The Rise of the European Emperor

Since the Venetians decided to keep a low profile, they reacted quickly. The Governor of Venice, Leonardo Loredan, soon sent a special envoy to Rome to meet Julius II and ask for reconciliation.

And Marin also explained to Julius II the benefits of reconciling with Venice at this time, so Julius II graciously accepted Venice's service, and the two sides agreed on a timetable for the handover of the Rimini area. .

However, as one of the conditions in exchange, the Republic of Venice hopes that the Papal State will allow Venetian merchant ships to stop at Rimini and Ravenna, two important port cities in the Adriatic region in the Rimini region, to continue doing business.

After all, for a commercial country like the Republic of Venice, the reason for occupying Rimini and Ravenna was mainly for commercial reasons. If the Holy See allows Venetian merchants to continue to do business in the two port cities of Rimini and Ravenna, for Venice, the loss is not too big.

Julius II did not exclude Venetian merchants from doing business in the two port cities, because the business activities of merchant ships and Venetian merchants could also bring taxes. Therefore, the two sides quickly reached a peace agreement and set a timetable for the transfer of territories.

However, Marin suddenly remembered one thing - without the famous "Cambrai Alliance" in history, how would Maximilian I be crowned emperor? And the super-favorable conditions that the descendant emperor could not use for the coronation of Rome, Maximilian I did not get it...

However, who cares about him, it's not his own bad luck...

Moreover, Marin knew very well that his father-in-law, Julius II, would never throw this good card into his hands. During his reign, he will definitely find a way to take advantage of the Habsburg family on this condition.

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At the same time, in Groningen, the capital of West Frisian, there was a little surprise in the battle - the army of the Principality of Gedes actually abandoned the city and fled...

It was a real escape, not a conspiracy...

Speaking of which, it's not really that Marshal Bonitz and his soldiers are incompetent, but it's really an accident...

The matter has to start from a big businessman in Groningen - Neil Risban...

Neil Risban is a big businessman in Groningen, and at the same time, he is also a very timid person. In the past few years, Groningen has changed hands several times, making Neil Risban tremble with fear, for fear that one day, the family's wealth will be robbed by those rebels, and even the family will be killed.

So, Neil Risban organized his men to quietly dug a tunnel to hide and hide his belongings in his old house.

In the beginning, the tunnel was not long and was limited to the bottom of the house, just to hide belongings and family members. But after a few years, Neil Risban's subordinates would dig a distance for nothing. Although the progress was very slow due to the difficulty of moving the soil, it could not take a long time.

Before the battle between the Saxon coalition and the army of the Duchy of Geddes, this tunnel had already led to a small wood in the north of the city...

Neil Risban did not understand the military, nor did he know that the army in the city belonged to the Principality of Geddes, and among them were thousands of incomparably powerful Swiss mercenaries. He also thought that this army was still led by the former Frisian aristocrats. After all, after the Duke of Geddes captured fyskefrijheid, the former governor of the Frisian noble republic, he still used him as a puppet leader.

Therefore, in the eyes of Neil Risban, who did not know the inside story, West Frisian was still led by the former governor. Although I don't know why they were able to defeat the Saxon army last time, but this time the Saxons struggled with more than 20,000 people, and the defenders in the city were only more than 10,000, so it should be unstoppable...

In this way, after the siege battle, Neil Risban, who was pessimistic about the future, decided to take his wife and children and escape through the secret passage. After all, the allied forces of Saxony did not encircle the area north of the city.

But unfortunately, although the Saxon army did not encircle the northern part of the city for fear of being scattered, it still regularly sent cavalry to patrol the northern part of the city.

Not long after Neil Risban and his family came out of the tunnel,

Encountered the patrolling cavalry of Saxony. Then, the family was captured alive by the Saxon army...

Neil Risban was timid himself. After being taken to George's tent, he was slightly intimidated, and then he explained how he escaped from the city.

When he learned that Neil Risban had dug a tunnel connecting the city and the city, George's eyes suddenly lit up...

Although George has not read Huaxia's Art of War, he has heard the story of the famous "Trojan Horse" in ancient Greece. Obviously, George also understands the great benefits of working together.

These days, although George brought a lot of artillery to bombard the city walls and gates, it was useless. Because, Groningen is basically a fortified city. And several city gates have also been replaced by large iron gates, ignoring the smashing of iron balls and shells.

Therefore, if you want to break the city, you can only pile up people's lives to climb the wall. However, the army of Geddes was not much less than the Allied army of Saxony. If the damage is too high, even if the attack is in, it may be beaten out...

When George was having a headache, Neil Risban appeared in front of him like an angel, and gave him a tunnel leading to the city...

So, George took a few days of special training in the army to let the soldiers adapt to the night battle environment. A few days later, George dispatched several hundred elite knights, wearing a full set of plate armor, and entering the city along the secret passage.

At the same time, the Saxon army also quietly came to the north gate. Because, the old house of Neil Risban's family is near the north gate...

In the middle of the night, the battle started. The army of the Principality of Gedes was not prepared enough, and it was a night attack, which made it panic. Fortunately, Marshal Bonitz was calm, and the Swiss mercenaries had also seen big scenes. Under the command of Marshal Boniz, a group of elite Swiss mercenaries quickly gathered together and resisted the impact of the Saxony coalition in the streets. In this narrow street, the cold weapon troops confronted each other, and it was impossible to win or lose quickly.

Taking this opportunity, Marshal Bonitz quickly gathered up the defeated troops and regrouped. Originally, Marshal Bonitz also wanted to drive the Saxon coalition out of the city. Unfortunately, after being attacked by the enemy, the army of the Principality of Gede has no fighting spirit. In desperation, Marshal Bonitz, who originally had 14,000 main troops and 3,000 former West Frisian resistance soldiers, evacuated Groningen from Simon with less than 10,000 troops.

The Saxon coalition forces outside the west gate originally wanted to stop them. It is a pity that this army is either Swiss mercenaries or elites from the Principality of Gede. Coincidentally, the one responsible for besieging the West Gate was a motley crew of the Saxony coalition. Immediately defeated by these elite troops...

In fact, those who were brought out of the city by Marshal Bonitz were all powerful elites. Unfortunately, they were frightened by the enemy's night attack, and now they have no fighting spirit and panic. Otherwise, with only 10,000 people, even if it cannot be defeated, it is still possible to resist the attack of the Saxon coalition and remain undefeated.

George, Duke of Saxony, did not know the situation of the army of the Duchy of Geddes, but he knew very well that the coalition forces killed and captured six or seven thousand people in the city, and fewer than ten thousand escaped. The saxophone army had more than 21,000 people at this time.

So, after leaving 1,000 people to guard the city and watch the prisoners, he took the remaining 20,000 troops and immediately launched a pursuit of Bonitz's army, intending to completely destroy it and exchange for permanent peace for West Frisian... …