The reason why Marin tried his best to improve the "Waiting" was actually to prepare for the military operations against the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the second half of the year. Because it was a long journey, he would definitely not be able to carry heavy artillery. Therefore, Waiting, a portable killer, has become a very good choice.
Moreover, the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow had a strong oriental Mongolian style, and even the armor style was very oriental, belonging to iron-piece armor or chain mail, and did not have the popular plate armor in Western Europe.
Therefore, this type of weapon in the style of magical arrows is very suitable for attacking the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In particular, probably influenced by the Mongolian cavalry, there are also many light cavalry in the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Even many Tatars were employed by the Moscow army.
Once these Mongolian-style light cavalry charge, the scale of thousands or tens of thousands will be very imposing, overwhelming and oppressive.
At this time, it is necessary to quickly suppress its momentum. This will not only dampen the morale of the opponent, but also prevent the morale of the own army from decreasing.
During this expedition, Marin brought three or four thousand musketeers using single-headed bullets. However, if they were divided into three rows, each row would have only a thousand people. They could not use firepower to suppress them and could not extinguish the arrogance of the opposite cavalry.
The problem of suppressing cavalry could not be solved well until the 19th century. There were only two ways to face the large-scale cavalry charge. One was to learn from the Swiss and use a super long spear to place it obliquely on the ground to block the enemy cavalry; the other was to use a shotgun to attack in a range.
At present, Marin is unwilling to take out the shotgun, and the spear formation is a bit passive. The Moscows have been ruled by the Mongols for hundreds of years and can ignite cavalry. If these guys learn from the Mongols, use crossbows to shoot the spear formation at a long range, and then split into two, and run to both sides, the Beihai Army would be a little stunned. After all, the spearmen dare not leave the formation to chase the cavalry.
Therefore, at this time, you can take out a swarm of rushing to the Moscow light cavalry that has increased its range and make the opponent honest.
Because it is a saturation attack, the effect caused by a swarm can be comparable to that of a machine gun. Of course, sustainability cannot be compared with machine guns.
But Marin did not expect to compare with machine guns. If the machine gun forms a firepower cross-net, it can effectively kill the living forces of the enemy cavalry. If you use a swarm, you can only defeat it, but not eliminate it. After all, if the opponent escapes from the effective range, it will not be done.
However, Marin did not expect to destroy the Moscow cavalry. Because the issue of balance must be considered here. If the Grand Principal of Moscow is too fierce and the entire army of the Grand Principal of Moscow is wiped out, the Lithuanians will eventually be cheaper.
Marin just wanted to steal the population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and not to make wedding clothes for the Lithuanians. Therefore, he only wanted to defeat him, not to destroy him.
In this way, even if Marin wins the battle, the Grand Duchy of Moscow will not lose too much force, and he will still have the strength to fight against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Moreover, according to the script, the Grand Duchy of Moscow should have dispatched a large army to destroy the Lithuanian army. Then, Marin would make excuses to come to the scene in person.
At that time, Marin will take out an improved version and rush into a saturation strike to defeat the main force in the front of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Then, while its army flees, launch an attack and defeat the enemy.
But Marin will choose to chase, for example, deliberately letting the opponent's light cavalry go. At the same time, letting most ordinary infantry go, as long as they surrender, the real pursuit is mainly the opponent's heavy infantry wearing armor, as well as the absolute main force such as musketeers and gunners, to suppress their resistance.
In this way, the power of the head-on battle of the Grand Duchy of Moscow will be greatly weakened. And those ordinary infantry without armor may not work on the frontal battlefield, but it is no problem to be used to defend the city.
In other words, Marin attacked mainly the offensive forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, while the defensive forces will be preserved to a certain extent.
In this way, even if the North Sea army evacuated the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Moscow army had enough strength to defend and guard against the Lithuanian attack.
At that time, because both sides were crippled, the conflict between them would turn into a rooster pecking each other, and no one could hurt each other, which would at most make the opponent uncomfortable.
In this way, after Marin gained enough benefits, he would not have to worry about Lithuania annexing Moscow. If the strength of the two countries is not very different, it would be difficult for Lithuania to make up its mind to fight against Moscow. Because the parliamentarians are very careful. However, centralized countries like Moscow can easily unify their thinking and fight with others to the end.
Therefore, even though the Grand Principality of Moscow failed many times in history, it could still turn around. Because when it was necessary to fight, the Moscows would dare to place bets. On the contrary, countries like Lithuania, which are in power in the Sum (Parliament), will hesitate when it is time to be angry, and eventually lose many opportunities and will be annexed.
This is also the reason why Marin doesn't like the European parliamentary system very much, because this system will lead to slow work, endless quarrels and indecision. If it is okay during peacetime, but during wartime, if you can't make up your mind, you will suffer a big loss. Also, when facing disasters, you will be slow to react. Because, you will find that there will always be someone in the parliament to tear down your position and drag you down.
