King of German Mercenaries

Although it is only a remnant, Marin must play well, otherwise, with his background, it will be difficult to be seen by others. In order to let himself be seen, Marin specially changed his name from Marin Hoffman to Marin von Hoffmann. Because, at this time in Europe, the origin is very important. And "von (von)" is only in the name of the German aristocracy, and at least it is a hereditary aristocracy.

And the general knight family will not add the word "Feng" to the name. Only hereditary baron families generally began to add the word "Fon" to their names. But there are also a small number of knights who arrogantly add the word "Feng" to their names.

The so-called "Feng" actually means to indicate one's source, just like the Chinese say "I come from the Wang clan in Langya, the Cui clan in Boling, and the Li clan in Longxi" and so on. Generally speaking, the surnames after Feng are noble titles, family names, or fief names, indicating their origins.

For example, "von Hohenzollern", indicating that you are from the Hohenzollern family. And "von. Neumann", it is from the Neumann family. There are also places that indicate place names. For example, William II was called "Wilhelm von Hohenzollern" (the middle part omitted) when he was still a prince. After he became the king of Prussia, he changed it to "Wilhelm von Prussia". After the Emperor of the German Empire, it was changed to "Wilhelm von Deutschland".

Marin calls himself "Marin von Hoffmann", which is obviously an arrogance. Because, Hoffman estate is not hereditary. But no one in the empire has done this, and in this era, there is no ID card online query, and information exchange is not smooth. I just added the word "Feng" to my name, are you biting me? If you have the ability, go check it out...

Moreover, if he did not add the word "Feng" to his name, it is estimated that the officials in charge of recruiting troops would not necessarily pay attention to him. Because, in Europe at this time, everyone is accustomed to think that only nobles are qualified to be officers. This rule continued until the 19th century. Wellington, a famous British general, once became an officer directly by virtue of his aristocratic status, and also spent money to buy a colonel.

In addition to spending a little bit of thought on the name, Marin also spent some time on the residual formation. In addition to the previous tactical and formation drills, Marin also practiced a nice full line turn.

Specifically, the imaginary enemy did not face his own line, but detoured to the side. What should we do at this time? Marin let the two people in the middle of the second row of pikemen serve as the axis, and the entire team, "wanting to move to the right," began to turn clockwise or counterclockwise using the two as a reference. The outermost steps are larger, and the inner ones are smaller to achieve synchronous steering... Finally, the entire queue is steered neatly at a faster speed at the same time.

In fact, on the battlefield, there is not only one line array at all, but often many line arrays, distributed in a fan shape or other shapes. In general, the flank of the army will also arrange a special line array to deal with it. Therefore, there is no need to face the enemy's line array steering at all, and it turns so coquettishly.

But Marin's original intention was not to fight, but to attract the attention of the boss. Therefore, he plays like this, more performance than practical. Who is in the mood to use this kind of show-turning in real war? Simple and practical is the truth.

In addition, Marin also made another more practical evolution - the hollow square...

This is assuming that the line formation on our side is surrounded - especially if it is surrounded by cavalry, continuing to maintain the line formation will definitely be courting death. Therefore, in such a situation, Marin will keep the 10 columns in the middle still, while the people on the side start, 5 columns on the left and right near the middle, and when the archer moves first, he will quickly run back and then run to the back. Make up the back-facing side. The 10 columns on each side move quickly to form the left and right columns of the square.

At this point, the spearmen were facing in all directions, the first row crouched down, and the second row of spears rested on the shoulders of the first row of spearmen. And the archers, in the middle of the hollow phalanx, shot through the gaps to those who surrounded the phalanx.

At this time, the hollow phalanx was like a hedgehog, protecting itself very well. If it is forced to rush, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Moreover, the archers in the middle of the hollow square can choose which side to attack the closer enemy according to the situation. As long as it is within 100 meters, it is within the strike range of the archer.

Speaking of which, these two evolutions are actually quite demanding. But the 100 mercenaries who were abused by Marin for more than a month were already a little numb at this time, and everyone became a little mechanical. Therefore, they actually completed two evolutions very well. Of course, it can only be completed when there is no external enemy interference. When encountering a real enemy, whether it can be completed depends on the will of God.

Of course, it is also because they are few. There are only 100 people in total, so the evolution is of course simple. If it is replaced by 1000 people, it will not be so easy. However, even with 1,000 people, as long as the training is home, it can be done. However, it takes a lot longer.

After solving the problem of name forgery and evolution, Marin began to think about the problem of dress again. The 100 mercenaries in front of him were dressed in a variety of styles. Although not as fancy as the real mercenaries, they have started to learn the fancy clothes of the real mercenaries.

To be honest, Marin really wanted to customize a beautiful military uniform for each of these second-hand goods. Because, well-dressed, can also make a deep impression. However, now the clothes are too expensive, and Marin himself is too poor. So, he had to give up the idea.

In the end, Marin thought about it, and came up with a very economical solution-getting a piece of white cloth for everyone, cut it in half, and sewed it into a white vest that saves more cloth. This kind of vest is relatively cheap because it uses less materials and is simple in workmanship, and only 8 pfennigs per piece. Then, Marin found ink and drew a black cross on the front of each white vest. Originally, Marin wanted to draw the iron cross used by the Second and Third Reich. But the iron cross is a bit troublesome to draw, and it is difficult to be the same. Later, in order to save trouble, Marin directly referred to the square red cross that was the easiest to draw in later generations' hospitals, and drew a square black cross...

Marin wanted to laugh when he saw the number 100 people lined up neatly, each wearing a white vest with a square black cross drawn on the chest. Because, he felt that the number 100 in front of him was very similar to the temporary medical workers in the hospital. However, this looks much neater than before. At least, it's like an army, not a mob...

After that, Marin began to think about other ways of flattering...

For the sake of prosperity and wealth, Marin didn't care about his face. Anyway, whatever the boss likes, he will do it. If left in Daming, he would definitely be scolded as a minister...

Through inquiries, Marin learned that Emperor Maximilian I was more vain. For example, in 1490, he made the first batch of imperial mercenaries collectively swear allegiance to him. In fact, most of the mercenaries are for money, so who is so serious about working for your poor emperor? Not much money. However, Maximilian I loved this kind of formalism, and no one could do anything about it. Moreover, in the Middle Ages, the oath of allegiance was indeed a little bit binding, for those who kept their word.

"Since you like this tune, then let's play with it!" Marin said to himself.

Then, he began to recall the oaths he had seen in his previous life, such as the oath of joining the group, the oath of joining the party, etc...

But after choosing and choosing, I finally found that the most irritating thing was an online version of the oath of allegiance to Hitler by the SS of the Third Reich...

The oath is as follows:

"I have lived my life as a brave and loyal SS soldier,

Every comrade-in-arms is my sibling, regardless of background or status,

Pledge allegiance to the head of state!

The will of the Führer is above all else!

command of the sovereign,

Above all truth and law!

Hi Hitler! "

This oath is said to have been made by Himmler, the super flatterer of the Third Reich. It is not only very flattering, but also very moving (mainly the first two sentences).

Marin thought about it and revised the oath to become:

"I honor my life as a brave and loyal soldier of the Holy Roman Empire,

Every comrade-in-arms is my sibling, regardless of background or status,

Swear allegiance to the emperor!

The will of the emperor is above all else!

The emperor's order, (this sentence was said by the officer, the original version was said by Himmler, here is naturally what Marin said)

Above all truth and law! (Soldiers collectively shout)

Hi Holy Rome! (keeps shouting)"

When Marin released such a big move, everyone in the room was excited. People with culture, including Schwartz, were deeply infected and cried out with everyone.

"Nima, the head of state's tricks are like Niubi, these grandsons are like chicken blood, no wonder the Germans dared to challenge the world in World War II, and their feelings are all bloody!" Marin thought silently. However, on the surface, he also shouted unforgettably with this group of soldiers. Acting, who doesn't? Anyway, Marin felt that he had to act like a super loyal minister, like an emperor's brainless fan... At that time, the emperor would just send himself a little golden figure, preferably 24K pure gold. Then, you can use it to sell the money...

To this end, Marin practiced facial expressions for a long time, trying to transfer all his loyalty and fanaticism to his face, so that people can see it at a glance. If people in later generations see Ma Lin's expression at this moment, they will definitely scolded - snake spirit disease, you think you are Liang Yifeng, your expression is so ecstatic...

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