Chapter 175： Zurich's expansion

Before Lin Ling left, he received a very special news-the Swiss expanded east ...

To be precise, it is the most powerful Zurich state in the Swiss Confederation ....

Zurich is the most populous and powerful state in the Swiss Confederation. Under normal circumstances, the state of Zurich maintains a standing army of 8,000 people (Zurich Army) and is very powerful. In general, a small Swiss state has a standing army of only 1,000 people.

这个 In this era, European superpowers such as France also had more than 20,000 standing troops. The Habsburgs had a standing army of 16,500. A small state like Zurich, which can maintain the scale of 8,000 Swiss mercenaries, is definitely powerful.

When this power became strong, the people of Zurich were dissatisfied with their own small territory. You know, not only Zurich, but even Switzerland as a whole, is also a plateau with few flat land.

But just in the German Swabian region not far from Zurich, there are plenty of fertile plains ...

Moreover, the Swabian League is just a loose alliance, and the individual forces are actually not strong. Especially some princes near the state of Zurich are weaker.

The people of Zurich now seem to be cautious in their tentative attacks. Of course, before the attack, they will find some excuses or something, at least to be justified in reason.

In fact, in the original history, the people of Zurich began to expand northeastward toward the Swabian region in 1496. However, that was mainly because in the history of Austria and Hungary, another conflict broke out in 1496, leaving no time to look around. Moreover, Shen Luo did not appear in the Italian war and did not have any deterrence at all.

But this time and space is different. Because of the emergence of Marin, the Holy Roman Empire gained a great limelight in the first Italian war and made a lot of money. As a result, Hungary was scared to move. Austria and Hungary did not fight, and Zurich did not dare to move for a moment. But after a year or two, the people of Zurich gradually eased from the coercion caused by the victory of the Holy Roman Empire on the Italian battlefield.

Later, MPs in Zurich thought that the German army might be strong on the plains (they also scared themselves), but in the Swiss plateau, the Swiss are not afraid of anyone.

As a result, during the period from the end of 1497 to the beginning of 1498, the people of Zurich frequently provoked the lords of Swabian region to find an excuse for attack.

Even, Zurich has fought with the lords of the Singen region in the northeast, occupying a number of towns including Gelingen and Gottmadingen all at once.

Therefore, the news passed to the Wadden Islands through the businessmen who went to the south to do business. Moreover, it is strange that although the Swabian Alliance has begun to mobilize against the Swiss together, Maximilian I, the largest patron emperor of the Swabian Alliance, is still silent and has not explicitly stood up to support Swabian alliance.

Marin certainly guessed the emperor's thoughts. He didn't give up on the Swiss, and thought he might hire Swiss mercenaries in the future. However, Marin felt that the emperor took it too seriously. Because the Swiss occupied the territory of the original Habsburgs, which naturally conflicted with the emperor.

If, the Swiss join the emperor's army and fight for the emperor. Maybe one day, the emperor will be so powerful that he will come back to his former ancestors ...

In the face of irreconcilable huge contradictions such as land ownership, it is difficult for the emperor and the Swiss to come together. Therefore, the emperor took it too seriously.

It was precisely because the strongest emperor in the alliance did not act and allowed the Swiss to act arbitrarily. Later, the Zurichans had occupied more than 200 towns and cities in the Swabian League, almost crippling the Swabian League. At this time, the emperor finally realized that he was wrong, and stood up to speak for the Swabian Alliance.

But the emperor came out too late, and the Swiss had already expressed strong self-confidence and would not give up. So at the beginning of 1499, the emperor finally sent troops and started working with the Swiss. So, the "Swabian War" broke out ...

However, in the presence of the strong Swiss army, the emperor's army was also losing ground, and the Supreme Leader was also killed. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to sign a contract with the Swiss, indirectly recognizing the Swiss's independent status in exchange for the Swiss returning the occupied Swabian League. Since then, the Swiss have become virtually independent and no longer under empire management. After the "Thirty Years' War" in 1648, the Swiss saw the weakness of the empire and simply declared complete independence ...

收到 After receiving the news that the people of Zurich began to expand, Marin realized that the prelude to the "Swabian War" started ...

In history, the impact of this war on the emperor was very significant, because the defeat in this war, the emperor's prestige fell, and was almost conspired by the gang of imperial parliament to abolish it.

Of course, this time and space, because of the arrival of Marin, the emperor may not lose in the Swabian war. Because the emperor still has the ace of Marin. The Spanish square formed by Marin ~ www.novelhall.com ~ has great restraint on the Swiss Spears. Even if the mercenaries in the front row of the Swiss wore breastplates, they could not withstand the powerful impact of the powerful Muskite musket. In addition, Marin put special emphasis on trench trenches in order to stop the Swiss spear from charging.

As long as his army is out of the army, it is difficult for the emperor to lose. However, for his own benefit, Marin would not respond to the call of the emperor from the beginning. Because if Marin sent troops too early to help the emperor defeat the Swiss, then there may be no benefit to exchange.

Only when the Emperor and the Swabian Alliance were all defeated, Marin appeared at this most difficult time. As the striker and the Swiss spear array collided, they defeated the Swiss squarely, and they could exchange with the Emperor for the greatest benefit.

Moreover, if Marin can defeat the Swiss, he can also make a name for himself and become a popular fried chicken in the mercenary world ...

In short, Marin's plan was to let the emperor fight with the Swiss first. When the emperor was bruised and swollen by the Swiss, he appeared on the scene and rushed forward with the savior's attitude to repel the Swiss. By that time, not only will he be able to gain the maximum benefit from the crisis, but he will also gain a huge reputation.

However, according to history, the Swiss and Shiva fought for more than two years before the emperor finally intervened. Even if history changes, it is unlikely that the emperor would intervene in the first place. So Marin doesn't need to worry too much. When things happened, God knew it was the year of the monkey.

Before the incident, there was enough time for Marin to prepare and train. At least, Marin can win East Frisian and consolidate the rule before this time ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest and most popular serial works are in ~ www .novelhall.com ~ Please read for mobile users.