The Rise of the European Emperor

It was not for nothing that Marin gave County Wicklow to Adler. For example, when the King of England fought a war on the island of Ireland, Adler would replace Marin to help out.

According to the rules, as the Earl of Newcastle, England, when the King of England went on an expedition, he had to send a large army to help. The reason why Marin gave Adler 50 knights was that he hoped that after the war in Ireland, Adler would take these 50 knights to fight with Edward.

Of course, an earl with 50 knights is obviously too small. Therefore, Marin also asked Adler's knights to bring attendants. Generally speaking, a knight should have at least 5 knight attendants. Among them, there are two knight attendants who serve as servants. For example, one looks after horses and supplies. The other is responsible for running errands for the knight. The other three attendants were mainly engaged in combat missions, following the knights in charge.

It should be pointed out that there is a difference between a knight's squire and a squire. For example, the attendants who are responsible for taking care of horses and supplies are generally of civilian origin, or they are still young, and they are mainly engaged in the work of subordinates. They are sometimes called servitors. And those three or more battle attendants are not necessarily the children of civilians. Possibly, that is the son of a nobleman. Some famous knights and some barons even sent their non-eldest sons over as knight apprentices to learn to fight with knights. Of course, unknown knights can only recruit civilians as battle attendants. Therefore, generally a knight has at least three battle attendants. Rich knights will have more battle attendants.

However, Marin gave Adler a 600-acre fief. Therefore, those knights can't afford too many servants, and 5 are almost the same.

Also, those squires were generally not plate cavalry. Because plate armor is very expensive, and a warhorse that can carry heavy cavalry is also very expensive... Unless, it is a famous knight, and his battle attendant is an apprentice sent by the non-eldest son of another noble family. In this way, the apprentice can take care of the cost of the plate armor and the warhorse.

In general, however, the civilian attendants of knights were light cavalry. Even horses are not necessarily qualified war horses. But that doesn't work either. After all, knights are divided into rich and poor. A wealthy knight, like a French knight with a fief of 1,500 acres, might fight with two or three heavy cavalry. And the poor knights may charge with two or three half-hussars on horses. This kind of half-hearted light cavalry has no problem fighting with the wind. Once faced with a tough fight, it is easy to break down and run away.

Of course, there are worse. For example, when Marin just crossed over, let alone a squire, he only wore half a suit of plate armor and no trousers... Of course, Marin at that time was just a wandering knight, and without a knight title, he could not be considered a real knight. knight. A knight with real titles and fiefs, no matter how poor, can make up 5 attendants.

Once the monarch issues a summons, the knights will go out to battle with their men. According to the requirements, each knight generally takes at least 10 soldiers. Of these, 2 must be cavalry. This is the minimum requirement. If you are a rich knight, you can bring more troops. For example, some wealthy knights can take 3 or more cavalry to expedition, and infantry (that is, recruited peasant soldiers) can reach 25.

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There is no shortage of population in Wicklow County. The McMurrow dynasty of the year was able to survive tenaciously on the edge of the territory directly under the king of England, and its strength should not be underestimated. At the time, the population of County Wicklow was over 20,000. Even if it doesn't, it can still hover around 20,000 people.

Therefore, Marin's requirements for Adler are - 50 knights, each must bring 3 cavalry and 25 levies when fighting. In addition, add two orderlies who are responsible for managing supplies and helping knights mount.

In this way, when fighting, each knight can send 30 troops, and 50 knights can send 1500 troops. Although the number is not large, the combat effectiveness is still good because it includes 50 knights and 150 cavalry.

Moreover, for those recruited militiamen, Marin intends to send instructors to help train them. At the very least, learn to dislodge the Swiss spear formation. In this way, the combat power will not be too bad.

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But 1,500 people were still too few, so Marin decided to send 500 Cossacks to Adler. In this way, when Adler accompanied Edward on the expedition, he could have 500 more powerful Cossack cavalry.

There was good news from the people Marin sent to Ukraine during this time - many Zaporozhye Cossacks and Don Cossacks were willing to accept Marin's employment and recruitment, and went with their families. But the requirement is - at least one bottle of whisky (rye Erguotou) a day...  

