Warlock Royal Family

() The Nuremberg battle did not involve force in the end, and Ladislaus decided to compromise.

Nuremberg was deprived of imperial city privileges for "supporting the peasant rebellion against the emperor" and became part of the Duchy of Bavaria. At the same time, the Duke of Bavaria compensated Emperor Ferdinand and Ladislaus with [-] thalers each.

Würzburg, which was repeatedly strengthened by Martin Luther, was finally peacefully handed over to Austria. Even the ten defensive crossbows, which are very rare in Germany, were not destroyed but left to Ladislaus, Saxony The Elector's troops wanted to turn around to deal with the internal strife of the Vitin family, and it was too late to remove these guys. At the same time, in order to show complete surrender and prevent Ladislaus from intervening in the internal strife of the Vitin family, it was not good to destroy these weapons, so they had to Cheaper Ladislaus.

Compared with the rich Italian city-states that have a large number of equipment, the princes of Germany rarely own trebuchets, and the rotating crossbow is a high-end product.

Ladislaus plans to draw 100 people from each of the five standing regiments in Austria, and give them part of the territory that originally belonged to the Archbishop of Wuerzburg. With [-] standing troops and mobilizable militia, this city can already be regarded as a very large one. It has been strengthened, and it will be used as a stronghold for Austria to manage central and northern Germany.

These shortfalls can be made up by farming soldiers in the Württemberg area.

Moreover, Ladislaus also made a final effort on the situation on the Baltic Sea coast. The Duke of Bavaria still needs to afford a 3000-man army to support the conflict between the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Poland. Those mercenaries from Italy and Germany anyway It doesn't matter who you fight for, as long as you have Silver Thaler.

Although Ladislaus established a puppet regime in Regensburg and annexed Würzburg, these fragmented territories are not as favorable geographically as the Principality of Bavaria annexed Nuremberg, which is close at hand.

This is a helpless choice. The strategy of Ladislaus and Austria is affected by the conflict between France and Spain and can only choose to compromise in the German area.

The troops of the Marquis of Pescara and the Duke of Bourbon were driven out of Provence.Although once captured all the main points of Provence except Marseille, after several months of siege, it was still unable to take this important French town second only to Paris. The Marquis of Pescara and the Duke of Bourbon could only retreat in the end.

Just three days after their retreat King François arrived at Marseilles with an army of [-] men, and the king and his relief army were of course greeted with great applause.

After holding a grand entry ceremony, His Majesty Francois led his army eastward to pursue it. Unsurprisingly, the Principality of Savoy changed its court again and expressed its surrender to the King of France.

The Duke of Savoy once again let go of the fleeing party.Avoid a big feud.Then let your own country be poisoned by two large armies. Although both warring parties can be regarded as the most organized professional armies of this era, so they did not commit large-scale robbery and rape. Materials will inevitably be requisitioned in large quantities.

Of course, both the great Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France gave compensation to the Duke of Savoy. His Majesty Ferdinand exempted the Duchy of Savoy from the imperial tax, and His Majesty Francois also exempted the Duchy of Savoy from surrendering. Tribute gold.

In fact, apart from Turin, the Principality of Savoy has no place to collect taxes.

Although this principality is nominally part of the Holy Roman Empire, it has clearly become a victim between France and Spain in the repeated battles between the great powers. This is also the status quo of the Holy Roman Empire, that is, the princes.Especially the Italian princes regarded the emperor and the French king as foreign monarchs.

This time the situation was quite good for the Kingdom of France. The siege of Marseille consumed a lot of supplies and caused the disease to spread among the Spanish army. Although they retreated in time to avoid the battle, they were unable to defend the territory as if they had suffered a defeat.

The Marquis of Pescara retreated all the way east and then retreated directly to Rome, even leaving Milan in Austria alone.

The Marquis of Pescara specially wrote to Ladislaus to explain the reason. Although Ladislaus was furious, he was helpless. Since Milan is part of Austria, the obligation to defend it is naturally his own.

He had no choice but to make concessions to the Duke of Bavaria, lead the army back to Vienna and prepare to send troops to North Italy again.

Boss Silica and his subordinates still went out to find the way for the army, but this time the land was already a friendly territory.In order to avoid alerting the Duke of Bavaria, they did not set up an attack scout as they did in the past, but only set a beacon for the army.

In order to be able to return to Vienna as soon as possible.Ladislaus asked Boss Silica to choose a straight road with convenient supplies as much as possible.

According to the request of Ladislaus, the boss of Silica chose a camping place beside a small tributary of a tributary of the Rhine.

Boss Silica and his subordinates can be said to be the hardest group of people in the entire Austrian army. They are agents in name, and in actual combat they are getting closer and closer to the vanguard who perform the most difficult tasks.

So after finishing the work ahead of schedule, the boss of Silica let his brothers take a rare slack, and they walked along the lake formed by the stream for a while, and found a small town that was not affected by the war.

