The Rise of the European Emperor

It turned out that Earl Charlie was talking about the 70,000 captured Swiss mercenaries who were sold to the Habsburg family by Marin.

A few years ago, after defeating the 50,000-strong army of the Bossa Allied Forces, Marin captured about 80,000 Swiss mercenaries with strong combat effectiveness. Then, the 80,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war were captured by Marin as coolies digging the canal. After the Munster Canal was dug, Marin "as promised" released the 80,000 prisoners of war. However, in secret, Marin quietly notified Emperor Maximilian I and asked him to send cavalry to intercept the 80,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war who were going home but were unarmed. After some conflicts, there were only 70,000 people left, who were locked up in the Parsen concentration camp in the Principality of Brabant.

Later, Charlie, who was still the Duke of Geddes at the time, dispatched a large army to attack the Parsen concentration camp, trying to rescue the 70,000 powerful Swiss mercenary prisoners of war for his own use.

But what I didn't expect was that this was clearly a trap set by Marin for the Principality of Gerdes. The real Swiss mercenary prisoners of war have been transferred long ago, and only traps are left...

Then, the Principality of Geddes, which was once extremely powerful and defeated the powerful Principality of Saxony, was cut off from the fertile Lower Geddes area because of its defeat...

This matter has always been a thorn in Earl Charlie's heart, and it is difficult to let go. However, he was later demoted to Earl Gelden, and his strength became much weaker, and he was no longer able to rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war.

But this time when he escaped from the Rhine to sea by boat, Earl Charlie suddenly heard that the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war were currently dispatched by the Habsburg family to the vicinity of Murdeck at the mouth of the Rhine, where they dug drainage ditch. Because there is a large swamp along the Rhine near Murdec. The handsome king Philip, the son of Maximilian I, planned to let the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war dig several drainage ditches, pump the accumulated water in the swamp into the drainage ditches with Dutch windmills, and drain them to the Rhine... Then, This swamp can be transformed into fertile fields...

This trick was learned by Prince Philip and Marin. At the beginning, Marin used tens of thousands of people to dig a lot of drainage ditches in the East Frisian area, and imported a large number of Dutch windmills from the Netherlands for pumping and drainage. Then, East Frisia, which was originally swampy, had tens of thousands more Ugrams of arable land. And Marin, relying on these extra cultivated land, can produce a large amount of grain every year, and is very rich...

Prince Philip is naturally unwilling to lag behind. It just so happens that he has these 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war who do not need to pay wages in his hands in the past few years. As a result, Prince Philip sent people to escort the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war to reclaim wasteland everywhere in the Netherlands, adding almost 100,000 acres of arable land to the Habsburg family. If the swamp near Murdeck on the south bank of the Rhine Estuary is remodeled, the Habsburg family can add another 20,000 acres of arable land...

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However, this matter was inquired by Earl Charles who happened to escape by.

Things changed...

As far as Earl Charles knew, because of the tight war in Switzerland, Maximilian I dispatched troops from Austria and the Netherlands to reinforce Switzerland.

Today, in the entire Netherlands, the Habsburg family only has 8,000 soldiers left. Among them, 5,000 people stayed in the capital Ghent to protect Prince Philip and Princess Juana (crazy Juana), as well as Prince Charles (the future Charles V).

In addition, 1,000 troops were stationed at the border between the southern Netherlands and France to monitor French movements. The remaining 2,000 soldiers were in Murdek, supervising the work of the fettered Swiss mercenary prisoners of war...

Earl Charlie believes that this opportunity is rare. Taking advantage of the current emptiness of the Habsburg family's troops in the Netherlands, France can send cavalry to quickly raid Murdek and rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war...

Those Swiss mercenary prisoners of war are not ordinary people. Most of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield. They were also employed by France and participated in the Italian War.

If France can send troops to rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenaries at this time, and return them to Switzerland. Then, these veterans with rich combat experience can immediately become the main force against the Habsburg family's army in Switzerland.

Moreover, based on how the Habsburg family has tortured these Swiss mercenary prisoners of war in recent years, they must hate the Habsburg family to the bone. At that time, when they confront the Swiss Front Army of the Habsburg family under Frundsberg, they will definitely spare no effort.

In addition, these people went against the Habsburg family, and France did not need to pay them salaries. Because, participating in the Swiss Resistance Army against the Habsburgs is not for France, but for the Swiss themselves. Therefore, France does not have to pay them any commission at all, as long as they subsidize some food. It saves money and is fierce in combat effectiveness. In addition to these people's hatred for the Habsburg family, when the time comes to fight, it will not explode...

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"What a wonderful idea!" Louis XII patted the table in surprise and stood up.

"That's right, most of these 17,000 people are the most elite veterans! I almost forgot the existence of these warriors! If they join, the Swiss Resistance Army can't lose!" Louis XII said happily.

Earl Duert also echoed:

"That's right, we don't need to pay commission!"

The commission of Swiss mercenaries is no joke. Their commission for fighting for France was three times that of ordinary mercenaries, which is 9 Finneys per day. 70,000 people, the daily commission will exceed 2,500 gold coins.

However, they joined the Swiss Resistance Army after returning home, because they were fighting for themselves, and the French did not need to pay commission this time, which was very cost-effective.

And after these veteran Swiss mercenaries returned to the country to join the war, the French did not have to worry about the corruption of the Swiss situation. Even if the invading army of the Habsburg family cannot be defeated, at least it will not be defeated again.

Even, with these 70,000 people returning to the country to join the war, France does not need to keep the tens of thousands of elite French troops in the "Swiss Resistance Army". These people are the elite of the French army. In order to prevent the Habsburg family from annexing Switzerland, they were specially sent by Louis XII to pretend to be Swiss against the Habsburg family.

If the 70,000 veteran Swiss mercenaries go back, Louis XII can take back the tens of thousands of elite French veterans. Then, take it to Italy to fight for those volcanoes on the Italian peninsula...

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But Louis XII obviously had other ideas——

"After I rescue those Swiss mercenaries, I will draw 7,000 of the most elite veterans to follow my army to Italy and fight the Spanish. The Spanish army is powerful, while France has strong cavalry, but lacks elite infantry. And the Swiss The mercenary is one of the best mercenaries in Europe..." Louis XII didn't want to add "one", but he had no choice but to add one because of the combat effectiveness of the North Sea infantry.

"If we have 7,000 of the most elite mercenaries in Switzerland, combined with French cavalry, we will not be able to defeat the Spanish army in Italy!"

Earl Charles obviously also knew the reason why Louis XII conquered Italy, because volcanic ash is the secret of fertilizer, and the eight princes knew it. After thinking about it, he also supported Louis XII's decision to focus on Italy first...

"Your Majesty is wise, but first, we have to rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenary warriors who have been tortured by the Habsburg family for several years!"

"Okay, I'll mobilize tens of thousands of elite cavalry to set off and go straight to Murdek to ensure that the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war can be rescued!"

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