How to recruit 50,000 elite mountain citizens under the eyes of the princes? This question has troubled Marin for a long time. Even if he convenes his subordinates, he has no idea. After all, the German princes are now too ruthless to guard Marin.
This is not because the princes were strictly guarding the enemy, because Marin had too many troops. On the ground alone, there were 4 10,000 troops on the surface. Before, even Austria, which had the largest number of permanent troops, had only about 14,000 troops. This is because Austria was the emperor's territory and had a large number of enemies, which maintained the scale of ten thousand troops.
If you change to an ordinary prince, you will generally maintain a standing army of up to three or five thousand people. Unlike Marin, there are 4 local legions of 10,000 people, and there are two legions of 10,000 people in England.
Damn, what are you going to do if you increase the number of troops? To unify Germany? Therefore, it is reasonable for the princes to prevent the Beihai Kingdom from continuing to recruit troops.
Not to mention the princes being vigilant, even the ally of His Majesty the Emperor was very afraid of Marin. The 30,000 Austrian immigrants sent this time were basically thin and poor people, and they were not suitable for military service at first glance. Those who were suitable for military service were intercepted by His Majesty himself and used it. After all, Austria was about to launch an attack on western Switzerland and needed to expand its troops.
Austria's recruitment guidelines are almost the same as those of the Beihai Kingdom. Because Austria's current number one general, Frenzberg, has been involved in the Beihai Kingdom's army. He does not fully understand Marin's recruitment guidelines, but he can also understand it.
Therefore, these 30,000 Austrian farmers had long been screened by Frenzberg. They were all thin or cowardly people who were not suitable for military service and were given to Marin. Even after training, these people would assist in defending the city at most, which was basically difficult to use in field battles.
However, the 10,000 immigrants sent by the Netherlands included some suitable soldiers. However, the talent of the Dutch farmers in the army was far worse than that of the mountain people in southern Germany, and at most they were similar to the serfs of the North Sea Kingdom. Even if they were selected, they could be used as second-line troops at most. The main combat troops had to be fierce mountain people. After all, poor mountains and bad waters produced strong people.
Well, it can also be said that poor mountains and rivers are out of troubled people. Just like in later China, some mountainous areas in the north had slogans, "It is illegal to rob police cars." Recruiting soldiers in such areas is definitely a good choice... The premise is to be obedient. Otherwise, mutiny will be unbearable.
In fact, why were the Japanese fierce in later generations? Because most of the Japanese were mountainous areas. The Japanese had a large number of islands, but in total, there were only a few plains. The largest Guandong Plain was only 17,000 square kilometers, which was a little larger than the capital.
So, strictly speaking, most of the Japanese are mountainous areas, and most of the people are mountaineering people. Of course, that was before the development of industry. By the 21st century, most of the population of Japan was basically in big cities on the coastal plains. Unlike before World War II, Japan's urban population was only 24%, and most of the people were farmers in the mountains. The Osaka Division formed by the wealthy Osaka region was the weakest division of the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War, and they fought with the Guo army.
In other words, Japan in the 21st century was not terrible. Because before World War II, they were mostly fierce mountain villagers. In the 21st century, Japan was mostly dead homes. If they really wanted to do it, it was not that scary at all.
Of course, in China, people's courage has also deteriorated. A group of only children is also embarrassing to the task. Therefore, in the 21st century, everyone is actually a bad person. If you really want to be brave, you have to be barefoot and not afraid of Afghan bandits wearing shoes... The authentic mountain people and faith-benefiting are both arrogant and stunned. In other words, in the 21st century, everyone is more advanced weapons. If you are brave, the world's powerful countries will have to rest in front of them.
Of course, what we are talking about here is personal courage. In addition to personal courage, there is also military quality. Huaxia has done a good job in this regard, trained hard and had sufficient ideological education. But there are also differences within Huaxia. The soldiers from the poor mountain valleys in the north and the west are obviously more fierce than the soldiers in the city and the southeast. Nothing else, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes.
