Chapter 547： Gede's strength is greatly damaged

"Second hand armor?" Maximilian I didn't react at once.

"Of course, this time the minister defeated the Bossa Allied Forces and took off 7,000 sets of plate armor and horse armor from the armies of the two countries. In addition, the 3,000 sets of chest plate armor worn by the first three rows of 20,000 Swiss mercenaries In the hands of the officials. As for the spears and swords, it goes without saying ... "

Maximilian I's eyes suddenly brightened ...

But soon, His Majesty the Emperor said with frustration:

"Much of your armor is not fake, but I don't have so many wandering knights ..."

According to the fixed thinking of Maximilian I, the plate armor is for the knight. There are not enough wandering knights to play for him, no one wears more plate armor ...

But Marin quickly gave a new idea:

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

"Can infantry wear plate armor? Can you eat it?" Plate armor is a tens of pounds after all. Ordinary men wear full-body plate armour for a short period of time. But it ’s really embarrassing to wear dozens of pounds of plate armour and fight

"Don't the veterans in the first three rows of the Swiss wear breastplates and helmets?" Marin retorted.

"That's what ... you mean, let the soldiers of my newly formed army wear half-length plate armor to fight?"

"No need for everyone, generally the first three rows are enough. But considering the Swiss's powerful combat effectiveness, it is better to wear more plate armor. It is not afraid of the Swiss's long hair."

After a pause, Marin continued:

"Also, you can pick someone with a very strong body and let them wear a full set of plate armor to take the lead. The Swiss spears, facing the person wearing the full plate armor, are somewhat helpless to start ... They can poke war horses with spears, facing the plate armoured infantry, where do they poke? "

Maximilian I thought about it, really. The plate armor of the late European Middle Ages was still very perverted, almost all people were included. Even the crotch part protrudes to protect the younger brother. You just want to poke people's eggs, but also face high protection ...

If you wear half-length plate armor like a Swiss mercenary veteran, your opponent can poke your thigh with a spear. But if you wear full body armor, there is nowhere to poke.

A warrior wearing a full set of plate armor can completely brave the Swiss spear array, hit it hard, and then raise his sword ...

Of course, it can't be too reckless. After all, among the Swiss mercenaries, there are also some special arms that use hammers to deal with plate armor. However, those people are just a few. As long as they are guarded against, there is no problem.

"However, it takes too much energy to wear a full set of moves ..." Maximilian I was more worried about this.

"Your Majesty, you can let a small number of people with particularly good endurance put on a full set of plate armor and stand in front. In the back, you can only wear chest plate armor, not even ..."

"It makes sense!" Maximilian I nodded, but he was still worried about the lack of stamina of the infantry wearing plate armour.

"Your Majesty, if you occupied Switzerland, who is the one who is in anxiety? Are you still a Swiss?" Marin persuaded Maximilian I to be so entangled.

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

"That's right, as long as the Swiss are in a hurry, you can take the group of warriors wearing plate armor, stand there and wait for the Swiss mercenaries to rush up! Anyway, they are anxious. The plate armor stands there waiting for the enemy to rush, which can save a lot of physical strength ... "This is probably what is called waiting for work ...

Maximilian I thought about it carefully and found out that Marin was right. The Austrian army now occupies the Swiss hometown, and the Swiss are in a hurry. At this time, the Austrian soldiers just stood there and waited for the Swiss to attack.

The Swiss are not good at using muskets, and spears and bows have little lethality on plate armor. The only thing to watch out for is probably the opponent's Warhammer. However, the soldiers of the Habsburg family are not fools. When you see a hammer, just give it priority ...

Finally, after repeated deductions and calculations, Maximilian I decided to purchase 2,000 sets of plate armor and 3,000 sets of half-length plate armor for fighting against the Swiss.

Among them, he will select 2,000 particularly strong bodies from the army, wearing a full set of plate armor standing at the front of the battle array, to resist the Swiss offensive. Then, followed by 3,000 relatively strong fierce soldiers, wearing half-body plate armour, like the elite infantry of the Swiss, always supporting the front 2000 warriors wearing full plate armor.

Anyway, all they have to do is block the counterattacking Swiss mercenaries, not attack them. After all, it is them who occupy the land now. The initiative is in the hands of the Habsburg family. The Swiss want to take home, they must charge. Unless, they are willing to give up their hometown ... but that is impossible ...

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In the end, in addition to 2000 sets of full-body plate armor and 3000 sets of half-length plate armor (worn by the Swiss), Maximilian I also bought tens of thousands of second-hand spears from Marin, all used by Swiss mercenaries.

In this way, Marin sold 2000 sets of full-body plate armor, 3000 sets of half-length plate armor worn by Swiss elite veterans and 10,000 second-hand Swiss spears to Maximilian I through hard work. Its total price reached as much as 250,000 gold coins.

Although he gave the emperor a great discount ~ www.novelhall.com ~ made a lot of money, but Marin did not regret it. Because, he knew that the emperor needed such support, otherwise it would be difficult to fight back against the Swiss.

In Marin's opinion, the Habsburg family basically controlled Switzerland, and then was fiercely resisted by the Swiss who were supported by France. This is what Marin hopes to see.

If the emperor is not supported now, perhaps the Habsburg family cannot even control Switzerland, let alone suppress the Swiss resistance?

Putting the Habsburg family and the Swiss mountain people on the Swiss battlefield is the result that Marin wants to see most. To this end, Marin did not hesitate to sell a large amount of weapons and armor to the emperor at half price to help the emperor and win the battle.

Besides, anyway, these weapons and armor were all forcibly taken from the captured soldiers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Switzerland. They didn't even ask Marin to pay for it. The price that can be sold 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 moment, Marin suddenly remembered-since the Sieg mercenary group that helped the Principality of Gedsi to capture the thousands of Swiss mercenaries and returned to participate in the war, then, originally had a large number of Swiss mercenaries. In the Duchy, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. The warriors of more than 10,000 natives of the Principality of Geddes can't stop Marin's army at all, and there is no chance at all ...

Therefore, at this time, Marin took the army back and asked West Friesland for the Principality of Geddes, the other party would not dare to give it, unless the other party couldn't think about it and wanted to find death ...

In any case, due to the outbreak of war in Switzerland, the thousands of Swiss mercenaries in the Principality of Geddes had to return. As a result, the strength of the Principality of Gedsi has been greatly damaged, and there is no strength to confront Marin ...