King of German Mercenaries

While Marin was training troops and horses in full swing, 9 Friesian nobles in exile in the Principality of Geddes sent people to Den Burg to ask Marin to return the 1,000 prisoners of war...

It turned out that after nine Frisian nobles fled into the Principality of Gede Company, although they were accepted, the Company of Gede Company did not think about how to deal with the Principality of Saxony in a short period of time. Because the Duchy of Saxony is also very powerful. In particular, the 10,000-strong army brought by the attack on Friesland somewhat frightened Duke Geddes.

However, as the Duke of Saxony Albrecht withdrew more than half of his army, leaving only more than 5,000 people stationed in Friesland. In Friesland, many civilians, angered by the brutality of the Saxon army, began to rebel against the Duke of Saxony. high-pressure rule.

Although these scattered uprisings were suppressed, they inspired Charles II, Duke of Geddes. Originally, the nine Frisian nobles who defected to Charles II were only raised as pigs by Charles II. But after seeing the destruction of the Duke of Saxony by the Frisian uprising, Duke Charles II decided to sponsor these 9 people and let them make trouble for the Duke of Saxony.

Moreover, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, never thought that these 9 wastes were the opponents of the powerful Duchy of Saxony. However, because of their orthodox status for Frisian rule, they can cause great trouble for the Duke of Saxony.

Not to mention anything else, the annual military expenses that the Duke of Saxony spends on suppressing the resistance is a huge expense. And when these nine useless pieces of wood have dragged down the Duke of Saxony, it will be the best time for the Principality of Geddes to make a move...

So, after drying up 9 Friesland nobles for a long time, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, finally summoned 9 people, provided them with a large sum of money, and allowed them to lead troops to be stationed near Friesland. In the southern part of the Ged Corporation country.

However, the cunning Charles II did not provide warriors to the nine Frisian nobles. In this way, even if the nine men were defeated and arrested, no one would find evidence of his support for the Frisian resistance.

Therefore, he requested that these 9 people bring their own people into the southern border area of ​​Friesland, mobilize the locals, recruit troops there, and gather forces to resist the Duke of Saxony.

Because Charles II did not provide an army, Governor Fyskefrijheid and others thought of the 1,000 Frisian warriors captured by Marin. So, they sent people to ask Marin for soldiers...

At the moment, Governor Fyskefrijheid and others have only 120 loyal Frisian knights and 250 infantry left, making it difficult for them to threaten the Duke of Saxony.

If Malcolm returned the 1,000 prisoners of war, they would have 1,370 soldiers...

However, where would Marin be willing to return it? In his plan, at least he would not return the survivors until East Frisian was captured.

However, Marin is full of expectations for these nine pieces of waste wood to harass the southern border of Friesland. Because, if the Duke of Saxony was attracted by these nine wastes, he would have no time to look east when he attacked East Frisland.

After much deliberation, Marin decided to support the harassment of the Duke of Saxony by nine guys. However, the return of all 1,000 soldiers is impossible. Especially the 200 heavy armored swordsmen, and Sivag who guessed his own thoughts.

Therefore, Marin excused that Siwager was seriously ill and could only stay on the island temporarily to recuperate. Of the 1,000 Frisian prisoners of war, only 300 relatively weak spearmen were selected and returned to the representatives sent by the Frisian nobles.

The representatives of the Frisian aristocracy are naturally very dissatisfied, but Marin is a fool, what can you do?

Moreover, these 300 men, although they were the weakest among the 1,000 Frisian prisoners of war. But, because after a few months of Marin's training, the discipline has improved so much,

The cooperation is also better. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of these 300 people is much higher than before the war with Marin.

Looking at the 300 spearmen returned by Marin in front of him, the representative of the Frisian nobles was also a little chilled. Because, the 300 soldiers were neat and tidy, all of them stood upright without looking sideways, and the scene was filled with an atmosphere of indifference and chill. When the representative brother saw it, he felt that these 300 people were elites.

Therefore, he believed that although Marin did not return all the personnel, at least 300 elites were returned to him. In fact, it was Marin who picked the worst of the 300 for him...

Under Marin's almost abusive training during this period, these 300 people have become accustomed to obeying orders. They have almost formed a conditioned reflex for the orders given by the officers. They seem to have forgotten that they are alive and become 300 machines. generally……

Moreover, the reason why they are the worst is not that they are not disciplined, but that their personal fighting ability is poor. Because, in the age of cold weapons, although discipline is very useful, personal fighting ability is still very important. After all, if you stab each other with an enemy, the one with stronger fighting ability will definitely win. What discipline brings is only the advantage of the general trend, not the improvement of personal ability. Although they overwhelmed the opponent as a whole, the soldiers in the first row were prone to casualties if their fighting skills were poor. Just because of the dense formation, one after another, the one who wins in the end is the one with better discipline. After all, no matter how strong a person's fighting ability is, they can't stand the impact of the opponent's successive attacks...

In order to increase the threat of these people, before the representative went back with this group of people, Marin also selected a group of veteran prisoners of war who became team captains from the 1,000 prisoners of war, and stuffed them into the 300 people. These squad leaders are already familiar with Ma's training methods and army passwords. Let them bring this group of soldiers, familiar slogans and tactics, and it is easier to display them.

Moreover, before leaving, Marin repeatedly told the squad leaders not to confront the Saxon army. If possible, it is better to conduct mobile operations, laying down a point to get supplies and then dodge, leaving nowhere for the Saxon army to pursue.

Marin returned 300 infantrymen, plus 370 men led by 9 Frisian nobles. In this way, the Frisian resistance army suddenly had 120 knights and 550 infantry soldiers, a total of 670 people.

Although it is unlikely that such a small number of people will fight a major war, it is no problem to use it to attack the southern border areas of Friesland.

Because although the Duke of Saxony sent more than 5,000 troops to garrison Friesland, they were mainly stationed in important cities such as Groningen and Leeuwarden. As for the southern border area, there were very few garrisoned troops, and only in certain towns, very few troops were stationed. to maintain local law and order. It is impossible for these small numbers of troops, similar to police security, to beat an army of 670 people.

As for the main force of the Saxon army, these few Frisian nobles are not stupid, they will not go to the eggs and stones...

Before leaving on behalf of his brother, Marin also specially wrote a letter and handed it to nine Frisian nobles, advising them to hide and hide with the Saxon army. With these 670 people, it is enough to attack those small towns. Every time, the Frisian army only needs to quickly enter the territory of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic, take a few small towns, wait until the Saxon army kills, and quickly return to the territory of the Gede company.

In this era, there were no telephones and telegrams. When the people of the Duke of Saxony learned that the Frisian army had entered the country, and gathered a large army to come to encircle and suppress it, I don’t know how many days would pass. And so long was enough for these Frisian armies to complete the plunder of wealth and population. In this way, tossing back and forth a few times is enough to make the Duke of Saxony extremely tired.

Moreover, the Frisian nobles can also capture strong men and expand their military strength. When they expand to a few thousand men, they can pose a huge threat to the Saxon army. When Marin attacked East Friesland, maybe these Friesians had already pulled up thousands of troops, enough to deter the main force of the Saxons, so that the army of the Duke of Saxony stationed in Friesland did not dare to act rashly...

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