Chapter 549： Margaret Lord's amazing inference

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() & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbspLouis XII's worries were not fulfilled after all. In fact, Maximilian I really hoped to use Marin's army. However, Marin seemed to be "terrified" by the princes and dared not to send troops.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Moreover, because of the emptiness of Switzerland, when attacking Switzerland at this time, Maximilian I did not seem to need to ask Marin for help. After all, the situation is still good for the Habsburgs.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Facing the confidence of Maximilian I, Marin smiled and said nothing. However, he knew clearly how difficult it was to conquer Switzerland. Relying on the advantage of first hand, Marin estimated that the emperor did not have much problem in controlling Aargau and Zurich. You know, the commander of the Austrian army is named Frenzberg. Frenzberg had studied with himself for so long, and he was very talented. After getting the land, he wanted to keep it, and there was no problem.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Eastern and southern states are not the problem, the biggest problem is the western states. There is France right next to it, and the French will definitely try their best to protect Switzerland. At a critical moment, it is possible for the French to come out in person.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Therefore, the end result is probably that the Austrian army controls some areas in northern and eastern Switzerland. Then, with the Swiss army supported by France, a tug-of-war was fought in the three forest cantons in the central part-Schwyz, Walden and Uri to compete for control.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In fact, Emperor Maximilian I did not guess such an outcome. However, in the face of the temptation to control Switzerland, no one in the Habsburg family could refuse. Even though, this path is full of blood and difficulties ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Perhaps, this is the so-called "family glory" ... Switzerland is the obsession of Habsburg family members. Without winning Switzerland, Habsburg family members must be unwilling. However, this price is so high ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Marin cannot understand this "family glory", after all, he is a modern soul. Moreover, his family has no lost territory ... because, in terms of his lineage, no ancestor is more cattle than him ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, Marin gave Franzberg to the Maximilian I, which added the weight of the emperor's success. After all, Frenzberg is already very talented, and coupled with learning the Spanish phalanx and some other advanced tactical ideas at Marin, it will definitely be a very powerful general in the future.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp But, what makes Marin funny is that Austria has encountered the same dilemma as Marin-lack of saltpetre ...

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

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp But the problem is that Austria does not produce saltpeter. At present, Austrian saltpeter can only be found by skilled craftsmen at the roots of toilets and stable walls, and then refined to obtain saltpetre. To this end, Maximilian I also imitated Marin's approach, set up a nitrification officer, and broke into toilets and stables everywhere ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, the amount of saltpeter obtained in this way is very limited. Marin can supply so much gunpowder for the Navy, but also thanks to the saltpeter bought from India. Otherwise, with the speed of those heavy guns that consume gunpowder, Marin can't beat it at all.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Maximilian I here, because there is no channel to buy saltpetre from India, can only rely on the saltpetre boiled from the nitrate collected by the nitrate collectors to supply demand.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In such a lack of saltpeter and gunpowder, Maximilian I only assembled 3,000 matchlock gunmen, not much. It was not that he refused to expand the scale of the musketeers, but that the supply of gunpowder was never sufficient, and it was enough to supply the needs of 3,000 musketeers. In addition, there was a lot of artillery in Maximilian I. Those things, which cost a lot of gunpowder, are also many.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp And what makes Marin most admired is that at present, those craftsmen who understand the extraction of soil and nitrate don't seem to understand the reason that nitrate mainly comes from urine, but they always think it is in feces

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Therefore, those craftsmen don't know that the nitrate can be extracted only by the mud soaked in urine, instead of leaving the feces, and even taking the solids of the feces as the main source of nitrate ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, Marin will not explain to the artisans what modern chemical knowledge such as nitrogen and chemical changes, nor correct their misunderstandings. After all, Marin did not want these European indigenous to improve the efficiency of saltpetre extraction. Otherwise, their output of soil and nitrate has greatly increased, threatening the "fire advantage" of their army ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In the absence of saltpeter, Frenzberg knew that Marin ’s Spanish phalanx was the mainstream of the future army. The use of muskets can increase the chances of winning, but due to the limited production of saltpetre, Frenzberg cannot Have more musketeers and artillery. But he didn't know. Soon, the 3000 musketeers under his command soon brought huge surprise to him and His Majesty the Emperor in the conflict and hegemony in Switzerland ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp matchstick gun, the rate of fire is not fast, the use is still very troublesome, I am afraid of rain. In a head-to-head field matchup, the matchlock gun has insufficient firepower due to the slow rate of fire and the distance between the musketeers. Moreover, the musketeers were extremely afraid of the enemy ’s invasion. In that case, the musketeer is easily slaughtered by the enemy.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, if you use a wall for the matchlock gunmen as a cover to protect the city, the action of the matchlock gun will be greatly improved, and you will be able to fight the siege side and want to scold the mother ... It is by the 3000 musketeers, Fren Zberger led the Austrian army and resisted the crazy counterattack of the Swiss and the French ...

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Not to mention the Swiss and French sides, far from England outside the European continent, Marin led the 40,000 army, and the story of the annihilation of the powerful 50,000 Bossa Allied Forces has also spread.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Ordinary English people may only make this new, but the Margaret Lord of the York family, who has been working with the North Sea Chamber of Commerce for a long time, seems to have thought of something ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp All along, as the owner of the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce", Marin is hidden behind the scenes and never revealed his true identity to others. However, Edward of the York family who has worked with Marin, as well as forces in France and Scotland, including Margaret County Master, are well aware that the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" is a very powerful force ...

Before & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp ~ www.novelhall.com ~ When the Scottish army scouted the north of England, the Margaret Lord quietly sent his men to go to Newcastle and other places in the north to check the news, and also learned of a company called the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" Organization, recruited mercenaries in Newcastle. However, the Margaret Lord always felt that the organization called "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" behaved in a mysterious way, and the style was very similar to the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce".

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In this war, the Marin Army suddenly appeared rumors of tens of thousands of English mercenaries. The Margaret Lord came to an amazing inference-perhaps, behind that "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" and "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" The master is the man named Marin who defeated the 50,000 Bossa Allied Forces outside Lubeck ...

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