"Second-hand weapon armor?" Maximilian I did not react at once.

"Of course, the minister defeated the Bossa coalition this time and took 7,000 sets of plate armor and horse armor from the armies of the two countries. In addition, the 3,000 sets of breastplates worn by the first three rows of soldiers of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were also in the hands of the ministers. As for those spears and swords, needless to say......"

Maximilian I's eyes lit up......

Soon, however, His Majesty the Emperor said with some discouragement:

"It's true that you have a lot of armor, but I don't have so many wandering knights in my hands......"

According to the fixed thinking of Maximilian I, plate armor was for knights. There aren't enough wandering knights to play for him, and no matter how much armor he has, no one will wear it......

But Marin soon came up with a new idea:

"Your Majesty, plate armor may not be for knights, but infantry can also be......"

"Infantry can also wear plate armor? Can you afford it? "After all, plate armor is a thing that weighs dozens of pounds, and it is really not light. Ordinary men wear full-body plate armor and last for a short period of time. But it would be really embarrassing to charge and fight in dozens of pounds of plate armor......

"Didn't the veterans of the first three rows of the Swiss wear cuirasses and helmets?" Marin retorted.

"That's right...... You mean, let the soldiers of my newly formed army fight in half-body plate armor? ”

"You don't need everyone, generally the first three rows are enough. But given the sheer fighting power of the Swiss, it would be better to have more people wearing plate armor. In this way, there is no fear of the long-haired poke of the Swiss. ”

After a pause, Marin continued:

"Moreover, you can pick people who are physically strong and have them lead the charge in full plate armor. The spears of the Swiss were a little difficult to use in the face of those who wore full plate armor...... In the face of the plate knights, they can poke the war horses with their spears, and in the face of the plate infantry, where do they poke? ”

Maximilian I thought about it, and really. The plate armor of the late Middle Ages in Europe was still very perverted, and almost enveloped people. Even, even the crotch is protruding to protect the little brother. You just want to poke someone's balls, but you also have to face high protection......

If you wear half-body plate armor, like a Swiss mercenary veteran, your opponent can poke you in the thigh with a spear. But if you wear full-body plate armor, there is no place to poke it.

A warrior wearing a full suit of plate armor could bravely face the Swiss spear array, slam into it, and then drop with a knife in his hand......

Of course, it can't be too reckless. After all, among the Swiss mercenaries, there are also some special classes that specialize in using hammers against plate armor. However, those people are only in the minority. As long as you guard against them, it's not too much of a problem.

"However, it is too physically demanding to move in a full suit...... "Maximilian I was more worried about this.

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

"Makes sense!" Maximilian I nodded, but he was still worried that the armor-pierced infantry would not have enough staying power.

"Your Majesty, if you occupy Switzerland, who is in a hurry? Are you still Swiss? Marin saw that Maximilian I was so entangled, so he persuaded.

"Of course the Swiss are in a hurry, we almost occupy two cantons!"

"That's right, as long as the Swiss are in a hurry, you can take a large group of soldiers in plate armor and stand there in formation, waiting for the Swiss mercenaries to rush up! Anyway, it's them who are in a hurry. And if you stand there in plate armor and wait for the enemy to rush, you can save a lot of physical strength...... "This, probably the so-called leisure and work......

Maximilian I thought about it and realized that Marin was right. Now it is the Austrian army that occupies the homeland of the Swiss, and it is the Swiss who should be in a hurry. At this time, the Austrian warriors only had to stand there and wait for the Swiss to attack.

The Swiss were not good at using muskets, and spears and bows were not very effective against plate armor. The only thing to watch out for is probably the opponent's warhammer. However, the soldiers of the Habsburgs were not fools. If you see someone with a hammer, you should be poked to death first......

In the end, after much deliberation and calculation, Maximilian I decided to buy 2,000 sets of plate armor and 3,000 sets of half-body plate armor for the battle against the Swiss.

Among them, he will select 2,000 particularly strong men from the army, wearing full plate armor, to stand at the front of the battle formation to resist the attack of the Swiss. Then, in the back were 3,000 relatively strong soldiers, dressed in half-body plate armor, like the elite infantry of the Swiss, ready to support the 2,000 soldiers in full plate armor in front of them.

Anyway, what they had to do was just to block the Swiss mercenaries who were counterattacking, not to attack the Swiss mercenaries. After all, it is they who now occupy the land. The initiative was in the hands of the Habsburgs, and if the Swiss wanted to retake their homeland, they had to charge. Unless, unless, they are willing to voluntarily abandon their hometown...... But that's impossible......

……

Eventually, in addition to 2,000 full-body plates and 3,000 half-body plates (worn by the Swiss), Maximilian I bought tens of thousands of second-hand spears from Marin, all used by Swiss mercenaries.

In this way, Marin sold 2,000 sets of full-body plate armor, 3,000 sets of half-body plate armor worn by elite Swiss veterans, and 10,000 second-hand Swiss spears to Maximilian I at half price. Its total price reached 250,000 gold coins.

Although he gave the emperor a big discount and made a lot of less money, Marin did not regret it. Because, he knows, the emperor needs such support, otherwise it will be difficult to beat the Swiss, who are counterattacking.

In Marin's view, the Habsburgs' basic control of Switzerland, and then the fierce resistance of the Swiss, supported by France, was what Marin wanted to see most.

If they did not support the emperor now, perhaps the Habsburgs would not even be able to control Switzerland, let alone suppress the Swiss revolt?

Trapping both the Habsburgs and the Swiss mountain people on the battlefield in Switzerland was the outcome that Marin wanted most. For this reason, Marin did not hesitate to sell a large number of weapons and armor to the emperor at half price, so as to cheer the emperor and win the battle.

Besides, these weapons and armor were forcibly stripped from the captured soldiers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Switzerland, and Marin was not required to pay for it at all. can be sold for 250,000 gold coins, which is already a lot of profit.

As for the remaining plate armor and weapons, as long as the price is favorable, it is not impossible to sell......

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered that since thousands of Swiss mercenaries such as the Zigg mercenary group who had helped the Duchy of Guedes capture West Friesland were going to return to China to participate in the war, then the Duchy of Guedes, which originally had a large number of Swiss mercenaries, would have greatly reduced its combat effectiveness. Relying only on the more than 10,000 local warriors of the Duchy of Gedesi, they couldn't stop Marin's army at all, and they didn't have the slightest chance......

Therefore, at this time, Marin went back with a large army and asked the Duchy of Geddes for West Friesland, and the other party did not dare not give it, unless, the other party could not think of it and wanted to find death......

In any case, because of the outbreak of war in Switzerland, the thousands of Swiss mercenaries in the Duchy of Gedes had to return home. In this way, the strength of the Principality of Gedes has been greatly reduced, and it has no strength to confront Marin......