King of German Mercenaries

After Marin and Maximilian I's court doctor finished explaining the essentials of wound management, they were quickly called by the emperor. Coming to the room where the emperor pretended to be sick, Marin saw Maximilian I frowning...

"Your Majesty, do you have something to do with me?"

"Yes, Count Marin. I have issued an edict that I will recognize your title of Count of East Frisland..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Marin finally had a legitimate status and was no longer a tyrant.

A tyrant is a dictator who seizes power through a coup or other violent means. Generally speaking, tyrants are not in the right position and are not recognized by the world.

In fact, Marin, in the name of the heir to the Blok family, is not a tyrant in the counties of East Friesland. But the problem is that the Bullock family was not recognized by the Holy Roman Empire at first, but was just a tribal force that was separated from the frontier of the Holy Roman Empire.

Instead, the Serksner family declared its surrender to the empire in 1464, and was officially named an earl by Frederick III, the father of Maximilian I, and became a noble accepted by the nations.

Therefore, from the perspective of the East Frisian country, Marin is not a tyrant, but just takes back the throne of his ancestors. But from the empire's side, the Brock family has never been recognized by the empire. By law, the Serksner family was the first recognized ruling family of East Friesland. So, after all this, Marin has become a tyrant again...

"But..." After the emperor finished the last sentence, he suddenly came to a turning point, and Marin felt that something was wrong...

"but what?"

"The foreign ministers sent by the Duke of Saxony in Innsbruck firmly refuse to recognize your legal status. They insist that you are the tyrant of East Friesland..."

"Ah? Can they still give your Majesty face?" Marin was a little surprised.

"Ordinary nobles still give face, even on the surface. However, the nobles of the Saxony family are too powerful, and they can not give me face at all. Even, I owe the Duke of Saxony a lot of favor..." Maxi Milian I was also a little helpless.

At the beginning, after his father-in-law "Charles the Bold" died in battle, in order to prevent the Habsburg family from getting all the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy, the French began to incite the main part of the Duchy of Burgundy (that is, the Burgundy near the Paris Basin). The western half of the Duchy of Gundy, the later Burgundy region) and the Netherlands part of the independence.

Later, most of the main part of the Duchy of Burgundy, later supported by the force of Charles VIII, managed to secede from the Duchy of Burgundy and join France. Even the Netherlands was once very dangerous.

Even Maximilian I himself was imprisoned in the palace of Ghent by the Dutch parliament. In the end, it was Emperor Frederick III who asked Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, to come out and lead the army to the Netherlands, only to rescue Maximilian I and quell the rebellion in Flanders. And Friesland gave the Duke of Saxony, which was also promised by Maximilian I himself to the Duke of Saxony at that time.

Therefore, Maximilian I owed the Duke of Saxony a great deal of favor. Moreover, at the Imperial Council, Maximilian I also needed the nobles of Saxony to speak for him. Therefore, even if the Duke of Saxony does not accept this order from the emperor, the emperor is not easy to turn his face...

"Then, Your Majesty, what should I do?" Marin was also very troubled by such a complicated situation. Marin would not be willing to fight the Saxons if he could.

"When you go back, prepare for the battle. You are a military genius, and I believe that you can repel the Saxon attack. As long as you repel the Saxon attack, I can mediate from it..."

"Okay..." Marin was also helpless, it seemed that the Duke of Saxony was eyeing his East Frisian. He has made up his mind that this time, he must take care of the Saxons,

It hurts them once, and they're scared...

Historically, the original Edsard I defeated the allied forces of George, Duke of Saxony, forcing the Saxons to recognize the independent status of East Friesland. He has stronger military power than Edsard I, and there is no reason why he can't beat the Duke of Saxony.

Counting the time, it is now mid-to-late May. Even if the Duke of Saxony wants to start, he will have to prepare for several months. Prince George has also seen Marin's strength. Therefore, if the other party is going to attack, 10,000 people are definitely not enough, at least 20,000 troops.

