The arrears of hundreds of thousands of gold coins are really just a drizzle for Marin. Because, the total wealth in Marin's hands is estimated to be tens of millions. But unfortunately, it was all food and other goods, not cash.

There is no way, now the whole of Europe is short of money, and every year it costs a lot of gold and silver to buy spices from India, or from the Middle East to buy all kinds of Asian specialties. Therefore, even though Marin's wealth is amazing, he can't take out much cash to pay. In particular, last year he fought a battle with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, and although he wiped out the Eight Kingdoms, he spent almost all the cash. Otherwise, he would not have supported the Fugger family in the development of the Tyrolean silver mines.

And the benefits of supporting the Fugger family are also obvious, for example, Marin, who is short of money, can be supported by the Fugger family's cash flow.

It's like Marin promised to pay hundreds of thousands of Gulden gold coins for Hungarian prisoners of war, and he could easily borrow them from the Fugger family. The Fugger family apparently had a branch in the big city of Prague. The branch manager, Dieol, had already received an order from the headquarters in Augsburg through a flying pigeon to come to the Prague Royal Palace in person, willing to provide a loan guarantee for Marin's payment of the Hungarian prisoners of war. In this regard, Vladislas II naturally welcomed it with raised hands. After all, the Fugger family, with millions of dollars in cash, is currently the richest man in Germany. The credibility of their guarantees, that's a bargain.

The only thing that frustrated Vladislas II was a reply from the flying pigeons in the Hungarian capital of Pest, the Hungarian nobles agreed in principle to sell the prisoners of war to Marin, but they were to divide two-thirds of them......

In other words, if Marin paid 300,000 gold coins for the prisoners of war, the Hungarian nobles would have to divide the 200,000 gold coins. And according to the normal rules of spoils, Vladislas II, the monarch, should be divided in half. But the Hungarian aristocracy thought that many of those prisoners of war were serfs under their rule, and that they should have a share if they sold them to Marin......

But in reality, those Hungarian nobles did not care at all about the life or death of those serfs. Because, there is no shortage of people in the Kingdom of Hungary!

At this time, the Kingdom of Hungary had a population of more than four million. Moreover, although the Hungarian Great Plain has been developed to a certain extent, only a small part of the 100,000 square kilometers of the Hungarian Great Plain has been developed. In the vast plains, there were also large numbers of free herdsmen, or hired semi-serfs. If those rebellious serfs are gone, it is a big deal that they will send troops to the grassland to catch some free herdsmen and come back as serfs. Anyway, taking advantage of the great opportunity to counterbalance the rebellion, as long as you casually accuse yourself of being a "rebellious accomplice", you can casually arrest free herdsmen and yeoman farmers and go home to become serfs. Anyway, these people have no words, and if they don't obey, they will be killed as rebels......

Therefore, it is no pity for the Hungarian aristocracy to sell tens of thousands of serfs or something. It's a big deal, send someone to catch some freemen and come back as serfs. In these days, there is no law, and what the nobles say is the law......

Historically, these nobles did not hesitate to kill 50,000 Hungarian peasants who participated in the uprising. But now that there is Marin, a "pick-up man", who is willing to buy prisoners of war, they must be reluctant to kill prisoners of war. Because, that's all money!

Moreover, these Hungarian nobles were also happy in their hearts. Because, this war to suppress the peasants, which was destined to lose money, not only did not need to pay a large amount of commissions, but also made money backwards, which was absolutely pie in the sky for the nobles who were generally in poor economic condition......

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According to the current plan, Marin was willing to send 15,000 troops, and Zygmunt I could get a few thousand hussars. In addition, Vladislas II himself was able to raise 10,000 Bohemian warriors, and the Hungarian nobles raised seven or eight thousand men themselves, the total number could reach 378.

However, Vladislas II was still more skeptical about the combat effectiveness of the more than 30,000 hussars in the Hungarian rebel army, which totaled more than 80,000.

Except for those who have become peasants, the rest of the Magyars are born warriors on horseback. More than 30,000 hussars, gathered together, are absolutely very strong in combat. If it weren't for this characteristic, the Holy See would not have chosen to come to Hungary to form a crusader - they simply took a fancy to the fierce customs of the Magyars.

If more than 30,000 hussars charged on a frontal battlefield, they would definitely be overwhelming and shocking the earth. And the army he put together is only more than 30,000 people, so he is very unconfident.

There was an essential difference between the Hungarian peasant rebel army and the peasant rebel army in Württemberg, because the quality of the officers on both sides was completely different.

The leaders of the Württemberg peasant rebels were also illiterate peasants, or craftsmen such as blacksmiths, and there were no professionals who knew military affairs and could command the army.

The Hungarian peasant rebels were different, their leaders were more forgiving. George, himself an officer of the border guards of the Kingdom of Hungary from a small aristocratic family. His crusaders consisted of many junior officers of the profession, and in addition to the peasants, who made up the largest number, there were also a number of fanatical missionaries and fanatical young students.

