The Rise of the European Emperor

The feudal age is different from the capital age. In the capital age of the 19th century, French capital was concentrated in Paris. So, when Prussia captured Paris, France surrendered. However, the feudal era was different.

During the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the British army broke through Paris many times, but failed to force France to surrender. why? Because France was a feudal lord system at that time, the French knights and nobles were scattered all over the country because of the fiefdoms.

Therefore, even after losing Paris, and even losing the northern region including Paris, and the Aquitaine region in the southwest, the French can still continue to resist in the central and southern regions of France, recruiting the central and southern lords, Organize the cavalry and militia and continue to fight against the British army. The enthronement ceremony of Charles VII was even held in Reims. Because Paris was occupied by England at that time.

But the biggest problem with the British army is the lack of troops. At that time, the main force of the British army was only about 9,000 people, including 7,000 longbowmen and 2,000 heavy armored knights. The rest are auxiliary militias, as well as local forces in France that have turned to England, including the Duchy of Burgundy and other local forces. These soldiers and horses add up to 20,000 to 30,000 people. Being able to control the coastal areas of northern and southwestern France is already the limit. Therefore, even if France loses a large area of ​​land including Paris, it still has the ability to organize a counterattack. Of course, it also includes some diplomatic cooperation.

Therefore, Marin estimated that in the war with France, only 30,000 to 50,000 people were useless. This can defeat the main force of the French army, but it is difficult to suppress the French resistance. If only part of France is controlled, then some will be hit. The opponent organizes a counterattack and wants to regain the country. When the time comes, there will be no end.

If you want to defeat France at once, you need to drive straight in with a large army. Then, divide it into three or four parts in France, each with at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops, and control a large area. When encountering resistance forces, troops are immediately sent to suppress and eliminate them. As far as possible, the connection between several areas was isolated, and at the same time, resistance in various places was suppressed. In this way, the results of defeating France can be guaranteed.

Of course, even with an army of 100,000, Marin couldn't eat France. Because, if the North Sea State annexes France, it will become a public enemy of Europe. At that time, Austria will also become a hostile force against Marin. Including Spain, and the princes of Germany.

Therefore, Marin not only needs 100,000 troops to sweep across the entire territory of France, but also needs to carve up France with Austria and Spain. Only in this way can France be completely suppressed so that it can no longer raise its head.

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In other words, Marin intends to do something real this time and completely dismember the mighty France. Specifically, he intends to annex northern France. Then, give Spain the area in the southwest near Spain. At the same time, the eastern and southeastern Provence regions, including Burgundy, were sent to Austria. In this way, the two families will not object.

If the support of Austria and Spain is obtained, then the remaining German princes can basically be ignored. Because they are alone.

This is also a very helpless thing,

After all, Marin is an upstart in the aristocratic circle. If he wants to monopolize France, Austria and Spain will definitely join forces with the French resistance to sabotage.

Occupying a country is not difficult, what is difficult is maintaining the occupation. Is the USSR strong enough? But he occupied Afghanistan for ten years, and he was dragged down abruptly, and even disintegrated. The same is true for Lao Mei, who has been in vain for 20 years, and finally left in disgrace.

Later, Huaxia was smart, and after giving Nanyue a lesson, he retreated immediately. Without coveting their land, there was no resistance from South Vietnam.

But on Marin's side, France had to be completely suppressed. After all, France's geographical location is too important. France cannot destroy England, but it can always add obstacles to England. No way, who let the French be on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Originally, in history, the British North American colonies were granted independence by the Kingdom of France at the cost of self-sacrifice by Louis XVI.

In the same way, France occupies the land on the Atlantic Ocean, and Marin wants to develop the American colonies, and he is in danger of being destroyed by France.

Therefore, he simply did not do anything, directly dismembered France, and snatched the northern coast of France, including the northern half of the western coast, including the Brittany Peninsula.

Wanting to capture this part of the area, including defeating the main force of the French resistance, Marin felt that 100,000 troops were enough. But the resistance afterwards will make people very headache.

However, Marin also has countermeasures. He plans to reduce or exempt land rent after occupying that part of the area, so as to improve the income and living standards of French farmers. Only focus on attacking the original nobles. As long as there are no farmers to follow those old nobles to rebel, they can still rule stably.

It is even said that Marin never thought of searching for money and food from the people there after occupying the coastal areas of northern France. All he wants is to eliminate the future French threat to America.

Of course, there is a local resource that Marin still needs. That is - population. France, with 16 million people, has millions of people in the northern region. There are millions of people, how much land has to be developed...

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But the question is-how did the 100,000 army come from? Marin had a headache.

Right now, because of the fear of the strength of the North Sea State, the North Sea State has been unable to recruit mercenaries from southern Germany. As long as it is discovered that the North Sea State sends people to recruit soldiers, they will be expelled and besieged by the princes. Even when the emperor sent people to send farmers to Beihai Kingdom, the princes dared to intercept them forcefully, let alone Beihai Kingdom sent people to recruit soldiers.

As for all the people as soldiers? Marin didn't dare to think about it. Because, after all the people are soldiers, production will be greatly affected.

Some people may talk about the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty, but you have to understand that although the Eight Banners soldiers are said to be producing, in fact, the main source of money and food is to enter the customs and rob the Ming Dynasty. If they cultivate the land by themselves, they may be able to maintain a state of starvation. But it is impossible to be strong.

If the country is to maintain prosperity, it is necessary to ensure that agricultural production and industrial production are not affected. Otherwise, after a few battles, a large number of laborers will die, and production will inevitably be greatly affected.

Of course, Marin planned to rob hundreds of thousands of people from the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but he was able to liberate tens of thousands of local farmers. But the problem is that not every farmer is suitable to be a soldier.

Why does Marin favor the mountain people in southern Germany? Because the mountain people are fierce and often walk and hunt in the mountains, they are very suitable for soldiers. The famous Swiss mercenaries are composed of Swiss mountain people.

Wanting to defeat France and suppress its resistance, Marin estimated that at least 50,000 of the 100,000 troops must be mountain people in southern Germany. The other 50,000 people can make do with ordinary farmers.

Of course, it's not casual. Marin's previous method of selecting soldiers is still valid. In addition to Qi Jiguang's "four don'ts", there is also that you can fail in a martial arts competition, but you can't give up easily.

According to this condition, if 40,000 qualified soldiers can be selected from the 400,000 serfs in the Beihai Kingdom, it is considered very good. After all, in this era, melee combat is still the main focus, which requires not only discipline, but also physical strength and strength. The soldiers of later generations only need to obey the command and shoot, and they don't need to be too strong. After all, the army of later generations used thermal weapons in an all-round way. In the Beihai National Army, two-thirds are spearmen, which belong to the most typical cold weapon type, and still require strength and courage. However, due to long-term malnutrition and the habit of being bullied, the serfs did not have the strength and courage. In other words, a small number of people have it.

Marin estimated that after the Grand Duchy of Moscow robbed hundreds of thousands of laborers, he would be able to select 40,000 to 50,000 farmers with courage and strength from the farmers in the North Sea country, and incorporate them into the army as auxiliary arms. The 50,000 people who are the main force still have to be recruited from the German mountains in the south.

But the question is, how to recruit 50,000 main elites in the mountains of southern Germany under the obstacles of the German princes?