The Rise of the European Emperor

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() Louis XII's worries did not come true after all. In fact, Maximilian I did hope to use the army of Marin. However, Marin seemed to be "terrified" by the princes and did not dare to send troops.

Moreover, because of the emptiness of Switzerland, it seems that Maximilian I did not need to ask Marin for help when attacking Switzerland at this time. After all, the situation is still favorable for the Habsburgs.

Facing the confidence of Maximilian I, Marin smiled and said nothing. However, he knew in his heart how difficult the road to conquering Switzerland was. Relying on the advantage of the first mover, Marin estimated that the emperor had no problem in controlling the Cantons of Aargau and Zurich. You know, the commander-in-chief of that Austrian army was named Frenzberg. Frenzberg has studied with himself for so long, and he is very talented. After getting the land, if you want to hold it, there is no problem.

A few states in the east and south are not a problem, the biggest problem is a few states in the west. It's right next to France, and the French will definitely go to great lengths to protect Switzerland. At a critical moment, it is possible for the French army to end the field in person.

So, the end result, presumably, was that the Austrian army took control of some parts of northern and eastern Switzerland. Then, in a tug-of-war with the French-backed Swiss army in the three forest cantons in the middle - Schwyz, Walden and Uri, for control of the area.

In fact, it was not that Emperor Maximilian I could not have guessed such an outcome. But none of the Habsburgs could resist the temptation to take control of Switzerland. Even though the road is full of blood and difficulty...

Perhaps, this is the so-called "family glory"... Switzerland is the obsession of the members of the Habsburg family. If they do not win Switzerland, the members of the Habsburg family must be unwilling. But the price is so high...

Marin couldn't understand this "family glory", after all, he was a modern soul. Moreover, his family has no lost territory... Because, in terms of his bloodline, there is no ancestor who is more powerful than him...

However, Marin gave the fierce general of Frenzberg to Maximilian I, which also increased the weight of the emperor's success. After all, Frenzberg is already gifted, plus he has learned the Spanish phalanx and some other advanced tactical ideas from Marin, and he will definitely be a very powerful general in the future.

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What makes Marin amused is that Austria is in the same predicament as Marin - lack of saltpeter...

Before, the Austrian army did not use muskets, and naturally there was almost no demand for saltpeter. However, when Frenzberg brought the tactics of the Spanish phalanx to the Austrian army, the demand for gunpowder increased greatly.

But the problem is that Austria does not produce saltpeter either. Now, Austrian saltpeter can only rely on skilled craftsmen to go to the walls of toilets and stables to find saltpeter, and then extract it to obtain saltpeter. To this end, Maximilian I also imitated Marin's practice and set up a nitrate accumulator, breaking into other people's toilets and stables everywhere...

However, the amount of saltpeter obtained in this way is very limited. Marin was able to supply the Navy with so much gunpowder, thanks to saltpeter bought back from India. Otherwise, with the speed at which the heavy artillery consumes gunpowder, Marin can't fight at all.

On the side of Maximilian I, because there was no channel to buy saltpeter from India, he could only rely on the saltpeter boiled from the saltpeter collected by the nitrified officials to supply the demand.

With such a lack of saltpeter and gunpowder, Maximilian I formed only 3,000 arquebusiers, not much. It's not that he is unwilling to expand the size of the musketeers, but that the supply of gunpowder has never been enough, and it is already very good to be able to supply the needs of 3,000 musketeers. In addition, there are many artillery pieces in the army of Maximilian I, and those things cost a lot of gunpowder.

What makes Marin laugh the most is that at the moment, those artisans who know how to extract the nitrate do not seem to understand the reason that the nitrate mainly comes from urine, but always think that it is in the feces|...

Therefore, those craftsmen did not know that the nitrate can be extracted from the soil soaked in urine, without leaving the feces, and even regarded the solids of the feces as the main source of nitrate...

However, Marin would not explain modern chemical knowledge such as nitrogen and chemical changes to the artisans, nor would he correct their misunderstandings. After all, Marin didn't want these European natives to improve the efficiency of saltpeter extraction. Otherwise, the output of their soil nitrate has greatly increased, threatening the "firepower advantage" of their own army...

In the absence of saltpeter, Franzberg knew that Marin's Spanish phalanx was the mainstream of the future army, and more use of muskets would increase the odds of winning, but due to the limited production of saltpeter, Franzberg could not own it either. More musketeers and artillerymen. But he didn't know that soon, the only 3,000 musketeers under his command would soon bring him and His Majesty the Emperor a huge surprise in the conflict and hegemony in Switzerland...

The matchlock gun has a slow rate of fire, and it is very troublesome to use, and it is very afraid of rain. If it is in a frontal field battle, the arquebus will have insufficient firepower due to the slow rate of fire and the distance between the musketeers. Moreover, the Musketeers were extremely afraid of enemy troops breaking into the formation. That way, the musketeers are easily slaughtered by the enemy.

However, if the arquebusiers are given a city wall as a cover to defend the city, the effect of the arquebuses will be greatly improved, and the siege party will want to scold his mother... It is with those 3,000 musketeers, Franz Berg led the Austrian army and withstood the crazy counterattacks of the Swiss and French...

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Not to mention Switzerland and France, in England, far outside the European continent, Marin led a 40,000-strong army to completely wipe out the 50,000-strong Bursa coalition.

Ordinary English people may only achieve this new thing, but Margaret County Lord of the York family, who has been cooperating with the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" for a long time, seems to have thought of something...

All along, as the owner of the "Beihai Chamber of Commerce", Marin has been hiding behind the scenes and has never revealed his true identity to anyone. However, Edward of the York family who worked with Marin, as well as French, Scottish and other forces, including Margaret County Lord, are very clear - "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" is a very powerful force...

Before, when the Scottish army devastated the north of England, the county lord Margaret quietly sent his subordinates to Newcastle and other places in the north to inquire about news, and also learned of an organization known as the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce", which was recruited in Newcastle. mercenary. However, Lord Margaret always felt that the organization called the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" was mysterious and had a style similar to that of the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce".

Combined with the rumors that tens of thousands of English mercenaries suddenly appeared in the Marin army during this war, the Margaret County Lord came to an astonishing inference-perhaps, the master behind the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" and "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" , is the man named Marin who defeated 50,000 Bosa coalition forces outside the city of Lübeck...

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