Heading northeast from Augsburg, upon arrival in Regensburg, there were no horses to change horses in Marin. Because, his inn post system is only set up here. Further to Bohemia, it is not a popular route, and there is no inn post system for the time being. Therefore, Marin and his cavalry could only rely on two horses to rush to Prague.

Speaking of which, Prague is also the second largest city in the Holy Roman Empire after Milan. The Beihai Chamber of Commerce in Marin actually has an inn here. However, the route runs from Saxony in the north of Bohemia to Prague, not southwest. So, the route Marlin took, and there was no place to change horses along the way.

As a result, it took several days for Marin to arrive in Prague from Regensburg and meet Vladislas II, King of Bohemia and Hungary.

Speaking of which, Marin and the Jagiellonian dynasty were still allies. Among other things, Marin's sister, Anne, was married to Sigismunt I, the younger brother of Vladislas II.

Vladislas II was the eldest of several brothers in the Jagiellonian royal family, and the reason why he renounced the throne of Poland and the Grand Duke of Hungary was that the monarch of the Kingdom of Bohemia had real power. Unlike the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, they had to consult with their respective parliaments to resolve the issue. Therefore, Vladislas II preferred to come to the small kingdom of Bohemia as a talking monarch rather than to be a hypocrite in the aristocratic parliamentary states of Poland and Lithuania. And the Polish throne and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, he threw it directly to his younger brothers.

And because his younger brother married Marin's sister, Vladislas II had a very good attitude towards Marin. When he saw Marin coming, he specially stood at the door of the palace hall to greet him, which was a little bit of face for Marin. After all, he was a king, with a higher status than Marin, and it was impossible for him to greet guests at the gate of the palace. Being able to walk out of the hall door is already very face-saving.

"Welcome, welcome, Grand Duke Marin! Welcome to Prague! ”

"It is also an honor to be here in Prague, the second largest city in the Empire, Your Majesty!"

The two sides then engaged in the customary business blow-off. Marin praised the dignity of the Jagiellonian royal family and the prosperity of Prague, while Vladislas II praised Marin for his youth and promiscuity, and fought all over Germany......

Moreover, when it was said that Marin was very capable of fighting, Marin always felt that Vladislas II had something to say......

After drinking a cup of milk tea, Ma Lin suddenly realized - yes, I am the king of mercenaries, and the other party happened to encounter a rebellion, so I hope to borrow troops from me!

So, Marin made a decision - not to take the initiative to buy people, so as not to fall into disadvantage. As for the special trip to Prague, he also opened his eyes and said nonsense, saying that he went to Ukraine to visit his younger brother Simon, passing by here......

Vladislas II didn't know that Marin was going to buy someone, and he really thought that Marin was passing through here. After all, going to Kyiv, Ukraine, to visit his younger brother, sounds reasonable.

So, after some commercial blowing, Vladislas II spoke of a mob on the Hungarian side. Marin also duly expressed his indignation and cursed Doras with Vladislas II. George and his peasant rebel army......

It was obvious that Marin understood Vladislas II's intention to borrow troops, but he was just pretending to be confused and making Vladislas II very anxious.

So, Vladislas II got impatient and simply said:

"Grand Duke Marin, I heard that your Beihai army is invincible in the world......"

Marin deliberately pretended not to understand and said shyly;

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, where is there such a powerful ......"

Vladislas II was a little depressed - why is this guy so unpopular?

In desperation, he had no choice but to make it clear and say:

"We're allies, aren't we? You see, your sister is married to my brother, although there is no covenant, but our Jagiellonian family and the Hoffman family are not blood alliances? ”

Marlin nodded;

"That's right!"

"I heard that you used to lend troops to the Duchy of Cleaver to eliminate the Duchy of God, and we are also allies, do you see, did you also lend me troops to suppress those mobs?"

With all that said, Marin can't pretend to be stupid. So, he pretended to be thoughtful, and after a while he frowned:

"Your Majesty, it's not that I won't help. In fact, the scale of the Hungarian rebellion was too large. I heard that the total number of rebels has reached 780,000. I only have 30,000 men in my own country, and if I were to transfer them all, I would be able to defeat them. However, as you know, I have a bad reputation among the German princes, and if I come out of the nest, my land can easily be attacked! ”

"30,000? Isn't it 40,000? Vladislas II was a little surprised, he didn't know that Marin had sent the Sixth Legion to Ireland.

Marin had no choice but to explain to him:

"I sent the Scottish Legion to Ireland to help His Majesty Edward attack the separatist forces......"

"I see...... Vladislas II frowned, it was too unfortunate. Then, thinking for a moment, he asked:

"So, how many troops can you send at most?"

Marin thought for a moment and said:

"I can go up to 15,000 people, that's the limit. After all, my homeland is so big now, and it needs to be protected by soldiers and horses! ”

The 15,000 people mentioned by Marin actually included the 5,000 Cossack cavalry. The 5,000 Marin was not announced to the public, and it was only said that it was the cavalry of the Third Army before, and others thought that there were only 30,000 people in the Beihai Kingdom now, but in fact there were 35,000.

However, he had sent several thousand men to the Duchy of Württemberg to help suppress the peasant uprising, so the total number of troops in the country was now less than 30,000.

That, of course, refers to the regular army. If you count the police, there are 8,000 second-line troops. It's just that these police officers also have to maintain local law and order in normal times, and they can't be transferred casually. Only when it comes to life and death can these people be called into battle.

But Marin thought about it, and it seemed that there would be no 8,000 people to maintain law and order in normal times. In fact, each of the 320 police stations has 10 people to keep the town safe. In this way, 4,800 police officers could be freed up to protect important towns. If you make up a whole number, you can temporarily draw 5,000 people out.

In this way, even if 15,000 men were sent to help Vladislas II suppress the Hungarian peasant uprising, the country would still have 20,000 troops.

"15,000 people...... It's a little bit...... After all, the rebels are seventy or eighty thousand......" Vladislav II seemed a little unhappy with this number.

Marin immediately pointed to the east and said:

"Your brother's side can also send some troops. Anyway, now there is no war in Poland! Moreover, his Polish hussars also need to be tempered in war. And fighting those peasant armies with little combat experience is the best way to improve combat experience! ”

Vladislas II's eyes lit up - yes, almost forgot about the Polish hussars......

The Polish hussars were created under the direction of Zygmunt I Zamarin, and so far this new type of unit has only participated in the battle against the Duchy of Mazovia, and has experienced too little. Moreover, with Marin's help, Poland was now at ease with the Teutonic Knights and with the Crimean Khanate to the south. To the east is the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which is co-ruled with Poland, and to the west is the German vassal states, which do not have the strength to challenge Poland......

In this good international atmosphere, Poland really had no war to fight and could free up manpower to support Vladislas II. Moreover, it is said that the size of Sigismunt I's Polish hussars has expanded to 5,000 people, and there is a tendency to continue to increase. However, many novice hussars had never participated in battles and lacked actual combat experience. And against the Hungarian peasant rebels, who also had little actual combat experience, it couldn't have been better.

In addition, the 5,000 Cossack cavalry that Marin chopped off belonged to light cavalry, which was not very suitable for attacking the main force of the Hungarian peasant rebel army. If there were Polish hussars of the heavy cavalry charging in front, the 5,000 Cossacks would have been even more powerful.

Vladislas II apparently understood this, and immediately began to write to his younger brother Zygmunt I, and sent an emissary to Krakow, the capital of Poland.

After Vladislas II had arranged for the delivery of the letter, Marin said:

"Your Majesty, now it's time for us to talk about the remuneration of the 15,000 troops......"

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