The Rise of the European Emperor

While Marin was preparing, Lübeck and Hamburg were not idle. Marin's 10,000-strong Teutonic army had transported 9,000 people to the manor outside Lübeck and hid. As for the 1,000 Lancers, they have not been shipped for the time being, but will be shipped in the last few days.

Because the Lancers have many horses. Infantry soldiers can disguise themselves as migrant workers as long as they hide their weapons. The cavalry is difficult to disguise, just because their horses are too tall and steed.

Therefore, the 1,000 Lancers had to wait for the last batch to arrive, so as not to attract the attention of the Danes prematurely. After all, both Lübeck and Hamburg are on the edge of the Principality of Holstein, and they used to belong to the Principality of Holstein.

In particular, Hamburg is actually closer to Glückstadt, the capital of the Duchy of Holstein. Glückstadt is also at the mouth of the Elbe, closer to the sea than Hamburg. However, Marin's army could not be deployed in Hamburg. Just because there are many people here and it is too close to Glückstadt. Not to mention other things, but to transport the army to Hamburg, it is necessary to take the Elbe route, passing through Glückstadt, and it is easy to attract the attention of the other party. Therefore, it is better to stay in the territory of Lübeck.

Because, to transport the army from the Teutonic state to Lübeck, it only needs to go through the Baltic Sea, it does not need to go through the Oresund controlled by the Danes, and it does not need to go through the Elbe River Glückstadt.

As for the 60-kilometer distance between Hamburg and Lübeck, we can only rely on the army to make long-distance raids, and there is no shortcut. Fortunately, Lübeck promised to rent 4,000 draught horses from the neighboring area, which would allow the most elite 4,000 people of the East Army to quickly reach Glückstadt and capture it before the local army of the Principality of Holstein reacted. this city.

In addition, the city of Hamburg secretly recruited 5,000 mercenaries. However, in order to prevent the Principality of Holstein from being noticed, 3,000 mercenaries were specially sent to East Frisian, and Marin brought them with him. The remaining 2,000 mercenaries were arranged in the country manor outside the city of Hamburg to practice secretly.

When Marin learned that Hamburg was going to send 3,000 mercenaries to East Friesland, his head was full of black lines - what, he lost a hot potato to me...

The mercenaries hired by Hamburg are not newbies, but veterans. Although it is said that these veteran mercenaries have certain combat effectiveness. However, these veteran mercenaries also have a common problem - they are easy to harm the people...

It can be said that many ordinary mercenaries in this era are villains. Burning, killing and looting is just their habit...

In order to prevent these 3,000 mercenaries from causing trouble, Marin sent 2,000 veterans, and they followed them all the way from the moment they entered the country, closely monitoring...

Sure enough, after these guys entered the wealthy East Frisian, they began to be dishonest. Seeing that the people on the farm were eating darker bread that was softer and better than the black baguette they used to eat, these bastards wanted to grab it. This is a trivial matter. The key is that some mercenaries want to bully the big girl and the little daughter-in-law in the manor...

Now the East Frisian veterans who watch over them are not happy - in East Frisland, molesting women is a serious offense. Seeing that a mercenary actually wanted to drag the eldest girl into the woods, the soldiers rushed up and beat the violent guy into a pig's head. If it wasn't for the concern that they were allies, it would be normal to kill them.

This time, the hornet's nest was stabbed, so a huge group fight broke out...

Perhaps knowing that the other party was an allied army, everyone threw away their two-handed swords and spears, rolled up their sleeves and started a bare-handed fight...

At the beginning of the contact, when the young East Frisian veterans rushed in the front, and the few experienced veteran oil mercenaries on the opposite side, they suffered a loss. After all, those veterans can live to this day, and their personal martial arts are very good.

But as they fought, these Hamburg mercenaries were unknowingly surrounded by East Frisian veterans...

At the commander's direction,

The East Frisian veterans worked in groups of three, in groups of 10, interspersed from the side, dividing the Hamburg mercenaries into several small pieces, each of which was surrounded by the East Frisian veterans...

As a result, 3,000 Hamburg mercenaries were divided and surrounded by 2,000 East Frisian veterans...

As they beat, more and more Hamburg mercenaries became bruised. When these incompetent veterans were let go, they were horrified to find that they were actually surrounded... It's just that the Hamburg mercenaries who hadn't been knocked down didn't realize it yet.

