Warlock Royal Family

() "We have already controlled the situation. We don't need the Austrian army to enter the city to solve the problem. Of course, with the support of the warlock royal family, the matter can be resolved more satisfactorily and with less bloodshed."

The messenger in front of him was flushed, as if he was excited that the arrival of the Austrian army had ensured his master's victory.

But Ladislaus looked at him and felt that there was something else he didn't know.

The experience in Liguria City told him that when power and money were involved, no matter how good things were, they would eventually leak out, and such things as getting benefits smoothly never happened.

"So far so good?" Sarzastan asked. "everything is normal?"

"Everything is going well, yes, but it is far from normal. The situation in the city is already very tense. I will bring back your support. The mayor and bishop have mobilized troops loyal to the interests of our city to severely suppress those who want to The city is dedicated to the speaker of the enemy." The emissary's answer was quite normal and consistent with the situation that the Austrian army had traveled all the way. "But the Speaker is not a very tenacious man, and my master, the Lord Mayor, told me that he was sure that his opponent would choose a dignified exit rather than a last-ditch effort."

"Why is your Excellency the mayor so anxious?" Sazastan continued to ask Ladislaus to observe the envoy's reaction, "Why didn't we wait for our army to arrive before we act?"

"Returning all troops back to the city in time can avoid unnecessary conflicts. Some stupid idiots will die as soon as they die. If the army of the warlock royal family is damaged, it will be impossible to redeem." The messenger said solemnly. Say shameless things.

"Your Excellency Mayor, you are too worried. Our Austrian army's elites can deal with militias with ease." Unexpectedly, Frundsberg accepted his humility and replied even more arrogantly. It is useless, and the situation in the free city of Augsburg will not be much better. "There will be no casualties."

"That's natural, that's natural. It's just that although the security forces on the border are all supporters of the mayor, there are also people from the speaker mixed in there. If you don't transfer back to the city and leak the news of the warlock royal army, it will be terrible. It’s not good.” The messenger became even more humble.Even Frundsberg's almost insulting display was flattering.

"Who is the Knight of Sickingen?" The emissary had already mentioned his identity the last time they met, but Sarzastan suddenly brought it up again.

"Yes, yes, Your Highness Zhen Guo, you still remember the villain's name, you are really lucky for the villain's life."

"I think you just recently became the bodyguard of the mayor of Regensburg?" Sazastan always felt that the name sounded familiar.Now he finally remembered where he had seen the name before. "After all, you were a knight under the Archbishop of Trier a few years ago."

"Yes. Your Highness, since my grandfather, my family has been serving His Highness the Elector of Trier." Sazastan's words changed the face of the knight in front of him, but he knew that the other party could say it step by step. here.Then there's no point in denying it.

"Your career seems to be hindered, Knight Sickingen." Sazastan still narrated calmly. "His Majesty Charles V has always supported you and promised you the title of Marquis."

"I really didn't expect that I could let the dignified Spanish Prime Minister remember my name just by receiving four hundred talers from His Majesty the Emperor every quarter." Knight Sickingen bowed again.

"It's 450 thalers per quarter. Sickingen Knights, I'm grateful for every

The emperor's silver thaler is clearly remembered, Sickingen knight, not to mention that His Majesty the emperor not only gave you a few thalers, but also allowed you to establish a hereditary war in Trier after serving him. Territory, so that you can make a promise to those knights to establish a faction that is extremely powerful in Trier, Brothers Alliance, isn't that the name? Sazastan's voice turned severe. "So I can't help but ask, the emperor has funded you and your father for so many years, why didn't you stay in the city when the peasant army came to Trier, and didn't open the city gates for the warlock royal family?" Years of investment paying off? ! "

Sarzastan's words made Ladislaus raise his eyebrows slightly, Charles V's investment is really extensive.

The deep-seated attitude of the Habsburgs toward religious electors was the same as that of all Holy Roman imperial houses.That is to want to produce these semi-feudal and semi-religious forces day and night, but in view of the failure of the emperor who wanted to eradicate these religious electors in the past, the Habsburg family did it more covertly this time.

"His Majesty Charles V and his grandfather, the old Emperor Maximilian, may their souls rest in peace. They did support me and my father, but in the day when the fruit was about to ripen. I lost support, and then my organization It fell apart." Knight Sickingen no longer had the ugly look just now, but stood up straight and answered Sarzastan. "It's the attitude of the warlock royal family that has changed, not mine."

His Majesty Ferdinand gave up his father and brother's investment for many years to concentrate on dealing with the Kingdom of France, which is understandable.

"You incompetent thing, with decades of funding, you can't control your own organization in a year?" Frenzberg was not polite. "Can't you mortgage your family's property to pay your subordinates a few times?"

"Money is just a medium. The reason why I can wait for an opportunity to deal with the dignified religious elector is because I have the support of the royal family. Losing funds not only means the collapse of resources, but also makes my subordinates think that the attitude of the warlock royal family has changed. Now, without the warlock royal family behind me, I am just a mere knight, so why should I fight against the Archbishop of Trier?" I have to say that the self-defense of the Sickingen knight is quite reasonable, the opponent is a powerful religious elector, with the Roman Church As a backer, although these archbishops born of German aristocrats are not always of one mind with the Roman Church, they will still help each other in times of real crisis.

This peasant uprising proved this point even more.

The Sickingen knight continued: "Someone smelled danger from this change and informed the archbishop. So long before the uprising started, my organization was finished, and I managed to escape. I lost my territory and lost Without the family, only this life is left."

Knight Sickingen bowed again, and then said directly to Ladislaus: "In any case, I am very grateful to the warlock royal family for their support to my family for many years, and I am also sorry that I failed to return these investments in the end. , but I am now serving the mayor of Regensburg, if there is nothing else, please allow me to resign, within three days, the return promised by the mayor will be delivered to your camp."

The knight behaved quite rationally, and Ladislaus could not blame him: "In any case, I still wish you well"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, we must mobilize our troops immediately."

Before Ladislaus could finish his sentence, Boss Silica broke into the meeting.