In this era, the transmission of information is very backward. Even if it is so close to dozens of kilometers, it may take several days to pass through the news. If it is deliberately blocked, it will be even more difficult to pass.
For example, the army of Gedders has clearly failed completely, but Charles II, Duke of Gedders... Oh no, it should be Charles I, Earl of Gedders... He didn't know that the battlefield ahead had completely failed...
The biggest feature of the Beihai Kingdom's army is that it pays great attention to the use of reconnaissance cavalry. Sauer is now a big boss, but Marin still asked him to lead the reconnaissance army. In order to keep confidentiality, these reconnaissance cavalry often intercept the enemy's reconnaissance and prevent intelligence from leaking.
For example, the battle outside the Parson concentration camp has ended for 10 days, and the newly promoted Earl of Gelden Charles I was still unaware of it. Of course, he had not received any news about him being ruled by the Imperial Parliament and being downgraded to Earl of Gelden. However, he had not received any news from the front line for 10 days, and the spies sent to contact him did not come back.
At present, the Upper Gedes area has not been attacked, and there are still three thousand defenders in Gelden. Therefore, although he felt uneasy, Charlie was not too worried. In his opinion, it should be the army of Boniz and the soldiers sent by the Cliffords to fight. Therefore, the news cannot be conveyed. As for those spies, it is normal to be intercepted in the melee. However, Charlie believes that the final victory must belong to Gedes. Because, he considered that most of the princes would not help the Habsburg family, and the Habsburg family was dragged by the French, and the other Beihai Kingdom, whom he feared the most, promised not to interfere in this matter. After all, Marin swears in the name of God that the Beihai Kingdom will never interfere in this matter. Therefore, he is still more at ease...
So, even though the Principality of Clifford hired a group of mercenaries, in the end, they were certainly no match for the Gedes army...
However, Lord Charlie obviously overestimated Marin's integrity. As a junior employee who often signed contracts in later generations, Marin was very proficient in how to deal with contracts. So, even if he signed a secret contract privately, Marin could find a suitable excuse to push it out - you see, I just let my mercenaries take a job, but I didn't participate... So, we did not breach the contract, nor did we break the oath... As for how you are always unlucky... We don't know that Duke Cliff hired my troops to beat you... Alas, if I had known this, I would not have accepted the employment contract...
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Like Marin, there is also John II, Duke Clifford. This grandson was afraid of taking responsibility, so he became timid at a critical moment and pretended to be fainted and lay on the bed... So, when the dust settled, he could get out of the hospital bed - what's wrong? What's wrong? I was fainted for a while, and so many things happened? Oh, it must be the good thing that Old Mason did... Well, the bad thing has nothing to do with me... I am wise and just...
The so-called odor similarity probably refers to Marin and John II...
This time, Marin not only took the initiative to send troops, but also borne all the food and expenses on his own. Not only that, the Principality of Cliffe could also obtain the fertile Xiagedes region and receive a benefit of 100,000 gold coins... and his price was to exchange Markberland for Marin...
John II was still very curious about why Marin went around such a big circle to seize the country of Marin, which was not very rich. But who was Marin? That was a person whose moral integrity was thrown outside the earth. Moreover, this guy reacted quickly. Faced with John II's questions, Marin directly learned from the King of Chu - "The wealth and honor do not return to his hometown, like walking in the night in brocade, who knows it?"
Of course, the specific explanation is not so literary. Marin told John II this way - my family was just a poor knight family near Bochum, the country of Markbourg. Now, my family is well developed, and I always feel that I can't help but not go back to my hometown to show off... So, to become the master of my hometown and be arrogant in front of my hometown's elders, I can be enough to pretend...
John II really believed this excuse. For Mao? This kind of act of pretending to be more and more elegant than the elders and fellow villagers when they become rich is too ordinary and normal in the world. Although John II is of noble origin, he has never felt this way. However, he has seen so much...
Many little nobles who became more developed after he was appreciated by him always liked to take leave to go back to their hometown to have a big banquet for guests, and pretend to show off in front of their fellow villagers. Many favorite ministers around him often told him such things as jokes. Therefore, when Marin found this excuse, he had no doubt at all...
But he didn't know how much of his losses were in this transaction...
Although the country of Markbour is not big, the northern half of the region accounts for a small half of the Ruhr area. Moreover, the famous coal and steel industrial cities of later generations, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen (city where Schalke 04 is located), Herne and Witten, etc., are located in the country of Markbour.
