The leader of these 10,000 Italian mercenaries is called Palgani, who is a very famous mercenary general in Italy. Of course, he is famous, not because he is very good at fighting. On the contrary, this Pargani brother is very unbeatable and often loses battles.

He was lucky, though. Although he often loses battles, because of his eloquence and aristocratic background, Brother Pargani can always get an employment contract and drink the blood of a soldier smoothly......

However, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. After a few defeats for his employers, the Pargani brothers became notorious. Then, no one would hire him to fight for him. Therefore, in desperation, the Pargani brothers can only reduce the commission price to attract customers.

But it didn't work, after all, employers hired mercenaries to fight for themselves, and they definitely wanted to win, not lose. Therefore, Palgani, a "often defeated general", naturally no one is willing to hire him.

But fortunately, Brother Pargani was able to receive some military contracts to guard remote cities. Therefore, he barely starved to death. After all, guarding a small and remote city does not require much combat effectiveness, as long as it can fight bandits and suppress the common people, it is enough. And when the lords give such contracts, combat power is not the primary consideration, and the price factor becomes an important reference.

Although Pargani is not very good at leading troops to fight, he is quite personable. The mercenaries he led have always been known for their grace. The so-called demeanor is actually to be able to restrain his subordinates from harming the common people.

The family education that Pargani received was to ensure a chivalrous demeanor and not to bully the weak. Therefore, his army is strictly forbidden to harass the people under the rule of his employer. This may not be of much value in wartime. However, when it comes to guarding the town, it is very important. Because the lords hired you to help him guard the town, and they were afraid that you would steal and bring disaster to the people......

And in this era, there is actually no difference between mercenaries and bandits, and it is simply commonplace to loot a common person. Many mercenary groups with strong combat effectiveness also have a tradition of harming the people.

Therefore, the "gentleman mercenary group" of Pargani, because it does not harm the people under the rule of the employer, is also favored by those employers who need to guard the remote cities. Of course, because of the low combat effectiveness, the salary can only be half of that of the Italian mercenaries with strong combat effectiveness......

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When Marin's spies to Italy arrived, they encountered the expiration of the contract between Palgani's "Gentlemen's Mercenary Regiment" and his previous employer. Hearing that there was a big order to take, Pargani stalked with the representatives sent by the North Sea State to recruit mercenaries.

It just so happened that Marin's request was to find a group of low-cost Italian mercenaries to be a "group performer". As a result, the envoy of the North Sea Kingdom made a decision to hire the mercenary group of Pargani, nicknamed "Gentleman".

Then, after sending someone to report to the homeland, he directly appointed Pargani as the commander of the 10,000 Italian mercenaries.

Even, the other 10 mercenary groups were all introduced with the help of Pargani, who is very wild in Italy. And these other 10 mercenary groups, like the "gentleman mercenary group", are all cheap......

Of course, another meaning of cheap is that these 10 mercenary groups are also mercenary groups of war scum......

Because Pargani was the main intermediary, the leaders of the other 10 mercenary groups also accepted Palgani and agreed to him as the commander of this improvised 10,000-strong legion. Moreover, in private, some "referral fees" are given to Pargani.

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But they didn't know that this time they were really pitted by Palgani. Because, Marin's positioning of these 10,000 Italian mercenaries is - cannon fodder......

Yes, cannon fodder!

The reason why Marin was willing to hire this group of waste Italian mercenaries at a low price was not to be well-intentioned, and he did not expect them to help him fight. These 10,000 Italian mercenaries were invited by Marin to be a "group performer" and play a good show of "Beihai Country is completely hopeless".

After all, in the eyes of the outside world, these 10,000 Italian mercenaries can be regarded as an important hole card of the North Sea State. And what if this "hole card" is also broken by the alliance of princes......

That's right, Marin hired this group of Italian mercenaries to send them to their deaths. He wanted to use the defeat of this group of Italian mercenaries to paralyze the enemy. At the same time, it makes people see the "poor donkey skills" of Beihai Country.

Moreover, the cunning Marin doesn't really have to pay so many commissions. Because, if this Italian mercenary team is defeated, according to the contract, it means that these Italian mercenaries have not been able to complete the contract. Then, except for the cost of a similar deposit paid earlier, the rest of the expenses can be completely refused to be paid by Marin......

In other words, if this group of Italian mercenaries were defeated according to Marin's arrangement, Marin would not have to cost much at all. At most, Marin will also provide some food for this group of mercenaries to eat. But in the North Sea Country, spending a little food is nothing. Marin was worried that there was too much food to consume, and it was nothing to eat the old grain for these Italian mercenaries to eat......

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After the 10,000 Italian mercenaries landed, Schwarz, as the military minister of the North Sea State, personally received them. Then, the 10,000 Italian mercenaries were assigned a task that was not too difficult - to hold the city of Oldenburg......

The city of Oldenburg is the capital of the province of Oldenburg and the secondary core area of the North Sea State. It is second only to the province of East Friesland in importance.

After learning that the Eight-Nation Coalition had moved north, intending to attack and sack the province of Oldenburg, Marin was obviously not going to let his opponent get his wish easily. Even if you can't defeat your opponent now, you have to set up some distractions for your opponent.

It just so happened that this group of Italian mercenaries arrived as a trick, and Marin simply asked these 10,000 Italian mercenaries to guard the capital of Oldenburg Province.

Although these Italian mercenaries are the most promiscuous among Italian mercenaries, they are serious mercenaries after all, and they have at least seen a big scene. Therefore, it is at least better to let this group of people defend the city of Oldenburg than to recruit soldiers.

With the cover of the fortified city of Oldenburg, these Italian mercenaries who fought like scum could still hold out for a long time.

And Marin, let these 10,000 Italian mercenaries enter Oldenburg City in order to delay the process of the Eight-Nation Alliance's siege of the city.

Once the Eight-Nation Coalition enters Oldenburg Province, facing the 10,000 Italian mercenaries in Oldenburg, it will be difficult for the Eight-Nation Coalition to let go of their hands and feet to raid and rob everywhere. In order to rob with peace of mind, they are bound to pull out this "nail".

Moreover, Marin would have deliberately concentrated the vast wealth of Oldenburg in the city of Oldenburg. As a result, whether it was to clear the way or to gain wealth, the Eight-Nation Coalition would have to lay siege to the city of Oldenburg.

And the siege of Oldenburg by the Eight-Nation Alliance will buy Marin precious time.

At the same time, Marin will deliberately send someone to tell the eight princes that this group of Italian mercenaries is the scum of war. In this way, it can also strengthen the confidence of the Eight-Nation Alliance in conquering Oldenburg.

With this group of Italian mercenaries as cannon fodder to attract the Eight-Nation Coalition for a while, Marin has enough time to make arrangements. Then, deduce a "return of the corpse...... No, it should be a bloody drama of "The Return of the King". Then, complete the counter-kill beautifully......

In short, this group of Italian mercenaries as cannon fodder, their duty is to drag down the pace of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries and buy time for the Marin layout. As for their lives and deaths...... Who cares about the life and death of a bunch of cannon fodder......

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