After Marin and the court doctor of Maximilian I finished talking about the key points of wound treatment, they were quickly called by the emperor. Coming to the room where the emperor pretended to be sick, Marin saw the frowning Maximilian I...
"Your Majesty, what do you need from me?"
"Yes, Earl Marin. I have issued an edict to recognize your title as Earl of East Frisia..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Marin finally had a legal title and was no longer a tyrant.
The so-called tyrant refers to a dictator who seizes power through a coup or other violent means. Generally speaking, the tyrant is not in the right position and is not recognized by the world.
In fact, Marin, under the banner of the heir of the Bullock family, is not considered a tyrant in the County of East Frisia. 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 floating on the border of the Holy Roman Empire.
On the contrary, the Sexner family declared their surrender to the empire in 1464, and was officially canonized as earls by Maximilian I's father Frederick III, becoming a nobleman accepted by all countries.
Therefore, from the perspective of the East Frisian County, Marin is not a tyrant, but just regained the throne of his ancestors. But from the side of the empire, the Bullock family has never been recognized by the empire. According to the law, the Sexner family was the first recognized ruling family of the Counties of East Frisia. So, with this calculation, Marin became the tyrant again...
"But..." After the emperor finished the last sentence, there was a sudden turning point, and Marin felt bad...
"but what?"
"The foreign ministers sent by the Duke of Saxony in Innsbruck firmly refused to recognize your legal status. They insisted that you are the tyrant of East Frisia..."
"Ah? Can they not give His Majesty your face?" Marin was a little surprised.
"Ordinary nobles still give face, even on the surface. However, the nobles of the Saxon family are too powerful, and they don't have to give me face at all. Even, I owe a lot of favor to the Duke of Saxony..." Maximilian Li An I was also a little helpless.
At the beginning, after his father-in-law "Charles the Bold" died in battle, the French began to incite the main part of the Principality of Burgundy (that is, the Burgundy near the Paris Basin) in order to prevent the Habsburg family from obtaining all the territory of the Principality of Burgundy. The western half of the Principality of Burgundy, the Burgundy region of later generations) and the Netherlands part became independent.
Later, most of the main part of the Duchy of Burgundy, later with the armed support of Charles VIII, successfully seceded from the Duchy 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, it was Emperor Frederick III who asked Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, to lead the army to the Netherlands, rescued Maximilian I, and put down the rebellion in Flanders. And Friesland to the Duke of Saxony was also promised by Maximilian I to the Duke of Saxony at that time.
Therefore, Maximilian I owed a lot to the Duke of Saxony. Moreover, in the Imperial Parliament, Maximilian I also needed the nobles of the Saxon line to speak for himself. Therefore, even if the Duke of Saxony does not accept this order from the emperor, the emperor is not easy to turn his face...
"So, Your Majesty, what should I do?" Marin also had a headache for such a complicated situation. If possible, Marin is not willing to contact the Saxony Department.
"When you go back, get ready for the battle. You are a military genius. I believe you can repel the Saxon attack. As long as you repel the Saxon attack, I can mediate from it..."
"Okay..." Marin also had a helpless face. It seems that the Duke of Saxony is eyeing his own East Frisia. He has made up his mind, this time, he must take good care of the Saxons, and beat them to the pain and scare...
Historically, the original Edsard I was forced to recognize the independent status of East Frisia because he defeated the coalition forces of George, Duke of Saxony. I have stronger military power than Edsard I, so there is no reason why I can't beat the Duke of Saxony.
Calculating the time, it is now the middle and late May. Even if the Duke of Saxony wants to do it, he will have to prepare for several months. Prince George has also seen Marin's strength. Therefore, if the opponent wants to attack, 10,000 people are definitely not enough, at least 20,000 troops are needed.
However, it will definitely take several months for the Saxons to gather an army of 20,000, and they need a lot of food. Therefore, Marin judged that even if the Saxons were to send troops, it should be after the autumn harvest when food was most abundant.
