Marin began to quickly think about gains and losses, and after careful consideration, Marin believed that it would be difficult for the German soldiers to adapt to the ice and snowy climate in the Grand Principal of Moscow.
However, the Eastern European Cossacks recruited by Marin were also from Eastern Europe and were accustomed to the severe winter there. Even the Eastern European Mongolian horses imported by Marin from the Crimean Khanate were very adaptable to the severe winter.
In this way, Marin decided to start recruiting large quantities of Eastern European Cossacks and then train them into an army. Once the training is completed, find opportunities to cooperate with the Lithuanian army, fight the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and defeat it...
It should be pointed out that Marin wants to defeat, not destroy, because he does 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 and force the other party to seize the city. Then, the army he sent can go to the countryside of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to grab children...
As for cooperating with the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to attack the city of the Grand Duchy of Moscow? Only fools would do that...
In this way, Marin used the war to achieve his goal of plundering the population. At the same time, he did not attack the Grand Principal of Moscow, which allowed the Grand Principal of Moscow to retain the vitality and capital to compete with the Grand Principal of Lithuania, and would not allow the Grand Principal of Lithuania to dominate in Eastern Europe.
To this end, Marin's decision was to simply recruit Ukrainian Cossacks to gather 10,000 cavalry and mercenaries. Then, train them into shape and cooperate with the Lithuanian army to fight.
This cavalry did not appear at the beginning, but was hidden in the rear. When the Lithuanians fought with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they suddenly rushed out from the back, attacked the flanks of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and defeated them...
Then, he deliberately kept his hand and allowed the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to evacuate. When the siege was fought, he directly fled and went to the countryside to catch children...
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Here, we need to mention the current situation in Eastern Europe. Originally, during the reign of the Grand Duke of Moscow, Vasily III, launched a full-scale invasion and attack on Lithuania. He annexed the Kursk region in the northeast of Ukraine (originally also belonged to Lithuania) around 1508, and annexed the Pskov noble republic in 1510. Then, he sent troops to Smolensk in 1512. After two years of besieging the city, he finally captured Smolensk, a major trade center. At this point, Novgorod (conquered by Vasily III's father Ivan III), and the three major trading cities of Pskov and Smolensk fell into the hands of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, greatly increasing the financial resources of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
It should be pointed out that the famous Sigmont I spent 15,000 gold coins to buy the Crimean Khanate to attack Moscow happened in the year that 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 besieging Smolensk, which took a full two years to conquer it. From this, it can be seen that Vasily III was a decisive and cruel man.
The fall of the three Eastern European trade center cities of Novgorod, Pushkov and Smolensk also caused the German merchants of the Hanseatic League to completely withdraw from the Ross region.
Of course, this is a thing in history. In this time and space, due to Marin's intervention, Lithuania early bought the Crimean Khanate and was not pressed to the ground by the Grand Duchy of Moscow as in history. This also led to the fact that the Kursk region is 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 was annexed by Vasily Ivan III's father in the last century, and it was already in Moscow's possession.
However, the alliance between Lithuania and Crimea against the Grand Duchy of Moscow seems to be problematic. Strictly speaking, the Crimean Khanate is not a die-hard ally of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but is just a temporary bribery to fight for interests.
Therefore, the armies of the two countries did not work closely together to deal with the Moscow people. Therefore, Vasily III gave a chance to breathe. If it were a one-on-one fight, the strength of the Grand Duchy of Moscow would be stronger than that of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After all, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had a population of tens of millions and the ability of violent soldiers was too strong. Moreover, the barbaric Grand Duchy of Moscow did not regard the ordinary soldiers recruited as humans at all, but only treated them as cannon fodder and were not afraid of casualties.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a noble parliamentary country, and the army is pieced together by various nobles. Although it is called a unified country, the nobles each have small plans in their hearts and are unwilling to fight alone. Therefore, if they fight, the Lithuanian army cannot be spared, but the Russians dare to drive and sacrifice ordinary soldiers as animals. In addition, the territory of the Russians is even more bitter and cold, and people are more barbaric and fierce. Therefore, Lithuania alone is not an opponent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Moreover, Vasily III discovered that when the Moscow army attacked Kursk, the southern region close to Ukraine, the Crimean Khanate quickly reacted and mobilized cavalry across the Ukrainian steppe to support Lithuania. However, when the Moscow army attacked Lithuania on the northern border, the cavalry of the Crimean Khanate could not arrive in time. Because the Grand Duchy of Moscow established several lines of defense in the southern border area and laid many fortresses, preventing the Cavalry of the Crimean Khanate from heading north to reinforce.
