The Rise of the European Emperor

When Marin introduced to his subordinates the Jingshi room he was going to set up and the idea of ​​using Maozi's father-in-law, the little friends of his subordinates were stunned...

"It's...a bit inhuman..." Prime Minister Jeffrey swallowed, feeling a chill under his crotch.

"What's so inhumane? It's right to guard against tainted bloodline!" Kohler was Marin's diehard loyalist and directly supported Marin's approach.

"Well, the master's decision is all right!" Kahn expressed his support without saying a word, no matter how good or not.

A group of civil servants hesitated, but Schwartz's words dispelled their doubts:

"Gentlemen, the archduke did not castrate the people of his own country, but purchased the alien race of Rus from the barbarians of Crimea. Moreover, those Rus are still heretics. So, what does their suffering have to do with us? It's not that we put They were enslaved and castrated..."

Schwartz's words unraveled the hearts of the civil servants - yes, the unlucky Russ have something to do with us? Therefore, everyone supported Marin to set up the Jingshi Room. Just a requirement - never Germans and Catholics can be used as eunuchs...

Marin naturally complied with their request. Anyway, he didn't plan to make any eunuchs in the country, that's really inhumane. However, the matter of Maozi... that is also what the barbarians of Crimea did. As for Marin himself, at most he provided a disinfection plan... Well, it seems to have stimulated the enthusiasm of the Crimean Khanate to arrest Maozi men-in the past, because of the high mortality rate of castration infection, the Crimeans were very concerned about arresting Men who catch hair are not very interested...

But whatever, Malin wanted to suppress Maozi's rise. Therefore, letting the Crimean barbarians catch more hairy men can be considered to weaken the hairy...

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As time passed, it was finally time to release the Swiss prisoners of war. The Habsburg family also dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry, rushing in from Austria and Switzerland.

In order to capture these Swiss prisoners of war, Maximilian I suspended the attack on western Switzerland. Then, they gathered the horses in their hands, sent tens of thousands of troops, and came to the South Munster area, temporarily stationed in the Principality of Clifford, which had a good relationship with the Habsburg family.

Of course, not all of these 10,000 troops were real cavalry. There were actually only 4,000 cavalry, and the other 6,000 were actually mounted infantry.

Horse farming is popular in Europe, and there are many ordinary people who own horses. Therefore, there are also many infantrymen who can ride horses in the Habsburg family army. Although they may not know how to fight on horses, there is no problem with riding on the road. In order to hurry, Maximilian I also concentrated 20,000 horses in his hand,

For the 10,000 men who need to travel and transfer.

Even, in order to save time, the 10,000 army did not bring much food and grass, but brought a lot of money with them to purchase food and grass along the way.

Although the cost is a bit high, it is nothing compared to capturing the 80,000 Swiss prisoners of war.

You must know that these 80,000 Swiss prisoners of war, once successfully returned to Switzerland, can immediately be converted into a powerful combat force. Then, the balance of the battle situation in Switzerland will be broken in an instant. And the Habsburg family may be driven out of Switzerland due to their inferior strength...

Switzerland is the "Land of Dragons" for the Habsburg family, how can they give up? Moreover, Switzerland is really big... Although there are more mountains, but the area is large enough... If you win Switzerland, most of the losses of the Duchy of Burgundy that were annexed by France can be made up immediately...

To this end, in order to succeed, Maximilian I did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, and let the soldiers purchase supplies on the spot along the way, in order to save time, so as to catch up with the capture of those Swiss mercenaries.

When the 10,000-strong Habsburg army arrived in the Principality of Clifford, the leader of the army sent a letter to Marin. After Marin received the letter, he knew that he could let him go.

So Marin pretended to visit the Swiss prisoners of war. Then, each person was provided with a grain bag, and a few silver coins were distributed to them as travel expenses to return to their hometown... What's more, this is too much like a certain army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners...

The Swiss prisoners of war were really moved—Oh my god, they actually gave food and travel expenses, so considerate and warm... However, when these Swiss prisoners of war asked for weapons, Marin sternly refused and explained— - You are all mercenaries, I gave you weapons, I am afraid that you will not be able to resist robbing the people along the way... This Grand Duke can't bear to see you hurt those people... So, I can't give you weapons, so as not to harm the people...

Then, on the border between the South Munster region and the Principality of Clifford, Marin "reluctantly" waved goodbye to the 80,000 Swiss mercenaries:

"I will come to play often in the future!" Marin said with a smile.

"Fuck it!" the Swiss mercenaries said in their hearts. It was the days of being caught as coolies digging canals, but they never wanted to do it again. Although during the digging of the canal, Marin did not miss their food. But, it's really hard and tired. Digging and picking soil all day long, the workload, the boss, the sweat every day, it is estimated that it has to be measured in pounds, and the ghosts are willing to come again...

After leaving the territory of Münster, the Swiss mercenaries were in a good mood, and even sang hometown songs while walking...

However, soon they could not sing. The next day, when they reached Wessel on the east bank of the Rhine and were about to cross the river, tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared on the side—the emperor's army had been waiting for them for a long time...

Following the route of these Swiss, crossing the river from Wesel is the first choice. So, the people of Maximilian I chose Wesel as the ambush site.

And this is also the agreement between Marin and Maximilian I - don't start arresting people at the border. In that case, a three-year-old would know that he and Maximilian I had colluded long ago. In this way, the pressure on Marin will be particularly great. After all, he has been ostracized by the nobles. If you do it again, it will become a thorn in the eyes of the princes...

"Fuck it!" the Swiss mercenaries said in their hearts. It was the days of being caught as coolies digging canals, but they never wanted to do it again. Although during the digging of the canal, Marin did not miss their food. But, it's really hard and tired. Digging and picking soil all day long, the workload, the boss, the sweat every day, it is estimated that it has to be measured in pounds, and the ghosts are willing to come again...

After leaving the territory of Münster, the Swiss mercenaries were in a good mood, and even sang hometown songs while walking...

However, soon they could not sing. The next day, when they reached Wessel on the east bank of the Rhine and were about to cross the river, tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared on the side—the emperor's army had been waiting for them for a long time...

Following the route of these Swiss, crossing the river from Wesel is the first choice. So, the people of Maximilian I chose Wesel as the ambush site.

And this is also the agreement between Marin and Maximilian I - don't start arresting people at the border. In that case, a three-year-old would know that he and Maximilian I had colluded long ago. In this way, the pressure on Marin will be particularly great. After all, he has been ostracized by the nobles. If you do it again, it will become a thorn in the eyes of the princes...