The Rise of the European Emperor

Seeing that Prince Philip failed to act intimidating and changed to a warm route, Marin was also very speechless. However, the majestic crown prince of the Holy Roman Empire came to him to play tricks, which shows that the Habsburg family is also a little anxious.

Speaking of Switzerland, the recent war situation is indeed not good for the Habsburg family. When the French sent troops to Italy, they also sent back 10,000 Swiss mercenaries, with the leader of the Swiss mercenaries and Marin's old friend Zieg as the supreme commander.

After Chieg returned to Switzerland with 10,000 Swiss mercenaries, the French withdrew thousands of elite French troops who had disguised themselves as Swiss militiamen. But Chigurh brought back more people, and they were all former veterans. Therefore, instead of being weakened, the Swiss Resistance Army has grown to 27,000 people. Zieg also became the new leader of the 27,000 Swiss Resistance Army.

Facing the 35,000 army of the Habsburg family, Zieg's 27,000 people seem to be weaker. But this is actually not the case. What Chigurh brought back was a veteran Swiss mercenary, stronger than the original Swiss Resistance Army fighters.

The original more than 10,000 Swiss resistance troops were actually not mercenaries, but Swiss mountain people who were forced to take up arms to resist after the Habsburg family returned to Switzerland. Although it is a bit tougher than ordinary mountain people, it is also limited. Fortunately, the French sent thousands of elites, disguised as Swiss militiamen, to help fight, so they blocked the offensive of the Habsburg family. Otherwise, the western part of Switzerland would have been unified by the Habsburg family at this time.

But now, Chieg returns with 10,000 veterans, so that the strength of the Swiss Resistance Army has not been weakened, but has been strengthened.

Chigurh is different from the general Swiss mercenary leader, he is younger and more cunning. Back then, in the Battle of Long Street hired by Marin to destroy the Noble Republic of West Frisia, Chieg was inspired by Marin's command method and learned the tactics of ambushes and outflanking.

Later, relying on the ambush tactics and outflanking tactics of two knives, Zieg quickly emerged among the Swiss mercenary leaders. And in these years, those original Swiss mercenary bosses were killed and died of illness. Then, after Zieg, who was not ranked first, survived the concentration camp by relying on his youth, he suddenly discovered that he had become the leader of the Swiss mercenaries...

After taking over the Swiss Resistance Army, Zieg changed the rigid front-to-back combat plan formulated by the French noble officers before, and replaced it with a more flexible plan.

For example, in a battle to attack Lucerne, Zieg deliberately feigned defeat to lure the defenders of Lucerne to chase them out of the city. Then, he used the reserve team to ambush in the middle of the road and wiped out the pursuers in one fell swoop, causing the more than 10,000 defenders in Lucerne to lose nearly 4,000 troops. If it weren't for the defenders of Lucerne decisively blocking the narrow valley road with several carriages, the city of Lucerne might have changed hands by now.

After this battle, the Swiss Resistance Army began to take the initiative, changing from defense to offense, making moves and moves, which made the Habsburg family army very embarrassed.

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After suffering a loss, Emperor Maximilian I wrote to his son to complain, saying that the strength in his hands is insufficient now, and it would be great if he could persuade Marin to send troops to help...

Of course, the emperor just complained. Because, he was also very aware of Marin's situation, and he didn't really send someone to ask Marin to send troops to help. And Marin was able to lend him hundreds of thousands of gold coins before, which is already very righteous.

But Crown Prince Philip is different. Although he is aware of Marin's difficulties, he doesn't intend to let Marin go so easily. After all, in his view as the young master of the empire, shouldn't Marin, a young man raised by Maximilian I, contribute more to the Habsburg family's plan?

Therefore, he deliberately came to the door, put on an ugly face and a bad attitude, just wanting to beat Marin and ask him to help him a little bit. But how cunning is Marin? There were many reasons for this, which left Philip speechless. In desperation, Prince Philip changed to take the warm route...

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Although he despised Crown Prince Philip's crappy little fresh meat acting skills, Marin also knew that—since the young master had come to cheat, it proved that the life of the Habsburg family was indeed difficult. If you don't say anything, you will definitely be criticized. After all, in the eyes of the outside world, Marin did hold Maximilian I on his lap. At this time, he had just dispatched 10,000 troops to help Edward. If he didn't help Emperor Maximilian I at all, he would definitely be despised...

Of course, he would not actually send troops to help the emperor. After all, this matter is too sensitive.

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to use some special methods to help His Majesty the Emperor...

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First of all, Marin naturally provided a batch of weapons to His Majesty the Emperor. Providing weapons to friendly forces is a trick played by various countries in later generations, and it is also the safest. By providing weapons, you can make allies feel friendly. Moreover, there is no need to send someone to die on one's own side.

Marin may not have much else, but the number of weapons and gunpowder is still sufficient. Therefore, Marin directly prepared to support His Majesty the Emperor with 3,000 matchlock guns to strengthen the defensive strength of the Austrian army in Switzerland.

And because domestic matchlock guns have been discontinued, the original matchlock guns in stock were also given away to others (including to the Ming Dynasty). So, now the arquebus needs to be newly built.

However, currently there is only one military factory in Beihai that is producing matchlock guns, and the matchlock guns produced by that military factory are the imitation Lumi guns that Marin planned to sell to the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt...

Marin thought about it, it seems that the Ottoman Turkey and the Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty will take two years to break out in the battle of Dabik grassland in northern Syria...

Therefore, Marin decided to suspend the imitation of Lumi blunderbuss, and instead help His Majesty forge the arquebus for defending the city...

Right now, the Habsburg family's army is on the defensive, and if they defend the city, it would be best to use an arquebus.

As for the production of matchlock guns, Marin was also quite lazy-he directly asked people to reduce the length of the 2-meter-long Lumi gun to the normal 1.5 meters. Then, all the Arabic-style engravings on the gun body are also omitted...

The reason for such a magic change is that this change is more conducive to the defense of the Habsburg family. Moreover, it is not easy for the Turks to see the source of the musket...

The barrel is shortened, which greatly facilitates the musketeer's ammunition loading. After all, it is not easy to load a 2-meter Lumi gun...

When the front-loading gun is loaded, the gun body must stand up to facilitate the pouring of gunpowder. But the 2-meter-long Lumi gun is too exaggerated. If the gun body stands upright, there are not many people whose height exceeds 2 meters can load this gun. Unless, they can only use the tactic of using the Mushkot firearms like people used to - one person shoots, one person helps reload... Moreover, the body of the gun must be tilted and one person supports it, which is very inconvenient...

After Marin shortened the gun length from 2 meters to 1.5 meters, it was very convenient. When defending the city, people stood behind the battlements, and Lumi guns that were too tall and too long were not suitable. Because, filling such a long firecracker with ammunition is easy to be shot and killed by the enemy.

Therefore, the 1.5 meter long matchlock gun is more suitable for the Habsburg family army used to defend the city.

Therefore, Marin finally agreed to provide Prince Philip with 3,000 weakened versions of Lumi guns. At the same time, he is willing to provide a large amount of saltpeter at "cost price" for the emperor himself to prepare black powder...

Now Marin's subordinates have begun to steadily develop the saltpeter mines in the deserts of northern Chile. At this moment, he has no shortage of saltpeter. Of course, when handing it over to Prince Philip, Marin naturally cried out, describing the process of getting saltpeter in a hype, highlighting the difficulty of obtaining saltpeter...Of course, he can also express his sincerity...