Warlock Royal Family

() Entering the city of Nuremberg, which had experienced street fighting and sao riots, made Martin Luther even more depressed. It was different from what Ladislaus knew at the beginning. When the Saxon army attacked and ravaged the city, Martin Luther Not in the Saxon army.

In fact, after he was severely wounded by Ladislaus in the skirmish on the river bank and lost in the battle for Regensburg, he was taken over by the Elector of Saxony. The leader of the Church of Grace and the dignified pastor of the "Town Country" still enjoy respect, but the Saxon elector has completely held the military command in his own hands.

In the eyes of the Elector, Martin Luther's missionary work is okay, but if he really can't fight the war, let him be the Elector.

The result was a bad battle in Nuremberg. More than [-] Saxon troops were unable to gain a foothold after entering the city of Nuremberg and were beaten out again. If he hadn't tried hard to persuade the elector to retreat, he would have been blocked by Ladislaus In town, and the Wetting family infighting that followed this defeat was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Although the main force of the Saxon army was not damaged much for the time being and the system was complete, the entire army was exhausted. Martin Luther knew that the fight could not continue.

The Elector of Saxony sued for peace.

Martin Luther was quite submissive, he got off his horse and trotted all the way to the "knee" of Ladislaus, and was about to kneel down.

"I'm guilty, I'm guilty." Martin Luther was somewhat surprised that Ladislaus appeared at the city gate. He could be a hundred times more arrogant in the current situation.

"Let's go to the city, Your Highness." Ladislaus not only got off his horse in time to support Martin Luther, but also skipped the step of surrendering under the watchful eyes of the citizens.

This is much better than what Martin Luther expected at the beginning, which gave Martin Luther great expectations.

"The Elector of Saxony will withdraw from all the land occupied by this opportunity to quell the peasant rebellion, not only Wuerzburg. All small monasteries and bishops' domains must also be returned to the Imperial Parliament to pay off all seizures The imperial tax of the northern princes is 25 and the Austrian military expenditure is 29 thalers, a total of [-] thalers.” Machiavelli said the conditions are really lenient, neither reducing the original territory of the Saxony electors, Nor did he deprive the position of the elector.

More importantly for Martin Luther, no religious issues were involved, which means that Austria acquiesced to the existence of the Bann Church in the north.

Martin Luther then bargained over the amount of reparations and the identification of those micro-territories, cutting as low as possible, and Machiavelli also behaved very well.It is implied that the Habsburg Cardinal didn't really care much about those monasteries.Just return a few to the Church of Rome.

Regarding Martin Luther's inevitable cry of poverty, he also proposed that the Machiavelli Bank and the Fugger Textile Association could form a syndicate of banks to provide loans to the Saxon electors to pay reparations.

This business can solve the urgent need for Saxony, and it is also an excellent business for the two major banks in Austria.

But in fact, Austria still has some other conditions, and Ladislaus didn't speak until the two sides had almost negotiated.

"His Royal Highness Martin Luther, what agreement did the Poles reach with you, and why did they wait until now to mobilize?"

The powerful kingdom of Poland in the east is a thorn in Ladislaus' heart. Whether the internal competition in Germany can develop according to the wishes of the Habsburg family and Ladislaus depends largely on the attitude of Poland. .

That danger seemed to be materializing, with Austria's entry into North Germany.The Kingdom of Poland is undergoing military mobilization. Through the relationship of Austrian businessmen who went to Poland to do business, Jones provided fairly good information this time. This is also the bottom line of an effective intelligence agency, at least knowing the large-scale mobilization of the enemy.

The more important evidence was provided by the Church of Shar. Although Zwingli and Ladislaus had already fought a battle, they would still do business when they had the opportunity.

Although it is very disreputable to peek at other people's letters, Ladislaus did not hesitate to spend [-] talers to take a look at the letter written by the King of France to the King of Poland.This money is not easy to earn. The Church of Shar killed a ship of passengers in order to cover up the death of the messenger. His Majesty Francois only thought that his secret messenger died at the hands of Viking pirates.

The letter was full of nonsense.But just from this letter with the French king's coat of arms on it, Ladislaus can be sure that France and Poland are rapidly approaching.

The rise of the Habsburg Empire brought forth a powerful alliance against it.

Regardless of the early efforts, the Kingdom of Poland still has enough geopolitical momentum to strike down the most powerful Duchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire.

"His Majesty King Siegmund of Poland does not want to support us, Your Highness Habsburg." Martin Luther hated the Polish king's ambiguous attitude extremely. "Although he said so repeatedly, I believe he did

The country suspects despicable ambitions, most likely because it wants to attack the Hohenzollern family, and the Teutonic Knights are already dead.The internal peasant uprising and civil unrest had lasted for several years and could not be subdued. "

Since the Teutonic Knights were defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Army in the Battle of Grunwald, although they did not cede much land, the taxes raised to repay the huge indemnity triggered countless uprisings within the Teutonic Knights , Destroying the foundation of the Knights Kingdom.

