The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin began to think quickly about gains and losses, after careful consideration. Marin believes that it may be difficult for the native German soldiers to adapt to the icy and snowy climate of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

However, the Eastern European Cossacks recruited by Marin were also born in Eastern Europe, and they were used to the severe winter there. Even the Eastern European Mongolian horses imported by Marin from the Crimean Khanate are very adaptable to severe winters.

In this way, Marin decided to start recruiting a large number of Eastern European Cossacks and then train them into an army. Once the training is complete, look for an opportunity to cooperate with the Lithuanian army, fight a decisive battle with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and defeat it...

It should be pointed out that what Marin wants is defeat, not elimination. Because, he did not want Lithuania to annex the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Therefore, Marin only needs to send troops to defeat the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, forcing the opponent to defend the city. Then, the army he sent can go to the countryside of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to snatch children...

As for cooperating with the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to storm the strong city of the Grand Duchy of Moscow? Only a fool would do that...

In this way, Marin achieved his goal of plundering the population with the help of war. At the same time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow will not be killed, so that the Grand Duchy of Moscow still retains the vitality and capital to compete with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and it will not allow the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to dominate Eastern Europe.

For this reason, Marin's decision was-to put it simply, he only recruited Ukrainian Cossacks to make up 10,000 cavalry mercenaries. Then, train it into shape and fight with the Lithuanian army.

This cavalry will not appear at first, but is hidden behind. When the Lithuanians fought with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they suddenly rushed out from the rear, attacked the flank of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and defeated it...

Then, he deliberately kept his hand and allowed the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to withdraw. When it was time to siege the city, they simply used the reason that "cavalry is not suitable for siege" as an excuse, and went to the countryside to catch children...

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Here, we need to mention the current situation in Eastern Europe. Originally in history, when Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow was in power, he launched a full-scale invasion and attack on Lithuania. Around 1508 he annexed the Kursk region in the northeast of the Ukrainian region (originally also part of Lithuania), and in 1510 the Pskov Noble Republic. Then, in 1512, troops were sent to Smolensk, and after two years of siege, they finally conquered Smolensk, a major trading city. So far, Novgorod (conquered by Vasily III's father Ivan III), Pskov and Smolensk, the three major trading cities of the Russians, all fell into the hands of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, making the Grand Duchy of Moscow rich increase.

It should be pointed out that,

The famous time in history when Sigismund I spent 15,000 gold coins to buy the Crimean Khanate to attack Moscow happened in the year when Vasily III sent troops to besiege Smolensk. Originally, Vasily III was in a dilemma, but after learning that the Crimean Khanate cavalry could not conquer Moscow, he decisively ordered the army to continue to besiege Smolensk, and it took two full years to conquer it. It can be seen that Vasily III is a decisive and ruthless man.

The fall of the three major Eastern European trading centers of Novgorod, Pushkov, and Smolensk also allowed the German merchants of the Hanseatic League to completely withdraw from the Ross region.

Of course, this is what happened in the original history. In this time and space, because of Marin's intervention, Lithuania bought the Crimean Khanate early, and was not rubbed against the ground by the Grand Duchy of Moscow as it was in the original history. This also led to the fact that the Kursk region is currently still under the control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In addition, the Pskov Noble Republic and the Smolensk Noble Republic were also not annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Only Novgorod, which was annexed by Vasily III's father Ivan III in the last century, is already in Moscow's pocket.

However, the alliance of Lithuania and Crimea against the Grand Duchy of Moscow appears to be problematic. Strictly speaking, the Crimean Khanate is not a staunch ally of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but a temporary thug who fights for its own interests.

Therefore, the armies of the two countries did not cooperate closely to deal with the Muscovites. Therefore, it gave Vasily III a chance to breathe. If it is a one-on-one fight, the strength of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is still stronger than that of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After all, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has a population of tens of millions, and its ability to force troops is too strong. Moreover, the barbaric officials of the Grand Duchy of Moscow do not regard the ordinary soldiers recruited by force as human beings at all, but as cannon fodder, without fear of casualties.

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an aristocratic parliamentary country, and the army is made up of various nobles. Although it is called a unified country, the nobles each have their own calculations in their hearts, and they are unwilling to use up their own armed forces. Therefore, if there is a fight, the Lithuanian army will not be spared, but Maozi dares to drive and sacrifice ordinary soldiers as livestock. In addition, Maozi's territory is more bitter and cold, and the people are more brutal and fierce. Therefore, one-on-one Lithuania is not an opponent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Moreover, Vasily III discovered that when the Moscow army attacked Kursk, a southern region close to Ukraine, the Crimean Khanate quickly responded and mobilized cavalry across the Ukrainian steppe to support Lithuania. However, when the Moscow army attacked Lithuania on the northern border, the Crimean Khanate's cavalry could not arrive in time. Because the Grand Duchy of Moscow set up several lines of defense in the southern border area and arranged many fortresses, so that the cavalry of the Crimean Khanate could not go north for reinforcements.

In addition, the Crimean Khanate is not of one mind with Lithuania, and is happy to see Lithuania and Moscow lose their strength together. It is best for the two families to die together, and then the Crimean Khanate will come out and clean them up together...

