The Rise of the European Emperor

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() Just two days after Herman IV's information was delivered, representatives of the Imperial Council also brought an official letter from the Imperial Council. At this time, Marin had passed the anger period and completely calmed down.

If it had been two days ago, Marin might have dragged the representative out to vent his anger. But after two days of calm, Marin's heart has been calm.

However, in order to cooperate with the other party, Marin still pretended to be surprised and angry, and almost beat him up.

And the representative of the Imperial Parliament was a baron named Larick, a subordinate of Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. As an in-law country of the electorate of Saxony, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is naturally on the side of the electorate of Saxony.

In the previous war, if it wasn't for the fact that Frederick III disliked the poor combat effectiveness of the army of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and that the looting of Lübeck and Hamburg gained too much, Frederick III would not want to share it with too many people. Therefore, Lüneburg's army did not participate. Otherwise, perhaps the coalition will have the participation of Lüneburg.

As a person on the Saxony side, Baron Larick is naturally bossy in front of Marin and wants to be angry with Marin. But Marin's anger has long since dissipated, so although it looks like a big fire, it's just pretending. If it was really hot, Larick might have his leg broken by Marin.

However, Marin was surprised to find out that there were actually people from Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, who accompanied Larick...

Of course, this was not discovered by Marin himself, but by the two entourages suspected of Frederick III who were in the toilet, and the conversation was accidentally overheard by Marin's subordinates.

According to the guard who happened to go to the toilet and overheard the conversation of the other party, the two came with Baron Larick, in fact, they wanted to take the opportunity to see if they could send the news back to Wittenberg City, okay? Reassure John.

"Reassure John... hum..." Marin sneered.

Negotiations haven't started yet, and the war isn't over yet. At this time, you reassure John, don't you let John relax his vigilance? How stupid was Frederick III?

Marin didn't expect it.

In fact, Frederick III sent these two people back, just to observe the situation of the Wittenberg battle, and did not let the two people report what happened to Worms to John who was staying behind. In fact, the two should have followed Baron Larick to convey the decision of the Imperial Council and quickly returned to Worms to report the situation to Frederick III.

But the problem is, these two idiots have their own selfishness...

You must know that Frederick III was not married and had no descendants. In the future, the electorate of Saxony will definitely be inherited by John. Therefore, in the eyes of these two idiots, John is the definite crown prince, the future master. Therefore, pleasing John's favor is also very important in the eyes of these two idiots.

Now, Baron Larick is holding the official letter of the Imperial Parliament and exerting pressure on Marin. In the eyes of these two, Marin should not have the courage to resist the pressure exerted jointly by more than 180 German princes. Therefore, they can't wait to enter Wittenberg to announce the good news to John, in order to win John's appreciation and lay the foundation for their future careers.

After learning the thoughts revealed by the two idiots when they were squatting in the ditch, Marin had an idea and decided to take the plan...

For this reason, Marin deliberately arranged poorly for the accommodation of Baron Larick and others. Then, he told them in a very apologetic tone—"I'm sorry for the inconvenience during the march..."

Is the accommodation Marin arranged for them more than bad? The three people squeezed into a tent, not to mention that the tent has not been cleaned up, and it is full of the smell of the feet of the soldiers who used to live in it...

This also led to the fact that Larick and the two Saxon attendants didn't sleep well in the middle of the night...

While apologizing, Marin also gave advice to the three of them-why, why don't you enter Wittenberg to rest? After all, Wittenberg is a big city, and the accommodation conditions in it are definitely better than the military barracks...

Sure enough, the two idiots took the bait. They had wanted to go into town to deliver news to John and to please John, the future elector. So, at the instigation of the two of them, Baron Larick also agreed to enter Wittenberg to rest.

In order to let the three of them enter Wittenberg with peace of mind, Malint ordered to stop the tentative attack for several days, and also retreated the siege troops away from the city gate, so that the three and their entourage could enter the city.

But the general in charge of defending the city was very cautious and did not open the city gate to welcome the three people into the city. Because, they were afraid that Marin took the opportunity to send cavalry into the city (in fact, Marin did have this plan). Therefore, the three of them and their guards all entered the city by hanging baskets.

After seeing Baron Larick and the two idiot servants enter the city, although Marin was a little regretful (because he didn't take the opportunity to send troops to rush into the city), he quickly picked up his mood and showed a strange smile that his trick was successful... …

Why is Marlin so happy? The reason is that since those two idiots wanted to please John so much, they would definitely tell John the good news that the Imperial Parliament supported Frederick III to put pressure on Marin.

In normal times, it would be fine to tell John the news. But now is wartime. Telling John the good news is going to be a big deal...

What's going on? Makes John relax his vigilance...

Originally, John was in charge of staying behind Wittenberg, but he was very careful, for fear that Wittenberg would be breached, so the defense was in place, and even in the middle of the night, many people were sent to patrol the city.

However, if you listen to the reports of those two idiots, you will inevitably be very happy. Plus, Marin paused his tentative attack on Wittenberg at this point and stopped the attack altogether. In this way, it will give John an illusion that Marin has given up the attack on Wittenberg under the pressure of the Imperial Parliament...

In this way, the vigilance of the other party will decrease. At that time, Marin's chance came...

On the third day, Baron Larick, who had had enough rest, went down to the city head with a gondola in a fresh air and came to Marin's camp, urging Marin to hurry to Worms for negotiations.

However, Marin had a reason to delay - Marin said that because the captured Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg and King Hans of Denmark remained in Schleswig, the capital of the Duchy of Schleswig. The letter asked Marin to bring these two important figures to Worms to participate in the negotiations. Therefore, Marin needed time and sent someone to pick up the two. When the two arrive, Marin will personally rush to Worms to negotiate.

In addition, Marin specially evacuated his troops from under the Wittenberg city walls and camped a few kilometers away from Wittenberg City, so that the defenders in Wittenberg could rest assured...

At the same time, Marin repeatedly expressed to the special envoy Baron Larick that he supports the decision of the Imperial Parliament and is willing to make war with Saxony and Brandenburg as jade...

Everything looks so harmonious, it seems, just waiting for the two heavyweight prisoners of war Joachim I and King Hans of Denmark to arrive... In order to meet these two important tasks, Marin sent 2,000 cavalry to escort along the way...