The Rise of the European Emperor

According to this plan, this time the princes will gather an army of 50,000 to 60,000 troops and go to the Principality of Lorraine to concentrate first. Then, in the name of teaching the Earl of Baden, they invaded the Earl of Baden, which was part of the Swabian League. Then, all the way south, hit the southern part of Baden County and the junction of Basel, Switzerland.

It is certain that they will defeat the Counties of Baden. After defeating the Counties of Baden, the allied forces of the princes will deliberately drive the remnants of the Counties of Baden towards Switzerland.

When the Count of Baden pushes the remnants of his army into Switzerland, they will suddenly enter Switzerland under the name of "chasing the Count of Baden", and the Habsburg family will be caught off guard...

The Count of Baden belongs to the emperor's camp, and at that time, the emperor will have to come forward to protect the Count of Baden. But the alliance of princes is waiting for the emperor to express his position. Once the emperor chooses to protect the Earl of Baden, he is the enemy of the alliance of princes. At that time, the allied army of princes just took the Swiss Habsburg family army to attack...

"It really deserves to be the 'Little German Zhuge'. This plan is impeccable..." Frederick III was the wisest person among the German princes of this era. Therefore, in the description of Chinese people, this guy is "German Little Zhuge", and he has a lot of wisdom. If it weren't for Marin's absolute superiority in military level, he would have been overshadowed by Frederick III. In terms of combining vertical and horizontal, Marin is not worthy to carry shoes for Frederick III...

However, the key to the success of this scheme is that it cannot be leaked. But the Bond sent by Marlin happened to learn the secret, so it would be difficult for this strategy to succeed...

Of course, Marin didn't intend to tell Maximilian I exactly. Because he also hopes that the two sides will fight to the death.

Today, the Habsburg family has a total of more than 30,000 troops. Of these, 15,000 were in Switzerland, led by Franzberg, and attacked western Switzerland. The other half of the troops were scattered in Austria and the Netherlands. If the allied army of 50,000 to 60,000 princes suddenly invaded the territory of Switzerland, the 15,000 people in Frenzberg would certainly not be able to stop it. Especially when there is no defense. Even if the quality of Frenzberg's army is higher than that of the feudal coalition, the huge difference in quantity is difficult to overcome. Unless, all the 30,000 troops of the Habsburg family have long been prepared, waiting for the allied forces of the princes to come to the door.

But in this way, Marin is not happy. Because, this may not achieve the effect of weakening the Habsburg family.

But if the Habsburg family did not prepare in advance, they might be caught off guard. With the 15,000 people in Frenzberg alone, and the lack of defense, it may be a big loss...

Marin thought about it for a long time, and finally made the following arrangements:

He asked people to pick out 1,000 arquebuses that were eliminated from the arsenal (musketeers in the North Sea country generally changed to clockwork arquebuses), and then equipped with a lot of ammunition,

Quietly sent to Switzerland, secretly taught Franzberg.

At the same time, Marin intends to send someone to inform Frenzberg to strengthen the defense at Basel City. Basel is one of the largest cities in Switzerland with strong walls. If 1,000 more arquebuses are equipped to defend the city, it will definitely cause heavy damage to the allied forces of the princes who are trying to attack.

Moreover, Marin would not tell Frenzberg with certainty that the allied forces of the princes were going to attack Switzerland, but in an ambiguous tone, that is, guesswork.

In doing so, Frenzberg will certainly strengthen Basel's defense, but certainly not at full strength. In this way, it will not affect the allied forces of the princes to break through Basel. But a thousand arquebuses were placed there, causing huge casualties to the allied forces of the princes for sure. You must know that in the "siege of Vienna" in 1529, the Austrian defenders relied on 74 arquebuses to defend the gap opened by the Ottoman artillery in Vienna, which severely damaged the Turkish army. Malin had sent 1,000 arquebuses, which was certain to cause heavy damage to the allied forces of the princes.

After this battle is over, even if the allied forces of the princes win, their vitality will be greatly damaged. You know, a thousand arquebuses, not only one shot per gun. If you think about it, you can think of the huge casualties of the allied forces of the princes. Moreover, the ball bullet has a huge lethality. After being hit, it is either dead or disabled, which is very terrifying. Any soldier who was hit by a bullet, even if he was lucky enough to survive, would never want to fight again in the future. Even many soldiers who were shot had to have their arms and legs amputated or something. Of course, Marin's army had plenty of alcohol and gauze, and they didn't need to amputate arms and legs at every turn. But the alliance of princes does not have that medical level. It is conceivable that after this battle, how many princes and allied troops will have their arms and legs amputated...

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Marin thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that the day after Bond read Frederick III's initial plan, Frederick III sent someone to Paris, contacted King Louis XII of France, and invited France The army acts together. In this way, the Swiss Habsburg family army is really doomed this time...

Louis XII was overjoyed when he received the letter from Frederick III. You know, he invested a lot in the Swiss battlefield, but he failed to drive away the Habsburg army, which made him very upset.

However, he did not dare to go to war with Austria easily. Because, at this time, the Spanish army had completed the occupation of most of Morocco, and only the Sultan of the Wattas Dynasty of Morocco, Abu Abdullah Burtu Kali Ibn Mohammed, was left with several thousand remnants of cavalry. retreated into the Atlas Mountains to fight guerrillas.

In order to consolidate the rule in Morocco, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish army, Gonzalo de Córdoba, withdrew the main force of the army to the northern part of Morocco for phased control. In this way, Spain will not have to continue to keep all 50,000 troops in Morocco. It is said that Gonzalo de Cordoba left only 20,000 troops stationed in northern Morocco, and another 30,000 troops have returned to Spain.

In this case, Louis XII was worried that showing his flag to attack the Habsburg army directly would trigger a joint counterattack between the Habsburg army and the Spanish army. After all, the two countries are allies and have also married.

But it was different when the German princes such as Frederick III invited the French army together. As before, the French did not need to show their flags and face the Austrian army.

However, in order to cooperate with the allied forces of the princes, the French can send thousands of troops and horses this time to change into the clothes of the Swiss to participate in this war.

At present, the French have secretly dispatched more than 7,000 elite soldiers, together with more than 6,000 Swiss resistance troops, to resist the offensive of Frenzberg's army in order to support the Swiss resistance army in blocking the attack of the Austrian army in Frenzberg.

If France sends several thousand more troops into the Swiss Resistance Army this time, then, in the frontal battlefield alone, the Swiss Resistance Army can completely contain Franzberg's army, and even gain the upper hand.

At this time, the coalition of tens of thousands of princes suddenly entered the Swiss region from the north. Under the attack of both sides, the 15,000 troops of Frenzberg will be doomed...

As long as the 15,000-strong army of Frenzberg was eliminated, the Habsburgs would lose control of the Swiss region. At that time, the French and German princes will also breathe a sigh of relief. After all, no one would like to see the Habsburgs taking control of such an excellent source of troops as Switzerland. After all, the Swiss region has a population of more than 700,000 people. Coupled with agile folk customs, it is a famous source of excellent soldiers in Europe. No matter which monarch gets Switzerland, its strength will increase greatly, destroying the balance of power in the region... Please use the latest domain name to read books on this site