The Rise of the European Emperor

When Marin's army faced off against the Allied forces of Boza, George, Duke of Saxony, was not idle. George realized that it was impossible to defeat the Principality of Gerdes militarily. So, he decided to go the political route.

For example, to appeal to the Imperial Parliament, to exert political pressure on the Principality of Gerd. After all, the occupation of West Frisland by the Principality of Gede is illegal and shameful.

George had been furious when Governor Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden were assassinated. Fortunately, he was lucky, Baron Leeuwarden Zitter's heart was deviated and he survived. Moreover, his subordinates were also clever. In order to avoid a second assassination, he concealed the news that Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden had survived. Even the local emperor Marin didn't know about the survival of Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden.

George is very depressed and angry now. He was angry now, not because of the death of Governor Fyskefrijheid. After all, the presence of Zitter, Baron Leeuwarden, is enough to accuse Charles II, Duke of Geddes.

The main reason for his anger was that his cousin Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, had given him too little support. Before, Frederick III made a lot of excuses and said a lot of difficulties, and only lent him five thousand soldiers and horses. At that time, George also believed.

However, in the blink of an eye, in order to avenge Denmark, the Duchy of Saxony dispatched an army of 15,000 troops to help Denmark attack Lübeck...

George was immediately upset. You know, he and Frederick III are family. For a relative, dispatched the nation's elite. It is said that the hiring of those 20,000 Swiss mercenaries is still the money advanced by the Electoral State of Saxony and the Electoral State of Brandenburg...

Without contrast, there is no harm. Before, George thought that his cousin had lent him 5,000 soldiers and horses, which was indeed very righteous. But in a blink of an eye, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, dispatched 15,000 main troops to help Denmark, and also helped advance half of the salary of 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, which deeply hurt George's heart...

You know, if Frederick III supports himself as he supports Denmark, what is the Principality of Gede? There may indeed be several thousand Swiss mercenaries in the Principality of Geddes to help fight the war. However, the Electoral State of Saxony helped Denmark this time with half the salary of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. It is equivalent to hiring 10,000 Swiss mercenaries for Denmark!

If Frederick III was willing to hire 10,000 Swiss mercenaries for himself, why would he not be able to defeat the Principality of Gedes? What's more, the Electoral State of Saxony still has 15,000 troops...

George's heart was really hurt, and he no longer believed in his cousin... The two major branches of the Weiting family, there were cracks...

However, Frederick III refused to help him, and there was nothing he could do. Therefore, George had to run around and persuade the nobles to support him. Especially the place where the Worms Empire Conference was held, George has made several trips. George hopes to convene an imperial meeting as soon as possible, so that he can publicly denounce the shameless behavior of "breaking the rules" of the Principality of Gede in front of many princes, and hopes that through this meeting, he will try to avoid paying the huge ransom of more than one million gold coins. Anyway, he couldn't afford to pay that much ransom.

After returning from this defeat, George also tried to turn to the Hanseatic merchants in Saxony, hoping that they could lend him money.

However, those Hanseatic merchants in Saxony felt that the amount of more than one million gold coins was too huge. Moreover, George's finances are so bad now that they don't believe that George can afford the loan. Therefore, during this time, George was frequently treated coldly.

So, George can only pin his hopes on the appeal at the Imperial Conference.

To this end, he made several trips to Worms and communicated several times with Archbishop Jacob of Mainz.

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As a large vassal state, the Principality of Gedes also had a resident representative in Worms, and this person was called Wasina. Wassina was curious, because, as far as he knew, the governor of Fyskefrijheid and the Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden had been killed by the gold-medal killers sent by the Principality of Geddes. So why is George, Duke of Saxony, so eager to convene an imperial council now?

So Worcina spent a lot of money and, through a middleman, invited George's entourage to drinks at Worms' tavern. Wait until these people are drunk, and then talk...

As a result, Wassina really gave out a very important message-Baron Zeitel of Leeuwarden had no appetite for the assassination. Because, this person's heart is long, so he escaped...

So George is now a witness, at the Imperial Council, against Charles II, Duke of Geddes...  

Wassina panicked immediately, this is not good news for the company of Gede. After all, the Saxon nobles have more right to speak at imperial meetings than the Duchy of Geddes. Although the Principality of Geddes has colluded with France, the French have no right to speak at the German Imperial Conference, which is of little help to them.

Wassina hurriedly wrote an urgent letter and sent someone to send it back to the country quickly to inform Charles II of this major change.

Charles II, Duke of Guedes, was also taken aback when he received an urgent letter from Vorcina. Originally, he thought the assassination was stable. Unexpectedly, Baron Zeitel of Leeuwarden is so strange that his heart has grown to the right...

Now it's going to be troublesome. If George brings Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden to the imperial meeting, he may really lose the case. At that time, the Reichstag may decide to renounce West Friesland. Even the ransom of more than one million gold coins will be lost...

Although he can ignore the judgment of the Imperial Council, after that, he will not want to mix in the German aristocratic circle. A person who ignores the decisions of the nobles in the circle will be ostracized. In the future, if one's descendants want to marry someone, they may not be able to find a partner...

Moreover, the most important thing is that if you lose the lawsuit and lose the moral commanding heights, you will easily be beaten by the crowd...

Therefore, killing Zitter, Baron Leeuwarden, was his only option.

However, after the last assassination attempt, the army of the Duchy of Saxony now attaches great importance to the safety of Baron Zeitel of Leeuwarden.

Charles II sent people to the East Frisian Saxon army station to inquire, and found that the defense of the Saxon barracks is now extremely tight. Moreover, the Alsatian wolfhound was specially borrowed from Marin for duty and patrol. If the killer wants to sneak in again, it is simply difficult to reach the sky...

However, Charles II's men also found out when they went to East Frisian for reconnaissance - after the main force of East Frisian's army went out to fight, the troops who stayed behind all retreated to important towns such as Aurich, Emden and Lyle. went in.

The original defenders of several fortresses in the west of the Ems River have all withdrawn...

So, this wine gave Charles II a chance - a chance to raid the Saxon barracks...

At this time, because all the defenders on the west bank of the Ems River had withdrawn, it was still very easy for the army of the Principality of Gedes to enter East Frisland, and then quietly cross the river to attack the Saxon barracks on the east bank of the Ems River.

After all, there were only more than 2,000 defenders in Saxony's army camp on the east bank of the Ems River. As long as three or four thousand Swiss mercenaries are dispatched, the Saxons who are left behind can be firmly defeated. As long as you enter the Saxon military camp, then it will be easy to kill Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden...

After a fierce ideological struggle, Charles II, Duke of Geddes finally made a decision - to send 4,000 elite troops to cross the river at night, and then storm the Saxony barracks and kill the Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden...