King of German Mercenaries

After becoming the acting phalanx leader, Marin was very excited. A phalanx has more than 1,000 people, and it is equivalent to a regiment if it is left later. In other words, Marin became the equivalent of a mid-level officer of the regiment commander. Before that, Marin was just a poor ghost wandering knight with no ancestry to inherit.

You must know that according to the ranking algorithm of later generations of Huaxia, the head of the regiment is on the same level as the county magistrate. This made Marin, who had never been a high school monitor in his previous life, excited.

But he soon learned that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Soon, His Majesty the Emperor and the Count of Hohenzollern came to his phalanx mixed with sand...

Marin's phalanx consisted of 4 companies, each with 250 to 300 men. And company captain, not civilians can be. And under Marin, there are no knights who are suitable for this level of duties. Therefore, the emperor sent two knights from Austria, who were directly under the Habsburg family, very "kindly", indicating that they would serve as company captains. At the same time, Frederick II, Earl of Hohenzollern, also sent a knight from his earldom to be the captain of the company...

That is to say, the company captains of the 4 companies, the emperor and the earl are going to leave 3, leaving only one for Marin himself. In fact, doing so has already been regarded as giving Malin face. If you don't give face, none of the four company captains will be left to Marin. And the emperor, in a show of support, allowed Marin to use the penalty if the company captain did not obey orders. Of course, the removal or execution would have to be discussed with the Habsburgs.

In fact, the emperor and the count did not intend to control this small phalanx. Instead, the two bosses were very interested in how Marin trained a group of pariahs in a decent manner in just over a month. They sent people, in fact, to "steal teachers".

You know, in the empire, there are as many untouchables as the hair of a cow. If there is Marin's training method, once the war needs it, tens of thousands of people will be immediately pulled out and trained to be like the 100th man under Marin, who can compete with the empire?

Marin thought about it all night, and seemed to have figured out the reason. So, he decided to keep it for the time being. The Spanish phalanx, since it has been taken out, there is no need to hide it. As for discipline training, it's up to you. Anyway, people of this era are not so strict in their requirements for discipline. They are more concerned with personal martial arts, similar to ancient China. After all, the benefits of strict discipline can only be seen on the battlefield. And the bravery of the individual can be seen in the competition.

As for the position of a company captain left by the emperor to Marin himself, Marin thought about it and decided to hand it over to Schwartz. Schwartz is a descendant of a noble with a surname. Although he is no longer a noble, he can be considered a Junker with a surname. Unlike serfs, only first names and no last names.

Moreover, Schwartz himself is good at martial arts, and under his own training, he also learned riding and horse fighting. Now, Schwartz's horse fighting ability is no longer under Marin. Said he is a knight, basically no one doubts. Because the knights didn't blow it up by themselves. A knight must first have good martial arts skills. If a commoner wants to pretend to be a knight, he will be exposed in a competition.

Also, and most crucially, Schwartz is a man of culture. As a descendant of knights, although Schwartz has no horses and no horse fighting foundation, he also received the cultural education of his family since he was a child. Even received some basic theoretical education on simple military command. And this is something Marin's other subordinates do not have.

To this end, Marin claimed that Schwartz was a knight apprentice he recruited and belonged to a trainee knight. Then, Marin paid for it himself and bought a set of half-worn plate armor to equip Schwartz. As for the horses, Schwartz still rode a draught horse. Anyway, Marin made him the captain of the infantry company, not the cavalry. The issue of war horses would not be noticed.

Marin secretly and Schwartz rescinded the squire agreement and changed it to the apprentice agreement. At the same time, Schwartz swore allegiance to Marin and signed the instrument (Marin, as a modern person, does not believe in empty vows, but more in contracts and deeds).

After setting up Schwartz's identity, Marin announced that the company captain of his first company of the Phalanx was Schwartz Lange. Then, Marin successively appointed Bowen Gardner, Haight Basque, sent by the Emperor, and Jason Cheles, sent by the Earl, as company captains of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th companies.

As for the team leaders below (25 people per team, and all phalanxes consist of more than 40 teams), Marin was also cronyism, and selected 25 outstanding guys from the previous 100 men. All but 10 squad leaders belonged to Schwartz's 1st Company. The remaining 15 people were mixed into other companies. Basically, the other 3 company captains can only appoint half of the squad captains.

This method can not only ensure that the other three companies are not out of their control, but also allow these experienced "old people" to help the newly formed company complete the training. After all, these 25 people are already very familiar with the "Ma's training method".

In addition, with a phalanx, a flag bearer must be selected. The flag-bearer is very important on the battlefield, otherwise, there would not have been a saying of "kill the general and capture the flag" in ancient times.

Marin originally planned to let Kahn, this idiot, be the standard bearer, but Kahn himself was not happy. He said that it was the mace that made it easy. With a flag that can't be beaten, his hands will itch and feel uncomfortable.

In desperation, Marin had no choice but to choose the honest and robust attendant Garland as the standard bearer of the phalanx. Marin's servants, Schwartz became the company captain, Sauer became the scout, Tara became the squad leader of the cooking squad, and the two Kahns had to fight, so Garland had nothing to do. Moreover, although Garland is not excellent in all conditions, he is honest and reliable. Also, this guy is brave enough. Moreover, during the previous training, Garland has been the standard bearer many times. So, let him be the flag-bearer, it's just right. As for the second-hand Kahn, Marin thought about it and decided to stay by his side as a bodyguard. This guy has a strong ability to fight on foot, and Schwartz can't take it with his mace. If someone comes to besiege him, this guy will just stand in front of him. Specifically, he can be defined as something like Dian Wei who is next to Cao Cao...

As for the quartermaster of the phalanx, it was naturally Comrade Kohler. For someone else, mathematics is not enough. On the other hand, I have reached a very high level in mathematics, but I have to settle the accounts myself, which is a bit of a loss...

After completing the personnel arrangement, Marin went to the recruiting site and selected the soldiers himself. Of course, as a junior, those veteran imperial officers would definitely choose warriors before him.

In desperation, Marin had to follow the previous method to select those brave young people who were "prosperous even though they were defeated", who were not afraid of injury and did not easily admit defeat.

Marin picked 800 people first, and then he planned to pick all the archers. But what made him depressed was that after many archers came back happy and disappointed last time, not many hunters came to apply this time. Even if he is a phalanx commander and an official official, he still only recruited 80 archers in total. Count the original 20 people. In other words, Marin has only 100 archers in his hands...

He was also helpless, even if he went to the Earl of Hohenzollern, it was useless. Because there are not many archers in Germany. And the hunter with excellent archery skills can fully support his family, so he doesn't need to be a soldier. And young people with average archery skills, not many applicants. After all, they were disappointed the last time, and they won't come again this time. And the emperor, it is impossible for the phalanx leader of Marin to issue an edict again because the mere phalanx leader wants an archer. Therefore, Marin can only make do with these 100 archers.

Then, Marin went to the competition field again, selected more than 200 people, and supplemented the number of phalanxes to 1,100.

After the number was replenished, Marin summoned four company captains to divide the soldiers together. Starting with Schwartz's first company, several company captains went to pick soldiers one by one. Of course, because Schwartz was the first to pick, he naturally took advantage of the good pick. The other three, although unhappy, are nominally subordinates, and it is hard to say anything.

As for the 100 archers, a separate bow and arrow brigade was established, with the best hunter named Kovac as the brigade captain, also known as the Master Chief. The reason for this arrangement is that there are very few nobles who are trained in archery. Only those hunters are proficient in this way.

After the team was built, Marin applied for a batch of white cloth from the emperor's quartermaster, all of which were made into vests and painted with square black crosses. In this way, the black cross white vest has become the biggest feature of the Marin phalanx. The Marin's phalanx was later known as the "Black Cross Square".

After all the second batch of mercenaries were recruited, all the phalanxes lined up and held a grand oath of allegiance ceremony on the South Gate Square in Vienna. Everyone used the oath that Marin made by flattering the emperor before, and completed the oath of allegiance in front of the emperor.

After the ceremony, according to the arrangement, Marin came to the mountain area south of Vienna to station and conduct training. Only after the emperor has negotiated with other countries, they will all march into Italy...

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