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Chapter 114

After the Swiss retreated, Dnell saw that Marin's army was still staying in the west of the city, so he quietly came to the gate of the east city, asked the defenders on the top of the city to put down the hanging basket and took him into the city...

"Mr. Transnier, aren't the Swiss ally of France? Why did they help that bastard Marin attack us? If the Swiss hadn't intervened, we wouldn't have been so unlucky!" Governor Fyskefrijheid said angrily.

"Sorry, Governor, this is France's negligence. I have persuaded the Swiss under the city to leave. After returning home, I will strive to get France and the Swiss to sign an agreement to prohibit them from serving the French enemies..."

"It's a bit late to say anything now. We have suffered huge losses and the army has lost more than half of it..."

"No more than half of the loss, I learned from the Swiss population that your army has about 1,000 prisoners in the hands of the little thief of Marin."

"When the person is in the hands of that bastard, he won't blackmail us to death?" More than 1,000 people, God knows what price Marin will offer...

"Mr. Governor, my king will definitely give you an explanation. As long as you defeat that guy, my king will compensate you for all losses."

"How to defeat?"

"When I go back, I will seek to sign an agreement with the Swiss first to prohibit them from serving Marin. Then, we France will pay for thousands of Swiss people to help you attack Texel and eliminate the little thief Marin!"

"Okay, I'm going to kill that bastard!" Governor Fyskefrijheid said gritting his teeth.

"Governor General, it's not good to kill the nobles, right?" Baron Lywarden Ztre hesitated.

"Hmph, the nobles cannot be killed only after surrender. However, when he fails, we pretend not to know that he surrenders, and say that he died in battle... Isn't this normal for death on the battlefield?"

"Governor General!"

"Haha..." Transnier waited for the Friesians to think this way, and then his goal was achieved.

"What should we do now? That bastard is still staying outside the city and not leaving..."

Governor Fyskefrijheid turned to look at Transnier...

Transnier thought for a while and said:

"For the sake of the present, I can only cheat this little thief away first, and then find a way to take revenge..."

"Scam?"

"Well, I'm going to rush back to Paris to report the situation and wait for instructions. Then I'll be on a mission to Switzerland, sign an agreement with them, and hire thousands of Swiss people... It will take at least 3 months to go back and forth. During this period, it's better for you to calm down the little thief Marin and coax him away first..."

"You mean... let's seek peace first, cheat Marin away, and wait until you bring the Swiss army to counterattack?"

"Um."

"Sir Transnier, why don't you let the previous Swiss people help us fight Marin away?"

"No, the tradition of the Swiss people will not attack the employer. Therefore, this Swiss mercenary cannot attack the little thief Marin. Therefore, I can only bring another group of Swiss people to fight the little thief. You have also seen the combat effectiveness of the Swiss people. At that time, we will bring thousands of Swiss people several times the enemy, and our combat effectiveness is so strong, and I am afraid that we will not be able to destroy the little thief?"

"It's true! But... Lord Transnier, I'm worried about the reaction of the Habsburg family. After all, that bastard Marin is a lackey of the Habsburg family. What if the Habsburg family sent troops from the Lowlands to rescue the thief?"

"Well...this...when I go back, I will suggest that when you take action, we will send a large army to the border of the Flanders to deter the Burgundian army stationed in the lowlands, so that they have no time to rescue the thief..."

"It's indeed a good idea, so...we are asking for peace now?"

"Well, I'll be the intermediary in person and make you a peace talk. Remember, the other party will definitely speak loudly. You must calm him down and agree to some of his conditions, but argue with him more on some conditions and delay time."

"But, you must cheat it away first. For this reason, you can make more concessions. Anyway, when I bring the Swiss army over, the thief can spit out what he eats..."

"Yeah, it makes sense..."

...

The next day, Transnier, with 30 French knights, held high the flag of the French Valois dynasty and appeared at the gate of the Marin camp...

Marin had already guessed that the Swiss retreated, probably because it was probably the work of this guy who claimed to be Baron Transnier. At this time, he wanted to kill Transnier, but the other party showed the flag of the King of Dharma, so he did not dare to take action.

To publicly kill the French flag is equivalent to declaring war on France. Charles VIII probably couldn't find a reason to send troops to kill him, if he did that...

So, despite hating Transnier, Marin still had to hold back his anger and received Transnier...

When he learned that Transnier was here to mediate, Marin naturally understood it. He pretended not to be happy at first, but in the end he half-swered and agreed to the negotiations on the spot...