However, it will definitely take several months for the Saxons to make up an army of 20,000 people, and they need a huge amount of food. Therefore, Marin decided that even if the Saxons were going to send troops, it should be after the autumn harvest, when the food was most abundant.

Marin was not afraid of fighting the Saxons. However, he is very worried that the war will cause serious losses to the East Frisian population. Also, the Saxons may scramble for food in the countryside.

Therefore, Marin planned to ask the manors under his own name to transport most of the food into the city after returning, and only keep the food needed for daily needs in the manor to avoid being robbed by the Saxons during the march.

In addition, each manor has also dug hidden basements in advance. Even if the Saxon army passes by, at most, they will snatch away the food on the surface, and the hidden food will be able to feed the peasants afterwards.

Of course, Marin would be better off sending troops directly to the main force of Saxony and trying to defeat them quickly. In this way, the destruction of the East Frisian country by the Saxons can also be minimized.

However, in order to confront the Saxon army, Marin can only rely on the more than 5,000 regular troops under his command. As for the thousands of militiamen recruited locally in East Frisian, they can be used to defend the city, but they can be used to confront the Saxons. The requirements are a bit high. ...

Therefore, this time back, Marin intends to continue to expand the army and increase the number of regular troops by a few thousand more. In this way, even if the Saxons came with an army of 20,000, and Marin pulled out 10,000, it would be enough to face the front. After all, Marin's army used a large Spanish square, which was very suitable for the front.

As for the cavalry, Marin intends to use mostly black knights. To this end, he also intends to expand the number of black knights to 800.

The reason why the power developed the black knights, Marin was prepared for the Saxon plate knights. Saxony is a big country of knights. Because of its strong economy, the Saxons can also train more expensive plate knights. When fighting, the Saxons can pull out thousands of plate armor knights, forming a torrent of steel and attacking the enemy.

If the army of an ordinary country is really easy to be overwhelmed by the extravagant knights of the Saxons. But Marin's army, mainly the Spanish phalanx, was not at all afraid of the knights charging. Because, in addition to the sharp muskets, the Spanish phalanx has another important feature, which is - love to dig trenches...

The infantry of the Spanish phalanx love to dig a trench in front of the formation, mainly to prevent the charge of the enemy cavalry. If the enemy rushed to the front of the formation and the warhorse fell into the pit, the impact of the charge would be instantly dissipated.

And what Marin is best at is directing his subordinates to dig two trenches and professionally pit knights. Therefore, Marin is not afraid of the charge of the Cavaliers at all.

However, the Spanish phalanx was afraid of shelling. Saxony, on the other hand, has a lot of money and a lot of artillery. Therefore, Marin needs to send cavalry to take down the enemy's artillery positions.

And if you send ordinary cavalry over, you are simply delivering food to thousands of Saxon knights. But it's different if you use the wretched black knight...

The knights in black shirts could ride their horses and rush over the flanks of the enemy artillery positions, then draw their guns and shoot the enemy artillery, trying to kill the opponent's gunners as much as possible.

Although the Saxons are equipped with a lot of artillery, they have very few muskets, and they have no means of countering the black knights. Although, they may be equipped with some weapons like crossbows. But that's not the problem. As long as black knights wear breastplates and helmets, casualties can be minimized. Because, although the chest plate armor can't block the guns, it can block the ordinary crossbow arrows, but there is no problem.

Another big advantage of black knights is that they are not afraid of the enemy's plate knights to chase. If the Saxon knights despised the black knights and sent plate knights to hunt them down, they would be in Malin's arms.

The black-shirted knight was originally a professional player of plate armor knights. As long as the opponent dared to catch up, the black-shirted knight could ruin the opponent...

When the plate knight encountered the black knight, he couldn't catch up, ran and couldn't run away, and there was no long-range weapon to fight back. If he dared to chase him out, he would be fooled and killed by the black knight.

Thinking of this, Marin felt relieved. Now, he just needs to go back and prepare well and wait for the Saxons to gather troops to fight. And he himself, as long as he trains his troops and horses well and prepares accordingly...