In addition, the Crimean Khanate is not the same as Lithuania, and is happy to see Lithuania and Moscow lose their strength together. It is best if the two families die together, and then the Crimean Khanate comes out to clean up them together...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Vasily III clearly understood that as long as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania competed equally, the Crimean Khanate would not send troops. Unless Moscow defeated Lithuania step by step, the Crimean Khanate would intervene.
Therefore, Vasily III adopted a simple and barbaric method to deal with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Duizi...
The so-called Duizi means taking out some of the troops and some of the opponent's troops to die together. As long as your own losses are not much greater than the opponent's, it is not considered a loss.
Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has a large population and its domestic aristocratic power is not as strong as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As long as ordinary Russians, like animals and the noble private soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are consumed, Lithuania will definitely be the first to be unable to hold on.
In this way, over the past few years, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has always mobilized large troops to fight against the Lithuanian army in the northern border areas. However, the Moscow's army always seems to be huge every time, but it just does not enter the hinterland of Lithuania, but only fights to consume in the border areas.
Over the years, the two countries each lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. The great nobles on the eastern frontier of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were very unbearable, so they asked for support from Lithuanian nobles in the central and western regions. However, other nobles were only willing to support supplies, weapons and armor, and were not very willing to support soldiers and horses.
Although the Grand Duchy of Moscow seems to have suffered a lot of losses, in fact, most of the losses were the captured men. You should know that when the Ugra River confronted the army of Aheima Khan of the Golden Horde, Vasily III's father Ivan III dispatched an army of 200,000. This number can be kept to scare the states in Western Europe to death.
Although most of the 200,000 troops were making up for the numbers, the number and momentum alone could scare a lot of opponents. Lithuania was struggling to support and fight against them. If there was no barrier between Poland and Lithuania, and the Grand Principal of Moscow would be allowed to enter the German region, how many small states would be destroyed by the Grand Principal of Moscow.
You should know that each of the three noble republics, Novgorod, Pskov and Smolensk, destroyed by the Grand Principal of Moscow, was a powerful force that could dispatch an army of 10,000 or 200,000 troops. In Germany, it was definitely a powerful force. However, before the tactics of the Grand Principal of Moscow, which had a large army of more than 10,000 or 200,000 troops, the three major commercial republics were all depressed.
Therefore, in recent years, Moscow and Lithuania have suffered similar losses. But for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it is just a loss of tens of thousands of "gray animals" and is not worth mentioning. Most of the feudal lords on the eastern border of Lithuania were defeated and dragged down. However, the lords in the central and western regions of Lithuania refused to fully support the lords in the eastern out of selfishness.
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When Marin sent people to Eastern Europe to collect a large amount of intelligence, after analysis, Marin was shocked to find that the Grand Duchy of Moscow seemed to be ready for war. And their goal this time was the wealthy Pskov noble republic...
In order to deal with the Pskov noble republic that borders Moscow, Lithuania and Teutonic Knights, Vasily III secretly bribed the Teutonic Knights and asked them not to help Pskov at that time. Teutonic Knights really agreed, because Pskov is currently on the side of Lithuania. Lithuania happens to be the mortal enemy of the Teutonic Knights. Although under the mediation of Marin, Teutonic Kingdom has been in peace with Poland and Lithuania over the years. However, the hatred between the two sides is very deep. This time, Lithuania can be seen
The Teutonic Kingdom was also very happy to suffer. Moreover, the Teutonic Kingdom also had its own small calculations - they planned to take the opportunity to swallow the independent Knights of Livonia... In exchange for the neutrality of the Teutonic Kingdom, Vasily III expressed support for the Teutonic Kingdom to annex the Livonian Knights of Livonia in exchange for the Teutonic Kingdom's support for the Annexation of the Grand Duchy of Moscow's Republic of Pskov. If both sides achieve their goals, they will make a lot of money. Because the Livonian Knights of Livonia and the Pskov Republic are both very wealthy commercial states...
In addition, Vasily III also sent someone to secretly bribe the Crimean Khanate, demanding that the Crimean Khanate stand by and watch "the next conflict between the two sides in the northern region."
The Crimean Khanate was originally a jealous person. Although the money sent by Vasily III was not enough to make the Crimean Khanate turn against Lithuania, it was still okay to keep the Crimean Khanate neutral...
Don't ask how Marin knew these secrets. Marin's uncle Yule is now the civil servant leader of the Teutonic State, and the confidant of the Grand Chief Philip, it is normal for Marin to know these secrets. As for the information about the secrets of the Crimean Khanate and the Principality of Moscow... the Crimeans were so jealous that they threw a bag of gold coins to the Crimean officials who were informed, and could easily find out these secrets...
"It's getting more and more interesting..." Marin touched her chin and smiled.
Eastern Europe is now 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 Livonian Knights State that has been independent.
Chapter completed!