Orich, the capital of East Friesland, Marin has been back for a few days. As soon as he returned, Marin called Kohler and asked him to send capable spies to Switzerland to inquire about the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries.

Marin always felt unsteady in his heart, and felt that something big was about to happen. You must know that 20,000 elite Swiss mercenaries have no problem fighting a war of annihilation in Europe. Such a powerful army has actually lost its trace, and anyone would be worried. Therefore, Marin not only asked Kohler to send a spy, but also asked Cage, who was responsible for training special forces, to go south with a group of masters.

In this era, Marin was not in a position to train all-round spies like "007" who were extraordinary and skilled in intelligence work. Moreover, Marin's spy school has only trained those trainee spies for a year, so it would be good to be able to familiarize them with intelligence detectives. If you want them to be strong in martial arts, it's impossible.

To this end, Marin asked Cage to accompany him with dozens of special forces. For such a thing as inquiring about intelligence, it is naturally the spy door who comes out in person. But sometimes, it is also necessary to grasp the "tongue" and torture the information. When this kind of thing happens, it is naturally Cage's special forces who come out.

Such a combination of personnel, but unintentionally, achieved the same effect as "007". You must know that spies are generally smart and flexible people. And special forces may not be very smart, but they must be very athletic. Moreover, Marin's special forces, carefully selected from tens of thousands of troops, are all masters.

In practice, it is actually very rare to have a smart and flexible mind and a particularly strong skill. Even if there is, it is a country that has been cultivated since childhood, and after strict elimination, there are only a few people in the end. Such people are generally ace spies of various countries, and they are very valuable.

But, strictly speaking, you don't have to do everything alone. After all, there is a specialization in the art industry. Everyone has something they are good at. It is difficult for ordinary people to achieve all-round development, and it is normal to be good at something.

Therefore, the use of special forces and spies to cooperate has made the spies reach a very high level in terms of intelligence and force. In this way, you can achieve greater results than ordinary spies or ordinary special forces.

After seeing the spies and special forces go south, Marin got to work again......

On this return trip, Marin made a special detour to Innsbruck in Tyrol to visit Emperor Maximilian I. Maximilian I expressed his displeasure with Marlin for avoiding him, and sprayed Marlin with him.

This time the coalition forces besieged West Friesland, and the losses of Maximilian I were not small. The 4,000 Flemish troops, but the elite of the Netherlands, lost a lot on the battlefield in this way, which made Maximilian I very unhappy.

However, Marin provided him with a piece of information that immediately diverted Maximilian I's attention:

"What? You say that 20,000 mercenaries from the Swiss side have been hired by a mysterious employer and their whereabouts are unknown? Upon hearing the news, Maximilian I was also taken aback. As the leader of the Swabian League, Maximilian I was well aware of the strength of the Swiss.

You must know that in the Swabian War, only the canton of Zurich, one of the thirteen states of the Swiss League, relied on the power of one state to beat the nobles of the Swabian League to the ground and retreat, which shows the strong combat effectiveness of the Swiss mercenaries. You know, there are only seven or eight thousand Swiss mercenaries in the canton of Zurich. Even in wartime, there were more than 10,000 mercenaries. Such a force can defeat the Swabian League to the ground, if 20,000 Swiss mercenaries go out, how powerful is the combat power......

Maximilian I immediately did not care about reprimanding Marin, and immediately called the minister in charge of intelligence and asked him to send someone to Switzerland urgently to find clues, so that he could know what to do.

The reason why Marin chose to share this information with Maximilian I was not only to divert his attention, but also to use the resources of Maximilian I's intelligence system to find out the reason as soon as possible.

You must know that the intelligence system under Maximilian I, although it is traditionally backward, is also a very complete and old-fashioned intelligence system. Its influence and scope of influence are by no means comparable to the new intelligence system under Marin's command.

Moreover, Marin believes that 20,000 Swiss mercenaries who are hired will always pass through the territory of other countries and go to the employer's territory. In this era, there were no airplanes, and there would definitely be clues when passing through the territory of other vassal states. After all, that's 20,000 people, not 20. It's not too difficult to find some clues. The premise is that you have enough people to be able to fully roll out to find out the news......

The intelligence agency under the name of Maximilian I, perhaps the intelligence capabilities are average. However, one thing is certain - there must be a lot of them......

When there are many people, it is naturally much more convenient to find out information. Maximilian I had many allies and could carry out intelligence work in several regions.

There are so many 20,000 people, even if they leave Switzerland in batches, they will leave a trace. It would be better to leave this kind of information to the intelligence officers under Maximilian I. As long as you can find out the whereabouts of those 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, then everything will be easy.

Although the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were very combative, Marin's German mercenaries were not easy to mess with. As long as they know where those people are, even if they are against them, as long as they are fully prepared, Marin's army is not afraid.

When he left Innsbruck, Marin made an agreement with Emperor Maximilian I to share information with either side that would be the first to discover the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries.

This time, Marin sent spies south to Switzerland, in addition to sending special forces to inquire about information and catch the "tongue", he also specially arranged people to contact the people under Maximilian I and get the latest news from the Austrians at any time. At the same time, they can also share their intelligence with the Austrian side.

As long as the whereabouts of the 20,000 Swiss people are found, Marin can also breathe a sigh of relief......

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Marin was working on a pile of paperwork during his trip to Italy when he heard of a visit from George, Duke of Saxony......

After the defeat in West Friesland, George did not return home, but fled to East Friesland with the remaining more than 2,000 regular soldiers and more than 10,000 Saxons, carrying all the wealth and food of Groningen, and crossed the Ames River to set up camp in the area on the east bank of the Ems. George, Duke of Saxony, also camped in his camp on the east bank of the Ames River.

Obviously, George is not willing to fail, and wants to make a comeback. However, for his part, Guedes had already sent a ransom demand - sure enough, as George thought, more than a million gold coins were needed......

Now George, almost bankrupt, where can he afford to pay more than a million gold coins? As for borrowing money? George borrowed too much before, and he hasn't paid off the arrears yet, where can he borrow more money again?

It's just that George is still lucky and hopes to find a good opportunity to turn the tables.

Sure enough, during the meeting with Marin, George proposed that he wanted to borrow troops from East Friesland in Marin and attack West Friesland one more time in order to regain everything. At the same time, it also avoids paying a ransom of millions of gold coins. After all, as long as it is overcome, everything will not be a problem.

But how could Marin be willing to lend troops to George? Not to mention the previous antagonistic relationship with the Duchy of Saxony, even if it had a good relationship with Saxony, Marin would not lend troops to George. Because, the army of the Duchy of Godes, mainly Swiss, is very difficult to mess with.

During the meal, Marin, who had hosted a banquet for George, Duke of Saxony, suddenly said:

"Duke George, is West Friesland for sale? Otherwise, sell me West Frisland......"