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By the 13th century, as the commercial city states woke up in the Renaissance, the prosperous commodity economy in the Mediterranean region would push the mercenaries to the peak that they had never seen before. During the Renaissance, the fierce confrontation between the Vatican Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire lasted for more than 200 years, and the main battlefield of confrontation was in northern Italy. In the complex struggle between religion, secular, faction and trade, Italy was divided into two camps, the Emperor Party and the Pope Party, and formed dozens of separatist regimes such as Florence, Venice, Milan. Frequent warfare has made feudal knights and city -state militia increasingly unhappy, while the huge currency brought by commercial trade provides a material foundation for the mercenaries on the historical stage. The battle of Montepelti During the Battle of Montepelti in 1260, the Empire Party's Siena first opened a large -scale use of mercenaries. They used the relationship with the Holy Roman Empire to hire hundreds of well -equipped and martial arts knights from the German area. Although their enemies belong to the Pope's Florence, they have more troops, but they were beaten under the impact of hiring heavy cavalry. The battle of Montepelti changed the appearance of the Italian war. Since then, the city -states of Italy, especially northern central, have formed mercenaries to enhance the strength of the war. In Italy, the curtain of the mercenary era has been opened until now. 14th century, the first batch of mercenaries in Italy began to establish. The English of the mercenary group is "Free Company", which literally translates to the self -company. This fully illustrates that the mercenary regiment is a private enterprise that mainly focuses on killing. In fact, the mercenary regiment operates thoroughly. There are specialized financial personnel, legal consultants, human resources departments, and professional decision -making agencies in the legion. The high operating efficiency far exceeds the feudal knight forces of the same age. The leaders of the mercenary regiment are called "", "", or "", that is, the mercenary captain, and the source of its words is the contractor or the contractor. In the simple and easy to understand, they are like a contractor on modern construction sites. The city -state signed a contract with these mercenaries captains to provide funds to the mercenary captain, while the mercenary captain used this fund to hire people without land, bankrupt farmers, and urban poor. Under the command of the mercenary captain, he was fighting for the city -state. Figure left: The full armed mercenaries in the early fifteenth century; the picture on the right: The full armed mercenary of the late 15th century n The most significant feature of the Italian mercenaries is that they have no fine contracts. These contracts are jointly formulated by the employer and the mercenaries and are protected by law. The content of the contract includes the content of military operations (offensive, defense, plunder), the time limit for military operations, the total number of soldiers participating in the war, the arms configuration, weapons and equipment, supply guarantee, the insurance regulations of soldiers death or disability, and even mercenaries generals As a business period for hostages, who has legal command, how to allocate warfare products, etc., everything is included. The most common contracts in the early days are three months (sometimes three months of extension), which is a time required for traditional Italian military operations. The Italian heavy cavalry During this period, hiring heavy cavalry was the most valued arms. Taking the famous Great Comany as an example, the mercenary regiment was established in 1342 in Waner Feng Uzlins, and has 10,000 combatants during the height. The group is almost composed of cavalry, with reinstallation of the knight as its core. It is extremely mobility and is known for its viciousness. Uslin's fundamental people are notorious in Italy. He is the most significant label for extortion, robbery, extortion, and even slaughter. It is said that his armor was engraved with a row of large characters "God's Enemies", which was completely like the splash adventurer who was mixed with Lao Tzu. 15th century Italian mercenaries Since heavy cavalry is the core arms, the preparation of the mercenary regiment is also based on heavy cavalry. The most basic unit is "gun". Each "gun" contains a heavy cavalry, a sergeant and a servant, and sometimes include some archers and cross archers. Each five guns form a "pile", which means a horse pile that tie the horse together. Each pile constitutes a squadron, which is the basic combat unit of the mercenary regiment. Usually a mercenary regiment has multiple combat squadron. Most of the total troops of the mercenary regiments are less than 1,000, but some large -scale mercenaries may have thousands or even tens of thousands of powerful troops. The feudal knights and militia forces in other countries in the same period, these professional mercenaries are dexterous and professional. For example, in the Battle of Castania in 1387, the 8600 Padova army used the infantry and archers to organize defense when facing the 11,600 Verona army. In advance to investigate a good road, from the as if the sidewalk that seemed impossible to go behind the enemy, and then launched the raid tactics, it defeated the