This answer is not unexpected. After all, the Habsburg family and the Agronni family have been allies for more than 50 years. Although Poland feels threatened by the Habsburg Empire, it is unwilling to fight directly. It is a normal choice for the Knights of Dunton to attack.

The Teutonic Knights no longer had the vigor they once had. After being suppressed by the Kingdom of Poland for hundreds of years, the Teutonic Knights gave up the habit of electing their heads from among the locals of Prussia, and chose the prince of the great princes of the Holy Roman Empire as their head. In order to obtain help from Germans of the same language and race, the Habsburg family was their first choice. Only because the Habsburg family had few males did they choose the Hohenzollern family, the great princes of North Germany.

Martin Luther left soon after reaching an agreement, and he had to go back to the north to deal with the internal strife of the Witin family. Although Ladislaus would not publicly support a Witin family, they were not allowed to interact with each other. Annexation to avoid the emergence of overly powerful vassal states, so this conflict is doomed to be futile and will only consume the strength of the Weiting family in vain.

Ladislaus recruited Machiavelli to study national policy together.

Ladislaus, Sarzastan, and Machiavelli studied and considered for several days whether to fulfill the mutual support obligations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Teutonic Knights.

"Any war is too expensive, not to mention that there is no clear defensive alliance between the Teutonic Knights and the Holy Roman Empire." Machiavelli was quite opposed to provoking war for economic considerations. After the surrender of Saxony, Vienna The subsequent construction costs of the new city can now be guaranteed by the taxes of the Electorate of Saxony. As long as there is no new war, the money will be enough to spend.

"Although there is no alliance, it is well known that most of the Teutonic Knights are nobles of the Holy Roman Empire. Immigrants from the Empire have always been welcomed there, and they are the vanguard to win the living space for the Empire." Sazastan believes that they should support The Teutonic Knights, as long as Austria makes a gesture of participating in the war, the Kingdom of Poland will retreat. "It is not necessary to fight, as long as we keep our army here, the King of Poland will hesitate."

"But the Duke of Bavaria will have no interest in any attempt to boycott the Kingdom of Poland." If there were only a few thousand Austrian troops left, that would obviously not be enough to deter Poland. "What's more, how long can we stay here? Either fight or leave."

"Restore the Archdiocese of Wurzburg, and then hand over the free city of Nuremberg Empire to the Duke of Bavaria." Sazastan believes that dealing with Poland is the top priority.

"No, the price is too high. If we really want to go to war, we have to give up these two territories. It's just not worth the deterrent. How can I not get the territory after working hard on the expedition." Ladislaus rejected Szastan's proposal , "I managed to control the Archbishop of Würzburg and bribed the cardinals from Rome, just to swallow this enclave."

"Your Highness, as a response to the warlock royal family's continuous victories over the years, the Kingdom of Poland will definitely get closer to the Kingdom of France. Poland's religious freedom policy has also been opposed by the Roman Church. In fact, the King of Poland should also be His Majesty the Black Hand. Believers, if we send troops now, we may get a special appropriation from His Majesty the Pope.” Szastan proposed a possible financial compensation.

"His Majesty the Medici true elect Pope in Rome only hopes that the enemies of our Habsburgs will be as many as possible. He only cares about the Church of Rome and his Florentine Republic, and he will not pay equal attention to religious issues far away. Yes, not to mention that the Teutonic Knights and the Black Hand Church of the Brandenburg Electorate are already in an absolutely dominant position, and it is quite uncertain whether the Church of Rome will support us." Machiavelli has no interest in this kind of uncertain support. . "Your Highness, as long as there is another year of peace, the main project of Vienna Neustadt will be completed. The Kingdom of Poland may not be able to defeat the alliance of the Teutonic Knights and the Elector of Brandenburg."

"The enemy will form an alliance sooner or later. It is better to attack Poland when France cannot support it."

The stakes were high, and the debate dragged on for days, with Ladislaus still unable to make up his mind.

During this period, the Duke of Bavaria continued to request the Nuremberg area. After Ladislaus refused several times, the Duke of Bavaria's attitude was unexpectedly tough. In fact, the Duke of Bavaria, who received the secret support of Poland, even began to carry out tactics in the city of Nuremberg Deploy for a street fight with Austria.

The anti-Saxon alliance quickly evaporated, and Ladislaus also unceremoniously mobilized Sune's followers in the city and began to occupy various tactical points.

A war that would completely destroy the already battered city of Nuremberg was imminent. (To be continued.