The Rise of the European Emperor

After getting accurate information, Sieg began to order people to reinforce the city wall while looking for iron sheets to cover the city gate. In addition, they also sent people to infiltrate the eastern region to infiltrate the information to confirm the authenticity of the information.

Most importantly, Ziger withdrew all the military camps that had been deployed in the field. These barracks were originally used to deploy offensive troops. Now, they are still in the wild, waiting to be wiped out by the enemy's superior forces. Only by withdrawing from the fortress can safety be guaranteed.

Then, Ziger selected a group of mountain people who knew the local terrain very well, formed a guerrilla group, and equipped them with many crossbows for raiding the enemy's supply lines. These crossbows can fire rockets and are mainly used to burn the enemy's forage, especially for warhorses.

However, defending the strong city requires a lot of food, and the Swiss have little food, so they can only turn to France. When the carrier pigeons flew to Paris, François I thought about it and agreed to provide food and grass support to the Swiss. However, it takes time.

So, at the suggestion of French officials, in order to delay the time, Ziger deliberately sent people to the palace of the emperor in Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, to pretend to conduct negotiations on "recruitment".

Zig's messenger, pretended to agree to join the Habsburgs, but demanded certain rights of self-government. At the same time, for a group of generals of the resistance army, they demanded the title of baron and territory.

In fact, Ziger and a group of Swiss resistance generals never thought of joining the Habsburgs. They just had to delay because the French-backed food had not yet arrived.

The emperor had doubts about Ziger's messenger, but the messenger sent by Ziger was very smart. At first, he asked for a high price and insisted on guaranteeing the autonomous status of western Switzerland. Instead, the emperor believed it a little...

If the messenger said that he would surrender unconditionally, the emperor would definitely not believe it. Because, no pie will fall from the sky. But the Resistance made such a rude (in the eyes of the Habsburgs) demands that it seemed a bit true.

Of course the emperor refused to let western Switzerland go autonomous, and he also wanted to paralyze the Swiss resistance through negotiations. So, pretend to think about it. But secretly, they began to arrange for the transfer of Goodendorf's army to the front.

But Goodendorf's soldiers said they had to settle their families well before attacking. Therefore, for a while, Goodendorf's army could not be put into the battlefield. So, whether it's Zig's Resistance, or Maximilian I, they're happy to pretend to negotiate to stall the time. In fact, both sides have no sincerity...

Ziger wanted to delay the time and dragged the grain to France. Maximilian I, on the other hand, had to wait for Goodendorf's men to settle down and rush to the front. In addition, he also wanted to be caught off guard by the Swiss resistance... So, both sides pretended to negotiate, deliberately arguing for each small condition, wasting time...

But neither side knew,

Neither side was actually ready. Therefore, they are actually wasting their time negotiating and acting there...

Not only did Ziger's Swiss Resistance Army have no food and grass, but also the food and grass needed by Goodendorf's army of 16,000 people. It is true that Maximilian I got a loan from Marin, but it is useless to have money, and he has to purchase food. It took time, so Maximilian I allowed Goodendorph and his men to settle their families first. Because it also takes time for Maximilian I's men to take money to purchase and transport food.

In particular, Maximilian I originally wanted to buy rations from Marin, who had enough food. However, because Maximilian I did not agree to besiege France together, Marin was a little reluctant to sell grain to the emperor, and made a lot of excuses, saying that the storage of grain was not enough. The emperor had no choice but to purchase food from elsewhere.

Due to cost considerations, the emperor ordered people to go to the Lviv region of Poland, where the price of grain in Europe was the lowest at this time, to buy grain...

At this time, Lviv, although located in the black soil belt of Ukraine, belonged to Poland and was the most important grain-producing area in Poland. Historically, Lviv later belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and later when Poland was partitioned, it was distributed to Austria. After World War II, the Soviet Union, a victorious country, arrogantly took away the fertile area of ​​Lviv. As compensation, the Soviet Union relegated most of the Silesia region, which originally belonged to East Germany, to Poland. Of course, this is the generosity of the Soviet Union, and the unfortunate one is actually Germany.

In this era, the Lviv region had high grain yields due to the fertile black soil. The local area is vast and sparsely populated, and the timid land is fertile. Therefore, the price of grain is very cheap, only 0.5 to 0.6 pfennig a pound of rye, and the price is only half of the price in Germany.

However, it is very difficult to transport food from southern Poland to Switzerland. Fortunately, the emperor found a Moldavian (later Moldovan) merchant with great energy, who could transport grain to the Danube River, the main road of the Siret River, through the Siret River, a tributary of the lower Danube River originating near Lviv. superior. Then, go back all the way to the territory of Bavaria. And Bavaria is very close to Switzerland, and it is more convenient to transport food. On the whole, it is actually a little cheaper than purchasing food from Beihai Kingdom. The main reason is that the road from Bavaria to Switzerland is too mountainous, and the cost of land transportation is very high. Otherwise, shipping costs will be cheaper.

However, from Lviv, through the Siret River, then into the Danube, and then back up to Bavaria and then on the mountain road... The cost is low, but it takes a long time. And this is also the biggest reason why Maximilian I needed to delay the attack. Sieg didn't know, and stupidly sent people to negotiate with the emperor to delay time. As everyone knows, he doesn't have to do this, and His Majesty the Emperor is unable to launch an attack in a short time...

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For this pair of self-righteous fools, Marin laughed happily when he learned the truth from the report of the spy stationed in Switzerland. Of course, he didn't say anything, just waited for the two sides to be proud of themselves, and finally found out that the day was busy.

Of course, Marin has more important things to do - he's taking his son to London for an engagement...

Although many people are now waiting to see whether the Queen Mother of France can become pregnant and give birth to a posthumous child, Marin knows that it is impossible. Because Queen Anne lost her fertility long ago, and it was the medicine he personally ordered.

Therefore, while others are watching, he has long been sure. While everyone else was waiting, Marin and Caesar were ready to go to London.

In fact, Europe does not have the custom of setting dolls to relatives. Marin took Caesar with him on this trip, and he would not really make a marriage contract with Edward. This is mainly due to the high rate of child mortality in Europe. For example, Queen Anne of later generations gave birth to 17 children, but none of them lived to adulthood.

Therefore, Europeans generally do not order dolls to kiss. Because even a king cannot guarantee that his children will live to adulthood. It's a waste of effort to make a baby kiss or something. It is better to wait until the two parties have lived to the corresponding age, and then discuss the marriage.

But Marin's trip was not to confirm the marriage contract in writing, but to take his son to declare the ownership of Princess Margaret.

As the only daughter of the King of England, marrying Princess Margaret means that there is a great possibility of inheriting the entire kingdom of England, including Scotland and Ireland under Edward.

Therefore, there are quite a lot of people coveting Princess Margaret. Everyone wants their son to marry Princess Margaret and become the ruler of England.

Originally, because of Louis XII, most people did not dare to come out and fight. But now that Louis XII is dead, many people are ready to move in their hearts.

What? You say that Marin's son Caesar was the second in line to marry Princess Margaret according to the Treaty of Nantes?

Having said that, some obscure aristocrats in England don't think so. Just as the French did not accept the King of England as the King of France a hundred years ago, many nobles in England did not agree with Caesar and Princess Margaret marrying and becoming the King of England.

Inspired by the practice of the French, some great nobles in England believed that they could select a noble son of noble blood from within England and marry Princess Margaret. In this way, it can also be considered as "fertile water does not flow to outsiders' fields".

This angered Marin, so this time Marin not only planned to take Caesar to London, but also brought an army there. Its purpose is to show off force. At the same time, declaring the ownership of Princess Margaret...