Unfortunately for the Polish and Lithuanian knights, the hostile relations between the two countries and the Teutonic Knights prevented the wandering knights of both countries from defecting to the Teutonic Order or the Livonian Order, two close groups of knights.

Not only that, but because of the close relationship between the Teutonic Knights and the German region, it was not easy for the wandering knights of Poland and Lithuania to find work in the German region. Moreover, there are too many wandering knights in the German region itself, and the competition is very fierce.

As for places outside Germany, the likelihood is also low. To the east, the Grand Duchy of Moscow was an Orthodox state that conflicted with the Catholic faith in Poland and Lithuania. Not to mention Turkey to the south, which is properly pagan......

Therefore, the wandering knights of Poland and Lithuania can only choose to mix in the country. Or, go to the Kingdom of Bohemia, which also belongs to the Jagiellonian royal family.

But whether it is Poland and Lithuania, or Bohemia, they are not very in demand for knights. Germany is different, Germany is a divided place, with many vassal states. Out of the need to compete for hegemony and security, each prince would recruit a group of knights to protect the safety of the vassal state. In Poland, Lithuania and Bohemia, although the internal aristocracy also operated independently, there was no struggle between the princes for hegemony, so there was not much demand for wandering knights.

In this way, there were few options left for the Polish wandering knights. Serving the royal family has become a very important way.

It is precisely because of this that Zygmunt I, as the king of Poland, was able to easily pull up the ranks and form a large-scale hussar in history. It's true, there is no other way out for the knights in the country......

Wandering knights want to get mixed up with titles and fiefs, and can only serve the king or the great nobles. But Poland and Lithuania were nominally unitary states, and there was no need for the German princes to compete for hegemony. Therefore, there are many wandering knights in Poland. In search of meritorious service, he had to join the king's army.

Therefore, despite the fact that the monarchs of Poland and Lithuania did not have much real power, there was actually no shortage of wandering knights who were willing to serve them. But because of the limited financial resources of the monarch himself, the size of the hussars has been maintained at the scale of several thousand to ten thousand people. It's not that you can't recruit people, it's that you don't have the money to support so many people......

Marin estimated that there were many children of knight families in Poland and Lithuania who could not find opportunities, at least tens of thousands, or even more than 20,000. Historically, hussars were formed in the Kingdom of Poland. This is not because there are so many knights only in Poland, but because Poland is richer. As for Lithuania, there were not many knights, but there was no money to form large-scale hussars. Therefore, hussars are also called Polish hussars......

And now Marin has put Simon in Ukraine and provided him with enough money and food to let him recruit wandering knights from Poland and Lithuania, which is estimated to recruit a lot of people.

Moreover, Marin's heart is not black, as long as a few thousand winged cavalry are enough. This will be a king bomb in his hand in the future wars of religion, which can be used to cooperate with him to launch an attack from the east of Germany to the mainland. As long as it is used well, a 10,000-strong army of thousands of hussars can destroy many German vassal states.

And when they are usually idle, these hussars can also help them mobilize or capture local Cossacks in the Ukrainian steppes, forcing them to emigrate to the North Sea Kingdom or serve themselves. No matter how fierce the Cossacks were, they could not defeat the Polish hussars, who were numerous. After all, the Cossacks were pure light cavalry, and the hussars were semi-heavy cavalry. In addition, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Cossacks......

As for the title of "Flying Wing Knights", it is just a name that Marin thinks casually when he pats his head. After all, recruiting a wandering knight requires a signboard. The name of a knight order is very attractive and justified. It would be strange if Simon dared to recruit openly as a count, and not be suspicious of the nobles of the Principality of Lithuania - you little count, why do you want so many wandering knights? Want to rebel?

And getting a knight order out and recruiting wandering knights is justified. After all, the Knights of the People's Republic of China are meant to recruit a lot of wandering knights.

As for the Order, it needs the approval of the Church to be established? That's not a problem at all. No, Marin wrote a letter to his father-in-law, Julius II, and then the Holy See's decree allowing the formation of the "Flying Wing Knights" was issued. Then, without a single wandering knight coming to him, Simon became the Grand Master of the Empty Knights......

Moreover, in the edict that the "Flying Wing Knights" was allowed to be established, Julius II also gave a very reasonable excuse - Ukraine is located on the Catholic front, facing the challenge of the Orthodox Church in the east and the Green Church in the south, which is very important. Simon was stationed in Ukraine with the "Knights of the Wings" to "protect Christian civilization...... It is also a "barrier to the Catholic world...... Look, how tall and ......

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Simon's negotiations with Zygmunt I went well, and this was because Marin had already passed with Zygmunt I. For Simon's request, Zygmunt I naturally had a bottom in his heart.

At first, Zygmunt I was opposed to Simon's recruitment of a few thousand Polish and Lithuanian wandering knights. After all, no monarch wants such a strong army at his disposal. But Marin explained to him that it was a soldier and horse that he had secretly hidden. Moreover, Simon could not have the money to feed so many soldiers and horses. Zygmunt I agreed, after all, that Marin's North Sea State was no threat to Poland. On the contrary, the North Sea States needed Poland as an ally. Because, Siegmunt I also knew that the new Hoffmann family was more excluded and hostile among the German princes, and it was normal for Marin to hide some soldiers and horses abroad......

With the basis of the previous conversation with Marin, it is naturally not a problem for the communication with Simon. Zygmunt I readily agreed to Simon's request to form a knightly order, and agreed to send dozens of hussar officers to help Simon train hussars.

When the party arrived in Krakow, the capital of the Kingdom of Poland, Zygmunt I did not get out of the car, but asked some hussars to protect Anne and return to the palace. And he himself accompanied Simon to Kiev to participate in the founding ceremony of Simon's "Flying Wing Knights".

In addition to the presence of Zygmunt I, a number of powerful parliamentarians from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were also present. Then came a procession from the west, lelegaries from the Holy See who read the papal edict......

After the envoys from the Holy See read the edict of Julius II in public on the square in front of the royal palace in Kiev, Zygmunt I, in his capacity as Grand Duke of Lithuania, publicly announced that he agreed to Simeon's formation of the Knights. Of course, Simon, the new Grand Master of the Knights, also swore in public that he would never lead troops north to intervene in the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania without the permission of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Grand Sem Council......

And after Simon swore that he would not casually lead troops to interfere in the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, several members of the Lithuanian Grand Sem who were present were obviously relieved - they were also afraid that Simon would rely on force to fight for the right to speak in Lithuania......

After the official establishment of the Flying Wing Knights, Simon, the Grand Master of the Light Pole, immediately sent people to various parts of Lithuania and Poland to carry out propaganda, recruiting those children of knight families who could not find opportunities to become members of the Knights......