Vasily III clearly understood that as long as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were evenly matched, the Crimean Khanate would not send troops. The Crimean Khanate would not intervene unless Moscow beat Lithuania back steadily.

Therefore, Vasily III adopted a simple and brutal method to deal with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Duizi...

The so-called exchange is to take out part of the troops and die with part of the opponent's troops. As long as one's own loss is not much more than the opponent's, it is not considered a disadvantage.

Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has a large population, and the domestic aristocracy is not as powerful as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As long as ordinary cattle like livestock are used to consume each other with the noble private soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania must be the first to fail.

In this way, in the past few years, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has always mobilized large troops to fight against the Lithuanian army in the northern border area. However, Moscow's army seems to be mighty every time, but it just doesn't enter the hinterland of Lithuania, and only fights to consume in the border area.

After a few years, the two countries each lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. The great nobles on the eastern border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were very overwhelmed, so they asked the Lithuanian nobles in the central and western regions to support them. However, other nobles are only willing to support supplies and weapons and armor, not willing to support soldiers and horses.

As for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, although it seems to have lost a lot. But in fact, most of the losses were captured young men. You know, when the Ugra River confronted the army of Ahma Khan of the Golden Horde, Vasili III's father, Ivan III, dispatched an army of 200,000. This amount, keeping those states that can scare Western Europe to death,

Although most of the 200,000 troops were made up of numbers, the number and momentum alone could scare a lot of opponents. Lithuania is also struggling to support and fight against it. If there is no barrier of Poland and Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is allowed to enter the German region, who knows how many small states will be wiped out by the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

You must know that the three aristocratic republics of Novgorod, Pskov, and Smolensk that were wiped out by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, each of which is a powerful force capable of dispatching an army of 10,000 to 20,000. In Germany, it is definitely a powerful party. However, in front of the Grand Duchy of Moscow's crowd tactics of tens of thousands of troops, the three major commercial republics all hated.

Therefore, in the past few years of conflict between the two countries, it seems that Moscow and Lithuania have suffered similar losses. But for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it is nothing more than the loss of tens of thousands of "gray livestock", which is not worth mentioning. The feudal lords on the eastern border of Lithuania were mostly beaten and dragged down. However, the lords in the central and western regions of Lithuania, out of selfishness, refused to fully support the lords in the east.

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When Marin sent people to Eastern Europe to collect a large amount of information, after analysis, Marin was shocked to find that the Grand Duchy of Moscow seemed to be ready for war. And their goal this time is the wealthy Pskov Noble Republic...

Even, in order to deal with the Pskov noble republic bordering Moscow, Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights, Vasily III secretly bought the Teutonic Knights so that they would not help Pskov at that time. And the Teutonic State really agreed, because Pskov is currently on Lithuania's side. And Lithuania happened to be the mortal enemy of the Teutonic Knights. Although under the mediation of Marin, the Teutonic State, Poland and Lithuania have lived in peace these years. However, the animosity between the two parties runs deep. The Teutonic Kingdom is also very happy to see Lithuania suffer a loss this time. Moreover, the Teutonic Kingdom also has its own small calculations - they plan to take the opportunity to swallow the independent Livonian Knights... In exchange for the neutrality of the Teutonic Kingdom, Vasily III expressed support for the Teutonic Kingdom to annex Livoni Sub-Knights, in exchange for Teutonic support for the annexation of the Pskov Republic by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. If both parties achieve their goals, then both will make a profit. Because both the Livonian Knights and the Pskov Republic are very wealthy commercial states...

In addition, Vasily III also sent someone to secretly bribe the Crimean Khanate, asking the Crimean Khanate to stand by "the next conflict between the two sides in the north".

The Crimean Khanate was always an eye for money. Although the money sent by Vasily III was not enough to make the Crimean Khanate defect and attack Lithuania, it was no problem for the Crimean Khanate to remain neutral. ...

Don't ask how Marin knew these secrets. Marin's uncle Yule is now the chief civil servant of the Teutonic Kingdom and a confidant of Philip's Grand Commander. It is normal to know these secrets, and it is normal for Marin to know. As for the secret contact information between the Crimean Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow... The Crimean people are so open-minded, and throw a bag of gold coins to the Crimean officials who know it, they can easily find out these secrets...

"It's getting more and more interesting..." Marin touched his chin and smiled.

Right now, Eastern Europe is really in chaos. The Grand Duchy of Moscow is plotting against Lithuania and intends to annex the wealthy Pskov Republic. The Teutonic Kingdom also intends to re-annex the independent Livonian Knights.

As for Marin, he also intends to step in and play the role of the oriole, and come to a "praying mantis catching the cicada and the oriole behind". He planned to let Moscow fight Lithuania first. Lithuania is definitely not the opponent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. When Lithuania is disabled, Marin will send troops to help his brother-in-law as "the uncle of the Grand Duke of Lithuania", and then beat the Grand Duchy of Moscow who besieged Pskov so hard . At that time, the two disabled countries can only continue to peck at each other. And Marin happily sent someone to the Grand Duchy of Moscow to catch children...

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