King of Mercenaries

Chapter 37: Establishment of the Holy Alliance

Upon arriving in the mountains to the south of Vienna, Marin immediately sent people to cut trees and build tents. Then Marin began to promote grass shoes in the entire phalanx. When they heard that the hay can weave the city shoes, all the newcomers who just joined the "Black Cross Square" are very curious. When comfortable and lightweight sandals are put on, many people feel good, except for the three knights. After all, people are born to the knights of the big forces, some are wearing leather shoes, naturally do not wear sandals with those civilians. After the sandals are made, it is naturally a formation training. Marin did not hide the private, directly divided the entire phalanx into four groups (the archers were additionally grouped) according to the weaving of four companies, and conducted queue training. The first requirement for formation training is to let the soldiers distinguish between left and right. Then, the recruits were surprised to find that the veterans asked them to take off their right foot shoes...

"Shoes!" The squad leaders shouted, and the recruits stepped out their left foot.

"Foot!" The recruits slammed back into their left foot and stretched out their right foot...

Repeatedly, it took only 3 days for a short time, and everyone had a deep understanding of the left and right. Of course, Marin asked the captains to gradually use "left" and "right" instead of "shoes" and "foot". For a while, it still needs to be mixed.

The knight by the emperor and the count was loyal. When the recruits completely separated the left and right, the report on the quick training methods of the left and right was sent to the emperor and the count.

"This Marin, still very clever, even thought of such a strange idea, it seems that the effect is quite good..." Maximilian I was very interested. So he printed this method in a booklet and distributed it to the officers who came from the Habsburg family territory.

And the Count of Hohenzollern is also very impressed:

"I didn't expect such a small change, so that the group of stupid people like pigs can be separated so quickly? The general officer can't necessarily make a month." In this middle age, where the cultural level is generally low. It is not easy to make it easy for the people to distinguish between them.

In fact, distinguishing between this issue seems to be a minor problem. The outbreak of war can be full of suddenness. If a group of recruits is recruited, it will be a waste of time for the month to distinguish between the two, and it will greatly delay the aircraft. You know, during the Napoleonic Wars, when the French army mobilized troops, the average training time was only about two weeks, and they would be dragged onto the battlefield. If you spend a month on the left and right, then the day lily is already cold. Since the team was mixed spies, Marin did not intend to expose his knowledge. Therefore, he gave up the agitation speech and flicker that he made every day when he started training the 100 people, but instead changed to a stick to drive.

Anyway, he is now an imperial military officer, and there is nothing wrong with playing new recruits. Unlike the original, he only temporarily summoned 100 people. Those who are dissatisfied and can leave at any time can only squat. And these empire recruits, even if they are paralyzed, these people generally do not leave. Under the demonstration and help of the 100 veterans trained before Marin, these recruits have made rapid progress. After all, the power of role models is endless. Before Marin, he did not practice his own soldiers. The days he trained the 100 veterans were called hardships. At this moment, Schwartz and the 25 captains are all skilled in training. Moreover, the requirements for Marin training have also decreased. Before that, the 100 people had two 5km trails running every day. Now, these recruits only need one 5km per day.

Therefore, the three knights sent by the emperor and the Earl, what they saw, were the old men of Marin, who were beating new recruits and abusing new recruits.

Moreover, even if the recruits want to resist, Marin is not afraid. His 100 veterans, but more than these novices. Under Marin's training,

These veterans, the fights are all quickly formed, and initially learned the "cheats" of the group after the division. If the recruits are troublesome, they will not make trouble together, and the most part will be dissatisfied. And these people can't turn over the waves. In this way, Marin spent the entire March, watching the old men beating new recruits. But Tara and his leading class gave the soldiers a lot of surprises.

Even the food that Marin couldn't stand was very good in the recruits, including the three knights. Tara, their cooking is very exaggerated, directly using the engineering shovel to stir-fry, seeing Marin got straight headache. Fortunately, Tara, under the strict requirements of Marin, washed the engineers before cooking. Moreover, the engineers shovel that is used for the horse manure are absolutely not allowed to use the cooking. And Marin, in order to make everyone convinced, also eat big pot dishes with everyone. And, every morning, Marin trains the formation with everyone. Only 5km off-road in the afternoon, he will be lazy.

