The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, Marin also suddenly realized that for more than ten years, Marin has been building regularized and mercenary troops, and he has been in contact with regularized Beihai mercenaries for a long time, so that he almost forgot the virtues of ordinary German mercenaries.

How to put it, ordinary German mercenaries are almost a group of armed floating population aggregates. These guys who dared to work hard, after leaving their hometown, traveled around with the mercenary group and accepted the employment of different employers.

These people are living a life of licking blood on the knife's edge, precariously. Therefore, many mercenaries behave very indulgently. They love to drink, because drinking can numb themselves. They also like to recruit female support, because young and strong, they are full of energy and have nowhere to vent.

Therefore, because of the needs of these mercenaries, many liquor dealers and female support girls chose to follow behind those rich mercenaries and earn commissions that the mercenaries worked hard to earn.

Of course, there are also some mercenaries who love their families and choose to take their wives and children with them and follow the mercenary army. Some also took their parents with them to follow the army.

The family members of these mercenaries are not for nothing. Usually, the family members of these mercenaries are also responsible for cooking for the mercenaries, helping them mend their clothes, and solving the worries of the mercenaries.

Only when the war broke out would the mercenaries be temporarily separated from their family members, traders, and women. After the fight, they would mix again.

Even some lords like this kind of mercenary group with family members to help themselves defend the city. Why? Because of their families, these mercenaries will not surrender casually. This is because the army of this era has the habit of massacring cities. If the city is broken, the family members of the mercenaries will also die. Therefore, it will make those mercenaries work harder when defending the city.

Therefore, Schwartz's suggestion is still very reliable. Just, there is a problem...

"Schwartz, the idea of ​​letting immigrant youths pretend to be mercenaries is indeed a good idea. However, in general, you can't pretend to be mercenaries. You know, many serfs are afraid when they see those officers and soldiers. In front of the officers and soldiers guarding the customs, they will reveal their secrets..."

Schwartz thought for a while and said:

"This is a problem... However, we can give them a few days of emergency military training before the team leaves. Don't train any combat skills, just train the formation. Also, train them to not look around. As long as they don't casually and guard. Guan's officers and soldiers make eye contact, and those people are not so easily exposed!"

"Also, we can train the cohort as we go. As long as the cohort goes well, it looks like a regular army!"

When Malin thought about it, it was true, this kind of army that walks in a good-looking line and really fights and coerces, there are many future generations. Anyway, they don't need the army of the feudal lords who just guarded the gate, just pretending, there should be no problem.

However, in order to pretend to be more like, Marin decided to send some veterans to serve as instructors for these immigrant youths. With veterans standing in front, it looks more like a regular mercenary team.

At this time, Kohler raised another question:

"By the way, if there are too many mercenary groups coming north, no matter how stupid others are, they can guess that they are coming to Beihai Kingdom. Once they guess it, they will definitely continue to stop it. How to solve this problem? "

Marin and Schwartz were taken aback...

Yes, if a few mercenary regiments head north, no one will doubt anything. However, Marin wants to emigrate for a long time, and the number must be very large. If there is a "mercenary group" rushing to the direction of Beihai Kingdom every day, it will be difficult for others to doubt it.

After thinking for a long time, Marin said:

"Let's do this, let's turn the German region into several large regions and solve them by division. Those in the central and northern regions of Germany that are close to Beihai Kingdom will directly disguise themselves as mercenary groups and enter Beihai Kingdom."

"As for the eastern and southeastern regions, you can go east first and enter Poland. The King of Poland is my brother-in-law. Entering Poland, it must be smooth all the way, and then arrive at the Baltic Sea and ship back to the North Sea..."

"As for the immigrants in the southwest of Germany ... divided into two roads,

If you are close to the Rhine, try to take the water route. Those who did not rely on the Rhine turned to Austria and asked them to issue a certificate to prove that the Austrian native went to the Netherlands. When we arrive in the Netherlands, the North Sea Kingdom is on the edge..."

Kohler nodded again and again:

"This is a good idea. As a result, only immigrants from the central and northern regions need to directly enter the North Sea. And immigrants from the southeast and southwest can borrow from Poland and the Habsburg family territory, or take the Rhine River. In this way, those princes will be more difficult to intercept."

Schwartz added:

"If you are afraid that the princes are worried that too many people will pass through, you can also divide the people who pretend to be mercenaries into two parts - one part continues to pretend to be mercenaries with their families; the other part continues to walk on the path..."

Kohler chimed in:

"Aren't you afraid of being intercepted if you walk the path?"

Schwartz said:

"Don't be afraid, the two teams marched together and echoed each other. When the team pretending to be a mercenary team on the bright side passed the border, the officers of the vassal countries would never dare to divide their troops to intercept the team walking on the path. Because, they had to guard against that A team of 'mercenaries'..."

"It turns out that..." Kohler suddenly realized.

In this day and age, the difference between mercenaries and robbers is not very big. Therefore, when mercenaries cross the border, those princes are not willing to provoke them easily, but they must be full of vigilance. Therefore, their army must be on guard against "mercenaries" crossing the border. As for the wanderers on the mountain path, it is not so important. When the team on the bright side had passed, those who took the path had almost left. At this time, even if the troops of the feudal countries went to check, they could not find the team walking on the path... In this way, with the help of the "mercenary group" on the bright side, the team walking on the path could also avoid the interception of the troops of the feudal countries. ...

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After discussing these details, Marin arranged for Kohler to arrange the matter. Kohler has been in charge of the intelligence organization "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" for many years, and has been very skilled in these private tasks, so nothing can go wrong.

However, Marin still wrote a note and asked Kohler to go to Sauer's side and seconded a group of scouts. After all, when it comes to the ability to walk trails in the wild and avoid enemy officers and soldiers, those scouts are the professionals. With those scouts leading the way, the trail team will be smoother.

...

After finishing these things, Marin just wanted to rest for a while, but his guards came to report:

"Grand Duke, the representatives of the Crimeans have come and said they have brought the 2,000 Cossacks you want!"

"What? They're ready so soon?" Marin was taken aback. You know, when he placed the order, it was November. It will take a month for Jamahan to return from Beihai Kingdom. It was only February, and the team of Cossack families sent by the Crimean Khanate had to travel for a month. In other words, the time it took for them to capture 2,000 Cossacks was very short...