The Rise of the European Emperor

The East Frisian capital of Aurich, Marin has been back for a few days. As soon as he came back, Marin asked Kohler to send a capable spy to Switzerland to inquire about the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries.

Marin always felt uneasy in his heart, and felt that something big was about to happen. You know, 20,000 elite Swiss mercenaries have no problem fighting a war of annihilation in Europe. Such a powerful army has actually disappeared, and anyone would be worried. Therefore, Marin not only asked Kohler to send spies, but also asked Cage, who was in charge of training special forces, to go south with the spies with a group of masters.

In this era, Marin had no conditions to train an all-around spy like "007" who was proficient in intelligence work. Moreover, Marin's spy school has only trained those trainee spies for a year, so it would be good to make them familiar with the inquiries. It is impossible to make them all strong in martial arts.

To this end, Marin asked Cage to accompany dozens of special forces. For things like inquiring about intelligence, it is naturally the spymen who go out in person. But sometimes, it is also necessary to grasp the "tongue" and torture the intelligence. In such a case, it was naturally Cage's special forces who came out.

Such personnel collocation, inadvertently, achieved the same effect as "007". You know, spies are generally smart and nimble people. And the special forces, not necessarily how smart their minds are, but they must be very strong. Moreover, Marin's special forces, carefully selected from the tens of thousands of troops, are all masters.

In practice, it is very rare to have a clever and agile mind and a particularly strong hand. Even if there are, it is a country that starts to cultivate from a young age, and after strict elimination, there are only a few people in the end. Such people are generally the ace spies of various countries and are very precious.

However, strictly speaking, not everything has to be done by one person. After all, the profession has specialties. Everyone has something they are good at. It is difficult for ordinary people to achieve all-round development. It is normal to be good at something.

Therefore, with the cooperation of special forces and spies, the intelligence and force of the spies have reached a very high level. In this way, you can achieve greater results than ordinary spies or ordinary special forces.

After watching the spies and special forces go south, Marin started his own work again...

On this return trip, Malin made a special diversion to Innsbruck in Tyrol, where he visited Emperor Maximilian I. Maximilian I expressed his dissatisfaction with Marin for avoiding himself, so he sprayed Marin.

This time the coalition forces besieged West Frisland, and Maximilian I suffered a lot. The 4,000 Flemish army, but the elite of the Netherlands, lost a lot on the battlefield, which made Maximilian I very unhappy.

However, a piece of information provided by Marin immediately diverted the attention of Maximilian I:

"What? You said that 20,000 mercenaries in Switzerland were hired by mysterious employers and their whereabouts are unknown?" Maximilian I was also surprised when he heard the news. As the boss of the Swabian League, Maximilian I knew the strength of the Swiss.

You must know that in the Swabian War, Zurich, one of the thirteen cantons of the Swiss Confederation, beat all the nobles of the Swabian Confederacy to shame and retreated steadily by relying on the strength of one state. It can be seen that the Swiss hired The strength of the soldiers. You know, there are only seven or eight thousand Swiss mercenaries in the canton of Zurich. Even in wartime, there are more than 10,000 mercenaries. Such power can bring the Swabian Alliance to shame. If 20,000 Swiss mercenaries go out, what a powerful fighting force...

Maximilian I immediately did not bother to reprimand Marin, and immediately called for the minister in charge of intelligence work, and asked him to send someone to Switzerland to find clues, so that he knew what he knew.

The reason why Marin chose to tell Maximilian I this information was not only to divert his attention, but also to find out the reason early with the resources of Maximilian I's intelligence system.

You must know that the intelligence system under Maximilian I, although traditionally backward, is also a very complete old-fashioned intelligence system. Its influence and sphere of influence are by no means comparable to the new intelligence system under Marin's command.

Moreover, Marin believes that when 20,000 Swiss mercenaries are hired away, they always have to pass through the territory of other countries and go to the employer's territory. There are no planes in this era, and after passing through the territory of other vassal states, there will definitely be clues. After all, that's 20,000 people, not 20. It's not too difficult to find some clues. The premise is that you have enough people to spread out to inquire about the news...

The intelligence agency under the name of Maximilian I may have average intelligence capabilities. However, one thing is certain - there must be a lot of them...

When there are more people, it is naturally much more convenient to inquire about information. Maximilian I had many allies and could carry out intelligence work in multiple regions.

There are as many as 20,000 people, even if they leave Switzerland in batches, they will still leave clues. This kind of information, handed over to the intelligence personnel under Maximilian I to inquire about it, it would be better. As long as we can find out the whereabouts of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, everything will be fine.

Although the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries are very powerful, Marin's German mercenaries are not easy to mess with. As long as they know where those people are, even if they meet them, as long as they are fully prepared, Marin's army is not afraid.

When he left Innsbruck, Marin made an agreement with Emperor Maximilian I - intelligence sharing. Once the first party discovered the traces of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, it would share intelligence with the other party.

This time, Marin sent spies to the south of Switzerland. In addition to sending special forces to inquire about news and to catch the "tongue", he also specially arranged for people to get in touch with people under Maximilian I and get the latest news from the Austrians at any time. At the same time, you can also share your own intelligence with the Austrian side.

As long as he finds out the whereabouts of the 20,000 Swiss, Marin can breathe a sigh of relief...

...

Marin was processing the copybooks he had piled up during his trip to Italy, when he heard the news that George, Duke of Saxony was visiting...

After the defeat of West Frisian, George did not return to China, but took the remaining more than 2,000 regular soldiers and more than 10,000 Saxon strongmen, and all the wealth and food of Groningen, fled to East Frisian territory, And crossed the Ems River, and set up a camp in the area on the east bank of the Ames. And George, Duke of Saxony, was also stationed in the camp on the east bank of the Ames.

Obviously, George is not reconciled to failure, and still wants to make a comeback. However, Geddes has already sent a ransom demand - as expected, as George thought, it needs more than one million gold coins...

Now George, who is almost bankrupt, can afford to pay more than one million gold coins? As for borrowing money? George had borrowed too much before, and he still hasn't paid off the arrears. How can he borrow more money again?

It's just that George is still lucky, hoping to find a good opportunity to come back.

Sure enough, during the meeting with Marin, George proposed that he wanted to borrow troops from Marin's East Friesland and attack West Friesland again in order to regain everything. At the same time, the ransom of millions of gold coins was avoided. After all, as long as you win, nothing will be a problem.

But how could Marin be willing to lend his soldiers to George? Not to mention the antagonistic relationship with the Duchy of Saxony before, even if he had a good relationship with Saxony, Marin would not lend his troops to George. Because the army of the Principality of Gedes is mainly Swiss, and it is not easy to mess with.

During the meal, Marin, who was hosting a banquet for George, Duke of Saxony, suddenly said:

"Duke George, can you sell West Frisian? Or, sell West Frisian to me..."