The feudal era is different from the capital era. In the capital era in the 19th century, France's capital was concentrated in Paris. Therefore, when Prussia conquered Paris, France surrendered. However, the feudal era was different.

During the Hundred Years of War between Britain and France, the British army repeatedly captured Paris, but failed to force France to surrender. Why? Because France was a feudal lord system at that time, the knights and nobles of France were scattered all over the country due to their fiefdoms.

Therefore, even after losing Paris, even the northern region including Paris and the Aquitaine region in the southwest, the French were still able to continue to resist in central and southern France, recruiting lords from central and southern parts, organizing cavalry and militias to continue to fight against the British army. Charles VII's ascension ceremony was even held in Reims, because Paris was occupied by England at that time.

But the biggest problem with the British army was that it was insufficient troops. At that time, the main force of the British army was only about 9,000, including 7,000 longbow soldiers and 2,000 heavy armored knights. The rest were auxiliary militias, as well as local forces that were in France that were inverted to England, including the Principality of Burgundy. These troops, totaling only 20,000 to 30,000. It was already the limit to be able to control the coastal areas in northern France and southwest. Therefore, even if France lost a large area of ​​land, including Paris, it was still able to organize counterattacks. Of course, it also included some diplomatic alliances.

Therefore, Marin estimated that in the war with France, only 30,000 to 50,000 people were not responsible. This could defeat the main force of the French army, but it was difficult to suppress France's resistance. If only control some areas of France, some would be fighting. The other party organized a counterattack and wanted to regain the territory, but by then, it would be endless.

If you want to defeat France in one go, you need to lead the army straight in. Then, you will divide it into three or four parts in France, with each army at least 20,000 to 30,000 to control a large area. When encountering resistance forces, you will immediately send troops to suppress and eliminate them. The connection between several areas should be isolated as much as possible, and at the same time, the resistance from various places will be suppressed. In this way, the results of the victory after defeating France will be guaranteed.

Of course, even if it has an army of 100,000, Marin could not afford France. Because if the North Sea Kingdom annexes France, it would become a public enemy in Europe. At that time, Austria would become a hostile force against Marin, including Spain and the princes of Germany.

Therefore, Marin not only needs an army of 100,000 to sweep the entire territory of France, but also needs to share France with Austria and Spain. In this way, France can be completely suppressed and no longer able to raise its head.

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In other words, Marin planned to act seriously and completely dismember the powerful France. Specifically, he planned to annex the northwestern France region. Then, he gave the southwest region close to Spain to Spain. At the same time, he gave the eastern and southeast Provence regions, including the Burgundy region, to Austria. In this way, these two families would not object.

If the support from Austria and Spain was obtained, the remaining German princes could basically be ignored, because they could not support them alone.

This is also a helpless thing. After all, Marin is a nouveau riche in the aristocratic circle. If he wants to monopolize France, Austria and Spain will definitely join forces with the French resistance to sabotage.

It is not difficult to occupy a country, but the difficult thing is to maintain the occupation. Is the Soviet Union strong enough? But it has been dragged down or even disintegrated for ten years since it occupied Afghanistan. The same is true for the United States. It has been in vain for 20 years, but it finally got out of shame.

Later, China was clever and taught Nanyue a lesson and immediately retreated. Without greed for their land, it would not bear the resistance of Nanyue.

But Marin had to completely suppress France. After all, France's geographical location was too important. France could not destroy England, but it could always cause trouble for England. There was no way, who let the French beside the Atlantic Ocean. In history, Britain's North American colonies were originally by the Kingdom of France, and at the cost of Louis XVI's self-sacrifice, they gained independence.

By the same token, France occupied the land on the Atlantic Ocean, and Marin wanted to develop the American colonies, and there was a risk of being destroyed by France.

So, he simply dismembered France without stopping and snatched all the northern coast of France, including the northern half of the western coast, and the Brittany Peninsula.

If you want to capture this part of the region, including defeating the main force of the French resistance, Marin felt that 100,000 troops were enough. But the resistance afterwards would be a headache.

However, Marin also had countermeasures. He planned to reduce land rent after occupying that part of the area and increase the income and living standards of French farmers. He only focused on attacking the original aristocrats. As long as there were no farmers who could resist with the old aristocrats, they could still rule stably.

It is even said that Marin did not even think about plundering the people's money and food after occupying the northern coastal areas of France. What he wanted was to eliminate the future threat from France to America.

Of course, there is a resource in the local area, which Marin still needs. That is, France, with a population of 16 million, in the northern region, there are millions of people. With millions, how much land has to be developed...

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But the problem is - how did the 100,000 army come? Marin was very worried.

At present, because of fear of the strength of Beihai Kingdom, Beihai Kingdom could no longer recruit mercenaries from southern Germany. As long as it was discovered, Beihai Kingdom sent people to recruit soldiers, it would be expelled and surrounded by the princes. Even if the emperor sent people to send farmers to Beihai Kingdom, the princes dared to intercept them fiercely, let alone Beihai Kingdom sent people to recruit soldiers.

As for the whole people, Marin dared not think about it. Because after the whole people are soldiers, production will be greatly affected.

Some people may say the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty, but you have to figure out that although the Eight Banners soldiers were produced, in fact, the main source of money and grain was to enter the pass and rob the Ming Dynasty. If they rely on their own farming, they might be able to maintain a state of starvation. But it is impossible to be strong.

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Of course, Marin planned to rob hundreds of thousands of people from the Grand Principal of Moscow, but he could liberate tens of thousands of local farmers. But the problem is that not every farmer is suitable for military service.

Why did Marin favor the mountain people in southern Germany? Because the mountain people are tough, they often walk on mountain roads and hunt in the mountains, which is very suitable for joining the army. The famous Swiss mercenaries are composed of Swiss mountain people.

To defeat France and suppress its resistance, Marin estimated that in the 100,000 army, at least 50,000 people were mountaineers in southern Germany. The other 50,000 people could be made up for the other 50,000.

Of course, it is not a casual way to make do. Marin's previous method of selecting soldiers is still effective. In addition to Qi Jiguang's "Four Don'ts", there is also the fact that he can fail in the competition, but he cannot give up easily.

According to this condition, it would be great if it could select 40,000 qualified soldiers from the 400,000 serfs in the Beihai Kingdom. After all, in this era, melee combat was mainly used, which not only required discipline, but also physical strength and strength. The soldiers of later generations only needed to follow the command and fire, and did not have to be too strong. After all, the army in later generations used thermal weapons in full. In the Beihai Kingdom, two-thirds of them were spearmen, which were the most typical cold weapon and weapons, and they still needed strength and courage. Because of long-term malnutrition and being bullied, not everyone had strength and courage. In other words, a small number of people had it.

Marin guessed that after the Grand Duchy of Moscow stole hundreds of thousands of labor, he could select 40,000 to 50,000 farmers with courage and strength from the farmers of the North Sea and join the army as auxiliary troops. The 50,000 people as the main force still had to be recruited from the German mountainous areas in the south.
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