Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Medieval Western Qin Empire

Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 92: Ulrich¡¯s Hiding

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Chapter 92 Ulrich¡¯s hiding

    At this time, Bai Zhou, who was far away in Damascus, would naturally not guess who was missing him. Moreover, even if he had the leisure, he would not think about it. Instead, he would speculate on what would happen to Meng who stayed behind in Switzerland.  How will Shan and Weifu react when they hear the news that they have been captured?

    It is certain to send troops to support. All the princes of the family have been captured. The Western Qin Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty, the Crusades are not the Tumu Fortress Incident, and Baizhou is not the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty. There is absolutely no reason not to save them.

    Moreover, if Bai Zhou's prediction is correct, the current external environment of Western Qin should be quite ideal, and it has the conditions to send troops for reinforcements - the top leaders of England, France, and Burgundy are also in the Crusaders now.  Naturally, they will not have the time to attract the attention of Switzerland; and the Italians in the south, this nation, indeed made the entire European continent fearful thousands of years ago, but now, they can only be called a group of qualified businessmen, and there is no need to worry about them.  Focus on invading Switzerland northward; the most complicated situation should be the Holy Roman Empire, which is also the nominal suzerainty of Western Qin. If Bai Zhou is worried about the instability of Switzerland, then this unstable factor can only come from the Holy Roman Empire.  internal.

    Because although it would take at least several months for the army to walk from Nuremberg to the Middle East, if it was just to deliver a message, it would definitely not take that long. Moreover, it was three months before the date of Frederick's death.  For more than a month, Bai Zhou believed that the news of Frederick's death must have reached Nuremberg.

    He is now completely "isolated" and has no information at all, but this does not prevent him from making some speculations.

    After all, if Bai Zhou hadn't heard the shocking news from the mercenary leader Howl, he wouldn't have had any other thoughts. But now, some "superfluous" thoughts inevitably appeared in his mind.

    Under normal circumstances, the next emperor of the Holy Roman Empire should be Miller, although Bai Zhou has always felt that this guy's "aura" may not be as strong as his father's, and he cannot suppress so many nobles with different aspirations.  , However, Bai Zhou also understood that because of this, Miller would definitely not issue any radical policies as soon as he took over the throne (I don¡¯t know what Zhu Yunwen thought), which would intensify the contradiction between the imperial power and the local government.  What's more, those nobles are not stupid. They know that the army of the Holy Roman Empire is currently fighting Saladin in the Middle East. There is no suitable reason to launch a rebellion rashly at this time. Moreover, there is another more important factor, the Holy Roman Empire  To the north of the country, the descendants of the Vikings are not vegetarians. When the empire is marching eastwards, they are definitely ready to take action. This also makes some nobles whose fiefdoms are in the north, even if they have any changes in their minds,  But facing the alien race that may move south at any time, they are temporarily powerless. They will never abandon their hometown in order to gain more territory.

    Furthermore, Miller also has an advantage, that is, his younger brother, Wolfgang, although he holds military power, has no intention of supporting the army and is still carrying out the Eastern Expedition in a down-to-earth manner, and in  Before Frederick's death, Wolfgang respected his brother very much. The relationship between the two brothers was really not bad, which meant that Miller still had an elite army outside his own country.  Although this elite army may not be able to return to the country in a short period of time, it will definitely make the nobles think more carefully before using their brains.

    In particular, the more prosperous Wolfgang is in the Middle East, the more "smooth" the Holy Roman Empire will be. Not only Baizhou understands this truth, but also the Vikings presumably understand it, so he was captured in Baizhou  Before, I had not heard any news about changes among the Vikings in the northern part of the empire, even though they had maintained business channels with Western Qin for such a long time, and the weapons in their hands were no longer what they were back then.

    Therefore, without Ulrich, Frederick's second son, who intervened in the middle, there is no doubt that the stability of Western Qin will be stable in a short period of time, and it will certainly not require Bai Zhou to spend so much money.  The big thoughts also freed up the Weifu who stayed in Switzerland to continue to develop people's livelihood and accumulate strength. Even if Bai Zhou was captured by the Egyptians, the Weifu was fully capable of dispatching another elite force to the east.  To help in the battle, but now, because of Ulrich, everything has become complicated and confusing. It is possible that the Swiss side has been overwhelmed by itself, and it certainly does not have the ability to send more troops.

    Of course, this is just Bai Zhou's guess. It is also possible that even if Ulrich usurped the throne, he would not care about causing trouble for the Western Qin people. It is also possible that Ulrich has not taken action yet. All of this is possible.  possible.

    After all, after Frederick died and Baizhou was captured, there was such a long gap, and all this was specially arranged by Ulrich, so Baizhou was completely?There are reasons to believe that Ulrich was the first person in the Holy Roman Empire to know about Frederick's death. In other words, if he wanted to take action, then the time could be considered ripe, because Bai Zhou  I believe that since the second prince has calculated so cleverly against his own father (if it weren't for Howl, Bai Zhou would not have seen anything fishy in it), then he must have his own plans within the empire, and he should wait.  After his father passed away, he began to implement his plan.

