From Augsburg to the northeast and after arriving at Regensburg, Marin had no horses to transfer to. Because his hotel station system was only set here. It was not a popular route to Bohemia, and a hotel station system had not been set up yet. Therefore, Marin and his cavalry could only transfer to Prague with two horses.
Speaking of which, Prague is the second largest city in the Holy Roman Empire after Milan. The North Sea Chamber of Commerce in Marin actually has a hotel station here. However, this route extends from the Saxony region in the north of Bohemia to Prague, not the southwest. Therefore, there is no place to change horses along the way when Marin takes.
Therefore, it took Marin several days to arrive in Prague from Regensburg to meet the King of Bohemia and King of Hungary Vladislas II.
Speaking of which, Marin and the Jagelon dynasty were allies. Not to mention anything else, Marin's sister Anne married Vladislas II's younger brother Zigmont I.
Vladislas II was the eldest of several brothers in the Jagheron royal family. The reason why he gave up the Polish throne and the Hungarian Grand Duke was that the monarch of the Bohemia Kingdom had real power. Unlike the Polish king and the Lithuanian Grand Duke, he had to discuss and resolve the problem with his respective parliaments. Therefore, Vladislas II would rather come to Bohemia as a monarch who keeps his words than be a void king in aristocratic parliamentary state like Poland and Lithuania. The Polish throne and the Lithuanian Grand Duke were directly thrown to his younger brothers.
Because his younger brother married Marin's sister, Vladislas II had a very good attitude towards Marin. When he saw Marin coming, he stood at the door of the palace hall to greet him, which was a bit of a face. After all, he was the king and had a higher status than Marin. It was impossible to welcome guests at the gate of the palace. Being able to walk out of the hall was already very face.
"Welcome, welcome, Grand Duke Marin! Welcome to Prague as a guest!"
"It is also my honor to be able to come to Prague, the second largest city in the empire, your majesty!"
Then, the two sides carried out a conventional commercial blow. Marin praised the dignity of the Jagelon royal family and the prosperity of Prague, while Vladislas II also praised Marin for his youth and promisingness and fighting all over Germany...
Moreover, when Marin said that Marin was very good at fighting, Marin always felt that Vladislas II seemed to have something to say...
After drinking a cup of milk tea, Malin suddenly realized - Yes, I am the king of mercenaries, and the other party happened to be in a rebellion. I hope to borrow troops from me!
So Marin made a decision - not to take the initiative to propose buying people, so as not to fall into a disadvantage. As for the special trip to Prague, he also opened his eyes and told lies, saying that he went to Ukraine to visit his younger brother Simon, passing by...
Vladislas II didn't know that Marin was going to buy someone, and he really thought Marin was passing by. After all, it sounded reasonable to visit his younger brother in Kiev, Ukraine.
Therefore, after some commercial hype, Vladislas II talked about the mob rebellion in Hungary. Marin also expressed his indignation at the right time, and together with Vladislas II, cursed Dorao, George and his peasant uprising army...
It was obvious that Marin understood Vladislas II's intention to borrow troops, but he just pretended to be confused and made Vladislas II anxious.
So Vladislas II was out of patience and simply said:
"Ma Lin, I heard that your Beihai Kingdom army is invincible..."
Marin deliberately pretended not to understand and said shyly; "Your Majesty is wrong, how can he be that powerful..."
Vladislas II was a little depressed - why is this guy so incompetent?
In desperation, he had to make it clear:
"We are allies, are you? Look, your sister married my younger brother. Although there was no signing a contract, are our Jagelon family and the Hoffman family blood allying?"
Marin nodded; "That's right!"
"I heard that you had lent soldiers to the Principality of Clifford to destroy the Principality of Gedes. We are also allies. Look, did you lend soldiers to me and suppress those mobs?"
After saying this, Marin could not pretend to be stupid. So he pretended to be thinking, and after a while he frowned:
"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm unwilling to help. In fact, the scale of this rebellion in Hungary is too large. I heard that the total number of rebels has reached 70,000 to 80,000. I have only 30,000 people in the country now. If all of them are transferred, I'd be sure to defeat them. But you also know that I have a bad reputation among the German princes. If I come out in full, I'll be easily attacked!"
"30,000 people? Not 40,000 people?" Vladislas II was a little surprised. He didn't know that Marin sent the Sixth Legion to Ireland.
Marin had to explain to him:
"I sent the Scottish Legion to Ireland to help His Majesty Edward attack the separatist forces..."
"So that's it..." Vladislas II frowned. It was a coincidence. Then, he thought for a while and asked:
"So, how many soldiers can you produce at most?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"I can generate up to 15,000 people, which is the limit. After all, my local area is so big now, and I also need to protect my troops!"
The 15,000 people mentioned by Marin actually included the 5,000 Cossack cavalry. The 5,000 people Marin did not announce it to the public. In the past, they only said that they were cavalry of the Third Legion. Others thought that the Beihai Kingdom now had only 30,000 people, but in fact they were 35,000.
However, he had sent thousands of people to the Principality of Württemberg to help suppress the peasant uprising, so the total number of domestic troops is less than 30,000.
Of course, that refers to the regular army. If the police are included, there are 8,000 second-line troops. However, these police officers also need to maintain local public security and cannot be transferred at will. Only when the moment of life and death can these people be called to participate in the war.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Marin thought about it and it seems that 8,000 people are not needed to maintain public order. In fact, each of these 320 police stations can maintain public order by leaving 10 people in each of the 320 police stations. In this way, 4,800 police forces can be freed up to protect important towns. If you make up an integer, you can temporarily draw 5,000 people out.
In this way, even if 15,000 people were drawn to help Vladislas II suppress the Hungarian peasant uprising, 20,000 troops could be retained in the country.
"15,000 people...a little...after all, the rebels are 70,000 or 80,000..." Vladislas II seemed a little dissatisfied with this number.
Malin immediately pointed to the east and said:
"Your brother can also produce some troops. Anyway, there is no war in Poland now! Moreover, his Polish winged cavalry just needs some war training. Fighting those peasant army without any combat experience is the best way to improve combat experience!"
Vladislas II's eyes lit up - Yes, I almost forgot the Polish winged cavalry...
The Polish winged cavalry was established under the guidance of Zigmont I and Marin. So far, this new type of force has only participated in the battle against the Principality of Mazovia, and has experienced too little. Moreover, with the help of Marin, Poland has now eased relations with the Teutonic Knights and has also reconciled with the Crimean Khanate in the south. To the east is the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which is dominated by Poland, and to the west are the German vassal states, and there is no strength to challenge Poland...
In this good international atmosphere, Poland is indeed without war and can free up people to support Vladislas II. Moreover, it is said that the scale of the Polish winged cavalry of Zigmont I has expanded to 5,000 people, and there is a trend of continued increase. However, many novice winged cavalry have never participated in the battle and lack practical experience. It is better to fight against the Hungarian peasant uprising army, which also has no practical experience.
In addition, the 5,000 Cossack cavalry that Marin cut off belonged to the light cavalry and was not very suitable to attack the main force of the Hungarian peasant uprising army. If the Polish wing cavalry belonging to the heavy cavalry charges in front, the 5,000 Cossacks will be even more powerful.
Vladislas II obviously understood this, so he immediately began to write to his younger brother Zigmont I and sent an envoy to Krakow, the capital of Poland.
After Vladislas II arranged the delivery of the letter, Marin said seriously:
"Your Majesty, let's talk about the remuneration of the 15,000 troops..."
Chapter completed!