Verona army in one fell swoop. This high -level organizational skills and technical and tactical levels are in sharp contrast to the French feudal knight armed forces during the century -old war. Different from the feudal knights that are always reckless, the mercenaries will always organize investigations before combat of the mercenaries, designated detailed combat plans, and accurately implement them. The mercenaries commanders have never had childish thoughts such as fair decisive battle. They despised positive attacks and advocated to obtain the victory of the battle at a minimum at a minimum cost. If there is a chance to perform fraud and strategies, the commanders will never hesitate. The Middle Ages Italian army In the 14th century, Italian mercenaries were mainly composed of foreigners. Especially after the first phase of the British Centennial War in 1360, a large number of things to do with Satarcity became the main force of Italian mercenaries. Among them, the most representative Sir John Hockwood from the British mercenaries from the United Kingdom. Hockwood was a British civilian who joined the army during the century -long war and fought with the British King Edward III. It was rumored that he had played a medium in the Cresser. In 1360, the first phase of the century -old war ended, and the 40 -year -old Hawkwuma, Jolkani Akuto, came to Italy with a small troops. In Italy, Hockwood led a mercenary regiment called the White Company, which soon became one of Italy's most famous mercenary regiments. John Hockwood Under the command of Hawkwood, the White Corps absorbed the characteristics of the British army in the century -old war, and adopted a rigorous ride -ride co -tactic to fight against the cavalry forces of other mercenaries. Good results. However, what really made the White Corps (or the infamous) of the White Corps is Hawkwood's way of doing it. Before the war, Hawwood will negotiate with multiple city -state at the same time, and choose a contract with the highest or most likely winning party. But do n’t think that the contract is signed, and everything is good. The White Corps is a commonplace. Later, it was even developed to the point where the employer was required to increase money for temporarily increasing money. Even if they are on the battlefield, the White Corps often does not work, because they often accept the bribes of the enemy, and sometimes they use the employer's money to bribe the enemy. If Hawanton is in China, it will probably be tied with Lu Bu with "Three Surnames" in history, but considering that the morals of European military nobles may not be as good as Hawwward, in fact, the "goodwill" of the White Corps is said to be said to also good. Although Hockwood was insidious and spicy in the commercial war, he was extremely unnecessary, but he had generous and fair treatments to treat soldiers and never deducted soldiers' salaries. Therefore, the White Corps is known for its strict discipline and high morale. Stada Painting School (Syena Painting School was founded by Dujedi Bonina, and artistic achievements can be associated with Florence. Prosperous. But in the next century, with the decline of Siyena, the school also disappeared in the long history) The method of acting in Hawkwood and the White Corps represents the common ways of acting in foreign mercenaries at that time. Essence Whether it was the long -lasting war between the Pope and the emperor, or the intrigue of the city -state for business interests, the mercenaries were not interested in the slightest. Their only interest is to get rich. Driven by such interests, the most important thing for mercenaries is how to squeeze silver coins from the hands of the city. Although Italian city -state never dares to wages with mercenaries (in the middle of the 14th century, Florence was the monthly salary price of a German mercenary cavalry captain of 30 Ferulin, the general cavalry price was 8 Ferulin, and the infantry also had 2 Ferulin. The monthly income of a doctor in Florence is only 3 Ferulin), but things like silver coins have always benefited more. In addition to extortion against city -state with various means, mercenaries often ransacked streets and towns to burn and loot. During the Chesena Massacre in 1377, more than 5,000 residents were killed, and hundreds of young women were snatched and infringed. Faced with the atrocities of the mercenary, the victims of the victims could not be avoided, and they could only be arched with bribes to avoid disasters. Because of these cases, Makiavili was so disgusted with the mercenaries in a century. The is the saying that "reading history can make people wise, and you can know the future in the past." But the role of history may not really make us meet the future as simple. People who read deep must understand that reading history is just that we have greater freedom and ability to create the future. The life is not only in front of you, but also poetry and far fields. In Gao Xiaosong's lyrics, in addition to experiencing a literary complex, we are more important to pursue the inner freedom and feelings. Poetry has created a spiritual utopian for us, and Shi Zhe let us know the reality more clearly. We must not only live in the present, but also live in the future. Following these classics, following the historical footprints, lift the veil a little bit, restore the real scene, feel the passage of time, chase the philosopher's thoughts, explore the spiritual world of human beings, and encounter a smarter self every day.
