The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin didn't embarrass the big brothers among these princes. After all, if he wanted to mess around in Europe, he couldn't mess around. After the 10 big brothers and princes came, Marin warmly entertained them with milk tea. The talks then began in what seemed to be a warm and friendly atmosphere.

As soon as the negotiation started, Marin felt something was wrong. Because, Frederick III did not follow the script...

According to what was discussed before, Frederick III should promote the outcome of the negotiations in the direction they had previously discussed. But after starting the negotiations, Marin found that Frederick III talked a lot less. It was the young Duke of Lorraine Anthony and the equally young Palatine Elector Louis V who dominated the negotiating power of the princes.

Before leaving the city, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, told them—this time let them take the lead. The two were very happy, and they talked and played brilliantly during the meeting. The reason why they were so excited was that they mistakenly thought that Frederick III was going to hand over the leadership of the princes to them. So, in order to express myself, I also performed supernormally...

However, they didn't know that the reason why Frederick III let them stand out was because they were afraid of being blamed by Marin...

Sure enough, taking advantage of the opportunity to pee in the toilet, Marin chased after Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and asked in a low voice:

"What's going on? Didn't you say it before?"

Frederick III pretended to be helpless and said:

"Two young people who want to compete for the leadership position... I am also very helpless... When they are frustrated, I will come out to clean up the situation..."

Marin lowered his head and thought for a while, and then he figured it out—the other party was lucky...

So, he smiled and said to Frederick III:

"Isn't it because of the French coming to the rescue? To tell you the truth, my spies in France reported that the French don't know what they are up to now. They are mysterious, but it is definitely not for the German side. Therefore, I guess it is difficult to get a response to your request for help. How about this, I will allow your messenger to ride out of the city on horseback, and I will guarantee his safety!"

Seeing Marin's confident smile on his face, Frederick III was a little uncertain...

He didn't know if Marin's words were true, but the request for help sent to France had actually been sent out long ago, and there was no need for an envoy to go out of the city. Because, Anthony, the Duke of Lorraine, had already sent his men to contact Nancy, the capital of the Principality of Lorraine, with pigeons, and sent a letter of appeal for help, so that the left-behind minister of the Principality of Lorraine sent someone to Paris for help.

Therefore, in the first few days of negotiations, the two young men, Antony, Duke of Lorraine, and Louis V, Elector of the Palatine, had no sincerity in negotiating at all, and they were pure nonsense. Their purpose is to delay time.

But Marin didn't care at all, because he knew that the French didn't have time to pay attention to things here at this time. In order to make the princes give up, Marin even allowed the Principality of Lorraine to send people through the defense line of the North Sea State to enter the city... This is because Basel is not the pigeon station of the Principality of Lorraine. Pigeons can fly back to their hometown Nancy from the unfamiliar city of Basel, but it is difficult to fly from Nancy to the unfamiliar city of Basel.

Sure enough, a few days later, King Louis XII of France, who received the news, heard that Marin did not want to really destroy the German princes, but just wanted to annex several neighboring countries, and suddenly lost interest in rescue.

If Ma Linzhi is destroying those princes, Louis XII may take the overall situation into account and do his best to rescue the German princes in Basel. However, Marin has made it clear that he just wants the princes to agree to his annexation of several neighboring countries such as Lüneburg, so it is not a big deal.

Although Marin was uncomfortable when Louis XII became stronger, compared with the big plan of capturing Italy and making France's military expenditure abundant, this matter is nothing at all.

Louis XII believed that once he captured Italy and used volcanic ash to produce a large amount of food, then France would be able to support 200,000 troops in the future. If there is an army of 200,000, who can't kill France? Marin will have to kneel again in front of the 200,000 French army...

Therefore, as long as Marin does not want to cooperate with the Habsburg family to eliminate those princes,

Louis XII will not easily change his plan to conquer Italy...

Ten days passed, and several batches of messengers sent from Lorraine were put into the city by Marin. When negotiating again, Marin asked Anthony, Duke of Lorraine with a smile:

"How? I didn't lie to you, the French are very busy now. Maybe they are busy attacking England, how can they have time to play with you?" Marin deliberately said that France might attack England, because he was afraid that Louis XII would be alert. Moreover, France and Britain have had a century-old enmity, and Marin's guess is also very convincing.

The representatives of the 10 princes suddenly felt ashamed and lost the confidence to speak. However, they are still waiting for a "miracle" to appear on the side of the church princes. For example, church princes united to deter Marin...

However, the reason why a miracle is called a miracle is that it is rare...

A few days later, news from the princes of the church also came in one after another—most of the princes of the church stood up...

However, they stood up not to threaten Marin, but to talk and mediate...

At this point, the princes in Basel finally understood that the situation was not good for them...

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However, everyone was very unhappy to let dozens of princes confess to Marin together. So, just like this, the representatives of the princes fell into a dilemma - they wanted to be tough, but they couldn't beat each other; they wanted to confess, but they were afraid of losing face...

Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, and an interim meeting of the Imperial Parliament was about to be held, Marin couldn't sit still, and decided to show the princes a little bit...

After one negotiation failed, Marin sent a notice to the princes:

"Everyone, I'm getting impatient. Tomorrow, I will launch an attack on the North Gate. Of course, I will just destroy the North Gate, and give everyone a warning!"

"Destroy the North Gate? It will take a long time..." Duke Anthony was stunned. Although the city of Basel is an oak gate, the coalition forces of the princes reinforced it and wrapped it with tin-plated iron. Even shelling will take a long time to be effective.

"Long time? Within a day, I will definitely destroy the North Gate! Just wait and see!" Marin said confidently.

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Early the next morning, Marin began to attack the North Gate. His routine is very simple - let the artillery concentrate on bombarding the north gate first...

This approach made the princes scoff at it-knowing that you have artillery, so we put tinplate on the city gate. Although I can't bear it in the end, but I can hold it for a long time...

But soon, Marin let them see how powerful he once again used the trump card Wang Shui...

Marin once again dispatched a chariot wrapped with a tin roof, and asked the soldiers wearing gas masks to come to the north gate under the protection of the iron roof chariot, and corroded the tin plate wrapped on the city gate with aqua regia. A big piece of iron. Then, he piled firewood under the city gate, sprinkled sulfur, and poured blended gasoline...

The reason for sprinkling sulfur is that Marin intends to confuse everyone's attention with the sulfur dioxide gas produced by sulfur combustion. Everyone is familiar with the smell of burning sulfur. In this way, everyone thought that he mainly used sulfur and oil to burn the city gates, and ignored gasoline...

The burning temperature of gasoline was as high as thousands of degrees. After the tin plate of the oak city gate was corroded, the wooden door inside could not resist the power of gasoline at all. Then, the North Gate of Basel burned down...

The Beihai State Explosive Team took the opportunity to stuff the gunpowder kegs and blew up all the sundries in the gate hole of the North Gate of Basel, and the entire North Gate opened wide...

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The princes were terrified, thinking that the Beihai army was about to launch a general offensive. As a result, Marin stopped attacking, and then sent someone over...

"Our grand duke asks all the adults, have you thought about it? If you don't think about it, we are going to launch a general attack..."

The north gate is finished, so let's take care of it. Even if it is repaired, it will not be able to withstand the explosion of the Beihai army. In desperation, in order to protect themselves, the princes finally succumbed...

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