Chapter 1044: Entering Rome (Part 2)

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To be fair, the Swiss mercenaries are indeed powerful. If they are informed that Maximilian I will go to Rome to be crowned, they will definitely want to attack it.

However, because of Marin's cooperation, nearly 17,000 old Swiss mercenaries were intercepted and captured by the Habsburg family, and they are still being held in the Netherlands.

Therefore, there are not many Swiss mercenaries in Switzerland at present, only a few thousand people, and they still need to face off with the army of Frensberg in the Swiss region. Nowadays, the Swiss simply can't draw many soldiers to intercept and attack Maximilian I. Therefore, Maximilian I led 20,000 troops into Rome, it is too exaggerated. Or, it can be said that his move is provocative to the Holy See.

Of course, this is a bystander's view. In fact, Maximilian I took the 20,000 army south this time to help Pope Julius II. Therefore, the Pope would not think that Maximilian I was provoking it.

However, neither Maximilian I nor Julius II will say so. Because, once it was known that Maximilian I led the army south to Rome in order to "help" Julius II, the French might also send an army south, and face off against it ...

Of course, it is said to be a 20,000 army. In fact, there is a lot of water in it. Because in these 20,000 troops, only 10,000 are real soldiers. Another 10,000 people are actually pretending to be Zhuang.

This is because the Habsburg family can't mobilize more troops ...

For now, the Habsburg family can draw up to 20,000 regular troops. However, at present, Frensberg has brought 10,000 regular troops to confront the Swiss and French coalition forces in the western region of Switzerland. Therefore, Maximilian I can only take 10,000 regular troops south.

However, there are a few 10,000 regular troops, and the effect of "strong momentum" cannot be achieved. Therefore, according to Marin's suggestion, Maximilian I recruited 10,000 people in Austria, quietly conducted training, and pretended to be a regular army.

Of course, these 10,000 people are not systematic military training, but only queue training. As long as the queue training is done, outsiders cannot see the problem while marching. Unless a battle is really fought, these people who have only been trained in the queue will "remain."

Frensberg used to be Marin's old man and naturally understood the training set of Marin's queue. So when the autumn harvest was over, Frenzberg pulled out 400 veterans from his 10,000 army, and as an instructor, conducted emergency queue training for the 10,000 recruits. With a bare foot, these 10,000 people were quickly distinguished. Then, the basic queue training contents such as left turn, right turn, and backward turn are further carried out. In just one week, these 10,000 people have walked neatly on the road.

Seeing the training of the 10,000-strong cohort was almost the same, Maximilian I was put on the battlefield, and personally took the 10,000 regular army and the 10,000 militia posing as regular army ...

Of course, outsiders will certainly not say that those 10,000 people are not regular troops. It happened that some time ago, commissioned by his daughter Margaret, Maximilian I recruited German mercenaries in German territory and sent 20,000 German mercenaries to the Kingdom of Castile in Spain.

Therefore, Maximilian I simply claimed that while recruiting 20,000 German mercenaries for his daughter, he also recruited 10,000 German mercenaries ...

In this era of poor information transmission, it is difficult for other countries to confirm whether Maximilian I said what is true or not. Therefore, everyone really believes that Maximilian I took the 20,000 regular army south. And by observing the march performance of this army, intelligence personnel of various countries have more confidence ...

However, the monarchs of various countries did not know that Maximilian I would actually use the "training only in queue" ...

Moreover, Marin's shoe-removal training method can make the people strong and clear in just two or three days, which is quite remarkable. If this method is not used, ordinary civilians may not be able to clearly distinguish between two or three months of training.

Therefore, the spies who pretended to be passers-by to observe the march of Maximilian I ’s army, and after seeing that the soldiers under Maximilian I could accurately distinguish the left-turn and right-turn commands, they gave the conclusion-this It is a well-trained elite army ...

Not only that, in order to cover the tenderness of the recruit's egg. Maximilian I also deliberately selected a group of veterans from the 10,000 veterans who could see the murderous face from the 10,000 veterans according to Marin ’s suggestion. Of the people.

And those spies from various countries who came to observe by passers-by must have stood by the road, and the first thing they saw were those veterans with murderous faces. From the mental outlook of these veterans, spies from all over the country have determined the judgment of "this is a well-trained elite army" ...

On the way to the march, the chief instructor Rannick, transferred from Frensberg, suddenly took the lead to sing a military song learned from Frensberg-"Our Dear Lady" ...

"Our beloved lady,

In the cold,

Leave us poor mercenaries overnight

Like a warm sun!

Don't let us freeze to death,

Live in a comfortable hotel;

We came with a full bag of money,

But left empty;

That drum sound, that drum sound,

alarm! alarm! alarm!

Hi, La La La La La La La La La!

Ready to go!

Mercenary, set off!

The drummer called the drums,

The silk flag is flying;

With luck and blessings,

We are on the battlefield!

... "

...

In fact, this is a song from a German mercenary popular in the 16th century, which is about mercenaries spending their lives on women. Accommodation, finding women ... is an important life for mercenaries in those days ...

In later generations, Marin had heard this song online, and the people who sent the video also called it "the Holy Roman Empire Army Song." In fact, this is just a song popular among German mercenaries in the 16th century. Its content is not too advanced, it just describes the living conditions of mercenaries. Therefore, it is impossible to be adopted as the military song of Shinra. Because, this does not encourage morale.

However, in the era of the Holy Roman Empire, there were indeed many mercenaries who liked to sing this song. This song often appears in old German films that reflect that era. Then it was misunderstood as a military song.

In addition, this song has not yet appeared. Because the German mercenaries have not yet reached a period of prosperity. Originally, the "Father of German Mercenaries" was Frensberg. But Frenzberg shined and had to wait until 20 years later, they defeated the Swiss mercenaries, and captured the French king Francois I in the battle of Pavia (in cooperation with the Spanish army), the reputation reached peak. And this song appeared only in that era.

As for whether this song can appear in advance, you still need to ask? Naturally, Marin, the traverser, made it in advance ...

However, Marin felt that the song was not positive enough, so it was not promoted in the military. However, Frenzberg took this song to Switzerland and usually sang it to his men. Instructor Rannik just likes this song very much. Seeing that the march was boring, he took the lead in singing.

And those 10,000 people are strong, these days are used to following the orders of the instructors such as Lannick, so I do n’t know, so I sang along with them ...

At the beginning, these folks who were not familiar with the songs sang a little sparsely, not tidy enough ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But after singing several times, they gradually became familiar. And how vigorous are ten thousand people singing in unison?

Under their influence, the 10,000 regular Austrian soldiers walking in front also sang along ...

Those regular soldiers liked this song more than the Min Zhuang recruited from the farmers. why? Because they are mercenaries who are serious! This song is exactly what describes their life, and it is very resonating.

Even Emperor Maximilian I, who often led soldiers to the south, was infected and sang loudly with the soldiers ...

The chorus of 20,000 people in unison, although the song itself is of average quality, can create a momentum that is also very scary. Then, this momentum scared the spies from various countries disguised as passers-by peeping ...

"Nima! The elite of the elite! This imposing ... what a trough ..."

Then, the high-level officials of all countries received information that the quasi-emperor of the Holy Roman Empire led the elite of 20,000 elites and rushed to Rome with the momentum of a lion down the mountain ... maybe, something to do ...

(= One second to remember)