The Rise of the European Emperor

What a bold idea? Marin plans to select 10,000 people from the tens of thousands of prisoners of war in Hungary to form an army to deal with the upcoming war.

Marin is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the situation in England, because Edward is making small moves now and is doing his best to remove Marin's influence so as not to be restrained by Marin.

To be honest, Edward's approach is undoubtedly very correct from his own point of view. But from Marin's point of view-you, a "supporting actor" who was destined to die and was rescued by me, what kind of scene are you grabbing? Can't you be a supporting role honestly? You have to grab the leading role! This is forcing the protagonist to let you get the box lunch earlier...

It wasn't just Edward who did this, the nobles in England were also dissatisfied with the fact that there was a foreign prince with a strong army in the country. The point is that Marin's two ten thousand legions are still stationed in England. Although half of them were transferred to Scotland and Ireland by Edward and the ministers of England, there were still 10,000 people in England.

You know, this is not a conscript, but a standing army with strong combat effectiveness! And how much is England's standing army? Formerly, the standing army in England consisted of only a few thousand men. But after Marin let the two legions come over, in order to prevent the two legions from launching a rebellion, Edward had to recruit two 10,000-man legions as direct troops for self-protection. However, because there were still many remnants of the Tudor dynasty, so many troops were indeed needed to ensure safety.

But now, with the killing of the last princess Margaret of the Tudor dynasty and the so-called "Little Prince Henry", and Edward's suppression of domestic rebels for several years, England has basically stabilized. Then, it came to the peaceful moment of "swords and guns into Kuma and release Nanshan".

Edward wanted to disband most of the army, but he saw that Marin's 20,000 legions were still there, showing no signs of disbanding or withdrawing. Therefore, he did not dare to disband the 20,000 troops under his command easily.

But 20,000 standing troops! Even based on the daily salary of 3 pence per person, the annual expenditure will be more than 90,000 pounds. But the problem is that the annual financial income of the British royal family is only hundreds of thousands of pounds. With so much military expenditure, the burden is too heavy.

Therefore, in the past few years, Edward's finances have basically been in serious deficits every year! Fortunately, all the great nobles of the Tudor Dynasty were killed and a lot of money and food were seized to maintain the expenses of these years.

But Edward knew that if this continued, within two or three years, all the money obtained by confiscating the properties of the great nobles would be spent. Moreover, in order to maintain the expenses of the army, he needs to borrow usury from the bankers.

It is precisely because of this that Edward couldn't wait to do it, trying to clear most of Marin's garrison in England. In this way, he can also disband most of the standing army, leaving only seven or eight thousand standing troops. In this way, he can save more than half of military expenditures and allow the English court to achieve a balance of payments.

Edward is not a local tyrant like Marin, and it doesn't take much effort to maintain an army of tens of thousands. According to England's financial level, maintaining a standing army of seven or eight thousand is the normal tolerance range. Any more, that's overkill.

Therefore, Edward intends to reduce Marin's garrison in England to less than 5,000 within two or three years. Of course, the situation in Ireland and Scotland is unstable, and Marin needs to help guard for a few years for free.

This is not a secret, but the consensus of the ruling and opposition parties in England. Marin knew, so he also planned to let Edward receive the box lunch within a year or two. He then took control of England himself.

However, once he annexed England, a war with France was inevitable. After all, the French would never allow such an army power as England and the North Sea State to unite.

In order to prepare for the war, Marin deliberately cooperated with the emperor in acting, and publicly expanded the army, intending to form the Seventh Army. The princes also seemed to be deceived, and acquiesced in his recruitment of mountain people in southern Germany.

But Marin knew that this was not enough...

Even if another 10,000-man legion is recruited, there are only 5 legions of 50,000 in the mainland of Beihai, plus a very prepared Cossack cavalry corps that is usually grazing and farming, and is only mobilized during wartime.

The 55,000 army looks a lot, but there are more enemies to face...

As long as Marin annexes England, Mo said that it will be angry, and other German states will be jealous and crazy, and it is likely to join forces with France to deal with Marin.

Therefore, the war at that time will basically be regarded as a battle of life and death for the Beihai country. If they lose, the mainland of Beihai will be lost.

Under such circumstances, the more troops the better, the stronger the better.

Previously, Marin had planned to recruit an army of ten thousand people from the tens of thousands of German immigrants in the North American colonies. Once a war breaks out in the mainland, the 10,000-strong army will be mobilized to return to the country to participate in the war.

But that's not enough!

The 65,000 army can only defeat the French army alone, but it cannot stop the attacks of the German princes behind them. Therefore, Marin intends to prepare at least 75,000 or even 80,000 troops. Only in this way can we guarantee undefeated!

In other words, Marin also wants to expand an army of ten thousand people!

But where do people come from?

Before, Marin also considered the fifty or sixty thousand Hungarian prisoners of war. After all, they were all strong men with combat experience. As long as you choose carefully, ten thousand elites can still be selected.

