"God, we're finally done with that goddamn slavery!" Zigger, the leader of the Swiss mercenaries, moved his feet, and felt a little uncomfortable walking without shackles.

Zieg is a mercenary leader among the Swiss mercenaries, and in the entire Swiss mercenary system, he is a middle-level general. He has a mercenary group of 1,000 people in his hands, and his combat effectiveness is very good.

Moreover, in his early years, Ziegy was also hired by Marin to ambush the army of the then West Frisian aristocratic republic. Later, he was also hired by the Duchy of Guedes to fight against the army of the Duchy of Saxony.

However, in the Battle of Lübeck a few years ago, he and 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were collectively defeated, captured by Marin, and helped dig the Münster Canal.

However, this is only the beginning of the suffering. When Marin agreed to let them go, they were soon met by an army of Habsburg cavalry. Unarmed, they could only be captured and captured again. After that, Zieg and his compatriots worked as coolies in the Netherlands, digging many ditches and clearing a lot of farmland for the Habsburgs. This is done for several years, and people cannot see the future......

In the past few years, the Habsburgs have been unkind to their former "rebellion". The previous group of high-ranking generals at the level of bigwigs, such as corps commanders, deputy corps commanders or something, were persecuted to death by the Habsburgs under various pretexts. Even the leader of the phalanx was killed several times.

Then, when the 17,000 Swiss mercenaries got out of trouble, they were shocked to find that the highest-ranking surviving commander among these people was actually the former phalanx leader Zig......

"Okay, then I'll take it upon myself to serve as the temporary commander of this army first!"

With that, Ziggy changed into a suit of armor that he had stolen from the prisoners of war, dressed neatly, and ascended the high platform with Baron Lavosson......

"Commander Zigger, we must now evacuate the Netherlands as soon as possible and go to Switzerland, and we must not allow the Habsburg army to occupy Switzerland!" After Baron Lavoisson finished speaking, he also gave Zieger a detailed introduction to the current situation in Switzerland.

"What about Marin in the North Sea Country? Where is their army now? After listening to Baron Lavosson's introduction, Zieg suddenly asked.

"They seem to have withdrawn from the country. Now, I should be busy with Christmas...... "Before we set off, the French must confirm the movement of the lower marin. Because, in the eyes of the French, Marin is a "destabilizing factor".

"I've returned home...... In other words, the main force of the North Sea Kingdom has returned to East Friesland...... Not good, East Friesland is not far from the Duchy of Brabant, only one West Friesland! General Ravasson, we must get out of here as soon as possible, and we can't be entangled by the Beihai Army! Ziggy said with some concern.

Baron Lavathon was also a little nervous when he heard this, indeed, East Friesland, the mainland of the North Sea Country, was not very far from here. If you send out light cavalry, you can get there quickly.

But the two didn't know, this time, that time. At first, Marin was worried that the Habsburgs were too weak to defeat Switzerland, so he detained them and did not let them go. The Habsburgs are now firmly established in eastern Switzerland and are beginning to double their military power. Therefore, even if he heard that these Swiss mercenaries were out of trouble, Marin would not be nosy......

"So what now? Commander Ziggy, give the order! ”

Ziggy thought for a moment and ordered:

"Let's go and find enough clothes and shoes to make sure that you don't get frozen on the march!"

The Swiss mercenaries in the audience responded loudly, indicating that they understood.

"Secondly, look for enough weapons ......"

For this, they only captured the long hair and swords of 2,000 defenders, which was not enough for 17,000 men.

For this reason, Ziggy thought for a moment and said:

"In that case, then I order, the leader of the first phalanx, Zaka, and the leader of the second phalanx, Behrami, to each take their own troops and horses, receive the existing 2,000 weapons, and attack immediately!"

"Sortie? Right now? It's Christmas night! 'Xhaka and Behrami were a little dumbfounded – they never did......

"It's just to act tonight, and our target is defenseless!" Clearly, Ziggy was inspired by the ease with which the French touched the camp.

"So, Commander-in-Chief, where are we going to attack now?"

"Divide into 4 groups of 500 men and attack the nearby noble manor. Remember, give priority to attacking those noble estates, and don't attack the estates of commoner landlords for the time being! Ziggy commanded.

"Why?" Xhaka was a little puzzled. Because, the civilian manor is much easier to attack. Noble manors generally have a warrior, which is more difficult to deal with.

Ziggy explains:

"The noble manor has a lot of horses, and they have some weapons in stock. We are most short of weapons now, and then we are short of horses. By capturing those noble estates, we can quickly get a lot of weapons and horses. In this way, it will help us to rush back to our hometown safely. Also, tonight is Christmas, and the nobles will basically get drunk so that we can attack......"

Suddenly, everyone under his command was convinced. Even the two French officers, Laval and Pierre, agreed with Zigger's judgment.

"That...... Commander Zigger, the brothers haven't drunk or eaten meat in years, and haven't touched a woman......" Behrami, the acting leader of the second phalanx, said with a sudden twist......

It is no wonder that these 17,000 Swiss mercenaries have been held as slaves for several years, and indeed they have not eaten meat or slept with women for a long time.

You know, the European mercenaries of these years are not good people. Usually when they don't fight, they love to drink wine and eat meat, and "talk about life ideals" with female branch girls...... Many mercenary groups travel, followed by a female team, specializing in mercenary business......

Ziggy thought for a moment and said:

"Wait for tomorrow...... Tomorrow let you drink wine and eat meat and find women. Tonight, we're going to focus on collecting enough horses and weapons! ”

Zaka frowned and said:

"It's hard to get all the weapons, we're the most skilled at using spears. But I can't find 15,000 spears right now! ”

Ziggy also thought of this, nodded and said:

"If you don't have enough weapons, the others should use the shovels we usually use to dig the river!"

These 17,000 Swiss mercenaries have been digging ditches with shovels for the past few years, and the skill points for using shovels have been full.

Moreover, in this era, in fact, European farmers mainly used all-wooden agricultural tools, and shovels were rare. The reason why there are 17,000 shovels in the Netherlands is that Prince Philip personally ordered them from the North Sea Kingdom. After all, Marin has an iron-making blast furnace that can mass-produce iron farm tools. And with shovels, these 17,000 Swiss mercenaries are also very convenient when digging ditches.

Zigger's plan was to bring all 17,000 shovels back to Switzerland if possible. Even if you don't use it in the future, you can give it to the people in your hometown for farming. After all, iron farming tools were still very scarce in Europe at this time.

……

In order to obtain accurate information, Zigger specially found living prisoners of war, and through torture, obtained a lot of information about the nearby manor. Then, in accordance with the information provided by the captive, tasks were assigned......

After the task was assigned, Xhaka and Behrami led two phalanxes of more than 2,000 Swiss mercenaries, divided into four groups, and ran towards the goal......

Although they have been farming for the past few years, most of these people are experienced veterans of the battle formation, and they are all ruthless people with blood on their hands. Now as soon as he gets out of trouble, he is like a beast out of the cage, and he kills the target manor violently......