Weizmann, the officer sent by Hamburg to lead the group of mercenaries, was still watching the fun, but when he saw that 3,000 Hamburg mercenaries were beaten by 2,000 people in East Frisian, he finally couldn't sit still. So he quickly found the East Frisian commander Gratsk Knight, who was also watching the fun, and asked to stop.

So Gratsk blew the assembled birch whistle, and the East Frisian veterans quickly withdrew from the fray, forming a neat line, leaving behind the bruised Hamburg mercenaries. Although there are many hapless East Frisian veterans with blue noses and bruised faces, most of them are still relatively intact.

"Even fighting is so professional, it really is a strong army!" Hamburg officer Weizmann said with emotion.

As for the mercenaries hired by the Hamburgers, after being severely beaten, they were honest and did not dare to do anything wrong. Of course, Marin didn't treat them badly, and the dirt-free "Koehler bread" (soft brown bread mixed with grass chaff and wild vegetables) was enough, but it made these guys happy.

Marin isn't going to teach these guys anything new, just let them train in the same way they used to. Malin took a special look and found that these guys had planted a lot of stakes and straw men in the barracks. Then, holding spears and two-handed swords one by one, they held their momentum against the stakes and the straw man. After holding back to a certain extent, he shouted loudly, stabbed the spear at the grass man, or chopped the two-handed sword at the stake...

All in all, these guys are constantly honing their fighting skills. However, the queue is not trained. For their commanders, as long as they maintain a loose formation and don't run away, they are qualified... As for the rest, it depends on their personal martial arts...

Marin watched their practice and shook his head. However, he is not interested in pointing these guys. Because, he knew, these people were just a bunch of thugs who saw money. It doesn't do you any good to teach them. Maybe one day, these guys will be hired by Marin's nemesis. If they use what they have learned from themselves to deal with themselves, it will be a big loss...

The mercenaries under Marin's command are different from them. When Marin recruited mercenaries, he never wanted those old mercenaries, but only those ordinary rural youths. The general requirements are simple and honest character, strong, courageous and unyielding. The most important thing is to listen. As for those old soldiers, as well as the little gangsters in the city, Marin had strictly forbidden to recruit them. Even if he recruited those wandering knights, Marin only selected young wandering knights who had left home not long ago. Those middle-aged wandering knights with old fritters, Marin is also grateful and insensitive.

In addition to Marin's strict military discipline and long-term education, and the professional brainwashing disciples who had been taught by Assistant Bishop Taylor for more than a year, they preached and brainwashed them every day. As a result, Marin's veterans not only worshiped Marin more, but also had better discipline. , the quality is also high.

Moreover, Marin promised that after they served for 10 years, they would get their own land in East Frisland, settle down here, obtain local household registration, and become self-cultivators with land property rights.

Of course, if these people ran away with others and were hired by others, they would not have this qualification...

But in general, Marin's veterans, under the brainwashing education of Taylor's disciples, and the strict discipline they abide by for a long time, have become accustomed to the life of soldiers under Marin's command. Also, Marlin was nice to them, never starving them, never owed their wages, and offered them softer "Khloe bread" to eat. On holidays, there are snacks. Such as salted fish, pork or something. Therefore, there are basically no people who want to leave here.

Two different armies are stationed in Lyle County. The camps of the two sides are almost close to each other. When the mercenaries on the Hamburg side woke up in the morning and shouted at the grass and stakes, the veterans of East Frisian had already finished their daily routine of 5 kilometers with backpacks on their backs.

In the East Frisian Army, apart from rain and snow, soldiers run 5 kilometers every morning and evening to exercise their physical fitness. So, now East Frisian veterans, marching 40 kilometers a day, that's light. If you march quickly, you can reach 60 kilometers per day. Of course, after the rapid march, the whole army must eat braised pork to make up for it, otherwise it will be too much for the next day.

Of course, this is a veteran. As for the 5,000 recruits, Marin didn't expect much from them. They are not used to physical exercise of 5 kilometers each morning and evening. It hasn't been a year and a half, and I can't run that far in a day. So, after the war started, Marin planned to let the 5,000 recruits march with the 3,000 mercenaries that Hamburg had placed in East Friesland. On the one hand, it is because of their lack of physical fitness. On the other hand, they also monitor the 3,000 veterans in Hamburg, lest they have any moths on the road...