The reason why Frederick was able to obtain the throne of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was that he was his personal ability. Although he had been using his own tricks frequently in recent times, it was because of his old age and weakening. A few years ago, he was still a very wise king. But in recent times... Although he was a little paranoid, a little idealistic and arrogant, he was still at the top level of the first-class and second-class level.

The other, perhaps the most important reason is that he has the strength he has, the Duke of Wabian and the Duke of Bavaria. The population, army, economy and agriculture of these two territories are very good. If you fight one-on-one, only Otto I of Saxony, who has been defeated and killed, can defeat him.

The German princes feared their military power and praised their abilities. In the end, he became emperor.

However, now, in terms of ability, he was first cut off a large area of ​​North Germany by the Normans, and then defeated by the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil. Finally, now, he arbitrarily launched a war against the Norman Empire at its peak. He was at a disadvantage... this ability is no longer enough.

As for the strength of the two major dukes, the main Duke of Swabian was gone. The Swabian soldiers defected in large numbers. The other duke was Bavaria, and Henry, as the former duke, had a higher prestige than him... In this case, Frederick almost vomited blood. In addition, his age, his physical condition, and the current situation... More and more princes of the Holy Roman Empire felt that it might be time to choose the emperor again.

Of course, Mittelie still has a chance, that is, if he can go against the will of adversity and win this idiot, he, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, may be able to continue. On the contrary, the recently widely circulated oath of "killing all the Hohenstaufen family" is very likely to be realized.

So Frederick gave up the strategic goal of continuing to siege Hamburg and split his troops to attack Bremen. He left behind the garrison of Frederick II, Duke of Brandenburg, and fought against the Norman army of Bo Melania, and another Nolan army led by Queen Norman who could come at any time.

After receiving the order, Frederick II immediately burst into tears at the military meeting. He had had a fight with Queen Norman under Otto I, and still remembered the queen who was like a ghost in hell.

"She will kill me! She will definitely kill me. In addition, there are Germans in Brandenburg and even the entire North Germany! She will definitely kill me!! Before that, when there were only 20,000 to 30,000 people in her hands, she wanted to do this! And now she has nearly 100,000 people in her hands! One hundred thousand people in her hands! One hundred thousand cruel and bloodthirsty Norman army! Oh my God, Your Majesty, you can't do this! You can't leave me!! I only have 12,000 people in my hands!" Frederick cried and shouted at Frederick: "Your Majesty, at least support me some troops! Otherwise, the entire North Germany will be over!!!" Of course, as the emperor, Frederick would not care about such difficulties as his subordinate princes.

How ravaged the Brandenburg Elector's army, which had only 12,000 troops, would he not care about it? In fact, he is now unable to protect himself. How could he care about others?

At this moment, the army ignored the Brandenburg people who emitted a breath of despair and continued to move south.

And it was not just Schwarpen who escaped at this time. Seeing Frederick make such a decision.

The other princes under his command also felt heartbroken. Especially when he joined Frederick with Albresit, and was promoted to Duke and Electoral at the same time Luciverd, Duke of Hesse. Because he was close to Lou of Albresit, after seeing Albresit's fate, he felt sad.

Moreover, Hessen's territory also belongs to North Germany. If Brandenburg is destroyed north, then the opponent's next target may be Hessen. Therefore, after thinking for a little, Lucivid suggested to Mitreuter that he could stay and defend. In this way, with his 19,000 troops, the northern line could have 30,000 troops. The ratio to the enemy was three to one. It was enough for defense.

However, Lucivid's proposal was eventually rejected by Frederick. Because compared with South Germany, where his foundation was, North Germany seemed not so important and could be abandoned when necessary. If these nearly 20,000 Hesse troops were left here, it would indeed be possible to block the Artorian army a little longer.

But does that make sense? There is no. If there is not enough troops, you will not be able to defeat the Norman army of the tiptoe in Swabian. This is the key to this war. What does the decay of North Germany have to do with the decay of North Germany? Anyway, those princes would not give him a dime tax.

To be more serious, the strength of these German princes was weakened, which was also beneficial to me. In this way, he would not have to worry about these princes rebelling...

However, Frederick's plan was clever and the other princes were not fools. It was not just Lucivid who seemed to be sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

On the way south, it was not only Schwarbian who escaped from Frederick's army. The soldiers of other princes also began to flee continuously. The noble lords seemed to have acquiesced to this behavior. After all, if these people escaped, they would also escape to their original homes, that is, their own territory. Excluding natural disasters and man-made disasters, most of the people who could escape back would be. However, if they lost on the battlefield and then fled, the losses would be in the sea...

Just walk all the way and run all the way. Halfway through Frankfurt, Frederick took a look at the original 70,000 army, but now there are less than half of them! Even if the 12,000 Brandenburg army is not counted, only half of them are left with 60,000 troops as the original number! The most terrifying thing is Luciverd, the Duke of Hesse, the electoral prince, and the duke who plays an important role in the Holy Roman Empire, he actually escaped at the last moment and became a deserter!

"What should I do with such an army and such morale?" After hearing this news, Frederick waved his back and left the crown prince Henry by his side, and then cried to his son like this... The voice was filled with sadness, which made the crown prince Henry unable to help but his eyes were moist. He wanted to persuade his father, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, the father and son hugged each other and cried, and the scene was extremely miserable.

Although the main forces of this war have not yet confronted each other once, the outcome seems to be clear.

After the Norman army raided Swabian and pacified Swabian, the Norman army had a chance of winning. However, Frederick was unable to grasp the morale of the army, which caused the army to flee in large numbers. At this moment, the Norman army had a chance of winning.

When the 100,000 troops of Queen Norman Artoria advanced westward and the situation in North Germany repeated, the chances of victory reached 90%!

"But the more you are, the more you need to be careful. If you are so proud, you will likely be caught by the other party. You may even reverse the situation of the war. There are too many such cases of war." Egil reminded himself, while looking at a huge three-dimensional sand table that occupies a range of the entire table. It uses white flags to indicate his own army, and uses black flags to indicate the army of the Holy Roman Empire.

This was replaced by Egil with 500 points, which was very convenient. It can show different sand tables of three-dimensional maps according to different wars.

"About five days ago, the Holy Roman Empire army gave up the attack on Hamburg and Lubeck, and then chose to go south..." So Egil pulled out the seven black flags from Hamburg.

"And now, the report of the spies. The main force of Pontelie in the north had about 10,000 garrisons near Brandenburg."

Egil inserted a black flag into Brandenburg.

"According to the other party's speed, we should be in Frankfurt at present."

Six black flags were inserted on top of the city model representing Frankfurt.

"However, the opponent's deserters were very serious. Nearly 20,000 Hesse troops fled most of them, and nearly 15,000 Swabian troops fled about half, and the other troops were the same, and the number of escapes was astonishing... Well, even if it was 30,000... no, forty thousand."

Egil thought about it, but in the end he became a little more conservative and only drew away two flags.

"On the other hand, in Munich, I didn't expect that the matter was so serious... Although I also brought a lot of cannon fodder to me."

A total of five black flags were inserted on the Munich city model.

In Swabian, a total of ten white flags were inserted on it.

Outside the entire sand table, there are also ten flags. In Bo Melania, there is an equally white pennant, symbolizing the Bo Melania garrison army and General Anderson's five thousand troops. In Innsbruck and Salzburg to the south, there is also a black pennant, symbolizing the garrison troops of these two fortresses.
Chapter completed!