There was a big fish hanging at the entrance of the restaurant in the small town. The boss of Sirika and his group went in and asked for some, and then asked the store to cook the fish.

Silica old

The king reaped the benefits of several conquered cities.This is of course trivial.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, this fish has been ordered by the mayor." The boss was quite surprised, the price of this fish is very expensive. He just wanted to show it outside as an advertisement, but he didn't expect it to be sold again. Meet customers who can afford it.

This is still the Nuremberg area, and Boss Silica accidentally discovered that there are already tax collectors from the Principality of Bavaria working in the town.

Just when Sirika's arrogant subordinates were about to make trouble, the owner of the hotel hurried to the door and nodded to the people who came in: "Master mayor, why didn't you tell me in advance, so that the shop can prepare a full set of meals for you, damn it!" Girl, hurry up and serve some good wine, Mayor Hoeness is here."

"These are masters from Munich. You have to entertain me." Mayor Hoeness said majestically.

This is considered the best restaurant in the town, and the mayor plans to entertain the new owner from Munich here.

"The big fish will be cooked immediately for the baron." The mayor has already decided that this fish will be entertained by the big man who is about to visit. "Baron Rummenigge is the tax director of Bavaria, and this mage Gotze is also a mage with great prospects."

Although the vicious subordinates were eager to try, the boss of Sirika stopped them with a look, and there was no need to conflict with the Bavarian side for a mere fish.

The mayor's efforts to please seem to be going nowhere.

"Mr. Mayor, does your town seem to be quite prosperous?" Baron Rummenigge said the praise that made the mayor terrified. "Why is the tax payment of a mere hundred thalers still delayed?"

"This matter is too hasty, and this year's taxes have just been settled. How can we collect taxes after the autumn harvest?" The mayor was really helpless. .

"What. You can pay the taxes of the free city of Nuremberg. Can't you pay the taxes of His Royal Highness the Duke of Bavaria?" Baron Rummenigge was handsome, and his words were like a storm.

"Master Baron, please be clear. Although the villain is the mayor of this town, he has never had the power to levy taxes many times. The city of Nuremberg only collects taxes at the beginning of the year...... ...." Before the mayor could speak, he was slapped by the baron's attendant and fell to the ground.

"Old man, you dare to combine the words Nuremberg and free you. It's really treasonous. Someone come and take him down for me." The person who has been the mayor of the town for decades was thrown into hell all of a sudden for such a crime. "Send him to Munich for trial for treason, and immediately confiscate all his property."

"Master Baron......" Hearing the other party's accusation, the mayor really burned all inside. Didn't you just say that Nuremberg is free from the city?

Everyone was surprised by the sudden attack of the Bavarian tax director.After all, the tax collector was never a job that a good person could do well, but the mayor, who was still quite obedient, was about to be killed like this, and his food was really ugly.

The few customers in the restaurant stood up one after another without paying their bills and scrambled away. Of course, Boss Silica and the others couldn't run away with their heads in their hands.

Boss Silica showed his double-headed eagle badge, and then said: "This mayor's heart for his homeland is an unstable factor. Your Excellency, Baron, your vigilance is really high."

"Where, where, I don't dare to do things for His Highness the Duke with all my heart." The Baron Rummenigge saw that he was the minion of the Habsburg family, but he said a few words politely, "The meeting today is just because of fate, why don't we enjoy it together? This big fish."

Although the owner of the hotel was extremely hesitant, he still started working quickly.Although the mayor also sucked a lot of blood in his business, he finally made a connection.

This business has been doing well, and now the city of Nuremberg has lost it.Even a big man like the mayor would lose his family in minutes. He was really worried about his business.

This baron is a big shot in Munich, so someone will naturally do the dirty work. He doesn't intend to stay in this small town for a long time, but he just wants to take advantage of the big victory he just won to let all the old people know the power of the new master. The mayor is a Unlucky chicken.

He sent away the rest of his subordinates, and only stayed in the restaurant for dinner with that mage Gotze and a powerful guard of Kongwu.

The town is very small, sitting in the main hall of the hotel can hear the wailing and crying from the mayor's house on the other side of the town, and the hotel owner is even more confused.So that he didn't hear Kailar's question.

"What, what did you say?" He didn't realize it until Kelar said it again.

"Boss, how long has this fish been fighting?" Kailar didn't care about the mayor's dullness, and his question was quite strange.

"This is the son of the villain. He caught it from the lake the night before." It was a giant catfish that looked close to 150 pounds. "The villain has been flushing it for the past few days to keep it alive."

The boss used to make a small fortune from this fish, but now he doesn't expect anything.

Asked by Kailar, including Boss Silica and Baron Rummenigge, they all noticed that after the fish was taken down by the clerk in the shop, the six long whiskers on its mouth were still swaying slightly. die.

Even if the catfish has strong vitality, it should be dehydrated anyway. (To be continued.