After Marin and Maximilian I's court doctor finished talking about the key points of wound treatment, they were soon called by the emperor. When they came to the emperor's room where the emperor pretended to be sick, Marin saw Maximilian I frowned...

"Your Majesty, are you asking me for trouble?"

"Yes, Earl Marin. I have issued an edict to announce your recognition of the title of Earl of East Friesland..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Malin finally had a legal title and was no longer a tyrant.

The so-called tyrant refers to a dictator who seizes power through coups or other violent means. Generally speaking, the tyrant is not well received and is not recognized by the secular world.

In fact, Marin, under the banner of the heir of the Bullock family, was not considered a tyrant in the East Friesland Kingdom. But the problem is that the Bullock family was not recognized by the Holy Roman Empire at the beginning, but was just a tribal force that was free from the frontier of the Holy Roman Empire.

Instead, the Sexner family announced their surrender to the empire in 1464 and was officially named an earl by Maximilian I's father Frederick III, becoming an aristocrat accepted by the countries.

Therefore, from the perspective of the East Frieslandb, Marin was not a tyrant, but just regained the throne of his ancestors. But from the perspective of the empire, the Bullock family had never been recognized by the empire. According to the law, the Sexner family was the first recognized ruling family of the East Frieslandb. Then, after doing so, Marin became a tyrant again...

"But..." After the emperor finished speaking, there was a sudden turn, and Marin felt something was wrong...

“But what?”

"The Duke of Saxony, who was in Innsbruck, firmly refused to recognize your legal status, and they insisted that you were the tyrant of East Friesland..."

"Ah? How can they not give you face to your Majesty?" Marin was a little surprised.

"Overall nobles still give face, even if they give face on the surface. However, the Saxony nobles are too powerful, and they can never give me face. Even I owe the Duke of Saxony a great favor..." Maximilian I was also a little helpless.

At the beginning, after his father-in-law "Bold Charles" died in battle, the French began to incite the main part of the Burgundy Principality (that is, the western part of the Burgundy Principality close to the Paris Basin and the Burgundy Region in later generations) and the Netherlands part to make independence.

Later, most of the main part of the Principality of Burgundy, later with the support of Charles VIII, successfully separated from the Principality of Burgundy and joined France. Even the Netherlands was once very dangerous.

Even Maximilian I himself was imprisoned in the palace of Ghent by the Dutch parliament. In the end, Emperor Frederick III asked Duke Albresitt of Saxony to take action and lead the army to the Netherlands, and rescued Maximilian I and quelled the rebellion in the Flanders. Friesland was also the promise made by Maximilian I to the Duke of Saxony at that time.

Therefore, Maximilian I owe the Duke of Saxony a great favor. Moreover, in the Imperial Parliament, Maximilian I also needed the Saxony nobles to help him speak. Therefore, even if the Duke of Saxony does not accept the emperor's order, the emperor will not be able to turn against him...

"So, your majesty, what should I do?" Marin was also very troubled with such a complicated situation. If he could, Marin would not be happy to fight with the Saxony group.

"After you go back, be prepared for the battle. You are a military genius. I believe you can repel the Saxonian attack. As long as you repel the Saxonian attack, I can mediate it from then on..."

"Okay..." Marin also looked helpless. It seemed that the Duke of Saxony was aiming at his East Friesland. He had made up his mind that this time, he must deal with the Saxony people well. He beat them up once and was afraid of being beaten...

In history, Edsard I was the original coalition of George Duke of Saxon that forced the Saxons to recognize the independence of the East Frieslander State. He had a stronger military force than Edsard I, and there was no reason not to be able to defeat the Duke of Saxon.

Calculate the time, it is mid-to-late May. Even if the Duke of Saxony wants to take action, he will have to prepare for a few months. Prince George has also seen Marin's strength. Therefore, if the opponent wants to attack, tens of thousands of people will definitely not be enough, at least an army of 20,000 will be needed.

