King of German Mercenaries

The liquidation action brought great benefits to Marin, but also brought many prisoners. In particular, many of the prisoners were bigwigs. For example, the three brothers Edsard I, and several barons. As for the knights and jazz is a bunch more.

After statistics, in this liquidation, a total of one earl—Edsard I, two princes—Edsard I’s two younger brothers, 5 barons, 22 knights and 65 knights, as well as their family. In total, there are thousands of these noble captives and their families alone...

Marin was a little shocked. Little East Frisian, with a total population of just over 60,000, actually had so many nobles and their families. You know, Marin only captured about two-thirds of the nobility in East Frisland, and the other one-third did not move because they had already surrendered...

And these thousands of people are just the main members of the noble family. As for those stewards who serve the nobles, attendants, etc., they are not counted...

As for how to deal with these captured nobles, Marin called his men to discuss...

Old Hoffman and others who were far away in the country of Mark also rushed to Emden to participate in this discussion after receiving a letter from Marin.

"My lord, I advocate the execution of all adult men and spare others. It is impossible for these nobles to identify with you from the heart. Therefore, it is better to kill the men and spare the old and young, women and children." Schwartz spoke first. In the official meeting, Schwartz also called adults.

"My lord, I think all men should be killed, including all little boys. Because even those little boys will grow up. Once they grow up, they will become your mortal enemies because of the hatred of their parents. For the sake of To prepare for this situation, you should be ruthless and kill all male members." Kohler commented.

"I object, we are knights, knights with chivalry. Remember the eight virtues of knighthood?" Frenzberg said.

"Humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, honesty, justice, soul..."

"I have no objection to the execution of Edshard I and his brothers. They are indeed a threat to adults. But others, let's kill less... If we raise the butcher's knife to those children, the knight's Where is the mercy?"

After Frenzberg finished speaking, the knights present were silent. Even old Hoffmann and Adler who participated in the discussion, after listening to Frenzberg's words, they who originally wanted to speak did not speak.

At this time, the mayor of Den Burg, Heidel, who came from Den Burg, adjusted his glasses and said:

"Mr. Frenzberg, I admire the chivalry you mentioned. However, have you ever thought about it, the Lord has deprived these former nobles of their lands and titles, which is an insoluble hatred. Whether you kill them or not , they will all hate the lord. If there is a chance, they will not give up to kill the lord..."

"This..." Frenzberg was at a loss for words. Indeed, from the moment Marin deprived those people of their titles and lands, the two sides have been inseparable. It is indeed unwise to keep enemies.

If this enemy belonged to him, Franzberg, he wouldn't mind letting the other party down and showing his chivalry. However, the enemy is his own boss, Marin, so he can't say anything.

"I know that you knights can't pass the level of pity, but I, Kohler and Haider, are not knights and don't need any pity. In our hearts, the safety of adults is the most important thing. If you can't pass yourselves At that level, then, the executioner, let me and Haider act as the executioner!" Kohler is a tax officer, but a civil servant, so naturally there is no need to talk about chivalry.

"What do you want to do?" Schwartz hesitated, then asked.

"Didn't Haider study law? He's still a top student in the law department of the University of Cologne. Let him be a judge,

Convict these people! Then, I will arrange the knife and axemen to send these people on the road..."

"No, Kohler, don't arrange for the knife and axe, the executioner, I decided to use another person..." This is, Marin, who has been listening, spoke.

"Other people?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Yes, those who took refuge in me..."

"Ah? What do you mean, my lord?"

"Since they have taken refuge with me, in order to cut off their back roads, I have decided to let those nobles who have taken refuge in me act as executioners, kill Edshard I, and those nobles who resisted me!" This trick is called in China. "Applying for a name", some people who want to join Heibang, often have to do a case or kill a person before they are accepted. Once you do this, it means that you have a case on your back, and if you want to go back to being a good person, it will be extremely difficult...

In the same way, if these nobles who surrendered to him personally killed Edsard I and his followers, then if there are people in the future who use the banner of the Serksners to oppose Marin, these people will certainly not Responded. Because, it was they who killed Edshard I and his loyal followers with their own hands.

This is like Wu Sangui strangled the Emperor Yongli of Nanming with a bow. When he later rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, none of the Ming Dynasty survivors believed him, let alone supported him, and even demolished his stage. In the end, Wu Sangui was defeated.

