The Rise of the European Emperor

"Second-hand weapon armor?" Maximilian I didn't react for a while.

"Of course, this time I defeated the Bursa coalition and took off 7,000 sets of plate armor and horse armor from the troops of the two countries. In addition, the 3,000 sets of chest plate armor worn by the soldiers in the first three rows of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were also In the hands of the minister. As for those spears and swords, not to mention..."

Maximilian I's eyes suddenly lit up...

However, soon, His Majesty the Emperor said in a somewhat discouraged manner:

"Your armor is not fake, but I don't have that many wandering knights in my hands..."

According to the fixed thinking of Maximilian I, plate armor was worn by knights. There are not enough wandering knights to work for him, no matter how much plate armor no one wears...

But Marin quickly gave a new idea:

"Your Majesty, plate armor is not necessarily for knights, infantry can also..."

"Can infantry also wear plate armor? Can you bear it?" After all, plate armor is something that weighs dozens of pounds, which is really not light. Ordinary men wear full-body plate armor for a short period of time. But it is really embarrassing to wear dozens of pounds of plate armor to charge and fight...

"Aren't the Swiss veterans in the top three platoons wearing breastplates and helmets?" Marin retorted.

"That's also... You mean, let the soldiers of my newly formed army wear half-body plate armor to fight?"

"You don't need everyone, generally the first three rows are enough. But considering the strong combat effectiveness of the Swiss, it is better for more people to wear plate armor. In this way, you will not be afraid of the long hair of the Swiss."

After a pause, Marin continued:

"Also, you can pick people with strong bodies and let them wear full plate armor to lead the charge. The Swiss spear, facing people in full plate armor, can be somewhat incapable of starting... Against plate knights, They can stab warhorses with spears, facing plate infantry, where do they stab?"

Maximilian I thought about it, it was true. The plate armor in the late Middle Ages in Europe was still very perverted, and almost all people were included. Even the crotch protruded a piece to protect the little brother. You just want to poke people's balls, and you have to face high protection...

If you wear half-body plate armor like a Swiss mercenary veteran, your opponent can stab you in the thigh with a spear. But if you wear a full-body plate armor, there is no place to poke.

A warrior wearing a full set of plate armor can bravely face the Swiss spear formation, slam into it hard, and then raise his knife and fall...

Of course, don't be too reckless. After all, among the Swiss mercenaries, there are also some special units that use hammers to deal with plate armor. However, those people are only a few. As long as you guard against them, it's not a big problem.

"However, moving in a full set is too exhausting..." Maximilian I was more worried about this.

"Your Majesty, you can let a small number of people with particularly good stamina wear a full set of plate armor to stand in front. You can wear only breast plate armor at the back, or even not..."

"Makes sense!" Maximilian I nodded, but he was still worried about the lack of endurance of the plate-armored infantry.

"Your Majesty, if you occupy Switzerland, who are you worried about? Are you still a Swiss?" Marin persuaded Maximilian I when he saw that Maximilian I was so entangled.

"Of course the Swiss are in a hurry, we have almost two cantons!"

"That's right, as long as the Swiss are in a hurry, you can bring a large group of soldiers in plate armor, stand there in formation, and wait for the Swiss mercenaries to rush up! Anyway, it is them who are anxious. Plate armor standing there waiting for the enemy to charge can save a lot of physical strength..." This is probably the so-called "waiting for work"...

Maximilian I thought about it carefully and found that Marin was right. Now that the Austrian army has taken over the Swiss homeland, it is the Swiss who should be worried. At this time, the Austrian soldiers just stood there in formation and waited for the Swiss to attack.

The Swiss are not good at using muskets, and spears and bows are not very effective against plate armor. The only thing to watch out for,

Probably the opponent's warhammer. However, the soldiers of the Habsburg family were not fools. If you see someone with a hammer, stab them to death first...

Finally, after repeated deductions and calculations, Maximilian I decided to buy 2,000 sets of plate armor and 3,000 sets of half-body plate armor for the battle with the Swiss.

Among them, he will select 2,000 particularly strong men from the army, wearing a full set of plate armor to stand at the forefront of the battle to resist the Swiss attack. Then, at the back were 3,000 relatively strong pawns in half-plate armor, like the elite Swiss infantry, ready to support the 2,000 soldiers in front in full plate armor.

Anyway, what they have to do is to block the counterattacking Swiss mercenaries, not attack those Swiss mercenaries. After all, it is they who now occupy the land. The initiative is in the hands of the Habsburg family. If the Swiss want to retake their homeland, they must launch a charge. Unless, they are willing to voluntarily give up their hometown...but that is impossible...

...

In the end, in addition to 2,000 sets of full-body plate armor and 3,000 sets of half-body plate armor (worn by the Swiss), Maximilian I also bought tens of thousands of second-hand spears from Marin, all of which were used by Swiss mercenaries.

In this way, Marin sold 2,000 sets of full-body plate armor, 3,000 sets of half-body plate armor worn by elite Swiss veterans, and 10,000 second-hand Swiss spears to Maximilian I at half price. Its total price reached as much as 250,000 gold coins.

Although he gave the emperor a great discount and made a lot of less money, Marin did not regret it. Because, he knew, the emperor needed such support, otherwise it would be difficult to beat the counterattacking Swiss.

In Marin's view, the Habsburg family basically controls Switzerland, and then they are fiercely resisted by the French-backed Swiss, which is what Marin most wants to see.

If you don't support the emperor now, maybe the Habsburgs can't even control Switzerland, let alone suppress the resistance of the Swiss?

Putting both the Habsburgs and the Swiss mountain people on the battlefield in Switzerland was what Marin wanted most. To this end, Marin did not hesitate to use half the price to sell a large number of weapons and armor to the emperor, so as to cheer the emperor and win the battle.

Besides, anyway, these weapons and armors were forcibly stripped from the captured soldiers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Switzerland, and Marin didn’t even need to pay for them. Being able to sell for 250,000 gold coins is already a huge profit.

As for the remaining plate armor and weapons, as long as the price is favorable, it is not impossible to sell...

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered—since thousands of Swiss mercenaries, including the Ziger mercenary group that had helped the Principality of Gede Company to capture West Frisland, were going to return to the country to fight, then the grid that originally had a large number of Swiss mercenaries German company, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Just relying on the more than 10,000 soldiers from the country of the Principality of Gede can't stop Marin's army at all, and there is no chance...

Therefore, at this time, Marin took the army back and asked the Principality of Gede Company for West Frisian, and the other party dared not give it, unless the other party couldn't think of it and wanted to die...

In any case, because of the outbreak of the war in Switzerland, the thousands of Swiss mercenaries in the Ged Corporation had to return home. In this way, the strength of Gede's company has been greatly reduced, and it has no strength to fight against Marin...