In fact, although he felt sorry for Albert being injured in the arrow, Marin felt a little secretly happy. Why? Because he finally found an excuse to use troops on the North American continent...
Originally, Marin bought Manhattan Island in New York and used this as a springboard. However, Marin's subordinates had a good relationship with the Delavas and really lacked the excuse to use force. Even for the Indian tribes other than the Delavas, Marin lacked the excuses and opportunities to use force.
And this time, the Moxigan tribe named Wild Wolf took the initiative to provoke, and really brought a pillow to Marin when he was sleepy...
With the excuse of Albert being injured, Marin could pull the army to the North American continent without arousing doubts from the Delavas. After all, Albert was injured and the goods were robbed. Can it be done without accepting them?
In this way, Marin can take the opportunity to transfer the army to North American land, and then happily make trouble on the North American continent...
Moreover, after sending troops to land, Marin did not intend to withdraw. In the future, he would use New York as a base to expand into the inland area...
Just like the reaction of the German Emperor Virgin after the news of the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Ferdinand in Sarajevo reached Berlin before World War I, Marin wanted to say happily at this time-"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Of course, if he really dared to say this sentence so excitedly, Old Hoffman would probably have to beat him up. After all, Albert was shot...
But that's the case. Albert has no big problems now, but the fact that he was shot in the arrow gave Marin a very direct excuse to send troops to the North American continent.
For this reason, Marin decided to show infinite anger and make bold statements to eliminate the Mohigans...
In fact, Marin only needs to destroy the wild wolf tribe of the Moxigan people. The reason why Marin clamored to kill all the Moxigan people was just to find an excuse to let the army stay on the North American continent. The Moxigan people are divided into multiple tribes, and killing all the wild wolf tribes is simple. Just find a place, surround it, and don’t let one go. But it is quite difficult to eliminate all the Moxigan people. After all, there is more than one wild wolf tribe of the Moxigan people. It takes a long time to clear the Moxigan people... Then, Marin's army can stay calm and refuse to leave...
When the Delavas reacted, Marin's army had already taken root in the local area...
Of course, not only to keep the army in the local area, Marin will also increase the scale of trade with the local Delavas and provide salt, iron tools and other various commodities to the local Delavas on a large scale.
In this way, the local Delava people will become dependent on the people of Marin, which will make it more convenient for Marin to annex and manage the territory of the Delava people...
You should know that for the Indians, salt and iron were absolutely hard currency. The Indians in North America did not know how to cook salt and replenish salt. Therefore, salt was very precious among the Indians. They could even use salt as currency. The reason why the wild wolf tribe of the Mohigans sent people to attack Manhattan Island was because they heard that there was a large amount of salt in the market, so they became ill-intentioned and sent people to rob.
As long as you are willing to pay a certain amount of salt, ironware, or even glass beads, you can exchange it for a large amount of prey and wood from the Indians.
In order to further weaken the strength of the Delavas and facilitate the army to embezzle the local territory, Marin finally decided to recruit a group of Indian mercenaries among the Delavas...
The Indians were brave and good at fighting. Even the more friendly Delavas and men in the tribe were not lacking in fighting courage. Of course, although these Indians were brave, their combat effectiveness was not high due to backward weapons and discipline issues. However, in the vast forests of North America, their abilities should not be underestimated.
As long as a group of strongest men were recruited from the villages of the Delavas, Marin would obtain a large number of soldiers. Marin would equip the Delavas warriors with advanced European bows and arrows, so that the Delava warriors would become auxiliary troops to assist Marin's main army in combat.
Most of these Indian men are good at archery, but because they used earth bows and arrows before, they were small in power and low in accuracy, and their hunting effect was not very good. Especially when encountering animals with thick skin such as wild boars and bisons, it is difficult to shoot through the animal skin without metal arrows. Therefore, just equip those Indians with strong European bows and European bows and arrows with metal cone-shaped armor-breaking arrows will greatly improve their combat effectiveness.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of those Indian mercenaries is secondary. The main thing is that Marin wants to weaken the military power of the Delavas by recruiting Indian mercenaries - the bravest young men in their tribe have joined the army under their own hands. Once both sides are hostile, will the other side have enough warriors?
Then, if you have sufficient troops and the opponent lacks troops, you still need to ask whether the outcome of the conflict is successful or lost?
This is just one of them. In addition, if the men in the Delava villages all "work" under their own hands and become their parents for food and clothing, then how can those villages oppose their rule?
The Delava people are matriarchal clans, and major events in the clan are decided by older women. How can women bribe? As a later generation, Marin is still unfamiliar with it? Beautiful clothes, exquisite food, and other shiny things (such as glass beads, etc.)...
While recruiting the Dravas men under his command, he bribed the elderly women in the Dravas villages, and quietly swallowed up the Dravas...
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Besides, these Indian mercenaries are not without combat effectiveness. After equiping them with European-made bows and arrows that are more powerful than earthy bows and arrows, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. In addition, they are sending people to conduct simple training for them, making them more disciplined... Perhaps it is a bit insufficient to make them the main combat troops, and they can be used as auxiliary troops and protect the flanks, but there is no big problem.
In the future, the battle between Marin and the native Indians will definitely take place in the dense forests of North America. Marin's soldiers who were not from the Black Forest may not be adapted to the dense jungle environment, but the Indian mercenaries will definitely be on the ground in the forest and have stronger mobility. There may be problems with letting them serve as the main attacker, but they can run and reconnaise the enemy situation, but there is no problem at all.
With the cooperation of these local warriors, Marin's conquest of those Indian tribes will be smoother. Moreover, it can greatly solve the problem of insufficient manpower.
Also, after Marin conquered the North American jungles in the future, he would definitely introduce a large number of Japanese farmers, Indian untouchables and Indonesian farmers to cultivate the local area. Perhaps, he could use those Indian soldiers to serve as supervisors to prevent the workers from escaping?
As for whether the Indian soldiers awakened their national self-esteem or not, Marin was not worried. The Indians had no culture and were not in the 19th century when nationalism rose.
Moreover, it is only temporary to use the Indian mercenaries. When European immigrants gain a firm foothold, the number of people is enough, there is no shortage of manpower, and there is nothing to turn against each other.
Anyway, Marin only equipped the Indian mercenaries with European bows and arrows, and would not give them muskets. Even if the other party wanted to cause trouble, he would not make any waves...
Chapter completed!