Meh. That's what mercs are for.

Mercenaries cost more :)

6000 is regular troops without the levies. We'll probably have them pay small tax to avoid fighting but if times are hard perhaps raising a peasant army to complement the professionals won't be off limits.

Meh. That's what mercs are for.

Mercenaries cost more :)

Lansquenets!

6000 is regular troops without the levies. We'll probably have them pay small tax to avoid fighting but if times are hard perhaps raising a peasant army to complement the professionals won't be off limits.

That, obviously, if the peasants aren't revolting... *stares at Enalais*

That's when the mercs are really helpful. *Throws money at mercs*

Hear hear! By the way, who's the count in the North? I'd like to know who I'll be a henchmen of. =P

You're killing me man! =P

Also, I figured the von Eisenburg holdings would be split up amongst counties. Considering that a different branch of the family is off in Saxony that really isn't *that* bad.

There were the condotierri of Italy. Most often, however, mercenaries were simply roaming bands of semi-professional soldiers called Free Companies.

I assumed as much.

The Gaelic Gallowglass. Bigger swords :) There were also the Varangians, though they were more limited to the Byzantine Empire