Every day during the day, these new recruits are tossed to death. In the middle of the night, they are also not easy. Once the birch whistle sounds, they must quietly re-arrange the formation at the door of the barracks as quickly as possible. Therefore, everyone is complaining. However, the veterans who have long been accustomed to Marin abuse are accustomed to it. Even when they undressed, they only took off their coats, and some simply did not take off. Once they heard the whistle, they put on their shoes, put on their coats and vests, and put them together with a spear.

What makes Marin strange is that night blindness seems to be rare in Europe. But when it comes to European recipes, Marin is relieved. Europeans eat more meat and often drink milk and eat cheese. These are all rich in vitamin A. Therefore, Europeans who suffer from night blindness, even less. Therefore, in the middle of the night emergency collection, there is not much problem.

The information of Marin training was constantly sent to the desk of the emperor and the count. The two big men's comments on Marin were -- a brutal officer who likes to abuse soldiers. However, it is very brainy and can invent a way to quickly identify the left and right direction...

In addition, Marin's "invented" sandals attracted great interest from the emperor. Because the emperor found that sandals are very economical. For a poor emperor like him, saving money is absolutely attractive to him. The Earl of Hohenzollern is a pure officer, not so sensitive to the role of sandals. When the new recruits were abused on Marin, the Italian side also exploded. On the Apennine peninsula, the Frenchman, who directly occupies one of Italy's five major powers (the Papal States, the Venetian Republic, Florence, the Duchy of Milan, and the Kingdom of Naples), did not encounter much resistance. The French's crushing posture scared the Italian states. The Italian power ruler headed by Venice, the Papal States and the Principality of Milan. You know, Florence and Naples are both one of Italy's top five powers. Unexpectedly, these two Italian powers were conquered by the French. Moreover, to the shame of the Pope, the French army entered Rome, intimidating the Pope to crown Charles VIII as the King of Naples. Obviously, this is a forced force, not the will of the Pope. Throughout Italy, only the two powers of Venice and Milan were not attacked by the French. In fact, this is also because the French have a clear goal, go straight south, and ignore the Principality of Milan and the Republic of Venice.

In order to prevent the French from destroying themselves, the Venice, the Papal States and the Principality of Milan formed a self-protection alliance on March 31, 1495, the "Holy Alliance."

At the same time as the alliance, the three countries also sent messengers to invite the traditional enemy of the French, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain to join the alliance. In fact, whether it is the Holy Roman Empire or Spain, it is very dissatisfied and very worried about the French annexing the Kingdom of Naples and controlling Florence. France itself is very strong. If Italy is the most affluent and rich region in Europe (Italian agriculture and commerce, now ranked first in Europe), the Holy Roman Empire and Spain will face being shackled by France. Dilemma.

To this end, both the Holy Roman Empire and Spain responded positively. However, because of the lack of money, the god of the poor king of the gods, Maximilian I, was half-pushing. You can see that the French have successfully controlled Naples, no casualties, Maximilian I also put down the restraint, and soon with Spain, joined the "sacred" against the French invasion of Italy alliance". In April, the Holy Roman Empire brought together 1,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 infantry, including Marin's "Black Cross phalanx", and began to cross the Alpes Mountains, to Venice, Italy, and meet the Venetian. Venice, the Principality of Milan and the Papal States also began recruiting local Italian mercenaries and some Swiss mercenaries. The governor of Spain, Ferdinand II (King of Aragon, the husband of Queen Isabella of Castile), also began recruiting troops in the country. Spain is the least prepared in several countries because they are the farthest from Italy. Moreover, Spain is divided into two countries - Aragon and Castilla. The Aragonese kingdom, which is close to Italy, is very active in blending into the Italian war. Because the King of Aragon, Ferdinand II, is more far-sighted and knows that he cannot sit and watch the French strong. However, the nobles of the Kingdom of Castile are more opposed to tearing their faces with France. They are worried that if the intervention fails, the war will be burned to the border between the West and France. However, Ferdinand II insisted that with so many countries, the failure of the French is affirmative and there will be no more ability to fight back.Moreover, not only the five countries participating in the League, but also the other Italian states, seeing the strength of the "Sacred Alliance", and seeing the wind and the rudder, joined them and expressed their willingness to send troops to participate in the war. It seems that the situation is very good.

Marlin, who is familiar with history, can't help but see this patchwork of coalition forces...