Chapter 1315： The coalition team expanded

The solicitation of Italian mercenaries was very smooth. At the beginning, the heads of 11 Italian mercenaries, including Pargani, refused to surrender. However, Charlie, the Earl of Gelden, did not expect them to surrender. As a result, the heads of 11 Italian mercenary regiments, including Pargani, were detained.

Then, Earl Charlie ordered Yan Xin to torture a group of middle- and low-level Italian mercenary officers who were afraid of death and pain. Then, let these people persuade those Italian mercenaries. At the same time, Count Charles also casually formulated a timid Italian mercenary squad leader called Finini, and formed a mercenary group called the "Art Mercenary Corps" as an empty shell, and will agree to accept the hired Italian mercenaries Arranged into this empty shell mercenary regiment ...

Moreover, Count Charles promised to those Italian mercenaries that once the war was over, the "art mercenary regiment", a group with a bad track record, would be disbanded without affecting their future. However, their commissions are not less.

This trick worked, the Italians were more marketable, and their courage was relatively small. Charlie, the Earl of Gelden, threatened them and even killed many Italian mercenaries who did not want to surrender in front of many Italian mercenaries. Many Italian mercenaries chose to cooperate in the face of reason and intimidation ...

In this way, more than 8,000 Italian mercenaries were captured, and finally 6,000 people chose to make a facelift and serve as a coalition of princes of the Eight Kingdoms.

As a result, the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, which lost two or three thousand people in the siege of Oldenburg, made up for the previous loss of strength. Even more than three thousand people have been added.

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"I don't understand, why should we hire this group of Italian soft eggs? It's not cost-effective to hire them!" Magnus I, Duke of Saxony-Fort Laurn, complained.

Count Gelden gave him a blank look and said:

"Sir Magnus, I know German mercenaries are better. But now, can you still hire experienced German mercenaries?"

Because the prince alliance and the eight-nation prince alliance are recruiting mercenaries at the same time, and many mercenaries have long-term contracts with some princes, so the veterans of the German mercenaries are scarce and difficult to hire. Now, the German mercenaries that can be hired are either new recruits or weak chickens with poor combat effectiveness.

Magnus I had some poor words, but he mumbled:

"There is no need to hire this bunch of Italian soft eggs ..."

Charlie the Earl of Galden explained:

"Despite the fact that our army has 40,000 troops, half of them are conscripted, and their combat effectiveness is very weak. Although these Italian mercenaries are not brave enough, they are also professional soldiers. The combat effectiveness is stronger than those of the peasants they have captured. "

"And now there are two legions in Beihai. Needless to say, the first legion composed of pure veterans, we are entangled with 20,000 veterans. Even if you ca n’t beat each other, you can hold them back. Our other 20,000 conscripts and the opponent ’s recruits will decide the outcome of the new Second Army. "

"Although the opponent ’s new second legion is dominated by recruits, there are also elites like straw hat swordsmen from thousands of people. Although we have more than 20,000 conscripts, we must be prepared to be defeated by the opponent ’s elite. So, we Hiring these Italian mercenaries who have at least a better combat power than the conscript is also to ensure victory! "

After listening to Magnus I, he thought about it:

"But we recruited 20,000 troops and beat 10,000 recruits. It should be enough ..."

Earl Charlie shook his head again and again:

"Not enough! If it was before, maybe it was enough. But now the commander is replaced by Marin, it is not necessary. This person is tricky and good at using troops. So, it is better to bring six thousand Italian mercenaries. This way, but Ensure that our conscripts, with the help of Italian mercenaries, can defeat the group of recruits of the new Second Army of the North Sea ... "

Thinking of Marin's glorious record before, Magnus I thought about it, and then he did not speak. It was regarded as the endorsement of Earl Charles.

However, Count Charles, who has a very good idea, does not know that the new Second Army that he believes is "mainly recruits" is actually composed of elite veterans of the former Second Army ...

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However, things in this world are ever-changing. Some things, even Marin, were unexpected. For example, after the Allied forces of the Eight Kingdoms won the city of Oldenburg, they ushered in some uninvited guests ...

Who are these people? They are the old aristocrats who were arranged by Marin to Bremen to fend for themselves ...

The North Sea State of Marin is composed of the original East Frisian Lambert, Oldenburg, West Frisian Noble Republic, Bishop of Münster, Bishop of Osnabruck, Schleswig The Principality, the Jutland region of Denmark, and the exchanged Archbishop of Bremen and the Ruhr area.

Among them, the old nobles of the former East Frisian Lambert were basically killed by Marin, and the old nobles of the West Frisian Noble Republic were killed by the Principality of Saxony. Then, the construction site of the Ruhr area was late, and Marin temporarily gave up the plan to develop there. Therefore, the old nobles in the Ruhr area did not move much. Also, the original Danish nobles on the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark were taken away by the Danish King Hans ...

However, in the original Oldenburg, Principality of Schleswig, northern area of ​​Münster, including some surviving old nobles of West Friesland, except for a small part of them, most of the old nobles were enclaved , All were centrally replaced in Bremen province. These nobles of all sizes add up to an estimated more than 100. There are dozens of barons alone ...

After these old nobles were replaced in the province of Bremen, although the land has not decreased, it is also fertile enough. However, they have since moved away from the circle of core power and reduced to empty shell aristocrats who can only eat and die. Unlike before ~ ​​www.novelhall.com ~ still have the right to show off their power ...

Therefore, these old noble families who are politically frustrated are very dissatisfied with Marin. Only because of fear of Marin's strong military strength, they dare not take any action.

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However, as the coalition forces of the Eight Kingdoms entered the North Sea, plus the betrayal of the Second Army, the Third Army, the Sixth Army, and the Fourth and Fifth Army in England, the marginalized nobles watched When the opportunity comes ...

So, in the past few months, the old nobles who were replaced in the Bremen region began to engage in frequent series. Taking the opportunity of holding banquets and dances, I kept gathering and discussing privately.

After fierce discussions, these old nobles agreed that if they did not change, they would be reduced to small landlords who could only be mixed in Bremen, and there would be no future ...

However, they also know that if they oppose the Beihai regime, the risks are also great. If it fails, it may be nothing.

Therefore, the owners of these old nobles have privately held many discussions and quarrels. Until now, there has been a consensus-that is, it must be changed ...

For this reason, many old aristocrats who wanted to change their fate began to recruit troops and train soldiers. About a hundred old noble families gathered a total of 7,000 soldiers and horses. Although most of them are conscripts, the nobles themselves have a tradition of martial arts, but they can also gather hundreds of plate armor knights.

But before, this group of veteran nobles in Bremen also watched. It was not until the Allied Powers of the Eight Kingdoms captured the city of Oldenburg that they finally made up their minds to turn to the Allied Powers of the Eight Kingdoms ...

And those mysterious representatives, most of the unwilling old nobles representing Bremen, came to discuss the "admission" with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms ...