The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, the allied army of princes had completely abandoned the plan to live in peace with the Habsburg family, and instead decided to unite with France and destroy the Habsburg family at one time. In this way, it can be done once and for all.

The problem was that they couldn't defeat the Habsburg army alone. Without the support of the French, they would be alone. And if the French fully support them, they are sure to defeat the Habsburgs. After all, the French had enormous potential for war. Moreover, it so happened that Spain, an important ally of the Habsburg family, was busy with the Moroccan rebels "hiding and hiding", and a large number of troops were trapped in Morocco and could not be transferred.

After all, the Moroccan Wattas dynasty did not perish. If Spain withdraws its troops at this time, it means that all previous efforts have been lost.

In addition, another powerful ally of the Habsburgs, the North Sea Kingdom, was unable to support them because of Marin's "disappearance".

Taking advantage of this opportunity, if the allied forces of the princes can unite with the main French force, they will indeed be able to crippling the Habsburg family, making it difficult for the Habsburg family to recover for decades.

However, the confident alliance of princes was hit in the head - Louis XII refused to cooperate and gave up this great opportunity...

...

In fact, Louis XII had his own considerations. The Spanish army trapped in Morocco was an opportunity to crippling the Habsburg family. But if you think about it from another angle, isn't it a good opportunity for France to invade Italy?

At present, more than half of Spain's troops are trapped in Morocco. On the Italian side, natural troops are insufficient. If the French take this opportunity and suddenly go south to Italy, they will naturally have an advantage.

As for the conflict in Switzerland, Louis XII believed that it was in the best interest of France that the two sides confront each other. With the allied forces of the princes restraining them, the Habsburg family would definitely not be able to mobilize troops to support the Italian battlefield.

In this way, what the French have to do is to dispatch a large army, drive straight in, and go straight to the Kingdom of Naples...

Even, in order to annex the kingdom of Naples with many volcanoes, France intends to compromise with Venice...

How to compromise? Is to give up the complete annexation of the Duchy of Milan!

Before, the route of the French invasion of Italy was to first annex the Principality of Milan, and then go south to attack the Kingdom of Naples.

But this time Louis XII decided to do the opposite - he planned to unite Venice first and make a look of annexing the Principality of Milan. The Venetian army then stayed outside Milan and faced off against the Duchy of Milan. The main force of the French army, on the other hand, moved south quickly, occupying the Kingdom of Naples before the Spaniards could react...

The Spaniards had limited military strength in the Kingdom of Naples at this time, and even famous generals like Gonzalo de Córdoba were not there. As long as the French move faster, they can quickly occupy the entire kingdom of Naples.

When the Spaniards reacted, the French army had already controlled the entire kingdom of Naples...

...

In addition, Louis XII also intends to change his tactics - not to fight the Spaniards in the field, but to defend the city...

The Spanish army is now popular with the Marin phalanx (Spanish phalanx) "invented" by Marin, which has a strong field ability and even restrains the French knights.

Therefore, Louis XII believed that it was not very cost-effective to fight with the Spaniards in the wild. There are many French knights, and at most 20,000 knights can be touched. If it hits the Spanish musket formation directly, the loss will be great.

However, these knights are also strong if they guard cities and fortresses with infantry. A knight without a horse is still a master of craftsmanship. Half a set of plate armor on the ship also suppressed ordinary infantry on the city head.

With the blocking of the city wall, the Spaniards' muskets have no advantage. After all, the muskets of this era can only aim at a distance of forty or fifty meters, and it is useless any longer. Louis XII planned to let the French knights hide behind the battlements on the city wall, and cut whoever climbed up to see whoever climbed up... In this way, the Spaniards will definitely be helpless...

In addition, for the enemy's tactics of bombing the door, the French also prepared the iron gate, waiting for the Spanish to attack...

...

Under such circumstances, of course, France has no energy to care about the affairs of Switzerland.

However, Louis XII was kind and did not withdraw the elites of the French army in the "Swiss Resistance Army". If the gang were withdrawn, Frenzberg would be able to deal with the allied forces of the princes...

In the case of France's unwillingness to increase its troops, a temporary balance appeared on the Swiss plateau - the allied forces of the princes did not give full support and did not dare to attack rashly; the "Swiss Resistance Army", which is dominated by the elite of the French army, also because of the The inaction suspended the offensive; and the army of Frenzberg, because it needed to absorb the newly recruited mercenaries and the mercenaries recruited after the previous capture, was unable to provoke two enemies in a short period of time... Therefore, the three forces , the hostilities have been suspended for now, and there are big eyes and small eyes...

...

Compared with the calm in the south, the Beihai Kingdom on the North Sea has set off a huge wave - Marin, the archduke of Beihai Kingdom who was rumored to have died in a shipwreck, actually returned to Emden alive...

According to eyewitnesses, their grand duke came back in a state of utter embarrassment - uncut hair, unshaven beard (Marin deliberately kept it long), messy and dirty...

Moreover, when they landed, their legs seemed to be a little weak - that was frightening. After all, before landing, Marin experienced a shipwreck...

Therefore, Marin didn't have to pretend, and directly acted the embarrassed appearance when he landed.

...

After Malin landed, Emden suddenly became lively. Many people's original fearful state of mind was instantly calmed down. Because, they know - the god of war is back...

The title "God of War" is a title given to Malin by the people of Beihai. The main reason is that since Marin became the count of East Frisland, he has won every battle, and it seems that he has never worshipped. The only miss was when Dietmarschen was captured alive because of his arrogance. But then, Ditmarschen announced the conditional surrender of Marin, so that was not a failure, it could only be said that there was no victory.

Therefore, Marin, who was almost invincible, was naturally called the "God of War" by the people of Beihai. Although, this God of War is wretched, shameless and cunning, not so decent...

...

The news that Marin came back alive reached Orich, and Angela immediately drove to greet him with little Caesar. Schwartz and other regent ministers also came to greet him. Of course, Angela, Schwartz and others knew the inside story and were not excited at all. It's just that, for political needs, they all pretended to be "I'm very excited"...

Only little Caesar, that's so exciting...

Caesar, who is only 10 years old, has experienced ups and downs this year, which is really exciting...

Earlier, he learned that his "omnipotent" father had been shipwrecked, and his chances of survival were slim... This made him nervous for a while.

After a period of despair, Caesar remembered Marin's instructions before he set off. He realized that he, a little man, should take on the heavy responsibility of the country and the family...

As a result, Caesar, who used to play crazy with his younger brother in the palace all day, disappeared. Instead, it is a little Caesar who studies hard, grows hard, and strives to be a qualified heir of the Grand Duke. After learning the sad news of his father's "death", Caesar hasn't laughed for months...

So, when he saw his father, Marin, who was thinking day and night, really appeared in front of him, Caesar was so excited that he cried and laughed...