When the two sides began formal negotiations outside the city, Marin began to speak out loudly, demanding that the Friesian Noble Republic ced a large area of ​​territory west of Leeuwarden to him. However, how could the Friesian Noble Republic agree to such an unreasonable request? If Marin gained a firm foothold on land, wouldn’t it be more convenient to attack Friesland in the future?

Therefore, the Governor Fyskefrijheid, who came to negotiate in person, expressed his rejection without thinking. But Marin insisted on resigning, believing that the losers would not cede the territory and had no sincerity to seek peace...

Finally, after Governor Fyskefrijheid returned to the city to discuss with several other members, he agreed to ced the West Friesian Islands under the control of the Friesian Noble Republic (the main islands are Amelan and Schimmonic Islands). These two islands Marin knew that the combined area was nearly 100 square kilometers and were of great development value. Among them, Schimmonic Island is close to Eastern Friesland, which is a good offensive springboard.

However, he prefers the second largest island in the West Friesian Archipelago, Telsheling Island. This island covers an area of ​​88 square kilometers and is the second largest island in the archipelago and has great development value.

When Marin asked for the island of Telsheiring, Fyskefrijheid told him with a wry smile that the two major islands of Telsheiring and Flyland had long been ceded to the Netherlands and are now under the control of the Habsburg family. If you want these two islands, you have to ask the Habsburg family to ask or buy them...

Marin was very frustrated, but it was not a big loss to get Schimonek, the springboard for attacking East Friesland...

Afterwards, the two sides negotiated other compensation outside the territory. Marin Lion spoke up and asked the other party to compensate 100,000 gold coins, which made Governor Fyskefrijheid almost jumped up in fear:

"Baron Marin, are you sure you are talking about gold coins instead of copper coins? The total assets of our nine members of parliament are not that much!" Although Fyskefrijheid lied, the combined assets of their nine barons were only worth 200,000 gold coins, and most of them were real estate. Marin asked for 100,000, which really cost them their lives.

Then, the two sides began to bargain fiercely, even quarrel, and they were almost in trouble...

In the end, Governor Fyskefrijheid was only willing to compensate 10,000 gold coins, and he even cheated on him and said that he would not have any more...

Marin's eyes rolled and said:

"Governor, since you are so poor, then use something else to replace it..."

"What?" Governor Fyskefrijheid was very alert.

"Well, we have captured five warships from you..."

"Give it back to us!"

"Impossible, can you spit out the meat you ate? In short, all the warships and sailors that you captured by me are gone!"

"Then we won't pay compensation for 10,000 gold coins!"

"Okay, I still have thousands of prisoners in my hands, so I will take them all to Texel Island as prisoners and will not return them..."

"shame on you!"

"Hey, don't say that, it's the time for spring plowing now, because you provoked a war and almost delayed the spring plowing on the island. No, these 1,000 people are all strong guys, just helping with spring plowing... Well, that's it! When the spring plowing is over, you will come and redeem these people with money..."

...

In fact, both sides were just delaying the time during this negotiation. The Friesians were waiting for the arrival of the French reinforcements, while Marin was preparing to recruit one or two thousand troops after returning to train. After training, he cooperated with the original troops and annexed the entire Friesians in one fell swoop. Therefore, he was not particularly demanding for the result of this negotiation, but hoped to end the negotiation dispute as soon as possible and go back to prepare for training and the next attack.

Anyway, Schimmonick Island, which Marin values ​​most, has obtained five warships and sailors, and other things are not that important.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement that stipulated that Friesland was primarily responsible for the conflict and permanently ceded the West Friesian Islands under the control of the Friesian aristocratic Republic, including Amelan and Schimmonic, to Marin.

In addition, the five warships seized by Marin and the sailors and gunners on the ship were also owned by Marin.

Finally, because it was difficult to reach an agreement on the amount of compensation. In the end, Friesland decided to pay 10,000 gold coins to Marin. But at the same time, they agreed that Marin would openly recruit fishermen along the coast of Friesland to enrich the fishing villages in Amelan and Schimmonick...

As for the 1,000 prisoners, Marin also promised in writing that he would be released after the spring plowing ends. Because of the war, the spring plowing on Texel Island was seriously affected. Therefore, Marin urgently needed a group of strong laborers to speed up the spring plowing so as to catch the last bus of spring plowing. Such 1,000 strong laborers, and without wages, how could Marin let go? Didn’t it be said in the movie that prisoners and prisoners are the best free laborers. Even prisoners should be better. Because there may be old and weak among the prisoners, and the prisoners are basically middle-aged men...
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