King of German Mercenaries

In the city of Zwolle, the principality of Gedes, the French envoy, Baron Denier, was leading a group of men and horses, escorting the 450 war horses and 180 sets of plate armor that had been promised to the Frisians, heading towards Frisian.

Before, after negotiating with the Frisian nobles, and watching them begin to gather troops and horses, Denier returned to France with confidence, carrying the goods that had been prepared for a long time, and went to Frisian, so that the other party could feel at ease.

But what he didn't know was that after he left, the situation changed dramatically. Marin, who was in his hometown, suddenly hired 3,000 Swiss and raided the rear of Friesland, which turned the situation around. At this moment, Denier thought that the island of Texel had been cleaned up badly... Therefore, Denier led the team this time not to Groningen, but to Harlingen, the original Friesland coalition base camp... …

Of course, Texel Island was really cleaned up before, more than 800 fishermen were hijacked, and the farms were looted. Even, many serfs' clothes have been taken away, resulting in many serfs on Texel Island now without clothes to go out, and can only hide at home to avoid the wind and starve. Fortunately, after the Frisians withdrew their troops, Franzberg began to release food in time, otherwise, people would really starve to death.

Walking on the Roman Avenue in Zwolle, thinking of the ravages of Texel Island in Marin, Denier hummed a little song from his hometown proudly...

Suddenly, on the Avenue of Rome, a ride came head-on, the dust was rolling in, and it seemed that the other party was in a hurry...

Denier looked at it casually, and found that it was a little familiar...

And the knight on the horse seemed to be stunned when he saw Desnier's team. After running over, he suddenly restrained his horse and turned around to catch up with Desnier...

When the 30 French knights who escorted Denier saw this, they thought that the other party wanted to rob, and they all drew their one-handed swords to guard against it...

"Is it Lord Denier?" the dirty and miserable knight asked in Frisian.

"Uh...it's me, who are you?" As a diplomat, Denier naturally knew Frisian.

"I'm the captain of the guard of the Governor-General, Hot!" the knight said excitedly. But he didn't know, because he was rushing on the road now because of the dust, his body was dirty and his face was full of dust.

Denier took a closer look and found that it was indeed the personal guard of Fyskefrijheid, the governor of Friesland. During his mission to Groningen, the hot was with Fyskefrijheid. So, Denier has an impression of him.

"Hot, what's wrong with you?"

"Lord Denier, something happened! Something major happened..."

"Oh? What happened?"

"We lost the battle..."

"What did you say? Didn't you mobilize 3,000 elites? You can't beat those people on Texel Island? It's unlikely, right?"

"It's not the troop on the island, that bastard Marin, who hired a Swiss mercenary from nowhere, and raided Groningen while we were attacking Texel Island. When the Governor brought the army back to help , was attacked by that bad guy on the way... Then, we failed... Lord Governor and the others, they also fled into Lufaden to defend..."

"What? Swiss?" Denier opened his mouth in surprise.

You know, the Swiss have always been with the French, and Marin has been with the Habsburgs, the enemies of the Swiss. So how did the Swiss accept Marin's employment?

Of course he didn't know that Marin spent double the high price to invite these Swiss gentlemen. After all, the Swiss are mercenaries, and Marin is not a member of the Habsburg family. They are still willing to give more money.

"Yeah, about 3,000 Swiss, very strong fighting force. Another sneak attack, so our main army was routed by them..."

"How can this happen? How can this happen?" Denier was also a little messy in the wind for a while...

"grown ups,

You have to think of a way! If that bad guy Marin breaks through Leeuwarden and the Governor is caught, then everything will be over! "

"Wait... I'll calm down for a while..." Denier hasn't digested this shocking news, and needs to be quiet...

After half a day, Denier adjusted his mood and asked Hot to explain the situation in detail again...

"This little thief really has a way. He thought of hiring Swiss mercenaries in a short period of time. I really underestimated him..."

"These Swiss people are really, don't you know that this little thief Marin is the enemy of France? He actually accepted his employment... hum..."

"By the way, Hot, what's the situation in Leeuwarden now?"

"About 4,000 people surrounded Leeuwarden..."

"Wait... aren't there 3,000 Swiss?"

"Before leaving, I observed that 1,000 soldiers and horses seemed to come from Texel Island, stationed in the west of the city..."

"Texel Island has 1,000 troops? Isn't there only 400?"

"Probably, they captured 600 serfs as cannon fodder..."

"It must be so..."

"But, my lord, our elites have also been lost. Now, there are only 120 knights in the city, and the others are similar to the cannon fodder..."

"Well... if... I persuade the 3,000 Swiss people to go, are you sure you can deal with the 1,000 people in Texel?" Denier asked suddenly after thinking for a while.

"This..." After thinking about it, Hot said:

"I'm afraid it's difficult... My lord, although our troops and horses are similar to theirs, but because of the previous failures, now the army's heart is depressed, and it can't exert its normal combat effectiveness..."

"Oh, then can you defend the city?"

"That's definitely no problem. It will take a long time for 4,000 people to break through Lufaden, let alone 1,000 people? However, the food in the city is only enough for a month, so it can't be delayed for a long time..."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go to the Swiss army camp. By the way, Hot, are the Swiss army camp and Texel's troops stationed together?"

"It's separate."

"That's good, I'll quietly find the Swiss coach and persuade them to leave!"

"It's all up to you, my lord!"

After finishing speaking, Denier ordered the team to stop in a small town north of Zwolle. With only two knights, he went into battle lightly and headed to Leeuwarden...

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