Marin happily agreed to this request, and then many Cossack families came to vote.

But Marin was not worried about the leaders of the Cossacks, so Marin specifically picked out the leaders and placed them individually. And those ordinary Cossacks were integrated into the German Cossack villages on the Danish Jutland steppe.

As a result, Marin took in more than 4,000 Cossacks. However, 500 thorns were picked out of them.

These 500 thorns are either the former Cossack leaders or the wild ones. If you want to make them happy, you must suppress them.

However, in the German Cossack village formed by Marin, the leading German Cossacks were originally ordinary German serfs, and they couldn't hold back these thorns at all. Therefore, Marin simply singled out these thorns and formed a Cossack thorn family.

Originally, Marin was worried and didn't know what to do with the 500 Cossacks. But this time when Adler was placed, Marin remembered that they were here...

Those German peasant Cossacks may not be able to overcome these Cossacks, but Adler can!

Adler was an authentic knight, and he was physically strong and skilled in martial arts. Although Adler can't beat Kahn's pervert, he is also a leader among the knights. Even a pervert like Kahn would have to work hard to defeat him in a horse battle. Think back to when Kahn couldn't ride a horse, but he was abused by Adler all day long.

For a nomadic people like the Cossacks, the most obedient to the strong. Want to overwhelm them? It's very simple, just fight them one-on-one. In terms of heads-up, it is estimated that the gang of Cossacks are not opponents.

Why? Although the Cossacks are agile, the main thing that is agile is their overall ability. After all, a group of people who are proficient in horsemanship and horse fighting rush up together, even if it is like a gang fight, the power is amazing. In terms of personal strength, these Cossacks are stronger than ordinary people, equivalent to the strong men in ordinary people, maybe stronger.

But Adler is different. Adler's own physical fitness is a strong man, and he has practiced martial arts since he was a child for more than ten years. The innate strong body, coupled with the acquired martial arts, makes the general soldiers not his opponents. Even in the North Sea National Army, only Kahn dared to say that he could beat him in a horse battle.

Therefore, as long as Adler puts down the ring and fights all the Cossacks, he can make them lucky. Then, with this group of defeated Cossacks, Adler could follow King Edward's army to conquer the island of Ireland.

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Moreover, these 500 Cossacks have strong personal abilities. If it is not powerful, it will not become a thorn. After all, if you don't have the ability to be a thorn, it will be repaired soon.

As long as Adler can subdue this group of thorns, he will be able to take this group of Cossacks, who are equivalent to the elite cavalry, and swept the indigenous forces on the island of Ireland.

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However, Marin did not give these elite thorn-headed Cossacks to Adler for nothing. When sending these Cossacks, Marin said that he was going to draw a population from County Wicklow...

After all, County Wicklow has a population of 20,000, which is a lot in this day and age. Marin's plan was to bring in a few thousand people from County Wicklow to supplement the Scottish Highlands.

The Scottish Highlands are so underpopulated, a dozen times the size of County Wicklow, yet only slightly more populated. Therefore, Marin intends to transfer thousands of people from Wicklow County to the Scottish Highlands to speed up development there. At the same time, it is also trained as a future highland soldier.

What's more, the arrival of these thousands of immigrants to the Scottish Highlands will destroy the local population and ethnic structure. Once the single ethnic structure of Highland County was broken, Marin's control of the local area would be easier. After all, the Irish are outsiders, unable to collude with the locals and can only rely on themselves. And the local natives, after being inserted into the nails by Marin, are also difficult to unite against Marin.

And, this is just the beginning. In the future, Marin intends to repopulate Highland County. After the island of Ireland was conquered by Edward, Marin planned to immigrate more Irish to the Scottish Highlands. At the same time, if there are groups of people who do not obey their own rule in the Highland County, they are also forced to emigrate to the island of Ireland. In this way, not only will the population of the Scottish Highlands become more complex, but the rebels will also be sent to the island of Ireland. After leaving their hometown, these people can't jump up. In this way, Marin's control of the Scottish Highlands will also become easier...