The Rise of the European Emperor

"Okay, I will form a Scottish Highland infantry regiment!" Marin nodded and agreed to Edward's request. But immediately, Marin began to pour bitter water...

"Your Majesty, for the stability of Scotland, I can form a 10,000-strong Scottish infantry regiment. However, the funds are a bit tight. You know, how expensive it is to feed an army of 10,000..."

Edward's heart tightened suddenly—what's the matter, do you want me to pay for the military? There are no doors...

However, he couldn't refuse Marin bluntly. So, Edward thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said:

"Do you want military expenses? No problem. How about this, I will give you military expenses, but the right to appoint and dismiss officers of this legion..."

"I'd better find a way to make it together!" Marin quickly interrupted Edward. Nima, the right to appoint and remove officers has been given to you, so why don't I form an army for you? What am I still busy with?

Edward smiled and said to himself——I knew it was like this...

After working with Marin for a long time, Edward discovered that Marin loves money more. In addition, he especially loves military power. As for administrative rights, he is not so concerned. Therefore, military power is Marin's bottom line. Speaking of this, Marin refused to budge. As for other things, I don't care much about it.

If Marin knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him—I knew the truth of "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" when I was a child in my previous life. As for executive rights? Without the protection of the barrel of a gun, it may be taken away at any time...

Moreover, Marin's picture is too big, and he wants the whole of England. Therefore, before actually doing it, Marin will restrain all his edge. Nothing but military power. In this way, even if he did something in the future, no one would doubt him.

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Of course, Marin took the thunder for Edward, and it is impossible that there will be no benefits at all. It is impossible for Edward to give money and food. However, Edward can still afford everything that does not require money. For example, land...

"How about this, as compensation, I will make you the Earl of the Scottish Highlands again, and the northern highlands will all belong to you. Look, this is a good condition, right? A place as big as the Scottish Highlands..."

The Scottish Highlands are indeed very large, covering an area of ​​more than 25,000 square kilometers. But after hearing this, Marin, instead of being happy, almost spat out a mouthful of old blood...

why? The Scottish Highlands are really big. However, he knew just by looking at the name that it was a highland! Not plains, not hills! In later generations, the Kingdom of Scotland covers an area of ​​77,000 square kilometers,

More than 25,000 in Highland County, accounting for almost one-third.

But this is useless. The population of Scotland in later generations is 5.3 million, but the population of Highland County is only 230,000, accounting for only 1/23 of the total population of Scotland...

Moreover, most of the 230,000 people are also distributed near Inverness and other cities with narrow valleys and plains around them. As for the vast highlands, there is actually no population.

Right now, the population of the entire Kingdom of Scotland is only about 500,000. As for Highland County, it is said that there are only 20,000 to 30,000 people in such a large area, and most of them are herders herding sheep. If you want to grow food, you can't grow it so far north, and it's a highland. Even if it is planted in some valley areas, it cannot be scaled up. Moreover, the climate change here is very complicated, with rainy and low temperature. Generally, if the crops want to grow, it seems that there is not enough light and accumulated temperature... Therefore, the vast majority of Scottish Highlanders can only raise livestock and become herdsmen. It's mountain people and herdsmen again, so it's strange not to be aggressive...

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In fact, the most authentic Scottish highland infantry does not refer to the people in most of the mountainous areas of Scotland, but only refers to the army composed of highlanders in the highland counties of northern Scotland.

These residents living in the northernmost mountainous area of ​​the British Isles live in such a harsh environment. In the process of confronting nature, they have developed strong physical fitness and a brutal and aggressive character. Therefore, after the unification of England and Scotland, the King of England liked to recruit troops in the Highland County very much. This is like the post-Golden regime. In order to obtain enough death-death soldiers, the wild boar skin sent people into the deep mountains and old forests in the northeast to arrest those barbaric "Nurchens" who were as raw as hair and drank blood, and let them charge forward in armor to block the firearms of the Ming army. . Anyway, the more bitter and cold the people are, the more brutal and ferocious they are. Just like the Maozi of later generations, living in a bitterly cold place is much more barbaric than the Huaxia people in the south. Similarly, the Northeast people in the bitter cold area are much more aggressive than the Southerners. Boys often fight from childhood to adulthood. This, of course, speaks of former poverty-stricken times. Later, Huaxia became rich, and the Northeast people were not so aggressive. Moreover, it is not worthwhile to lose a lot of money if you break someone in a fight...

