"God, we have finally ended our damn slave career!" The Swiss mercenary leader Zieg moved his feet, and felt a little uncomfortable when he walked without shackles.
Zieg is a mercenary leader among Swiss mercenaries. In the entire Swiss mercenary system, he is a middle-level general. He has a mercenary group of thousands of people and has very good combat effectiveness.
Moreover, in his early years, Sieger had been hired by Marin and ambushed the army of the then West Friesian noble republic. Later, he also received employment by the Principality of Gedes and attacked the army of the Principality of Saxony.
However, in the Battle of Lübeck a few years ago, he and 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were defeated in a group. He was captured by Marin and was captured as a prisoner and helped dig the Münster Canal.
However, this was just the beginning of suffering. When Marin agreed to let them go, they soon encountered the cavalry army of the Habsburg family. Unarmed, they had to surrender and were captured again. After that, Zieg and his compatriots acted as coolies in the Netherlands, helping the Habsburg family dig many ditches and reclaimed a lot of farmland. This took several years to make people unable to see the future...
In recent years, the Habsburg family has been rude to their former "rebellious". A group of senior generals at the previous level, such as the Legion Commander, the deputy Legion Commander, etc., were persecuted to death by the Habsburg family using various excuses. Even the phalanx commander, several were killed.
Then, when 17,000 Swiss mercenaries escaped, they were shocked to find that the most senior commander who survived among these people was the former phalanx leader Zieg...
"Okay, then I will take it as the temporary commander of this army first!"
After saying that, Zieg changed his armor that he had stolen from the prisoners of war and dressed neatly, and followed Baron Lavason to the platform...
"Commander Zieg, we must evacuate the Netherlands as soon as possible and go to Switzerland. We must not let the Habsburg army occupy Switzerland!" After Baron Lavason said that, he also introduced the current situation in Switzerland to Zieg in detail.
"Where is Marin of the North Sea Kingdom? Where is their army now?" After hearing Baron Lavason's introduction, Zieg suddenly asked.
"They seem to have withdrawn from their country. Now, they should be busy spending Christmas..." Before leaving, the French must confirm Marin's movements. Because, in the eyes of the French, Marin is a "unstable factor."
"I've returned to China... that is to say, the main force of the North Sea Kingdom has returned to East Friesland... No, East Friesland is not far from the Principal of Brabant, only one West Friesland is separated by! General Lavason, we must leave here as soon as possible and not be entangled by the North Sea Kingdom army!" Zieg said with some concern.
Baron Lavason was also a little nervous when he heard this. Indeed, East Friesland, which is located in the North Sea Kingdom, is not very far away from here. If light cavalry is dispatched, you will be able to arrive soon.
But the two didn't know, at this moment, at that moment. At the beginning, Marin was worried that the Habsburg family would be too weak to defeat Switzerland, so he held them out of the way. Now, the Habsburg family has gained a foothold in eastern Switzerland and its military strength has begun to double. Therefore, even if he heard that these Swiss mercenaries were out of trouble, Marin would not meddle in other people's business...
"What should I do now? Commander Zieg, please give an order!"
Zieg thought for a while and ordered:
"Everyone first find enough clothes and shoes to ensure that they are not frozen on the march!"
The Swiss mercenaries in the audience responded loudly, expressing their understanding.
"Secondly, find enough weapons..."
For this, they only seized two thousand defenders' long hair and swords, which was not enough for 17,000 people.
For this reason, Zieg thought about it and said:
"Since that's the case, then I order - Zhaka, the head of the first phalanx and Behrami, the head of the second phalanx, each bringing its troops to collect the existing 2,000 weapons and launching an attack immediately!"
"Strike? Now? It's Christmas night!" Zhaka and Behrami were both stunned - they had never done this before...
"It is to act tonight that our goal is not prepared!" Obviously, Zieg was inspired by the Frenchman's easy touch camp.
"So, Master Commander, where are we going to attack now?"
"You are divided into 4 groups, each group of 500 people, and go to attack nearby noble manors. Remember to attack those noble manors first, and do not attack the manors of civilian landlords for the time being!" Zieg ordered.
"Why?" Zhaka was a little puzzled. Because civilian manors are more prone to attack. Aristocratic manors usually have warriors, which are more difficult to deal with.
Zieg explained:
"There are many horses in the noble manors and they will reserve some weapons. We are most short of weapons now, followed by horses. By capturing those noble manors, we can quickly get a lot of weapons and horses. This will help us return to our hometown safely. Also, tonight is Christmas, and those nobles will basically get drunk to facilitate our attack..."
Suddenly, his subordinates were convinced. Even the two French officers Lavals and Pierre agreed with Zieg's judgment.
"That... Commander Zieg, the brothers haven't drunk or eaten meat for several years, nor have they touched women..." Behrami, the acting second-party leader, suddenly said in a twisted manner...
No wonder, these 17,000 Swiss mercenaries were detained and tortured for several years, and they did not eat meat or sleep with women for a long time.
You should know that European mercenaries are not good people these days. They don’t usually fight, but they like to drink and eat meat, and talk about their life ideals with women... Many mercenary groups travel, and they follow women’s teams, specializing in mercenary business...
Zieg thought for a while and said:
"Let's wait tomorrow... Let's let you drink and eat meat to find women. Tonight, we will focus on collecting enough horses and weapons!"
Zha frowned and said:
"It's hard to get complete weapons. We are the most skilled in using spears. However, we must not find 15,000 spears now!"
Zieg thought of this and nodded:
"If there are not enough weapons, others should use the shovels we usually use when digging rivers to hold them first!"
These 17,000 Swiss mercenaries have been digging ditches with shovels in recent years, and the shovel skill points are already full.
Moreover, in this era, European farmers mainly used all-wood farm tools, and shovels were rare. The reason why the Netherlands had 17,000 shovels was ordered by Prince Philip himself from the Beihai Kingdom. After all, Marin had an iron smelting blast furnace that could mass produce iron farm tools. With shovels, these 17,000 Swiss mercenaries were also very convenient when digging trenches and digging channels.
Zieg's plan is to take all the 17,000 shovels back to Switzerland if possible. Even if you don't need them, you can give them to the people in your hometown to farm. After all, iron farm tools are still lacking in Europe in this era.
...
In order to obtain accurate information, Zigg specially found the living prisoners of war, and through torture, he obtained a lot of information from the nearby manor. Then, according to the information provided by the prisoners, he assigned tasks...
After the task was allocated, Zachar and Behrami led two square formations to a total of more than 2,000 Swiss mercenaries, divided into four groups, and ran towards the target...
Chapter completed!