When the princes gathered in Worms for the "Heroes' Conference", the war in Switzerland did not stop at all.

After negotiating with the Danish king Hans about the timber trade, Marin received information from Switzerland from Kohler that night that the 10,000-strong army of the Habsburgs, under the leadership of Frenzberg, Marin's former general, was overwhelmed in the empty Swiss region.

Frenzberg led a large army and soon captured not only the Habsburg canton of Aargau, but also the western half of the canton of Zurich, the largest state in Switzerland. Even, it looks like the city of Zurich is about to be conquered.

At the same time, Flensberg also divided his troops to attack the canton of Lucerne, south of the canton of Aargau. It is said that Frenzberg also intends to send troops to attack the canton of Bern, which is no less than the canton of Zurich. Unfortunately, his forces were not enough. After all, Maximilian I gave him only 10,000 people.

Switzerland has mountainous terrain and many fortresses built along the mountains. To sweep through Switzerland, not only did you have to overcome the undulating terrain, but you also had to conquer these forts.

Frenzberg had been with Marin for a long time, was familiar with Marin's style, and admired Marin's tactical tactics. Therefore, although he was sent to serve the emperor, Frenzberg never stopped studying and imitating Marin's novel tactics.

This time, for example, Frenzberg specially brought most of the Austrian artillery and ammunition. As for what to do with artillery? Naturally, it imitated Marin's tactics and bombarded the city gates.

Moreover, the Swiss region did not switch to iron gates, as Denmark and Saxony did. Because, too, the Swiss never thought that their homeland would be attacked. In addition, this is a mountainous area, and the news is relatively closed.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the Swiss were closed to information and had not had time to change the city gates, Frenzberg learned the tactics of Marin and formed a large-scale artillery unit and a professional demolition team to deal with the Swiss oak gates and fortress gates.

In this way, relying on advanced tactics and the weakness of the Swiss army, Frenzberg led his troops through northern Switzerland. By the time Kohler's intelligence officers sent the news, Frenzberg was on the verge of capturing the city of Zurich. In fact, by the time Marin received this information, Zurich was already on the slopes......

However, Marin knew very well in his heart - this is not the end, but only the beginning......

Why? Because the Swiss were not so easy to conquer. In addition, the Habsburgs also took advantage of Switzerland's military emptiness.

Not to mention the 18,000 Swiss mercenaries captured by Marin, there are more than 10,000 mercenaries in France and the Duchy of Guedes.

The Swiss mercenaries captured by Marin's side may not have a chance to return home to participate in the war against the Habsburgs. Because, Marin has already decided to sell them to the emperor.

However, the more than 10,000 Swiss mercenaries hired by France and the Duchy of Guedes will certainly return home to fight against the Habsburg occupation. They are not stragglers, nor are they guerrillas, but they are formed into a super-strong regular army.

According to the information sent by Marin's spies in the Duchy of Godes, the Ziggy mercenary group led by the head of the Ziggy mercenary group who fought for the Duchy of Godus, and several other Swiss mercenary groups, have packed their bags and are ready to return home to fight.

Counting the thousands of people on the French side, if they all go back, there will be more than 12,000 elite troops. Moreover, France will definitely provide them with staging points and logistical supplies.

Nor did the French want the Habsburgs to control all of Switzerland. Otherwise, once this happens, the French will not want to recruit strong Swiss mercenaries from Switzerland under the control of the Habsburgs.

Marin concluded that the French would make a great effort to support the Swiss mercenaries this time, hoping that they would defeat the Habsburg army.

Therefore, the current army of the Habsburgs is obviously not enough to confront the Swiss mercenaries who have returned home. Even if you use double the army, you may not be able to win. Therefore, Marin concluded that Maximilian I would definitely expand his army. At the very least, an additional 10,000 troops will have to be added to withstand the Swiss counterattack......

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After seeing off King Hans, Marin took the initiative to visit Emperor Maximilian I, who remained in Worms......

Of course, Marin didn't just come to remind the emperor, he also had a very important task - to sell arms......

Belch...... It's not right, it should be said, it's the sale of weapons and armor......

In these days, most of the military equipment is still cold weapons, and it does not carry fire. Therefore, it is more appropriate to call military equipment weapons and armor.

Marin won the war this time and captured so many prisoners, so naturally he would not be polite, and it is needless to say that he took off the weapons and armor on the prisoners.

