Swiss prisoners of war, the generals led the team did not dare to escort these Swiss prisoners to Austria in order to avoid being robbed halfway through the Duchy of Clifford and took these prisoners to the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is also the fief of the Habsburg family, so it is natural to escort prisoners of war here. Moreover, in the Netherlands under the Habsburg family, the Principality of Brabant and Clifford are only separated by a river. It is very easy to transport people across the river.
However, the Duchy of Gedes, which had collusion with the Swiss, was on the edge and was very strong. Therefore, in order to avoid any trouble, the Austrian army rushed to the hinterland of the Duchy of Brabant after escorting the prisoners across the river.
However, after learning that the Austrian army was escorting Swiss prisoners quickly into the hinterland of the Principality of Brabant to avoid the robbery of the Principality of Gedes, a bold idea suddenly came up with...
What is your idea? Of course, it is to seduce the Principality of Gedes to take the initiative to rob the camp...
Of course, it wasn't for the Principality of Gedders to really rob the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries. If that was the case, it would cause a big disaster. The Principality of Gedders had more than 10,000 troops and had great combat power. If they robbed the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries and were armed, they could almost annex the Netherlands...
Therefore, Marin obviously did not really want the Duchy of Gedes to successfully rob the Swiss prisoners of war. His purpose was to use a group of fake "Swiss Prisoners of War" to lure the Duchy of Gedes to take action. Then, using this as a charge, he found an excuse to attack the Duchy of Gedes, and then realized the strategic intention of annexing the Duchy of Gedes.
For this reason, Marin sent someone to contact Maximilian I urgently, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would cooperate with him to perform a play...
The content of the play is that Marin provides more than 10,000 fake "Swiss prisoners of war" to allow the Habsburg family's army to deliberately escort to a place not far from the Principality of Gedes. Moreover, he deliberately sent few defenders...
In this way, Charles II, Duke of Geders, would definitely be tempted. Damn, as long as the camp is robbed, there will be 18,000 more powerful warriors... No, now there are only more than 17,000 people left, and some of them died in the previous battle with the Habsburg family army... But no matter what, saving these people will definitely increase their strength... Even annexation of the Netherlands is not a problem...
Of course, the rescued people were definitely not really "Swiss mercenaries", but Min Zhuang, who was captured by Marin and Min Zhuang, who was a captive of the Saxony Electoral State and the Brandenburg Electoral State. In the previous Battle of Lubeck, Marin captured tens of thousands of enemy troops and Min Zhuang. The regular troops were all redeemed by the two countries. However, according to the agreement, all of the Min Zhuang were given to Marin. Moreover, they had to send the families of Min Zhuang over to offset a lot of compensation.
Now, the small canal in the South Münster area is almost done. Marin plans to draw 15,000 prisoners of Minzhuang, put on wooden shackles, put on fancy cut-out clothes of Swiss mercenaries, and let them pretend to be Swiss mercenaries prisoners of war. Moreover, the place of detention is close to the territory of the Principality of Gedes, luring them to attack...
As long as the Duchy of Gedes could not help but tempt the troops, it was equivalent to actively attacking the emperor! Although the emperor of Shenluo was not as authoritative as the Eastern Emperor, the emperor could also punish him if he actively attacked the emperor's territory. Of course, the premise is that the emperor must have the ability to punish him.
If the Duchy of Gedes is really successful in rescue and more than 17,000 Swiss mercenaries are added, they will not be afraid of the emperor's punishment. They may even kill the emperor and seize the Netherlands...
Of course, the premise is that Marin's strength is not that strong either. Otherwise, with such a super powerful thug, the Principality of Gedes may not dare to take action.
To be honest, if we could rescue these 17,000 prisoners of war, plus the original more than 10,000 elite troops of the Gedes Principality, it would be easy to defeat the Dutch army of the Habsburg family.
Moreover, if it annexes the Habsburg family territory, the French would definitely support it, which can be said to be a sure win. The only variable is Marin's 40,000 army...
Taking this into consideration, Marin publicly announced that 20,000 of the 40,000 troops had been sent to England and temporarily lent to Edward to maintain domestic stability. In less than a year or two, I guess I can't come back...
In this way, Marin's local army had only 10,000 or 20,000 people. With the support of the French, the Principality of Gedes may not have no power to fight. Moreover, on the issue of West Friesland, the Principality of Gedes has actually broken up with Marin. From the bottom of his heart, Charles II, the Duke of Gedes, must have hated Marin. If he finds an opportunity, he will definitely be willing to defeat Marin and retake West Friesland. Even obtain a large area of ​​territory in the Munster area...
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While Marin announced that he would send 20,000 troops to England, he also expressed his extreme surprise that the Swiss mercenaries were captured by the Habsburg family:
"It's not my business. Maybe His Majesty the Emperor learned that the Swiss mercenaries were about to be released by me, so he urgently sent someone to capture them. After all, His Majesty the Emperor is fighting with the Swiss in Switzerland. If these 18,000 mercenaries successfully return to the country, the possibility of His Majesty the Emperor's defeat is extremely high. If I had known that the enemy would have 18,000 reinforcements about to return to the country, he would definitely send someone to intercept them..."
"Really, it's not my business, I swear..." Marin explained to some envoys of the princes who came to question him innocently. However, when he said this, Marin was very cunning. He said "I swear", but he didn't say anything. And the envoys sent by the princes did not dare to really force Marin to say the oath, after all, their level was not enough. But Marin thought in his heart, "I swear, what I said was fake"...
When Marin explained, John II, Duke Cliffer, who had been in love with the emperor and had received many benefits from the emperor, was also explaining to various princes:
"Old men, I really don't know that His Majesty's army will intercept the released Swiss mercenaries within my transit! Moreover, they said they were just passing by. Do I dare not give His Majesty the face of His Majesty?"
Then, the old politician changed his face again and said with a serious look:
"I declare that I am strongly indignant of His Majesty's army provoking war in my territory. Therefore, I will issue a solemn protest against His Majesty Maximilian I and demand apology and compensation..."
Then, this guy really wrote a diplomatic letter in public, sent someone to Vienna, and protested to Maximilian I...
The messengers were stunned - Nima, is there such an operation?
Such public questioning of His Majesty the Emperor does indeed make the princes feel relieved. But - is this useful? The 18,000 Swiss mercenaries have been captured by His Majesty's soldiers. Without those mercenaries returning to China to participate in the war, who will defeat the emperor's "invading army" against Switzerland?
Then, the princes were tricked by the whole old man John II...
In fact, this routine was taught by Malin secretly. Marlin learned a lot from the Chinese diplomatic spokespersons in later generations. It sounded so generous and exciting, but Mao didn't use it...
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Soon, Maximilian I sent a reply to Marin. In the letter, Maximilian I was very interested in sieging the Duchy of Gedes. The reason was that the Duchy of Gedes and the French and the Swiss, the enemy of the Habsburg family, got too close to the Swiss. In His Majesty the Emperor's view, the Duchy of Gedes is a standard anti-bone and is very unscrupulous. Therefore, the Emperor was very happy to design the Duchy of Gedes to be a siege.
Therefore, under the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, a concentration camp dedicated to the detention of "Swiss mercenary prisoners of war" began to be built in a place not far from the Duchy of Gedes in the territory of the Duchy of Brabant in the Austrian Netherlands.
This place was originally a wasteland. According to the order of His Highness Philip, these more than 17,000 surviving Swiss prisoners of war will reclaim land here to reclaim a large amount of fertile land...
Chapter completed!