The Rise of the European Emperor

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In fact, when Julius II attacked Siena with the reason that "Siena violated the regulations and paid enough tithes to the Holy See", European countries were a little confused.

why? These days, isn’t it an unspoken rule that everyone does not pay the full “tithe” to the Holy See? Even in the Bishop's country of Germany, the payment is usually not complete. Only when the previous bishop dies and the successors need to be recognized by the Holy See, will the "tithes" of that year be paid more evenly. As for those sovereign secular countries, even less is paid. Of course, a big country like France, which the Holy See can't afford to provoke, will pay less. Small countries with poor strength should pay more points to avoid offending the Holy See.

The Republic of Siena is neither strong nor weak. Its economy cannot catch up with Florence, but it is not too far behind. In general, the Republic of Siena is considered a wealthy country due to the development of commerce, handmade textiles and banking. At least, Germany is definitely a rich country. The reason why it and the Republic of Florence became mortal enemies is because the two countries are too close and have the same business, so of course they are full of competition. This is like China and Japan in later generations. Japan originally relied on manufacturing exports to mix. As a result, after Huaxia re-opened, it also vigorously engaged in export-oriented manufacturing, which is completely a business of robbing devils. Let's put it this way, as long as Huaxia can manufacture products, devils will not dare to sell them at high prices. Because, Huaxia's same product is cheap as hell. Therefore, ordinary devil citizens also became hostile to Huaxia later on. Apart from being misled by the devil media, there was also the anger factor of being robbed of their jobs...

In the early years, Siena was prosperous and powerful. As early as 1260, the powerful Republic of Siena and the stronger Republic of Florence at that time fought a war - the Montaperti War. In this war, the Republic of Florence dispatched 33,000 troops to enter the territory of the Republic of Siena from the north through the most important Avenue of Francisco in Siena, trying to eliminate the competitor of the Republic of Siena.

As a result, relying on terrain advantages and luck factors, the Siena army with only 20,000 troops actually defeated Florence's 33,000 troops. After that, the Republic of Florence never dared to send troops to attack Siena easily.

It should be pointed out that the terrain in the Republic of Siena is quite complicated. The most important road in the country is the Franciscan Avenue from Montaperti on the northwest border to Radicofani in the southeast. The city of Siena is located exactly on this avenue. It is a valley fortress surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In addition, the second most important road in Siena is the mountain road from Grosseto on the west coast to Siena. But this road is relatively narrow, and it is a mountain road, not as wide as the Franciscan Avenue. You know, Avenue Francisco is a classic Roman road, which can accommodate several carriages in parallel. The southwest-northeast mountain road from Grosseto to Siena can only accommodate one carriage. It was by relying on these two roads that Siena's business flourished and became an important commercial country in Italy.

However, in 1348,

Siena was hit by the Black Death that swept across Europe, and its population was greatly reduced. Then, in the 15th century, Siena began to gradually decline, and the gap was gradually widened by commercial states such as Venice and Genoa. However, it was not driven too much by Florence. Siena and Florence, brothers and sisters, although they did not develop as fast as Venice and Genoa after the Black Death, they are not weak. At least, in the field of business in the Italian states, if Venice and Genoa rank first and second, they can rank third (Florence) and fourth (Siena).

Moreover, as far as the present is concerned, if the Republic of Siena is ruthless, it will be able to gather 20,000 troops. However, they are all Italian mercenaries, and Marin doesn't like them in terms of combat effectiveness.

Of course, the combat effectiveness mentioned here refers to the combat effectiveness of field battles. If defending the city or guarding the pass, these Italian mercenaries can also cause huge troubles to the army of the North Sea State. Because, in any case, these Italian mercenaries are better than the militia. They are cowards in the field, but if they stand behind the city wall or behind the pass, they can still block the Beihai army.

Therefore, Marin did not dare to send troops to face Siena in a fair manner, so he could only ask Emperor Maximilian I to help him act and attract Siena's army head-on.

In fact, with the combat power of the North Sea Army, if a 30,000 army is deployed, it can also defeat Siena's 20,000 army head-on. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Beihai State Army lies there. However, if this is the case, the Beihai army may suffer heavy casualties, and it will take a long time.

Marin didn't dare to let the emptiness in the country go, and led the three main armies south to fight Siena. If the losses are heavy, the Beihai Congress may be besieged by people.

Therefore, Marin planned to use Maximilian I's Austrian army to launch a feint from the front to attract most of Siena's army. While most of the Sienese army went to the pass on the Via Francisco to hold back the Austrian army, there were certainly not many troops in Siena. Marin's 15,000 people are enough to break through the city of Siena. As long as the city of Siena is broken and the head of the state is seized, the Republic of Siena will perish.

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After accusing Siena of "tax evasion and tax evasion", Julius II revoked the bishop of Siena Cathedral, Coleni, in the name of not being pious enough, and chose a new one from the city of Rome. The deacon named Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici was appointed as the new bishop of the Republic of Siena.

From his name, it can be seen that this guy is also a member of the Medici family. Moreover, Marin, who is familiar with future history, knows that this guy is the future Pope Clement VII.

He is the first cousin of Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, and his father is Lorenzo de' Medici, the father of Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici younger brother Giuliano de Medici. He was born in 1478, 3 years younger than Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici, and the same age as Marin.

Of course, the Holy See did not expect Siena to accept the appointment of him as Bishop of Siena. Sure enough, the people of Siena were extremely angry when they learned that the Holy See was going to replace their bishop. Because, generally, the Holy See has no control over the appointment of bishops in the Republic of Siena. Under normal circumstances, the Church of the Republic of Siena elects a bishop and reports the list to the Holy See. And the Holy See also knows that it can't control Siena's affairs, and generally doesn't interfere with Siena's affairs. And Julius II's move was obviously to provoke the Sienese. Therefore, Siena was extremely angry.

Governor of the Republic of Siena, Pandolfo Petrucci, publicly stated that Bishop Coleni has no problem, and the affairs of the Republic of Siena do not require Julius II to meddle indiscriminately...

And Julius II said that the Holy See has no intention of interfering in the government affairs of the Republic of Siena, but the Church of Siena is a church under the Holy See, so the Holy See naturally has a reason to intervene. Therefore, he hopes that the authorities of the Republic of Siena will not interfere in the internal affairs of the church. Otherwise, you will be severely punished...

But the Siena Republic, which is used to self-confidence, simply ignored the orders of the Holy See. Moreover, the Holy See has indeed violated the unspoken rules and is unreasonable. Therefore, when Giulio di Giuliano de Medici led a convoy from Rome and wanted to go to Siena to take up his post, the convoy was captured by Radicofani on the southeastern border of the Republic of Siena. stopped. And Giulio di Giuliano de Medici himself was also refused entry by the Siena defenders...

In this way, the matter can be regarded as a complete mess...