However, it would definitely take several months for the Saxons to gather a 20,000 army, and it would require a huge amount of food. Therefore, Marin judged that even if the Saxons wanted to send troops, they should be the time when the food was most abundant after the autumn harvest.

Marin was not afraid of fighting with the Saxons. However, he was very worried that the war would cause serious losses to the East Friesian population. And the Saxons might grab food in the countryside.

Therefore, Marin planned to return and ask the various estates under his name to transport most of the grain into the city, and only retain the daily grains needed in the manors to avoid being robbed by the Saxons during the march.

In addition, each manor has dug up hidden basements in advance. Even if the Saxonian army passes by, it can at most plunder the grain from the surface. The hidden grain can still feed the farmers afterwards.

Of course, Marin would better send troops to directly fight against the main force of Saxony and try to defeat it quickly. In this way, the Saxony's destruction of the East Friesland State can also be minimized.

However, to stand up against the Saxon army, Marin could only rely on his more than 5,000 regular troops. As for the thousands of militia recruited in East Friesland, it can be used to defend the city. It is a bit of a requirement to stand up against the Saxon people...

So, when he went back this time, Marin planned to continue to expand his army and increase the number of regular troops by a few thousand more. In this way, even if the Saxons brought 20,000 troops and Marin pulled out 10,000 troops, it was enough to be upright. After all, Marin's army was all made of Spanish platoons, which was very suitable to be upright.

As for the cavalry, Marin planned to mostly use the Blackshirt Knight. For this reason, he also planned to expand the number of Blackshirt Knights to 800.

The reason why power develops the Black-shirt Knight is Marin prepared for the Saxon Plate Armor Knights. Saxon is a great knight country. Because of its strong economy, the Saxons can also cultivate more expensive Plate Armor Knights. When fighting, the Saxons can completely pull out thousands of Plate Armor Knights, form a torrent of steel, and impact the enemy formation.

If the army of an ordinary country is easily defeated by the luxurious knight group of the Saxons. But Marin's army is mainly the Spanish phalanx, and he is not afraid of the knights' charge at all. Because, in addition to the sharp muskets, the Spanish phalanx also has an important feature, which is that it is love to dig trenches...

The infantry in the Spanish phalanx likes to dig a trench in front of the formation for no reason, mainly to guard against the charge of the enemy cavalry. If the enemy rushed to the formation and the war horse fell into the pit, the impact of the charge would be dissolved in an instant.

What Marin is best at is commanding his men to dig two ditches and professionally trap the knights. Therefore, Marin is not afraid of the knight's charge at all.

However, the Spanish phalanx was afraid of artillery attacks. Saxony was rich and powerful, with more artillery. Therefore, Marin needed to send cavalry to take down the enemy's artillery positions.

If you send ordinary cavalry over there, you will be delivering food to thousands of Saxon knights. But if you use the wretched black-shirt knight, it will be different...

The black-shirted knights could ride their horses and rush over from the flanks of the enemy's artillery positions, then draw their guns to shoot the enemy's artillery, and try to kill the opponent's gunners.

Although the Saxons were equipped with many artillery, they had few muskets and had no countermeasures to counter the Black-Shirt Knights. Although they might be equipped with some weapons such as crossbows. But that is not a problem. As long as the Black-Shirt Knights wear chest armor and helmets, they can minimize casualties as much as possible. Because, although the chest armor cannot block guns, there is no problem blocking ordinary crossbow arrows.

Another great advantage of the Blackshirt Knight is that it is not afraid of the enemy's plate-armored knights. If the Saxon Knight despises the Blackshirt Knight and sends the plate-armored knights to chase and kill them, it will be exactly what Marin is thinking.

The Black-Shirt Knight is a professional player in the Plate Armor Knight. As long as the other party dares to catch up, the Black-Shirt Knight can ruin the other party...

The plate-armored knight encounters the black-shirted knight, but cannot catch up, and cannot run away, and there is no long-range weapon to counterattack. If you dare to chase it out, you will be fooled and killed by the black-shirted knight.
Chapter completed!