Marin is happy to see France and Spain fighting to death. However, he is a little busy now. He is not busy interfering in the war between Spain and France, but rather busy with Simon's affairs.
The purchase fee of 250,000 gold coins has been in place. The Great Sum (Parliament) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has issued Simon a letter of appointment and a seal. Now, we are waiting for Simon to take over the local territory with his own troops.
For this reason, the entire Hoffman family was busy. Marin had sent an engineering team to Kiev to repair the original castle and the walls of Kiev. When the renovation was completed, Simon happened to take over. At the same time, he married Princess Anna of the Ramack family.
In addition to the repair of the castle and walls, Marin also needed to help Simon raise an army as a security guarantee for the Kiev region.
Because Kiev faced the Ukrainian prairie, cavalry was necessary. Just as before, when fighting with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, Marin was not very satisfied with the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion, so Marin took the opportunity to give Arthas to Simon as the cavalry general of the Ukrainian country. The formerly more outstanding deputy commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion and commander of the First Regiment, Jurgen, took the opportunity to take the lead.
Simon didn't know this, and thought Marin was really taking good care of him - you see, he gave me the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion...
Only Alsace himself knew what was going on - he did not perform well in the previous war, so he was sent to the point of being exiled...
On the same day when he gave Arthas to Simon, Marin suddenly summoned Arthas, who was about to give him a cold cavalry command knife...
"Surp--" Arthas pulled out the sword and was immediately blinded by the cold light.
Of course this knife is bright because its material is nickel steel. Nickel steel is similar to stainless steel, both silver-white, and naturally shiny. Moreover, the command knife made of nickel steel has carburized surface edges. Its characteristics are similar to the Harvey armor of the Iron Armor Warship era in the late 19th century. Harvey armor is the surface carburizing treatment of nickel steel to improve strength. Before the emergence of Krupp armor, Harvey armor was the best armor at that time...
The sword made of this craft is naturally an extraordinary item. As the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion, Arthas is naturally qualified to obtain one.
"Dagong, what's the name of this sword?" After testing the strength and sharpness, Arthas was extremely happy. Then, he suddenly asked Marin what's the name of this sword...
"Name?" Malin was stunned. This is just a knife, and he still wants a name?
But he didn't know that in the eyes of people of this era, he was undoubtedly a treasure knife. Since it was a treasure knife, it naturally had to have a name...
Marin looked at Arthas, thought for a while, and said:
"Or it's called 'Frost'?"
After saying that, Marin thought of the man who killed his father by "the first filial son of Azeroth" holding the real "Sadness of Frost"...
"Sadness of Frost?" Arthas was stunned. However, seeing the bright blade, Bai Shengxue was indeed so sad... As for sadness? Well, the sword is a weapon, and killing must bring sadness...
In this way, Arthas thought about the meaning of the name "Sadness of Frost" by himself...
After leaving the palace, Arthas boasted to everyone that he had obtained a sword called "Sadness of Frost". The cold light surpasses the snow, bringing death and sorrow...
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After having a commander, you will naturally have to summon relevant soldiers. Otherwise, it would be useless to just have a commander.
At first, Marin planned to continue recruiting from Ukrainian Cossacks, for example, sending people to the Ukrainian prairie to seduce those Cossack men to serve Simon with spirits...
However, Marin felt that those Cossacks were not very reliable. If you were strong, those Cossacks would naturally obey you and listen to you. However, if you rely too much on them and let them see your weakness, those Cossacks would easily betray and bite you.
This is the characteristic of the grassland nation - if you can't beat you, you will be down and your ears will be smooth; if you can beat you, you will be bullied and plundered you...
For example, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Central Plains were powerful during the Han and Wei Dynasties. The Huns moved south to the Central Plains, and were very honest. But after the "Eight Kings Rebellion" of the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu, who had been calm and unconscious, suddenly rose up to rebel, seized the Central Plains and established a regime, killing the north to bloodshed...
Therefore, Simon's army can hire Ukrainian Cossacks, but the Ukrainian Cossacks must not be used as the cornerstone. Otherwise, it will be easily backfired.
Among them, it is estimated that the lessons of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt were the most profound. Mamluk means "slave", and was originally Turkic slave soldiers hired by the Ayub dynasty in Egypt from Central Asia. However, because the Ayub dynasty relies too much on Turkic slave soldiers, later, Mamluk controlled the Ayub dynasty and replaced the Ayub dynasty with the Mamluk dynasty...
Marin didn't want the Belarus founded by Simon to be controlled by a group of Ukrainian Cossacks, so the cornerstone of Simon's founding of the country must not be the Ukrainian Cossacks.
Originally, Marin wanted to give Simon a group of German mercenaries. However, the main body of the North Sea Army was infantry and had no advantage on the Ukrainian prairie. The number of German Cossacks was too small, and Marin refused to give it to it. Otherwise, if these trained German Cossacks were given to Simon, his Cossack army would be Ukrainian. At that time, it would be hard to say whether he listened to the greetings or not...
However, he didn't have enough cavalry to give Simon...
"Does... want to set up a martial arts competition like Adler did and recruit a group of German Wandering Knights?"
Marin thought about it and it seemed that time was a little tight. After all, Simon's wedding was approaching...
Moreover, those German wandering knights may not be willing to go to the distant Eastern European prairie. To go to Ukraine, you have to go through Germany and Poland...
“Huh—Poland…”
Marin suddenly remembered that Simon was going to the territory of Poland and Lithuania, for Mao, the German Wandering Knights? There were also many Polish Wandering Knights...
Just so happen, what kind of winged cavalry unit is being formed in Poland recently? Why not let Sigmunt I help Simon form a winged cavalry unit?
There is no need to be too many winged cavalry units, just a few cavalry regiments. There is no need to control the entire Ukraine, just to ensure the safety of Kiev.
This is what Marin calls the "core" and "subject". As long as the core and subject are reliable, it doesn't matter to others. With these cores and using these cores to serve as officers at all levels, Simon will be more at ease in controlling the Ukrainian region.
Chapter completed!