The Rise of the European Emperor

Bonitz led half of the main force, including a large number of Swiss elite mercenaries, and it took three or four days to block the governor of Fyskefrijheid, Baron Zitter, commander Sivager and their 3,000 West Frisian resistance troops. .

To say that the 3,000 West Frisian resistance soldiers who survived hundreds of battles are not good at other things, but they are especially good at escaping. If it were replaced by Saxon cavalry, they would soon be able to catch up. However, the army of the Principality of Gerdes was mainly infantry, imitating Switzerland, and formed a large number of spearmen. In itself, there are not many cavalry.

why? Because the cavalry generally came from aristocratic families. However, most of the knights died in battle when the Duchy of Geddes was destroyed by "Charles the Bold" before 1477. And Charles II, relying on the opportunity of the Flemish rebellion in 1492, obtained his independence by bribing the Dutch parliament. Therefore, cavalry is really rare in the brand-new principality of Geddes. The rest of the knight family, because of their culture, also went to serve as officers in the infantry phalanx. Therefore, there is no large-scale cavalry in the Principality of Gede Company now. It was also very difficult to chase down the remnants of the West Frisian resistance army who escaped. It took three or four days to catch up.

After being overtaken and surrounded, Governor Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zitter surrendered obediently after seeing that the game was over. Anyway, even if he was caught by Charles II as a puppet, at least he wouldn't die. After all, Charles II is not very good at publicly annexing the Friesian noble republic, and secretly controlling it is the best way to block the mouths of others. But if you resist, you will probably be stabbed a few holes in your body by these Gedes spearmen...

So, the two chose to dismount and surrender. Seevag and his soldiers saw that the boss had surrendered, so there was no need to resist. So, they also surrendered.

Bonitz was in a good mood, and finally got two fools. However, after returning to the camp outside Groningen, the mood immediately became extremely bad. Because George, Duke of Saxony, broke through the encirclement at night while he was chasing the West Frisian resistance.

But now, it was too late for him to chase after him. Because, George has escaped for two or three days. Moreover, George and his subordinates are all cavalry on horseback, how to chase?

"It's all to blame for these two bastards!" Bonitz looked at Governor Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zitter angrily.

Both Governor Fyskefrijheid and Baron Zitter were very angry, but at the moment, "people are swords and I am fish", and they had to swallow their anger when they saw the army of the Principality of Gedes surrounded by spears.

George, Duke of Saxony and his party, after crossing the Ems River, sold the horse armor and plate armor directly to Marin at a discount in order to escape quickly. Then, the group went into battle with light cavalry, and ran wildly in the direction of Dresden, as if something was behind them.

"Next, it's the show of forming a group and the Principality of Gede Company, right?" Marin shook his head, looking at the direction in which George fled for his life.

Speaking of which, George was unlucky. The core of the Saxon army was the heavy cavalry. But the core of the Duchy of Gedes is the Swiss phalanx, which just restrains the heavy cavalry. Therefore, it is really difficult for the Saxon army to win when the main arms are restrained...

However, this is exactly what Marin wants. Otherwise, how could he buy West Frisian from the desperate George?

When Charles II heard that George had escaped from the East Frisian border, he was very angry and sent someone to question Marin why he didn't stop George.

Marin didn't want to turn his back on Charles II now, so he explained that it was Maximilian I's order that he had to make it difficult for George. So, he had to be neutral.

Charles II couldn't do anything about it, because, as everyone knows, Marin was a man of Maximilian I. The emperor has an order, and there is really no way. Moreover, George is also the cousin of Maximilian I.

Marin's explanation makes sense.

Marin was very enthusiastic about the messengers of Charles II, and kindly reminded them that George would definitely gather the multinational coalition forces to fight back. At that time, maybe Maximilian I's army will participate. Therefore, in the next war, Marin may not be able to help the Gede company.

During the meeting, Marin suddenly remembered that his own high-level reservoir has been built, and now he can quickly mass-produce plate armor and swords, why not take this opportunity to sell some weapons?

So Marin asked:

"Your envoy, is your army still short of swords and plate armor?"

"Uh? Lord Marin, what do you mean?"

"I just happened to build a large-scale weapons production workshop recently. If your country needs it, I can sell it to you at a low price. You must know that the next time George, Duke of Saxony gathers a large army, it will be very dangerous. If it is your country's spearmen, the former The elite veterans in the third row are equipped with chest plate armor and helmets, their combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved, and the probability of victory will also be greatly improved..."

"This..." The envoy of the Principality of Gede thought about it, and this is really the case. If the first three rows of veterans are equipped with chest plate armor and helmets, when they stab each other on the battlefield, the survival rate is indeed greatly improved.

You must know that veterans are very precious. If one dies, the recruits who are replenished cannot replace them at all. So, the envoy of the Duchy of Geddes asked about the price of the plate armor and the price of the sword, and planned to go back and report to Charles II, Duke of Geddes, to ask him to decide.

Marin considered that he really needed the Principality of Gede to win the next war, so Marin quoted the lowest price in the market, which was a very favorable price.

In fact, even at the lowest prices in the market, Marin is very profitable. Because Marin has a blast furnace for iron smelting, the cost of iron ingots is lower. Moreover, with rows of hydraulic forging hammers, the forging cost is greatly reduced and the speed is greatly increased. If it is replaced by manual forging, God knows what the cost will be.

Charles II listened to the envoy's report and felt that what Marin said was indeed very reasonable. In the Geddes army, those Swiss mercenaries are indeed the top three elite veterans equipped with chest plates and helmets.

And the Principality of Gede's own spearmen have indeed not equipped chest plates and helmets for the first three rows of elites. In this case, in the event of a major war, the casualty rate of veterans must be very high.

Just like the previous battle with George's army, many veterans were lost...

Moreover, the price given by Marin, which Charles II had asked a knowledgeable minister, was indeed very low, and it was considered a friendship price. After thinking for a while, Charles II finally placed a big order with Marin...

Marin hurried to find those blacksmiths:

"Hurry up and build your breastplates and helmets to order, but in French fashion!"

"Why? Your Excellency, the Maximilian armor designed by His Majesty Maximilian I is the best!"

"Are you stupid? This is the armor for the Principality of Geddes. It is made into the style of Maximilian armor, and it is trying to harm me? Only by making it into the style of French plate armor can the French take the blame!" The emperor knew about Lin's imitation of Maximilian's armor, and even provided samples. If the Geddes army is equipped with a large number of Maximilian armors, will Marin still be mixed up?

The craftsmen suddenly realized that, it turns out that Marin sells an armor, and there are so many deep meanings in it, he is indeed a god who was enlightened by Daxian...