Chapter 23: Self-organized mercenary regiment?

In the days that followed, Marin, who had lost the election, became depressed and frowned. And several attendants did not know how to comfort him. For example, Kahn's goods, when comforting Marin, is basically equivalent to salting Marin's wounds:
"Master, it's okay, isn't it that you are short and have low strength? Eat more rice and you will have more strength and you can grow taller ..."
Hearing this, Marin was so anxious to choke this two goods, which pot is not open to mention which pot ...
But when he turned around, Marin would drink milk and rib soup every meal ...
Also, since he has lost the election, Marin feels it unnecessary to stay in Vienna. After all, consumption in Vienna is high. Especially after thousands of knights and their attendants flooded into the city of Vienna, many merchants sat on the ground and started to raise prices, which made food prices soar. Marin is not alone. He carries 6 men and 7 animals, and consumes a lot of food.
As a result, Marin took six men, rode a car, settled the rent, and left the lively city of Vienna.
After leaving the city of Vienna, in a small town on the west side of the city, Marin saw a recruitment point for the emperor to recruit spear infantry. Out of the instinctive habits of Chinese people who like to watch lively, Marin also stayed in the town and took a few men to watch the infantry recruitment scene ...
The mercenaries of the Holy Roman Empire were actually new recruits created by Maximilian I after the war of Nancy. Therefore, the Lancer became the most important part of the infantry.
The Swiss Alliance also belongs to the jurisprudence of the Holy Roman Empire. However, since Switzerland began to produce mercenaries, the Swiss began to rely on force and no longer obey the Habsburg royal order. Moreover, it also occupied the traditional territory of the Habsburgs in Switzerland.
During the Battle of Nancy, the bold father of Maximilian I ’s father Charles died tragically in the hands of Swiss mercenaries. Since then, Maximilian I also began to imitate Swiss mercenaries, began to recruit a large number of civilians willing to serve in the country, and formed the Spear Corps.
Because the Germans have always been used to knights, they are not familiar with the spear infantry. Therefore, Maximilian I's 15,000 spearmen and 1,500 knights, although the coach is Earl Hohenzollern (of the Hohenzollern family Swabian, not Brandenburg's Franconia). Eitel Friedrich II (Countof Hohenzollern), but many of the instructors in the infantry were from Switzerland.
After all, Switzerland is in any case the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Although many local lords and parliaments confront the empire, there are still many mercenaries willing to serve the emperor. Because the emperor was able to give them a noble status common in Europe. So Maximilian I recruited a number of mercenary officers from Switzerland, trained new German mercenaries, and used the Swiss to learn from the Macedonian Pike Formation.
The Swiss Lance formation is basically learned from the Macedonian formation, but unlike the Macedonian formation, the infantry of the Swiss Lance formation, unlike the Macedonian formation, is equipped with small shields on the left hand for defense.
挑选 When selecting mercenaries, one of the recruiting officers was a Swiss. In general, whether to be admitted, the Swiss "expert" nodded in approval.
According to the requirements of the Swiss, eligible mercenaries must be strong, which is the basic requirement of soldiers. The second is to "play lightly."
What's "lightly packed"? In fact, it doesn't mean to drag your mouth around. For example, many of the mercenaries and prospective mercenaries recruited in Vienna have brought their families with them. With such a drag, can we still fight? Can we still march?
Some newlyweds do not want to separate, so men bring women to apply. This is all good, and some even bring their elderly parents ...
Can you march with the old man? Therefore, the Swiss military's treatment of this is-anyone with family members, do not care, no matter how good you are. Otherwise, with your family members, you cannot march at all. This is also an early feature. After the flood of mercenaries in the 16th century, it seemed to become common practice to bring family members to march ...
Because of the large number of applicants, the Swiss military officer also asked the applicants to use long sticks to fight. The one who wins with the stick first will win, and the winner will be accepted, and the loser will be eliminated. Because of the tight schedule, the recruiting officers did not even give the opportunity for a resurrection challenge. After all, for the Empire, infantry selection is huge, and it is not necessary to be so sophisticated.
The infantry infantry has to select 5,000 people, and each of them has to undergo conditional review (such as whether or not to bring family members, etc.), plus various types of registration, and then grouping and competing, so the duration is quite long. And Marin, it is enough to watch lively.
One day, Kahn suddenly said:
"Master, should we go for a pikeman?"
"Get off!" Marin said angrily. He is a knight (although he is not officially named, but he is an apprentice). If he is to be an infantryman, he is expected to be killed by a joke.
Moreover, the pikeman is a standard cannon fodder. He can be a fodder if he is a traverser? It's almost a shame to people who cross the realm, and it is estimated that it can be shamed to Mars ...
Not to mention cannon fodder units like pike infantry, which are irregular cavalry (such as scout cavalry, commander, patrol cavalry, etc.), and Marin is not willing to do it. Of course, this is also why Marin is not good at those. After all, the irregular cavalry mainly uses sabers, and Marin is not proficient in saber swordsmanship, but only in lance use.
"Otherwise, master, you recruited a team of pikemen and became an officer yourself? The younger master trained 5 of them before, which is very well organized ~ EbookFREE.me ~ And, did you not say that the master, the emperor next Will he continue to recruit? "Kohler interjected at this moment.
"Recruit yourself to buy a horse?" Marin stunned. Before, because of the strong knight plot, he was quite a majestic knight, and at the same time he was not willing to be a cannon fodder pikeman, so he did not consider that aspect.
In fact, he also thought about setting up a mercenary group by himself. However, the cost of forming a mercenary regiment is astronomical, even for an infantry mercenary regiment. Therefore, he hasn't thought about this for the time being.
"Yes, Master, you also have a few hundred marks in your hand. You can temporarily recruit hundreds of people and train them temporarily. When the training is successful, it is estimated that the emperor will conduct a second round of recruiting. At that time, you will bring Hundreds of well-trained infantrymen went, how could they mix an officer. Master, then you must appoint me as quartermaster! "Kohler said flatly.
"Hundreds of people ... OK?" Marin hesitated. Originally, he planned to recruit thousands of people to form a large mercenary regiment. At the very least, we need to build a few large squares or something. However, he now has only 750 marks and cannot afford too many soldiers.
But think carefully. According to Kohler, first recruit hundreds of mercenaries, train them, and raise them for a while. They did not raise them for a long time, as long as they raised the emperor to recruit in the second round. It is estimated that the emperor will have a second batch of money early next year. By that time, his soldiers and horses are almost trained. Taking hundreds of well-trained soldiers to go, you have to mix company captains or whatever ...
"Ah ha ha ha ha ..." Marin in YY couldn't help laughing wildly, letting some attendants be inexplicable ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are in ~ www. EbookFREE.me ~ Please read for mobile users.