Maximilian's war plan depends on campaigning inside Swiss territory, where raids can generate money for his army. The Confederacy instead contains most fighting along its borders and forces the conflict into many smaller actions. This denies the emperor both the expected revenue and the decisive battle he hoped to win with a centralized concentration of force. By holding the border, the Swiss attack his financing model and his battlefield plan at the same time.
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Border containment defeats a raid-financed war
Swiss forces keep most fighting on the Confederacy's edges, denying Maximilian the plunder needed to finance his army and preventing a decisive concentration.