King of Mercenaries Chapter 243

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:18:26 AM

After the emperor assassinated the farce, all the guests present were controlled by the emperor's men and did not let them return to the city. The next day, Lord Heinrich von Filstenberg, the main commander of the emperor's army (the former general who died in the Swabian War) took the opportunity to search for the assassins in the process, carrying last night The guests who attended the banquet entered the city together.

However, Heinrich von Fürstenberg brought thousands of people into the city. After entering the city, he immediately controlled the city gate and re-arrested the local nobles who had been deliberately released to facilitate the city's entrance.

Alas, the local aristocratic leaders finally reacted-the emperor wanted to control the city of Chur ...

However, everything was too late. Not only the main leaders of the three major leagues in Graubünden were controlled. After entering the city, the Habsburg army also strictly controlled all the gates and forbid anyone to go out. "Assassins" arrested important members of the three major alliances who did not go to the feast. Even the distinguished Archbishop of Chur has been restricted in movement.

In this way, the main members of the three alliances were either arrested or trapped in the city, and they could not send a request to the Swiss alliance for help.

Moreover, in order to prevent the towns west of Chur from turning into the Swiss Union, Maximilian I conferred Heinrich von Filstenberg, and asked him to quickly divide his forces and head west to seize several people close to the Swiss Alliance. Towns and cities do not give them reaction time and access to the Swiss Confederation. Similarly, in the north of Guanyu, the emperor sent troops to attack ...

The topography of the Graubünden is very complicated, and it is connected to the west and north by only a few mountain roads. It is because of the inconvenience of transportation that the Graubünden region and the rest of Switzerland have not been able to communicate smoothly, so they have not joined the Swiss Union.

Maximilian I also knew Graubünden's terrain. He knew that as long as he dispatched troops to control the borders to the west and north, and stationed thousands of people, he could withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Swiss.

The Swiss are fierce in combat, but as long as they do not face them on the plain, the Habsburgs' army can rely on the cover of the city walls. After all, the forces of the Habsburgs have the highest combat effectiveness in the German region, but they are much worse than the Swiss. Compared with other princes, the Habsburgs' army is not bad at all.

As for the eastern and southern regions of Graubünden, Maximilian I was in no hurry. Because sooner or later, these areas are the fat in his mouth. The eastern region will not talk about it, directly facing the Tyrol region controlled by the Habsburgs. To the south, it is across the Alps from Italy. The Alps are tall and steep, not to mention, and the Shannan region is the Principality of the Emperor's ally Milan. Therefore, there are no uncontrollable factors in the south, and no enemy will emerge to grab the territory with the emperor.

Of course, Maximilian I was not unprepared. At the junction of East and Graubünden, Maximilian I had quietly deployed 5000 troops and horses, ready to invade eastern Graubinden at any time.

Moreover, the emperor had sent 1,000 soldiers to the front of the Mistaire Valley to fight, and it was time to start ...

Sure enough, on the agreed date, the Habsburg family army that had "waited" for the emperor's main force in the Mistel valley suddenly turned its face with the local garrison, sneaked in the garrison camp, and controlled the Mistel valley.

The local controlling force in the Omstein valley, the Confederacy of Ten Jurisdictions, responded quickly and wanted to send troops to recapture the area. However, on the same day, on the eastern border, 5,000 Habsburg family troops entered the Confederate control area of ​​the Ten Jurisdictions.

The Habsburgs actually infiltrated the Confederate Confederacy for many years, so when the emperor's army entered the Confederate Confederate territory, many local forces cooperated to act as the leading party.

In this way, the eastern region was quickly controlled by the emperor's army. Only the southern region remains, not yet controlled. However, most of Graubünden's southern region is mountainous, and there are not many river valleys. It was originally the poorest and underdeveloped area of ​​Graubünden. Anyway, as long as the three directions of east and west are controlled, there is no need to rush to control the southern area. Because there are no local forces in this climate. Once the other three directions have been calmed down, as long as a unit is sent over here, it can be controlled smoothly.

Controlling the battle between Guanxi on the west and north is considered assured. This is because the barriers in these two directions were defensive against external enemies during the construction, and they did not pay attention to defending against internal attacks.

So when the Habsburgs' army appeared behind several customs, although they were resisted, because of the problem of insufficient defense behind the customs, they finally fell into the hands of the Habsburgs.

The Swiss League to the west was late after learning that Graubünden had changed hands. Several gates leading to Graubünden were stationed with thousands of troops. Moreover, Graubünden's call for help was never delivered. Therefore, the Swiss Union was unprepared for the fall of Graubünden. By the time the response came, the other party was already controlling the main road.

The puppet allies have perished, and no help letter has been sent. Even if the Swiss Union is dissatisfied, there is no reason to send troops. Even if it sends troops, it will take a huge price to win several barriers.

At the same time, the Swiss were hostile to the Swabian League in the northeast. If they go all out to attack Graubünden's customs, they may give the Swabian League in the northeast a chance.

Therefore, the Swiss decided not to go to such hard bones as Graubünden, but the Swabian Alliance, the emperor's ally, will then bear the anger of the Swiss Union ... because, in comparison, The Swabian League is a softer persimmon ...

When Marin rushed to Chur with 300 cavalry, it was already under the control of the emperor's army. At the city gate, Marin accidentally saw Bowen Gardner, a former subordinate who had been promoted to the rank of head of the square ...

Bowen Gardner was one of the two knights that the emperor specially arranged to enter the Marin square ~ www.novelhall.com ~ After learning Marlin's training methods, he returned to the Habsburg family army. Bowen Gardner was reused by the emperor.

Moreover, Bowen Gardner, who has learned Marin's strict modern military training methods, the military trained, regardless of combat effectiveness, is military discipline and spiritual style, which are a large part of the military of this era. Therefore, the emperor was pleased and promoted Bowen Gardner and Heit Basque, who had followed Marin, to the ranks of the Phalanx.

When Marin arrived at the North Gate of Chur, he happened to meet Bowen Gardner, who was responsible for guarding the North Gate. When the old people met, it was natural for a while.

Bowen Gardner still has a good opinion of Marin, a former boss. Not to mention anything else, relying on the military training skills learned from Marin, allowing him to be promoted from a company captain to a square formation, which will benefit him immensely.

You know, in general, many of them are barons. Only knights who are heavily reused are eligible to be the chief of the square. Obviously, Bowen Gardner became a knight in heavy use because of his "outstanding ability", so he became a square formation at a young age.

So Bowen Gardner is very happy for Marin's arrival and warmly invites Marin to drink. However, as soon as Marin arrived, he "heard" that the emperor was "assassinated," and naturally he had to show loyalty first. After Bowen Gardner “inquired” about the bad news of “the emperor was assassinated”, Marin “had no regard for his old friend”, took the Mongolian doctor and the medicines he had prepared, and went straight to the emperor in the city. Away from the mansion. The 300 cavalrymen were handed over to Bowen Gardner. Marin kept only a few powerful bodyguards such as Kahn, and two Mongolian doctors ...

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