King of German Mercenaries

Marin looked down on Prince George. As the heir to the powerful Duchy of Saxony, Prince George's ability was actually very average, and he was far worse than his wily father.

Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, took the lead to take West Frisland. However, in the hands of George, after more than ten years of hard work, he was forced to go nowhere by the mere Principality of Geddes, and finally sold West Frisian to Charles V.

You know, in terms of national strength, the Principality of Gede and the Principality of Saxony are too far apart. If nothing else, the Principality of Saxony, as an important part of the second largest business district of the Hanseatic League, has a financial revenue that is far beyond that of the Principality of Gede.

Although the Principality of Gerdes occupies the fertile land at the mouth of the Rhine, it is only an agricultural country. Is the finance of an agricultural country comparable to that of an industrial and commercial country? With rich industrial and commercial taxes in hand, but finally being forced into disgrace by the princes of an agricultural country, George's ability is really poor.

You know, now is the era of mercenaries, and money is king. Whoever has more money can hire more troops. It can be said that the army that Saxony can summon is definitely not comparable to the mere Principality of Gede. Then, George can't beat the Principality of Gede, which is obviously a problem of his ability.

And the facts also proved this. After seeing Marin brought 6,000 troops back to help, Prince George was so frightened that he forgot to respond.

Then, Marin's army quickly broke through the Saxon army south of Emden, recaptured the port of Emden, and controlled the ships in the port, preventing the Saxons from escaping by boat.

Then, Marin sent the main force to the east of Emden City - where George, who was holding the commander's flag, besieged with all his strength...

In fact, the morale of the Saxon army dropped to freezing point before the battle began. Because, Marin was able to bring the army back to help, proving that the Duke of Saxony failed at the front.

In a panic, fool George forgot to gather the troops surrounding Emden City to resist. Thus, the Saxon army was only about 1,000 men in each direction. Therefore, with 6,000 Marlins, he only needs to attack a thousand people each time.

When more than 5,000 soldiers and horses surrounded the main force of the more than 1,000 Saxony-Groningen garrison outside the East City, the timid George saw that he could not fight, but after a little resistance, he honestly surrendered.

The coach has surrendered, and the Saxon troops in the north and west of the city are still messing up? Therefore, the Saxon troops in the north and west of the city also surrendered.

In this way, Marin didn't waste much time, and managed George and the 4,000 Saxon army he led in half a day. To be honest, if the 4,000 Saxon troops were gathered together and led by a more powerful commander, it would not be easy to take them down with Marin's 6,000 men.

Because, Marin's army is good at defense, not good at offense. This time, in the duel with the Duke of Saxony, if Marin had not taken advantage of the opportunity of the high platform where the Duke of Saxony was being destroyed by artillery shells, and had used the Saxon rout to attack the enemy, Marin would not have been able to defeat the Saxon army in just one day.

The 4,000 Saxon troops led by Prince George are all regular troops. If they gather together to defend, there will be many Marin people, and it will take a few days to win.

But, who called George too arrogant? Before the victory was decided on the main battlefield, he crossed the river ahead of schedule and surrounded Emden in four parts, giving Marin every chance to defeat him. If Marin is in George's position, when the Saxon army in the south of the city is attacked, he will definitely take his troops to the north of the city and join the Saxon army in the north of the city. Then, gather the Saxon troops in the west of the city to defend on the spot. However, George, who was not smart enough, was dumbfounded. Seeing that Marin had packed up the Saxon army in the south of the city and surrounded him...

After taking down the Saxon army that surrounded Emden, Marin did not rest, but let Adler look after the prisoners,

And he himself, with the army and the important prisoner George, boarded the boat to cross the river and rushed to Groningen...

Groningen is now run by George, the defender of the city and under George's. Marin controls the trump card of George, and naturally he can't waste it...

The next day, Marin brought George to the city of Groningen, causing great chaos in the city...

At first, George refused to order the generals to open the city gates, but Marin was not a vegetarian either. Marin pretended to be fierce, took out a sharp knife, and slashed a blood mark on George's neck, making a fierce appearance that he was going to kill him on the spot.

George collapsed, and as a last resort, he began to loudly order the defending generals to open the city gates...

The officer guarding the city was originally George's squire knight, so naturally he couldn't watch George be killed. In desperation, he opened the gates of Groningen...

Then, Marin took the army and swaggered into the city...

Of course, Marin didn't have the brains to indulge his soldiers' robbery. He first found out the distribution of power in the city, and knew which big nobles owned certain shops...

Then, he hoisted black cross flags for those properties that belonged to other great nobles, reminding the soldiers not to offend. Then, the organized looting begins...

However, Marin ordered that unless someone resisted with a weapon, his life should not be hurt. Moreover, it is absolutely not allowed to rape women... At the same time, when looting ordinary people's homes, they are not allowed to loot food, even if the other party has more food, they can only loot half at most... Finally, it is absolutely forbidden to rob the poor...

This was because Marin wanted to occupy West Frisland in the future. Therefore, Marin does not want to forge a deadly feud with the locals. Otherwise, when he takes control of this place in the future, he will face a situation of social instability.

In addition, Marin specifically requested that all the livestock, carriages, and artillery in the city, as well as the bronzes used to make artillery, belong to the category of must-haves...

For two days in a row, Groningen eliminated some well-established shops, and other people's homes were looted to a certain extent. But Marin was very measured, the most particular of medieval robbers...

During this period, Marin's men also captured Kanu, the illegitimate son of the Serksner family who used the Duchy of Saxony as an excuse to interfere in East Friesland. After being caught, Marin didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly hanged Kanu to death. Marin has never been soft on anyone who threatens his position.

Two days later, Marin ended the sack of Groningen. Then, he changed his body from a robber to a "philanthropist", and started to use the food he grabbed to help the poor and orphans...

Then, Marin left a phalanx to guard Groningen, and many others were sent out of the city to go north to capture the Frisian fishermen by the sea...

For Marin, the development of the navy is an important phalanx. Therefore, it is possible to control more fishermen, and it is also convenient for them to select sailors...

After arranging everything, Marin returned to Aurich with the people from the first phalanx as guards...

At this point, the vigorous war between Saxony and East Friesland finally came to an end. As a result, the outside world was shocked. Marin, who was originally unanimously disliked by everyone, not only won, but also won a big victory, and the time was so short that everyone was unexpected...