Therefore, Marin felt that the later Chinese congress system was very good, and it was only held once a year to concentrate on solving some legislative problems and line problems. However, it did not interfere with daily decision-making and avoid internal friction. For example, the European-style parliamentary system, it would be very annoying to make the parliament quarrel for a few days if it was a big deal. If there were too many things and one by one, it would probably be delayed for a long time. In particular, some congressmen would stand up and argue if they were right or not. If they had a good time, they would fight. Then, the main business was delayed.
Therefore, Marin also plans to carry out parliamentary reforms in the North Sea Kingdom. Specifically, the parliament withdraws from the daily management sequence and only holds once a year. During the slack season, that is, in winter, Orich holds a one-month meeting, and concentrates on important issues such as legislation and taxation, and assessment of officials. After the meeting, the members should go wherever they should go, and the daily affairs will be handled by the official agencies for the remaining 11 months.
Of course, parliamentarians, including local parliamentarians, also have the responsibility to supervise local officials. If anyone imposes heavy taxes or acts in violation of laws in the local area, parliamentarians are qualified to directly report the situation to the supervisory department and request an investigation.
"Parliament opens every year?" After hearing Marin's decision, the current Prime Minister Heidel widened his eyes and felt it was incredible. Because this is equivalent to depriving the members of parliamentary members of most of their rights. Only once a year can they speak, how can they show their authority?
In other words, in the Beihai Kingdom, Marin conquered the country with the army, the old nobles were weaker. If it were other countries, Marin would have weakened the rights of the parliament in this way, he might have encountered rebellion long ago. Moreover, it was a collective rebellion of the nobles.
However, the old nobles of the Beihai Kingdom were all concentrated in Bremen by Marin and had no rights. Marin even restricted the number of their guards, resulting in no one opposing Marin's resolution at all.
As for Haider, Marin's actions obviously strengthened his authority, so although he was surprised, he would not object.
Of course, there must be someone who objected to this matter, such as the group of people in the parliament, who expressed protests. However, they were all mascots with no authority, and Marin would not care too much.
However, in order to give these mascots a step forward, Marin still gave an explanation - North American colonies (the four earliest colonies except the Kingdom of America - Cuba, Cape Breton Island, New York and Savannah) also had the right to send representatives to attend the annual parliamentary conference, driving their rights. But because it was too far and inconvenient to go back and forth, it was reasonable to hold a parliamentary conference once a year...
Although some parliamentarians proposed that the colony could send representatives to Orich, Marin refused. The reason was that the permanent representatives could not understand the colony's demands even if they understood the situation of the colony. So, well, that's it...
In fact, this is already a saying of face. Because no matter how much the members of the parliamentarians oppose it, it will be invalid...
The members of parliament were like a loss of their parents, but they had no choice but to do anything. Because they were unable to oppose Marin's resolution. Before, Marin had already weakened the rights of the parliament on a large scale. This time, Marin took action again, allowing the parliament to hold only one general meeting every year, which made them have nothing to do.
As for the permanent members of parliament, there are, but most of them are the ministers who serve as the ministers. This leads to the formulation of some small regulations that do not require the convening of the parliament to be negotiated and decided by the ministers. Of course, these small regulations cannot be contrary to the laws formulated by the parliament. If you want to formulate laws that violate the laws formulated by the parliament, you need to wait until the convening of the general meeting.
In addition, if a war breaks out, everything will be listened to the king. The king has the right to promulgate and implement wartime regulations, even if this regulations are contrary to the Parliamentary Act.
Moreover, according to the Constitution of the North Sea Kingdom, the monarch has no right to dissolve the parliament at will. However, the charge of "opposing the royal family" can be used to disqualify the member of parliament. This seems to limit Marin, but in fact, it doesn't matter whether the opposition can be expelled. Whether the parliament or not is disbanded or not. If it is opposed by all the parliament members, then the king is too failed and not far from being finished...
In addition, Marin also introduced a military representative system, requiring that military representatives must account for one-fifth of the total number of members, that is, 20%. However, military representatives are directly dispatched by the army, and the army belongs to the king. Therefore, these 20% of the votes will definitely support the king. If you want to reach half of them, you only need to get more than 30% of the votes. If this is not possible, such a monarch will be too failure.
In fact, Marin is basically the same now, and the parliament dare not confront him. After all, the old aristocratic class was defeated by him, and the new aristocratic class was still growing. But Marin carried out reforms not for himself, but for Caesar and the successors after Caesar. They do not have the absolute authority of Marin, and the new aristocratic class will become stronger by then. Therefore, this is considered to pave the way for future generations.
Of course, because I copied a lot of advanced systems from China hundreds of years later, the Beihai Kingdom's system was very advanced, leading other countries in this era for hundreds of years.
Chapter completed!