Re: Imperial Diet III
A messenger arrives bearing the Steward of Austria's seal
My Lords, King Otto,
I write this while preparing for battle so things are getting a little tense.
The Venetian's have quite a tidy number of men holed up in Daruzzo, it's a regular hornets nest of merchants and their bodyguards holding each other todgers I must say.
Never the less there are Venetian heads to cut off and a few likely women to plunder after this little tango down south.
The elder von Mahren is a real peace of work. He's out there given the boy's a little bit of the "rah rah, how's your mother" speech.
Personally I had my Austria dog's blessed by the local priest and then followed it up with and fairly ball tearing speech about hunting them down in the afterlife if they had the temerity to die on me...it seemed to work. I could see the whites of their eyes after that section.
It was spoilt of course by some smart ass who had the gumption to laugh right after I'd finished. I restored the fear of god back in them by knocking the offender out cold with my fist and daring any other swinging dick on parade to make a noise.
Silence rained supreme after that little effort.
I must say gentlemen our troops are getting arrogant with all these victories. I'd recommend a healthy dose of hard core discipline to those of you suffering from arrogance in your units.
Anyway, must be off, von Mahrens' screaming at me about something...he seems rather tense I must say. It must be age...they all get edgy when they age.
I'll send word once I've ripped a few guts out and turned them into garters!!
Venetian's...christ when did merchants afford so many bloody soldiers!!
Ahhh, I almost forgot. King Otto, I concur with your assessment regarding our South Eastern border. My plan is to create two quality half stack's lead by myself and the other by the most promising von Mahren. I believe this will be able to defend the region with the assistance of garrison militia units bolstering our numbers when the enemy stops to fight.
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