To be honest, the Swiss mercenaries are indeed powerful in combat. If they learned that Maximilian I was going to Rome for crowning, they would definitely want to attack him.
However, due to Marin's cooperation, nearly 17,000 veteran Swiss mercenaries were intercepted and captured by the Habsburg family and are still locked in the Netherlands.
Therefore, there are actually not many Swiss mercenaries in Switzerland, only a few thousand people, and they also need to confront Frenzberg's army in the Swiss region. Now, the Swiss can't draw many troops to intercept and attack Maximilian I. Therefore, it is too exaggerated to lead a 20,000 army into Rome. Or, it can be said that his move was full of provocation to the Holy See.
Of course, this is the viewer's opinion. In fact, Maximilian I led an army of 20,000 to the south this time to help Pope Julius II work. Therefore, the Pope would not think that Maximilian I was provoking.
However, neither Maximilian I nor Julius II would say it explicitly. Because once we knew that Maximilian I led his army south to Rome to "help" Julius II, the French might also send a large army south and confront him...
Of course, it is said that it is a 20,000 army, but there is actually a lot of water here. Because among these 20,000 troops, only 10,000 are real soldiers. The other 10,000 are actually pretending to be Minzhuang.
This is because the Habsburg family really cannot draw more troops...
As of now, the Habsburg family can draw up to 20,000 regular troops. However, Frenzberg has brought 10,000 regular troops to Switzerland in western Switzerland. The French coalition forces confronted Switzerland and could not get away at all. Therefore, Maximilian I could only lead 10,000 regular troops south.
But there were a few 10,000 regular troops, which could not achieve the effect of "strengthening momentum". Therefore, according to Marin's suggestion, Maximilian I recruited 10,000 people in Austria, quietly conducted training, and pretended to be a regular army.
Of course, these 10,000 Minzhuangs are not conducting systematic military training, but only conducting queue training. As long as the queue training is trained properly, outsiders will not see any problems during the march. Unless a real battle begins, these Minzhuangs who have only conducted queue training will "reveal their true colors."
Frenzberg was once a Marin's old subordinate, so he naturally understood the Marin's team training. So after the autumn harvest ended, Frenzberg drew 400 veterans from his 10,000 troops, as instructors, and conducted emergency queue training for the 10,000 Minzhuang recruited. By barefoot, the 10,000 Minzhuang quickly distinguished the left and right. Then, he further turned left and right, turned back and other basic queue training content. In just one week, the 10,000 Minzhuang walked very neatly.
Seeing that the 10,000 Minzhuang team was almost finished training, Maximilian I was on the battlefield and personally brought 10,000 regular troops and 10,000 Minzhuang who pretended to be regular troops...
Of course, the outside world would definitely not say that the 10,000 people were not regular soldiers. Just so happened that some time ago, on behalf of his daughter Margaret, Maximilian I recruited German mercenaries in Germany and sent 20,000 German mercenaries to the Kingdom of Castile in Spain.
Therefore, Maximilian I simply claimed to the outside world that while helping his daughter recruit 20,000 German mercenaries, he himself recruited 10,000 German mercenaries...
In this era of poor information transmission, it is difficult for other countries to confirm whether what Maximilian I said is true or false. Therefore, everyone really believes that Maximilian I led 20,000 regular troops south. Through observation of the marching performance of this army, intelligence personnel from various countries believed even more...
However, the monarchs of various countries did not know that Maximilian I would use the trick of "only conduct queue training"...
Moreover, Malin's shoe removal training method can make the people and the strong people distinguish between the left and right in just two or three days. This is very amazing. If this method is not used, ordinary people may not be able to distinguish between the left and right in two or three months of training.
Therefore, after obsessing the passers-by to observe Maximilian I's army, after seeing that the soldiers under Maximilian I could accurately distinguish the orders of turning left and right, he gave a conclusion that this was a well-trained elite army...
Not only that, in order to cover up the immaturity of the new recruits' faces, Maximilian I also deliberately selected a group of veterans from the 10,000 veterans with murderous aura on their faces, standing on the periphery of those Min Zhuang, blocking those Min Zhuang who had no murderous aura on their faces.
Those spies from various countries who pretend to be passers-by must be standing on the side of the road. The first thing they see is the veterans with murderous intent on their faces. From the mental outlook of these veterans, spies from various countries have further determined the judgment that "this is a well-trained elite army"...
And on the way to the march, the chief instructor Rangnick, who was transferred from Frenzberg, suddenly took the lead in singing a military song he learned from Frenzberg - "Our Dear Lady"...
“Our dear lady,
In the cold,
Keep us poor mercenaries for a night
Like a warm sun!
Don't let us freeze to death,
Stay in a comfortable hotel; we come with a full purse,
But when we left, it was empty; the drum sound, the drum sound,
Alarm! Alarm! Alarm! Alarm!
Hi, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la!
Get ready and set off!
Mercenary, set off!
The drummers gathered,
The silk military flag is flying; with luck and blessings,
We go to the battlefield!
…”
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In fact, this is a song among German mercenaries that was popular in the 16th century. It tells the story of mercenaries spending all the money they earned from their lives on women. Accommodation and finding women... were the important life of mercenaries in that era...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! In later generations, Marin once heard this song online, and the person who posted the video also called it "The Holy Roman Empire Military Song". In fact, this is just a song popular among German mercenaries in the 16th century. The content is not too progressive, it only describes the living conditions of mercenaries. Therefore, it cannot be adopted as a military song of Shinra. Because this has no morale-enhancing effect.
However, in the Holy Roman Empire, there were indeed many mercenaries who liked to sing this song. This song often appeared in some old German movies that reflected that era. Then, it was misunderstood as a military song.
In addition, this song has not appeared yet. Because the German mercenaries have not yet reached a period of prosperity. Originally, in history, the "father of German mercenaries" was Frenzberg. But Frenzberg shined until 20 years later, they defeated the Swiss mercenaries and captured French King François I in the Battle of Pavia (cooperating with the Spanish army), and their reputation reached its peak. This song also appeared in that era.
As for the song that can appear in advance, I still need to ask? Of course, it was created by Marin, a time traveler, in advance...
However, Marin despised that the song was not positive enough, so he did not promote it in the army. However, Frenzberg brought the song to Switzerland and sang it to his subordinates. Instructor Rangnik happened to like this song very much. Seeing that the marching was boring, he took the lead in singing it.
And those 10,000 people are used to following the orders of Rangnick and other instructors these days, so they sang together...
At the beginning, these folk heroes who were not familiar with the songs were a bit sparse and not neat enough. But after singing them a few times, they gradually became familiar with each other. How powerful is it to 10,000 people sing together?
Under their influence, the 10,000 regular Austrian soldiers walking in front of them also sang together...
Those regular soldiers like this song more than those Minzhuang recruited from farmers. Why? Because they are just serious mercenaries! This song describes their lives and resonates with them very much.
Even the emperor Maximilian I, who often led troops to fight, was infected and sang loudly with the soldiers...
The chorus of 20,000 people, although the quality of the song itself is average, the momentum it can create is also very scary. Then, this momentum scares the spies from various countries who disguise themselves as passers-by and peep...
"Damn! The elite among the elite! This momentum...What a damn..."
Chapter completed!