Louis XII's fears were not fulfilled, and in fact, Maximilian I did want to draw on the strength of Marin's army. However, Marin seems to have been "frightened" by the princes and did not dare to send troops.

Moreover, because of the emptiness of Switzerland, it seemed that Maximilian I did not need to ask Marin for help when attacking Switzerland at this time. After all, the situation is still in favor of the Habsburgs.

Faced with the self-confidence of Maximilian I, Marin smiled and did not say anything. However, he knew in his heart how difficult the road to conquest of Switzerland would be. Relying on the advantage of being the first mover, Marin estimated that the emperor would not have much problem controlling the cantons of Aargau and Zurich. You know, the commander of that Austrian army was named Frentzberg. Frenzberg has studied with himself for so long, and he is very talented, after getting the land, there is no problem if he wants to hold it.

Several states in the east and south are not a problem, the biggest problem is several states in the west. It is next to France, and the French will definitely fight to protect Switzerland. At the critical moment, it is possible for the French army to end up in person.

Thus, the end result was probably that Austrian troops controlled some parts of northern and eastern Switzerland. Then, with the French-backed Swiss army, they fought a tug-of-war for control of the three forested states in the central region – Schwyz, Walden and Uri.

In fact, Emperor Maximilian I was not unable to guess such an ending. But faced with the temptation to control Switzerland, no one in the Habsburgs could refuse. Even though, on this path there is a lot of blood and difficulty......

Perhaps, this is the so-called "family glory...... Switzerland is an obsession in the hearts of the members of the Habsburg family, and if they do not take Switzerland, the members of the Habsburg family will definitely be unwilling. But the price is so high......

Marin could not understand this "family glory", after all, he was a modern soul. Moreover, his family has no lost territory...... Because, in terms of his bloodline, there is no ancestor better than him......

However, Marin gave Maximilian I of the fierce general of Vrenzberg, which also increased the weight of the emperor's success. After all, Frentsberg was already talented, and he had learned the Spanish phalanx and some other advanced tactical ideas here in Marin, so he would definitely be a very powerful general in the future.

It's just that, to Marin's amusement, Austria is in the same predicament as Marin - the lack of saltpeter......

Previously, the Austrian army did not use muskets, and the demand for saltpeter was naturally almost non-existent. However, after Frenzberg introduced the tactics of the Spanish phalanx to the Austrian army, the demand for gunpowder increased greatly.

But the problem is that Austria doesn't produce saltpeter either. At present, Austrian saltpeter can only be obtained by skilled craftsmen who go to the roots of the walls of toilets and stables to find nitrate, and then refine it to obtain saltpeter. For this reason, Maximilian I also imitated Marin's practice and set up an accumulator to break into people's toilets and stables everywhere......

However, the amount of saltpeter obtained in this way is very limited. Marin was able to supply the navy with so much gunpowder, thanks to saltpeter bought back from India. Otherwise, with the speed at which those heavy guns consume gunpowder, Marin simply can't afford to fight.

On the side of Maximilian I, because there was no way to buy saltpeter from India, he could only rely on saltpeter made from the nitrate collected by the nitrate collectors to supply the demand.

With such a lack of saltpeter and gunpowder, Maximilian I formed only 3000 arquebusiers, not much. It's not that he refuses to expand the size of the musketeers, but the supply of gunpowder has never been sufficient, and it is good enough to supply the needs of 3,000 musketeers. In addition, there were a lot of artillery pieces in the army of Maximilian I, and those things, which cost a lot of gunpowder.

And what makes Marin most amused is that at the moment, those craftsmen who know how to extract nitrate don't seem to understand the truth that nitrate mainly comes from urine, but have always thought that it is dung|......

Therefore, those craftsmen did not know that nitrate could be extracted from urine-soaked soil alone, but did not leave the dung, and even regarded the solids of the dung as the main source of nitrate......

However, Marin would not explain to the craftsmen what modern chemical knowledge such as nitrogen and chemical changes were, nor would he correct their misconceptions. After all, Marin didn't want these indigenous Europeans to increase the efficiency of saltpeter extraction. Otherwise, their production of nitrate will be greatly increased, and it will threaten the "firepower superiority" of their army......

In the case of a shortage of saltpeter, Frenzberg knew that Marin's Spanish phalanx was the mainstream of the future army, and the use of muskets would increase the chances of victory, but due to the limited production of saltpeter, Frenzberg could not have more musketeers and artillery. But he didn't know that soon, the only 3,000 musketeers under his command would soon bring great surprises to him and His Majesty the Emperor in the conflict and struggle for supremacy in Switzerland......

The arquebus is not fast, it is very troublesome to use, and it is very afraid of rain. In a frontal field duel, the arquebus lacks firepower due to the low rate of fire and the distance between the musketeers. Moreover, the musketeers were extremely afraid of the enemy troops breaking into the formation. In that case, the musketeers could easily be slaughtered by the enemy.

However, if the arquebusiers are given a wall as a cover to defend the city, the role of the arquebus will be greatly improved, and the besieging party will want to scold the mother...... It was with those 3,000 musketeers that Frenzberg led the Austrian army and withstood the frantic counterattack of the Swiss and French......

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Not to mention the fact that on the side of Switzerland and France, far away in England outside the European continent, Marin led an army of 40,000 and completely annihilated the incomparably powerful 50,000 Bossa coalition troops.

The average Englishman may only have achieved this new thing, but Margaret, the lord of the York family, who has always had a long-term cooperation with the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce", seems to have thought of something......

All along, as the owner of the "Beihai Chamber of Commerce", Marin has been hidden behind the scenes, and has never revealed his true identity to others. However, Edward of the York family, who had worked with Marin, as well as France, Scotland and other forces, including the Lord of Margaret, knew very well that the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" was a very powerful force......

Before, when the Scottish army plagued the north of England, the Lord of Margaret County quietly sent his subordinates to Newcastle and other places in the north to inquire about the news, and also learned that an organization known as the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" had recruited mercenaries in Newcastle. It's just that Lord Margaret always feels that the organization called the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" acts mysteriously and has a style very similar to the "Beihai Chamber of Commerce".

Combined with the rumors of tens of thousands of English mercenaries suddenly appearing in the Marin army during this war, the lord of Margaret County came to an astonishing inference - perhaps, the master behind the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" and the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" was the man named Marin who defeated 50,000 Bossa coalition troops outside Lübeck......