    But in the Holy Roman Empire, before Bai Zhou was captured, not much news about Ulrich came. In fact, the news about Ulrich was deliberately collected by the people of the Western Qin Dynasty. As for the Empire  The intelligence systems of other Crusader nobles continued to ignore His Highness the Prince, who had been ignored by everyone before.

    Like a transparent person, he does exist, but no one feels his existence.

    This seems to be impossible for a person with the status of a prince, but it really happened in the empire, so Bai Zhou had to believe it.

    These messages, which can also be called intelligence, can only prove one problem, that is, Ulrich did not take action immediately, at least, not before the last message that Bai Zhou received from Switzerland.

    For Baizhou and Switzerland, this is good news and bad news.

    It is said to be good because it means that for now, Switzerland's external environment is relatively stable and the internal environment has not suffered much changes; and to be said to be bad, the reason is also very simple, because Bai Zhou already knows that Ulli  He knows that Ulrich will definitely take action. In other words, Ulrich will take action sooner or later. The later he takes action, the more prepared he is and the higher his success rate.  .

    This is what Bai Zhou does not want to see, but based on Haoer's words alone, even if Bai Zhou believes in him, it will never be ironclad evidence and cannot bring down Ulrich, especially when Bai Zhou is  In his heart, he is not so selfless that he would consider the empire wholeheartedly and be willing to shed his life and blood.  The chaos in the Holy Roman Empire may greatly affect the people's livelihood of the Western Qin people in a short period of time. However, from a military and political perspective, the turbulent empire is not entirely a bad thing for the Western Qin.

    So it can be said that Bai Zhou has regarded Miller as an abandoned son, because Bai Zhou knows in his heart that if no one reminds him, 99% of the time, the ultimate fate of this eldest prince and the current emperor of the Holy Roman Empire will definitely be the same as his.  My father was no different - he died in an unknown way.

    So next, the person who is qualified to inherit the throne, the person who has the reputation to inherit the throne, and the person who has the ability to inherit the throne is definitely not Ulrich who is suspected of being an illegitimate child, but definitely Wolf who currently has a lot of troops and is well established.  Gang.

    In other words, from Bai Zhou's point of view, as long as nothing happens to Wolfgang, then Ulrich can be left to make trouble. Anyway, it will be Wolfgang who will benefit in the end. Now Bai Zhou has worked hard  Isn't the purpose of advising Wolfgang just to further his reputation, making it easier for him to take over the imperial power and gain an advantage in the confrontation with Ulrich?

    Bai Zhou knew that it was absolutely impossible for Wolfgang to usurp Miller's throne, and Bai Zhou would not raise this opinion to him. However, if Ulrich was killed because of playing power,  Miller, if you want to become emperor yourself, then Wolfgang will never agree.

    However, now, Ulrich still has no sign of taking action, and Bai Zhou was defeated by Jaffa (Christians and Muslims each had a big defeat in Jaffa, the former lost a duke, and the latter lost a  In order to take the strategic initiative), he was captured by the Egyptians and taken to Damascus, and he joined the slave resistance army without any explanation, so he couldn't help but feel that he was not up to his ability.

    Bai Zhou still doesn¡¯t know that the reason why Ulrich didn¡¯t take action is not because of other reasons, but because Bai Zhou pays special attention to Wolfgang¡¯s safety. After all, since getting the news from Howl, all aspects of life, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc.  , Bai Zhou began to provide all-round "protection" to Wolfgang, which was enough to be called a 360-degree protection with no blind spots.

    In fact, in this era, although assassination methods can barely be called various, they are definitely not high-tech or ingenious.  The battle between assassination and counter-assassination cannot be called thrilling.

    Poison, poisonous insects, arson, crossbows, just such tricks, as long as you are careful, the success rate of assassination is actually very low, not to mention that there are many assassins who simply can't find a chance to take action.

    In fact, this is also in line with common sense. Otherwise, wouldn¡¯t the disputes between nobles in this world not involve fighting with swords at all, but just assassins to destroy the country?

    ThatAt that time, Bai Zhou secretly arrested some suspicious elements. Although Bai Zhou had no real evidence, as the saying goes, extraordinary times use extraordinary measures. Moreover, there is no such thing as human rights in this era, so Bai Zhou naturally also  It's cheaper to deal with.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????But there must be real guys. Of course, it is fortunate that Bai Zhou handled it this way, otherwise, before the defeat of Jaffa, everyone should have received the news of Wolfgang's sudden death.

    Ulrich has not taken action yet because Wolfgang is far away, and he himself understands that he is no match for Wolfgang in any aspect, so even if he is sure to kill Mi directly  Yes, but before getting rid of Wolfgang, he would not dare to take action rashly.

    Therefore, until now, Ulrich has not dared to take action and has been holding back while waiting for news of Wolfgang's death.

    Also because Ulrich was still in Nuremberg, his control over the assassins was limited to their families.  This made him unaware that the several waves of assassins he sent had been secretly executed by Bai Zhou on trumped-up charges.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know how long it will take for Ulrich to learn the truth. At that time, what method will he adopt to complete his last stand? Will he die together or disappear?

    ¡­¡­
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report