The Rise of the European Emperor

The next day, Marin divided the territory into East Friesland, West Friesland, Oldenburg, Bremen, Schleswig, Jutland, South Münster, North Münster, Austria The affairs of the nine provinces of Snabruck were published as documents.

However, what made Marin embarrassed was that he suddenly realized that West Frisian didn't seem to have it yet...

So, Marin, who rested for a few days, ordered the army to regroup. Then, an army of 20,000 men, one man and two horses, was selected and prepared to march on West Frisian.

Of course, Marin is not willing to fight this tough battle. Because, he is sure to win, why should he work so hard? Now the Principality of Ged is lacking in troops. After all the Swiss mercenaries left, there were only about 7,000 troops left in the Principality of Geddes.

According to the intelligence, the 7,000 Geddes army was divided into two parts. Three thousand of them were stationed in Groningen, guarding the Hanseatic commercial city that brought in a lot of revenue. The remaining 4,000 people were guarding more than 10,000 prisoners of war captured by the army of the Duchy of Saxony twice.

West Frisian has a large population, with about 200,000 people, belonging to a place with a large population. In addition, the area is not small, and it has always been coveted.

However, with the war in the past few years, the population of West Frisland has declined, losing 30,000 to 40,000 people. Some fled, others starved to death, and the labor force was greatly reduced.

Now the Gedes people hold more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war in their hands, and they wanted to exchange money. It's a pity that George's poor man has no money to redeem people. Even if you can come up with the money, it is estimated that it will take many years.

However, these prisoners of war cannot be kept in vain. Even giving them the worst food, rations for tens of thousands of prisoners of war, is a huge expense.

Therefore, Charles II, Duke of Geddes decided to learn Marin, and took the prisoners of war to reclaim the wasteland and opened up new farmland, which was owned by Charles II. Or, take out some of the newly cultivated farmland to reward your soldiers.

In this way, in the past six months, these more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war actually helped Charles II, Duke of Gerdes, to reclaim 10,000 Eugrams of arable land in the west of West Frisland. Even some of the arable land has been planted with grain, and it is just waiting for the autumn harvest in October. Of the seven thousand garrison stationed in West Friesland, four thousand were taking those Saxon prisoners of war to the west of West Friesland to reclaim the wasteland.

These intelligences were all reported by Cola's spy in West Frisian. Marin has long coveted West Friesland, and naturally he has already paid attention to sending people there to collect intelligence. So, Marin now knows exactly where the enemy is.

Moreover, the occupation of West Frisland this time is actually just one of the characters. Another task is also very important,

That is - to help George take back the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war.

Therefore, the 20,000 troops sent to West Friesland were divided into two groups—one of 6,000 men, surrounded Groningen; Geddes army, and the more than 10,000 prisoners of war.

Of course, this time Marin didn't plan to fight. Sending an army of 20,000 people is just to scare the Gedes people and force them to hand over the land obediently.

In addition, if force is really used, the forced Gedes army is likely to kill prisoners to vent their anger. At that time, his promise to help George solve the prisoner of war problem will come to nothing.

Therefore, this time, Marin intends to use military intimidation as the main method, supplemented by negotiation, to solve the West Frisian problem.

First of all, Marin must send a large army, and he must send a superior force that makes the Gedes feel desperate, so that they can't resist. In this way, there is no big problem in forcing him to hand over West Frisland.

Secondly, the issue of prisoners of war is also an important one. According to European custom, prisoners of war are eligible to be redeemed. However, if the defeated cannot pay the ransom, the victor is eligible to deal with prisoners of war. The nobles are better. If they think they are wasting food, they can kill a group of civilian prisoners of war. After all, those prisoners of war who were serfs were not considered individuals in the eyes of the nobles.

The problem was that when George was defeated the second time, most of his army was sponsored by his allies, including the four thousand Dutch soldiers lent to him by Emperor Maximilian I.

These troops, he had to redeem, including those civilian soldiers. Otherwise, there is no way to explain to allies. Therefore, Marin had to get the prisoners in their entirety and return them to George. Otherwise, even if Marin fails to complete the agreement between the two parties, it may be regarded as a failure to buy West Frisian.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Marin did not intend to use force with the Gedes army at this time, so as to prevent them from jumping over the wall and killing Saxon prisoners of war on a large scale.

Moreover, Marin had long planned to send troops to the territory of the Gedes company after finding evidence that the Gedes colluded with France. Therefore, there is no need to start a war with the Gerdesians prematurely at this time.

Therefore, Marin's solution is - on the one hand, relying on the strong combat power of the army, intimidate the Gedes people and force them to give up West Frisian; prisoners of war...

As long as Malin gave the money, Duke Geddes would not be so angry that he killed the prisoners to vent his anger. After all, more money and less money is money.

For the more than 10,000 prisoners of war, Marin planned to bid 300,000 gold coins. In fact, it was 250,000 gold coins from the second-hand weapons sold to the emperor, plus a fraction of 50,000 gold coins.

This price may be completely incomparable with the actual value of more than one million gold coins. However, that was a lot of money.

Whether to hand over the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war in exchange for the 300,000 gold coins, or to kill the prisoners to vent their anger, I believe that the cunning and cunning Duke of Geddes, Charles II, still knows how to choose.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents, the main thing is to prevent the Geddes from transferring prisoners of war. Therefore, Malin specially dispatched a main force of 40,000 troops, one person and two horses, to rush to the western plains of West Frisian, blocking the road of the Gedes people going south.

The reason for this was that the Geddes army, which oversaw the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, would resolutely lead the prisoners south after learning that Groningen had been attacked. If they brought those prisoners of war back to the territory of Gede Company, Marin would not be happy to pursue them.

After all, he will be a dove of peace for a long time to come, and he will try not to do anything if he can. Moreover, if there is no war, they can fully confuse the Gede company and make them think it is safe. After Marin finds the evidence, it will be easier to raid the Principality of Gede Company. Spend some money today to redeem the prisoners of war safely. When the evidence of treason to the country is truly discovered, and then the capture of Gedes, the loss can be completely recovered, and more can be obtained.

This time, in addition to intimidating the opponent, it is also to prevent the enemy from killing or transferring those Saxon prisoners of war. Then, spend a small amount of money to redeem all the prisoners of war. In this way, he not only occupied West Friesland, but also fulfilled his promise to recapture the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war.

Therefore, while excluding 20,000 troops from entering West Frisland, Marin also sent a letter to Charles II, Duke of Gedes, to the territory of the company of Gedes, first telling the other party that he had sent 20,000 troops. The fact of entering West Frisian, then, strongly demanded to buy that million-dollar prisoner of war for 300,000 gold.

Under the coercion of his own army, I believe that Charles II, Duke of Geddes still knows how to choose...

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