It is not that easy to wait for a rainy day. When you want a sunny day, it may be rainy. But when you want a rainy day, it will shine brightly all day long. Boniz is like this. He hopes to wait for a rainy day and then launch a siege. However, the eastern part of the Netherlands, which has not been rainy, has a series of sunny days...
While the Guedes were waiting for the rainy days, their opponents were not idle either. Although they were just cooperating with the acting, the Habsburg family really wanted the Guedes Principality, the second-five-child who colluded with France, to be finished. Therefore, the handsome young King Philip also performed hard. Even Maximilian I, who was far away in Innsbruck, actively cooperated with the performance.
Pretending to have just received the information, Maximilian I publicly condemned the Duchy of Gedes's army in the name of Emperor Shenluo. At the same time, he asked the princes of the entire German region to stand up and help to rescue the siege. Even Maximilian I promised that if any prince was willing to help rescue the siegege, the largest area of ​​the Duchy of Gedes, would be awarded to him.
However, Charles II, Duke of Geders, was also prepared. Just after Maximilian I sent a letter to publicly accuse the Principal of Geders of sneak attacks, Charles II also made a public statement. He pointed out that the Principal of Geders this time was just to save the innocent Swiss "people" captured by the Habsburg family. Moreover, he accused Maximilian I of illegally and violently kidnapped the 17,000 "Swiss people". Therefore, he sent troops to save the innocent "Swiss people"...
But Maximilian I's open request for help from all German princes proves one thing--the Habsburg family army in the Netherlands is not enough to deal with the army of the Duchy of Gedes... For this reason, Charles II, Duke of Gedes, was very pleased...
Then, things were indeed as Charles II expected - most German princes chose to wait and see. As for several rulers in the Wolms Empire Parliament, such as Archbishop Mainz, Archbishop Cologne, and Elector Saxony, although they did not clearly support the Principality of Gedes, they said they needed to send someone to investigate and collect evidence... This was clearly delaying time...
You should know that on the surface, investigation and evidence collection are for fairness. However, the army of the Guedes Principality has now besieged the Parson concentration camp, while the Habsburg family's military strength in the Netherlands is seriously insufficient. The delay in time is equivalent to supporting the Guedes Principality.
Not only that, after the Duchy of Gedes sent troops, Louis XII was not willing to be lonely. Although the French sent 10,000 troops to Switzerland for reinforcements, there were still 10,000 or 20,000 people in the country. In order to create pressure on the Habsburg family, Louis XII publicly sent tens of thousands of troops to the Flanders country on the border of the northeastern Kingdom of France and the westernmost part of the Austrian Netherlands.
In name, Louis XII announced that he had discovered rebel forces in the Kingdom of Artowab, to suppress the rebellion. But anyone with discerning eyes knew that the French army was to scare the Habsburg family...
After all, Flanders is the core area of ​​Olympiad's Netherlands. Even Ghent, where Prince Philip lives, is the capital of Flanders.
The French deployed tens of thousands of troops on the border, which obviously put pressure on the Habsburg family. Ghent had a large army of 7,000, but when the French arrived at the border, these people would definitely not dare to move. After all, these 7,000 people were the last major military force of the Habsburg family in the Netherlands (the rest were transferred to Switzerland). If they left Flanders and went to Brabant, the French might really attack the most prosperous Netherlands in the Austrian Netherlands...
Obviously, relying solely on the forces of the Habsburg family in the Netherlands, they did not have the ability to rescue the Parson concentration camp in the Principal of Brabant. Then, the whole of Europe turned their attention to the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Because, everyone knew that the only thing the Habsburg family could count on now was Marin...
On the surface, Prince Philip did represent the Habsburg family and openly seek help from the Grand Duchy of Beihai, hoping that the North Sea would send troops to help rescue the siege.
However, soon, the military commander of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, "Schwartz", announced that because Grand Duchy Marin left his homeland and went to the wild continent, he only gave him the right to mobilize troops to defend the local area before leaving. Therefore, he did not have the power to mobilize troops to fight abroad. Therefore, Grand Duchy of Beihai remained neutral in this conflict unless he could receive orders from Marin himself...
But everyone knows that Marin went overseas, and the Habsburg family did not know where the wild continent was. Therefore, everyone thinks that it is only a matter of time before the Principality of Gedes captured the Parson concentration camp...
Obviously, Charles II, the Principality of Guedes, also believed in this way:
"Hahaha, Beihai Kingdom is not on the side of the Habsburg family this time. I see what the old boy Maximilian I can do this time!"
"But, Lord Duke, the Beihai Kingdom has now sent several huge teams to disguise themselves as caravans and demanded to take over several cities in the Guedes area! Lord Duke, how should we deal with it?" De Bruyne, the new Foreign Minister of the Duchy of Geedes, said worriedly.
Charles II waved his hand and said:
"This is nothing. The main thing is to seize the Parson concentration camp now. Let's do this. Let those cities put the team of Beihai Kingdom into the city... By the way, do those people carry weapons? Are there many people?"
De Bruyne recalled and said:
"According to the following reports, only a small number of people dressed in guards carried weapons. The rest were dressed in civil servants, and seemed to be here to take over administrative power..."
"It's better if it's not an army..." Charles II breathed a sigh of relief. Then he reminded him:
"Remember to appease this group of people. Now that we have not captured Parson's concentration camp, we must not offend the Beihai Kingdom. Otherwise, if they send troops at this time, we will fail."
"But... Lord Duke, do you really plan to hand over the Xiagedes region to the Beihai Kingdom?" De Bruyne asked.
"How can I do it? I just plan to hold the other party first. By the time we defeat all the Habsburgs' army in the Netherlands and stabilize the situation. At that time, we will join forces with the French army, plus the 17,000 Swiss mercenaries, we will have enough strength to turn against the North Sea..."
"The Duke is wise..."
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At this moment, Maximilian I issued a second wave of orders, claiming to have possessed conclusive evidence of the collusion between the Duchy of Gedes in France. If any vassal state was willing to help send troops to rescue the Parson concentration camp, he had enough reason to declare Charles II, the Duke of Gedes, and to award him the Lower Gedes area...
However, when the Imperial Parliament asked for conclusive evidence from Maximilian I, Maximilian I was hiding... This made most German vassals believe that Maximilian I was bluffing...
Chapter completed!