Moreover, before going on the expedition, Dorao George also conducted professional training for the army. Therefore, they are much more powerful than the peasant rebels in Württemberg, who don't know anything. What's more, they still have more than 30,000 hussars......

The only good news is probably more forgiving. George, fearing that there would be a shortage of food and grass, divided the army into three parts. Among them, the group of citizen troops responsible for monitoring the capital Pest has been eliminated. In the northern mountainous areas, there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people. As for the main part of the southbound Szeged, there are more than 50,000 people......

If these 80,000 people were gathered together at the moment, it would be difficult for Vladislas II to put together more than 30,000 mercenaries. However, they are divided into two parts, and that is to kill themselves.

After all, even if the main force of the rebel army, that is, Duo Rao. Most of the more than 50,000 people led by George were also new farmers. Most of the mercenaries formed by Vladislas II are veterans of a hundred battles, and the abilities of the two sides are completely different.

The only thing that scared Vladislas II was to be spared. George pulled up more than 30,000 Magyar hussars from the steppes of the South.

Without this cavalry, Vladislas II would have been able to wipe out tens of thousands of peasant troops with a random army of 10,000. But once the other side has cavalry, even if it is not very professional, such a large scale, it can pose a huge threat to the suppressed army.

"What shall I do with the 30,000 Hussar?" Vladislas II distressed.

And Marin, who was going to ask Vladislas II to resign, remembered the way to deal with the Württemberg peasant rebels, and his heart moved, and said:

"Your Majesty, perhaps...... I have a way to ......"

"What's the solution?" Vladislas II asked with a look of hope. He is also very aware of Marin's trickery. All the German nobles who were defeated by him scolded him for being "insidious and despicable". Because, Marin often does not use normal means to deal with his opponents......

Then Marin repeated the idea of feeding the horses of the Württemberg peasant rebel army with chin bean flour, which aroused great interest in Vladislas II:

"Really? Is there this miracle drug? I don't know, can we also send people to infiltrate the Hungarian mud-legged rebels and drug their horse fodder? ”

Marin shook his head and said:

"It's too late, the other party has been in the army for a long time, and at this time, it is impossible to send secret agents to get into an important position. If you don't have enough status, you can't be in charge of feeding the horses......"

Marin's words were pertinent, Wolf's gang had infiltrated Casbar's rebels in the first place. Moreover, there is also the life-saving grace of "covering the other party's escape from the city". After that, he also led the battle to ambush the coalition forces of the nobles of Württemberg, and only then did he gain the trust of the leader Casbar.

On the Hungarian side, the rebel army had already been formed, and the positions of officers had long been decided. At this time, if you send someone to get in, you can only start from the bottom, and the ghost knows if you can reach the top. If you can't handle the feed of the war horse, even if you have croton, it will be useless.

"So what are we going to do? The croton you're talking about is useless? ”

Marin shook his head:

"No, it's still useful!"

"How do you use it?"

Marin explains:

"If you send someone in now, it will definitely be difficult to get a high position. However, if we send people in, we will have access to the quartermasters of the rebels! The fodder for the war horses must be sent by the hands of the quartermaster. As long as we spend a lot of money, bribe the quartermaster, and mix the croton powder into the feed eaten by the war horses before leaving the station the next morning, we can definitely abolish the combat effectiveness of the opponent's cavalry! ”

"Are you sure you can buy the quartermaster?" Vladislas II was somewhat uncertain.

Marin said confidently:

"I have heard that the quartermaster of this rebel army is a local Hungarian Jewish merchant who is proficient in arithmetic. I'm not sure if anyone else, Jewish merchants...... Hehe, as long as you give enough money, you are promising a noble title, for sure! ”

Vladislas II suddenly - Nima, it is indeed easier to buy a merchant, let alone the most mercenary Jewish merchant......

If the opponent's most threatening 30,000 hussars can be abolished, then the final decisive battle will definitely be won, and it will be won lying down. After all, without the overwhelming impact of 30,000 hussars, even if there were 80,000 peasant troops, they would only be 80,000 lambs to the slaughter. Without horses, the sab-armed hussars would never be able to defeat the well-trained mercenary infantry. What's more, in this coalition army, there are 5,000 Polish hussars and 5,000 Cossack hussars. In the face of the Hungarian peasant army, which had lost its cavalry, the outcome was already answered......

Thinking of the benefits, Vladislas II did not hesitate to agree to the plan of bribing the quartermaster of the Jewish merchant with a knighthood and a large amount of money, and selected Magyars-born spies to prepare to infiltrate the rebel army and carry out this plan in the south.

And Marin also planned to send someone to pass the book with flying pigeons, and ordered the country to grind all the remaining crotons that were originally intended to be planted into croton flour and send them to Prague to be brought to Hungary by Vladislas II's spies. As for the croton without seeds, this problem is easy to solve. It's a big deal, next time I sent a merchant ship to Daming, I will buy some back......

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