By the 13th century, as the commercial city states woke up in the Renaissance, the prosperous commodity economy in the Mediterranean region would push the mercenaries to the peak that they had never seen before. During the Renaissance, the fierce confrontation between the Vatican Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire lasted for more than 200 years, and the main battlefield of confrontation was in northern Italy. In the complex struggle between religion, secular, faction and trade, Italy was divided into two camps, the Emperor Party and the Pope Party, and formed dozens of separatist regimes such as Florence, Venice, Milan. Frequent warfare has made feudal knights and city -state militia increasingly unhappy, while the huge currency brought by commercial trade provides a material foundation for the mercenaries on the historical stage.
The battle of Montepelti
During the Battle of Montepelti in 1260, the Empire Party's Siena first opened a large -scale use of mercenaries. They used the relationship with the Holy Roman Empire to hire hundreds of well -equipped and martial arts knights from the German area. Although their enemies belong to the Pope's Florence, they have more troops, but they were beaten under the impact of hiring heavy cavalry. The battle of Montepelti changed the appearance of the Italian war. Since then, the city -states of Italy, especially northern central, have formed mercenaries to enhance the strength of the war. In Italy, the curtain of the mercenary era has been opened until now.
14th century, the first batch of mercenaries in Italy began to establish. The English of the mercenary group is "Free Company", which literally translates to the self -company. This fully illustrates that the mercenary regiment is a private enterprise that mainly focuses on killing. In fact, the mercenary regiment operates thoroughly. There are specialized financial personnel, legal consultants, human resources departments, and professional decision -making agencies in the legion. The high operating efficiency far exceeds the feudal knight forces of the same age. The leaders of the mercenary regiment are called "", "", or "", that is, the mercenary captain, and the source of its words is the contractor or the contractor. In the simple and easy to understand, they are like a contractor on modern construction sites. The city -state signed a contract with these mercenaries captains to provide funds to the mercenary captain, while the mercenary captain used this fund to hire people without land, bankrupt farmers, and urban poor. Under the command of the mercenary captain, he was fighting for the city -state.
Figure left: The full armed mercenaries in the early fifteenth century; the picture on the right: The full armed mercenary of the late 15th century n The most significant feature of the Italian mercenaries is that they have no fine contracts. These contracts are jointly formulated by the employer and the mercenaries and are protected by law. The content of the contract includes the content of military operations (offensive, defense, plunder), the time limit for military operations, the total number of soldiers participating in the war, the arms configuration, weapons and equipment, supply guarantee, the insurance regulations of soldiers death or disability, and even mercenaries generals As a business period for hostages, who has legal command, how to allocate warfare products, etc., everything is included. The most common contracts in the early days are three months (sometimes three months of extension), which is a time required for traditional Italian military operations.
The Italian heavy cavalry
During this period, hiring heavy cavalry was the most valued arms. Taking the famous Great Comany as an example, the mercenary regiment was established in 1342 in Waner Feng Uzlins, and has 10,000 combatants during the height. The group is almost composed of cavalry, with reinstallation of the knight as its core. It is extremely mobility and is known for its viciousness. Uslin's fundamental people are notorious in Italy. He is the most significant label for extortion, robbery, extortion, and even slaughter. It is said that his armor was engraved with a row of large characters "God's Enemies", which was completely like the splash adventurer who was mixed with Lao Tzu.
15th century Italian mercenaries
Since heavy cavalry is the core arms, the preparation of the mercenary regiment is also based on heavy cavalry. The most basic unit is "gun". Each "gun" contains a heavy cavalry, a sergeant and a servant, and sometimes include some archers and cross archers. Each five guns form a "pile", which means a horse pile that tie the horse together. Each pile constitutes a squadron, which is the basic combat unit of the mercenary regiment. Usually a mercenary regiment has multiple combat squadron. Most of the total troops of the mercenary regiments are less than 1,000, but some large -scale mercenaries may have thousands or even tens of thousands of powerful troops.
