After signing the agreement with the Swiss and swearing in public, it means that this super-large-scale battle with the participation of 88,000 soldiers has come to an end.

However, because in such a small place in the camp of the Bossa coalition there was a fierce hand-to-hand battle. Therefore, the casualties this time are still relatively large.

According to post-war statistics, the Swiss lost 2,000 soldiers in the war, mainly in the rear by Woolf. the old and weak and the recruits in the rear who were lost in Esbrand's sneak attack; The Brandenburg and Saxon armies, on the other hand, lost a total of 3,000 men, mainly the Brandenburg army. Because, the Saxon army was overwhelmed by those people, and there was no chance of a frontal battle with the East Friesian army, and naturally the losses were even less. But that's nothing. For, even though the Saxon army suffered fewer losses, everyone was taken prisoner, except for the more than five hundred knights who fled, and Frederick III himself. Eventually, these people are going to be exchanged for ransom.

Sometimes, the nobles preferred their men to die in battle rather than see them captured. Because, the aristocracy is not very financially good, and paying the ransom will bring down the finances. The dead subordinates are different, there is no pension in this era, if you die, you will die, at most you will be given an honor, but the honor thing is not valuable, just casually sealed. Even if the nobles die in battle, at most let their heirs succeed to the throne, and then give their heirs some compensation for their official positions. The worst thing is that the nobles under his command are captured. As the lord, it is necessary to redeem his subordinates. Otherwise, if you refuse to redeem your men, no one will be willing to fight with you next time.

In addition, when the Saxon army resisted the onslaught of 30,000 people in Brandenburg and Saxony, it was ruthless and directly killed 2,000 people, which made Marin's heart ache.

You know, according to this situation, it would be good for the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg to redeem all the captured soldiers. As for the 20,000 or 30,000 people, it is estimated that they have no money to redeem them. When the time comes, these people will be hacked by Marin and become subjects of East Friesland. These people are not soldiers, they are all serfs anyway, who are they serfs for? It just so happens that Marin is now expanding its territory, and it also needs a lot of labor.

And most of the captured soldiers will be ransomed, and there is no possibility of being absorbed and digested by Marin. Therefore, in Marin's eyes, the people are more precious. Therefore, for the loss of more than 2,000 people, Marin is still very distressed.

These are losses on the enemy's side, and on Marin's side, the losses are not small. Because he forcibly entered the enemy's camp, he had a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the enemy. As a result, more than 2,500 of Marin's men were wounded in this war.

Thankfully, because Marin's men were wearing armor. The main force wore plate armor, and ordinary soldiers also wore "mahjong mats" to wear armor. Because the wood chips pierced the armor and withstood many fatal wounds, although there were more wounded among Marin's men, there were not many direct deaths, only less than 400 people. The remaining 2,100 people were wounded. Under the treatment of alcohol, gauze and gold sore medicine specially prepared by Marin, it is estimated that most of the wounded can be saved.

For the wounded of the Bossa coalition army, Marin secretly made a distinction - those wounded knights who were worth (in exchange for ransom), Marin ordered good medical treatment. And those ordinary infantry, except for officers who can exchange some money, ordinary enemy infantry, just give up.

As for the Swiss mercenaries, the more than 1,000 wounded, Marinli ignored them. After all, he camped the Swiss and did not ask for ransom. Since it's not worth much, let's save a P...... Anyway, the relationship between the Swiss and themselves is not good. He is happy if the other party dies a few more soldiers......

On the contrary, it was the injured people who were given good medical conditions by Marin. After all, Marin still expects to bring these people under his command as serfs......

Because there were so many people, it took three days to sort out the entire camp and the prisoners. Moreover, after the victory, Marin also rescued 15,000 people sent by the Duchy of Schleswig, who were imprisoned in the north of the Bossa coalition camp. By the way, the 10,000 people who were captured in Hamburg were also sent home.

It took several busy days for Marin to straighten out various affairs and complete various statistics.

Then, the first thing Marlin had to do was to customize a large number of shackles......

Why do you have to customize a lot of shackles? Because, among these prisoners of war, there are too many ruthless people. If nothing else, let's just say that most of the 18,000 Swiss prisoners of war are veteran mercenaries, and they are all murderous villains. Such people, although Marin needs their help digging the canal, but also has to prevent them from rioting and escaping.

So, put heavy shackles on them, that's a must. Otherwise, Marin is not at ease. In the same way, it was necessary to shackle the knightly captives from Saxony and Brandenburg to prevent them from rioting and escaping. After all, no matter which knight he is, he is a powerful being who has practiced martial arts since childhood. If nothing is restricted, they are rashly sent to the construction site where the canal is dug and the possibility of escape is extremely high.

Putting heavy shackles on them not only made it impossible for them to run fast, but also prevented them from escaping on horseback. And if you run away on foot with shackles, you will easily be caught up by Marin's cavalry.

Moreover, after putting shackles on these dangerous elements, they can also recognize the reality and dare not resist and run away casually. In this way, Marin was able to send fewer soldiers to supervise their labor.

For those who were captured by the infantry, Marin decided to give only the officers and elite among them custom-made steel shackles. Those who are old, weak, sick and disabled only intend to be shackled by wooden legs.

As for how to distinguish between the elite and the old and weak in the infantry, that one is too simple. As long as the prisoners are enthroned, they can be distinguished by looking at whether they are in the front row or the back row. In this era, it was customary on the European battlefield to be the front row of veterans and elites, and the back row was mostly old and weak and new recruits.

The rest of the people are strong, and Marin has no intention of shackling them. As long as a few light cavalry are sent to watch from the sidelines, even if there are only a few hundred cavalry, it is enough to deter the 28,000 people. Because, those serf-born people are strong, and they don't have the courage to resist......

In the end, after statistics, Marin found that 25,000 pairs of iron shackles were needed. This number stunned Marin.

You know, this era is not the era of mechanized mass production. Each pair of iron shackles requires meticulous craftsmanship by a blacksmith who is skilled in making locks. Generally speaking, it takes a blacksmith several hours to create a pair of shackles. At the end of the day, a skilled blacksmith can't make a few iron shackles......

So, it's a big order. Even if an order is placed, it will take a long time to receive the goods. After all, it takes a long time for a blacksmith to make so many shackles.

Obviously, Marlin didn't have that many blacksmiths. With the army, there were only a few dozen blacksmiths. Moreover, most of them are not proficient in lock-making.

In desperation, Marin had no choice but to borrow the methods of some leather bag companies in his previous life - outsourcing......

Marin was short of blacksmiths, but there were two large commercial cities nearby, Lübeck and Hamburg, as well as a number of other cities. In short, every city, or even every small town, should have a blacksmith who is proficient in making locks.

When the time comes, the merchants of Lübeck and Hamburg, who have more extensive connections, will help them contact blacksmiths in various places, and they should soon be able to gather 25,000 pairs of iron shackles.

Because there were too many fierce men among the prisoners of war, Marin did not dare to be negligent, and arranged a large number of soldiers to take turns on duty every day to prevent anyone from escaping.

In order to better control these prisoners of war, after separating the strong from the old and weak, Marin commanded tens of thousands of people to build a huge earthen fence and drove the most dangerous 25,000 prisoners of war into the wall. Then, troops were sent to keep a close watch around the wall every day to prevent dangerous elements from escaping.

Only when the custom-made 25,000 pairs of iron shackles have arrived, and those dangerous elements can be easily controlled, will Marin be relieved to send these prisoners of war back to China to participate in the excavation of the canal......