Although peace agreements were reached with Brandenburg and Saxony, as long as the other party paid a ransom of 1 million gold coins each, it was only enough to ransom people. As for the war horses and weapons and armor, they are naturally not in the ranks of redemption. Of course, the two electors are not inferior to that bit of weapons and armor. Especially in Saxony, it is not difficult to equip the soldiers at all. However, the Electorate of Brandenburg was relatively poor, and it was a little difficult to get another one. Fortunately, Marin reduced half of the ransom to the other party. Otherwise, Joakim I would not even be able to get the ransom.

Saxony and Brandenburg were both traditional vassal states that respected the knights of plate armor. So, their plate knights are a lot. In the last decisive battle, the Electorate of Brandenburg dispatched more than 3,000 Plate Knights. And the electorate of Saxony is even more, more than four thousand.

Although Frederick III eventually escaped with a few hundred Saxon knights, in order to travel lightly and make it easier to escape, the hundreds of Saxon knights took off their plate armor and horse armor, and were eventually picked up by the pursuers sent by Marin.

Therefore, in that decisive battle, Marin captured 7,000 sets of plate armor and horse armor alone. As for the rest of the various types of weapons, they are even more in piles.

Marin is not very happy with his army using these backward weapons and armor, but he is not happy, it does not mean that others are unhappy......

Austria, for example, will definitely be interested. You must know that in history, Maximilian I, known as the "last knight", also made the famous and most pinnacle plate armor - Maximilian armor.

Therefore, this knight emperor will definitely be very interested in those plate armor and horse armor. Ma Lin is looking for His Majesty the Emperor this time, not only to report the news, but also to sell second-hand weapons and armor.

After all, the Great War was imminent, and the Habsburgs would definitely need to expand their army. People are easier to recruit, but weapons and armor may not be in place all at once. Marin's second-hand weapons and armor, such as plate armor, are not as advanced and easy to use as the "Maximilian armor" designed by Maximilian I himself, but they are also popular goods seized from the two major electoral states, and they can still be used. The most important thing is that it can be used immediately.

War was imminent, and there was little time for Maximilian I to order the Royal Arsenal in Innsbruck to produce enough Maximilian armor. Therefore, the second-hand plate armor sent to the door by Marin is the best choice.

After all, the Swiss are good at using spears, and moving is precisely not afraid of spears. Although there are also warhammers used in Swiss mercenaries, they are used specifically to deal with plate armor. But, after all, that's in the minority. What's more, the warrior wearing the plate armor is not stupid, standing there and letting you smash, he will definitely fight back. When the number of armor-piercing warriors reaches a certain number, the Swiss spearmen will also find it very tricky.

Arriving at the emperor's temporary residence, Marin easily met the emperor. When he learned of Marin's information, Maximilian I was not too surprised. Obviously, he also received relevant information.

Just as Marin thought, Maximilian I also felt that his troops were somewhat insufficient, and decided to expand his army by tens of thousands of people. However, the source of weapons and armor has indeed become the emperor's heart disease. The big war is coming, and there is no time to produce weapons and armor......

Weapons, such as spears, are nothing more than a spearhead in front of a wooden stick, which costs less iron and has a short working hours. Plate armor, on the other hand, requires a skilled craftsman to work for a long time to make, and the production efficiency is not high, otherwise it would not be so expensive. If you want to go into mass production quickly, it is unlikely.

In fact, what Maximilian I wanted most was for Marin's army to help him fight. Marin's army is there, and as long as Marin's army is used, victory is certain. But where is Marin?

Not to mention that Marin is unwilling to jump into the quagmire of war in Switzerland, Marin himself also wants to use the quagmire of Switzerland to drag down the Habsburgs, let alone be willing to help.

As for excuses? Isn't it clear that the princes at the Imperial Council oppressed Marin? The princes' greatest fear was that Marin would become a thug of Maximilian I. If it weren't for Marin's vow that he would not become the emperor's thug for the unification of Germany, this hurdle would have been very difficult.

If Marin turned his head and helped the emperor fight Switzerland, wouldn't this be playing tricks on the princes?

Therefore, Marin had good reason to refuse to send troops to fight for the emperor. In this regard, Maximilian I could not do much. After all, he also knew that if Marin really agreed to help him fight, maybe Marin himself would be beaten by the group as soon as he turned his head......

Just when Maximilian I was a little worried, Marin suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, do you want second-hand weapons and armor?"