Because I am from the mountain.

So I'm sorry for not having much knowledge.

So I'm really sorry for being rude.

So I'm really sorry if I don't understand the rules.

So I'm really sorry to be illiterate.

So I'm really sorry for not having much money.

So it's really sorry that the land is not suitable for cultivation.

So I'm really sorry to be a mercenary.

That's it. This is Egil's impression of the so-called "mountain people". This is the case with the Scots, and the Swiss are the same. However, there is still a little difference between the two. The difference lies in the degree... The Swiss are poorer than the Scots, and the land is less suitable for farming, and there are more mercenaries.

That's it.

Speaking of which, Egil is quite interested in the legendary Swiss who invented the tactic of attacking with phalanxes. Speaking of which, most of the regular troops mentioned in this era do not have these Swiss mercenaries to fight. Although they are simple and rarely wear armor, they bring unity with their rich combat experience, tenacious will, and a sense of identity with the concept of "Swiss". The combat power of Swiss mercenaries is eye-catching. It is a pity.

Because Switzerland is indeed too poor, it is difficult to be independent. Therefore, it is often controlled by other powerful countries. However, Switzerland's unique mountain culture cannot be tolerated by other nations in any way. Therefore, no matter which country is controlled, the Swiss tendency to be independent is very high.

So it's very difficult to manage.

At that time, in order to stabilize his rule in southern France and strengthen his position in the Holy Roman Empire, Charles of Burgundy dispatched a large army and finally took Switzerland into his arms for several years and added a crown of the Prince of Switzerland to himself.

Then he regretted it.

As I said before, no one would like to give me a territorial property that could not bring profit to myself for nothing. The Swiss territory, as I said before, could not bring any profit to Charlie at all. The little tax collected from the Swiss was not as much as the military expenditures for suppressing various rebellions of the Swiss. The entire Switzerland suddenly became a big burden in the Principal of Burgundy. Every year, more than one-third of the taxes of the Principal of Burgundy were embezzled. Charlie even felt that if he had lost the territory of Burgundy, he would not have been able to succeed independently a few years earlier.

Duke Charles was worried about this matter, but he was also a smart man. In the end, he came up with a clever idea to make Switzerland independent from him, which he could not do. If he dared to do so, then his most important source of finance and taxation, the Netherlands, would have to make independence tomorrow. If he was so independent, the Duchy of Burgundy would collapse.

Hire Swiss as mercenaries.

Moreover, it is a large-scale, large-scale hiring of Swiss people. When encountering disasters and famines, they hire the Swiss people as mercenaries. When the environment improves, they will fire them. Just like that.

The Principal of Burgundy had a semi-standing, semi-professional and semi-mercenary army of 20,000, which was entirely composed of the Swiss. It was extremely combative. It can be said that the entire Burgundy army was mobilized, and the combat power of these 20,000 people could account for at least one-third of the entire principality.

Egil was also envious of this group of Swiss mercenaries. Although he had a more powerful dwarf room guard, as a super spear mercenary. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the dwarf room guard is even greater than that of the Swiss, but stronger combat effectiveness means higher employment costs and more difficult to supplement. Egil has a huge territory in the Norman Kingdom. The dwarf room guards under his command are only 5,000. They can only be used to stabilize the front line on the battlefield, not for attack. Therefore, Egil has also tried to reorganize the Norman professional super spear troops.

But unfortunately, it was not successful.

Speaking of which, the Normans are still specialized in battle axes. As a general heavy infantry, they are naturally competent. However, as a super-gun force, they are not qualified enough. Therefore, after the research of super-gun technology, the Norman Kingdom only added spear militia, a group of troops. There are no real, regular, and professional super-gun forces. Although the Scots were very suitable for super-gun forces, it is still very inconvenient: First, Scotland is now at least nominally the territory of his wife Artoria. If it is just a militia, it would be fine. If it is a regular army, it would not be true.

Second, Egil looked down on the Scots because the Scots were so poorly disciplined. They charge forward at any time. They are not as obedient as the Swiss. Swiss mercenaries work hard for their employers, and they don’t even have a single word of slaughtering mountains and fire. They are quite useful.

Therefore, Egil envies Charlie, who has 20,000 Swiss mercenaries in his hands. He also believes that Charlie's use of these soldiers is a waste of resources.

