King of Mercenaries Chapter 103

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:27:37 AM

Chapter 103: Go to Switzerland
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Marlin's troubles did not last long, the troublemaker Simon helped him solve the problem ...

"Brother Marin, what are you thinking? Frowning ..."

"I'm thinking of soldiers and horses ..." Marin casually said.

"Aren't you the mercenary boss? Hire more people to help you fight!" Simon said naively. In Simon's eyes, as long as money is spent, someone will come to help fight. But he tried the feeling of the tyrant who was holding gold coins, holding the gold coins in his hands, and the merchants in the town immediately nodded at him.

"Hire someone ... Yeah, I almost forgot that I am also a mercenary general. There are no soldiers, I hire myself ... But where can I hire them?" Marin was distressed again.

It is not difficult to hire soldiers. The economy in Germany is generally not good. Some are poor ghosts who want to be soldiers. However, soldiers with rich combat experience will find it difficult to hire ...

Simon heard Marin's whisper and interjected inadvertently:

听说 "I heard that Swiss mercenaries are invincible. Why don't you hire some Swiss mercenaries to fight for you, brother Marin?"

"Hire a Swiss?" Marin froze ...

马 In Marin's subconscious, Swiss mercenaries have always been regarded as enemies. The reason why Marin was engaged in the Spanish side was to fight against the Swiss mercenaries who were in the midst of the sun and gain great achievements.

However, Marin seems to have forgotten that, so far, Marin's troops have not collided directly with the Swiss mercenaries, nor have they killed a Swiss mercenary ...

In other words, the relationship between Marin and the Swiss is completely a passerby ...

As for the hatred between Marin and King Charles VIII of France, and the Swiss? Anyway, the Marin pit is an authentic French knight, not a Swiss.

Also, the Swiss are not French, and they don't feel ashamed of the king. Speaking of it, because the last time Charles VIII left the Swiss mercenaries and fled without permission, the Swiss were very angry. Regarding Marin's scheme to Charles VIII, many Swiss mercenaries were even a little secret.

Uh ...

Marin suddenly realized, dared to realize-Lao Tzu has not revenge with the Swiss, and even automatically marked the Swiss as a hostile relationship, it is too 2 ...

In fact, the Swiss are not completely unhappy with Marin. For example, the Swiss and the Habsburg family have a deadly relationship.

At the time, the Luxembourg Dynasty ruled the Shinra period, desperately suppressing the throne rival Habsburgs. In order to suppress the throne rival Habsburgs, the last emperor of the Luxembourg family, "Old Hooligan" Sigismund, generously generously put the Habsburgs in Switzerland's "ancestor"-Aargau As well as other Swiss fiefdoms that originally belonged to the Habsburgs, they were all sold to local Swiss lords and parliaments with money.

Since then, the "old hooligan" Sigismund has repeatedly deliberately provoked the contradictions between the Swiss and the Habsburg family, making the Habsburg family and the Swiss an enemy.

As a famous young thug of Her Majesty Maximilian I, Marin naturally upsets the Swiss ...

Sure enough, when Marin brought 70 men with 10,000 gold coins borrowed from the Huffman Manor and hurriedly arrived in Switzerland, he was treated coldly.

Alas, the Swiss are mercenaries who fight for money after all. Because King Charles VIII suffered a huge debt and the vitality caused by the defeat, he could not continue to pay commissions for the war in the short term. Therefore, the Swiss will remain unemployed for a long time.

Although Marin was the minion of the Habsburgs, the Swiss finally decided to accept Marin's employment. However, given the unfriendly identities of the two sides and Marin's eagerness to hire a capable army, the Swiss sat on the ground and doubled the commission price ...

You know, the price of Swiss mercenaries is already high. The average mercenary currently earns 3 Finneys per day, while the Swiss mercenary is paid 6 Finneys per day. Today, they are paying double the salary, in fact, they are asking Marin to pay 12 fennies daily salary ...

12 What is Finny? That's a shilling! You know, during the North American War of Independence, the price paid by the British to the German Hesse mercenaries was only 1 shilling per day. That was the end of the 18th century. 200 years later, it was the end of the 18th century after the "price revolution" of soaring prices ...

Today, Europe still lacks gold and silver, and the value of currency is still very high. The Swiss ask for 1 shilling a day, which is like a lion's mouth ...

But Marin had to put up with this sigh in order to quickly obtain a capable mercenary, and agreed with the daily outrageous offer of the Swiss 1 shilling.

In fact, German mercenaries are much cheaper at this time, usually 3 Finneys per day, 2 Finneys also have a lot of people willing to do it every day. However, the German mercenaries have just emerged, and there are few battle-hardened mercenary regiments. Recruit a group of German mercenaries and train for months to fight. But what Marin lacks most now is time. As a last resort, he can only hire battle-hardened Swiss mercenaries at high prices to achieve the fastest time to solve the problem.

After that, Marin selected 3,000 well-equipped and powerful Swiss mercenaries ~ www.novelhall.com ~ at this price and signed an employment contract.

The contract stipulates that Marin hires these 3,000 Swiss mercenaries for two months, with a total contract price of 36,000 gold coins. Among them, Marin paid a deposit of 8,000 gold coins in advance, and was responsible for the food expenses of the 3000 army ...

In this way, 3000 warlike Swiss veterans followed Marin and quickly set off in the direction of the Netherlands in order to quickly support Texel ...

Because Marin's salary is high enough, there are still many Swiss veterans willing to play for Marin. And these veterans, after fighting too much, their wallets are naturally full. Therefore, their equipment is also better. For example, of these 3,000 Swiss mercenaries, 1,000 were actually equipped with helmets and breastplates. To help them transport helmets and breastplates, Marin had to hire several carriages ...

At the same time, these Swiss mercenaries are not all using spears. There are also many mercenaries who use sickle-like halberds (for hooking legs) to deal with cavalry. In addition, many people also carry with them the "can opener" to deal with the plate armor-the hammer ...

Marin is also very happy to see that these Swiss veterans have so many tools. Although his Spanish Phalanx can also deal with plate armour, he relies heavily on muskets. Once in rainy weather, the rifle fails, and it is difficult for the spearmen to harm the enemy wearing plate armor.

In the cold and cold weapon battles, the Swiss halberds and maces are very good tools for combating plate armor. Frisian's little armored knights and heavy armored swordsmen, the Swiss were very effective. However, this group of Swiss guys are too dark, and they have asked for four times the high salary of ordinary mercenaries. The hottest serial works are at ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Please read for mobile users.

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