Obtaining the country of Markbour means getting nearly half of the coal reserves in the Ruhr area...
However, the industrial revolution has not yet emerged. Although Marin developed a steam engine, he did not show it to others. Therefore, no one knows the role of coal in Ruhr.
Moreover, the popular fireplaces in Europe are firewood, not coal. Only the steel industry and the smelting of non-ferrous metals will use a small amount of coal. Therefore, the coal mines in the Ruhr area at this time were not valued. Even because coal mines affect the fertility of the land, they make crops grow poorly. Therefore, the Ruhr area is even regarded as a barren land.
In this case, when Marin was willing to take over the developed agricultural and populous Xiagudes region and add money to exchange for the conditions for Markbour, John II agreed without thinking. Even John II privately believed that Marin must have been kicked by a donkey in his mind. Otherwise, he would not have made such a stupid decision...
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When he heard from his subordinates that Schwartz's army had controlled the Guedes area, John II decided to "wake up"... Of course, it means "wake up" that is conscious but still lying in bed...
After hearing that the Wolms Empire Conference ruled that Charles II, Duke of Geders, and promised that if the Principality of Clifford could occupy the Lower Geders area, he would award the Lower Geders area to the Principality of Clifford, John II could not wait to get underground the next day and expressed his "recovery" to the outside world...
"This is a big profit! This is a big profit!" John II walked around the palace excitedly. With the imperial meeting endorsing him, and most of the territory of the Principality of Gedes was lost, John II did not think that Gedes had the ability to make a comeback.
For a moment, John II even thought greedily - should I tear down the agreement with Marin? In that case, he could take over the Guedes region alone without paying for the country of Markber...
However, he recalled the news sent back by his top general Wolfgang. In the news, Wolfgang admitted that the combat effectiveness of the Clifford army was far inferior to that of the North Sea Kingdom. In the war report, General Wolfgang reported that the army of the Clifford attacked the weakest right wing of the Principality of Gedes, but failed to defeat it, which greatly increased the morale of the opponent. But then the Beihai Kingdom sent a squad of 100 people to directly break through the enemy's defense line and disperse the enemy's formation... Therefore, General Wolfgang's judgment was that the combat effectiveness of the North Sea Kingdom's army was stronger than that of the Duchy of Gedes, but the Duchy of Gedes was stronger than that of the Duchy of Cliff... The conclusion was that the combat effectiveness of the North Sea Kingdom's army was much stronger than that of the Duchy of Cliff...
With this conclusion, John II had to be discouraged and decided to implement the agreement with Marin according to the original plan...
So, the day after he came "sober", John II announced that he would remove all his posts from Prime Minister Old Mason, and even deprived him of his baron and fief... This was obviously for the princes to see - it was not my business, it was the treacherous minister Old Mason who did it on my back. Please believe me...
But in private, Old Mason was not depressed at all, but packed up his property and moved his family to Beihai Kingdom. Because he would make a comeback in Beihai Kingdom... Moreover, before leaving, John II gave him a lot of money and money in private as compensation...
Although John II fired the old Mason who was "good at the initiative", he did not mean that he would not want to go to the Gedes Region. He issued an order and decided to strictly implement the decision of the parliament and take over the Gedes Region...
However, given that the Beihai mercenaries hired by Mason before were unwilling to leave in the Xiagedes area, they asked for a salary, and they were asking for a high salary of 1 million gold coins...
John II declared that the Principality of Cliver could not afford such high salary. Therefore, he decided to use the barren Markle territory as collateral to replace the salary of 1 million gold coins to pay the North Sea mercenaries invited by Mason. Of course, in order to retain the seat of Markle in the Imperial Parliament, John II stated that the entire Markle could be handed over to the North Sea, but the capital, Mark Fort. In this way, he, the Earl of Mark, was considered a true name. Of course, the territory of Mark Fort in the future changed, and it became Mark Fort and the Lower Gedes area...
When John II signed the relevant decree and formally handed over all the territory of Markbourg except Fort Mark to the North Sea Kingdom, Schwartz finally withdrew his troops from the Lower Gedes area and handed over the control of the Lower Gedes area to John II. At the same time, Schwartz divided some of his troops and went to the Markbourg to take over the control of the local government. At the same time, he let the local local nobles in the Markbourg make their own choices - leaving Markbourg with John II, and staying in the local area to be loyal to Marin...
Chapter completed!