The Rise of the European Emperor

However, Marin knew that although he now had 5,000 Cossack cavalry, these 5,000 Cossacks would not be able to fight hard battles for the time being. Because this group of Cossacks have little experience in fighting hard battles, and they also lack experience in management.

Those authentic Cossacks recruited from the eastern European steppe were personally brave, but lacked discipline. Moreover, although many of them had combat experience before, most of them were small-scale battles at the level of fighting between horses and thieves. They are also inexperienced in the kind of battle that involves thousands of people.

As for those 1500 German Cossacks, let alone. Although these people are more obedient and disciplined than the genuine Cossacks, they are not as good as those genuine Cossacks when it comes to personal martial arts. Moreover, he has never fought a war and lacks combat experience.

Therefore, although 10 Cossack cavalry regiments are very bluffing, the actual combat effectiveness is still very difficult to say. Marin was sure that the group would have no problem fighting with the wind. But it's hard to say in the face of headwinds. Because the most important feature of the herdsman army is that it is good at escaping...

The army on the grassland doesn't like to fight with people. They usually come to hack and kill when they see something cheap, and when they encounter a hard bone, they immediately hide away. If you like to fight recklessly, no steppe nation is the opponent of the farming nation. It was with this almost rogue tactic that the steppe cavalry stubbornly restrained the army of the farming nation.

Therefore, Marin never counted on these Cossack cavalry to help him fight hard battles. It is the regular army composed of German mountain people and peasants who can truly fight the enemy for life and death. Because these people have no horses and cannot run away. Either choose to defeat the enemy, or be defeated. As for escaping? Infantry can't escape...

As for the Cossacks, it was not useless. For example, Marin planned to have these Cossacks use cavalry regiments as units to attack the opponent's ration team. In the face of those second-tier transporters, these Cossacks can still easily bully them.

Originally, Marin planned to let these Cossacks go to the Americas and the Indians to play a few games and see blood. After all, recruits who have never seen blood rush to the battlefield are prone to problems. In particular, the 1500 German Cossacks were all standard recruits and basically had no combat experience. Rushing to pull over for a decisive battle is especially prone to trouble.

However, with the dispatch of the allied forces of the princes, the curtain of the war has been opened, and Marin has no time to train those newcomers. So, I can only catch the ducks on the shelves first...

"Khloe, you go and call Schwartz and Stad, and I want to issue an order!" Marin hasn't made a public appearance yet, so it's not easy to order directly, and he can only issue orders through Schwartz and the others.

Soon, Schwartz and Stade came to the house and entered the secret room to listen to Marin's orders. Under Marin's direction, Schwartz and Stade, in the name of representatives of the army of the "Regent of Five", ordered the formation of 10 Cossack cavalry regiments and the formation of 10 cavalry regiments into a Cossack cavalry regiment, at the same time as the first Cossack cavalry regiment. Alsace, the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment, was the acting commander.

At the same time, the two also jointly signed an order ordering the Acting Commander of Alsace to summon all 10 cavalry regiments at once for an exercise of an overall march and charge across Jutland.

In fact, the exercise is just a cover. Once the 10 Cossack cavalry regiments started their exercises, they would not go back. Because the war is about to start. These 10 Cossack cavalry regiments will soon enter the battlefield.

Moreover, it should be pointed out that Marin's strategic goals have also undergone major adjustments this time...

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Originally, Marin thought that during the period of his "deceitful death", a group of vassal states would form a coalition to attack Beihai Kingdom to take advantage.

But through intelligence, Marin knew that the princes did not take Beihai Kingdom, which had "lost itself", in their eyes at all, but went to beat the emperor.

Therefore, Malin, who had originally planned to join forces with the feudal lords, immediately adjusted his plan and planned to clean up only those feudal feudal kingdoms who coveted the secrets of Beihai Kingdom.

And, by coincidence, the vassal states that coveted the secrets of Beihai state this time,

They didn't even join the Allied Forces of the Princes. Because, they intend to take advantage of the chaotic opportunity of Beihai Kingdom's "loss of Marin" to take advantage of Beihai Kingdom.

In this way, what Marin needs to face is only a few neighboring vassal states. If you don't confront the feudal lords, the pressure will be much less.

Although the results will be much smaller, it is still much better than being hostile to most of the princes. Moreover, Marin intends to completely maim these unfriendly neighbors this time, and set up a fierce prestige. Especially in a certain principality on the side, Marin intends to kill it this time.

Of course, the reason why Marin wanted to go to a certain principality this time was not only because the other party coveted the secret of Beihai Kingdom's high grain yield, but also because Marin coveted the other party's resources.

In addition to its vast area, this Principality also has a place that attracts Marin - there are potash mines in the other country...

In fact, more than half of the potash in Marin's agricultural production comes from the salt mines in the Harz Mountains in the principality. Every year, Marin was extorted by the duke for a large tax when he brought back potash from the country. If Marin hadn't arranged for his hidden identity to do this, and the potash had not been shipped directly to Beihai, the secret of the potash might have been obtained by the other party long ago.

Therefore, Marin decided to take this opportunity to completely crippled the principality. If possible, it is best to eliminate annexation directly. You know, the Harz Mountains not only have potash, but also copper, lead, zinc, silver and other minerals. Moreover, the reserves of silver mines are not low. The Rammersberg mine near the famous city of Goslar is a famous lead, zinc, silver and copper mine in Germany. From 968 in the Middle Ages, it was mined until 1988, and about 27 million tons were mined. of silver, gold, lead, zinc and copper. It is said that the famous mathematician Leibniz once worked as a mining engineer in the Harz silver mine.

Also, the Brocken Mountain, the highest mountain in the Harz Mountains, is also famous. Even, the famous lead-zinc-silver mining city of Broken Hill in Australia later took its name from Broken Hill in the Harz Mountains. In fact, the hill of Broken Hill means hill.

The reason why Brocken Hill in Australia is named the same as Brocken Hill in the Harz Mountains is because at that time Britain was ruled by the Hanoverian royal family (Queen Victoria belonged to the Hanoverian family), and the Brocken Hill in the Harz Mountains was Mountain, happens to belong to the Kingdom of Hanover. Later, after colonizing Australia, it was about the lead-zinc-silver mine of Broken Hill, which reminded the discoverers at that time of the Broken Mountain in the Hanover Kingdom, which was also rich in lead, zinc and silver, so they took the same name.

Of course, the reserves of lead, zinc and silver mines in the Harz Mountains cannot keep up with the Broken Hill mine in Australia, but, in Europe, this is also a big mine. After all, this is a mine that can be mined for thousands of years.

So, this time, Marin is going to decide the mines in the Harz Mountains...