King of German Mercenaries

After the Swiss retreated, Denier saw that Marin's army was still standing in the west of the city, so he quietly went to the east gate of the city, let the guards on the top of the city put down the hanging basket, and took him into the city...

"Lord Denier, aren't the Swiss allies of France? Why would you help that bastard in Marin attack us? If the Swiss hadn't intervened, we wouldn't have been so unlucky!" Governor Fyskefrijheid said angrily.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Governor, this is France's negligence. I have persuaded the Swiss from the city. When I return home, I will try to get the French and the Swiss to sign an agreement that prohibits them from serving France's enemies..."

"It's too late to say anything now, we have suffered huge losses, and the army has lost more than half..."

"I didn't lose more than half of it. I learned from the Swiss population that about 1,000 prisoners in your army were in the hands of the little Marin thief."

"In the hands of that bastard, he won't blackmail us to death?" More than 1,000 people, God knows what price Marin will offer...

"Lord Governor, my king will definitely give you an explanation. As long as you defeat that guy, my king will compensate you for all the losses."

"How to win?"

"When I go back, I will seek to sign an agreement with the Swiss to forbid them to play for Marin. Then, we in France will pay to hire thousands of Swiss to help you capture the island of Texel and eliminate the little Marin. thief!"

"Okay, I'm going to kill that bastard!" Governor Fyskefrijheid gritted his teeth.

"Lord Governor, it's not good to kill the nobles?" Zitter, Baron Leeuwarden hesitated.

"Hmph, a noble can't be killed until he surrenders. But when he fails, we pretend we didn't know he surrendered and say he died in battle... Isn't that normal?"

"Goodbye, Governor-General!"

"Hehe..." Denier just waited for the Frisian to think so, and then his goal was achieved.

"Then what are we going to do now? That bastard is still hanging around outside the city..."

Governor Fyskefrijheid turned to Denier...

Denier thought for a while and said:

"For today's plan, the only way is to deceive this little thief first, and then find a way to get revenge later..."

"Cheat?"

"Well, I have to rush back to Paris to report the situation and wait for instructions. Then I have to go to Switzerland, sign an agreement with them, and hire thousands of Swiss people... It will take at least three months to go back and forth. And this For a period of time, it is best for you to stabilize the little thief Malin and coax him away first..."

"What do you mean... let's make peace first, deceive Marin, and then counterattack when you come with the Swiss army?"

"Um."

"Lord Denier, why didn't you let those Swiss people help us run away Marin?"

"No, according to the tradition of the Swiss, they will not attack the employer. Therefore, it is impossible for this Swiss mercenary to attack the little thief in Marin. Therefore, I can only bring another group of Swiss to fight the little thief. You have also seen the combat effectiveness of the Swiss. At that time, we will bring thousands of Swiss people, several times that of the enemy, and the combat effectiveness is so strong that we are afraid that we will not be able to destroy the little thief?”

"Indeed! But... Lord Denier, I'm worried about the reaction of the Habsburgs. That bastard Marlin is a Habsburg lackey after all. If the Habsburgs send troops from the lowlands to rescue the little boy What about the thief?"

"Well...this...I will suggest that when you start, we should send a large army to the border of Flanders to deter the Burgundian army stationed in the lowlands, so that they have no time to rescue the little thief... …”

"It's really a good idea, then... let's make peace now?"

"Well, I'll be the middleman myself,

Bring your peace talks together. Remember, the other party must be open to the lion. You have to stabilize him, agree to some of his conditions, but argue with him more on some of the conditions and delay time. "

"However, it must be tricked away first. For this, you can make more concessions. Anyway, when I bring the Swiss army over, the little thief will eat it, and he will spit it out..."

"Well, that makes sense..."

...

The next day, Denier brought 30 French knights, holding high the flag of the French Valois dynasty, and appeared at the gate of the Marin camp...

Marin had already guessed that the Swiss withdrawal was probably the work of this guy who called himself Baron Denier. At this time, he wanted to kill Denier, but when the other party showed the banner of the King of France, he did not dare to do it.

To publicly kill the French flag is to declare war on France. Charles VIII probably couldn't find a reason to send troops to kill him. If he did that...

So, despite hating Denier, Marin had to hold back his anger and received Denier...

When he learned that Denier was here to mediate, Marin naturally understood. He pretended to be unhappy at first, but finally agreed to negotiate half-heartedly...

