The Rise of the European Emperor

Originally, Marin planned to send the 61st to 100th place in the tournament to Rome to replace the 4o middle-ranking officers. However, those 4o wandering knights are not for everyone.

After all, joining the garrison Marin sent to Rome was mercenary in nature. Also, an infantry officer. The most important thing is—that's not a fief knight. Therefore, some people do not want to go.

In the end, it was Marin who assured them that as long as they performed well, they could be canonized by the Holy See as a church knight recognized by the whole of Europe, which moved 25 of them.

After all, the Holy See is the most authoritative institution in all of Europe. Knights recognized by the Holy See have nobility immunity in all European countries. Although the knights conferred by the Holy See may not have fiefs, they do not need to serve the Holy See for a lifetime. As long as they serve for 10 years, they have a good chance of being canonized as apologetic knights by the Holy See. From then on, they would wear the title of knights for the rest of their lives and go wherever they wanted. Even without fields, they could do business like the knights of the Teutonic and Livonian Knights. The nobles were privileged when they were engaged in business. For example, ordinary tax officials would not dare to arbitrarily exploit the caravans of nobles. Some taxes, such as the entry tax, were exempted from the nobles. Therefore, being a noble businessman is not bad.

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The reason why he wanted to exchange 25 mid-level officers was that Marin planned to form the Sixth Corps...

At present, Marin already has 5 legions with a total of 50,000 troops (not including the troops stationed in Rome). It stands to reason that with so many soldiers and horses, they are definitely among the best in Germany, and Marin does not need more soldiers and horses.

The problem is that the 20,000 troops of the Fourth and Fifth Corps now need to be stationed in England and Scotland, and are not in the mainland at all. And Marin was eager to go to the Ming Dynasty, but he was worried that after he left, Beihai would be attacked by the enemy. After all, Marin has many enemies. Even though there are currently three legions in the homeland, Marin is not too relieved.

Because these 30,000 people will be stationed in the entire Beihai Kingdom, and the troops will be scattered. Once attacked by the enemy, it is likely to be surrounded by divisions.

At that time, there may only be 10,000 soldiers of the First Army guarding Dou Arich. Such a force would not be enough to ensure safety if faced with a multinational coalition. The Second Army needs to be stationed in the Ruhr area to ensure the security of the southern land. The Third Legion was stationed in Schleswig to ensure the security of Jutland...

Therefore, Marin needs to form a new army to assist the first army to ensure the safety of the capital. Even if the combat power of this new legion can't keep up with the three old legions, it shouldn't be a problem for them to defend Aurich. At that time, if the Second Army or the Third Army is attacked or blocked, the First Army can safely go to rescue or respond. Unlike now, because the First Legion needs to guard Orrich, they dare not leave. Even if the Second and Third Corps were attacked, they would not be able to help.

Marin's intention to set up the Sixth Army was to liberate the First Army so that it could rescue and respond to the other two local corps at any time. At the same time, when the enemy concentrates superior forces to besiege Aurich, you can also defend the city with the First Army. There are two regular legions defending the city, and the second legion and the third legion can also return to help, so that the local area can ensure safety.

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To form a new army, you first need a army commander and a group of capable mid-level officers.

The new army commander, Marin, has been looking for a long time-he is Heynckes, the young officer who had followed Marin south to Italy...

This is a child of a knight from the mountainous area of ​​the Principality of Württemberg in southern Germany. He has good ability and is good at brainstorming. Moreover, although this guy was born in a knight family, he was brave enough to move his entire family to Beihai, including his father who was a knight in the fief... And doing so obviously made Marin feel bad for him. more assured.

At first, Marin noticed him because of his name. After all, in later generations, the famous German coach "Hai Gonggong" is also the No. 1 figure, the famous coach of Bayern.

After noticing this person because of his name, Marin realized that this young officer is really good. At a young age, he has already become a phalanx leader by virtue of his ability. Going up, it's the legion commander...

