The Rise of the European Emperor

"Bastard! Bastard!" Elector Frederick III of Saxony threw several porcelain cups in a row, but he still couldn't suppress his inner anger. On the side, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine and other bigwigs also had dark faces.

In this ambush, the coalition forces of the princes suffered too much loss. Not to mention the loss of more than half of the troops, but also lost most of the supplies, as well as the gold and silver treasures robbed from the Earl of Baden and the city of Basel. There are even a lot of funds brought by the princes themselves.

Although most of their knight troops and other elite parts did not suffer much loss and were retained, the knights of some countries also suffered very large losses. This time, the more than 10,000 knights of the allied forces of the princes lost a total of more than 3,000 people, which caused the princes heartache. You know, for a knight, he started learning martial arts at the age of 8, and he didn't become a teacher until he was 21. At the earliest, you have to be 18 years old. In other words, it takes at least 10 years to train a knight, and many are more than 13 years. Now, the loss of more than 3,000 at once made them feel more distressed than the loss of 30,000 mercenaries.

Fortunately, before Frederick III entered the Costal Valley, because he felt bad, he let the mercenaries and conscripts who did not belong to the direct line of the princes go ahead. The princes didn't care about the casualties and losses of mercenaries and conscripts.

Even if the mercenaries died in battle, some nobles would even be happy. Because, there is no need to pay more than one person's salary. These days, some princes are very black-hearted. The mercenaries fought for them, and if they died in battle, the conscientious princes would give some pitiful pensions. If you meet someone with no conscience, you will die if you die, which happens to be less than a commission...

As for the conscripts, they are the cannon fodder in the eyes of the princes, and there is no pity to die a few more...

Therefore, what Frederick III and other princes regret here is mainly the deaths and injuries of the more than 3,000 knights...

Knights are already considered nobles and cannot be ignored. Not only is it difficult to train knights, but they can't be ignored even if they die. After all, if a nobleman died fighting for you, he must give an explanation. Otherwise, no vassal will fight for you. Therefore, mercenaries may not be given pensions, but pensions for dead knights must be given, and they cannot be given less. If this is done poorly, there will be no wandering knights willing to serve you in the future.

In other words, while lamenting the loss of strength, these princes are also distressed about the large sum of knight pensions that will be paid...

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Of course, what they are more distressed about is money. After all, in this era, most aristocrats live on loans, and their finances are very difficult. As for the loss of knights, it's actually not a big problem. why? Because Germany has never lacked wandering knights. A group of people died, at worst, they will recruit another group...

Therefore, these great nobles are currently worried about the loss of their own property. After all, everyone is not rich (a few countries are richer, but most princes are poor).

"I almost forgot, this little bastard named Frundsberg was a former subordinate of that bastard Marin! The ambush on the mountain road, hehe... Isn't that what that dead ghost Marin did in Italy? Unexpectedly , This time we are out of luck!" Elector Frederick III of Saxony gritted his teeth.

"This dead ghost, Marin, has caused a lot of harm to Germany! It's okay to die, but the bastard Frundsberg was left behind!" Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, gritted his teeth.

At this time, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg, suddenly said:

"How about we turn around and attack the Beihai Kingdom? It is said that there is only one legion left in the Beihai Kingdom.

In addition to Duke Henry and the others dispatching 30,000 to 40,000 people, we can wipe out the North Sea Kingdom in one fell swoop! "He remembered the shame of being forced to cede the Stendal area, and wanted to take the opportunity to get it back.

Frederick III shook his head and said:

"That's not urgent. Marin is dead. The decline of Beihai Kingdom is a certainty. You can send troops to get it at any time."

"However, the two Henry Dukes of the Welf family have led their troops to grab the territory. If they arrive late, they will only have soup!" Joachim I said anxiously.

Frederick III sneered and said:

"What are you afraid of? Those two guys from the Welf family left everyone this time and wanted to take advantage of themselves. They have already committed public anger. Besides, even if they grab the territory, so what? We have so many princes, at the Imperial Conference What can they do if they don't recognize the territory they occupy? So, there is no rush over there. When our affairs are over, let's put pressure on them together, so that they won't spit out the benefits!"

After a pause, Frederick III continued:

"Although I am very keen on the benefits of the North Sea country, everyone, you should know that now, preventing the Habsburg family from growing is our most important goal. If the Habsburg family completely annexes Switzerland, it will become If we become stronger, we will all be unlucky."

"So, going to the North Sea country to gain benefits is secondary, and preventing the Habsburg family from annexing Switzerland is the most important thing!"

Most of the princes present nodded their heads one after another. Although they didn't know the idiom "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold", they also knew that if Switzerland was doomed, the strength of the Habsburg family would inevitably skyrocket. When the Habsburg family digests Switzerland with peace of mind, they will turn around and clean them up. Therefore, the top priority is indeed to suppress the momentum of the Habsburg family first.

"But, we lost, and we still have to fight now? The morale of the soldiers is not high..." Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, said depressedly.

"Don't worry, Anthony. It's not just us who are fighting the Habsburgs this time, but the French too! So, even if they win this time, they don't dare to chase after them, and they must go back to defend. I guess , they took the risk of arranging an ambush to ambush us, and the French didn't know it."

"Then let's quickly send someone to notify the French, so that they can take the opportunity to seize Lucerne!" Joachim I roared anxiously.

"It's late..." Frederick III sighed and continued:

"Frundsberg is very similar to Marin. They are both bold, adventurous, and shrewd. My intelligence personnel said that Marin planned to train him as the number one general. Because, this Frundsberg's military talent is higher than that of the North Sea State's current coach Schwartz. It is said that Marin was very annoyed when Frundsberg was poached by His Majesty the Emperor. If it weren't for the emperor's special status, Marin might have directly Flip."

"So, don't try to take advantage of this loophole. I guess, after the battle, he must have led people back to defend the city. Even if we notify the French, it will be too late. Unless, we remembered this yesterday and informed the French overnight .But now...it must be too late..."

All the princes present were ashamed, because they were all in shock yesterday, and they were so frightened that they couldn't speak fluently. How could they take this into consideration? Not to mention them, even Frederick III, a wise man, was a little confused yesterday, how could he think so much?

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When the princes were discussing matters, suddenly the soldiers came to report:

"My lords, those 40,000 people have been released!"

The princes in the big tent were stunned for a moment, and they all looked at Frederick III on the throne...

Frederick III blushed, and recalled the disgraceful memory of letting these civilians serve as cannon fodder to block the enemy's pursuit yesterday...

At this time, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine frowned and said:

"40,000 people came back... How can there be so much food for them? If you don't give them food, many people will starve to death..."

Frederick III suddenly looked tense, remembering the terrible consequences of food shortage:

"What a ruthless scheme..."

"Then what should we do? Not only is our combat effectiveness damaged, but we don't even have enough food!" Joachim I became a little nervous.

"It's a big loss this time, a lot of losses!" Albert, the younger brother of the Duke of Mecklenburg (later divided up Mecklenburg with his brother in 1520 and became the Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow, his brother Henry was Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

"Yeah, it's a big loss... loss... stop loss..." Frederick III suddenly remembered what Saxon businessmen said about stop loss - when a business is destined to lose money, it must immediately find a way to stop the loss. damage……

"Stop the loss...how should we stop the loss..." Frederick III fell into deep thought...

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