King of German Mercenaries

Marin was very dissatisfied with this pure spear formation. Because, in the face of the musket line array, the spear array obviously became a living target.

However, for now, it is difficult to find a group of musketeers in the German region. Not to mention the dangers of using muskets and the high price of gunpowder.

When he entered the forest to hunt once, Marin thought--is it possible to replace the musketeers in the Spanish phalanx with archers first?

You know, the ace in the French army is the Swiss spearman. The Swiss lancer is a pure melee unit without long-range strike capability. More importantly, the Swiss spearmen are basically poor, and most of them have no money to buy expensive plate armor to protect bows and arrows.

In this era, bows and arrows may not be useful to French knights in plate armor, but for those Swiss spearmen in fancy clothes, they have no strength to wear plate armor. Moreover, the infantry could not walk even in plate armor.

Thinking of this, Marin gathered all the mercenaries and asked:

"Are any of you good at archery?"

Guys, you look at me, I look at you, and no one responds. But a mercenary raised his hand and called out:

"Report!"

"speak!"

"Master, I don't know how to shoot arrows, but I know people who shoot arrows!"

"Where?"

"Just outside the city of Vienna, many people from Orion also came to apply for infantry."

"Orion applied for infantry?"

"Yes, some people don't know the news, they don't know that the empire only needs spearmen, and they think they will accept archers. Some people are directly planning to transfer to spearmen."

"Very good, thank you for your news, I'll give you a meat dish tonight." Marin said with satisfaction, and instructed Tara, the head of the cooking class (one of Marin's attendants, who is more talented in cooking, and taught by Marin). He took a few steps to make him good at making cauldrons) and added a braised venison to the guy who provided the information.

Afterwards, Marin, with Kohler and Sauer, rode back to the recruitment point outside Vienna and began to inquire around. Then, Marin simply erected a flag and openly recruited archers...

But at this time, the infantry recruitment had ended, and only a small number of people stayed here. Many hunters actually went home after seeing that the Empire did not recruit archers. Marin tried his best to recruit 8 archers only near the recruitment point in the west of Vienna. Afterwards, he rushed to two points in the east and south of the city, and after much thought, he recruited 12 more people.

In the end, Marin recruited only 20 archers. As a last resort, Marin had no choice but to take the 20 people back to the station in Robach Town. In fact, there were far more than 20 people outside Vienna at this time shooting arrows. It's just that most people don't believe in this hairy boy, Marin. Only these 20 people are easy to fool, trust Marin and are willing to go with him.

After returning to the station, Marin first arranged for people to make straw sandals for these 20 people, and arranged for these people to bathe and change their clothes (in the mercenary group, Marin forced everyone to bathe and wash their clothes).

After that, Marin formed another team and let Sauer train this group of people with ready-made methods. First, of course, let them take off their right shoes and teach them to distinguish left and right.

Then, there is physical training and shooting training. These hunters all bring their own bows and arrows. Because, the principle of mercenaries these days is to bring their own equipment.

What surprised Marin was that with these hunters, the mercenary group needed meat, and they didn't have to go out on their own. As long as you bring a few hunters into the mountains and cooperate with each other, you can bring enough meat to the mercenary group. It can not only improve the food for everyone, but also save a lot of money on meals.

As for the local tax officer, if they encounter ordinary hunters, they may come to extort money. But Marin No. 100 is stationed here, and there are documents recognized by the empire, and the local sheriff and tax official dare not let one. Not to mention that there are no nobles in this town, only a few knights (the status is equivalent to a knight, a kind of squire,

But there is no combat power), even an ordinary baron, facing a mercenary group of 100 people, would not dare to say anything.

Because, these days, mercenaries are popular for robbery, and they are no different from gangs of street flies. Now, the people in the town of Robach are praying that the "Hoffman Mercenary Group" will not go to the town to rob them. How can they dare to offend the mercenary group?

Fortunately, Marin pays great attention to the issue of military discipline, and strictly forbids the mercenaries to do rude things, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law. Of course, Marin may, after hitting Italy, carry out some heists with his permission.

You must know that those who are willing to be mercenaries these days are not only for food, but also to make a fortune. Because mercenary robbery is a common occurrence.

Moreover, in the Middle Ages, agriculture in Italy was the most developed. This also makes the economy of the Italian region generally better than that of the German region.

Not only that, Italians are good at doing business, and there are many rich businessmen there. Going to fight in Italy, many people have been looking forward to it for a long time. Because, there are a lot of rich Italians over there waiting for them to rob...

Marin knew that those who were willing to be mercenaries were not good people. He is not a king, so if he forcibly suppresses their thoughts of robbery, he might be betrayed. Therefore, Marin had no choice but to promise and agree to their robbery in Italy.

But at the same time, he demanded that robbery is allowed, but casual murder and injury are not allowed. In addition, it is not allowed to oppress the poor, and it is not allowed to lighten the food of ordinary people. Because if you rob the poor families of food, they may starve to death. They are mercenaries, not demons.

Because the No. 100 people who defected to Marin are basically novices, not those old ruffians who are used to being mercenaries, and their consciences have not been wiped out. Therefore, for Marin's request, they also agreed. Besides, if you want food, you can get enough by grabbing the big households. If you are robbing the food of the commoners, there is no need. Moreover, there is too much food, and there is no way to take it all away.

In the days that followed, the training progress of the archers gradually caught up with the spearmen. So, Marin began to try, mixing spearmen and archers, and began to try to evolve...

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