These surrendered nobles, as long as their hands are stained with the blood of Edsard I and his men, and they want to turn back, there will be no way...

Hearing Marin's poisonous plan, the people present heard it, and they couldn't help but start a cold war - it's so sinister...

In fact, these methods are just common tricks that Marin used to watch TV series and novels in his previous life. But in the European Middle Ages, which lacked intrigue and intrigue, it was indeed too ruthless...

Soon, Marin appointed Haider as the chief judge of East Friesland, and formed a temporary court to start the trial of Edsard I and other nobles...

Haider is indeed a professional law student. He did not directly start the sentence, but first decided that the rebellion in 1435 was a heinous act of treason. Then, all the nobles who participated in the rebellion were sentenced to be abolished.

Of course, Haider is very smart, because the sentence was pronounced in public, and those nobles were actually knocked unconscious by the skilled Kahn. Then, when the sentence was pronounced in court, those nobles were all driven by soldiers. They appear to be standing, but are actually being driven. Because they were in a coma, their heads were naturally lowered. In this era, people have long hair. When their heads are lowered, the long hair will block their faces, making it impossible to see that their eyes are closed. It looks like they are bowing their heads and confessing their guilt...

Therefore, when Haider was sentenced to deprive them of their noble status, no one defended himself, nor was he able to defend himself, because they were all in a coma...

Now that they have become civilians, the sentence will be easy now...

According to the traditions of this era, few people would generally convict nobles to death. However, Haider is very smart, first deprived them of their noble status, demoted them to commoners, and then sentenced them to death, then there is no problem...

The next day, in the square in front of Emden Palace, Haider publicly sentenced these people to death... This caused a commotion among the onlookers.

Because the remaining half of the citizens of Emden are still very resistant to Edsard I being sentenced to death. However, this half of the citizens is not like the other half who participated in the resistance. They are less timid and do not have the courage to go all out. There was a commotion in the crowd, but under the watchful eye of Marin's heavily armed soldiers, there was no major commotion.

Afterwards, a large group of nobles, large and small, who surrendered to Marin, including Jeffrey and Pace, were watched by the soldiers and walked to the square. Under the persecution of the soldiers and the crowd watching, Geoffrey and the others, shaking their hands, raised their short knives, and stabbed Edsard I and others in the chest...

A burst of screams came, and when a knife was stabbed in the chest, these nobles who had been knocked unconscious finally woke up in pain. However, to their despair, what they saw was that a former colleague inserted a knife into their heart...

Hundreds of nobles, their mourning before dying resounded throughout the square. The onlookers, whether they were soldiers or civilians, were all terrified.

And those nobles who took refuge in Marin who were responsible for the knife were also ashen-faced. They understood that from then on, they could only follow Marin all the way to the dark. Because, from the moment they used the knife, they had no way out...

There was also a noble who refused to use a knife, but he was immediately tied up and killed along with the nobles who were sentenced...

Then, Jeffrey and the others were completely honest and honestly helped to kill...

On the night after these nobles were killed, Kohler led people into the prison where the nobles’ families were being held:

"Take those little boys away!"

The soldiers complied, and then, in bursts of cries, little boys from noble families were pulled out, nearly 200 in total...

The next day, the little boys were never seen again, as if they had never been in the world...

On the third day, the remaining women, the younger ones, were taken to the barracks by Kohler to work as camp prostitutes, while the older ones were taken to be the washerwomen. And those little girls were gathered, raised first, and arranged later...

On the evening of the third day, Frenzberg found Kohler at the gate of the palace and asked angrily:

"Do you mean to do this, or is it yours?"

Kohler was silent for a while, then said slowly:

"That's what I mean, the young master is a lord and a benevolent one. And that executioner, it's me! And it can only be me!" After almost roaring the last sentence, Kohler left without looking back...

Unbeknownst to Franzberg and Kohler, Marin happened to be standing behind the gate as they spoke. Seeing Kohler's heavy steps as he left, Marin's heart was heavy. Because those decisions were made by him...

"Maybe, I should compensate Kohler..." Marin muttered to himself.

And looking at Frenzberg who left angrily, Marin frowned, but he turned and left without saying anything...