When the two sides began formal peace talks outside the city, Marin began to speak loudly, demanding that the Friesian Aristocratic Republic cede to him a large area west of Leeuwarden. But how could the Friesian Aristocratic Republic agree to such an unreasonable request? If Marin has a firm foothold on land, wouldn't it be more convenient to attack Friesland in the future?

So Governor Fyskefrijheid, who came to negotiate in person, refused without thinking. But Marin held on to it, believing that the losers would not cede territory, and that there was no sincerity in seeking peace...

In the end, Governor Fyskefrijheid returned to the city and discussed with several other councillors, and agreed to cede the West Frisian Islands (the main islands are Ameland and Schimonnik) under the control of the Friesian Noble Republic. These two islands, Marin know, add up to an area of ​​nearly 100 square kilometers and are of great development value. Among them, Schiemonnik Island is close to East Friesland and is a good offensive springboard.

However, he prefers the second largest island in the West Frisian archipelago, Terschelling. This island covers an area of ​​up to 88 square kilometers. It is the second largest island in the archipelago and has great development value.

When Marin proposed the island of Terschelling, Fyskefrijheid told him with a wry smile that the two large islands of Terschelling and Vlieland had long been ceded to the Netherlands and now belong to Habsburg Family control. If you want these two islands, you have to ask the Habsburgs for it or buy it...

Marin is very frustrated, but it is not a big loss to get Schiemonnik Island as a springboard for attacking East Friesland...

After that, the two sides conducted other compensation negotiations outside the territory. The Marin lion opened his mouth and demanded compensation of 100,000 gold coins, which made Governor Fyskefrijheid almost jump with fright:

"Baron Marin, are you sure you're talking about gold coins and not copper coins? The combined assets of our nine members are not that much!" Although Fyskefrijheid lied, the combined assets of their nine barons are only worth 200,000 Gold coins, and most of them are real estate. Marin asked for 100,000, and it really cost them their lives.

Then, the two sides began to bargain fiercely, and even quarreled, and they almost started...

In the end, Governor Fyskefrijheid was only willing to pay 10,000 gold coins, and he said that there would be no more...

Marin rolled his eyes and said:

"Lord Governor, since you are so poor, then replace it with something else..."

"What?" Governor Fyskefrijheid was wary.

"Well, we captured 5 of your warships..."

"Give it back to us!"

"Impossible, do you still spit out the meat you eat? In short, all your warships and sailors captured by me are gone!"

"Then we won't even pay the 10,000 gold coins!"

"Okay, anyway, I still have thousands of prisoners in my hands, so I'll take them all to Texel Island as prisoners, and I won't return them..."

"shame on you!"

"Hey, don't say that, right now is spring ploughing time, because you provoked a war, and the spring ploughing on the island was almost delayed. No, these 1,000 people are all strong guys, just in time to help spring ploughing... Well, that's it! When the spring ploughing is over, you can come back and redeem these people with money..."

...

In fact, in this negotiation, both sides are just stalling for time. The Frisians were waiting for reinforcements from the French to arrive, while Marin was going to recruit another 1,000 or 2,000 men for training when he was ready to go back. After training, cooperate with the original soldiers and horses to annex the entire Friesland in one fell swoop. Therefore, for the result of this negotiation, his asking price is not particularly harsh, but he hopes to quickly end the negotiation and wrangling, so that he can go back to prepare for the training and the next attack.

Anyway, Marin's most valued Schiemonic Island and 5 warships and sailors are all in hand, other things are not so important.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, which stipulated that Friesland was mainly responsible for the conflict and permanently ceded the West Frisian Islands under the control of the Frisian noble republic, including the islands of Ameland and Schiemonek, to horses. Forest.

In addition, the five warships originally captured by Marin, as well as the sailors and gunners on board, also belong to Marin.

Finally, it was difficult to reach an agreement on the amount of compensation. In the end, Frisian decided to compensate Marin with 10,000 gold coins. But at the same time, they agreed that Marin would openly recruit fishermen along the Frisian coast to enrich the fishing villages of Ameland and Schiemonek...

As for the 1,000 prisoners, Marin also promised in writing that they would be released after the spring ploughing. Because of the war, spring farming on Texel Island has been seriously affected. Therefore, Marin urgently needs a group of robust labor force to speed up the spring ploughing, so as to catch up with the last train of spring ploughing. With such 1,000 strong laborers and no wages, how could Marin let it go? Isn't it all said in the movie that prisoners and captives are the best free labor. Even prisoners are better. Because, there may be old and weak among the prisoners, and the prisoners are basically middle-aged men...

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