The Rise of the European Emperor

Charles II chose 4,000 elite Swiss mercenaries, all elite veterans, and there was no problem with dealing with the 2,000 Saxon defenders. Even if the number of people is small, it can be easily done. What's more, it's double the number of people.

However, when selecting troops and horses, Captain Ziger, who has always performed well, refused the appointment to lead troops to East Frisian and gave the opportunity to other Swiss mercenaries.

In the heart of the head of the Sieg mercenary regiment, he was very afraid of Marin. You know, with some of the tricks he learned from Marin, he has now become a star leader among the Swiss mercenaries. Then, as a teacher, Marin's ability is even stronger. In other words, Captain Zig's ability is only a part of Marin. Marin with full firepower is the real big devil!

Asking Ziger to go to Malin's lair to make trouble, Ziger always feels guilty. Therefore, he gave this opportunity to another Swiss mercenary group.

It's just that Zig didn't know that something happened when he let it go...

What's going on? Out of the bad habits of those Swiss mercenaries...

Although Swiss mercenaries are brave and good at fighting, they also have many bad habits. For example, the habit of not keeping prisoners (mainly not keeping levies prisoners, because that kind of soldiers cannot be exchanged for ransom). And, like the habit of robbery.

The Swiss like to leave a lot of cuts on their clothes, but it's not for fashion and trend, but to open up a few more pockets on the body to accommodate looted belongings.

In short, Swiss mercenaries are not good people except for their strong fighting power. Only Zig's mercenary group, after stealing Marin's division, emphasized discipline and seldom rioted.

The Roman mercenary group that went out to replace Zig was the traditional Swiss mercenary group - powerful in combat, but also very greedy and cruel...

When they first entered East Frisian, the Roman mercenary group did not mess around. After all, as a leader in the mercenary world, the Swiss military literacy is still very good. At least, they know—before the sneak attack succeeds, don't do anything.

After arriving on the west bank of the Ems, they waited for the ferry that Groningen had secretly sent. Then, four thousand Swiss mercenaries were sent to the other side by ferry.

At this time, it was still early morning. Because, the Swiss mercenaries set out at night. Seeing that the Saxony barracks was right in front of you, the other party probably hadn't woken up yet, so the Swiss mercenaries launched an attack...

The Saxons never thought that the other party would dare to send troops across the border to attack, so they were caught off guard. In a panic, hundreds of elite Saxon knights, with Baron Ztter of Leeuwarden, rushed out of the barracks on horseback.

The Swiss immediately split up their troops to pursue them, and they instinctively felt that Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden was among the cavalry that rushed out.

Although the hundreds of people who rushed out were all on horseback, the chasers sent by the Swiss were also all on horseback. Because, the Swiss occupied the stables of the Saxony barracks.

Soon, hundreds of Swiss mercenaries chased after them on horseback, and surrounded an ordinary manor in East Friesland with Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden and hundreds of Saxon elite knights.

After that, more than 800 of the most elite mercenaries launched a strong attack on the Saxons who fled into the manor...

After half a day of fighting, half of the hundreds of Saxon heavy cavalry were killed, and the rest were either wounded or captured. As for Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden, it naturally fell into the hands of the Swiss.

Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden knew that he was over, and he would definitely die. However, he was not willing to die in vain. then,

He rolled his eyes, and decided to take the troop in front of him...

How to pit it? It is to encourage these people in front of them to rob East Frisian...

As Marin's old rival and old friend, Baron Zitter of Leeuwarden knew Marin's strength and also knew Marin's character of vengeance. Therefore, he knew that if the army in front of him sacked East Frisland, it would definitely not escape revenge. In this way, it can be regarded as revenge for himself.

So, he chatted with the Swiss officer intentionally or unintentionally, and told the Swiss—in the manor, he found a lot of grain and various properties...

The Swiss really took the bait...

After a search, the Swiss indeed found a mountain of grain in the manor, as well as many kinds of property-such as various coins, silverware and copperware and other daily necessities. In addition, there is a large amount of high-value daily necessities such as salt, oil, and cloth.

Because of the high grain output and the huge profits, Marin was naturally not stingy towards the manor managers and serfs under his command. Therefore, every manor under Marin's command is very rich in materials.

This time the Swiss were immediately jealous, and in the face of wealth, they forgot the request of Charles II not to cause trouble, threw away the spear, and put all the coins, gold, silver and bronze on their bodies. As for the cloth, it was wrapped directly around the body.

When the valuables were loaded, they began to loot high-value items such as salt, oil, and grain. However, in one manor alone, there were more than a thousand bags of rye grain in storage. They had to force the serfs in the manor to transport the grain to the Ames River, and then find a boat to transport it back to the west bank... They didn't know Yes, these more than 1,000 bags of rye are only for the daily food needs of the manor, and they are all old grains from the previous year. If they went to see the official warehouse in Aurich and Lyle County, they would be scared to death...

After this team reunited with the main force, they reported the proceeds to the regiment leader Roman. Roman was also a greedy person, and when he heard about a small manor, there was such a big gain. So, after the entire army crossed the Ems River, he ordered that looting be carried out on the ground of East Frisian, which covers an area of ​​several hundred square kilometers on the west bank of the Ems River...

Then, more than a dozen estates on the west bank of East Frisian were all slaughtered. A total of 10,000 bags of rye, coins worth 1,000 gold coins, 2,000 pounds of salt, as well as various silver and copper utensils, as well as high-value materials such as cloth and cooking oil, were all snatched away by the Swiss mercenaries.

In addition, they took 50 horses, 100 cattle and 500 sheep...

This is not to mention, some young people in the manor were also killed when they resisted, and the total death toll reached as many as 96 people...

Of course, Roman was also afraid of being accused by the Gedes. Therefore, he sent people to kill all the cattle and sheep that were robbed and make them into jerky. The food was also hidden in the temporarily abandoned fortress in Marin in the border area. Moreover, Roman also sent someone to contact the grain merchant and came to deliver the grain. As long as this batch of food is released,

Afterwards, the hapless Baron of Leeuwarden, Zitter, was also silenced by Roman. Therefore, what he brought back was not a "preferably a living person" as requested by Charles II, but a corpse...

Before his death, Baron Zettel of Leeuwarden told Roman with certainty--"I will wait for you below, I believe you are not far from death!"

Roman doesn't believe Zettel's words, because he has killed so many people, and no one has come to take him to hell...

However, what he didn't know was that Kohler's spy on the west bank of the Ames recorded all this, and inquired about the origin of the Roman mercenary group...

The Roman mercenary group is in trouble, and it is a big deal. It's just that Roman didn't know it. Moreover, he did not speak to Charles II, Duke of Geddes. For this reason, Charles II was also kept in the dark...