"Send them ten acres of land and two slaves to make them military property. They are specially engaged in wars. Then each person will give them a set of chains and cloaks of the same style to form a professional army. That's all." Egil completely ignored the fact that Burgundy was not like Norman, and there was no such much land at all. He said sarcastic words very easily. At the same time, he planned to dig out the corner of this ally. He couldn't tell him about this matter.

In fact, just after the coalition forces entered the Apennine Peninsula, Egil deliberately began to win over several of the largest Swiss mercenaries under Charlie and successfully gained the favor of these people.

Of course, Egil's behavior is actually completely useless. It is also unnecessary.

After Egil had enough favorability, he nervously asked them: would they be willing to hire them if they were three times more than Charlie?

So the mercenaries nodded: Of course, we just want to make a living.

Egil was overjoyed.

However, before he could be happy, the mercenary leaders said such a turning point: But.

However, we will have to wait until the employment contract between us and Duke Charles expires before we can re-sign a new employment contract.

Egil said this is understandable. The moral mercenaries are liked. If they abandon Charlie for three times the commission, they will definitely abandon Egil for a higher commission. No one will feel at ease with such unconventional mercenaries.

So Egil continued: So how long will it take for you to sign with Duke Charlie to expire?

The mercenary leader replied: In fact, this contract is a little different, that is, it is a contract that can only be terminated unilaterally. There is no time limit. In other words, as long as Duke Charlie does not want to terminate the contract and can always pay the commission, the employment contract will not be abolished. Egil was speechless for a while, and at the same time, he looked at Charlie, the carefree guy with a little attention.

After confirming that Charlie could not let these mercenaries go at least before the war ended, Egil gave up the idea and began to kill people seriously.

Kill the Venetians.

The reason is also very sufficient, just five words: Heretic! Go and die!!

so.

The Egil army dug three or four circles under the city of Bologna, and prepared for a long-term siege and accompanies.

At the same time, the cavalry troops were sent to burn, kill and loot in northeast Italy, spreading fear.

To force the Venetian army to step out of the city of Venice, then faced head-on.

Egil made such a decision because Venice is known as a water city, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack on the sea. Now the outer sea fleet under Egil is still wandering in the Black Sea and cannot arrive for a while. Therefore, Egil is really not confident that he can get a bargain from such a messy city. If he loses too much in the fight against Venice, then the war with Eastern Rome will be difficult to deal with.

So, it's better to force the battle.

The total light cavalry under Egir was 8,000, and the professional cavalry and Finnish light cavalry each accounted for half. When the Catholic War between Eastern Rome began, Egir gave half of the light cavalry to his wife Artoria, so he had four thousand light cavalry under his command. These four thousand light cavalry had almost never fought any decent battles from Normandy to Renaya. Therefore, there were almost no losses.

It still maintains a very strong combat power. Although most of the Apennine Peninsula are mountainous and hilly terrain, city-state cities and larger towns are built on plains and plateau terrain.

Therefore, the Venetians were unlucky to treat the Venetians, whether nobles, civilians, poor, rich businessmen, or cavalry, and were chopped off with a knife on the charge of heresy. Then the heads were neatly placed on the north side of Venice, near the mainland where the crossbows could not be shot. Such a bloody scene made the Venetians who were used to being comfortable and frightened. The lawless cavalry also openly dug the cemetery outside the city where Venice could be seen in the walls of Venice. While robbing the tomb, they also took out the bones of the Venetians and burned them to play next to the city of Venice.

Seeing the remains of his ancestors being treated like this, the Venetian soldiers and civilians burst into tears and were filled with emotion. They held a rally in front of the Venetian Governor's Office and forced the Venetian Governor Dandoro to send troops quickly.

Seeing this, the old Dandoro, who was nearly eighty years old, felt helpless. The old fox, who was used to the wind and waves, naturally understood that the Normans did this simply to lead the Venetian defenders out of the city to fight and then defeat them in one fell swoop. However, what's the use of knowing? Who would listen? The conversion to the Orthodox Church before had already caused strong dissatisfaction among the Venetians. If he refused to send troops again, he, the governor of Venetians, would have ended up being the end.
Chapter completed!