Chapter 37: Establishment of the Holy Alliance

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... New novel chapters are published on

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:

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...