Moreover, this is not static. In ancient times, because the Central Plains were developed, the Chu land in the south was a wilderness with a low development level. Therefore, the Chu people at that time were more fierce. Therefore, the main force of the anti-Qin period was the Chu warriors, not the people in the Central Plains. The Danyang soldiers during the Three Kingdoms were also mountain citizens of Danyang County at that time.
Later, due to the great development of Jiangnan, the people in the south became rich and their combat effectiveness decreased... Then during the Ming Dynasty, dozens of Japanese pirates could rampant in Jiangnan. However, Toyota Hideyoshi's 200,000 Japanese pirates could not defeat the border troops in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the price paid by the Ming Dynasty was also very heavy. After losing tens of thousands of elite troops, they lost the ability to suppress the various divisions of Liaodong Jurchens, allowing wild boar skin to take advantage of the situation to rise.
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Marin's distress lasted for a long time, and it was not until the arrival of a man that gave him great inspiration...
This man is called Schbel, who is a mercenary leader from the Principal of Württemberg. Schbel has a certain origin. Of course, it is not that he has a big background, but that he has a certain relationship with Marin.
Schbel was a mountaineer in a mountain village in the Principal of Württemberg. He himself did not know Marin. However, his uncle, Baohe, was once a mercenary under Marin.
This happened more than 20 years ago. In 1494, the year when Marin had just traveled. That year, Schbel's uncle Bowher left home to make a living, joined Marin's mercenaries, and followed Marin to ambush King Charles VIII and won a great victory. At the same time, all the mercenaries at that time were given the benefits of hundreds of gold coins.
However, Baohe did not continue to follow Marin. At that time, only 400 mercenaries, who had originally had thousands of mercenaries, followed Marin to the Ters of Texel, and most of the others had taken the money and returned to their hometown.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! This is how Bao He was. He brought money back to his hometown and built a house to marry his wife. However, after experiencing the glory of defeating the French king, Bao He inevitably likes to mention the glorious past of that year.
As Bauhe's eldest nephew, Schbel often listened to his uncle telling this legend. Therefore, under Bauhe's influence, Schbel became a fan of Marin. Moreover, when he grew up, he also brought up a group of friends and formed a mercenary group.
In the early days of the establishment of the mercenary group, his uncle Bao He also gave a lot of guidance, such as how to train and how to make straw sandals. Therefore, later, Schbel's mercenary group not only learned the initial training methods of the Marin army. Moreover, everyone wore straw sandals, which was called the "straw sand mercenary group".
Later, Shibel's "Strawss Mercenary Group" expanded to 500 people, and participated in many battles between princes, with outstanding performance.
However, because Schbelt was a admirer of Marin, he often defended Marin in public and quarreled with others. He was so desperate that his previous employer was an opponent of Marin. After hearing Schbelt's remarks, he terminated his employment contract with him.
Schbel was a little stunned and wanted to find a new boss to make a living. But the lord greeted the nearby princes and said that Schbel was Marin's supporter. Then, he was in vain...
Originally, Shibel planned to take his men to join His Majesty the Emperor. However, the nearby lords were strictly guarding and refused to let him surrender to the Emperor.
In desperation, Schbel took his men to Bohemia to look for opportunities. But Bohemia has been in peace recently and there is no war. Originally, Vladislas II planned to provide more reinforcements to Lithuania where the war broke out, and planned to hire Schbel's "straw sand mercenary group". But the Lithuanians were afraid of spending money, so they only had 2,000 mercenaries, and the mercenary group of Schbel could not get the contract. Of course, it was also his luck, and he was not able to die...
There was no employment contract, and everyone had to drink the Northwest Wind. Then, Schbelt 500 subordinates ran away, leaving only more than 300 people.
At this time, Schbel suddenly remembered - maybe, could he go to his idol Marin?
Originally, when he was in Württemberg, the princes not only stopped him from seeking the emperor, but also stopped him from going north to seek Marin. However, the Bohemia Kingdom did not restrict the "straw sand mercenary group" from going to the Beihai Kingdom because of the marriage between the Jagelon Dynasty and the Hoffman family.
Then, Schbelt brought more than 300 subordinates to the Beihai Kingdom through Poland...
Chapter completed!