However, Marin did not trust the Hungarians. After all, the idea that "people who are not my race must have different hearts" is deeply rooted. Moreover, those Hungarian prisoners of war were all of rebellious background and belonged to "convicted" bandits, which was even more worrying.

Therefore, for those Hungarians, Marin had planned to let them be farmers to develop the American colonies.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Since planning to take hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti Island to farm in North America, Marin suddenly discovered that there seems to be no shortage of working people in the North American colonies...

Coupled with the report from Haiti this time, Marin suddenly realized that it seemed that the more than 60,000 Hungarian prisoners of war could also be used...

However, considering the issue of loyalty, Marin still found Kohler and asked him to send someone to investigate the situation of the remaining 63,000 Hungarian prisoners of war in the Goslar mine. Mainly, the recognition of Germany...

This question is actually very easy to find out. Kohler sent people to the church in the Goslar Mine to find out the progress of German learning, and found out the situation...

The reason is simple—those who are serious about learning German tend to have a higher sense of identity with Beihai. And those prisoners of war who refused to learn German were often diehards and refused to cooperate.

Fortunately, most prisoners of war know how to be flexible. A few days later, the data came back and showed that there were only more than 10,000 prisoners of war who were diehards, who insisted on not learning German well, and were unwilling to integrate into German society. The remaining 40,000 people are just ordinary people who follow the trend and are still willing to learn German and integrate into the society of Beihai. After all, Marin has clearly stipulated before-the salary of learning German will be improved.

Then, Marin picked up the roster and began to check the situation of the more than 40,000 prisoners of war who were willing to integrate into Beihai...

As a result, Marin discovered that most of the Hungarian prisoners of war who seemed to be willing to integrate into the society of Beihai State were young people. And the more than 10,000 prisoners of war who refused to integrate seemed to be mostly middle-aged people, and even some elderly people...

Marin immediately understood...

After all, young people are more receptive to new things and ideas. The older ones prefer to keep their original habits and ideas, and it is difficult to change them.

But Marin's conscription just likes young people. Because they have better physical strength and explosive power, and they can serve longer. What pleased Marin the most was that among the more than 40,000 young Hungarian prisoners of war who had learned German, more than 20,000 had been cavalrymen!

Hungarian cavalry! That was a well-known unit during the war, and it was also a representative of European light cavalry! Even the Polish hussars developed from the fighting methods of the Hungarian hussars. Specifically, in fact, the hussars put on breastplate armor and iron helmets.

Most of these Magyar cavalrymen from Hungary grew up on horseback since they were young, and they are skilled in riding. Moreover, they are also good at using sabers and spears, which is very similar to the fighting style of Polish hussars. After all, the Polish hussars also learned from them.

Under normal circumstances, in the first round of charge, the Hungarian hussars charged with spears. But when charging with a spear, it is difficult to pull out the spear after it penetrates into the enemy's body. After all, there is no complex on the spear that is easy to pull out.

Therefore, after the first round of charge, many Hungarian hussars had to discard their spears after stabbing the enemy. Otherwise, their arms will be overwhelmed and even broken.

Then, if the group charge continues, the Hungarian hussars will draw their European-style straight swords and continue to charge. And if it is a melee, they will draw out the scimitars at their waists and slash each other with the enemy...

In other words, whether it is the Hungarian hussars or the Polish hussars, they generally carry three weapons at this time-the spear for the first charge, the knight's straight sword and the machete. Depending on the situation, they use different weapons.

This requires extremely high quality cavalry, because they need to be proficient in using three different weapons, and they are proficient in using them on horseback.

Therefore, it is very difficult to select people from among the peasants to train as hussars. Later, in the 19th century, in order to avoid the lack of peasants' ability to fight on horseback, they simply developed a wall charge that did not rely on personal ability, which can be regarded as a divine operation out of desperation.

However, in terms of mobility and use, it is obvious that the flexible and mobile hussars are much better than those peasant cavalry who can only charge through the wall.

These Hungarian cavalry can not only charge in battle, but can also be used to attack the enemy's supply line in normal times, and can also penetrate into the enemy's territory to cause damage. Alternatively, use it as a scout and courier.

Moreover, the Hungarians (that is, the Magyars) were originally a nation on horseback, but they have gradually turned to farming in the past few hundred years, and their tribe and nomadic characteristics are still mostly preserved. Therefore, among the more than 60,000 prisoners of war, there are more than 20,000 light cavalry alone, which is a very high proportion. And most of them are young people who are willing to accept Marin's solicitation. After all, no one doesn't like a good treat...

After thinking over and over again, Marin decided to select the strongest 10,000 people from the more than 20,000 Hungarian hussar prisoners of war to form a new cavalry regiment.

Once war with the French, the ten thousand Hungarian hussars will have a huge effect. Not to mention anything else, but destroying the supply line can overwhelm the French army. In addition to strengthening the walls and clearing the country on the mainland, the supply problem alone can drag the French to death.

Moreover, the Hungarian hussars already have strong assault capabilities. If they find a flaw in the enemy army, these people will use spears to launch a merciless assault and massacre against the enemy...