The Rise of the European Emperor

Fortunately, the spring ploughing in East Friesland was over, and it was easy for Marin to gather his troops. Even militia recruitment is relatively easy.

In this conscription, in addition to the original regular army, Marin also recruited 15,000 people and 10,000 militiamen. Among them, there are 5,000 militiamen, which are old militiamen in East Frisian. The task of these 10,000 militiamen that existed in the era of the Serksner family is mainly to defend several main cities, as well as the Ames River defense line, to prevent the western border. attacked. As for the southern border, Bishop Conrad has agreed to help maintain the security of the southern border in the North Munster area.

As for the eastern border, that is, the eastern border of the Earl of Oldenburg, Marin didn't really care. Because Oldenburg City has Adler's 3,000 militia and 3,000 locally recruited auxiliary militia, the attack is insufficient, but self-defense is sufficient. Moreover, Marin did not think that the Archbishop's Congress of Bremen in the east was madly attacking the county of Oldenburg. After all, it is a religious country, and it is still very clear about its relationship with the Holy See.

The 10,000 troops of the Principality of Schleswig, it was impossible for Marin to conscript them into East Frisian. Therefore, Marin sent an order, ordering the defenders of the Principality of Schleswig to stand still, but recruited a group of strong people to help guard the city and prevent the enemy from storming.

Marin estimated that the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Electoral State of Saxony could not have sent troops without reason. Then, their only reason for sending troops must be to help Denmark.

The two in-law countries have been dispatched, can Denmark not? Moreover, when Denmark originally surrendered, there were more than 10,000 people in southern Sweden. Therefore, if Denmark sends troops this time, the number should be at least 15,000, possibly more.

Therefore, Marin asked Woolf Esbrand, who was in charge of the military of the Principality of Schleswig, to take defense as the main task. As long as the main cities and the safety of the granaries in the cities are firmly guarded, the mission will be completed.

As for Marin's side, as long as 10,000 militiamen are in place, he can dispatch the 20,000 troops originally stationed in the mainland and the North Munster area.

Today, the 10,000-strong army originally stationed in the North Münster area has taken the initiative to go north, approaching the army camp south of Orihi, and preparing to join the 10,000-strong main force stationed in East Friesland.

In addition, 10,000 English recruits are being transported in batches to the easternmost islands of the East Frisian archipelago, Wangaoge and Spiekooge. The development of these two islands is currently not very sufficient. Because, these two islands are close to the Jever area. In the past, in order to prevent any secrets from being discovered by people in the Yevre area that were not under my control, I did not develop it carefully. Today, these two islands have become very good areas for Tibetan soldiers.

Marin planned to use the 20,000 army he brought with him as a force on the bright side to attract the main force of the enemy. Then, the 10,000 English mercenaries were quietly transported to the land and attacked the enemy's flank from the side to achieve the purpose of defeating the enemy.

However, it is not easy to transport 10,000 people. So, Marin began to mobilize more ships for troop transport. After thinking about it, Marin decided - now quietly transport these 10,000 English mercenaries to the southwest coastal area of ​​​​the Duchy of Schleswig and hide them quietly. After the war broke out, head south to the war zone and attack the enemy from the flank. Of course, you can also help the defenders of the Principality of Schleswig to defeat the army on the Danish side, and then go south.

Anyway, the 20,000 main force of the Marin belt should not have much problem. Even if there are many enemies, in a defensive battle, the possibility of being quickly defeated by the enemy is extremely low. Because, Marin's Spanish phalanx is a big team that is very good at defense.

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However, when the main force began to gather, Marin looked at the neatly dressed soldiers and almost couldn't hold back his laughter...

why? Because he saw the "mahjong mats" that most of the soldiers were wearing...

Except for the elite veterans in the first three platoons who wore the breastplates and helmets of the Maximilian armor, most of the other soldiers, about four-fifths, wore double-layered "mahjong mats".

The look and feel of wearing a double-layer "mahjong mat" makes Marin, who is used to seeing mahjong tiles in later generations, always have the urge to laugh. Fortunately, he remembered that he was a monarch and a commander-in-chief. So, he forcibly tightened his face, holding back his smile.

Looking at the soldiers wearing double-layer "mahjong mats", a word suddenly popped up in Marin's mind - "Mahjong Legion"...

Yes, everyone wears two layers of "mahjong mats", which is too appropriate to describe it as "mahjong legion"...

And the 20,000 troops are wearing "mahjong mats" together, what kind of cards are they? Isn't that "20,000"...

Marin started a scene like YY - when the elector of Brandenburg, Joachim I and the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, rushed over with the army, Marin suddenly opened a trump card comfortably - 20,000 !

Then, tens of thousands of allied forces of the Electoral States of Brandenburg and Saxony were destroyed by the way...

Moreover, the "mahjong mats" worn by Marin's soldiers were unusual. Although, it is not made of bamboo, but it is also made of harder oak. Its weight is very light, a small square mahjong mat of 42cm*42cm only weighs 696g, which is less than 0.7kg. Even if it is made of wood chips and has a skirt that reaches above the knees, the total weight is only 3.5 kg. If it is double-layered, it is only 7 kilograms, which is 14 pounds.

Of course, when wearing double-layer mahjong mat armor, the inner mahjong mat has no skirt, which is also to save weight. In this way, the double-layer mahjong mat actually weighs only 6 kilograms.

However, for the "mahjong mat" on the outer layer, Marin asked people to put a thin iron sheet on the outside of the wood chips, which increased the total weight to 7 kilograms. Don't underestimate the thin iron pieces covered on the wood pieces. Although they are vulnerable when facing muskets, they are very effective when facing cold weapons and arrows.

Also, this armor is too easy to make. Just let the carpenters make mahjong-shaped oak chips of the same size and drill holes. Then, hand it over to a woman who is good at weaving, and use hemp rope to string the wood pieces together, and it becomes a basic mahjong mat protective clothing.

Even nailing iron pieces on the outside of wood pieces is easy. As long as the iron sheet is cut into the size of a mahjong piece, and then find a nail to nail it to the surface of the wood piece, it will be OK.

Marin adopts the method of division of labor and cooperation, so that the processing of wood chips, weaving, processing and binding of iron chips are all completed by different people, which greatly improves the efficiency. This made it easy to complete almost 16,000 sets of double-layer "mahjong mat" armor.

Now, in the processing workshop, the double-layer "Mahjong Mat" armor for the 10,000 English mercenaries is being made. After it is done, it will be shipped to the English Legion station for the soldiers to be equipped.

By that time, Marin's total force on the battlefield will reach 30,000 troops! Well, 30,000 "Mahjong Legion" soldiers...

It is conceivable that when Marin is fighting with his opponent on the battlefield, he will play a "20,000" first, and the enemy will not feel anything. Suddenly, Marin quietly threw out another "ten thousand" from the side, which is likely to become the decisive force to change the situation of the battle and win.

This tactic is not complicated, and many people have used it in history. It is nothing more than to attract the enemy's attention and destroy the enemy's morale. Then, a surprise army suddenly rushed out from the flank and attacked the enemy's flank... Although the routine is old, but it can't hold up...