After getting the Scottish Highlands, Marin actually had a complicated heart. On the one hand, he was happy to get the entire place where elite soldiers were produced in Highland County. On the other hand, being able to produce elite soldiers also means that the people here are tough and difficult to manage.

Moreover, there are very few people here. With a population of 20,000 to 30,000, a maximum of 2,000 to 3,000 troops will be dispatched. These people are not enough...

Therefore, the final result is that Marin has to recruit people from other places in Scotland to form a not-so-authentic "Highland Infantry Corps"...

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After discussing with Edward, Marin took people to the prisoner-of-war camp to select soldiers and horses.

After arriving at the Scottish prisoner-of-war camp, Marin asked for a roster, and first crossed out all the Scottish noble officers. Because these people are not easy to manage, and they have a lot of ideas. Since it's hard to manage, it's better not to have one. In addition, people with many ideas are not suitable for soldiers. The best source of soldiers is that they don't like to use their brains. As soon as the commander gives an order, they will rush to copy the big goods on the guy...

Therefore, as soon as Marin came, he cleaned up all the Scottish officers who were not easy to manage and had too many ideas.

Then, the second step is to clean up the veteran oil...

Veterans Many people may mistakenly think that they are veterans and elites in the army. Actually that's not the case at all...

If it is a traditional feudal army, these veterans are indeed very important. After all, recruits need their belts. In the modern army that can emphasize discipline, veterans are dispensable. Even, these veterans who are good at escaping for their lives may be the scourge of the army.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had a good chance of establishing a modern army. Qi Jiguang's Qi family army is a typical modern army, emphasizing discipline and not advocating the courage of ordinary people. It's a pity that the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty ruined the last Qi's army - they were dragged to the northeast to die without any support. In the end, they perished under the siege of the Houjin army without support.

Marin's method of cleaning up veteran oil is very unique-take off his clothes and look at his back...

What are you looking at? look at the wound...

Once, in his previous life, Marin read a very interesting novel. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a general who showed off his scars all over his body and boasted that he was brave. Then, the protagonist suddenly reveals his true nature, proving that he is just a coward who is used to running away...

How did you expose it? The protagonist proposes that if a brave warrior faces the enemy head-on, the wound should be on the chest or side. As a result, this guy's back was full of wounds, but his chest was smooth... Obviously, these wounds were all caused by the escape... Therefore, this guy is not a brave general, but a coward who ran away...

Therefore, Marin also used it here. He asked those veterans with long military years to take off their jackets for injury inspection - if there are more wounds on the back than on the chest, they belong to old cunning people who are good at escaping, and they don't want them at all.

In addition, veterans who have no injuries in the chest and back are not allowed to...

why? How can there be veterans who have gone through hundreds of battles without injuries? No injuries on his body, it proves that he has been hiding behind and doing nothing, and even ran away early... Even a veteran who is good at fighting, there are always minor injuries. No injuries at all, proving that he did not participate in the battle...

What, you said he is not easy to get hurt wearing plate armor? Sorry, the old men who wore plate armor were fired by Marin at the beginning... The rest are ordinary Scottish mountain folk who can't wear plate armor... Can't wear plate armor, no injuries on their bodies, Resolutely drive away...

These two veterans must be cleared out of the army. Otherwise, the recruits will be led astray by them.

But this selection method greatly reduced the number of tens of thousands of Scottish soldiers who met the requirements. Among the tens of thousands of people, Marin finally selected only 6,000 people, just enough to get the number of a Roman legion...