Marin was not afraid of fighting the Saxons. However, he was very worried that the war would cause serious population losses in East Frisia. Also, the Saxons may be looting grain in the countryside.
Therefore, Marin plans to ask all the manors under his name to transport most of the food into the city after returning, and only keep the daily food in the manor to avoid being robbed by the Saxons during the march.
In addition, each manor had dug a hidden basement in advance. Even if the Saxon army passed by, they would at most search for the food on the surface, and the hidden food could feed the farmers afterwards.
Of course, it is best for Marin to send troops to directly face the main force of Saxony, and try to defeat it quickly. In this way, the Saxon damage to East Frisia can also be minimized.
However, to face the Saxon army, Marin can only rely on the more than 5,000 regular troops under his command. As for the thousands of militias recruited locally in East Frisia, they can be used to defend the city, but they are used to face the Saxons. The requirements are a bit high. …
So, going back this time, Marin intends to continue to expand the army and increase the number of regular troops by several thousand more. In this way, even if the Saxons came with 20,000 troops and Marin pulled out 10,000 troops, it would be enough to be head-on. After all, Marin's army all used the Spanish phalanx, which is very suitable for the front.
As for the cavalry, Marin intends to use mostly black shirt knights. For this reason, he also planned to expand the number of black shirt knights to 800.
The reason why power develops black shirt knights is that Marin prepared for Saxon plate armor knights. Saxony is a great country of knights. Because of its strong economy, the Saxons can also train more expensive plate armor knights. In a battle, the Saxons can pull out thousands of plate armored knights to form a torrent of steel and attack the enemy's formation.
If it is an army of an ordinary country, it is really easy to be overwhelmed by the luxurious knights of the Saxons. But Marin's army, mainly the Spanish phalanx, was not afraid of the knight's charge at all. Because, in addition to the sharp muskets, the Spanish phalanx has another important feature, that is, it loves to dig ditches...
The infantry of the Spanish phalanx like to dig a trench in front of the formation when they have nothing to do, mainly to guard against the charge of the enemy cavalry. If the enemy rushed to the front of the formation and the horse fell into the pit, the impact of the charge would be dispelled at once.
And what Marin is best at is to command his men to dig two trenches, professional pit knights. Therefore, Marin was not afraid of the knight's charge at all.
However, the Spanish phalanx was afraid of shelling. The Saxon people are rich and powerful, and have more artillery. Therefore, Marin needs to send cavalry to take away the enemy's artillery positions.
And if ordinary cavalry were sent over, it would be like delivering food to thousands of Saxon knights. But if you use the wretched black knight, it's different...
The black-shirted knights can ride their horses and rush over the flanks of the enemy artillery positions, then draw their guns and shoot at the enemy artillery, trying to kill the opponent's gunners as much as possible.
Although the Saxons are equipped with a lot of artillery, they have very few muskets, and they have no means of countering the black shirt knights. Although, they may be equipped with some weapons like crossbows. But that's not the problem. As long as the black shirt knights wear breastplate armor and helmets, casualties can be minimized as much as possible. Because although the chest plate armor can't block guns, it has no problem blocking ordinary crossbow arrows.
Another great advantage of the black-shirted knights is that they are not afraid of the enemy's plate armored knights chasing them at all. If the Saxon knights underestimated the black-shirted knights and sent plate armored knights to chase them down, they would fall into Marin's arms.
The black-shirted knight was originally a professional player in plate armor knights. As long as the opponent dared to catch up, the black-shirted knight could cripple the opponent...
When the plate armor knight met the black shirt knight, he couldn't catch up, and couldn't run away, and he didn't have long-range weapons to fight back. If you dare to chase it out, you will be teased and killed by the black shirt knight.
Thinking of it this way, Marin felt relieved. Now, he just needs to go back and make good preparations, waiting for the Saxons to gather their troops and fight over. As for himself, as long as he trains his soldiers and horses well and makes corresponding preparations, he will be...