The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, the duke on the throne suddenly said to one of the princes:

"Lord Charlie, what do you think?"

This Lord Charles is the former Duke of Geddes, Charles II, and the current Charles I, Earl of Geldon...

When it comes to hatred of the North Sea Kingdom, Count Charles far surpasses the rest of the audience. It can even be said that several other people coveted the agricultural secrets of Beihai Kingdom, while Charlie was trying to retaliate against Beihai Kingdom. Of course, you can also get benefits by the way.

After all, if the North Sea Kingdom had not sent troops to help John II, Duke of Clifford, the Duchy of Clifford would not have been able to defeat the powerful Duchy of Gedes at that time.

At the beginning, the Principality of Gede was one of the few powerful countries in the German region that could draw tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and it was even more able to challenge the Habsburg family. Otherwise, the French would not support the Principality of Gerd.

However, because of the intervention of the North Sea Kingdom of Marin, Charlie lost West Frisian, which he had already obtained. Later, it even lost the largest source of finance and the largest territory of the Geddes company - the Lower Geddes area. Moreover, he was also downgraded to the rank of earl, and only managed a small area of ​​several hundred square kilometers in the Upper Guedes area.

You must know that before that, the strength of several dukes and earls present was far inferior to him. If they were together, he would definitely let him take the seat and give orders. Like now, because he lost most of his fiefs, he was even downgraded to an earl. Therefore, during the gathering, the current duke had to be seated on the main seat. After all, he is only an earl now, with a small fief, and he has to bow his head.

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Moreover, the union of these countries was actually created by Count Charles.

At first, several countries were aware of the high grain yield of Beihai because of its proximity to Beihai. So, they each sent their own people to steal secrets, but they all failed.

Later, Charlie's men discovered that several other people were also trying to steal the secrets of Beihai Kingdom. After thinking about it, he decided to unite these people.

Therefore, the real mastermind of this small alliance of princes is Charlie. As for the duke on the throne, because he is the duke, and he is now the strongest, he became the leader.

However, the ability of several princes present here is actually not as good as that of Charlie. After all, Charlie's ability to restore the Geddes duchy that had been destroyed by the daring Charlie from the hands of Maximilian I, and make Geddes duchy into the most powerful country in Germany, is very powerful. If it weren't for the bug of Marin... um, it seems that it was finished later...

Because, in history, it was Charles V, who swept across Europe, who killed the Principality of Geddes.

That fellow is sitting on the mighty power of the Spanish Empire and the Habsburg family, and even France, the backer behind the Principality of Gerdes, has been turned over. It is natural to clean up a Principality of Gerdes that relies on France...

So, there is no Marlin, in fact, it is almost the same. It's just that the appearance of Marin has brought the Principality of Gede to an end decades ahead of schedule...

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Charlie didn't know that if there was Marin or not, the Gerdes Corporation would be doomed, but he knew that without Marin bullying him, he was still a powerful duke of the mighty Gerdes Corporation. Even, they have already won West Frisian.

Therefore, he wants revenge. Not only do they want to seize the agricultural secrets of Beihai Kingdom, but they also want to seize the land of Beihai Kingdom...

In his opinion, without Marin, the decline of Beihai Kingdom is inevitable. It's just that he didn't expect that Beihai Kingdom would start to become chaotic so soon...

And his goal is also very clear - to share the secrets of agriculture with several princes, and at the same time to occupy the western part of the Ruhr area near the Upper Gedes area, which is the territory that Marin and the Principality of Clifford exchanged. At the very least, it is necessary to more than double the land area of ​​Gerd Corporation. In this way, will it be possible to ascend back to the principality...

Moreover, he actually has bigger ambitions in his heart...

The reason why he attracted these princes was not only because they, like the Earl of Geldon, were plotting the secrets of the North Sea Kingdom, but also because they were not strong enough and needed allies, which was the most important reason for Charlie to draw them together.

In addition, there is another important reason that Charlie didn't say - he felt that these allies were not strong enough to join forces with them so as not to be kicked out...

Charlie is very worried if he cooperates with real bigwigs such as Frederick III. Because, he was worried that the Earl of Geldon would not be able to share any spoils of war because of its weak strength. After all, the partner is too powerful, and you have to be mentally prepared to be kicked away.

That's why he chose these feudal lords - each of them is not weak, but not strong... Together, they can reach a balance, so that no one will swallow the other...

When the land is divided up after the victory, even if the Earl of Galden can't get the big head, it is possible to get the small head. After all, Beihai Kingdom has tens of thousands of square kilometers of land. If you can get back several thousand square kilometers of land, you can make up for most of the previous losses...

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Even, in his heart, Count Charlie actually looked down on these allies. If possible, he even intends to annex these stupid allies in the future. At least, one or two of them must be swallowed so that their own territory can be expanded as much as possible...

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Hearing the question from the duke on the throne, Charles, Earl of Geldon concealed the disdain and ambition in his eyes, cleared his throat, and said:

"Civil strife in the North Sea country is naturally a good thing for us. But don't forget, on the other side of the North Sea, England and Scotland, and the two army of ten thousand people in the North Sea country. If these two legions return to the country to help the war, we will The coalition forces of the 1990s are still unable to defeat them... So, we need to send a group of spies to England to inquire about the news and see what happens to the two corps."

"Only if those two legions are also out of the control of Aurich, we will have a chance of winning. Otherwise, we may still suffer a big loss..."

Several princes present nodded, so the duke on the throne immediately ordered to send a group of spies to England to inquire about the movements of the two legions...

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What made these princes extremely happy was that within a few days, news came from England that the two legions of the North Sea Kingdom in England had switched to King Edward...

It turned out that while arranging the domestic army to pretend to be a civil strife, Marin also specially arranged for the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army to pretend to take refuge in Edward.

Of course, in order to prevent Edward from really misunderstanding, Malin sent a letter to Edward, explaining the reason...

When King Edward received the letter from Marin, he was in a cold sweat...

He didn't know that Marin was still alive. If he knew, how would he dare to win over Marin's army?

You know, in his eyes, Marin is an out-and-out old yin ratio, the kind who sees whoever cheats. Offending such a person almost scared Edward to death. You know, there are about 40,000 standing troops in England now. Of these, 20,000 belonged to Marin. And the 20,000 people he controls, in terms of combat power, can't compare to Marin's two legions.

So, in order to appease Marin's anger, he wrote back immediately, expressing his willingness to cooperate with the acting. Moreover, the validity of the marriage contract of daughter Margaret and Caesar was reaffirmed. The subtext is - in-laws, we are in-laws, so what I did to win over your subordinates is okay?

Marin wouldn't really turn against Edward, so he also wrote back - I will send a top paediatrician from Daming to London to protect Princess Margaret's health... Obviously, Marin has uncovered this. something happened...

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Then, according to the script, King Edward publicly threw an olive branch to Saqqara and Siwager...

And Saqqara and Sivag, who were signaled by Marin, also publicly expressed their willingness to fight for the King of England...

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When the news reached Germany, several princes who targeted Beihai Kingdom were overjoyed. They got together and had a drink, and they all fell down happily.

After sobering up, several princes returned to their own countries and officially began to prepare for war...

And their goal is very clear - to first capture those fertilizer processing plants in North Münster Province and obtain the secrets of fertilizer. Then the army continued northward, surrounded Aurich, and forced the North Sea Kingdom to cede territory...