Chapter 1374: Swiss mercenary prisoners of war
It turned out that the Earl Charles said it was the 70,000 captured Swiss mercenaries that Marin sold to the Habsburgs.
A few years ago, after defeating the 50,000 troops of the Bossa Allied Forces, Marin captured about 80,000 powerful Swiss mercenaries. Then, these 80,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war were captured by Marin and used as coolies to dig the canal. After the Minster Canal was dug, Marin released the 80,000 prisoners of war "as promised". However, secretly, Marin quietly notified Emperor Maximilian I to send his cavalry halfway to intercept the 80,000 unarmed Swiss mercenary prisoners who were going home. After some conflicts, only 70,000 people were left in the Parson concentration camp in the Principality of Brabant.
Later, Charlie, the Duke of Geddes, then dispatched a large army to sneak into the Parson Concentration Camp and wanted to rescue the 70,000 powerful Swiss mercenary prisoners of war for his own use.
But what I didn't expect was that this was clearly a trap set by Marin for the Principality of Geddes. The real Swiss mercenary prisoners of war have long been transferred, all that remains are traps ...
Then, the Principality of Geddes, who was once powerful and defeated the powerful Principality of Saxony, was cut off the fertile land of Lower Geddes because of the defeat ...
This matter has always been a thorn in Count Charlie's heart, which is hard to release. However, he was later reduced to Earl of Gelden, his strength became much weaker, and he was no longer able to rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war.
But this time when he fled from the Rhine by boat, Count Charles suddenly heard that the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war were currently dispatched by the Habsburg family to Murdek near the mouth of the Rhine, where they dig drainage ditch. Because there is a large swamp along the Rhine near Murdek. The handsome king Philip, son of Maximilian I, planned to dig a few drainage ditches for the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners, pump the water in the swamp into the drainage ditches with a Dutch windmill, and discharge them to the Rhine ... Then, This swamp can be transformed into a fertile field ...
This trick was learned by Prince Philip and Marin. At the beginning, Marin used tens of thousands of people, excavated many drainage channels in the East Friesland region, and introduced a large number of Dutch windmills from the Dutch region for pumping and drainage. Then, East Frisian, which was originally swamped, added tens of thousands of arable land. And Marin, thanks to the extra arable land, can produce a large amount of food every year and become rich in oil ...
Prince Philip was naturally unwilling to lag behind. It happened that he had these 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners of war who did not need to pay in recent years. As a result, Prince Philip sent some 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners to reclaim land in the Netherlands, adding almost 100,000 acres of arable land to the Habsburgs. If the swamp near Murdek on the south bank of the Rhine estuary is transformed, the Habsburg family can add another 20,000 acres of arable land ...
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However, this matter was heard by Count Charles, who happened to escape, and things changed ...
As far as Count Charlie is aware, at present, due to the tight fighting in Switzerland, Maximilian I has transferred troops from Austria and the Netherlands to reinforce Switzerland.
Today, throughout the Netherlands, the Habsburgs have only 8,000 soldiers. Among them, 5,000 people remained in the capital Ghent to protect Prince Philip and Princess Juana (Madonna Juana), as well as Prince Charles (future Charles V).
In addition, there are 1,000 horses stationed on the border of southern Netherlands and France to monitor the trend of France. The remaining 2,000 soldiers were in Murdek, overseeing the work of shackled Swiss mercenary prisoners of war ...
Count Charlie believes that this opportunity is rare. Taking advantage of the current vacancy of the Habsburg family in the Netherlands, France can send cavalry to quickly attack Murdek and rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners ...
Those Swiss mercenary prisoners of war are not ordinary people. Most of them are veterans who have been battle-tested. They were also hired by France and participated in the Italian war.
If France can send troops at this time to rescue the 70,000 Swiss mercenaries and return to Switzerland. Well, these experienced veterans can immediately become the main force against the Swiss army of the Habsburg family.
Moreover, because of the torture of these Swiss mercenary prisoners by the Habsburgs in recent years, they must hate the Habsburgs. At that time, they will definitely spare no effort when confronting the Swiss front of the Habsburg family under Frensberg.
In addition, these people fight against the Habsburg family, France does not have to pay them salary. Because, to join the Swiss Resistance Army against the Habsburg family, not for France, but for the Swiss themselves. Therefore, France does not have to pay them any commission at all, as long as it subsidizes food. Not only saves money, but also has fierce fighting power. In addition to the hatred of these people against the Habsburg family, when the time comes to fight, it is not allowed to explode ...
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"What a brilliant idea!" Louis XII patted the table in surprise and stood up.
"Yes, most of these 17,000 people are the most elite veterans! I almost forgot the existence of these warriors! If they were to join, the Swiss Resistance could not lose!" Louis XII said happily.
The Earl of Durte echoed:
"Yes, we don't have to pay commissions!"
The commissions of Swiss mercenaries are not a joke. The commissions they used to fight for France were three times the commissions of ordinary mercenaries, which is 9 Finneys per day. For 70,000 people, the daily commission is more than 2,500 gold coins.
However, they joined the Swiss Resistance Army after returning home because they were fighting for themselves. The French did not need to pay a commission this time, which was very cost-effective.
After these veteran Swiss mercenaries returned to participate in the war, the French did not have to worry about the erosion of the situation in Switzerland. Even if the invading army of the Habsburg family cannot be defeated, at least it will not be defeated.
Even with the 70,000 people returning to the country to participate in the war, France will no longer need to keep the tens of thousands of French troops in the "Swiss Resistance Army". These people were elite French troops. In order to prevent the Habsburg family from annexing Switzerland, they were specially sent by Louis XII to pretend to be Swiss against the Habsburg family.
If the 70,000 Swiss veteran mercenaries go back, then the tens of thousands of French elite veterans, Louis XII can withdraw it completely. Then, take Italy to the war to compete for the volcanoes on the Italian peninsula ...
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But Louis XII clearly had other ideas-
"I plan to rescue the Swiss mercenaries, and then draw 7,000 of the most elite veterans to follow my army south to Italy ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ to fight the Spaniards. The Spanish army has a powerful fighting force, while France has a strong cavalry, but Lack of elite infantry. Swiss mercenaries are one of the best mercenaries in Europe ... One of them ... "Louis XII did not intend to add" one ", but thought of the combat effectiveness of the infantry of the North Sea country, but added one.
"If we have 7,000 Swiss elite mercenaries, with the French iron ride, I don't believe that I can beat the Spanish army in Italy!"
Earl Charlie apparently also knew the reason why Louis XII conquered Italy, because volcanic ash is the secret of fertilizer, and the eight princes knew it. He thought about it and supported Louis XII's decision to focus on Italy first ...
"Your Majesty is wise, but first, we have to save the 70,000 Swiss mercenary warriors who have been tortured by the Habsburgs for several years!"
"Okay, I mobilized tens of thousands of elite cavalry and set off at Murdek to ensure that the 70,000 Swiss mercenary prisoners were saved!"
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