The feudal knights and militia forces in other countries in the same period, these professional mercenaries are dexterous and professional. For example, in the Battle of Castania in 1387, the 8600 Padova army used the infantry and archers to organize defense when facing the 11,600 Verona army. In advance to investigate a good road, from the as if the sidewalk that seemed impossible to go behind the enemy, and then launched the raid tactics, it defeated the Verona army in one fell swoop. This high -level organizational skills and technical and tactical levels are in sharp contrast to the French feudal knight armed forces during the century -old war. Different from the feudal knights that are always reckless, the mercenaries will always organize investigations before combat of the mercenaries, designated detailed combat plans, and accurately implement them. The mercenaries commanders have never had childish thoughts such as fair decisive battle. They despised positive attacks and advocated to obtain the victory of the battle at a minimum at a minimum cost. If there is a chance to perform fraud and strategies, the commanders will never hesitate.
The Middle Ages Italian army
In the 14th century, Italian mercenaries were mainly composed of foreigners. Especially after the first phase of the British Centennial War in 1360, a large number of things to do with Satarcity became the main force of Italian mercenaries. Among them, the most representative Sir John Hockwood from the British mercenaries from the United Kingdom. Hockwood was a British civilian who joined the army during the century -long war and fought with the British King Edward III. It was rumored that he had played a medium in the Cresser. In 1360, the first phase of the century -old war ended, and the 40 -year -old Hawkwuma, Jolkani Akuto, came to Italy with a small troops. In Italy, Hockwood led a mercenary regiment called the White Company, which soon became one of Italy's most famous mercenary regiments.
John Hockwood
Under the command of Hawkwood, the White Corps absorbed the characteristics of the British army in the century -old war, and adopted a rigorous ride -ride co -tactic to fight against the cavalry forces of other mercenaries. Good results. However, what really made the White Corps (or the infamous) of the White Corps is Hawkwood's way of doing it. Before the war, Hawwood will negotiate with multiple city -state at the same time, and choose a contract with the highest or most likely winning party. But do n’t think that the contract is signed, and everything is good. The White Corps is a commonplace. Later, it was even developed to the point where the employer was required to increase money for temporarily increasing money. Even if they are on the battlefield, the White Corps often does not work, because they often accept the bribes of the enemy, and sometimes they use the employer's money to bribe the enemy. If Hawanton is in China, it will probably be tied with Lu Bu with "Three Surnames" in history, but considering that the morals of European military nobles may not be as good as Hawwward, in fact, the "goodwill" of the White Corps is said to be said to also good. Although Hockwood was insidious and spicy in the commercial war, he was extremely unnecessary, but he had generous and fair treatments to treat soldiers and never deducted soldiers' salaries. Therefore, the White Corps is known for its strict discipline and high morale.
Stada Painting School (Syena Painting School was founded by Dujedi Bonina, and artistic achievements can be associated with Florence. Prosperous. But in the next century, with the decline of Siyena, the school also disappeared in the long history)
The method of acting in Hawkwood and the White Corps represents the common ways of acting in foreign mercenaries at that time. Essence Whether it was the long -lasting war between the Pope and the emperor, or the intrigue of the city -state for business interests, the mercenaries were not interested in the slightest. Their only interest is to get rich. Driven by such interests, the most important thing for mercenaries is how to squeeze silver coins from the hands of the city. Although Italian city -state never dares to wages with mercenaries (in the middle of the 14th century, Florence was the monthly salary price of a German mercenary cavalry captain of 30 Ferulin, the general cavalry price was 8 Ferulin, and the infantry also had 2 Ferulin. The monthly income of a doctor in Florence is only 3 Ferulin), but things like silver coins have always benefited more. In addition to extortion against city -state with various means, mercenaries often ransacked streets and towns to burn and loot. During the Chesena Massacre in 1377, more than 5,000 residents were killed, and hundreds of young women were snatched and infringed. Faced with the atrocities of the mercenary, the victims of the victims could not be avoided, and they could only be arched with bribes to avoid disasters. Because of these cases, Makiavili was so disgusted with the mercenaries in a century.
The is the saying that "reading history can make people wise, and you can know the future in the past." But the role of history may not really make us meet the future as simple. People who read deep must understand that reading history is just that we have greater freedom and ability to create the future.
The life is not only in front of you, but also poetry and far fields. In Gao Xiaosong's lyrics, in addition to experiencing a literary complex, we are more important to pursue the inner freedom and feelings. Poetry has created a spiritual utopian for us, and Shi Zhe let us know the reality more clearly. We must not only live in the present, but also live in the future. Following these classics, following the historical footprints, lift the veil a little bit, restore the real scene, feel the passage of time, chase the philosopher's thoughts, explore the spiritual world of human beings, and encounter a smarter self every day.