The Rise of the European Emperor

The time has entered September, and the autumn harvest in East Friesland is earlier than in other countries, so the autumn harvest is coming soon. In order to speed up the autumn harvest, Marin planned to send the garrison out to participate in the autumn harvest, so as not to encounter rainy weather and cause the wheat to rot in the field.

However, just as Marin was deploying the autumn harvest, there was an urgent report from the western frontier—George, Duke of Saxony, with more than 2,000 cavalry, fled into the western frontier in a hurry. At present, the northern border guards are intercepting on the west bank of the Ames. As if in a hurry to escape, Duke George made a request to cross the border.

Speaking of which, George is also unlucky. He finally gathered an elite army of 15,000 and the army of the Principality of Geddes for a decisive battle. Unexpectedly, when the two sides were fighting fiercely, suddenly an enemy reinforcement came from the south, and when their own side was exhausted, they killed the Saxon army by surprise. In this way, the Saxon army, which was not at a disadvantage, suffered a major defeat and was chased and killed by the Principality of Geddes. In the end, less than 3,000 people fled back to Groningen.

Subsequently, the army of the Principality of Geddes besieged Groningen. Groningen's city walls are tall and strong, and the city gates have been replaced with iron gates. In addition, most of those who escaped with George were highly skilled Saxon heavy cavalry, but they were not worried about being attacked by the army of the Principality of Gedes.

However, Groningen has insufficient grain reserves...

Before, George was full of confidence to defeat the army of the Principality of Gedes. It never occurred to him that Groningen would be under siege. Therefore, there is not much food in the city of Groningen. And most of the food brought to the front was stolen by the Gedes army.

Therefore, George, who is sticking to Groningen, encountered a food crisis...

In desperation, George took the army, took advantage of the night, and took the elite cavalry of his subordinates to forcibly break through the encirclement of the Principality of Gedes. After losing and defeating the elite cavalry, they finally broke through to East Frisian territory.

However, the western border of East Friesland is heavily guarded, especially the ferry on the Ems River, which is blocked by special bunkers. Duke George had no choice but to request a transit. Otherwise, with such a small number of people, if Marin launches all the troops to intercept it, it will definitely be finished.

Fortunately, Duke George was the cousin of Emperor Maximilian I. Therefore, George believes that it is unlikely that he will be detained by Marin. After all, both sides have reached a written peace agreement before.

News reached Aurich that Marin had indeed moved to seize George in exchange for West Frisian sovereignty. However, in order not to be hostile to all the princes, Marin gave up the tempting idea of ​​seizing George. After all, the two sides are not in a state of hostility. Otherwise, it is reasonable to detain the other party.

In the end, Marin granted George's request to cross the border with more than 2,000 cavalry under his command.

However, Marin was still puzzled as to why the mighty Geddes army let George go. Because, if the Gedes army captured George, they could force George to cede West Frisian...

So, Marin sent outstanding students from the spy school to inquire about the news.

Soon, the news came back...

It turned out that it wasn't that Geddes' army was weak, but that George's luck was too good...

The victory of the army of the Principality of Gedes is in sight, and it seems that Groningen is about to be taken, but there is an internal problem. It turned out that Fyskefrijheid, the former governor of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic, saw that victory was imminent, and proposed to capture Groningen. The world is the ally.

But who was Charles II, Duke of Guedes? That's an ambitious man! Will he spit out the meat in his mouth? As a close associate of Charles II, Marshal Bonitz, the commander of the army of Geddes, categorically rejected the request of Governor Fyskefrijheid, saying that the army of Geddes would be stationed in Groningen to "instruct" Governor Fyskefrijheid to manage the Frisian aristocratic republic.

In this case,

It is equivalent to using Fyskefrijheid as a puppet governor. Later, in the Frisian aristocratic republic, it was actually Charles II, Duke of Geddes, who had the final say. It's just that there is a sign of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic on the outside. And Governor Fyskefrijheid will be just a decoration in the future.

Governor Fyskefrijheid is mediocre and a little silly, but he's not at home. He knew that Charles II had finally uncovered the mask of hypocrisy and was ready to tear his face.

As a result, Governor Fyskefrijheid took Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden and his first general, Siwager, and the remaining 3,000 West Frisian resistance troops, and suddenly fled...

Charles II, Duke of Geddes, needs Governor Fyskefrijheid to be the leader of the public, fooling other countries, how can they let them escape? So Bonitz also sent an army to chase.

Unexpectedly, the West Frisian Resistance Army led by Governor Fyskefrijheid, Baron Leeuwarden Zitter and Siwager, although not strong in combat, escaped at an alarming speed.

In desperation, Bonitz sent a large army in hot pursuit, and relaxed the siege of Groningen. Then, when George, Duke of Saxony, led his men to break through, half of the main force of the Principality of Geddes was absent. Therefore, Duke George was lucky enough to break through successfully. Otherwise, George might be a prisoner of Gerdes' army by now...

Marin had to sigh, George, although a little incompetent, was really lucky. If they were caught by the army of the Principality of Gedes, they would inevitably be forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty to cede the land, like King Hans of Denmark.

However, even if he escaped, it would be of little use. Because, the current Gedes army is indeed very powerful. Even if George struggles with a large number of Allied troops, he has no chance of winning.

And Marin, who was planning to buy West Friesland after George tasted failure again...

In fact, it is not impossible for Marin to send troops to occupy West Frisland. However, at the beginning, it was Maximilian I who sold West Frisland to the Duchy of Saxony.

Marin, as a member of the emperor's faction and a subordinate of Maximilian I, is not easy to tear his face and forcibly seize West Frisian. Otherwise, Marin, who lacks allies himself, will really become a loner. If George formed an allied army to fight against himself, George's army was nothing, and he was afraid that Denmark, the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, and the elector of Brandenburg, Joachim I, would take the opportunity to form an extremely large coalition to attack him. Even the army of Maximilian I may be within the coalition.

At that time, I will really become a loner...

Therefore, Marin's plan for West Frisland is to wait until George, Duke of Saxony finds out that he really can't beat the Principality of Gede, and then according to the terms of the "right of first refusal" in the previously signed peace treaty, the West The ownership of Friesland was bought. Then, send troops to drive away the army of the Principality of Gedes, and monopolize West Frisian...

As for breaking the covenant? Although he and Gede Corporation have formed an alliance privately, they have not signed an alliance agreement. Therefore, the two are not legitimate allies. At that time, even if I stab the Principality of Gede Company, it will not be considered a betrayal of the alliance...