The knights of Poland and Lithuania were unfortunate. Because of the hostile relationship between the two countries and the Teutonic Knights, the wandering knights of both countries were unable to join the two close knight groups, the Teutonic Knights or the Livonian Knights.
Not only that, because of the close relationship between the Teutonic Knights and the German region, the wandering knights in Poland and Lithuania are not easy to find jobs in the German region. Moreover, there are too many wandering knights in the German region themselves, and the competition is very fierce.
As for places outside Germany, the possibility is also very low. The Grand Duchy of Moscow in the east is an Orthodox country, which conflicts with the Catholic beliefs of Poland and Lithuania. Not to mention Türkiye in the south, it is a true pagan...
Therefore, the wandering knights of Poland and Lithuania could only choose to mix in the country. Or, to mix in the Bohemia Kingdom, which also belongs to the Jagheron royal family.
But whether it is Poland, Lithuania, or Bohemia, they do not have a great demand for knights. Germany is different. Germany is a part of a part of the vassal states. For the needs of hegemony and security, each prince would recruit a group of knights to protect the security of the vassal states. Although Poland, Lithuania and Bohemia also had their own ruling, there was no fight between the princes to fight for hegemony, so there was not a great demand for wandering knights.
In this way, the choice left to the Polish Wandering Knights is very small. And serving the royal family has become a very important way.
It is precisely because of this that Zigmont I, the king of Poland, easily formed a team in history and formed a large-scale winged cavalry. In fact, the knights in China had no other way out...
Wandering knights wanted to get a title and fiefdom, but they could only serve the king or the great nobles. However, Poland and Lithuania were nominally unified countries and did not have the need for German princes to compete for hegemony. Therefore, there were many unemployed wandering knights in Poland. In order to find opportunities to make meritorious contributions, they had to join the king's army.
Therefore, although the monarchs in Poland and Lithuania do not have any real power, they actually do not lack wandering knights who are willing to serve them. However, because the monarch itself has limited financial resources, the scale of the winged cavalry has always been maintained at a scale of thousands to ten thousand people. It is not that they cannot recruit people, but that they do not have the money to support so many people...
Marin estimated that there were many knights in Poland and Lithuania who could not find opportunities, at least tens of thousands, or even more than 20,000. Historically, the Winged Cavalry was formed by the Kingdom of Poland. This is not because only Poland has so many knights, but because Poland is richer. As for Lithuania, there are not many knights, but they don’t have the money to form large-scale Winged Cavalry. Therefore, the Winged Cavalry is also called the Polish Winged Cavalry...
Now Marin put Simon in Ukraine and provided enough money and food to allow him to recruit wandering knights from the two countries of Poland and Lithuania, which would probably attract a lot of people.
Moreover, Marin Xin was not bad, only a few thousand wings of cavalry would be enough. This would be a royal bomb in his hand during a future religious war, and he could cooperate with him to launch an attack from the east of Germany to the local direction. As long as it was used well, a 10,000-man army containing thousands of wings of cavalry would be able to destroy many German vassal states.
When they are idle, these winged cavalry can help them mobilize or capture local Cossacks on the Ukrainian prairie, forcing them to immigrate to the North Sea Kingdom or serve themselves. No matter how fierce the Cossacks are, they cannot defeat the Polish winged cavalry with enough people. After all, the Cossacks are pure light cavalry, while the winged cavalry is half-heavy armored cavalry. In addition, they have practiced martial arts since childhood and have much stronger combat power than the Cossacks...
As for the title of "Flying Winged Knights", it was just a name that Marin slapped his head and thought about. After all, recruiting wandering knights requires a sign. The name of a knight is very attractive and justified. If Simon dared to recruit publicly as an earl and not be suspicious of the nobles of the Lithuanian Principality, it would be strange - you little Count, why do you want so many wandering knights? Want to rebel?
It is legitimate to get a knight out and recruit wandering knights. After all, the knights are going to recruit many wandering knights.
As for the Knights that need the approval of the church to establish it? This is not a problem at all. So Marin wrote a letter to his father-in-law Julius II, and then the decree that the Holy See allowed the formation of the "Flying Winged Knights" was issued. Then, without a wandering knight coming to join, Simon became the leader of the empty knights...
Moreover, in the decree that the "Flying Winged Knights" allowed to be established, Julius II also gave a very reasonable excuse - Ukraine is located on the front line of the Catholic Church and faces the challenges of Orthodox Church in the east and Green Church in the south. It is a very important place. Simon stationed in Ukraine with the "Flying Winged Knights" to "protect Christian civilization"... and also a "barrier of the Catholic world"... Look, how tall and powerful...
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The negotiation between Simon and Zigmont I was very smooth, because Marin had been angry with Zigmont I before. Zigmont I naturally had a clear understanding of Simon's request.
At the beginning, Zigmont I opposed Simon's recruitment of thousands of wandering knights from Poland and Lithuania. After all, no monarch wanted to have such a strong army under his command. But Marin explained to him that this was a secretly hidden army. Moreover, Sigmont I could not have money to support so many soldiers. Zigmont I agreed, after all, Marin's North Sea Kingdom did not pose any threat to Poland. On the contrary, the North Sea Kingdom needed Poland as an ally. Because Zigmont I also knew that the newly-promoted Hoffman family was relatively excluded and hostile among the German princes, and it was normal for Marin to hide some soldiers and horses outside the country...
With the basis of talking with Marin before, it is naturally not a problem for communication with Simon. Sigmont I readily agreed to Simon's request to form a Knights and agreed to send dozens of winged cavalry officers to help Simon train the winged cavalry.
After the team arrived at Krakow, the capital of the Kingdom of Poland, Zigmont I did not get off the car, but asked some winged cavalry to protect Anne back to the palace. He himself accompanied Simon to Kiev to attend the creation ceremony of Simon's "Flying Winged Knights".
In addition to the presence of the monarch Zigmont I, many powerful members of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, also came to support the event. Then, a team came from the west, an envoy from the Holy See who read the Pope's decree...
After the envoy from the Holy See read out Julius II's decree in public in the square in front of the Kiev Palace, Sigmont I also announced in public that she would agree to Simon as the Grand Duke of Lithuania to form a knighthood. Of course, Simon, the new leader of the Knighthood, also swears in public that he would not lead troops north to intervene in the internal affairs of the Grand Duke of Lithuania without permission from the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
After Simon vowed not to lead troops to interfere in the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, several members of Lithuania who were present were obviously relieved - they were also afraid that Simon would rely on force to fight for Lithuania's right to speak...
Chapter completed!