So, when he went south to Italy, Malin took him with him and nurtured him...

Now, Marin is about to leave Beihai Kingdom to go to Daming. In between, it is estimated that it will take more than a year. Marin was afraid of accidents, so he decided to form a new army to ensure the safety of the homeland. Then, Heynckes, whom Marin had planned to train before, was so lucky to be the candidate for the new army commander...

Heynckes was already the phalanx commander second only to the legion commander, and he was named a hereditary knight for his meritorious deeds in the Battle of Lübeck. In addition, this time he went south to Italy with Marin, and made another contribution. Therefore, Marin promoted him as the new army commander, and most people have no opinion.

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Of course, to form a new legion, only one legion commander is not enough, and a group of middle-level officers is also needed.

As it happens, the legion stationed in Rome usually has nothing to do. Many middle-level officers were bored and asked to report back to the mainland.

Of course, not that they are belligerent. Instead, following the local legion, there are more opportunities for war, it is easier to make military exploits, and then you can be promoted and promoted to titles and granted more fiefs...

Therefore, Marin simply pushed the boat with the current, taking advantage of this competition, and planned to select a group of wandering knights and send them to Rome to replace the middle-level officers who wanted to be transferred back to China.

Originally, Marin planned to transfer 40 people back. However, not all of the 40 people in his picture accepted his solicitation. Therefore, Marin did not force it, and only recruited 25 people.

And it wasn't the only legion in Rome that was available. In the three local legions, he can also select a group of people from the deputy square captains and deputy company captains to form the sixth legion together...

There are still a lot of talents among these deputy square captains and deputy company captains. Otherwise, it would not be possible to advance to such a position. In principle, once their commander was killed, they, as adjutants, would take over the command of the commander.

So, generally speaking, the abilities of these lieutenants are not bad. Even if it is not as good as the main general, it can still be used. At the very least, helping train and assemble a new legion is definitely up to the task.

As for the legion that defended the city in Rome? Usually there is no battle to fight... After all, who dares to risk the world to attack the Holy See? Therefore, the officers of that legion in Rome felt very idle...

Both Stade and Steindorf had served as the commanders of the corps, but because they had nothing to do and Marin needed to employ people, they were both transferred back to their homeland. Now, the commander of that legion is an old knight named Hitz. This person was originally a fief knight of the county of Oldenburg. After Oldenburg was destroyed, he surrendered to East Friesland. His ability is OK, mainly good at defense. So, Marin simply sent him to Rome to retire. After all, he is not a direct descendant of Marin, and is not valued by Marin. In addition to being old, it is not bad to be sent to Rome to be responsible for the city defense.

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After preparing the candidates for the legion commander and mid-level officer, the next step is to recruit troops. But most of the soldiers were actually ready - Marin and Edward had reached an agreement to select six or seven thousand Scottish Highland soldiers from tens of thousands of Scottish prisoners of war...

When selecting candidates, Marin deliberately eliminated all Scottish officers, leaving only ordinary Scottish mountain soldiers. Now, Marin has arranged his own officers, which is just good for controlling this army.

Moreover, in order to facilitate the control of this Scottish army, Marin will not only arrange his own mid-level officers, but also select 3,000 elite veterans from the Second and Third Corps to join the Sixth Corps together with Heynckes and other legions. In this way, even if the early Scottish Highland soldiers moved, they were sure to suppress them.

According to the agreement with Edward, these Scottish Highlanders will be brought to East Friesland, to avoid staying on the mainland as a hidden danger.

After leaving the homeland for East Frisian, the Scots couldn't make a fuss. After all, this is not their home ground. In addition, there were already 3,000 elite veterans in the Sixth Corps, and they were the most powerful First Corps, so Marin didn't worry about what they would do.

As for the losses of the 2nd and 3rd Corps, Marin asked them to directly select outstanding men from the militia to join the army...()

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